Jonathan Kassa 🟦
@jkassa.bsky.social
Passionate public servant.
Father of two, married to the only one.
(Personal account and opinions.)
Father of two, married to the only one.
(Personal account and opinions.)
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It's too bad that a) I'm on a two-week use-it-or-lose-it year-end vacation and b) my squeamish Inquirer editors would never let me use this word anyway, so the world will never see my column...
The Enshittification of the Epstein Files
The Enshittification of the Epstein Files
December 21, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It's too bad that a) I'm on a two-week use-it-or-lose-it year-end vacation and b) my squeamish Inquirer editors would never let me use this word anyway, so the world will never see my column...
The Enshittification of the Epstein Files
The Enshittification of the Epstein Files
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NEW: California is funding a new $47 million effort across California to prevent youth substance use — with a focus on mentorship, leadership, and reaching struggling young men and boys.
December 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
NEW: California is funding a new $47 million effort across California to prevent youth substance use — with a focus on mentorship, leadership, and reaching struggling young men and boys.
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🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
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Wild — as the community note says, Trump’s DOJ released a publicly available pic of MJ & Clinton & Diana Ross with their own kids and implied it’s them with victims
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Wild — as the community note says, Trump’s DOJ released a publicly available pic of MJ & Clinton & Diana Ross with their own kids and implied it’s them with victims
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
But what the hell was Deal of the Century?? My Jeebus.
December 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
But what the hell was Deal of the Century?? My Jeebus.
Useful traitor.
In Moscow, they call her “our girl Tulsi” for a reason.
December 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Useful traitor.
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Richard Nixon and Rose Mary Woods are thinking, yikes, this is a bit much.
December 20, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Richard Nixon and Rose Mary Woods are thinking, yikes, this is a bit much.
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20 Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste | Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far more radioactive than previously known, reports @insideclimatenews.org.
20 Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste - Bucks County Beacon
Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far more radioactive than previously known.
buckscountybeacon.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:13 PM
20 Years Into Fracking, Pennsylvania Has Yet to Reckon With Its Radioactive Waste | Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far more radioactive than previously known, reports @insideclimatenews.org.
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“We know that members of immigrant communities were terrified to call 911 in Bucks County because they were afraid that local law enforcement would cooperate with ICE and have them deported,” said #BucksCounty Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler.
Sheriff-Elect Danny Ceisler Will Prioritize Domestic Violence Prevention | Ceisler will be ending the sheriff department’s ICE 287(g) agreement when he takes office next year, and he wants all victims of domestic violence to know that it's safe to call for help, reports @patlamarche.bsky.social.
Sheriff-Elect Danny Ceisler Will Prioritize Domestic Violence Prevention - Bucks County Beacon
Ceisler will be ending the sheriff department’s ICE 287(g) agreement when he takes office next year, and he wants all victims of domestic violence to know that it's safe to call for help.
buckscountybeacon.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“We know that members of immigrant communities were terrified to call 911 in Bucks County because they were afraid that local law enforcement would cooperate with ICE and have them deported,” said #BucksCounty Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler.
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As Trump pulls the plug on supporting LGBTQ youth, California is putting more resources toward providing vulnerable kids with mental health resources.
We’re proud to announce a new partnership with the
@trevorproject.bsky.social to launch a new statewide program to reduce youth suicides.
We’re proud to announce a new partnership with the
@trevorproject.bsky.social to launch a new statewide program to reduce youth suicides.
December 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
As Trump pulls the plug on supporting LGBTQ youth, California is putting more resources toward providing vulnerable kids with mental health resources.
We’re proud to announce a new partnership with the
@trevorproject.bsky.social to launch a new statewide program to reduce youth suicides.
We’re proud to announce a new partnership with the
@trevorproject.bsky.social to launch a new statewide program to reduce youth suicides.
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In the wake of the Bondi massacre, Australia is uniting in a way that seems impossible in Donald Trump’s post-truth America.
Two countries. Two tragedies. One huge difference.
In the wake of the Bondi massacre, Australia is uniting in a way that seems impossible in Donald Trump’s post-truth America.
www.motherjones.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
In the wake of the Bondi massacre, Australia is uniting in a way that seems impossible in Donald Trump’s post-truth America.
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Andrew Weissman: A responsible DOJ would have had a press conference, and they would have talked through the measures they took. You know that there is a problem when they do this through a short-form announcement on Fox News that doesn't address any of our questions
December 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Andrew Weissman: A responsible DOJ would have had a press conference, and they would have talked through the measures they took. You know that there is a problem when they do this through a short-form announcement on Fox News that doesn't address any of our questions
If a nearly unanimous Congress were serious about its role and power with USDOJ, why not simply appoint a special prosecutor? Impeachment can still go forth but let’s see genuine action.
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social @rokhanna.bsky.social
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social @rokhanna.bsky.social
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
apnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If a nearly unanimous Congress were serious about its role and power with USDOJ, why not simply appoint a special prosecutor? Impeachment can still go forth but let’s see genuine action.
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social @rokhanna.bsky.social
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social @rokhanna.bsky.social
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J. D. Vance believes that immigrants are the prime driver of American anti-Semitism—but making anti-Semitism about your ideological enemies misses whole dimensions of the problem, @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues:
What J. D. Vance—And Many Others—Miss About American Anti-Semitism
Making anti-Semitism about your ideological enemies doesn’t help anyone understand, let alone solve, the problem.
bit.ly
December 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
J. D. Vance believes that immigrants are the prime driver of American anti-Semitism—but making anti-Semitism about your ideological enemies misses whole dimensions of the problem, @yair-rosenberg.bsky.social argues:
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The official death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The official death count in South Sudan is nearly 1,600, making it the worst cholera epidemic in the country’s history.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
But that toll is a dramatic undercount.
ProPublica found newly dug, unmarked graves alongside roads and in backyards.
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The $1,776 Checks for Troops Trump Claimed Were ‘Because of Tariffs’ Are Actually Congressionally-Allocated Housing Allowances
He takes every opportunity to twist things to his favor. That’s why you have to check him on everything.
He takes every opportunity to twist things to his favor. That’s why you have to check him on everything.
December 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The $1,776 Checks for Troops Trump Claimed Were ‘Because of Tariffs’ Are Actually Congressionally-Allocated Housing Allowances
He takes every opportunity to twist things to his favor. That’s why you have to check him on everything.
He takes every opportunity to twist things to his favor. That’s why you have to check him on everything.
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After months of waging war on "DEI," the Trump regime releases an Epstein file that is disproportionately Black
December 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
After months of waging war on "DEI," the Trump regime releases an Epstein file that is disproportionately Black
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I’ve never heard of using this standard for redactions before…
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’ve never heard of using this standard for redactions before…
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Today, we're learning why DOJ didn't release the redacted files last March. Because the multitude of redactions exposes how much they're covering up.
December 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Today, we're learning why DOJ didn't release the redacted files last March. Because the multitude of redactions exposes how much they're covering up.
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Read this.
If we can't even identify our enemies then how can we fight them?
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump's National Security Strategy is the longest suicide note in American history
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Read this.
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Can't say I'm surprised. But wow.
These are the people who are willing to go on the record.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
December 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Can't say I'm surprised. But wow.
When you voted for the House Speaker whom you “defy,” that’s not independence, it is covering your ass.
#figleafmoderate #VoteHarvie
#figleafmoderate #VoteHarvie
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Joins Three Other Republicans to Defy Speaker Johnson and Force House Vote on Extending ACA Subsidies | Fitzpatrick joined fellow PA Congressmen Rob Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie and NY's Mike Lawler to help Democrats' discharge petition reach the magic number of 218.
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Joins Three Other Republicans to Defy Speaker Johnson and Force House Vote on Extending ACA Subsidies - Bucks County Beacon
Fitzpatrick joined fellow Pennsylvania Congressmen Robert Bresnahan and Ryan Mackenzie and New York's Mike Lawler in signing the Democrats' discharge petition to help it reach the magic number of 218.
buckscountybeacon.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
When you voted for the House Speaker whom you “defy,” that’s not independence, it is covering your ass.
#figleafmoderate #VoteHarvie
#figleafmoderate #VoteHarvie
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ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
ICE is going after people who commit fewer crimes than U.S. born citizens. They're robbing people, hurting people, using racial profiling, violating due process, hurting children, and going after American citizens while they do. This is an illegal criminal enterprise from head to toe.