Werner Herzog's Bear
@jasontebbe.bsky.social
Teacher, historian, and blogger. Born and raised in Nebraska, working and living in Jersey.
Substack: I Used to Be Disgusted, Now I Try to Be Amused https://jasontebbe.substack.com/
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Any president other than the Very Special Boy would be impeached by Tuesday and removed by Friday for doing this.
Trump on his multiple suits against the federal government: "I'm supposed to work out a settlement with myself ... We could make it a substantial amount, nobody would care, because it's gonna go to numerous, very good charities."
February 1, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Any president other than the Very Special Boy would be impeached by Tuesday and removed by Friday for doing this.
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You can get a 'light' case of measles with minor symptoms, and then 7 to 11 years later, your brain can swell up for no reason and you will die because there's no cure. OR! You can develop a Parkinsons-like neurological disorder and die slower over 1-3 years while your brain just.. fails.
Because I'm talking about measles. It is also A VERY VERY VERY CONTAGIOUS VIRUS. If someone is in a room and has measles and then leaves that room and you enter that room within TWO HOURS (depending on humidity) you can get measles.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
And people are contagious for four days before the rash appears.
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beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
beyond being an absolutely miserable illness, measles can cause immune amnesia. It wipes out your immune systems memory of how to fight every infection, every vaccine you've ever had.
February 1, 2026 at 3:25 AM
You can get a 'light' case of measles with minor symptoms, and then 7 to 11 years later, your brain can swell up for no reason and you will die because there's no cure. OR! You can develop a Parkinsons-like neurological disorder and die slower over 1-3 years while your brain just.. fails.
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This is the most San Francisco thing I've ever seen lmao
February 1, 2026 at 2:39 AM
This is the most San Francisco thing I've ever seen lmao
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Gotta say, if you can't fill an average Applebee's with your pro-ICE demonstrators in *Idaho* your authoritarian consolidation isn't coming together.
BOISE: The pro-ICE event at the Idaho State Capitol building was a massive flop.
It appears they reserved the entire park and had the streets blocked off all the way through Cecil D. Andrus Park. You can barely make them out, not filling up the steps in front of the building.
It appears they reserved the entire park and had the streets blocked off all the way through Cecil D. Andrus Park. You can barely make them out, not filling up the steps in front of the building.
February 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Gotta say, if you can't fill an average Applebee's with your pro-ICE demonstrators in *Idaho* your authoritarian consolidation isn't coming together.
At my school’s annual international pot luck sampling amazing food from all over the world made by immigrant families, all in an atmosphere of joy. This is the world Trump and the whole fascist international wants to kill and I’ll be damned before I let them do that without a fight.
February 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM
At my school’s annual international pot luck sampling amazing food from all over the world made by immigrant families, all in an atmosphere of joy. This is the world Trump and the whole fascist international wants to kill and I’ll be damned before I let them do that without a fight.
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"Reverse Emails"!
It's been going on for a decade, & every time you point it out the elites at the Paper of Record circle wagons & call you an idiot & tell you that you're being unfair & remind you that don't understand journalism.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
It's been going on for a decade, & every time you point it out the elites at the Paper of Record circle wagons & call you an idiot & tell you that you're being unfair & remind you that don't understand journalism.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
January 31, 2026 at 7:14 PM
"Reverse Emails"!
It's been going on for a decade, & every time you point it out the elites at the Paper of Record circle wagons & call you an idiot & tell you that you're being unfair & remind you that don't understand journalism.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
It's been going on for a decade, & every time you point it out the elites at the Paper of Record circle wagons & call you an idiot & tell you that you're being unfair & remind you that don't understand journalism.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Thinking about HRC and others praising Saudi Arabia this week and commenting on its “freedom.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ghanem al-Masarir: I mocked the Saudi leader on YouTube - then my phone was hacked and I was beaten up in London
Satirist Ghanem al-Masarir has been awarded £3m in damages, but it's unclear if Saudi Arabia will pay.
www.bbc.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Thinking about HRC and others praising Saudi Arabia this week and commenting on its “freedom.”
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
January 31, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Translated "it's fine if they're slaves or indentured servants"
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this guy’s an antisemite? this guy? next you’re gonna tell me elon musk is in the epstein files
January 31, 2026 at 5:04 PM
this guy’s an antisemite? this guy? next you’re gonna tell me elon musk is in the epstein files
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It is very reminiscent of locker rooms, trading floors, & fraternities I have seen, where regardless of their wealth or talent, men defer to the guy they perceive as having the greatest capacity for seduction. Being able to manipulate women is regarded as the highest form of intelligence.
January 31, 2026 at 2:16 PM
It is very reminiscent of locker rooms, trading floors, & fraternities I have seen, where regardless of their wealth or talent, men defer to the guy they perceive as having the greatest capacity for seduction. Being able to manipulate women is regarded as the highest form of intelligence.
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Missed all the Gen X discourse yesterday, but those of us who are actually in the generation have explained this ad nauseam. We had the ultimate worst bullies and mean kids in our generation growing up, and they were never, EVER checked because adults didn't GAF.
Also, Black Gen X is Democratic.
Also, Black Gen X is Democratic.
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Missed all the Gen X discourse yesterday, but those of us who are actually in the generation have explained this ad nauseam. We had the ultimate worst bullies and mean kids in our generation growing up, and they were never, EVER checked because adults didn't GAF.
Also, Black Gen X is Democratic.
Also, Black Gen X is Democratic.
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Holy crap. Minnesota police chief tracks down ICE agents in his car and de-arrests a woman who lives in his town.
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Holy crap. Minnesota police chief tracks down ICE agents in his car and de-arrests a woman who lives in his town.
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There seems to be a fundamental misconception about journalists and the First Amendment. You don't get 1A rights in exchange for being accurate and impartial. The ideal of journalistic neutrality was inconceivable to the founders. Journalism in the 1780s was partisan! And they still protected it!
January 31, 2026 at 12:46 PM
There seems to be a fundamental misconception about journalists and the First Amendment. You don't get 1A rights in exchange for being accurate and impartial. The ideal of journalistic neutrality was inconceivable to the founders. Journalism in the 1780s was partisan! And they still protected it!
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On August 12, 2017, Heather Heyer was killed by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
January 31, 2026 at 11:06 AM
On August 12, 2017, Heather Heyer was killed by a neo-Nazi in Charlottesville.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
On August 17, 2017, Noam Chomsky told the Washington Examiner that antifa was “a gift to the far right”.
In between those dates he met with Jeffrey Epstein in Tuscon.
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There's too many fucking people in the Epstein files. Need Yakko Warner to sing a song about it to help me get caught up
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 AM
There's too many fucking people in the Epstein files. Need Yakko Warner to sing a song about it to help me get caught up
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Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Elon Musk publicly slandering that cave diver as a "pedo guy" after he begged Jeffrey Epstein for island party invites is just incredible
The people I know IRL who were too chickenshit to say they voted for Trump but who spent last year being vehemently anti-anti-Trump are really fucking quiet right now but I will never forget their role in this.
January 31, 2026 at 2:04 AM
The people I know IRL who were too chickenshit to say they voted for Trump but who spent last year being vehemently anti-anti-Trump are really fucking quiet right now but I will never forget their role in this.
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He just destroyed UT Austin and the rest. Holy fuck.
The governor of Texas is rapidly turning world-class universities into minor regional ones. Example:
Greg Abbott halts H-1B visas at Texas universities, agencies
The governor said public universities and state agencies may not seek new visas without permission through the end of the 2027 legislative session.
www.texastribune.org
January 31, 2026 at 1:12 AM
He just destroyed UT Austin and the rest. Holy fuck.
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the ideal for a social democrat is to do radical shit but come off as nice guy doing normal things
It also benefits leftish pols that scan as centrist to the public. Andy Beshear has been admirably principled as a centre-left gov in a deep red state, but the GOP consistently failed to convince the public that the aw-shucks white guy with Lego hair was a Communist revolutionary.
January 31, 2026 at 12:39 AM
the ideal for a social democrat is to do radical shit but come off as nice guy doing normal things
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to the left, sergey brin at the airport protests, 2017. to the right, sergey brin at the Starlight Ball following the inauguration, 2025.
January 30, 2026 at 10:29 PM
to the left, sergey brin at the airport protests, 2017. to the right, sergey brin at the Starlight Ball following the inauguration, 2025.
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one thing I find bizarre about Melania is she clearly sees herself as Jackie Kennedy or Princess Di, but not only is totally unwilling to put in the work to be a style and culture icon is seemingly totally unaware that it would take work.
January 30, 2026 at 11:57 PM
one thing I find bizarre about Melania is she clearly sees herself as Jackie Kennedy or Princess Di, but not only is totally unwilling to put in the work to be a style and culture icon is seemingly totally unaware that it would take work.
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This is lovely.
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www.plough.com/en/topics/li...
My Childhood Friend, Renee Good
Long before a federal agent shot her and she became a headline and a symbol, Renee was the best singer – and listener – in my church youth group.
www.plough.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:55 PM
This is lovely.
www.plough.com/en/topics/li...
www.plough.com/en/topics/li...
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Oh, this is what conservatives meant when they cried their eyes out about free speech on campus
"Texas A&M University said on Friday that it would end its women’s and gender studies program, and that the syllabuses for hundreds of courses had been altered under new policies limiting how race and gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms" (gift article)
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Oh, this is what conservatives meant when they cried their eyes out about free speech on campus
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Also wrote about Tom Homan's speech in Minneapolis, how insane it was... and how much of the media so desperately wanted the story to be that he's de-escalating the situation in Minneapolis that they just ran with that story, despite it not being true.
Tom Homan To Minneapolis: Look, I Warned You If You Weren’t Nice, We’d Have To Kill Again, And Look What You Made Us Do
A couple weeks ago, in the wake of the murder of Renee Good, we wrote about “border czar” Tom Homan’s ridiculous TV comments suggesting that if Democrats didn’t stop calling ICE…
A couple weeks ago, in the wake of the murder of Renee Good, we wrote about “border czar” Tom Homan’s ridiculous TV comments suggesting that if Democrats didn’t stop calling ICE…
Tom Homan To Minneapolis: Look, I Warned You If You Weren’t Nice, We’d Have To Kill Again, And Look What You Made Us Do
A couple weeks ago, in the wake of the murder of Renee Good, we wrote about “border czar” Tom Homan’s ridiculous TV comments suggesting that if Democrats didn’t stop calling ICE & CBP murderers for murdering people, that they’d just be forced to murder again. Now that that has happened, with the murder of Alex Pretti, Homan was shipped off to Minneapolis…
www.techdirt.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Also wrote about Tom Homan's speech in Minneapolis, how insane it was... and how much of the media so desperately wanted the story to be that he's de-escalating the situation in Minneapolis that they just ran with that story, despite it not being true.