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Jason Karsh

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Writer. Photographer. Liberal. Obama alum. Petter of dogs. Partaker of libations. Medium: @jkarsh | Instagram: _jkarsh

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · Jun 8

As the Trump admin predictably rolls the National Guard into the streets and a Republican army of enablers roots for military violence against Americans, some words on why, and the way forward.

The Tyranny of Tiny Men

The way to fight back is not to give up on anyone. The way forward is to stand with each other, for each other.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 6h

Liking this post with no further explanation just so you have to turn this over in your head all the more. 😂

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 6h

See, this is where Jake Elliot gets it right and where @chriswarcraft.bsky.social sadly missed the boat. You’ve gotta require this in your contract for all warmup kicks.

Jimmy Kempski @jimmykempski.bsky.social · 6h

Jake Elliott taking some warmup kicks near a dog…

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 6h

A very good dog, obviously. Is that Kirk Herbstreit? That would explain it.

Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 6h

Murder as messaging. Again, there’s a reason The Hague exists.

emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 9h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h

i feel like everything bari weiss does is treated like she's a network exec in 1973 when she's really just a LARPer at the helm of a particularly irrelevant brand while TV news is dying.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 7h

New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 8h

Could not be more clear the president wishes he had unilateral power to imprison people, like in an absolute monarchy

He doesn’t so instead he’s forcing the govt to bring charges against his enemies because he wants vengeance

Nakedly corrupt, the sort of thing that necessitates removal from office

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 7h

As the WaPo quickly and predictably devolves into right-wing dreck, it’s important to remember how their leadership lied their faces off about how this was all going to go. They were always going to throw away the trust that paper had, and they lied about it from jump.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 17h

"Garbage" is far too kind a description of what the Washington Post's ed page has become.

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 7h

I like how he shakes his head like, ‘Oh, you silly silly Democrat. Of course the unidentified masked men in the unmarked vans zip-tying people and kidnapping them are the good guys. Everyone knows that.’ Also, her handle is @katmabu.bsky.social

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

ILLINOIS Candidate for Congress @abugai.bsky.social : “You said Prizker & Johnson need a history lesson - I’d like to give you one: when masked men are kidnapping entire families, naked, zip-tying their hands and throwing them into U-haul trucks… they’re usually not the good guys.”

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 7h

Total pro in the heat of the moment. 💪💪

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 8h

Upload your scanned ID they said. It will be fine they said.

404 Media @404media.co · 14h

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 9h

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 8h

This bumblebee was just trying to get the latest NFL update like the rest of us and sure enough, some talking head back in the studio starts freaking out. Godspeed, little bee friend.

Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 8h

Good Morning Football's Sara Walsh and the Saga of the British Bumblebee.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8h

The Attorney General of New York was just indicted by our tinpot dictator

Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals

Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals

www.theguardian.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h

The prosecutor put in office after the president who wants vengeance against his enemies told his AG that a WH lawyer was the person for the job — despite no prosecution experience — successfully sought an indictment against one of the named enemies, the second such indictment.

And you push this?

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Federal grand jury in Virginia charges Letitia James, the New York attorney general who investigated Trump's business practices, with bank fraud

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 9h

Money talks.

Jacob Shamsian @jayshams.bsky.social · 10h

I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.

Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.

www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 9h

I definitely think that’s a huge part of the push (or putsch), you see it in the military/government firings as well. They’re clearly saying this country is of, for, and by white people. And if you want to be part of their servant class, maybe some exceptions can be made, otherwise get out.

Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 9h

Pretty simple litmus test coming up for Dems in ‘26/‘28 that should—but almost certainly won’t—be asked, ‘Should an independent, special prosecutor be appointed to determine if Stephen Miller et al should be referred to The Hague?’

John Harwood @johnjharwood.bsky.social · 10h

in 40 years of covering politics and government, i've never encountered anyone as sinister as Stephen Miller

my @zeteo_news column

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Sinister, Malevolent, Venomous: Stephen Miller Is Like No Other White House Aide in Modern US History

Miller, the deputy White House chief of staff, has never hidden his disfigured and dangerous psyche. But now Donald Trump has empowered him to execute his fascist impulses.

zeteo.com

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 10h

Kind of dumb question, is the goal here simply to make the numbers Miller demands of brown faces in cages and on planes to god knows where? Or are they trying to discourage immigrants from participating in public life (i.e., going to school, looking for work/having jobs, etc.)? Or is it both?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15h

CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 10h

It’s becoming the Mel Brooks Ten Commandments bit in reverse. “I’ve solved ten—no, 15. FIFTEEN WARS.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump on the Nobel: "Nobody in history has solved eight wars in a period of nine months. And I've stopped eight wars. That's never happened before. But they'll have to do what they do. Whatever they do is fine."

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 10h

This is all true. It’s also both stunning and sad that she’s not being taken to task by our political for clearly never understanding how healthcare worked before. She’s been voting against these things for years but she finally learns how it works and is shocked! into action. Good for her? I guess?

Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 10h

Seeing lots of "MTG shouldn't get a redemption tour" and that's not what this is. Marge realized, smartly, that Congress is a pretty easy and well paying gig and all you gotta do is keep getting re-elected and this is the smartest way to go about doing that.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on CNN (!): "I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying if the ACA tax credits expire, they aren't gonna be able to have health insurance. They're going to have to drop it."

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 10h

1. Why is this being announced on twitter?

2. Why is the US bailing out Argentina—while the government is shut down?

3. Why do we now know we can stop listening to “fiscal conservatives” forever because it’s a total scam and they’re fine with Republicans doing whatever corrupt shit they want?

David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 10h

Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. has “directly purchased Argentine pesos,” and the Treasury Department has “finalized a $20 billion currency swap framework with Argentina’s central bank.”

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 10h

"Anything in English"

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 10h

Antifa Circumcisions™️

*it* is happening here @realworldrj.bsky.social · 10h

Where does antifa fit into this, because I am sure they do.

Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 10h

Wuuuut

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Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 10h

Of course, because they’re not only bad bets, they’re what all these companies advertise. Nobody is selling -110, they’re selling +600 etc. Not to mention, people need the money. People want lottery tickets—and when they see ‘This 12 teamer hit for $140k!’ advertised, they think why not me.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10h

As mobile sports betting has boomed, parlays, or multi-part bets, are becoming more popular, accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports.

Sportsbooks are making a fortune off of them. https://wapo.st/3KI6tQo

Jason Karsh @jkarsh.bsky.social · 10h

Not for nothing, but that we—as a nation—haven’t run RFK Jr out of this office yet is a national embarrassment. And that our political press hasn’t slammed on the brakes and demanded it in the name of public health tells you a ton about the current state of our press.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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