JackInEC
@jackinec.bsky.social
A general curmudgeon. JHU alum. Member of the Greenland Underground. Go Ravens! Former journalist with an interest in political comedy.
Silencing satirists doesn't just mean you have no sense of humor. It means you have no decency.
Silencing satirists doesn't just mean you have no sense of humor. It means you have no decency.
Pinned
Don't pay attention to what they tell you. Pay attention to what they don't want you to learn. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Judge orders restoration of Philadelphia slavery exhibits
Cynthia Rufe, a George W. Bush appointee, compared the administration’s effort to remove the panels to Orwell’s “1984.”
www.politico.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Don't pay attention to what they tell you. Pay attention to what they don't want you to learn. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
"ATLANTA — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued official guidance Friday reminding lobbyists and lawmakers that bribery and extortion are felonies punishable under state law."
Yes, we're really at the point in this timeline where this reminder is necessary. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Yes, we're really at the point in this timeline where this reminder is necessary. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Georgia AG reminds lawmakers running for office that taking bribes is a crime
He says Georgians need to know that a bill didn't pass or fail because of someone supporting a candidate.
www.wsbtv.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:17 PM
"ATLANTA — Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued official guidance Friday reminding lobbyists and lawmakers that bribery and extortion are felonies punishable under state law."
Yes, we're really at the point in this timeline where this reminder is necessary. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Yes, we're really at the point in this timeline where this reminder is necessary. www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
Not to be punny, but that's not a good sign of a healthy economy.
Nearly all of the jobs added to the U.S. economy in recent months have come from one industry: health care.
Without health care and related jobs, the U.S. would have nearly 400,000 fewer jobs than it did a year ago, according to the Labor Department.
Without health care and related jobs, the U.S. would have nearly 400,000 fewer jobs than it did a year ago, according to the Labor Department.
If not for this one industry, the U.S. labor market would look a lot worse
Without health care, the United States would have nearly 400,000 fewer jobs than it did a year ago, according to Labor Department figures through January.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Not to be punny, but that's not a good sign of a healthy economy.
I'm old enough to remember when conservative conspiracy theorists were outraged, claiming that the Government was using abandoned Big Box stores to house detainees in Operation Jade Helm.
Trump is doing that exact thing, and the right wing is silent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump is doing that exact thing, and the right wing is silent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE to spend $38bn turning warehouses into detention centers, documents show
US homeland security eyeing 24 buildings, some as ‘primary locations’ for deportations, in escalation of Trump agenda
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:57 PM
I'm old enough to remember when conservative conspiracy theorists were outraged, claiming that the Government was using abandoned Big Box stores to house detainees in Operation Jade Helm.
Trump is doing that exact thing, and the right wing is silent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump is doing that exact thing, and the right wing is silent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Please sign this petition to help Minneapolis get a Nobel peace prize.
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Help Minneapolis Get a Nobel Peace Prize
Students protest against ICE during a walkout at the University of Minnesota, on January 26, 2026 (Brandon Bell / Getty Images) The editors of The Nation are formally nominating the city of Minneapo...
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February 14, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Please sign this petition to help Minneapolis get a Nobel peace prize.
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Now why do you think DNI Tulsi Gabbard would bury an intelligence report about Kushner, the son-in-law of the President who took $3 billion from Saudi Arabia, and who Trump tasked with "solving" Gaza? www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Now why do you think DNI Tulsi Gabbard would bury an intelligence report about Kushner, the son-in-law of the President who took $3 billion from Saudi Arabia, and who Trump tasked with "solving" Gaza? www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
“You have a right to protest in the street, but that doesn’t give you a right to go into the Capitol and disrupt Congress.” --OH GOP Congressman Jim Jordan during a Wednesday hearing.
Note: Jordan is a vociforous supporter of the blanket pardon Trump issued to 2,000+ January 6th insurrectionists.
Note: Jordan is a vociforous supporter of the blanket pardon Trump issued to 2,000+ January 6th insurrectionists.
February 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“You have a right to protest in the street, but that doesn’t give you a right to go into the Capitol and disrupt Congress.” --OH GOP Congressman Jim Jordan during a Wednesday hearing.
Note: Jordan is a vociforous supporter of the blanket pardon Trump issued to 2,000+ January 6th insurrectionists.
Note: Jordan is a vociforous supporter of the blanket pardon Trump issued to 2,000+ January 6th insurrectionists.
MAGA's choice to lead the national health and medical system.
Sheesh.
Sheesh.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
MAGA's choice to lead the national health and medical system.
Sheesh.
Sheesh.
More lies from ICE after they shot another US citizen who was legally carrying a gun. ICE falsely claimed the victim drove at officers; body cam footage undermines their claim. abc7.com/post/video-s...
Video suggests DHS exaggerated claims about the shooting of Marimar Martinez: Visual analysis
Body camera footage and other evidence was released after a federal judge last week granted a motion to permit the public release of the materials in the case.
abc7.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
More lies from ICE after they shot another US citizen who was legally carrying a gun. ICE falsely claimed the victim drove at officers; body cam footage undermines their claim. abc7.com/post/video-s...
I love how emphatic the judge is in their opinion blocking Hegseth from court-martialling Sen. Kelly and others.
Judges rarely use exclamation points.
Judges rarely use exclamation points.
February 12, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I love how emphatic the judge is in their opinion blocking Hegseth from court-martialling Sen. Kelly and others.
Judges rarely use exclamation points.
Judges rarely use exclamation points.
A reminder that this misogynist white nationalist has dined with the President, at his request, multiple times.
This is the type of advisor Trump seeks out.
This is the type of advisor Trump seeks out.
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:20 PM
A reminder that this misogynist white nationalist has dined with the President, at his request, multiple times.
This is the type of advisor Trump seeks out.
This is the type of advisor Trump seeks out.
This is what the wealthy used to do with their wealth: fund charities, support the needy, build libraries, etc.
Allen, Melinda French Gates, and MacKenzie Scott lead the way. They are the philanthropic wealthy class our forefathers had imagined, not Trump and Musk. fortune.com/2026/02/09/w...
Allen, Melinda French Gates, and MacKenzie Scott lead the way. They are the philanthropic wealthy class our forefathers had imagined, not Trump and Musk. fortune.com/2026/02/09/w...
Meet Jody Allen, the billionaire owner of the Seattle Seahawks who plans to sell the team and donate the proceeds to charity | Fortune
The sister of the late Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, has carried on her brother’s philanthropic legacy.
fortune.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
This is what the wealthy used to do with their wealth: fund charities, support the needy, build libraries, etc.
Allen, Melinda French Gates, and MacKenzie Scott lead the way. They are the philanthropic wealthy class our forefathers had imagined, not Trump and Musk. fortune.com/2026/02/09/w...
Allen, Melinda French Gates, and MacKenzie Scott lead the way. They are the philanthropic wealthy class our forefathers had imagined, not Trump and Musk. fortune.com/2026/02/09/w...
Great analysis:
GOP/Trump tax cuts will cost the US budget $4.7T over 9 yrs.
Trump's tariffs will only generate $3T over that time (and Trump's already promised the revenue would pay for other programs).
Even the rosiest forecast has a $1.7T shortfall.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/b...
GOP/Trump tax cuts will cost the US budget $4.7T over 9 yrs.
Trump's tariffs will only generate $3T over that time (and Trump's already promised the revenue would pay for other programs).
Even the rosiest forecast has a $1.7T shortfall.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/b...
Federal Debt to Hit Record Levels, Budget Office Warns
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Great analysis:
GOP/Trump tax cuts will cost the US budget $4.7T over 9 yrs.
Trump's tariffs will only generate $3T over that time (and Trump's already promised the revenue would pay for other programs).
Even the rosiest forecast has a $1.7T shortfall.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/b...
GOP/Trump tax cuts will cost the US budget $4.7T over 9 yrs.
Trump's tariffs will only generate $3T over that time (and Trump's already promised the revenue would pay for other programs).
Even the rosiest forecast has a $1.7T shortfall.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/b...
Can we not overlook the part of the story where the US Department of Defense allowed the Department of Homeland Security to use a military weapons system within US borders
... on a party balloon? apnews.com/article/faa-...
... on a party balloon? apnews.com/article/faa-...
Pentagon let CBP use anti-drone laser before FAA closed El Paso airspace, AP sources say
The agency says it will ground all flights to and from the airport for "special security reasons."
apnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Can we not overlook the part of the story where the US Department of Defense allowed the Department of Homeland Security to use a military weapons system within US borders
... on a party balloon? apnews.com/article/faa-...
... on a party balloon? apnews.com/article/faa-...
Note that in the heart of this story, Pete Hegseth's Dept. of Defense mistook a party balloon for a hostile foreign drone and used a multi-million-dollar defense system to destroy it.
www.cbsnews.com/news/airspac...
www.cbsnews.com/news/airspac...
Airspace closure followed spat over drone-related tests and party balloon shoot-down, sources say
Pentagon officials had undertaken planning to use military technology near Fort Bliss, in El Paso, to practice downing drones.
www.cbsnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Note that in the heart of this story, Pete Hegseth's Dept. of Defense mistook a party balloon for a hostile foreign drone and used a multi-million-dollar defense system to destroy it.
www.cbsnews.com/news/airspac...
www.cbsnews.com/news/airspac...
Job growth fell 83% in the United States in 2025, according to the Trump Administration.
How is that making America great again?
How is that making America great again?
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Job growth fell 83% in the United States in 2025, according to the Trump Administration.
How is that making America great again?
How is that making America great again?
I'm cracking up at so-called pro-American MAGA crying because the NFL is marketing the quintessential American sport to foreign, non-English speaking markets.... to make money.
The Government, they say, must censor the league.
MAGA's white America is clearly anti-capitalist and pro-fascist.
The Government, they say, must censor the league.
MAGA's white America is clearly anti-capitalist and pro-fascist.
February 11, 2026 at 2:15 AM
I'm cracking up at so-called pro-American MAGA crying because the NFL is marketing the quintessential American sport to foreign, non-English speaking markets.... to make money.
The Government, they say, must censor the league.
MAGA's white America is clearly anti-capitalist and pro-fascist.
The Government, they say, must censor the league.
MAGA's white America is clearly anti-capitalist and pro-fascist.
From self-righteously boasting that you avoided Epstein in every instance because you sensed Epstein was "disgusting," to admitting you took your young children and another couple's children to Epstein's private island.
Why does Harold Lutnick still have a job? www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/l...
Why does Harold Lutnick still have a job? www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/l...
Trump Commerce Sec. Lutnick admits visiting Epstein island during family vacation
Lutnick is facing bipartisan calls to resign following the release of records showing his relationship with Epstein was more extensive than previously known.
www.cnbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
From self-righteously boasting that you avoided Epstein in every instance because you sensed Epstein was "disgusting," to admitting you took your young children and another couple's children to Epstein's private island.
Why does Harold Lutnick still have a job? www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/l...
Why does Harold Lutnick still have a job? www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/l...
Prepare for a torrent of halftime show reviews from rightwing snowflakes who were too scared to watch the Bad Bunny halftime show.
All these artless MAGA believe they can psychically judge the entertainment value of something they didn't watch.
Ignorance is a blessing to MAGA.
All these artless MAGA believe they can psychically judge the entertainment value of something they didn't watch.
Ignorance is a blessing to MAGA.
February 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Prepare for a torrent of halftime show reviews from rightwing snowflakes who were too scared to watch the Bad Bunny halftime show.
All these artless MAGA believe they can psychically judge the entertainment value of something they didn't watch.
Ignorance is a blessing to MAGA.
All these artless MAGA believe they can psychically judge the entertainment value of something they didn't watch.
Ignorance is a blessing to MAGA.
So the actor who rose to fame after he starred in a movie in which a misguided computer nearly started a thermonuclear war is now trying to sell us on using AI.
Seems like a long game.
Seems like a long game.
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
So the actor who rose to fame after he starred in a movie in which a misguided computer nearly started a thermonuclear war is now trying to sell us on using AI.
Seems like a long game.
Seems like a long game.
In the Pantheon of Great Super Bowl Halftime Performances, there are:
1. Prince
2. Beyonce
3. Left Shark
1. Prince
2. Beyonce
3. Left Shark
February 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
In the Pantheon of Great Super Bowl Halftime Performances, there are:
1. Prince
2. Beyonce
3. Left Shark
1. Prince
2. Beyonce
3. Left Shark
The pre-show game has been very “meh” so far.
February 8, 2026 at 11:58 PM
The pre-show game has been very “meh” so far.
FAMU, a prestigious HBCU, is barred from using the word "Black" in its promotion of Black History Month events because of Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis's overreaching anti-DEI mandates.
MAGA are racist in simultaneously stupid and cruel ways.
www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...
MAGA are racist in simultaneously stupid and cruel ways.
www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...
‘Black’ banned from flyers for FAMU College of Law Black History Month event, student says
A student at FAMU College of Law says the school told her to remove the word 'black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law.
www.clickorlando.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:41 PM
FAMU, a prestigious HBCU, is barred from using the word "Black" in its promotion of Black History Month events because of Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis's overreaching anti-DEI mandates.
MAGA are racist in simultaneously stupid and cruel ways.
www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...
MAGA are racist in simultaneously stupid and cruel ways.
www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...
They're shooting people and then lying about it to the courts and to the public.
This lawlessness must end, and accountability must be restored. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This lawlessness must end, and accountability must be restored. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘A smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:29 PM
They're shooting people and then lying about it to the courts and to the public.
This lawlessness must end, and accountability must be restored. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
This lawlessness must end, and accountability must be restored. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...