Jim Naughton
@jimnaughton.bsky.social
Formerly: Episcopal comms guy, NYT Sports, WaPo Style, Daily Orange. Currently, thrilled about my new granddaughter, trying to write something. He/him
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The best moment in the History of the Word Caucasian came in a series of Supreme Court cases during the immigration panic of the 1920s.
The Naturalization Act of 1790 said that only "white" people could be naturalized as American citizens, but that only raised questions about what counted as white?
The Naturalization Act of 1790 said that only "white" people could be naturalized as American citizens, but that only raised questions about what counted as white?
It stems from a literal belief that white peoples descended from the Caucasus mountains after Noah’s ark
December 11, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The best moment in the History of the Word Caucasian came in a series of Supreme Court cases during the immigration panic of the 1920s.
The Naturalization Act of 1790 said that only "white" people could be naturalized as American citizens, but that only raised questions about what counted as white?
The Naturalization Act of 1790 said that only "white" people could be naturalized as American citizens, but that only raised questions about what counted as white?
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Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
If Immigrants Don’t Have Due Process, No One Has Due Process
How do you prove you’re a citizen?
www.everythingishorrible.net
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
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This.
It can happen to anyone.
That’s where we are.
It can happen to anyone.
That’s where we are.
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This.
It can happen to anyone.
That’s where we are.
It can happen to anyone.
That’s where we are.
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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Everyone knows the FIFA/Concacaf offices were in Trump Tower in the 90s right?
We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
December 11, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Everyone knows the FIFA/Concacaf offices were in Trump Tower in the 90s right?
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blatantly a violation of both the rules on Congress solely having the power to collect taxes, duties, excises, and so forth and also that such a new collection of federal revenue must originate as a bill in the House of Representatives, Madison wrote a bunch about it, the Constitution still matters?
Trump says the Gold Card proceeds will go "an account where we can do things positive for the country. Many billions of dollars"
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
blatantly a violation of both the rules on Congress solely having the power to collect taxes, duties, excises, and so forth and also that such a new collection of federal revenue must originate as a bill in the House of Representatives, Madison wrote a bunch about it, the Constitution still matters?
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Only had 15 years and four different Republican House speakers since ACA was passed.
Roger Marshall on Republicans replacing the ACA: "It's gonna take us a while to figure out the right way to do it"
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Only had 15 years and four different Republican House speakers since ACA was passed.
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When the whole truth comes out, we will need decades of truth, reconciliation, restitution and de-Nazification.
BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
When the whole truth comes out, we will need decades of truth, reconciliation, restitution and de-Nazification.
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WATCH: JVL is joined by Catherine Rampell and Sonny Bunch to give their takes on the wild Warner Brothers takeover drama and the surprising role Jared Kushner is playing in Hollywood’s biggest bidding war. lnk.thebulwark.com/4aF2Bdz?utm_...
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
WATCH: JVL is joined by Catherine Rampell and Sonny Bunch to give their takes on the wild Warner Brothers takeover drama and the surprising role Jared Kushner is playing in Hollywood’s biggest bidding war. lnk.thebulwark.com/4aF2Bdz?utm_...
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ideally you'd block all media consolidation, but I think the smart play here is for Democrats and Netflix to join forces, piggyback on the recent Riyadh Comedy Festival backlash, and hammer Saudi involvement in order to scuttle the Trump/Ellison quest to dominate state media
1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
popular.info
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
ideally you'd block all media consolidation, but I think the smart play here is for Democrats and Netflix to join forces, piggyback on the recent Riyadh Comedy Festival backlash, and hammer Saudi involvement in order to scuttle the Trump/Ellison quest to dominate state media
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When people say they want an “American Franco,” we need to be crystal clear about what that means: grinding poverty, widespread misery, & unmarked graves of summarily-executed opponents in every town & village.
‘We’ve Got to Kill and Kill and Kill’ | Dan Kaufman
As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence toward Jews.
www.nybooks.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
When people say they want an “American Franco,” we need to be crystal clear about what that means: grinding poverty, widespread misery, & unmarked graves of summarily-executed opponents in every town & village.
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Young Republicans are looking for Trump to “be their Franco” but don’t you dare call them fascists.
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Young Republicans are looking for Trump to “be their Franco” but don’t you dare call them fascists.
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Wild that the Secretary of Transportation is out here pretending pull-ups are policy while the rest of us are just trying to make sure bridges don’t collapse and planes don’t fall out of the sky.
December 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Wild that the Secretary of Transportation is out here pretending pull-ups are policy while the rest of us are just trying to make sure bridges don’t collapse and planes don’t fall out of the sky.
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I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I can’t believe how much of the Trump era is about solving problems that *don’t* exist while making all the problems that *do* exist, worse.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
There is no one who thinks the biggest problem with air travel right now is not having an area to do pull-ups.
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Americans aren’t confused: they see Ukraine as an ally — and Russia as an enemy.
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Americans aren’t confused: they see Ukraine as an ally — and Russia as an enemy.
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
A new Reagan Institute poll shows a striking ratio:
Americans view Ukraine as an ally by nearly 4:1.
And they see Russia as an enemy by the same 4:1 margin.👇
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The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.
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"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
I see the White House doesn't know the difference between the Virgin Birth and the Immaculate Conception, which, okay, most people don't. Still, if you're going to portray yourselves as defenders of the Christian faith, it's useful to demonstrate some knowledge of Catholic teaching.
December 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I see the White House doesn't know the difference between the Virgin Birth and the Immaculate Conception, which, okay, most people don't. Still, if you're going to portray yourselves as defenders of the Christian faith, it's useful to demonstrate some knowledge of Catholic teaching.
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The idea that no one else, ever - including the people who wrote the Constitution - has properly understood what the document means or stands for is a rather stunning form of judicial arrogance.
It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
December 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The idea that no one else, ever - including the people who wrote the Constitution - has properly understood what the document means or stands for is a rather stunning form of judicial arrogance.
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It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
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"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...
The only way to assure individual liberty is to hand unprecedented governmental power to the guy engaged in blatant democratic backsliding
Kavanaugh: Broad delegations to unaccountable agencies are dangerous for individual liberty! We have used the major questions doctrine to prevent agencies from overreaching.
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
Sauer: MQD not a substitute for the removal power for the president
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Individual liberty" is when conservatives decide everything. Their concept of liberty is just domination, not freedom to do what they want, but freedom to force everyone else to do what they want. bsky.app/profile/donm...