J. W.

J. W.

@artenius.bsky.social

Uncle. Cat Dad. Attorney. Gamer. Generally exhausted by the ongoing decline of civilization.

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Ah, yes, the famously liberal… [checks notes]… Cato Institute?! [rechecks notes to make sure I'm not having a stroke]… Yep. The Cato Institute is pushing back on Trump's bullshit voter fraud claims.

Walter Olson@walterolson.bsky.social

If you saw that curious Census Bureau paper earlier this month claiming to have found some unlawful noncitizen voting, my colleague Stephen Richer offers an annihilating analysis of it here: the methodologically flimsy 7-pager is "a professional embarrassment," the work of outside hands, or both.

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When I was younger, I wanted to be an astronaut to explore the unknown and float around in space and to boldly go where no man has gone before, and now I wanna be an astronaut just to be 238,000 miles away from earth so I can finally unclench my jaw for a little bit so

Is it just me, or does it feel like the Dems are slowly releasing Epstein information to try to get rid of Trump, but only slowly to try and cover their own asses. Like trying to bluff your opponent into folding when your hand is (probably) as bad as theirs.

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“'This is cruelty for cruelty’s sake,' said a senior congressional aide briefed on the plan. 'Targeting children — threatening their parents — offering them cash to give up safety — this is not immigration enforcement. It’s blackmail.'" open.substack.com/pub/migranti...

open.substack.comBREAKING: ICE Hunts Children in Twisted 'Freaky Friday' OperationOperation targets unaccompanied children as young as 14 — with threats, bribes, and family arrests if they refuse to self-deport.

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If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, gun reform, universal child care, and a living wage. The right-wing agenda isn’t about “life.” It’s about control.

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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down.

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AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

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We can have better. We can have universal healthcare. We can have tuition-free college. We can have universal childcare. We can have affordable housing. We can have livable wages. We can have affordable food. We have to stick together & demand better for the working class.

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Naked authoritarian fascism. Love and support to the entire team at @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social, who *will* come out the other side of this horrendous abuse of power. Disgusted to see ABC caving to this glaringly illegal and unconstitutional threat from Brendan Carr.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social

Extraordinarily corrupt. I watched FCC chair Brendan Carr's full interview on Hannity. Carr basically said straight out that coverage of Trump he deems overly hostile can be decreed contrary to the "public interest," and thus grounds for yanking licenses: newrepublic.com/article/2006...

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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey tells people not to say “this is about thoughts and prayers” after a shooting at a Catholic school and church in his city: “These kids were literally praying.”

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Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."

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AOC: This bill is a deal with the devil. It explodes our national debt. It militarizes our entire economy. It strips away health care and basic dignity of the American people for what? To give Elon Musk a tax break.. We cannot stand for it. And we will not support it. You should be ashamed