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Jonathan Marks
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Professor, freelance writer, author of Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 14h
At the polling place, I voluntarily present my birth certificate, my real ID, and a distinctive mole many wish I would stop displaying. Election integrity is too important for me to wait for your laws or respect your “propriety.”

Reposted by Jonathan Marks

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
BREAKING:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia US attorney Lindsey Halligan, who sought indictments against Trump adversaries, is leaving her position.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 16h
Just back from Greenland. They really like me and seem delighted that I won it in my under-reported bet with Mette Frederiksen on the Rams-Bears game. They gave me a satchel of rare earth minerals and a musk ox, which, however, I was not allowed to take on the plane.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 2d
One Man’s Freedom tells the compelling story of Barry Goldwater and #MartinLutherKingJr's decade-long clash over the meaning of freedom—and how their conflicting visions still divide American politics.

Available worldwide.

Read a free preview: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#MLKDay #MLKJr
One Man’s Freedom: Goldwater, King, and the Struggle over an American Ideal by Nicholas Buccola

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner, Jonathan Marks, Simon Lester

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 2d
How far can we stack national emergency recursion? Are there national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies about national emergencies?
dandrezner.bsky.social Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 2d
Heckuva a logic your got there Scott.

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the national emergency that justified the announcement of new tariffs on eight European nations is that there would be a national emergency if tariffs were not implemented.“ www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Bessent: 'The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency'
He was explaining the president's imposition of new tariffs on eight European countries.
www.politico.com

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 2d
Heckuva a logic your got there Scott.

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that the national emergency that justified the announcement of new tariffs on eight European nations is that there would be a national emergency if tariffs were not implemented.“ www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Bessent: 'The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency'
He was explaining the president's imposition of new tariffs on eight European countries.
www.politico.com

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 3d
Terrible news. What if Cassidy is no longer there to murmur disapprovingly when the man he cravenly helped confirm as health Secretary does something anyone who examined his records knew he would do?
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d
Trump throws a dagger into the Louisiana Senate race, pushing Rep. Julia Letlow to challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy, who has worked hard to stay on Trump’s good side.

Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”

Reposted by Silvia Secchi, Jonathan Marks

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3d
Trump throws a dagger into the Louisiana Senate race, pushing Rep. Julia Letlow to challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy, who has worked hard to stay on Trump’s good side.

Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”

Reposted by Jonathan Marks

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4d
Trump is so determined to end fraud that he has pardoned one person *twice* for engaging in criminal fraud.
In 2021, a convicted fraudster named Adriana Camberos was freed from prison when President Trump commuted her sentence. Rather than taking advantage of that second chance, prosecutors said, Ms. Camberos returned to crime. She and her brother were convicted in 2024 in an unrelated fraud. This week, Mr. Trump pardoned both siblings, marking the second time Mr. Trump had opened the prison gates for Ms. Camberos.

Reposted by Jonathan Marks, David Darmofal

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
Trump: "We need defense. And we need offense too, by the way."

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 10d
I assume there will be an exception for white South Africans?

Reposted by Jonathan Marks, David Darmofal

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10d
How much has ICE officer training deteriorated under Trump?
New deportation officers at ICE used to receive about 5 months of training; Academy training has now been shortened to just 47 days, a number "picked because Trump is the 47th president."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Fast Times at Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Flush with cash and soaring with hubris, Trump appointees are supersizing ICE.
www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by David R. Miller, Jonathan Marks, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 2 more

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 10d
Some Kentucky Republicans want to ban naturalized Americans from holding public office, as the GOP drives ever-further into xenophobia. www.lpm.org/news/2026-01...
Immigrant citizens would be barred from local, state offices in Kentucky under proposed bills
A Republican lawmaker has filed two bills designed to keep naturalized Americans and those with dual citizenship from serving in local or state elected offices in Kentucky.
www.lpm.org

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 11d
Cannot believe I let Kofi Annan sell me that prize. I’m such a sucker!
anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 11d
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 11d
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 11d
Stay till the end when the thuggish, out of control masked man starts talking about “honor.”
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12d
Oof. Hats off to the guy who took the video. That took some onions.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 11d
In my footage, which I've produced by putting images culled from CNN, Fox News, and someone known as Maga Ralph through a retinal scanner, then combining that image with a series of screenshots from recent Wordles, then instructing Grok to "make it dance," it's clear that . . . .

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 12d
Oof. Hats off to the guy who took the video. That took some onions.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12d
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13d
Breaking:

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 14d
It will sound like sour grapes, but I had the K-Pop Demon Hunters idea first. The only differences were that it was a young klezmer band, they hunted dybbuks, and I wanted to use Claymation. I dropped the project because my then-dog had eaten all my clay.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 15d
"Hope you all had a good break! Here are your meeting requests! Also, we now worship Despair, which explains the new sculptures."

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 21d
Worth reading. Amazing how much they've pumped into this venture.
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23d
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!

So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 23d
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!

So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 24d
Rick: "You better hurry, or you'll miss that plane."

[Rick watches her walk away with Laszlo]

Renault: "Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world!"

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 24d
Romeo: O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night

Narrator: Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world."

Chorus: "O wretched day!"

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 27d
A lot of you are saying, “Jonathan, the war on Christmas is over. You’ve lost!” To which I reply, “See you next year!” In the meantime, I grudgingly concede for 2025. Merry Christmas! Hope you’re happy now.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 27d
My two-year-old niece correctly identified a giraffe and an elephant in pictures, displaying a level of cognitive mastery that can only be described as presidential.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Dec 19
But Griffin refuses to acknowledge that this will cost the people nothing because people seeking to buy favors from our corrupt administration will pay for it. That makes it a wash, right?
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Dec 19
The cost of Trump's White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months:

In late July, the White House said the vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it's $400 million.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The cost of Trump’s White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months
In late July, the White House said the president’s vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it’s $400 million.
www.ms.now

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Dec 19
Sure. That’s incriminating. A 55 year old man marrying a 32 year old woman is very sex trafficking adjacent. Between this and writing a column about the Epstein obsession without disclosing that both were present at an Edge Foundation dinner in 2011, the man must be driven from public life.
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · Dec 18
Anyway, here's a photo of Brooks with his wife, who happens to be 23 years younger than him. This photo looks like a dad dropping his daughter off at college.
Brooks with his wife.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · Dec 19
The cost of Trump's White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months:

In late July, the White House said the vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it's $400 million.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The cost of Trump’s White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months
In late July, the White House said the president’s vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it’s $400 million.
www.ms.now