Jeff Grote
@jeffgrote.bsky.social
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The most important thing to remember about all this fantasy-engineering of the Constitution is Madison's warning: If we suck as a people, no clever constitutional schemes will save us.
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The most important thing to remember about all this fantasy-engineering of the Constitution is Madison's warning: If we suck as a people, no clever constitutional schemes will save us.
I Saw A Cop Looking At My ‘Veterans Against Trump’ T-Shirt. Then He Started Walking My Way. - HuffPost
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I Saw A Cop Looking At My ‘Veterans Against Trump’ T-Shirt. Then He Started Walking My Way. - HuffPost
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The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon.
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
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Who knew? MAGA's Antisemitism Crisis
As Stephen King might have observed, the MAGA Right sowed dragon’s teeth for years, and is now horrified to discover they have grown an actual dragon
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
As Stephen King might have observed, the MAGA Right sowed dragon’s teeth for years, and is now horrified to discover they have grown an actual dragon
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Who knew? MAGA's Antisemitism Crisis
If only they had been warned.
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Who knew? MAGA's Antisemitism Crisis
As Stephen King might have observed, the MAGA Right sowed dragon’s teeth for years, and is now horrified to discover they have grown an actual dragon
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
As Stephen King might have observed, the MAGA Right sowed dragon’s teeth for years, and is now horrified to discover they have grown an actual dragon
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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It's been 39 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
November 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's been 39 days since Adelita Grijalva was elected by the people of Arizona's seventh congressional district to represent them in Congress.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
Mike Johnson still refuses to swear her in.
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In 1941, thinking about acquiescence to Hitler, FDR quoted Ben Franklin: “Those, who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” It’s a message for the billionaires & others capitulating to Trump.
www.americaamerica.news/p/have-you-t...
www.americaamerica.news/p/have-you-t...
Have You Taken Freedom for Granted?
A Saturday Prompt
www.americaamerica.news
November 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In 1941, thinking about acquiescence to Hitler, FDR quoted Ben Franklin: “Those, who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” It’s a message for the billionaires & others capitulating to Trump.
www.americaamerica.news/p/have-you-t...
www.americaamerica.news/p/have-you-t...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Karoline Leavitt wants to convince people the left is comprised of "terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants" while Trump sycophants want people to believe No Kings is a hate America rally comprised of "antifa" & pro-Hamas terrorists. Tomorrow we get to prove who really loves America.
October 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Karoline Leavitt wants to convince people the left is comprised of "terrorists, violent criminals & undocumented immigrants" while Trump sycophants want people to believe No Kings is a hate America rally comprised of "antifa" & pro-Hamas terrorists. Tomorrow we get to prove who really loves America.
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Downtown Phoenix” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Downtown Phoenix · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
www.mobilize.us
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Downtown Phoenix” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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This audience member might have just broken Jon #AfterTheCut
June 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This audience member might have just broken Jon #AfterTheCut
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So Trump’s pet autocrat is in business with MS-13? Of course he is.
Breaking @propublica.org: Bukele of El Salvador has become one of Trump’s favorite authoritarians, and Trump touts him as a foe of MS-13. But a US investigation has found evidence he has colluded with the gang, even paying it for votes.
www.propublica.org/article/buke...
www.propublica.org/article/buke...
“Delay, Interfere, Undermine”
President Donald Trump has praised Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele as a crime fighter, but new reporting based on interviews and documents reveals how senior Salvadoran officials have impeded a U.S....
www.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So Trump’s pet autocrat is in business with MS-13? Of course he is.
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“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived,” writes NY Times columnist Michelle Goldberg.
Opinion | This Is What Autocracy Looks Like
The president didn’t bother to wait for a crisis to launch an authoritarian crackdown.
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“If you saw all this in any other country — soldiers sent to crush dissent, union leaders arrested, opposition politicians threatened — it would be clear that autocracy had arrived,” writes NY Times columnist Michelle Goldberg.
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BREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake “energy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
April 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
BREAKING: The Interior Dept just used a fake “energy emergency” to greenlight gas and mining projects on public lands.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
It’s a lie. There is no energy emergency. This is a giveaway to big oil.
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Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
And the gun industry and lawmakers like Rep. Monty Fritts could help put an end to it if they wanted.
#TNleg
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
And the gun industry and lawmakers like Rep. Monty Fritts could help put an end to it if they wanted.
#TNleg
JUST NOW: Rep. Monty Fritts (R), who opposes any and all gun violence legislation, instead says he wishes he could ban the use of the term “gun violence” on the house floor 🤔— drawing an objection from @justinjpearson.bsky.social (D) for being off topic. (And anti-free speech)
April 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
And the gun industry and lawmakers like Rep. Monty Fritts could help put an end to it if they wanted.
#TNleg
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
Gun violence exists
And the gun industry and lawmakers like Rep. Monty Fritts could help put an end to it if they wanted.
#TNleg
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A Chicago Bulls hoodie
makes Kilmar Garcia a gang member
the same way a shiny gold cross
makes Karoline Leavitt a Christian.
makes Kilmar Garcia a gang member
the same way a shiny gold cross
makes Karoline Leavitt a Christian.
April 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A Chicago Bulls hoodie
makes Kilmar Garcia a gang member
the same way a shiny gold cross
makes Karoline Leavitt a Christian.
makes Kilmar Garcia a gang member
the same way a shiny gold cross
makes Karoline Leavitt a Christian.
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Trump is a demonic attack against our finances.
April 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Trump is a demonic attack against our finances.
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Congratulations to all the people who voted for Trump because they thought he’d be good for the economy
April 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Congratulations to all the people who voted for Trump because they thought he’d be good for the economy
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“‘It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary,but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies’”
“Hours earlier..Kennedy asserted..Covid did not kill healthy people, contrary to research [showing 30% of those who died were healthy]”
“Hours earlier..Kennedy asserted..Covid did not kill healthy people, contrary to research [showing 30% of those who died were healthy]”
March 29, 2025 at 2:04 AM
“‘It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary,but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies’”
“Hours earlier..Kennedy asserted..Covid did not kill healthy people, contrary to research [showing 30% of those who died were healthy]”
“Hours earlier..Kennedy asserted..Covid did not kill healthy people, contrary to research [showing 30% of those who died were healthy]”
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All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All you need to know about Twitter
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.
“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”
@kyivindependent.com
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Any media outlet hanging on to a shred of journalistic timber should televise these hearings.
Arizona AG Kris Mayes, New Mexico AG Raul Torrez, and Oregon AG Dan Rayfield will begin holding Community Impact Hearings — a national series of townhalls "to hear from the public about the impact of federal firings and DOGE funding freezes across the country."
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
The first will be in Phoenix March 5.
February 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Any media outlet hanging on to a shred of journalistic timber should televise these hearings.
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February 18, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.
On Ukraine, Europe must step into the void | Virgin
www.virgin.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Europe can’t rely on the strength of the transatlantic relationship to help contain Russia’s threat – it must lead from the front and be the true force of support that Ukraine needs. Not just for Ukraine’s sake, but for a free and sovereign Europe.
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This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
I keep saying Dems need to do a daily briefing on Capitol Hill and fill the void, fact check the WH. Hire Pete Buttigeig and give him a staff to do this.
February 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This is so smart. @petebuttigieg.bsky.social , thoughts ?
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts
And if you see this. A reminder. This is not Twitter. You can engage here and have thoughtful discussions !
We all look forward to reading your thoughts