Jason Lemon
@jasonlemon.bsky.social
Proud Michigander. Missing Beirut. Living in Brooklyn. Weekend Editor at Newsweek.
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Twitter should be politically neutral, which is why I, a free speech absolutist, will be using my platform to endorse the most censorious politician in America
May 23, 2023 at 7:42 PM
Twitter should be politically neutral, which is why I, a free speech absolutist, will be using my platform to endorse the most censorious politician in America
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Jeffrey Epstein tried to blackmail Bill Gates
Jeffrey Epstein Appeared to Threaten Bill Gates Over Microsoft Co-Founder’s Affair With Russian Bridge Player
The disgraced financier was trying to set up a philanthropic fund that he hoped would include the billionaire as an anchor donor
www.wsj.com
May 21, 2023 at 5:38 PM
Jeffrey Epstein tried to blackmail Bill Gates
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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana becomes first state to completely ban TikTok; law expected to become litmus test for rest of United States.
May 17, 2023 at 9:32 PM
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana becomes first state to completely ban TikTok; law expected to become litmus test for rest of United States.
R u rewatching Star Wars too?
May 18, 2023 at 2:53 AM
R u rewatching Star Wars too?
In other so-called “Free Speech” news …
Twitter blocks ‘some content’ in Turkey ahead of critical vote
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/13052023
Twitter blocks ‘some content’ in Turkey ahead of critical vote
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/13052023
May 13, 2023 at 3:31 PM
In other so-called “Free Speech” news …
Twitter blocks ‘some content’ in Turkey ahead of critical vote
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/13052023
Twitter blocks ‘some content’ in Turkey ahead of critical vote
https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/turkey/13052023
Neo as a baby vs present day 💕
May 13, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Neo as a baby vs present day 💕
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Some good news: for a few years now I’ve been working to get the FDA to drop a discriminatory ban against gay & bisexual men from donating blood. 🩸
Today we won! 🥳
FDA just announced new blood donation guidelines & dropped the ban!
Shout out Reps. Schiff, Pappas, & B Lee who we worked w/ on this
Today we won! 🥳
FDA just announced new blood donation guidelines & dropped the ban!
Shout out Reps. Schiff, Pappas, & B Lee who we worked w/ on this
FDA relaxes blood donation guidelines for men who have sex with men
The new approach does away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months to prior to giving blood.
www.pbs.org
May 12, 2023 at 3:48 AM
Some good news: for a few years now I’ve been working to get the FDA to drop a discriminatory ban against gay & bisexual men from donating blood. 🩸
Today we won! 🥳
FDA just announced new blood donation guidelines & dropped the ban!
Shout out Reps. Schiff, Pappas, & B Lee who we worked w/ on this
Today we won! 🥳
FDA just announced new blood donation guidelines & dropped the ban!
Shout out Reps. Schiff, Pappas, & B Lee who we worked w/ on this
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NEW: Mark Robinson, the GOP frontrunner attacked the Civil Rights movement "so many freedoms were lost" and praised Joseph McCarthy in newly unearthed comments. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/11/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-attacked-civil-rights-movement/index.html
Republican front-runner for North Carolina governor attacked Civil Rights Movement: 'So many freedoms were lost' | CNN Politics
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the state's first Black lieutenant governor and the GOP front-runner for the 2024 gubernatorial race, repeatedly lambasted the "so-called" 1960s Civil Rights Movement, lamenting that "so many freedoms were lost during the civil rights movement."
edition.cnn.com
May 12, 2023 at 8:22 AM
NEW: Mark Robinson, the GOP frontrunner attacked the Civil Rights movement "so many freedoms were lost" and praised Joseph McCarthy in newly unearthed comments. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/11/politics/kfile-mark-robinson-attacked-civil-rights-movement/index.html
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Biden is selling weapons to the majority of the world’s autocracies. “Despite the White House’s rhetoric about supporting global democracy, the U.S. sold weapons in 2022 to 57 percent of the world’s authoritarian regimes.” https://interc.pt/42MP3pj Story by Stephen Semler
Biden Is Selling Weapons to the Majority of the World’s Autocracies
Despite the White House’s rhetoric about supporting global democracy, the U.S. sold weapons in 2022 to 57 percent of the world’s authoritarian regimes.
interc.pt
May 11, 2023 at 3:53 PM
Biden is selling weapons to the majority of the world’s autocracies. “Despite the White House’s rhetoric about supporting global democracy, the U.S. sold weapons in 2022 to 57 percent of the world’s authoritarian regimes.” https://interc.pt/42MP3pj Story by Stephen Semler
Little Neo happy about the nice weather in NYC
May 12, 2023 at 2:09 AM
Little Neo happy about the nice weather in NYC
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Congrats to new Twitter CEO Dianne Feinstein.
May 11, 2023 at 8:10 PM
Congrats to new Twitter CEO Dianne Feinstein.
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib asks Congress to condemn “Israel’s ongoing Nakba” against Palestine.
“Meanwhile, 2023 has emerged as the deadliest year for Palestinians since 2006 in the immediate wake of the Second Intifada.”
Story by Daniel Boguslaw
“Meanwhile, 2023 has emerged as the deadliest year for Palestinians since 2006 in the immediate wake of the Second Intifada.”
Story by Daniel Boguslaw
Rep. Rashida Tlaib Asks Congress to Condemn “Israel’s Ongoing Nakba” Against Palestine
Tlaib’s resolution commemorates 75 years since Palestinians were violently expelled from their homes.
theintercept.com
May 12, 2023 at 12:57 AM
Rep. Rashida Tlaib asks Congress to condemn “Israel’s ongoing Nakba” against Palestine.
“Meanwhile, 2023 has emerged as the deadliest year for Palestinians since 2006 in the immediate wake of the Second Intifada.”
Story by Daniel Boguslaw
“Meanwhile, 2023 has emerged as the deadliest year for Palestinians since 2006 in the immediate wake of the Second Intifada.”
Story by Daniel Boguslaw
Rewatching Dune because that’s the vibe tonight
May 12, 2023 at 2:03 AM
Rewatching Dune because that’s the vibe tonight
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The twitter owner is engaging in conspiracy theories around the Texas mass shooting. Terrible.
May 9, 2023 at 4:41 PM
The twitter owner is engaging in conspiracy theories around the Texas mass shooting. Terrible.
Remember those four years when the US was led by a sexual predator?
Breaking news: Jury in civil trial finds that Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, awards $5 million in damages.
Read more: wapo.st/42m6sFC
Read more: wapo.st/42m6sFC
May 9, 2023 at 7:40 PM
Remember those four years when the US was led by a sexual predator?
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Updated: Manhattan federal jury finds that Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in a luxury department store dressing room in the spring of 1996 and awarded her $5 million for battery and defamation.
https://www.cnn.com/webview/politics/live-news/e-jean-carroll-trump-trial-verdict-05-09-23
https://www.cnn.com/webview/politics/live-news/e-jean-carroll-trump-trial-verdict-05-09-23
May 9, 2023 at 7:34 PM
Updated: Manhattan federal jury finds that Donald Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll in a luxury department store dressing room in the spring of 1996 and awarded her $5 million for battery and defamation.
https://www.cnn.com/webview/politics/live-news/e-jean-carroll-trump-trial-verdict-05-09-23
https://www.cnn.com/webview/politics/live-news/e-jean-carroll-trump-trial-verdict-05-09-23
I don’t always go to the gym, but when I do I post a mirror selfie on BlueSky #HappyTuesday
May 9, 2023 at 7:39 PM
I don’t always go to the gym, but when I do I post a mirror selfie on BlueSky #HappyTuesday
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Jordan Neely’s last words were about how jail was easier than a city starved of a safety net w/extortionate costs of living.
And leaders can’t say whether killing him was wrong or not.
Why? Because he was hungry and told the truth? They’ve given 0 explanation as to what makes this so “complicated”
And leaders can’t say whether killing him was wrong or not.
Why? Because he was hungry and told the truth? They’ve given 0 explanation as to what makes this so “complicated”
May 4, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Jordan Neely’s last words were about how jail was easier than a city starved of a safety net w/extortionate costs of living.
And leaders can’t say whether killing him was wrong or not.
Why? Because he was hungry and told the truth? They’ve given 0 explanation as to what makes this so “complicated”
And leaders can’t say whether killing him was wrong or not.
Why? Because he was hungry and told the truth? They’ve given 0 explanation as to what makes this so “complicated”
Fox News Audience Cheers as Sean Hannity Discusses Jordan Neely's Death https://www.newsweek.com/sean-hannity-audience-cheers-jordan-neely-death-subway-1798522
May 5, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Fox News Audience Cheers as Sean Hannity Discusses Jordan Neely's Death https://www.newsweek.com/sean-hannity-audience-cheers-jordan-neely-death-subway-1798522
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if fettuccine shows up in the forest and no one knows how it got there can you still dip garlic bread in it
Hundreds of pounds of pasta mysteriously appeared in the NJ woods. Cue the puns.
“I didn’t expect it to go viral at all,” said community activist Nina Jochnowitz. “I had no idea the global reach of spaghetti.”
wapo.st
May 5, 2023 at 2:05 PM
if fettuccine shows up in the forest and no one knows how it got there can you still dip garlic bread in it
Wagner Group Announces It Will Leave Bakhmut https://www.newsweek.com/wagner-group-withdraw-leave-bakhmut-prigozhin-ammunition-1798543
May 5, 2023 at 1:53 PM
Wagner Group Announces It Will Leave Bakhmut https://www.newsweek.com/wagner-group-withdraw-leave-bakhmut-prigozhin-ammunition-1798543
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New this morning: Serbia’s President pledged to disarm the country, proposing a series of gun control measures after two mass killings, one of them at a school, killed at least 16 people.
Serbia president vows to disarm nation after two mass shootings
Serbia moved to tighten gun laws after eight children were killed in a rare school shooting this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 5, 2023 at 11:02 AM
New this morning: Serbia’s President pledged to disarm the country, proposing a series of gun control measures after two mass killings, one of them at a school, killed at least 16 people.
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“He was acting all crazy up there on the podium, and I just had this gut feeling that if he didn’t hurt me, he was going to hurt someone else.”
Eric Adams Killed By Vigilante After Acting Erratic As Mayor
NEW YORK—In a viral video that has put heightened pressure on local authorities, a vigilante reportedly killed Eric Adams Thursday after he acted erratically as mayor of New York. “While I didn’t want to do it, [Adams] was ranting and raving incoherently, making me fear for my safety and the safety of everyone around…
www.theonion.com
May 4, 2023 at 7:18 PM
“He was acting all crazy up there on the podium, and I just had this gut feeling that if he didn’t hurt me, he was going to hurt someone else.”