John Gunn
@johngunn.bsky.social
Ideological irregular. Former country lawyer, Chairborne Infantryman, teacher, farm hand, etc. ABD (neoliberalism’s infestation of adult ed) with much of it drafted and personal projects aplenty. Auburn, Alabama mostly. Usual disclaimers. juntogunto.com
Morton Blackwell coming down against Tucker Carlson seems notable. That blustering ‘Moms for Liberty’ lady up in north Alabama better behave herself given LI’s investment in that front group. And I trust Riley Gaines knows how her 🍞 stays, or at least once was, buttered. thehill.com/newsletters/...
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Morton Blackwell coming down against Tucker Carlson seems notable. That blustering ‘Moms for Liberty’ lady up in north Alabama better behave herself given LI’s investment in that front group. And I trust Riley Gaines knows how her 🍞 stays, or at least once was, buttered. thehill.com/newsletters/...
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Amazing story here -- Officials at Fannie Mae sounded alarm about potentially inappopriate data sharing by Trump appointees, got fired. @apnews.com:
apnews.com/article/fann...
apnews.com/article/fann...
Top Fannie Mae officials ousted after sounding alarm on sharing confidential housing data
A confidant of Bill Pulte, the Trump administration’s top housing regulator, provided confidential mortgage pricing data from Fannie Mae to a principal competitor.
apnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing story here -- Officials at Fannie Mae sounded alarm about potentially inappopriate data sharing by Trump appointees, got fired. @apnews.com:
apnews.com/article/fann...
apnews.com/article/fann...
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The same year the company got that big South Dakota ad contract, it sent up to $25k to one of Noem’s closest aides.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The same year the company got that big South Dakota ad contract, it sent up to $25k to one of Noem’s closest aides.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
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The consulting firm, the Ohio-based Strategy Group, has longstanding personal and business ties to Noem and her senior aides at DHS.
It played a central role in Noem’s 2022 reelection campaign.
And the company’s CEO is married to Noem’s chief spokesperson at DHS.
It played a central role in Noem’s 2022 reelection campaign.
And the company’s CEO is married to Noem’s chief spokesperson at DHS.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The consulting firm, the Ohio-based Strategy Group, has longstanding personal and business ties to Noem and her senior aides at DHS.
It played a central role in Noem’s 2022 reelection campaign.
And the company’s CEO is married to Noem’s chief spokesperson at DHS.
It played a central role in Noem’s 2022 reelection campaign.
And the company’s CEO is married to Noem’s chief spokesperson at DHS.
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NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered the first known example of taxpayer money flowing from DHS to businesses controlled by Kristi Noem’s allies and friends.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
It’s part of a money trail that’s been shrouded in secrecy—and involves $220 million, a mysterious Delaware LLC & a horse named Gill.
When Tucker Carlson gives his talk for the 1819ers to raise even more dark money tonight I don’t suppose he’ll expand on how Bonhoeffer and Churchill were bad but … www.mediaite.com/media/news/u...
‘Utter Stupidity’: Conservatives Appalled by Tucker Carlson’s Latest Target
Tucker Carlson has his newest target: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the anti-Nazi, Christian evangelist executed by the Third Reich in 1945.
www.mediaite.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When Tucker Carlson gives his talk for the 1819ers to raise even more dark money tonight I don’t suppose he’ll expand on how Bonhoeffer and Churchill were bad but … www.mediaite.com/media/news/u...
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Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels
Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels
Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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I remain skeptical that any rich people plot to control the media requires them to bother dictating day to day coverage, when class solidarity can also get it done, and with less effort
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I remain skeptical that any rich people plot to control the media requires them to bother dictating day to day coverage, when class solidarity can also get it done, and with less effort
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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Via @amandavhernan.bsky.social and @stateline.org: Some research suggests that incarcerated people who maintain consistent contact with loved ones are significantly more likely to succeed upon release and are less likely to reoffend.
FCC allows prisons, jails to charge more for phone and video calls | Alabama Reflector
The Federal Communications Commission voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls. The 2-1 vote in late October reverses...
alabamareflector.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Via @amandavhernan.bsky.social and @stateline.org: Some research suggests that incarcerated people who maintain consistent contact with loved ones are significantly more likely to succeed upon release and are less likely to reoffend.
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Democratic candidate Lee McInnis announced he’ll host an open meeting with voters in Opelika, encouraging attendees to bring non-perishable food items.
Democratic congressional candidate to host open meeting with voters in Opelika
Democratic candidate Lee McInnis announced he'll host an open meeting with voters in Opelika, encouraging attendees to bring non-perishable food items.
www.alreporter.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Democratic candidate Lee McInnis announced he’ll host an open meeting with voters in Opelika, encouraging attendees to bring non-perishable food items.
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Republican insiders say a formal challenge is expected over Tuberville’s residency and his unopposed path to the governor’s office.
Behind closed doors, GOP insiders question Tuberville’s residency and rapid rise to power
Republican insiders say a formal challenge is expected over Tuberville’s residency and his unopposed path to the governor’s office.
www.alreporter.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Republican insiders say a formal challenge is expected over Tuberville’s residency and his unopposed path to the governor’s office.
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NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
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There would not have been enough space on the opinion pages of newspapers or segments on cable news to cover the amount of outrage that the media would have directed at Joe Biden if he did not know the standard duration of a home mortgage, but Trump? Crickets.
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There would not have been enough space on the opinion pages of newspapers or segments on cable news to cover the amount of outrage that the media would have directed at Joe Biden if he did not know the standard duration of a home mortgage, but Trump? Crickets.
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Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has said a lot of ridiculous things. After Zohran Mamdani won in NYC, it got worse.
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville has said a lot of ridiculous things. After Zohran Mamdani won in NYC, it got worse.
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Pro-Trump media went wild for a bombshell exposé claiming the Jan. 6th pipe bomber was a Capitol Police officer with CIA ties.
But now the story looks shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. My @thebulwark.com newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
But now the story looks shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. My @thebulwark.com newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
The Blaze’s Pipe-Bomb Bombshell Appears to Bomb
The right-wing outlet claimed to solve the Jan. 6th pipe-bomb mystery. Things quickly looked less certain.
www.thebulwark.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Pro-Trump media went wild for a bombshell exposé claiming the Jan. 6th pipe bomber was a Capitol Police officer with CIA ties.
But now the story looks shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. My @thebulwark.com newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
But now the story looks shaky, tweets are getting deleted, and the story's backers are running for cover. My @thebulwark.com newsletter: www.thebulwark.com/p/the-blaze-...
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"Pete Hegseth’s MAGA vision for the 'Department of War' ultimately makes no distinction between military, social, cultural and religious conflicts." @alfatau.bsky.social on how Hegseth is building "an insidiously indefinite notion of war at the heart of MAGA" @inthesetimes.com.
The Secretary of All Wars
Pete Hegseth’s MAGA vision for the “Department of War” ultimately makes no distinction between military, social, cultural and religious conflicts.
inthesetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"Pete Hegseth’s MAGA vision for the 'Department of War' ultimately makes no distinction between military, social, cultural and religious conflicts." @alfatau.bsky.social on how Hegseth is building "an insidiously indefinite notion of war at the heart of MAGA" @inthesetimes.com.
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The Columbia Labor Lab study appears to show increasing plants’ share of incarcerated workers reduces the wages of free workers.
Work release programs depress wages at Hyundai suppliers, study suggests
The Columbia Labor Lab study appears to show increasing plants’ share of incarcerated workers reduces the wages of free workers.
www.alreporter.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Columbia Labor Lab study appears to show increasing plants’ share of incarcerated workers reduces the wages of free workers.
“A source familiar with the Rule of Law Action Fund said it, too, was tied to RAGA, and that the group had set up the nonprofit in Alabama working through Montgomery attorney Saxon Main.” … $150,000 donation. If RAGA, and probably is, they’re 🤢. www.alreporter.com/2025/11/10/m...
More dark money for Robertson in AG's race
Another dark money nonprofit dumped a major donation into Robertson's account.
www.alreporter.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“A source familiar with the Rule of Law Action Fund said it, too, was tied to RAGA, and that the group had set up the nonprofit in Alabama working through Montgomery attorney Saxon Main.” … $150,000 donation. If RAGA, and probably is, they’re 🤢. www.alreporter.com/2025/11/10/m...
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In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream reut.rs/3LO6yCi
In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream
A Reuters examination details how rightist influencers and Trump officials have formed a powerful alliance, working together to target perceived adversaries, amplify false claims and reshape the media landscape. The shift comes as a growing number of social platforms and traditional outlets accommodate Trump.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
In Trump 2.0, MAGA-aligned influencers and media emerge as the new mainstream reut.rs/3LO6yCi
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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I’ve been trying to say this for a while, but I feel like no one is really listening to me who’s obsessively focused on the “groyper problem” at the expense of everything else. The issue with unhinged far-right streamers goes beyond Fuentes and the groypers. Things have been cooked for years.
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I’ve been trying to say this for a while, but I feel like no one is really listening to me who’s obsessively focused on the “groyper problem” at the expense of everything else. The issue with unhinged far-right streamers goes beyond Fuentes and the groypers. Things have been cooked for years.
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Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The sandwich thrower was wrong. But Jeanine Pirro was, too.
To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.” That allegation was laughable.
www.msnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Tulsi Gabbard is trying to take control over counterintelligence from the FBI. It's not going great. A scoop with @shaneharris.bsky.social
Tulsi Gabbard’s Quest to Bring the ‘Deep State’ Under Her Control
A memo circulating within the federal government lays out her office’s reasoning for wanting to transfer counterintelligence work away from the FBI.
www.theatlantic.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Tulsi Gabbard is trying to take control over counterintelligence from the FBI. It's not going great. A scoop with @shaneharris.bsky.social
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Latest Army general to be jammed up over alleged wokeness is Pat Work, who led the Ranger company that fast-roped into the Korengal to recover the bodies during Operation Red Wings and was the 82nd brigade commander who dug ISIS out of Mosul
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Latest Army general to be jammed up over alleged wokeness is Pat Work, who led the Ranger company that fast-roped into the Korengal to recover the bodies during Operation Red Wings and was the 82nd brigade commander who dug ISIS out of Mosul