@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!)
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The current (and only) GOP plan is throw everyone off health insurance while allowing private equity to buy up the care system - how is this worse? Where is the criticism that the party in power doesn’t have a solution that doesn’t cause millions of Americans to go broke or go without?
I hope the Dems realize that if they extend the ACA subsidies, and take no other steps, they are giving carte blanche to the biggest insurance companies and major hospital systems to find new ways to game the system and increase costs.
December 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The current (and only) GOP plan is throw everyone off health insurance while allowing private equity to buy up the care system - how is this worse? Where is the criticism that the party in power doesn’t have a solution that doesn’t cause millions of Americans to go broke or go without?
Damn shame that the Democrats just blew their best chance for a Senate seat in Texas. This is a primary where both candidates will end up smeared. Dems will do Reps' job for them. We all know it will be about black woman / white man - the identity politics which Texans HATE. Whoever wins will lose.
December 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Damn shame that the Democrats just blew their best chance for a Senate seat in Texas. This is a primary where both candidates will end up smeared. Dems will do Reps' job for them. We all know it will be about black woman / white man - the identity politics which Texans HATE. Whoever wins will lose.
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The Epstein Files STILL have not been released.
If he wasn’t in them.
He’d have released them.
If he wasn’t in them.
He’d have released them.
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The Epstein Files STILL have not been released.
If he wasn’t in them.
He’d have released them.
If he wasn’t in them.
He’d have released them.
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Lithuania on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons from Belarus repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent months.
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Lithuania on Tuesday declared a state of emergency and asked parliament to authorise military support for police and border guards after a wave of smuggler balloons from Belarus repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent months.
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Expanding the Supreme Court and reforming it should be a major talking point for any serious Democrat who seeks higher office.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The U.S. citizens getting caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
Latinos describe being detained and assaulted by officers who want to know: “Where were you born?”
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Expanding the Supreme Court and reforming it should be a major talking point for any serious Democrat who seeks higher office.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
The United States does not have a functioning president.
Who is running the country?
Who is making the decisions?
Who is setting policy?
Who is running the country?
Who is making the decisions?
Who is setting policy?
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The United States does not have a functioning president.
Who is running the country?
Who is making the decisions?
Who is setting policy?
Who is running the country?
Who is making the decisions?
Who is setting policy?
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i don't really know that you can be said to go off message at an affordability rally that's held at a casino
December 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
i don't really know that you can be said to go off message at an affordability rally that's held at a casino
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Read this on air to @sifill.bsky.social tonight.
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Read this on air to @sifill.bsky.social tonight.
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BREAKING: The DOJ has filed its opposition to my motion for expedited processing of the EPSTEIN TRAINING VIDEOS. They're arguing that there's NO WIDESPREAD PUBLIC INTEREST. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-doj-re...
NEW: DOJ Responded to Our Epstein Training Materials Motion, Arguing There's No Public Interest
They also argue that the existence of the training videos doesn't raise any questions about government integrity!
www.muellershewrote.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 AM
BREAKING: The DOJ has filed its opposition to my motion for expedited processing of the EPSTEIN TRAINING VIDEOS. They're arguing that there's NO WIDESPREAD PUBLIC INTEREST. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-doj-re...
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Israel accused of spying on US forces monitoring Gaza ceasefire - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-accused-spying-us-forces-monitoring-gaza-ceasefire
Israel accused of spying on US forces monitoring Gaza ceasefire
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="645" data-start="255">Israeli spies have been monitoring US forces and allied personnel inside a newly established American base in the country’s south, triggering serious concerns over unauthorised surveillance and intelligence gathering, The Guardian reported on Monday.</p>
<p data-end="645" data-start="255">According to The Guardian both open and covert recording reportedly took place at the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) which is monitoring the so-called Gaza ceasefire.</p>
<p data-end="1047" data-start="647">The extent of the monitoring reportedly forced the US base commander, Lt Gen Patrick Frank, to summon an Israeli official and make clear that “recording has to stop here”. Staff and visiting representatives from other countries also expressed alarm about Israel’s actions, with warnings issued to avoid sharing sensitive information inside the facility over fears it could be collected and exploited.</p>
<p data-end="1228" data-start="1049">The incident once again highlights Israel’s track record of spying on even its closest allies, including the United States, most infamously in the Jonathan Pollard espionage case which saw him pass vast amounts of classified material to Israel while working as a US Navy analyst.</p>
<p data-end="1228" data-start="1049">The scale of the breach shocked American intelligence officials and exposed how Israel was willing to spy aggressively even on its most powerful ally.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
December 8, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Israel accused of spying on US forces monitoring Gaza ceasefire - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-accused-spying-us-forces-monitoring-gaza-ceasefire
Hegseth is Secretary of Defense and Kelly is being court martialled. Go figure.
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Hegseth is Secretary of Defense and Kelly is being court martialled. Go figure.
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The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.
Any questions?
Any questions?
December 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The Kremlin is praising the new US security strategy.
Any questions?
Any questions?
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Why all this rhetoric, thinking we're idiots like the US voters who elected him?
December 8, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Why all this rhetoric, thinking we're idiots like the US voters who elected him?
Row, row, row your boat ...
Life is but a dream.
Why is it that Republicans always feed us things like WMD in Iraq and drug smugglers in small boats in the Caribbean and discredit our military to do it?
Why don't we ever blame the addicts like Vance's mother who keep drug traffickers in business?
Life is but a dream.
Why is it that Republicans always feed us things like WMD in Iraq and drug smugglers in small boats in the Caribbean and discredit our military to do it?
Why don't we ever blame the addicts like Vance's mother who keep drug traffickers in business?
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Row, row, row your boat ...
Life is but a dream.
Why is it that Republicans always feed us things like WMD in Iraq and drug smugglers in small boats in the Caribbean and discredit our military to do it?
Why don't we ever blame the addicts like Vance's mother who keep drug traffickers in business?
Life is but a dream.
Why is it that Republicans always feed us things like WMD in Iraq and drug smugglers in small boats in the Caribbean and discredit our military to do it?
Why don't we ever blame the addicts like Vance's mother who keep drug traffickers in business?
If Granny Noem had to choose between Corey and her position, do you REALLY think she would choose him?
Of course, then she would have to run the department on her own which would be a major challenge.
Of course, then she would have to run the department on her own which would be a major challenge.
December 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
If Granny Noem had to choose between Corey and her position, do you REALLY think she would choose him?
Of course, then she would have to run the department on her own which would be a major challenge.
Of course, then she would have to run the department on her own which would be a major challenge.
So we finally have a Shadow Secretary of State. Unfortunately, it isn't a Democrat because they can't get their act together enough to give us an alternate point of view with one voice.
Instead, we have the Vance/Thiel/Musk version.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Instead, we have the Vance/Thiel/Musk version.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US may end support for Ukraine war effort, says Donald Trump Jr
Eldest son of Donald Trump makes speculative comments during tirade against Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
So we finally have a Shadow Secretary of State. Unfortunately, it isn't a Democrat because they can't get their act together enough to give us an alternate point of view with one voice.
Instead, we have the Vance/Thiel/Musk version.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Instead, we have the Vance/Thiel/Musk version.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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At the heart of Trump's new national security policy is the idea that Trump, rather than European voters, will decide who will form their new governments. And this will be only "populist" parties that pledge allegiance to Trump and the Kremlin, like the Nazi AfD. No thank you, Mr President.
USA kritisieren Europa und kündigen Einmischung an
In ihrer neuen Sicherheitsstrategie greifen die USA Europa scharf an und kündigen eine Einmischung zugunsten rechter Parteien an. Die US-Regierung wolle nun "Widerstand" in Europa kultivieren.
www.tagesschau.de
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
At the heart of Trump's new national security policy is the idea that Trump, rather than European voters, will decide who will form their new governments. And this will be only "populist" parties that pledge allegiance to Trump and the Kremlin, like the Nazi AfD. No thank you, Mr President.
But it probably counts as "1" toward their bonuses.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
But it probably counts as "1" toward their bonuses.
The one person who has done the most to destroy the United States is John Roberts - because he didn't just make Trump possible, he made him probable.
December 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The one person who has done the most to destroy the United States is John Roberts - because he didn't just make Trump possible, he made him probable.
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Today we celebrate the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Every one of our Defenders is our shield&strength,a force that the enemy must reckon with.On their shoulders rests the safety of millions
Step by step,we’re bringing closer the day when 🇺🇦will be safe
Slava Ukraini!Glory to the Heroes!
Every one of our Defenders is our shield&strength,a force that the enemy must reckon with.On their shoulders rests the safety of millions
Step by step,we’re bringing closer the day when 🇺🇦will be safe
Slava Ukraini!Glory to the Heroes!
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Today we celebrate the Day of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Every one of our Defenders is our shield&strength,a force that the enemy must reckon with.On their shoulders rests the safety of millions
Step by step,we’re bringing closer the day when 🇺🇦will be safe
Slava Ukraini!Glory to the Heroes!
Every one of our Defenders is our shield&strength,a force that the enemy must reckon with.On their shoulders rests the safety of millions
Step by step,we’re bringing closer the day when 🇺🇦will be safe
Slava Ukraini!Glory to the Heroes!
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
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🇪🇺 Kallas: Europe has been underestimating its own power, especially towards Russia. We should be more self confident.
The United States is still our biggest ally. And it's in the interest of the U.S. that we work together.
The United States is still our biggest ally. And it's in the interest of the U.S. that we work together.
December 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🇪🇺 Kallas: Europe has been underestimating its own power, especially towards Russia. We should be more self confident.
The United States is still our biggest ally. And it's in the interest of the U.S. that we work together.
The United States is still our biggest ally. And it's in the interest of the U.S. that we work together.
