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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · 19h

Antifa is not a real danger, but you know what is? White supremacist violent extremism, which then-FBI Director Christopher Wray—a Republican—described as the number one domestic terror threat in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee a few years ago.

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 3d

MIT showing the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · 4d

Federal Reserve officials meet later this month to decide whether to cut interest rates and the Trump Administration is withholding a key labor report that will help them do their jobs. The administration is hiding data that will show how Trump’s tariffs are hurting job growth—and raising prices.

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lgun1.bsky.social @lgun1.bsky.social · 7d

Finally someone in the media with some common sense.

Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · 7d

The polling is clear: Republicans are to blame for this government shutdown. The American people understand that Democrats fighting to prevent their health care premiums from doubling and even tripling is a battle worth having. Democrats in Congress are finally doing something right.

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · 7d

The polling is clear: Republicans are to blame for this government shutdown. The American people understand that Democrats fighting to prevent their health care premiums from doubling and even tripling is a battle worth having. Democrats in Congress are finally doing something right.

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · 9d

The Trump Administration is threatening to fire tens of thousands of federal workers while the government is shut down. The problem is that would clearly be illegal under existing law.

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · 15d

DOJ’s politically motivated investigations into George Soros and other perceived enemies of Donald Trump is the actual weaponization of government that Republicans lied about happening in the Biden era. Those lies were a pretext to destroy our democracy once Trump took office. I warned about this.

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · Sep 9

President Trump is bringing the U.S. economy closer and closer to a recession. In addition to raising prices for consumers, his tariffs have resulted in the lowest levels of job creation in years and caused companies to reduce their investments in the United States.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Sep 1

This is what happens when you obliterate the presumption of regularity.

Endless homework assignments because the court can't trust the government to follow orders in good faith.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Sep 1

MORE: Judge Sooknanan order DOJ to file yet another status report.

She sets 10:45 pm deadline for Ensign to address whether all of the children have been returned to ORR custody.

ORDER: In light of the Defendants' 2 Status Report, the Court ORDERS the Defendants to file a further status report by August 31, 2025, at 10:45 PM. The report should address whether all putative class members are in ORk custody. Signed by Judge
Sparkle L. Sooknanan on 8/31/2025. (Icak) (Entered:

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · Aug 31

The Republican agenda of higher costs and taking away constitutional rights isn’t going so well. That’s why town halls are off the rails and Senators like Joni Ernst and Tom Tillis are not seeking reelection. It’s a shame the rest of America has to pay the price for their lack of integrity.

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suzgill.bsky.social @suzgill.bsky.social · Aug 30

Sir you are absolutely correct! Watching you this moment on the Weekend Primetime PLEASE get your message out to all the Democrats! Maybe our country will stand a chance to survive…

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · Aug 29

It’s only in America that we have an epidemic of mass shootings. And the discussion around these shootings is only political because Republicans in Congress and the White House oppose commonsense, lifesaving measures like an assault weapons ban and universal background checks.

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MSNBC Reports @msnbcreports.msnbc.com · Aug 27

Is there a solution to decrease gun violence? 'Assault weapons ban would go a long way': @mondairejones.bsky.social
www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

Is there a solution to decrease gun violence? 'Assault weapons ban would go a long way': Jones

Senior Staff Writer at The Trace Mike Spies, former Rep. Mondaire Jones and Marc Short, former Chief of Staff for VP Mike Pence, join Katy Tur to discuss the gun violence epidemic in America after the...

www.msnbc.com

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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights @usccrgov.bsky.social · Aug 20

An article from FedScoop talks about a @usccrgov.bsky.social report on the Federal use of Facial Recognition Technology. This report was released after completing an investigation led by USCCR Commissioner @mondairejones.bsky.social.

Report: usccr.gov/reports/2024...

fedscoop.com/hud-guidance...

Public housing reps want HUD guidance on facial recognition, GAO says

But the watchdog said the agency has “no plans” to update a September 2023 letter on the technology.

fedscoop.com

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · Aug 19

The Trump Administration’s weaponization of the Justice Department doesn’t just damage the rule of law in the United States. It destroys the faith Americans have in our institutions.

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · Jul 26

The Trump Administration is obviously engaged in a cover-up of the Epstein files. The recent firing of federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, who put Ghislaine Maxwell behind bars, is likely part of that.

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Matt @mattmurph24.bsky.social · Jul 19

Thank you, @mondairejones.bsky.social

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The Weekend: Primetime @theweekendprime.bsky.social · Jul 19

"This looks like a cover-up. There's no ambiguity about it... the release of these files may well destroy the presidency of Donald Trump." @mondairejones.bsky.social reacts to new reporting alleging ties between Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jul 12

honestly I feel like Dems could do a lot with low info voters by demanding a special prosecutor to look into the Epstein stuff

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · Jul 3

Last election, billions of dollars were spent to tell the lie that Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress would focus on lowering costs. Instead, they’re about to enact legislation that makes life less affordable for middle-class and low-income Americans. Democrats should keep talking about this.

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · Jul 2

Whether it’s Josh Hawley or Mike Lawler, you can’t listen to a word they say. Just watch how they vote. They’re voting to throw 17 million people off their health insurance, and to take food away from children, because they believe only rich people and corporations deserve government assistance.

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Sean Hecker @sean-hecker.bsky.social · Jun 29

The extraordinary lengths to which the government has gone to pursue this flimsy case speaks volumes: they’d rather keep actually dangerous, deportable people on the streets than admit a simple mistake.

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.

Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Charlie Davis @charlespdavis.bsky.social · Jun 29

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s major upset against Andrew Cuomo in the NYC mayoral primary election sent a clear message that voters want change within their party. @mondairejones.bsky.social joins @theweekendprime.bsky.social to discuss the lessons learned from Mamdani’s success. #TheWeekendPrime

Zohran Mamdani victory inspires change and division within Democratic — MSNBC

Zohran Mamdani’s major upset against Andrew Cuomo in the New York City mayoral primary election sent a clear message that voters want change within their party. Former NY Rep. Mondaire Jones joins “Th...

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Mondaire Jones @mondairejones.bsky.social · Jun 27

The most important thing for Democrats to talk about right now is the millions of Americans about to lose their health care, and the low-income children about to lose access to food, because of the bill Republicans in Congress are about to pass.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 27

KBJ, in dissent, calls today's ruling "profoundly dangerous" and an "existential threat to the rule of law." She expresses her "deep disillusionment" with the court and suggests that the conservative supermajority continues to crown Trump a king above law. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

The majority cannot deny that our Constitution was designed to split the powers of a monarch between the governing branches to protect the People. Nor is it debatable that
the role of the Judiciary in our constitutional scheme is to
ensure fidelity to law. But these core values are strangely
absent from today’s decision. Focusing on inapt comparisons to impotent English tribunals, the majority ignores the
Judiciary’s foundational duty to uphold the Constitution
and laws of the United States. The majority’s ruling thus
not only diverges from first principles, it is also profoundly
dangerous, since it gives the Executive the go-ahead to
sometimes wield the kind of unchecked, arbitrary power the
Founders crafted our Constitution to eradicate. The very
institution our founding charter charges with the duty to
ensure universal adherence to the law now requires judges
to shrug and turn their backs to intermittent lawlessness.
With deep disillusionment, I dissent.

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