Jamison Foser
@jamisonfoser.bsky.social
Political consultant, media critic, and longtime Cassandra.
www.findinggravity.net
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
we got nazis taking over our government and the Washington Post ed board is cosplaying Andy Rooney
OMG they changed the hed and I am DECEASED
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
we got nazis taking over our government and the Washington Post ed board is cosplaying Andy Rooney
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MAHA promised to clean up our food, water and air and is doing exactly the opposite
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Trump EPA to abandon air pollution rule that would prevent thousands of U.S. deaths
The Environmental Protection Agency will no longer defend Biden-era limits on fine-particle pollution, which causes heart and lung disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
MAHA promised to clean up our food, water and air and is doing exactly the opposite
I have long had an obscure, complex theory about Susan Collins that explains these things.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I have long had an obscure, complex theory about Susan Collins that explains these things.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
Susan Collins is terrible and anyone who ever suggested she is a moderate is a liar or a rube.
That's it. That's the whole thing.
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The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
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The country is faced with a lawless and corrupt administration that threatens our rights, our health care, and our ability to provide for our families.
As a student of history, I want to be able to look back and say I did everything I could and so I am giving serious consideration to run in #CA14.
As a student of history, I want to be able to look back and say I did everything I could and so I am giving serious consideration to run in #CA14.
Rep. Eric Swalwell has joined the large field of Democrats running for governor of California.
East Bay Rep. Eric Swalwell Announces Run for California Governor | KQED
The East Bay congressman entered the 2026 campaign Thursday with an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
www.kqed.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
The country is faced with a lawless and corrupt administration that threatens our rights, our health care, and our ability to provide for our families.
As a student of history, I want to be able to look back and say I did everything I could and so I am giving serious consideration to run in #CA14.
As a student of history, I want to be able to look back and say I did everything I could and so I am giving serious consideration to run in #CA14.
"Look we've really stretched the air safety system to the breaking point so if you're going to get on a plane you should dress in the suit you want to be buried in."
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"Look we've really stretched the air safety system to the breaking point so if you're going to get on a plane you should dress in the suit you want to be buried in."
I started doing the same thing a couple hours ago and six minutes in I was like "nah there's too much" and decided to try to fix the furnace instead (I didn't get that done either)
Wrote a column for tomorrow morning about all the crazy shit Trump has done **this week** and hoo boy, let me tell you, it’s a lot. And any one of these things would’ve gotten any past president impeached. The GOP owns every bit of this stain on our history.
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I started doing the same thing a couple hours ago and six minutes in I was like "nah there's too much" and decided to try to fix the furnace instead (I didn't get that done either)
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I really think this kind of thing is a bad idea, because who wants to start a relationship *with a doctor’s office* by realizing the first thing that happened in that relationship is that they tried to trick you?
I went to make a doctor’s appointment today and got transferred to an AI “person” and I can’t overstate my revulsion when it fooled me for the first ten seconds, so that I was trying to be friendly and pleasant, and I realized it I was trying to be polite to a machine.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I really think this kind of thing is a bad idea, because who wants to start a relationship *with a doctor’s office* by realizing the first thing that happened in that relationship is that they tried to trick you?
Is Safari-for-Mac crashing all the damn time for anyone else lately or just me?
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Is Safari-for-Mac crashing all the damn time for anyone else lately or just me?
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This is a *great* piece, which I have been touting for weeks, by wonderful (lawyer/writer) Lincoln Caplan, on why John Roberts deserves at least as much focus as Trump himself (or Alito, Thomas, Miller, JDV, etc) for war on US institutions.
He has replaced Roger Taney in Scotus Hall of Shame.
He has replaced Roger Taney in Scotus Hall of Shame.
Harvard Magazine on Harvard alum John Roberts:
"The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy." www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
"The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy." www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
What Trump Means for John Roberts’s Legacy | Harvard Magazine
Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.
www.harvardmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is a *great* piece, which I have been touting for weeks, by wonderful (lawyer/writer) Lincoln Caplan, on why John Roberts deserves at least as much focus as Trump himself (or Alito, Thomas, Miller, JDV, etc) for war on US institutions.
He has replaced Roger Taney in Scotus Hall of Shame.
He has replaced Roger Taney in Scotus Hall of Shame.
Harvard Magazine on Harvard alum John Roberts:
"The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy." www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
"The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy." www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
What Trump Means for John Roberts’s Legacy | Harvard Magazine
Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.
www.harvardmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Harvard Magazine on Harvard alum John Roberts:
"The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy." www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
"The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy." www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
"ha ha bitches, I got a new scooter" is a Top 20 line of the 21st century
I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"ha ha bitches, I got a new scooter" is a Top 20 line of the 21st century
You do not need a phone to know it is wrong to call for the execution of members of congress who urge people to follow the law.
Some questions do not require talking points!
"Senator, what's your position on rape?"
"Gosh, I haven't had a chance to look at my phone, I just don't know."
Some questions do not require talking points!
"Senator, what's your position on rape?"
"Gosh, I haven't had a chance to look at my phone, I just don't know."
Murkowski on Trump saying some Democrats committed treason punishable by death “So I was just explaining somebody out on the steps that I've just come back from Vice President Cheney's services, and I have not looked at my phone since 1030 this morning.” I offered to show my phone
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
You do not need a phone to know it is wrong to call for the execution of members of congress who urge people to follow the law.
Some questions do not require talking points!
"Senator, what's your position on rape?"
"Gosh, I haven't had a chance to look at my phone, I just don't know."
Some questions do not require talking points!
"Senator, what's your position on rape?"
"Gosh, I haven't had a chance to look at my phone, I just don't know."
swastikas downgraded to "potentially divisive"
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
swastikas downgraded to "potentially divisive"
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“Today, as the Roberts court rewrites the Constitution in the image of Trumpian autocracy, it’s become clear that Roberts’ promise to be a neutral umpire was a lie. We are watching a rigged game, and Roberts set it up.”
This @pemalevy.bsky.social / @ariberman.bsky.social joint effort on John Roberts is a must-read.
"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
“Today, as the Roberts court rewrites the Constitution in the image of Trumpian autocracy, it’s become clear that Roberts’ promise to be a neutral umpire was a lie. We are watching a rigged game, and Roberts set it up.”
something something "autopen" something "not valid"
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
something something "autopen" something "not valid"
before I get to the substance of my dissent I should acknowledge that I am completely unhinged
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
before I get to the substance of my dissent I should acknowledge that I am completely unhinged
Members of congress releasing a video message to members of the United States military telling them "you must refuse illegal orders" might be the most extraordinary thing I've ever seen.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Members of congress releasing a video message to members of the United States military telling them "you must refuse illegal orders" might be the most extraordinary thing I've ever seen.
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In @motherjones.com, @pemalevy.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social have an essential rundown of the ways John Roberts & the MAGA court have empowered and protected Donald Trump’s autocratic regime. The Roberts Court’s decades-long assault on democracy got us here www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
In @motherjones.com, @pemalevy.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social have an essential rundown of the ways John Roberts & the MAGA court have empowered and protected Donald Trump’s autocratic regime. The Roberts Court’s decades-long assault on democracy got us here www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
There’s one person squarely to blame for Trump’s corruption, authoritarianism & assault on democracy: John Roberts. He’s enabled so much of Trump’s lawlessness while somehow escaping accountability for it
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
New cover story from @pemalevy.bsky.social & me
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Of all the terrible things Roberts has done, this was the most shocking stat: "the right-wing majority has used the shadow docket to uphold Trump’s actions roughly 90 percent of the time, repeatedly bailing him out of any obligation to follow the law"
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Stupendous journalism by a consortium of independent newsrooms (incl @blockclubchi.bsky.social @southsideweekly.bsky.social @thetriibe.com) chronicling nearly 50 times federal agents wantonly gassed people—mostly protestors—across Chicagoland, & the harm it causes
southsideweekly.com/feds-tear-ga...
southsideweekly.com/feds-tear-ga...
Feds Used Chemical Agents Dozens of Times in Chicago
An investigation by reporters from six newsrooms found that agents used chemical irritants nearly 50 times during Operation Midway Blitz.
southsideweekly.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Stupendous journalism by a consortium of independent newsrooms (incl @blockclubchi.bsky.social @southsideweekly.bsky.social @thetriibe.com) chronicling nearly 50 times federal agents wantonly gassed people—mostly protestors—across Chicagoland, & the harm it causes
southsideweekly.com/feds-tear-ga...
southsideweekly.com/feds-tear-ga...
This @pemalevy.bsky.social / @ariberman.bsky.social joint effort on John Roberts is a must-read.
"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This @pemalevy.bsky.social / @ariberman.bsky.social joint effort on John Roberts is a must-read.
"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The Roberts court has spent Trump’s second term not applying the law so much as clearing it out of his way."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Stop whatever you're doing and read this piece by @pemalevy.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social laying out how John Roberts has spent his entire adult life constructing the scaffolding for Trump's authoritarian takeover, and why he's so invested in rigging the system to continue to help Trump.
Using racial profiling in immigration sweeps. Defying Congress' power of the purse. Firing independent agency commissioners.
President Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man: John Roberts
President Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man: John Roberts
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Stop whatever you're doing and read this piece by @pemalevy.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social laying out how John Roberts has spent his entire adult life constructing the scaffolding for Trump's authoritarian takeover, and why he's so invested in rigging the system to continue to help Trump.
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Me, too. And it encapsulates how misogynist our culture is that it will change nothing and everyone will let him get away with this like they let him get away with everything.
I’m still thinking about “quiet, piggy.” No president should be able to speak to a member of the press that way and remain president. That moment encapsulates how vile, misogynistic, and horrible that man is.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Me, too. And it encapsulates how misogynist our culture is that it will change nothing and everyone will let him get away with this like they let him get away with everything.