John Scott
@johnsscott2.bsky.social
Jackson, TN
KQ4TAF
#SportingKC
Freecon fusionist without a party. Always #NeverTrump.
KQ4TAF
#SportingKC
Freecon fusionist without a party. Always #NeverTrump.
Reposted by John Scott
October 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The U.S. is not a Functional Democracy
Last week, Trump went full authoritarian
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Last week, Trump went full authoritarian
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The U.S. is not a Functional Democracy
Last week, Trump went full authoritarian
open.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The U.S. is not a Functional Democracy
Last week, Trump went full authoritarian
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Last week, Trump went full authoritarian
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Yeah. It's Fascism.
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www.thebulwark.com/p/yeah-its-f...
Yeah. It’s Fascism.
Earmuffs, JD.
www.thebulwark.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Yeah. It's Fascism.
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The Trump Summer Jobs Stall
I guess firing the messenger last month didn't turn around the labor statistics. Go figure. Particularly hard-hit? Manufacturing. So much for the idea that tariffs are going to help them.
www.wsj.com/opinion/augu...
I guess firing the messenger last month didn't turn around the labor statistics. Go figure. Particularly hard-hit? Manufacturing. So much for the idea that tariffs are going to help them.
www.wsj.com/opinion/augu...
Opinion | The Trump Summer Jobs Stall
Most businesses have stopped new hiring as tariffs add costs and uncertainty, the latest jobs report confirms.
www.wsj.com
September 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Trump Summer Jobs Stall
I guess firing the messenger last month didn't turn around the labor statistics. Go figure. Particularly hard-hit? Manufacturing. So much for the idea that tariffs are going to help them.
www.wsj.com/opinion/augu...
I guess firing the messenger last month didn't turn around the labor statistics. Go figure. Particularly hard-hit? Manufacturing. So much for the idea that tariffs are going to help them.
www.wsj.com/opinion/augu...
Appeals Court Blocks Trump From Using Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans - Court rejects White House claims that Venezuela is attempting ‘predatory incursion’ of U.S. territory
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Appeals Court Blocks Trump From Using Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans
The ruling is a setback for the president's sweeping crackdown on immigration and puts the issue on course for the Supreme Court.
www.wsj.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Appeals Court Blocks Trump From Using Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans - Court rejects White House claims that Venezuela is attempting ‘predatory incursion’ of U.S. territory
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Tariffs giving foreign competition an advantage over American manufacturers.... www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
Opinion | How Tariffs Hurt My American Factory
Some of my rivals that produce overseas will be less hard-hit.
www.wsj.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Tariffs giving foreign competition an advantage over American manufacturers.... www.wsj.com/opinion/how-...
Trump’s Troop Deployment to Los Angeles Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Trump’s Troop Deployment to Los Angeles Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules
A federal judge sided with state officials who contend the operation violated a 19th-century law barring the U.S. military from undertaking domestic law enforcement.
www.wsj.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Trump’s Troop Deployment to Los Angeles Violated Federal Law, Judge Rules
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
So nice to finally see a win, and a solid one at that. #SKCvCOL #SportingKC
August 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
So nice to finally see a win, and a solid one at that. #SKCvCOL #SportingKC
The escalating prices offer a glimpse of how President Trump’s trade policy is starting to trickle down to American shoppers.
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
Higher Prices Are Coming for Household Staples
Companies from Hormel to Ace Hardware are forecasting rising prices as the costs of President Trump’s tariffs are passed on to consumers.
www.wsj.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The escalating prices offer a glimpse of how President Trump’s trade policy is starting to trickle down to American shoppers.
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
www.wsj.com/business/ret...
“Why, in 2025,” asks historian Brian Murphy of Rutgers University, “are we reviving economic practices that we largely abandoned in the 19th century because they were too corrupt for a ‘modern’ nation?”
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
Trump’s Deals With Companies Aren’t Un-American. That’s the Problem
The president’s wheeling and dealing with the likes of Intel and Nvidia echoes the bad old days for stock investors.
www.wsj.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“Why, in 2025,” asks historian Brian Murphy of Rutgers University, “are we reviving economic practices that we largely abandoned in the 19th century because they were too corrupt for a ‘modern’ nation?”
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
“Faith traditions call us to welcome the stranger, protect the vulnerable, and love our neighbors,” the action plan begins. “In the face of renewed ICE enforcement actions and immigration raids, we must be ready to act swiftly, courageously, and in solidarity.”
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Exclusive: The Churches Fighting Back Against ICE
A network of 5,000 churches is launching a rapid-response action plan to protect worshipers during ICE raids.
www.thebulwark.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“Faith traditions call us to welcome the stranger, protect the vulnerable, and love our neighbors,” the action plan begins. “In the face of renewed ICE enforcement actions and immigration raids, we must be ready to act swiftly, courageously, and in solidarity.”
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www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-...
ICEing the U.S. Economy
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ICEing the U.S. Economy
Mass deportations will hurt more than people realize
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August 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
ICEing the U.S. Economy
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Companies can't hold the line on prices much longer
www.axios.com/2025/08/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/08/20/t...
Inflation grows increasingly likely as companies start to buckle under tariffs
Companies are raising prices, or signaling that increases are coming.
www.axios.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Companies can't hold the line on prices much longer
www.axios.com/2025/08/20/t...
www.axios.com/2025/08/20/t...
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Trump has tried this unsuccessfully before. The Constitution authorizes states to set the “time, place and manner” of elections - not the President.
Trump has tried this unsuccessfully before. The Constitution authorizes states to set the “time, place and manner” of elections - not the President.
Trump vows to target mail-in ballots ahead of 2026 midterm election
U.S. President Donald Trump pledged on Monday to issue an executive order to end the use of mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, a move likely to spark legal challenges by the states.
www.reuters.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Trump has tried this unsuccessfully before. The Constitution authorizes states to set the “time, place and manner” of elections - not the President.
Trump has tried this unsuccessfully before. The Constitution authorizes states to set the “time, place and manner” of elections - not the President.
More MAGA Marxism.
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US might buy part of Intel in latest business reach
Even before the Intel play, this week, The Washington Post called Trump the “would-be CEO of America.”
www.morningbrew.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
More MAGA Marxism.
www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025...
www.morningbrew.com/stories/2025...
The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
Trump Bows to Putin’s Approach on Ukraine: No Cease-Fire, Deadlines or Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The net effect of the Alaska summit was to give President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a free pass to continue his war against his neighbor indefinitely without further penalty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...
Despite being U.S. citizens, three children — a four-year-old with stage 4 kidney cancer, his 7-year-old sister, and a 2-year-old girl — were swept up along with their two families by immigration authorities and quickly sent to Honduras.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
ICE sent 3 U.S. citizen children, including boy with cancer, to Honduras with their deported moms
An immigration group filed a lawsuit on behalf of two families, saying they were not given access to legal counsel before two mothers and their children were sent to Central America.
www.nbcnews.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Despite being U.S. citizens, three children — a four-year-old with stage 4 kidney cancer, his 7-year-old sister, and a 2-year-old girl — were swept up along with their two families by immigration authorities and quickly sent to Honduras.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Americans will pay a big chunk of the tariff bill, either directly via higher consumer prices or indirectly via less business investment in productivity growth to increase wages.
www.wsj.com/opinion/now-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/now-...
Opinion | Now We Know Who’s Paying the Tariffs
Producer prices surge, and real wages still aren’t rising fast enough.
www.wsj.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Americans will pay a big chunk of the tariff bill, either directly via higher consumer prices or indirectly via less business investment in productivity growth to increase wages.
www.wsj.com/opinion/now-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/now-...
With the Trump administration’s push for “mass deportation” filling federal detention beds, detainees are being transferred from facility to facility because the switch restarts the clock and gives federal ICE agents more time to pick them up.
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
To dodge federal rule, some immigrants are shuffled in and out of Florida jails
The rule limits the number of days an immigrant can be held in a local facility before federal officials must take custody.
www.tampabay.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
With the Trump administration’s push for “mass deportation” filling federal detention beds, detainees are being transferred from facility to facility because the switch restarts the clock and gives federal ICE agents more time to pick them up.
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
www.tampabay.com/news/florida...
“They are deploying ICE agents to arrest people showing up to their immigration hearings. They are taking away people’s legal status and making them undocumented by revoking their parole and TPS. And now they are threatening to go after those trying to pursue lawful residency.” tinyurl.com/35jaj292
Green card policy change may leave immigrants seeking legal status vulnerable to deportation - OSV News
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services reportedly closed off a pathway for citizenship for immigrants who apply for green cards through family.
www.osvnews.com
August 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
“They are deploying ICE agents to arrest people showing up to their immigration hearings. They are taking away people’s legal status and making them undocumented by revoking their parole and TPS. And now they are threatening to go after those trying to pursue lawful residency.” tinyurl.com/35jaj292
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Fun Getaway With Murderous Dictator Just What Exhausted Trump Been Needing
Fun Getaway With Murderous Dictator Just What Exhausted Trump Been Needing
WASHINGTON—Hoping his upcoming meeting in Anchorage with Russian President Vladimir Putin will bring a much-needed change of pace, an exhausted President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that a fu...
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August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Fun Getaway With Murderous Dictator Just What Exhausted Trump Been Needing
He's that uncle that has no sense and constantly embarrasses the rest of the family.
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump cold-called Norwegian minister to ask about Nobel Peace Prize
American president angles for top diplomatic award while world watches his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
www.politico.eu
August 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
He's that uncle that has no sense and constantly embarrasses the rest of the family.
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
West Tennessee getting it's own for-profit concentration camp. Disgusted and grieving what will be done here, and done in our name.
August 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
West Tennessee getting it's own for-profit concentration camp. Disgusted and grieving what will be done here, and done in our name.
The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics
President Trump is imitating Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into economy.
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
President Trump is imitating Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into economy.
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics
President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy.
www.wsj.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics
President Trump is imitating Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into economy.
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
President Trump is imitating Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into economy.
www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
"We know that — that by the most conservative estimates over two million lives have been saved because of mRNA technology. It helped us develop COVID-19 vaccines in record time. And it’s, quite frankly, President Trump’s greatest achievement,”
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thehill.com/policy/healt...
thehill.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"We know that — that by the most conservative estimates over two million lives have been saved because of mRNA technology. It helped us develop COVID-19 vaccines in record time. And it’s, quite frankly, President Trump’s greatest achievement,”
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