JorgeJones
@jorgejones2024.bsky.social
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Here to follow interesting folks and learn about various topics that interest me. Not a poster/sharer of much. You probably don't want to follow me, I'm just on here to help cope with the real world until the Omni Crisis subsides.
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billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.
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nberlat.bsky.social
there's really just zero motivation for Ds to negotiate when they're saying things like this. if they're just going to rule by recissision anyway, might as well make them admit they're gutting the fillibuster in order to destroy healthcare.
atrupar.com
Q: Rescission are something Dems have said is a reason for a lack of trust. What rescissions are you discussing?

JOHNSON: We have more than $37t in debt. We're doing everything we can to get us back to sound fiscal responsibility. What does that include? A rescission package is part of our process
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Please keep making podcasts about how democrats need to stop being so condescending about red states
atrupar.com
Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."
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rincewind.run
John Roberts: I've seen enough, TRO denied on the shadow docket
fedworkerrights.bsky.social
Here's the error-filled table of contents of the Government's brief opposing a TRO of the shutdown RIFs
Table of contents of government brief opposing a TRO of Shutdown RIFs. Where page numbers should be, the document says, "ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED"
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suesswassersee.bsky.social
They just get to do this to any of us now, then lie about it
jsweetli.bsky.social
WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.
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mmasnick.bsky.social
Only to be mocked by the Supreme Court.
chrislhayes.bsky.social
As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
Already cooked. This is gonna be how they stop people posting about the genocide when Larry Ellison and the boys take over the US algorithm
premthakker.bsky.social
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
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beyerstein.bsky.social
Of all the clerics they could have popped, those ICE idiots had to hit Hot Priest.
Presbyterian minister David Black on CNN, who was shot with pepper balls  while praying outside an ICE facility.
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gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social
This shit is crazy because they're just straight up on video hitting a car that was blocked in the street. The extent as to which DHS now just brazenly puts out lies is utterly obscene.
cjciaramella.bsky.social
UPDATE: In emailed statement to me / @reason.com, DHS alleges that WGN-TV producer Debbie Brockman "threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer."
Screencap of email from DHS public affairs: Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin:

 

“U.S. Border Patrol was conducting immigration enforcement operations and when several violent agitators used their vehicles to block in agents in an effort to impede and assault federal officers. In fear of public safety and of law enforcement, officers used their service vehicle to strike a suspect’s vehicle and create an opening. As agents were driving, Deborah Brockman, a U.S. citizen, threw objects at Border Patrol’s car and she was placed under arrest for assault on a federal law enforcement officer. 

 

“This incident is not isolated and reflects a growing and dangerous trend of illegal aliens violently resisting arrest and agitators and criminals ramming cars into our law enforcement officers. These attacks highlight the dangers our law enforcement officers face daily—all while receiving no pay thanks to the Democrats’ government shutdown.”
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ringwiss.bsky.social
“And that’s why we nuked it twice in the past month.”
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mekka.mekka-tech.com
Hey, it's October! And I keep saying that the majority of white folk in the US still approve of the way Trump is "handling immigration."

But the popularity of his immigration policies has been declining overall? Surely by now, the majority of white folk in the US would not support these ICE raids?🤡
Chart showing that the majority of white adults in the US (52%) support the way that Donald Trump is "handling immigration."

Only 36% of Hispanic people approve, and only 21% of Black people approve.
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States
florianscheuer.bsky.social
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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jorgejones2024.bsky.social
Yeah my job announced a 5% increase for the coming year which is not bad compared to most, but I'm guessing in 2026 the increase they announce will be a lot bigger.
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tznkai.bsky.social
It's a huge part of your total compensation. Just enormous.
charlesgaba.com
The reason people THINK employer coverage is significantly less expensive than ACA coverage is because around 75% of the premium cost is typically PAID BY THE EMPLOYER.

ACA tax credits effectively take the place of the employer's share of ESI premiums.
KFF.org: Avg. annual worker & employer premium contributions
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maggietokudahall.bsky.social
Today my daughter's preschool is holding a farewell assembly for one of her classmates whose mother has no choice but to self deport. The school is hoping it will be joyful in tone, so we might make this less upsetting for this 3 year old.

There's just no words for the uselessness of this cruelty.
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t0ussaint.bsky.social
"[Argentina] fears that a sharper depreciation will reignite expectations of high inflation, & they also wish to conserve those IMF funds to help cover nearly $20 billion in interest and principal payments on dollar debts coming due in the next 15months" #econsky theconversation.com/why-argentin...
jorgejones2024.bsky.social
It was a resounding win in terms of electoral college votes, but if ~50k votes across 3 states had flipped he would have lost. He barely won the states that he needed to win. Similar to how Trump would have lost 2024 if ~100k votes across 3 states had flipped. There was nothing resounding about it.