Jack Machek
@jmachek1936.bsky.social
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If I was advising the EU—and I 100% should be—my advice is that you prepare three sets of sanction packages:
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
January 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
If I was advising the EU—and I 100% should be—my advice is that you prepare three sets of sanction packages:
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
1. Deliberate targeting of personal/corporate assets of Trump, Musk, Andressen, Sacks, etc like they’re Russian oligarchs by doing stuff like seizing Gigafactory Berlin. This gets used first.
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Powell standing up to Trump is the same thing as the Minneapolis residents standing up to ICE - both rely on the realization that all of their power flows out of their ability to make you afraid, and you don’t have to be, and then they have barely any power over you anymore.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Powell standing up to Trump is the same thing as the Minneapolis residents standing up to ICE - both rely on the realization that all of their power flows out of their ability to make you afraid, and you don’t have to be, and then they have barely any power over you anymore.
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Why is the DOJ and the FBI protecting “Bill Clinton” by redacting the Epstein Files?…..Oh.
January 10, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Why is the DOJ and the FBI protecting “Bill Clinton” by redacting the Epstein Files?…..Oh.
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Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
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We ALREADY have ICE concentration camps.
We are ALREADY so far gone.
Fuck the people who support this evil.
We are ALREADY so far gone.
Fuck the people who support this evil.
January 8, 2026 at 3:13 PM
We ALREADY have ICE concentration camps.
We are ALREADY so far gone.
Fuck the people who support this evil.
We are ALREADY so far gone.
Fuck the people who support this evil.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Note that the Mayor of Minneapolis made his statement surrounded by police chiefs. As we said in New York, regardless of their politics no serving police officer wants any part of this. It makes everything they do more difficult and ends up putting them in danger.
January 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Note that the Mayor of Minneapolis made his statement surrounded by police chiefs. As we said in New York, regardless of their politics no serving police officer wants any part of this. It makes everything they do more difficult and ends up putting them in danger.
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That's not emotion or opinion. You shoot - I beg your pardon - a white woman as she's trying to flee, that's where you are.
January 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM
That's not emotion or opinion. You shoot - I beg your pardon - a white woman as she's trying to flee, that's where you are.
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The stakes have been raised. The Democrats have got to run on putting these people in prison. They have to. Jobs, food, all the rest, but shooting a mother in the head on a public street? None of this Garland stuff. "The full force of the government will be brought to bear" on this and similar.
January 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The stakes have been raised. The Democrats have got to run on putting these people in prison. They have to. Jobs, food, all the rest, but shooting a mother in the head on a public street? None of this Garland stuff. "The full force of the government will be brought to bear" on this and similar.
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
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Also hard not conclude, when the Department of Homeland Security shares this video talking about "our homeland" in a post talking about "our shared savior," that I, an American Jew, am not included in "our," and maybe it'd be okay to deport or kill me. Good times.
Hard not to conclude from this montage that Donald Trump, the only repeated figure other than Santa Claus, is the Savior to which DHS is referring
December 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Also hard not conclude, when the Department of Homeland Security shares this video talking about "our homeland" in a post talking about "our shared savior," that I, an American Jew, am not included in "our," and maybe it'd be okay to deport or kill me. Good times.
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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Tesla's price action since last week's shareholder meeting demonstrates, among many other things, the strong possibility that stock & option trading manipulation by Elon Musk and/or his confederates was responsible for the share price spike preceding the votes on his pay packages.
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Tesla's price action since last week's shareholder meeting demonstrates, among many other things, the strong possibility that stock & option trading manipulation by Elon Musk and/or his confederates was responsible for the share price spike preceding the votes on his pay packages.
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I want to be clear I am not speaking from opinion or principle, because we don't do that. It is not our business. Our business is politics, and this is malpractice on the scale of turning left from home plate. The public's standard is low: swing and get knocked down. But you have to keep swinging.
November 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I want to be clear I am not speaking from opinion or principle, because we don't do that. It is not our business. Our business is politics, and this is malpractice on the scale of turning left from home plate. The public's standard is low: swing and get knocked down. But you have to keep swinging.
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AOC: How can we, as members of congress, Republican or Democrat, vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people? That is what this legislation does. In fact, Senator Graham said he was going to seek well over $1 million from the American people, from this.
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
AOC: How can we, as members of congress, Republican or Democrat, vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people? That is what this legislation does. In fact, Senator Graham said he was going to seek well over $1 million from the American people, from this.
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Dimwitted Bill Pulte, an ignoramus and a troglodyte, fights for a pole position in The Most Corrupt Presidential Administration in U.S. history.
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Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Dimwitted Bill Pulte, an ignoramus and a troglodyte, fights for a pole position in The Most Corrupt Presidential Administration in U.S. history.
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
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This is just textbook 1930’s fascism
August 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
This is just textbook 1930’s fascism
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"we made this issue a major factor, and then we unilaterally abandoned it, betraying our base and millions who rely on ACA. you have to understand this is what the senate is for."
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
"we made this issue a major factor, and then we unilaterally abandoned it, betraying our base and millions who rely on ACA. you have to understand this is what the senate is for."
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To repeat: I have studied a lot of cases of autocratization over the past 15 years. Wrote about them, taught about them, consulting about them.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
March 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
To repeat: I have studied a lot of cases of autocratization over the past 15 years. Wrote about them, taught about them, consulting about them.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
I do not recall an opposition so apathetic, ignorant, and inept as the @democrats.org. They cling to their power, rather than fight for democracy. Shame.
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This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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shutdowns have to end at some point. they can't go on forever.
Ds seem to have gotten diddly squat though.
which seems like it's on schumer.
Ds seem to have gotten diddly squat though.
which seems like it's on schumer.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
shutdowns have to end at some point. they can't go on forever.
Ds seem to have gotten diddly squat though.
which seems like it's on schumer.
Ds seem to have gotten diddly squat though.
which seems like it's on schumer.
Who are the Senators who are caving?
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Who are the Senators who are caving?