Jared Light
@jtlight.bsky.social
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If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 9:50 PM
If every Democrat voted NO on funding ICE, it would not have passed the House. But, 7 House Democrats voted to fund Trump's lawless, masked goons, so it passed.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his members to vote against ICE funding. Genuinely unforgivable.
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🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 AM
🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
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billions of dollars and everlasting fame to whoever figures out how to stop webpages from loading new elements just as you’re about to click on something
December 27, 2025 at 3:42 AM
billions of dollars and everlasting fame to whoever figures out how to stop webpages from loading new elements just as you’re about to click on something
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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Free idea: a college football RedZone should have a Hater's Function. You plug in a list of teams you hate, and you can get notified if those teams are having a real bad time. Like Clemson is, right now.
September 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Free idea: a college football RedZone should have a Hater's Function. You plug in a list of teams you hate, and you can get notified if those teams are having a real bad time. Like Clemson is, right now.
I will never forget the apocalyptic feel of driving to the FEMA supersite in Gary Indiana and the feeling of liberation of that jab.
I got a flu booster today and it made me reflect on the sense of national accomplishment I felt when I drove to a public facility, waited in my car until my number was called on an app, and got my first covid jab. It's fucked the right gets to erase what a moment of technological liberation that was
August 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I will never forget the apocalyptic feel of driving to the FEMA supersite in Gary Indiana and the feeling of liberation of that jab.
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Funny how all that protect women’s sports energy went out the window as soon as WNBA players showed up with T-shirts bringing awareness to the lack of financial equity they have in their league.
July 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Funny how all that protect women’s sports energy went out the window as soon as WNBA players showed up with T-shirts bringing awareness to the lack of financial equity they have in their league.
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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What’s the point in accumulating influence if you only use it to advocate positions that are already popular?
What does it say about you when you’re unwilling to expend your clout to stop a humanitarian catastrophe because the moral, decent position is polling 5 points underwater?
What does it say about you when you’re unwilling to expend your clout to stop a humanitarian catastrophe because the moral, decent position is polling 5 points underwater?
No, actually, we shouldn't just let the government violently attack people on the streets and disappear them into foreign gulags. We should try to stop them.
April 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What’s the point in accumulating influence if you only use it to advocate positions that are already popular?
What does it say about you when you’re unwilling to expend your clout to stop a humanitarian catastrophe because the moral, decent position is polling 5 points underwater?
What does it say about you when you’re unwilling to expend your clout to stop a humanitarian catastrophe because the moral, decent position is polling 5 points underwater?
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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Fealty to Donald Trump will not spare you from his cruelty.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
February 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Fealty to Donald Trump will not spare you from his cruelty.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
It's strength — not weakness — that curbs his baser instincts.
Now is the time for us to be strong.
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this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to
February 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
this is a good example of the attitude that has led democrats down the road to disaster. it rests on the belief that public opinion cannot be shaped or mobilized or moved, only reacted to
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The choir at First Presbyterian Church, Chicago 1896
January 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The choir at First Presbyterian Church, Chicago 1896
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The "he's not gonna listen to her" reactions are missing many points. Lots of other people are also hearing it. Lots of people can see him hearing it, then weigh what she's said with what he'll do. Lots of people can see her refusal to surrender these ancient teachings to the latest face of empire
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The "he's not gonna listen to her" reactions are missing many points. Lots of other people are also hearing it. Lots of people can see him hearing it, then weigh what she's said with what he'll do. Lots of people can see her refusal to surrender these ancient teachings to the latest face of empire
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lmao no, TikTok users are not moving to Bluesky. They would literally rather learn Mandarin than learn how to read a feed of text posts. This is a millennial retirement home.
January 19, 2025 at 5:45 AM
lmao no, TikTok users are not moving to Bluesky. They would literally rather learn Mandarin than learn how to read a feed of text posts. This is a millennial retirement home.
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after days of grifters and con men at CES we stumbled upon the booth for VLC. they were all dressed as wizards and told us, "we have nothing to sell, we just decided to show up". i told them I'd been using their software to pirate media for 15 years and they said "keep doing that"
January 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
after days of grifters and con men at CES we stumbled upon the booth for VLC. they were all dressed as wizards and told us, "we have nothing to sell, we just decided to show up". i told them I'd been using their software to pirate media for 15 years and they said "keep doing that"
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The Jimmy Carter Renaissance talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jimmy-c...
The Jimmy Carter Renaissance
In the last decade, particularly the last few years, a churn of work — biographies, documentaries, books — has been produced aimed at reevaluating the Carter presidency.
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December 29, 2024 at 10:18 PM
The Jimmy Carter Renaissance talkingpointsmemo.com/news/jimmy-c...
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time for possibly the greatest christmas banger of all time, and definitely the most overachieving cover in the history of music. this is like if someone tore up the club with hot cross buns
Mannheim Steamroller - Good King Wenceslas (Audio)
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December 24, 2024 at 5:47 AM
time for possibly the greatest christmas banger of all time, and definitely the most overachieving cover in the history of music. this is like if someone tore up the club with hot cross buns
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Hear me out: In addition to a game management specialist, find the most diehard fan of your opponent you can wrangle before the game and let him sit in the coach’s booth. OKAY BIG FELLA WHAT DO YOU NOT WANT US TO DO HERE
December 6, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Hear me out: In addition to a game management specialist, find the most diehard fan of your opponent you can wrangle before the game and let him sit in the coach’s booth. OKAY BIG FELLA WHAT DO YOU NOT WANT US TO DO HERE