Thomas Jacobs
@twj1985.bsky.social
I’m a former U.S. Marine Infantryman and Iraq War vet. I have a B.A. and M.S. in Applied Economics, and am currently an adjunct economics professor at Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC
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Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer
Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer
SOUTH BEND, IN—Expressing horror at the sight of the health secretary’s bare torso emerging from the vat of grease, a local Steak ’n Shake employee reportedly screamed Friday after a nude Robert F. Ke...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
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"He knew the bonds of party must always yield to the single bond we share as Americans. For him, a choice between defense of the Constitution and defense of your political party was no choice at all."
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"He knew the bonds of party must always yield to the single bond we share as Americans. For him, a choice between defense of the Constitution and defense of your political party was no choice at all."
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I’ve said this every month for a year.
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I’ve said this every month for a year.
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Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Enten: "This is probably the worst 10 day period for the president in the polls his entire second term. The numbers are just atrocious ... when your best poll has you 14 points underwater, you know it's truly bad and it's as bad as 26 points underwater ... -43 with independents! They despise him."
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The basic truths that escape “both sides.”
Since January 2023, the New York Times has cited Rep. Ralph Norman, R-SC, in 78 stories. None mentioned that Norman secretly urged the Trump White House in 2021 to declare martial law – in effect, a military-backed coup. Norman wasn’t charged, but the NYT gave him a “pardon” anyway.
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How the media ‘pardon’ political criminals
News outlets paper over the ugly pasts of right-wing extremists
www.stopthepresses.news
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The basic truths that escape “both sides.”
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We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
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The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War
Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine
snyder.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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snyder.substack.com/p/the-putin-...
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Trump has approved a 28-point plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. “The deeply troubling details now circulating show what Trump wants: to help the Russian president,” Phillips Payson O’Brien argues, “and to weaken Ukraine, perhaps fatally.”
Trump’s Devastating Plan for Ukraine
The White House is giving Putin permission to try again.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Trump has approved a 28-point plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. “The deeply troubling details now circulating show what Trump wants: to help the Russian president,” Phillips Payson O’Brien argues, “and to weaken Ukraine, perhaps fatally.”
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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There is nothing more American than standing up for the Constitution. And that's something Donald Trump will never understand.
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
There is nothing more American than standing up for the Constitution. And that's something Donald Trump will never understand.
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Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
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“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
macspaunday.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
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Sums it up pretty well….
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Sums it up pretty well….
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It’s come to this.
“This is one of the most difficult moments in our history,” Zelenskyy said in a somber 10-minute video addressed to the Ukrainian people.”
It’s come to this.
“This is one of the most difficult moments in our history,” Zelenskyy said in a somber 10-minute video addressed to the Ukrainian people.”
Trump urges Ukraine to accept peace plan by Thanksgiving after Zelenskyy warns that Kyiv risks losing U.S. support
The White House wants Kyiv to sign off on a “framework” to end the war in Ukraine based upon the U.S.-crafted 28-point peace plan by Thursday, according to three U.S. officials.
www.nbcnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
www.nbcnews.com/world/ukrain...
It’s come to this.
“This is one of the most difficult moments in our history,” Zelenskyy said in a somber 10-minute video addressed to the Ukrainian people.”
It’s come to this.
“This is one of the most difficult moments in our history,” Zelenskyy said in a somber 10-minute video addressed to the Ukrainian people.”
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"I am tired of losing and worse, I am tired of expecting to lose. We need Democrats who will use their positions of power not to constantly capitulate, compromise, and cave, but to fight-- not to say the word ‘fight’ because it’s the popular thing to do, but to actually do it and mean it."
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
Senate Democrats have validated our worst fears about a party unwilling to meet the moment
plus.briantylercohen.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"I am tired of losing and worse, I am tired of expecting to lose. We need Democrats who will use their positions of power not to constantly capitulate, compromise, and cave, but to fight-- not to say the word ‘fight’ because it’s the popular thing to do, but to actually do it and mean it."
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“Centrist Senate Democrats struck a deal over the weekend with Republicans to move forward the package, without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which help millions of Americans afford health insurance.”
“Centrist Senate Democrats struck a deal over the weekend with Republicans to move forward the package, without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which help millions of Americans afford health insurance.”
The Senate sent a funding bill to the House. Here’s what has to happen next to reopen the government | CNN Politics
Senators have approved a funding package to reopen the federal government, sending the compromise deal to their colleagues in the House.
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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“Centrist Senate Democrats struck a deal over the weekend with Republicans to move forward the package, without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which help millions of Americans afford health insurance.”
“Centrist Senate Democrats struck a deal over the weekend with Republicans to move forward the package, without securing their party’s demand to guarantee an extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, which help millions of Americans afford health insurance.”
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“Counties that had shifted right a year ago veered back to the left, and the suburbs that powered Democrats’ massive wins in the first Trump administration came roaring back. Exit polls even showed Democrats improved their margins with non-college educated voters.”
“Counties that had shifted right a year ago veered back to the left, and the suburbs that powered Democrats’ massive wins in the first Trump administration came roaring back. Exit polls even showed Democrats improved their margins with non-college educated voters.”
Democrats didn’t just rebound. They dominated.
"This is a foreshadow of what we're going to see next year," said one strategist.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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“Counties that had shifted right a year ago veered back to the left, and the suburbs that powered Democrats’ massive wins in the first Trump administration came roaring back. Exit polls even showed Democrats improved their margins with non-college educated voters.”
“Counties that had shifted right a year ago veered back to the left, and the suburbs that powered Democrats’ massive wins in the first Trump administration came roaring back. Exit polls even showed Democrats improved their margins with non-college educated voters.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
“Their win will echo across the national political landscape — a rebuke of Trump from the nation’s most populous state and for Newsom, a springboard in his likely presidential campaign. With Prop 50’s passage, Democrats could net as many as five additional House…”
“Their win will echo across the national political landscape — a rebuke of Trump from the nation’s most populous state and for Newsom, a springboard in his likely presidential campaign. With Prop 50’s passage, Democrats could net as many as five additional House…”
It started with a bad internal poll. How Newsom turned it around and beat Trump on redistricting
The outlook was anything but certain when California Democrats jumped into the precarious and costly redistricting arms race.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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“Their win will echo across the national political landscape — a rebuke of Trump from the nation’s most populous state and for Newsom, a springboard in his likely presidential campaign. With Prop 50’s passage, Democrats could net as many as five additional House…”
“Their win will echo across the national political landscape — a rebuke of Trump from the nation’s most populous state and for Newsom, a springboard in his likely presidential campaign. With Prop 50’s passage, Democrats could net as many as five additional House…”
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More Mikie Sherrill's Please
Her win in New Jersey points to a brighter political future
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM