@jake200.bsky.social
Lowly citizen observer and commentator. No party, only country affiliation. Deep roots in flyover country, matured in blue states, now ensconced in foreign land.
(@jake100.bsky.social is also me!)
(@jake100.bsky.social is also me!)
Reposted
FT looks at the US plan to use US taxpayer money to aggressively promote fascism in Europe. Meddling in domestic politics on an unprecedented scale, and again, demonstration of Trump's perfect alignment with the Kremlin. www.ft.com/content/7a48...
US undermines democracy to promote Maga to the world
America is adapting older tools to spread a cynical worldview
www.ft.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
FT looks at the US plan to use US taxpayer money to aggressively promote fascism in Europe. Meddling in domestic politics on an unprecedented scale, and again, demonstration of Trump's perfect alignment with the Kremlin. www.ft.com/content/7a48...
Reposted
So incredibly condescending.
Message is no different than Vance's. A fist in a velvet glove is just as threatening.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Message is no different than Vance's. A fist in a velvet glove is just as threatening.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Rubio tells Europe US wants renewed alliance – but on Trump’s terms
Secretary of state calls the US ‘a child of Europe’ and urges continent to back a new world order
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
So incredibly condescending.
Message is no different than Vance's. A fist in a velvet glove is just as threatening.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Message is no different than Vance's. A fist in a velvet glove is just as threatening.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Florida Couple Arrested After Pickleball Match Turns Into a Brawl
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM
No question about it, the guy is eloquent!
So awe-inspiring in a leader after having to listen to a brain-dead ignoramus and his shrieking goon squad.
So awe-inspiring in a leader after having to listen to a brain-dead ignoramus and his shrieking goon squad.
February 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
No question about it, the guy is eloquent!
So awe-inspiring in a leader after having to listen to a brain-dead ignoramus and his shrieking goon squad.
So awe-inspiring in a leader after having to listen to a brain-dead ignoramus and his shrieking goon squad.
Reposted
A Democrat just won 62% of the vote in a Louisiana House district that gave Trump a 13-point victory in 2024. A week earlier, Democrats seized a Texas Senate district that also favored Trump. Special election results are raising alarms in Republican circles. buff.ly/Ea35U4L
Do special election results spell doom for Republicans in 2026?
Special election results have anticipated recent midterm outcomes. With Democrats now overperforming, that could spell trouble for the GOP in 2026.
theconversation.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
A Democrat just won 62% of the vote in a Louisiana House district that gave Trump a 13-point victory in 2024. A week earlier, Democrats seized a Texas Senate district that also favored Trump. Special election results are raising alarms in Republican circles. buff.ly/Ea35U4L
Because we need to count your job that's being replaced by AI.
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Because we need to count your job that's being replaced by AI.
They ALL act like that, from Nurse Susie to Stephen Miller to Bovino to John Roberts (for whom it's true) to Vought to Pam Bondi to Noem to Kash Patel to Hegseth to, most especially, Trump. All up and down the line.
And with our US Congress, they're probably right.
And with our US Congress, they're probably right.
February 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
They ALL act like that, from Nurse Susie to Stephen Miller to Bovino to John Roberts (for whom it's true) to Vought to Pam Bondi to Noem to Kash Patel to Hegseth to, most especially, Trump. All up and down the line.
And with our US Congress, they're probably right.
And with our US Congress, they're probably right.
Why confine yourself to Venezuelans in fishing boats? Now targeting Americans over US airports!
How important is this to Hegseth? A "principal deputy assistant defense secretary specializing in homeland defense" is the high-ranking DoD official
coordinating the matter
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
How important is this to Hegseth? A "principal deputy assistant defense secretary specializing in homeland defense" is the high-ranking DoD official
coordinating the matter
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Inside the Debacle That Led to the Closure of El Paso’s Airspace
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Why confine yourself to Venezuelans in fishing boats? Now targeting Americans over US airports!
How important is this to Hegseth? A "principal deputy assistant defense secretary specializing in homeland defense" is the high-ranking DoD official
coordinating the matter
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
How important is this to Hegseth? A "principal deputy assistant defense secretary specializing in homeland defense" is the high-ranking DoD official
coordinating the matter
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...
Reposted
👌 Good that this is being pointed out. In diplomacy, presence is not a side issue. Skipping the Ukraine meeting while speaking about “civilization” sends a message. The press should make that visible.
February 14, 2026 at 10:49 AM
👌 Good that this is being pointed out. In diplomacy, presence is not a side issue. Skipping the Ukraine meeting while speaking about “civilization” sends a message. The press should make that visible.
Reposted
Palantir, Deloitte, and the private prison giant GEO Group took in more than $22 billion from ICE and CBP last year. Behind the spreadsheets and contracts, there's a quieter truth: someone is getting rich from cages, borders, and human pain. Profit has always been fluent in the language of cruelty.
Companies reap $22bn from Trump’s immigration crackdown
Palantir and Deloitte among beneficiaries of spending by government agencies
www.ft.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Palantir, Deloitte, and the private prison giant GEO Group took in more than $22 billion from ICE and CBP last year. Behind the spreadsheets and contracts, there's a quieter truth: someone is getting rich from cages, borders, and human pain. Profit has always been fluent in the language of cruelty.
Reposted
Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/m...
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/m...
Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant
He was observing after Alex Pretti's killing. Feds detained him at gunpoint, sampled his DNA, scanned his face, and cloned his phone.
theintercept.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Marine Detained in Minneapolis Says Feds Copied His Phone Without a Warrant
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/m...
theintercept.com/2026/02/12/m...
He's the one behind Family Separation ...
February 14, 2026 at 11:49 AM
He's the one behind Family Separation ...
Reposted
Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
February 14, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Not sure who needs to hear this but the voter fraud rate is a mere 0.000003%. Anyone telling you otherwise is making shit up so they can take away your right to vote.
Reposted
🇺🇦🇮🇷 Zelensky: When the Iranian regime first gave Russia Shahed drones, they were simple weapons and could be shut down easily.
Now they are different. They have jet engines. They can fly at different altitudes. They can be guided by an operator in real time and use Starlink to reach their targets.
Now they are different. They have jet engines. They can fly at different altitudes. They can be guided by an operator in real time and use Starlink to reach their targets.
February 14, 2026 at 11:21 AM
🇺🇦🇮🇷 Zelensky: When the Iranian regime first gave Russia Shahed drones, they were simple weapons and could be shut down easily.
Now they are different. They have jet engines. They can fly at different altitudes. They can be guided by an operator in real time and use Starlink to reach their targets.
Now they are different. They have jet engines. They can fly at different altitudes. They can be guided by an operator in real time and use Starlink to reach their targets.
Reposted
Free piece just released. Marco Rubio called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Rubio Calls For The End Of A Tolerant, Democratic Europe And The Crowd Goes Wild
Just over an hour ago, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the end of a tolerant, democratic Europe and its break-up into a disparate group of smaller, Trumpist states, and the Europeans in t...
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Free piece just released. Marco Rubio called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Reposted
🔥 Ukrainian forces destroyed half of Russia's Pantsir missile systems in 2025 – Ukraine's Security Service
Ukrainian forces destroyed half of Russia's Pantsir missile systems in 2025 – Ukraine's Security Service
Special Operations Centre Alpha, part of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU), destroyed half of Russia's Pantsir surface-to-air artillery and missile systems in 2025.
www.pravda.com.ua
February 14, 2026 at 11:37 AM
🔥 Ukrainian forces destroyed half of Russia's Pantsir missile systems in 2025 – Ukraine's Security Service
Seriously?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Seriously?
Not for Melania! Her $70M Turn off gift "love gift" was 100% all-American domestic, nothing imported, paid for by Amazon customers.
Does anyone think she would have gotten that if she weren't *married* to Trump?
Does anyone think she would have gotten that if she weren't *married* to Trump?
February 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Not for Melania! Her $70M Turn off gift "love gift" was 100% all-American domestic, nothing imported, paid for by Amazon customers.
Does anyone think she would have gotten that if she weren't *married* to Trump?
Does anyone think she would have gotten that if she weren't *married* to Trump?
Meaning, that those "little people" who support these movements or just "go along" will pay a much higher relative price than anyone up the chain. Too bad fascist supporters, active OR passive, don't understand that. MAGA, anyone?
February 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Meaning, that those "little people" who support these movements or just "go along" will pay a much higher relative price than anyone up the chain. Too bad fascist supporters, active OR passive, don't understand that. MAGA, anyone?
Absolutely right. Important to note that everyday Germans, including Party members, did pay a price as the result of the bombings, the rapes, the total physical destruction of their country, the terror, the post-war internments and starvation, but the movers and shakers and their hangers-on escaped.
February 14, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Absolutely right. Important to note that everyday Germans, including Party members, did pay a price as the result of the bombings, the rapes, the total physical destruction of their country, the terror, the post-war internments and starvation, but the movers and shakers and their hangers-on escaped.
Allowed back in - at all levels of society, including judges!
February 14, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Allowed back in - at all levels of society, including judges!
Still can't get over that CBP has been given an experimental military laser weapons system and no one in MSM, apart from @wsj.com covers it! We KNOW how incompetent and brutal they are! It's an enormous escalation of domestic terrorism. The best argument yet for shutting down DHS and starting over.
February 14, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Still can't get over that CBP has been given an experimental military laser weapons system and no one in MSM, apart from @wsj.com covers it! We KNOW how incompetent and brutal they are! It's an enormous escalation of domestic terrorism. The best argument yet for shutting down DHS and starting over.