David Jenni
@davidjenni.bsky.social
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David Jenni
@davidjenni.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Opinion | Enough
To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.
www.nytimes.com
We must refuse to participate in a mass delusion!
Roxane Gay is absolutely right:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
Roxane Gay is absolutely right:
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
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@warren.senate.gov publishes a report listing all the $$ that Congress gave to DOD to do DOD things that DOD instead spent on Stephen Miller's snatch and grab.
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
December 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
@warren.senate.gov publishes a report listing all the $$ that Congress gave to DOD to do DOD things that DOD instead spent on Stephen Miller's snatch and grab.
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
As you look at these numbers, think how much cancer research could have been funded.
www.warren.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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“In the interests of justice,” DoJ seeks to dismiss charges against a former Fox executive who was convicted last year of paying huge bribes to secure broadcasting rights to the FIFA World Cup. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.370520/gov.uscourts.nyed.370520.2070.0.pdf
December 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
“In the interests of justice,” DoJ seeks to dismiss charges against a former Fox executive who was convicted last year of paying huge bribes to secure broadcasting rights to the FIFA World Cup. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.370520/gov.uscourts.nyed.370520.2070.0.pdf
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Multiple U.S. citizens have been arrested during ICE operations.
The forcefulness, lack of communication, and unlawful practices displayed by federal agents will not be tolerated in Minnesota.
The forcefulness, lack of communication, and unlawful practices displayed by federal agents will not be tolerated in Minnesota.
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Multiple U.S. citizens have been arrested during ICE operations.
The forcefulness, lack of communication, and unlawful practices displayed by federal agents will not be tolerated in Minnesota.
The forcefulness, lack of communication, and unlawful practices displayed by federal agents will not be tolerated in Minnesota.
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The so-called “war” with Venezuela was supposedly about stopping drugs… yet they’re out there seizing an oil tanker.
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The so-called “war” with Venezuela was supposedly about stopping drugs… yet they’re out there seizing an oil tanker.
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If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?
December 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?
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Trump’s Golden Age.
December 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Trump’s Golden Age.
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According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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the fact that we are actually getting "Republicans in disarray" headlines from even conservative media outlets feels like something has shifted
House GOP moderates revolt against Johnson on health care with new discharge petition
Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania introduced a discharge petition to try to bring a bill to the floor that would extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies by two years.
www.cbsnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
the fact that we are actually getting "Republicans in disarray" headlines from even conservative media outlets feels like something has shifted
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Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
Gross, and demented
Trump raises eyebrows with latest ‘creepy’ praise of Karoline Leavitt’s looks
Trump raises eyebrows with latest ‘creepy’ praise of Karoline Leavitt’s looks
Trump raises eyebrows with latest ‘creepy’ praise of Karoline Leavitt’s looks
www.independent.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Gross, and demented
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
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well this does not seem good. but just as long as everyone is well-dressed, we should be ok
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
December 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
well this does not seem good. but just as long as everyone is well-dressed, we should be ok
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...
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🚨 For the first time, Danish intelligence has identified the US as a potential security threat to the country under the Trump administration, amid ongoing geopolitical disputes over Greenland.
🚨 This is not normal.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
🚨 This is not normal.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
For first time, NATO ally lists America as security threat after Trump suggested doing what Russia did to Crimea - Euromaidan Press
For the first time, Danish intelligence has identified the US as a potential security threat to the country…
euromaidanpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🚨 For the first time, Danish intelligence has identified the US as a potential security threat to the country under the Trump administration, amid ongoing geopolitical disputes over Greenland.
🚨 This is not normal.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
🚨 This is not normal.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/10/f...
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First Russia, now AfD
December 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
First Russia, now AfD
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Letter: Look in the mirror, President Trump. You are the one who is a traitor to this country.
Letter: What our country needs is day of reckoning — like what it experienced at the apex of McCarthyism
Letter: Look in the mirror, President Trump. You are a traitor to this country and the people who were gullible enough to believe your lies.
www.sltrib.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Letter: Look in the mirror, President Trump. You are the one who is a traitor to this country.
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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Calibri is “woke” because it was selected in the Biden administration as easier for people with visual impairments to read.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
At least while we are screwing over our allies around the world we will be doing it in an anti-woke font.
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Calibri is “woke” because it was selected in the Biden administration as easier for people with visual impairments to read.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
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I want to take the hand of every Democratic senator and gently tell them:
"I know you're trying, but I swear to god, if we take back Congress and don't eliminate the filibuster and spend several more years telling people what we wish we could do, I'll spend every day hoping you step on LEGOs."
"I know you're trying, but I swear to god, if we take back Congress and don't eliminate the filibuster and spend several more years telling people what we wish we could do, I'll spend every day hoping you step on LEGOs."
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I want to take the hand of every Democratic senator and gently tell them:
"I know you're trying, but I swear to god, if we take back Congress and don't eliminate the filibuster and spend several more years telling people what we wish we could do, I'll spend every day hoping you step on LEGOs."
"I know you're trying, but I swear to god, if we take back Congress and don't eliminate the filibuster and spend several more years telling people what we wish we could do, I'll spend every day hoping you step on LEGOs."
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"The complaints against Bove may get traction or they may go nowhere. But that’s not the point. Federal judges shouldn’t engage in arguably improper behavior and then shrug it off by claiming they did it in their personal capacity." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Judicial Ethics
Yesterday, Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Emil Bove attended an event where Donald Trump spoke.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
"The complaints against Bove may get traction or they may go nowhere. But that’s not the point. Federal judges shouldn’t engage in arguably improper behavior and then shrug it off by claiming they did it in their personal capacity." open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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What NYT said about the NDAA versus what WaPo did, just in case you wanted to measure the extent to which NYT makes Trump the hero in every story.
December 11, 2025 at 4:23 AM
What NYT said about the NDAA versus what WaPo did, just in case you wanted to measure the extent to which NYT makes Trump the hero in every story.
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The White House surely wants to see one of these ICE crackdowns lead to violent pushback. They've got untrained unqualified goons acting with impunity. It seems deliberately designed to provoke an incident.
But do the goons get this? Do they know the big plan is to get a couple of them killed?
But do the goons get this? Do they know the big plan is to get a couple of them killed?
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, said agents told her in the truck that if she didn’t watch herself “they were going to pull me over to the side of the road and give me this OC,” law enforcement shorthand for pepper spray.
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The White House surely wants to see one of these ICE crackdowns lead to violent pushback. They've got untrained unqualified goons acting with impunity. It seems deliberately designed to provoke an incident.
But do the goons get this? Do they know the big plan is to get a couple of them killed?
But do the goons get this? Do they know the big plan is to get a couple of them killed?
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Let me just say that I do not work at an outlet with an aggressive paywall, but I will also instantly block this kind of nonsense.
How does anyone think not paying to be informed is a flex? We have to support real news and indie outlets.
The alternative to paying is AI slop and Billionaire PR.
How does anyone think not paying to be informed is a flex? We have to support real news and indie outlets.
The alternative to paying is AI slop and Billionaire PR.
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Let me just say that I do not work at an outlet with an aggressive paywall, but I will also instantly block this kind of nonsense.
How does anyone think not paying to be informed is a flex? We have to support real news and indie outlets.
The alternative to paying is AI slop and Billionaire PR.
How does anyone think not paying to be informed is a flex? We have to support real news and indie outlets.
The alternative to paying is AI slop and Billionaire PR.
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The Assault on the Rule of Law... a brilliant wrap up of the year in review
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
The Assault on the Rule of Law
It is not hyperbole to say that this Trump presidency is unprecedented in the repeated violations of the Constitution.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The Assault on the Rule of Law... a brilliant wrap up of the year in review
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Trump’s Speech on Economy Veers Into an Anti-Immigrant Tirade ... good headline! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Trump’s Speech on Economy Veers Into an Anti-Immigrant Tirade
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Trump’s Speech on Economy Veers Into an Anti-Immigrant Tirade ... good headline! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...