JamesMathews
@jamesmathews.bsky.social
#ClimateCrisis #Anti-Facist #Ukraine #BlackLivesMatter #LGBQT+ #NativeAmericans #BodilyAutonomy, ex-Twitter, husband/father/grandfather, Air Force brat, NBA addict in Las Vegas via Los Angeles & Portland.
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Trump's rantings about replacing the income tax with the revenue from his import taxes (tariffs) is 25th Amendment stuff deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-craz...
Trump Crazy# 27542: Replacing the Income Tax with Tariffs
This is 25th Amendment stuff
deanbaker22.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump's rantings about replacing the income tax with the revenue from his import taxes (tariffs) is 25th Amendment stuff deanbaker22.substack.com/p/trump-craz...
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This will be a thread of the most widely read essays we've published since the 2024 election, by author. Hopefully this will give you a good view into the kind of publication we're asking you to support. gofund.me/9779a6cb8
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Thanks for reading, Mr. President
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thanks for reading, Mr. President
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Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...
A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder
www.execfunctions.org
November 29, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Professor Jack Goldsmith, head of George W. Bush Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC):
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
"I do not believe that even the Bondi OLC could legally justify the events the Post reported."
"There can be no conceivable legal justification for what the Washington Post reported."
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At present, nearly 100% of our funding goes straight to our writers.
But in 2025, that isn’t enough.
We need full-time staff dedicated to pursuing our core mission as effectively as possible. And we need to make some major one-time investments to get us there: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
But in 2025, that isn’t enough.
We need full-time staff dedicated to pursuing our core mission as effectively as possible. And we need to make some major one-time investments to get us there: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
At present, nearly 100% of our funding goes straight to our writers.
But in 2025, that isn’t enough.
We need full-time staff dedicated to pursuing our core mission as effectively as possible. And we need to make some major one-time investments to get us there: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
But in 2025, that isn’t enough.
We need full-time staff dedicated to pursuing our core mission as effectively as possible. And we need to make some major one-time investments to get us there: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
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When I wrote this the main objection I heard was that soldiers and officers should stay in so they could spontaneously resist illegal orders. Subsequently the Commander in Chief accused US Senators of treason for saying that. Please wake up. Leave the military.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/leave-the-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/leave-the-...
Leave the Military
You're at risk of being told to betray your own values.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
When I wrote this the main objection I heard was that soldiers and officers should stay in so they could spontaneously resist illegal orders. Subsequently the Commander in Chief accused US Senators of treason for saying that. Please wake up. Leave the military.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/leave-the-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/leave-the-...
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The reality, of course, is that Miller and a significant portion of Trump’s base are the ones who failed to assimilate to America’s post-WWII culture of multi-racial democracy & religious pluralism…and they are now using their power to destroy that once dominant (and still popular) American culture.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
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Politico reports that Marco Rubio has informed European allies that the United States wants a peace deal before offering any security guarantee to Ukraine, a plan experts describe as “giving someone a parachute after they hit the ground.”
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Politico reports that Marco Rubio has informed European allies that the United States wants a peace deal before offering any security guarantee to Ukraine, a plan experts describe as “giving someone a parachute after they hit the ground.”
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An entire administration of internet trolls
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
An entire administration of internet trolls
Gift article
Steve Witkoff isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
What Is Steve Witkoff Trying to Do?
Trump’s envoy isn’t promoting peace. His interventions are helping Vladimir Putin and prolonging the war.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Gift article
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No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
No idea why an Afghan refugee shot National Guard soldiers within walking distance of the White House, but this new USCIS directive was revealed on Monday. Worth noting.
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"Arnulfo" shares, "These are heads of broccoli that I've harvested. I've been working in the fields of CAs Central Coast for 21 years. I plant and grow broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower, and other vegetables you probably will see on your #Thanksgiving tables." #WeFeedYou
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
"Arnulfo" shares, "These are heads of broccoli that I've harvested. I've been working in the fields of CAs Central Coast for 21 years. I plant and grow broccoli, lettuce, cauliflower, and other vegetables you probably will see on your #Thanksgiving tables." #WeFeedYou
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When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When the strongest argument for your policy is a list of lies (I count 7) and exaggerations (another 5), you reveal more than a wonky list of truths ever would.
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Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Carney: We know that this decades-long process of our ever-closer economic relationship between Canada and the US has ended. And as a consequence of that, many of our strengths have become our vulnerabilities, particularly in those industries that are most tightly integrated with the US….
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Trump says South Africa will not be invited to next year's G20 summit. This year's summit was held in South Africa, which Trump boycotted. Trump also implemented a racist immigration policy this year that allows white South Africans but not Black South Africans to come to the United States.
Trump says South African officials won't be invited to attend G20 summit in the U.S. next year
The president's announcement on Truth Social repeated his baseless claims of a "white genocide" against Afrikaners in South Africa.
www.nbcnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Trump says South Africa will not be invited to next year's G20 summit. This year's summit was held in South Africa, which Trump boycotted. Trump also implemented a racist immigration policy this year that allows white South Africans but not Black South Africans to come to the United States.
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This has been obvious for 10 days now but @nymag.com needs to announce a deep dive
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This has been obvious for 10 days now but @nymag.com needs to announce a deep dive
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
Investigation into everything Nuzzi has ever written
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This is a lot, but (allegedly) Olivia Nuzzi sent a secret recorder with a sketch artist to tape Trump at Mar-a-Lago so she could feed campaign intel to RFK, where [pauses to take a breath] something Trump said about his assassination attempt “would shatter our understanding of recent history”??
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is a lot, but (allegedly) Olivia Nuzzi sent a secret recorder with a sketch artist to tape Trump at Mar-a-Lago so she could feed campaign intel to RFK, where [pauses to take a breath] something Trump said about his assassination attempt “would shatter our understanding of recent history”??
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I was like, why did I gain hundreds of followers, and then I saw this
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I was like, why did I gain hundreds of followers, and then I saw this
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Citizens United turned our campaign finance system on its head by legalizing bribery and opening the door for corruption.
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Citizens United turned our campaign finance system on its head by legalizing bribery and opening the door for corruption.
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
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Some may take comfort in Trump not being able (yet) to jail his enemies, but these attacks are costly and deter people from opposing him. In that way, they tilt the playing field even when the efforts at retribution are not fully successful. Precisely what competitive authoritarian regimes look like
NYT: “.. Trump is facing obstacles as he tries to use the Justice Department to investigate, prosecute and jail those he targets.”
But his appointees “are harnessing a range of departments .. and rarely used powers outside the Justice Department to inflict pain.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
But his appointees “are harnessing a range of departments .. and rarely used powers outside the Justice Department to inflict pain.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Some may take comfort in Trump not being able (yet) to jail his enemies, but these attacks are costly and deter people from opposing him. In that way, they tilt the playing field even when the efforts at retribution are not fully successful. Precisely what competitive authoritarian regimes look like
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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How to get rid of Citizens United?
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way
robertreich.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
How to get rid of Citizens United?
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united