Jeff Owens
@jeff-owens.bsky.social
Software engineer, dad, trying to love my neighbor as best I can
Reposted by Jeff Owens
This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is getting lost: For weeks Trump officials had the option to remove Abrego Garcia to Costa Rica, but refused to do so. Instead they kept trying to send him somewhere more dangerous. Costa Rica wasn't cruel and dehumanizing enough.
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
This is deeply sick conduct.
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Reposted by Jeff Owens
The MAGA opposition to SNAP isn't about budget constraints ... it's about deciding who is worthy of mercy.
To the Christian, EVERY person is worthy of mercy. Every person has inherent limitless value. Every person is someone to love, in words and deed.
To the Christian, EVERY person is worthy of mercy. Every person has inherent limitless value. Every person is someone to love, in words and deed.
October 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The MAGA opposition to SNAP isn't about budget constraints ... it's about deciding who is worthy of mercy.
To the Christian, EVERY person is worthy of mercy. Every person has inherent limitless value. Every person is someone to love, in words and deed.
To the Christian, EVERY person is worthy of mercy. Every person has inherent limitless value. Every person is someone to love, in words and deed.
Reposted by Jeff Owens
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
Reposted by Jeff Owens
The week has been chaotic, but there's been A LOT of good news this week, especially in politics. A thread/
April 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The week has been chaotic, but there's been A LOT of good news this week, especially in politics. A thread/
Reposted by Jeff Owens
A corrupt, authoritarian government seizes an innocent man, tortures and jails him on trumped-up charges that change during a manipulated "legal" process. The prisoner is left at the mercy of dehumanizing politicians & jailers to do with what they please.
Holy Week then. America now.
Holy Week then. America now.
April 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A corrupt, authoritarian government seizes an innocent man, tortures and jails him on trumped-up charges that change during a manipulated "legal" process. The prisoner is left at the mercy of dehumanizing politicians & jailers to do with what they please.
Holy Week then. America now.
Holy Week then. America now.
Reposted by Jeff Owens
JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords. (1/6)
April 1, 2025 at 6:47 PM
JD Vance holds a JD from Yale Law (and so do I). Presumably, he knows that he is disregarding the law here, and being deceptive about the protections it affords. (1/6)
Reposted by Jeff Owens
I cannot emphasize enough: without due process it is impossible to say whether someone has violated the law or not.
Due process is a basic guarantee of individual liberty.
Due process is a basic guarantee of individual liberty.
Indiana Rep Spartz (R): “You violated the law, you are not entitled to due process.”
Dangerously ignorant. 🇺🇸
Dangerously ignorant. 🇺🇸
March 30, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I cannot emphasize enough: without due process it is impossible to say whether someone has violated the law or not.
Due process is a basic guarantee of individual liberty.
Due process is a basic guarantee of individual liberty.
Reposted by Jeff Owens
I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.
hillary clinton is smiling while speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd .
ALT: hillary clinton is smiling while speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd .
media.tenor.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.
Reposted by Jeff Owens
Looks like we may have found some “waste, fraud and abuse.”
March 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Looks like we may have found some “waste, fraud and abuse.”
Reposted by Jeff Owens
At least a dozen times in the Bible, Jesus is described as being “moved by compassion” to help someone in need.
I just can't imagine a scenario where we get to heaven and Jesus says...
"You were way too empathetic and compassionate. Don’t you know empathy is toxic?”
I just can't imagine a scenario where we get to heaven and Jesus says...
"You were way too empathetic and compassionate. Don’t you know empathy is toxic?”
March 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
At least a dozen times in the Bible, Jesus is described as being “moved by compassion” to help someone in need.
I just can't imagine a scenario where we get to heaven and Jesus says...
"You were way too empathetic and compassionate. Don’t you know empathy is toxic?”
I just can't imagine a scenario where we get to heaven and Jesus says...
"You were way too empathetic and compassionate. Don’t you know empathy is toxic?”
Reposted by Jeff Owens
💀
Crockett: Let me ask each of the mayors… Have any of you been made aware of any immigrant that has had 34 felony convictions that has still been able to roam in your cities? I know that my Republican colleagues would never want anybody with 34 felony convictions roaming around
March 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
💀
Reposted by Jeff Owens
Reposted by Jeff Owens
Honestly, if you think support for Ukraine is just an act of charity for a friendly nation, then you know nothing of foreign policy, American interests, or Putin's stated aims (along with China & others).
If you did understand, you'd get that WE should be thanking Ukraine, not the other way around!
If you did understand, you'd get that WE should be thanking Ukraine, not the other way around!
March 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Honestly, if you think support for Ukraine is just an act of charity for a friendly nation, then you know nothing of foreign policy, American interests, or Putin's stated aims (along with China & others).
If you did understand, you'd get that WE should be thanking Ukraine, not the other way around!
If you did understand, you'd get that WE should be thanking Ukraine, not the other way around!
Reposted by Jeff Owens
A+++++++
Volodymyr Zelensky's Oval Office visit ended early when Donald Trump and JD Vance began angrily yelling at him. Here's why women like Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton are too emotional to be president.
March 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
A+++++++
Reposted by Jeff Owens
Turns out Zelenskyy is good at standing up against dictators.
February 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Turns out Zelenskyy is good at standing up against dictators.
Reposted by Jeff Owens
Reposted by Jeff Owens
All of that “I have respect for the office of the President” talk looks silly when the actual President of the United States has gone to such great lengths to show us that he has absolutely no respect for the office.
February 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
All of that “I have respect for the office of the President” talk looks silly when the actual President of the United States has gone to such great lengths to show us that he has absolutely no respect for the office.
Reposted by Jeff Owens
Notice how it’s always “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the verses about welcoming the immigrant, helping the poor, feeding the hungry, bringing healthcare to the sick, forgiving debts, not charging interest, caring for our planet, laying down our swords, or loving our neighbors.
February 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Notice how it’s always “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the verses about welcoming the immigrant, helping the poor, feeding the hungry, bringing healthcare to the sick, forgiving debts, not charging interest, caring for our planet, laying down our swords, or loving our neighbors.
Reposted by Jeff Owens
Everything is painfully stupid but also dangerous so you can’t entirely look away—which makes it kind of low-grade torture.
February 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Everything is painfully stupid but also dangerous so you can’t entirely look away—which makes it kind of low-grade torture.
This is an excellent breakdown of the core problems with the "sin of empathy" idea being pushed by various loud voices.
1/ LET'S TALK ABOUT: Selfishness, the Prosperity Gospel, and the Sin of Empathy.
The real problem with the idea of empathy "untethered from truth and reality" being a sin ... isn't the asinine bastardization of Friedman, nor is it the silly paranoid fear someone will be "forced" to show empathy.
The real problem with the idea of empathy "untethered from truth and reality" being a sin ... isn't the asinine bastardization of Friedman, nor is it the silly paranoid fear someone will be "forced" to show empathy.
February 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This is an excellent breakdown of the core problems with the "sin of empathy" idea being pushed by various loud voices.
Reposted by Jeff Owens
Trump and DOGE accused federal civil servants of fraud (with no evidence).
Meanwhile, they're halting enforcement of a foreign anti-bribery law, dropping criminal charges against Eric Adams, and pardoning a former governor who tried to sell Obama's Senate seat.
Hello?
Meanwhile, they're halting enforcement of a foreign anti-bribery law, dropping criminal charges against Eric Adams, and pardoning a former governor who tried to sell Obama's Senate seat.
Hello?
February 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Trump and DOGE accused federal civil servants of fraud (with no evidence).
Meanwhile, they're halting enforcement of a foreign anti-bribery law, dropping criminal charges against Eric Adams, and pardoning a former governor who tried to sell Obama's Senate seat.
Hello?
Meanwhile, they're halting enforcement of a foreign anti-bribery law, dropping criminal charges against Eric Adams, and pardoning a former governor who tried to sell Obama's Senate seat.
Hello?
Reposted by Jeff Owens
Solidarity to all my fellow parents of kids with disabilities who depend on Medicaid to support all sorts of healthcare needs.
And shame on Trump, this administration, and those supporting this cruel and unnecessary act.
And shame on Trump, this administration, and those supporting this cruel and unnecessary act.
January 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Solidarity to all my fellow parents of kids with disabilities who depend on Medicaid to support all sorts of healthcare needs.
And shame on Trump, this administration, and those supporting this cruel and unnecessary act.
And shame on Trump, this administration, and those supporting this cruel and unnecessary act.
Reposted by Jeff Owens
This really gets to the heart of the matter.
It seems like so much damage in so many ways to so many people and there is nothing anyone can do to intervene. When a convicted felon can be the president, like what is law and order anyway?
Consider this: what kind of young law school graduate would want to become an Assistant U.S. Attorney in this Justice Dep’t? Will smart, hard working, ethical young lawyers want to join?
Probably not.
What impact will that have, over time, on the quality of justice? Significant.
Probably not.
What impact will that have, over time, on the quality of justice? Significant.
January 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This really gets to the heart of the matter.