@jon61.bsky.social
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The columns almost write themselves ...
A Disturbing Warning Sign in Plain Sight
Trump’s letter to Norway is more than embarrassing - it raises constitutional questions about fitness for office
jberndt.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:13 AM
The columns almost write themselves ...
Trying out writing for Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/jberndt/...
open.substack.com/pub/jberndt/...
Just enforcing the law, or ... ?
ICE detention data, federal non‑enforcement, and the administration’s clemency record tell a different story
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Trying out writing for Substack:
open.substack.com/pub/jberndt/...
open.substack.com/pub/jberndt/...
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“[JD Vance] said there's absolute immunity. This is not true… maybe he's deliberately lying, maybe he just doesn't know. I figured a Yale-trained lawyer would know.”
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison tells Prem why there is no 'absolute immunity' for ICE agents.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/keith-elli...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison tells Prem why there is no 'absolute immunity' for ICE agents.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/keith-elli...
January 19, 2026 at 3:02 PM
“[JD Vance] said there's absolute immunity. This is not true… maybe he's deliberately lying, maybe he just doesn't know. I figured a Yale-trained lawyer would know.”
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison tells Prem why there is no 'absolute immunity' for ICE agents.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/keith-elli...
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison tells Prem why there is no 'absolute immunity' for ICE agents.
🔗: zeteo.com/p/keith-elli...
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Not to state the obvious, but saying you will attack an ally because you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, is exactly why you shouldn’t win a Nobel Peace Prize.
January 19, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Not to state the obvious, but saying you will attack an ally because you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, is exactly why you shouldn’t win a Nobel Peace Prize.
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SCOOP: The Trump DOJ is preparing to eliminate the ability of U.S. Attorneys to recuse themselves from cases due to conflicts of interest.
A new rule expected to be filed this week will put that power in the hands of Pam Bondi.
A new rule expected to be filed this week will put that power in the hands of Pam Bondi.
DOJ Moves to Eliminate Attorney Recusals in Sweeping Power Shift
Proposed rule would strip prosecutors of ethical independence and place conflict decisions solely in the hands of the attorney general
meidasnews.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
SCOOP: The Trump DOJ is preparing to eliminate the ability of U.S. Attorneys to recuse themselves from cases due to conflicts of interest.
A new rule expected to be filed this week will put that power in the hands of Pam Bondi.
A new rule expected to be filed this week will put that power in the hands of Pam Bondi.
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This guy is basically inviting China to take Taiwan.
January 17, 2026 at 2:35 AM
This guy is basically inviting China to take Taiwan.
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Hegseth thinks you have drugs on a boat in the ocean that aren’t coming into the US - summary execution.
Drug dealers with political connections and cash who sell to American addicts convicted after full due process - pardons from Trump.
Drug dealers with political connections and cash who sell to American addicts convicted after full due process - pardons from Trump.
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Hegseth thinks you have drugs on a boat in the ocean that aren’t coming into the US - summary execution.
Drug dealers with political connections and cash who sell to American addicts convicted after full due process - pardons from Trump.
Drug dealers with political connections and cash who sell to American addicts convicted after full due process - pardons from Trump.
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Huge win here by @aclu.org. Similar to a court order we and our partners obtained recently in Chicago in a similar case.
It's important not just because of the order itself, but because it creates a forum for accountability for federal officers who violate it who can now be held in contempt.
It's important not just because of the order itself, but because it creates a forum for accountability for federal officers who violate it who can now be held in contempt.
BREAKING: Judge enters TRO blocking feds from interfering with or arresting peaceful protesters in Minnesota. Judge Kate Menendez, Biden appointee. Order: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 17, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Huge win here by @aclu.org. Similar to a court order we and our partners obtained recently in Chicago in a similar case.
It's important not just because of the order itself, but because it creates a forum for accountability for federal officers who violate it who can now be held in contempt.
It's important not just because of the order itself, but because it creates a forum for accountability for federal officers who violate it who can now be held in contempt.
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Wall Street Journal reports that Midland Texas economy is being destroyed thanks to Trump's tariffs and push for Venezuelan oil. 👇
January 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Wall Street Journal reports that Midland Texas economy is being destroyed thanks to Trump's tariffs and push for Venezuelan oil. 👇
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Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Trump lets another drug trafficker out of prison because his father happens to be a Republican member of Congress.
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Obvious—But this is on Congress allowing this rot.
January 17, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Obvious—But this is on Congress allowing this rot.
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Hillary was too emotional.
Biden was hoarse.
Kamala laughed.
Biden was hoarse.
Kamala laughed.
January 14, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Hillary was too emotional.
Biden was hoarse.
Kamala laughed.
Biden was hoarse.
Kamala laughed.
Lately, I’ve been wondering whether we’ve slipped into a kind of post‑legislative era. So many major questions seem to end up in court instead of being worked out through policy and debate. I’m trying to make sense of what that shift means. How are others seeing it?
January 13, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Lately, I’ve been wondering whether we’ve slipped into a kind of post‑legislative era. So many major questions seem to end up in court instead of being worked out through policy and debate. I’m trying to make sense of what that shift means. How are others seeing it?
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The US already has a military base in Greenland. Under a treaty with Denmark that was signed in 1951, it has the right to build even more bases there.
That is why the argument of security for the US is nonsensical. The mafia boss Trump is interested in the minerals he can mine!
#HandsOffGreenland
That is why the argument of security for the US is nonsensical. The mafia boss Trump is interested in the minerals he can mine!
#HandsOffGreenland
Buy Greenland? Take It? Why? An Old Pact Already Gives Trump a Free Hand.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The US already has a military base in Greenland. Under a treaty with Denmark that was signed in 1951, it has the right to build even more bases there.
That is why the argument of security for the US is nonsensical. The mafia boss Trump is interested in the minerals he can mine!
#HandsOffGreenland
That is why the argument of security for the US is nonsensical. The mafia boss Trump is interested in the minerals he can mine!
#HandsOffGreenland
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The minerals are a nonsense argument as well. Trump will be long dead before a single rock is processed by an American company. The purpose of threatening Greenland is to destroy NATO.
January 12, 2026 at 9:19 AM
The minerals are a nonsense argument as well. Trump will be long dead before a single rock is processed by an American company. The purpose of threatening Greenland is to destroy NATO.
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Is it 2026, or 1933? This from JD Vance should send a chill.
Bragging about ICE “going door-to-door and making sure that if you’re an illegal alien, you’ve got to get out of this country…”
Screw the Constitution and due process? This doesn’t sound like American values to my ears.
Bragging about ICE “going door-to-door and making sure that if you’re an illegal alien, you’ve got to get out of this country…”
Screw the Constitution and due process? This doesn’t sound like American values to my ears.
January 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Is it 2026, or 1933? This from JD Vance should send a chill.
Bragging about ICE “going door-to-door and making sure that if you’re an illegal alien, you’ve got to get out of this country…”
Screw the Constitution and due process? This doesn’t sound like American values to my ears.
Bragging about ICE “going door-to-door and making sure that if you’re an illegal alien, you’ve got to get out of this country…”
Screw the Constitution and due process? This doesn’t sound like American values to my ears.
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“Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all.”
January 12, 2026 at 9:45 AM
“Donald Trump is a man who represents all the things we teach our children not to be. He’s a liar. He’s a thief. He’s a molester. He has no remorse, no shame, no empathy. He has no loyalty to the law, to the Constitution. This man is the lowest character of all.”
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In JD Vance’s world, Jonathan Ross is both the hero and the victim. The woman he killed? She’s the perpetrator, solely responsible for her own death.
This is peak abuser language and a public battering of a woman killed by an abusive government agent.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
This is peak abuser language and a public battering of a woman killed by an abusive government agent.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
JD Vance and the MAGA battering of Renee Good
“This is a guy who’s actually done a very, very important job for the United States of America… He deserves a debt of gratitude.”
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 11:15 PM
In JD Vance’s world, Jonathan Ross is both the hero and the victim. The woman he killed? She’s the perpetrator, solely responsible for her own death.
This is peak abuser language and a public battering of a woman killed by an abusive government agent.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
This is peak abuser language and a public battering of a woman killed by an abusive government agent.
My latest:
open.substack.com/pub/ruthzaka...
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If Congress waits, Trump will simply seize it before Congress can take a vote. Congress needed to vote on this LITERALLY yesterday.
Every hour that passes there is a MAJOR risk that Greenland is stolen from its people AND the NATO alliance immediately collapses.
How can they not see this? Act NOW.
Every hour that passes there is a MAJOR risk that Greenland is stolen from its people AND the NATO alliance immediately collapses.
How can they not see this? Act NOW.
“If we need to”…. You fucking need to.
Kaine: "I can tell you this -- we will force a vote in the Senate about no US military action in Greenland or Denmark if we need to. We will get overwhelmingly bipartisan support that this president is foolish to even suggest this."
January 12, 2026 at 4:05 AM
If Congress waits, Trump will simply seize it before Congress can take a vote. Congress needed to vote on this LITERALLY yesterday.
Every hour that passes there is a MAJOR risk that Greenland is stolen from its people AND the NATO alliance immediately collapses.
How can they not see this? Act NOW.
Every hour that passes there is a MAJOR risk that Greenland is stolen from its people AND the NATO alliance immediately collapses.
How can they not see this? Act NOW.
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I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 AM
I also must say that it's a bit rich that Trump and his DOJ think it's a good idea to gin up a bullshit investigation about supposed illegalities in ... {checks notes} … renovating a federal building
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The U.S. seizing Greenland would embolden China and Russia to go after countries they covet, Mark Kelly tells @hannarosin.bsky.social, adding that it “would probably be the biggest mistake any president has made in the history of this country.” theatln.tc/EtZT0t1G
January 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
The U.S. seizing Greenland would embolden China and Russia to go after countries they covet, Mark Kelly tells @hannarosin.bsky.social, adding that it “would probably be the biggest mistake any president has made in the history of this country.” theatln.tc/EtZT0t1G
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