Jack Pondit
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Jack Pondit
@jackpondit.bsky.social
· Apr 20
In addition to giving the contract to himself and so stealing public money the very concept of this thing is a crazy level boondoggle www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is frontrunner to build Trump's Golden Dome missile shield
Elon Musk's SpaceX and two partners have emerged as frontrunners to win a crucial part of President Donald Trump's "Golden Dome" missile defense shield, six people familiar with the matter said.
www.reuters.com
We are going to spend trillions on military boondoggles while limiting our civil rights all in the name of ‘national security’ while decimating all the things like health care, cancer research, vaccines, and food safety that actually do protect us.
These people would be right at home in Nazi Germany.
Prominent MAGA figures are making it 100% explicit that MAGA is a neo-imperialist movement that's all about pillage and plunder justified by assumed racial superiority:
January 5, 2026 at 1:42 PM
These people would be right at home in Nazi Germany.
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Roberts’ 2024 opinion without textual or historical legitimacy, granted Trump immunity for virtually all crimes ushered in reign of domestic terror, and now an unconstitutional and shameful war for oil. No one has done more to destroy the “rule of law” than Roberts. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
If We had a Functional Constitution, We Wouldn’t have an Illegal War
MAGA stooges destroyed the rule of law
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Roberts’ 2024 opinion without textual or historical legitimacy, granted Trump immunity for virtually all crimes ushered in reign of domestic terror, and now an unconstitutional and shameful war for oil. No one has done more to destroy the “rule of law” than Roberts. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Compare this to the weeks-long media firestorm and blatant hostility from journalist when Joe Biden ended the war in Afghanistan.
Watching corporate media talk about the new "Trump doctrine" makes me want to vomit. Trump illegally attacked another country and kidnapped their leader. The media should be demanding Trump be impeached and prosecuted by the ICC for war crimes.
January 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Compare this to the weeks-long media firestorm and blatant hostility from journalist when Joe Biden ended the war in Afghanistan.
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It’s sobering to look back on the run-up to the Iraq war—a period of unceasing chattering-class debate, elaborate official lies, media complicity, unavailing global protest, in the end a giant stitch-up—and have it seem like some sort of paradise of public deliberation compared to these gangsters.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
It’s sobering to look back on the run-up to the Iraq war—a period of unceasing chattering-class debate, elaborate official lies, media complicity, unavailing global protest, in the end a giant stitch-up—and have it seem like some sort of paradise of public deliberation compared to these gangsters.
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Here's an excerpt -- take a break from watching NFL second-stringers and read the whole column and tell me what you think
January 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Here's an excerpt -- take a break from watching NFL second-stringers and read the whole column and tell me what you think
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We need to be honest with ourselves and our leaders about Venezuela
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
America launches its 250th birthday year by becoming a rogue state | Will Bunch
Trump's illegal war on Venezuela cemented his claim to dictatorship and marked the U.S. as a global pariah.
www.inquirer.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We need to be honest with ourselves and our leaders about Venezuela
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
We are a rogue state, a global pariah
Trump is ruling as a dictator, period
An axis of evil wants to carve up small, resource-rich nations
The message for 2026 is clear: No kings!
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Every dem (most of them) who began their venezuela statement with "maduro is bad and we are glad he is gone" should retire
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Every dem (most of them) who began their venezuela statement with "maduro is bad and we are glad he is gone" should retire
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All of the Antarctic Peninsula and half of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet had their #1 ranked warmest year.
January 5, 2026 at 6:02 AM
All of the Antarctic Peninsula and half of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet had their #1 ranked warmest year.
MAHA!
In a highly unusual move, the EPA is revising an assessment of the health dangers posed by formaldehyde, a widespread pollutant that causes far more cancer than any other chemical in the air.
(Published Dec. 2025)
(Published Dec. 2025)
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
January 5, 2026 at 10:37 AM
MAHA!
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This admission alone would be sufficient for a war crimes conviction. He’s just openly bragging about launching a war of aggression and plunder. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This admission alone would be sufficient for a war crimes conviction. He’s just openly bragging about launching a war of aggression and plunder. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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"All of this is to say that none of this insult to civilization has been thought out past the rubric of 'How much will Donald Trump enjoy watching this on Fox News?'"
I wrote about how the Venezuela adventure shows that Trump is beginning our Semiquincentennial with a Declaration of Domination.
I wrote about how the Venezuela adventure shows that Trump is beginning our Semiquincentennial with a Declaration of Domination.
Venezuela is the end of Donald Trump
This attack is Trump's Declaration of Domination. We must insist that we are still free.
www.thefarce.org
January 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM
"All of this is to say that none of this insult to civilization has been thought out past the rubric of 'How much will Donald Trump enjoy watching this on Fox News?'"
I wrote about how the Venezuela adventure shows that Trump is beginning our Semiquincentennial with a Declaration of Domination.
I wrote about how the Venezuela adventure shows that Trump is beginning our Semiquincentennial with a Declaration of Domination.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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A Mad King has usurped the power of Congress—which represents the American people. That is, he has seized power that belongs to you and me collectively. He has declared war without consultation with or approval from Congress. And with no imminent threat. This is a profound betrayal of the republic.
January 3, 2026 at 10:11 AM
A Mad King has usurped the power of Congress—which represents the American people. That is, he has seized power that belongs to you and me collectively. He has declared war without consultation with or approval from Congress. And with no imminent threat. This is a profound betrayal of the republic.
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The FIFA Peace Prize doesn't mean what it used to
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 AM
The FIFA Peace Prize doesn't mean what it used to
If I was a Republican in congress, I would be having second thoughts about handing over all the power of my branch of government to an irrational sociopath who has growing signs of dementia.
January 3, 2026 at 12:18 PM
If I was a Republican in congress, I would be having second thoughts about handing over all the power of my branch of government to an irrational sociopath who has growing signs of dementia.
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Calling is better if you can swing it, but if you're phone shy here's a slightly augmented script I made for faxing/emailing/etc (feel free to steal in alt text).
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
January 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Calling is better if you can swing it, but if you're phone shy here's a slightly augmented script I made for faxing/emailing/etc (feel free to steal in alt text).
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
Find Your Senators: www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
Find Your Representatives: www.house.gov/representati...
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fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
January 3, 2026 at 10:47 AM
fwiw it’s been about six weeks since Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras who had been convicted of trafficking drugs into the US
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Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
President Trump said on Saturday that the U.S. had captured the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Secretaries Rubio and Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress.
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This this this this THIS!
This lede makes no sense: "Congress learned some hard lessons about the limits of its power during the first year of the second Trump administration..." They did not in fact learn any lessons about how powers they entirely declined to exercise might have worked.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/u...
A Diminished Congress Weighs Whether to Reassert Its Power
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This this this this THIS!
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"Trump's attack on offshore wind is really an attack on our economy," said Sen. Jack Reed. "He's jacking up energy bills, firing thousands of union workers, and leaving our nation behind."
Offshore Wind Developers Fight 'Unlawful' Trump Admin Attacks in Court
Developers behind offshore wind projects targeted by the Trump administration are seeking preliminary injunctions to allow construction to continue while the legal battles play out.
www.commondreams.org
January 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
"Trump's attack on offshore wind is really an attack on our economy," said Sen. Jack Reed. "He's jacking up energy bills, firing thousands of union workers, and leaving our nation behind."
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This is nuts. Too much emphasis on experts on climate change, right?
January 2, 2026 at 9:02 AM
This is nuts. Too much emphasis on experts on climate change, right?
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Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
(Published Nov. 2025)
New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
(Published Nov. 2025)
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
(Published Nov. 2025)
New data suggests separations are happening all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
(Published Nov. 2025)
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Trump does not grasp that if parks nationwide are degraded, thousands of small businesses located in or near the parks will suffer, and tens of thousands of people will be out of work.
President Trump is dismantling our national parks | Opinion
www.inquirer.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Trump does not grasp that if parks nationwide are degraded, thousands of small businesses located in or near the parks will suffer, and tens of thousands of people will be out of work.