Jim Zakany
@zakany.bsky.social
Rocket scientist. Subject matter expert in propulsion system testing, cryogenics management, test facility operations, and omelette making. Also known to make excellent salads. Always traveling to new places.
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Any guesses on how Noem and Bovino would have handled Ahmed's case?
December 15, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Any guesses on how Noem and Bovino would have handled Ahmed's case?
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The latest from @maxboot.bsky.social:
Normally when presidents embark on a regime-change strategy, they give a major policy address and seek support from both Congress and the UN. Trump hasn’t done any of that — he’s simply entangling the U.S. with Venezuela for reasons that he won’t fully explain. wapo.st/4iZ7RuW
Opinion | Seizing Venezuelan oil tankers could backfire on Trump
More legally defensible than blowing up boats, but that doesn’t make it a good idea or policy.
wapo.st
December 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The latest from @maxboot.bsky.social:
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The conclusions offered here by Max Boot are obvious. There's much more—as a DEA retiree told me the other day, Trump has radically diminished drug interdiction efforts on the US-Mexico border, and that reveals his real attitude.
It’s hard to believe Trump is motivated by a desire to promote democracy, given how much he is doing to undermine democracy at home, or by a desire to fight the war on drugs, given that he just pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been imprisoned on drug-dealing charges. wapo.st/4iZ7RuW
Opinion | Seizing Venezuelan oil tankers could backfire on Trump
More legally defensible than blowing up boats, but that doesn’t make it a good idea or policy.
wapo.st
December 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The conclusions offered here by Max Boot are obvious. There's much more—as a DEA retiree told me the other day, Trump has radically diminished drug interdiction efforts on the US-Mexico border, and that reveals his real attitude.
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Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
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This was written by a pathetic old man who has spent his life as a sewer dwelling dirt bag.
The only thing that I care about with him are those who enable him. VOTE ALL OF HIS ENABLERS OUT.
The only thing that I care about with him are those who enable him. VOTE ALL OF HIS ENABLERS OUT.
December 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This was written by a pathetic old man who has spent his life as a sewer dwelling dirt bag.
The only thing that I care about with him are those who enable him. VOTE ALL OF HIS ENABLERS OUT.
The only thing that I care about with him are those who enable him. VOTE ALL OF HIS ENABLERS OUT.
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The responses from MTG and Thomas Massie are examples of how deciding not to comply with Trump’s lotalty tests sets you free.
GOP: Wouldn’t that feel soooo good???
GOP: Wouldn’t that feel soooo good???
Marjorie Taylor Greene called out Trump’s vile tweet following the murder of Rob Reiner and his wife Michele
December 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The responses from MTG and Thomas Massie are examples of how deciding not to comply with Trump’s lotalty tests sets you free.
GOP: Wouldn’t that feel soooo good???
GOP: Wouldn’t that feel soooo good???
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Everyone in this admin, from the president on down, rushes to social media to put things out rather than act responsibly and prudently. Always looking to declare victory while seeking praise.
December 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Everyone in this admin, from the president on down, rushes to social media to put things out rather than act responsibly and prudently. Always looking to declare victory while seeking praise.
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Absolutely vile.
We've had presidents before who were terrible people, but never one who was so shamelessly, publicly terrible. This behavior should not be excused, much less celebrated.
We've had presidents before who were terrible people, but never one who was so shamelessly, publicly terrible. This behavior should not be excused, much less celebrated.
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Absolutely vile.
We've had presidents before who were terrible people, but never one who was so shamelessly, publicly terrible. This behavior should not be excused, much less celebrated.
We've had presidents before who were terrible people, but never one who was so shamelessly, publicly terrible. This behavior should not be excused, much less celebrated.
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The president’s ongoing ,childish cruelty is really too much. It’s disqualifying. But also just so ridiculous.
December 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The president’s ongoing ,childish cruelty is really too much. It’s disqualifying. But also just so ridiculous.
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The chemical industry has launched a multi-million dollar lobbying blitz to influence Trump, including on regulations related to "forever chemicals."
Trump's EPA has also recently added chemical lobbyists to regulatory positions.
"Make America Healthy Again."
Trump's EPA has also recently added chemical lobbyists to regulatory positions.
"Make America Healthy Again."
The Trump administration has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale under EPA regulations.
Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Formaldehyde causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Under Former Chemical Industry Insiders, Trump EPA Nearly Doubles Amount of Formaldehyde Considered Safe to Inhale
Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The chemical industry has launched a multi-million dollar lobbying blitz to influence Trump, including on regulations related to "forever chemicals."
Trump's EPA has also recently added chemical lobbyists to regulatory positions.
"Make America Healthy Again."
Trump's EPA has also recently added chemical lobbyists to regulatory positions.
"Make America Healthy Again."
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"When same-sex marriage was still years away, there was America’s Uncle, straight as can be, demanding a future in which LGBTQ families be given a full stake in the American Dream and hurry the fuck up on that, please and thank you."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...
America's Uncle
He brought us comfort and humor.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"When same-sex marriage was still years away, there was America’s Uncle, straight as can be, demanding a future in which LGBTQ families be given a full stake in the American Dream and hurry the fuck up on that, please and thank you."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...
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I regret how I took him for granted. Reading posts that catalogue the great movies he made throughout his career, I'm reminded of how much we've lost.
"When same-sex marriage was still years away, there was America’s Uncle, straight as can be, demanding a future in which LGBTQ families be given a full stake in the American Dream and hurry the fuck up on that, please and thank you."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/americas-u...
America's Uncle
He brought us comfort and humor.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I regret how I took him for granted. Reading posts that catalogue the great movies he made throughout his career, I'm reminded of how much we've lost.
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"Please, oh please, let this news cycle pass quickly without me having to say something publicly about the President of the United States mocking the murders of innocent people because speaking out might mean I suffer professionally."
-- silent prayer of a certain type of D.C. politico
-- silent prayer of a certain type of D.C. politico
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Please, oh please, let this news cycle pass quickly without me having to say something publicly about the President of the United States mocking the murders of innocent people because speaking out might mean I suffer professionally."
-- silent prayer of a certain type of D.C. politico
-- silent prayer of a certain type of D.C. politico
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Feverishly working on this
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Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just when I thought I couldn't admire the man more...
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If farmers didn’t vote for Trump they wouldn’t need a bailout and short term taxpayer funded cash won’t change the fact that other countries are permanently replacing them in key markets. But they’ll praise Trump snyways & then falsely attribute being failed to someone else.
December 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If farmers didn’t vote for Trump they wouldn’t need a bailout and short term taxpayer funded cash won’t change the fact that other countries are permanently replacing them in key markets. But they’ll praise Trump snyways & then falsely attribute being failed to someone else.
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The orange felon is now threatening to withhold federal funding from red-state Indiana after their state senate rejected his gerrymandered map.
Indiana overwhelming voted for the deranged criminal traitor who now wants to destroy what’s left of their economy.
Indiana overwhelming voted for the deranged criminal traitor who now wants to destroy what’s left of their economy.
December 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The orange felon is now threatening to withhold federal funding from red-state Indiana after their state senate rejected his gerrymandered map.
Indiana overwhelming voted for the deranged criminal traitor who now wants to destroy what’s left of their economy.
Indiana overwhelming voted for the deranged criminal traitor who now wants to destroy what’s left of their economy.
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Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
I'm going to celebrate the day this guy is ousted from his Speakership.
Mike Johnson says boat strike hit "able-bodied" survivors, operation "entirely appropriate" - CBS News share.google/hr1WxCRcgPnw...
Mike Johnson says boat strike hit "able-bodied" survivors, operation "entirely appropriate" - CBS News share.google/hr1WxCRcgPnw...
Mike Johnson says boat strike hit "able-bodied" survivors, operation "entirely appropriate"
House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters he's satisfied with the intelligence and legality of the operation that killed two survivors of a U.S. strike on an alleged drug boat.
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December 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I'm going to celebrate the day this guy is ousted from his Speakership.
Mike Johnson says boat strike hit "able-bodied" survivors, operation "entirely appropriate" - CBS News share.google/hr1WxCRcgPnw...
Mike Johnson says boat strike hit "able-bodied" survivors, operation "entirely appropriate" - CBS News share.google/hr1WxCRcgPnw...
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NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
December 12, 2025 at 2:23 AM
NEW: Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser (D) says Colorado will not release Tina Peters after President Trump announced he is pardoning her state-level convictions.
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
"This is a lawless act. It's an act of intimidation," Weiser said. "It has no basis in the American law."
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Trump’s America.
Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
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Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trump’s America.
Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
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Mubashir is a 20-year-old Minneapolis resident and a U.S. citizen. ICE assaulted him and grabbed him off the street anyway.
Cruelty and incompetence, and an unlawful detention. A kidnapping. ICE gets to do this with zero accountability.
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Melania is absolutely stone faced as Trump talks about how sad Steve Scalise's wife when he was shot but he "knows many wives who would not even be crying"
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Melania is absolutely stone faced as Trump talks about how sad Steve Scalise's wife when he was shot but he "knows many wives who would not even be crying"