@jakemadtown.bsky.social
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There are two competing national journalism modes right now.
1. Politics Is Wacky Fun With No Real Outcomes Nor Consequences
2. "Why does my life suck so hard," farmer/nurse/teacher wonders
1. Politics Is Wacky Fun With No Real Outcomes Nor Consequences
2. "Why does my life suck so hard," farmer/nurse/teacher wonders
I could pluck any of a hundred different stories off the news wires on this, and you'd be hard pressed to find a single one that clearly hints at the fact this is about corruption and unchecked corporate power, much less that it's going to kill people
The Supreme Court case that could hand Trump unchecked power to fire agency heads
The court will decide if presidents can fire agency heads at will.
www.axios.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There are two competing national journalism modes right now.
1. Politics Is Wacky Fun With No Real Outcomes Nor Consequences
2. "Why does my life suck so hard," farmer/nurse/teacher wonders
1. Politics Is Wacky Fun With No Real Outcomes Nor Consequences
2. "Why does my life suck so hard," farmer/nurse/teacher wonders
Like many in Madison, it's pretty shocking to see a 16% increase in my property taxes this week.
But because I am a dork, I know that this is due to WisGOPs not going along with @govevers.wisconsin.gov plan to increase state funding for schools and locals. docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lfb/bud...
But because I am a dork, I know that this is due to WisGOPs not going along with @govevers.wisconsin.gov plan to increase state funding for schools and locals. docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lfb/bud...
docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Like many in Madison, it's pretty shocking to see a 16% increase in my property taxes this week.
But because I am a dork, I know that this is due to WisGOPs not going along with @govevers.wisconsin.gov plan to increase state funding for schools and locals. docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lfb/bud...
But because I am a dork, I know that this is due to WisGOPs not going along with @govevers.wisconsin.gov plan to increase state funding for schools and locals. docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lfb/bud...
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News -- > Rep Jamie Raskin is introducing a proposal today to require ranked choice voting in all congressional races. He's drawing attention to the idea even as corrupt Trump/GOP gerrymandering exposes current system's deep flaws.
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
December 10, 2025 at 11:52 AM
News -- > Rep Jamie Raskin is introducing a proposal today to require ranked choice voting in all congressional races. He's drawing attention to the idea even as corrupt Trump/GOP gerrymandering exposes current system's deep flaws.
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Raskin discusses this on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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It seems so painfully clear that Dems could blow this whole thing apart with just a couple weeks of sustained, disciplined messaging sowing distrust and paranoia in WH circles around 'Republicans all talk openly about how they lie and manipulate the dude who they know isn't all there anymore'
Awful: Trump just admitted in a new interview that he knows "very little" about the Honduran ex-president he pardoned. This guy trafficked a gazillion times more drugs into the US than anyone Trump has executed. Wrecks his case for the boat bombings.
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of ...
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
It seems so painfully clear that Dems could blow this whole thing apart with just a couple weeks of sustained, disciplined messaging sowing distrust and paranoia in WH circles around 'Republicans all talk openly about how they lie and manipulate the dude who they know isn't all there anymore'
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The GOP plan is really really really bad for people who want to actually USE their health insurance.
It’s great for people who are healthy and don’t actually need to use their health insurance, but just absolute dog shit of a plan if you’re sick.
It’s great for people who are healthy and don’t actually need to use their health insurance, but just absolute dog shit of a plan if you’re sick.
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The GOP plan is really really really bad for people who want to actually USE their health insurance.
It’s great for people who are healthy and don’t actually need to use their health insurance, but just absolute dog shit of a plan if you’re sick.
It’s great for people who are healthy and don’t actually need to use their health insurance, but just absolute dog shit of a plan if you’re sick.
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There is currently a push to move to at-will public employment, based on the claim that some states did this, and the results don't seem too bad. I think a) the evidence is just not great, and b) look closely, there are states where changes resulted in discrimination and political retribution.
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There is currently a push to move to at-will public employment, based on the claim that some states did this, and the results don't seem too bad. I think a) the evidence is just not great, and b) look closely, there are states where changes resulted in discrimination and political retribution.
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New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is a reminder that fascists are as small as they are evil.
Subscribe today! salon.com/newsletter
Music by Chloe Slater.
Subscribe today! salon.com/newsletter
Music by Chloe Slater.
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New Standing Room Only! Today's excerpt is a reminder that fascists are as small as they are evil.
Subscribe today! salon.com/newsletter
Music by Chloe Slater.
Subscribe today! salon.com/newsletter
Music by Chloe Slater.
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Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.
Fox News will applaud this but can you imagine their coverage if President Biden hatched a secret plan to take over Fox News and revamp its programming to be nicer to him
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Something every 2026/28 Dem should commit to is investigations of any company that did deals with Trump. A kind of forward guidance to get companies to think twice in advance of what’s coming.
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
Given that @harvilla.bsky.social allowed me to discover @digmeoutpodcast.com, it's wild to hear him interview Amy Berg and have her say she managed a band named Sixteen Horsepower.
Because guess who just discussed Sixteen Horsepower 6 weeks ago? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Because guess who just discussed Sixteen Horsepower 6 weeks ago? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Sixteen Horsepower - Sackcloth 'N' Ashes | 90s Album Review
Podcast Episode · Dig Me Out: 90s Rock · 10/28/2025 · 43m
podcasts.apple.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Given that @harvilla.bsky.social allowed me to discover @digmeoutpodcast.com, it's wild to hear him interview Amy Berg and have her say she managed a band named Sixteen Horsepower.
Because guess who just discussed Sixteen Horsepower 6 weeks ago? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Because guess who just discussed Sixteen Horsepower 6 weeks ago? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Holy shit this back and forth between Kagan/Alito/Jackson/&the SG.
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
December 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Holy shit this back and forth between Kagan/Alito/Jackson/&the SG.
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
Kagan: Doesn't your logic mean a whole raft of other agencies must be invalidated?
SG: Yes, but that's not being litigated right now
Kagan: So what?
Alito: What if we just want to say "but maybe don't apply our logic elsewhere?"
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Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins, two guys who said they would rather die than get the COVID vaccine, are the two most prominent NFL players to blow their Achilles over the past five years.
Back to the drawing board!
Back to the drawing board!
December 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Aaron Rodgers and Kirk Cousins, two guys who said they would rather die than get the COVID vaccine, are the two most prominent NFL players to blow their Achilles over the past five years.
Back to the drawing board!
Back to the drawing board!
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Remember when we did not have a government where the President personally intervened in regulatory decisions to demand political favors?
TL;DR: Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos reportedly discussed the company's $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. with President Trump, raising questions about federal regulatory approval amid competition from Paramount.
Netflix co-CEO reportedly discussed Warner Bros. deal with Trump | TechCrunch
Will Netflix’s $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros. get approval from federal regulators? While Paramount was assumed to be the frontrunner to
techcrunch.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Remember when we did not have a government where the President personally intervened in regulatory decisions to demand political favors?
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The Guy Teams Were Willing To Face After Intentionally Walking Barry Bonds has now been elected to the Hall of Fame over Barry Bonds
Hall of Fame Contemporary Baseball Era veterans committee elects Jeff Kent
December 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The Guy Teams Were Willing To Face After Intentionally Walking Barry Bonds has now been elected to the Hall of Fame over Barry Bonds
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I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
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The details about how the Trump Regime is murdering people keeps changing … that is generally a very bad sign.
EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat because they were on an internal list of military targets, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers, according to multiple sources.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.
nbcnews.to
December 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The details about how the Trump Regime is murdering people keeps changing … that is generally a very bad sign.
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Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
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Newsom really seems like a worst of both worlds pick who reads like he's too liberal but actually is moderate in a lot of unpopular, pro-plutocrat ways.
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Newsom really seems like a worst of both worlds pick who reads like he's too liberal but actually is moderate in a lot of unpopular, pro-plutocrat ways.
Does Bryan and Joel and @thepressbox.bsky.social not understand how grossed out many of us are by Olivia de Nazi and other vapid Beltway Bozos who think this is all a game with no stakes.
So many need to be punished for what they've left us in.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
@dennycarter.bsky.social
So many need to be punished for what they've left us in.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
@dennycarter.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Does Bryan and Joel and @thepressbox.bsky.social not understand how grossed out many of us are by Olivia de Nazi and other vapid Beltway Bozos who think this is all a game with no stakes.
So many need to be punished for what they've left us in.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
@dennycarter.bsky.social
So many need to be punished for what they've left us in.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social
@dennycarter.bsky.social
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Senator Ron Johnson went on a conspiracy show to promote 9/11 Truther-type nonsense.
This is a sitting U.S. Senator.
This is a sitting U.S. Senator.
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Senator Ron Johnson went on a conspiracy show to promote 9/11 Truther-type nonsense.
This is a sitting U.S. Senator.
This is a sitting U.S. Senator.
Hey @markpocan.bsky.social and @repgwenmoore.bsky.social - SEND THIS LOSER TO THE BACK BENCH.
Absolute F on framing and on strategy here. The only way there might be a risk of not having a blue wave if you keep having this Chuck E. Cheese Obamabot as the face of House Dems.
#FireJeffries
Absolute F on framing and on strategy here. The only way there might be a risk of not having a blue wave if you keep having this Chuck E. Cheese Obamabot as the face of House Dems.
#FireJeffries
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Hey @markpocan.bsky.social and @repgwenmoore.bsky.social - SEND THIS LOSER TO THE BACK BENCH.
Absolute F on framing and on strategy here. The only way there might be a risk of not having a blue wave if you keep having this Chuck E. Cheese Obamabot as the face of House Dems.
#FireJeffries
Absolute F on framing and on strategy here. The only way there might be a risk of not having a blue wave if you keep having this Chuck E. Cheese Obamabot as the face of House Dems.
#FireJeffries
ADP reports a loss of 32,000 private sector jobs for November, and small business had it worst. 130,000 jobs lost in firms with under 50 employees.
And as @mchinn.bsky.social points out, biz <500 employees are down 200K jobs in 4 months. jakehasablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/adp-...
#EconSky
And as @mchinn.bsky.social points out, biz <500 employees are down 200K jobs in 4 months. jakehasablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/adp-...
#EconSky
ADP shows another month of lost jobs, with small firms getting hammered
Even though the government's job numbers have been delayed and have yet to catch up from October's and November's shutdown, the ADP compan...
jakehasablog.blogspot.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
ADP reports a loss of 32,000 private sector jobs for November, and small business had it worst. 130,000 jobs lost in firms with under 50 employees.
And as @mchinn.bsky.social points out, biz <500 employees are down 200K jobs in 4 months. jakehasablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/adp-...
#EconSky
And as @mchinn.bsky.social points out, biz <500 employees are down 200K jobs in 4 months. jakehasablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/adp-...
#EconSky
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These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
These are good moments to remember that the CEOs of all the biggest companies in America are happy to go to White House dinners and slap this guy’s back. They do not care about this. Remember this, years from now, when they want you to forget.
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This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
“I walk around Portland, and I go, ‘Fuck you, assholes. Portland is fine.’” - John Darnielle, @themountaingoats.bsky.social. We're proud to claim you as a Portlander, sir.
The Mountain Goats Ascend to Revolution Hall
Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle discusses musicals, his new album, and why he keeps coming home to Portland.
www.wweek.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”