Samuel Jonasson
@samueljonasson.bsky.social
Father, member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, musician, person who does not excel at genius profile descriptions...
https://linktr.ee/samueljonassonmusic
https://linktr.ee/samueljonassonmusic
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There is no sacred text
That pronounces
A government by, for, and of the billionaires
And so, now,
We must denounce
A government by, for, and of the billionaires
In the future, let it be said:
Unwisely we wrought it
But bravely we fought it
That pronounces
A government by, for, and of the billionaires
And so, now,
We must denounce
A government by, for, and of the billionaires
In the future, let it be said:
Unwisely we wrought it
But bravely we fought it
It's a gloomy day for me. My music has been pulled from all streaming services by my distributor (claiming artificial streams - which I didn't do).
In the meantime, the one place to access my music is Bandcamp: samueljonasson.bandcamp.com
In the meantime, the one place to access my music is Bandcamp: samueljonasson.bandcamp.com
Samuel Jonasson
Samuel Jonasson makes folk music, with some other stuff. Start with "Drifting with the Tide".
samueljonasson.bandcamp.com
August 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It's a gloomy day for me. My music has been pulled from all streaming services by my distributor (claiming artificial streams - which I didn't do).
In the meantime, the one place to access my music is Bandcamp: samueljonasson.bandcamp.com
In the meantime, the one place to access my music is Bandcamp: samueljonasson.bandcamp.com
Just paid $27 to receive a package from Hong Kong. My niece sent my daughter a paper craft ($10 stated value).
Tariffs are taxes on **Americans**, paid by **Americans**. Don't believe the "not a tax" rhetoric.
Tariffs are taxes on **Americans**, paid by **Americans**. Don't believe the "not a tax" rhetoric.
July 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Just paid $27 to receive a package from Hong Kong. My niece sent my daughter a paper craft ($10 stated value).
Tariffs are taxes on **Americans**, paid by **Americans**. Don't believe the "not a tax" rhetoric.
Tariffs are taxes on **Americans**, paid by **Americans**. Don't believe the "not a tax" rhetoric.
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Friends, let’s direct our ire and our rhetorical fire towards those whose public histories demonstrate their enmity towards constitutional democracy and human dignity. Let’s not leap to conclusions about private citizens whom we don’t know.
June 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Friends, let’s direct our ire and our rhetorical fire towards those whose public histories demonstrate their enmity towards constitutional democracy and human dignity. Let’s not leap to conclusions about private citizens whom we don’t know.
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Brother-in-law and his wife are in town from WY. They were in Salt Lake yesterday for an event and unwittingly got caught in some of the protest. Although they were just trying to find a route thru, some protesters yelled at them and called them racist. SIL was in tears. Folks, that’s not okay.
June 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Brother-in-law and his wife are in town from WY. They were in Salt Lake yesterday for an event and unwittingly got caught in some of the protest. Although they were just trying to find a route thru, some protesters yelled at them and called them racist. SIL was in tears. Folks, that’s not okay.
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Citizens United is among the worst decisions in Supreme Court history.
It's allowed billionaires to completely take over our politics and destroy our democracy.
There are days when we are reminded just how pernicious that ruling was.
Today is one of those days.
It's allowed billionaires to completely take over our politics and destroy our democracy.
There are days when we are reminded just how pernicious that ruling was.
Today is one of those days.
June 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Citizens United is among the worst decisions in Supreme Court history.
It's allowed billionaires to completely take over our politics and destroy our democracy.
There are days when we are reminded just how pernicious that ruling was.
Today is one of those days.
It's allowed billionaires to completely take over our politics and destroy our democracy.
There are days when we are reminded just how pernicious that ruling was.
Today is one of those days.
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Look beyond Trump and Musk's public blowout to the bigger problem: the infiltration of Big Money in our politics. It has corrupted our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top while drowning out the needs of regular Americans.
June 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Look beyond Trump and Musk's public blowout to the bigger problem: the infiltration of Big Money in our politics. It has corrupted our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top while drowning out the needs of regular Americans.
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This is shocking. It calls for a public outcry to demand accountability from those responsible.
May 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is shocking. It calls for a public outcry to demand accountability from those responsible.
"You're still passing too many bills!"
100% this. From a legislature that is full of people who think the word "regulation" is dirty...
100% this. From a legislature that is full of people who think the word "regulation" is dirty...
May 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
"You're still passing too many bills!"
100% this. From a legislature that is full of people who think the word "regulation" is dirty...
100% this. From a legislature that is full of people who think the word "regulation" is dirty...
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Pillar 5: Address Root Causes of Migration
For too long, we've been treating the symptoms of the border crisis instead of addressing its root causes. It's time for accountability from other countries to fight fentanyl and illegal migration.
For too long, we've been treating the symptoms of the border crisis instead of addressing its root causes. It's time for accountability from other countries to fight fentanyl and illegal migration.
May 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Pillar 5: Address Root Causes of Migration
For too long, we've been treating the symptoms of the border crisis instead of addressing its root causes. It's time for accountability from other countries to fight fentanyl and illegal migration.
For too long, we've been treating the symptoms of the border crisis instead of addressing its root causes. It's time for accountability from other countries to fight fentanyl and illegal migration.
The group should be renamed Oligarchs for Worker Repression.
But I was informed that the danger of ballot initiatives was the susceptibility to influence from out-of-state interests…
A group that wants to keep the anti-union law in place, calling itself Utahns For Worker Freedom, has received $602,000 from the Club For Growth, a conservative organization based in Washington, D.C.
May 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The group should be renamed Oligarchs for Worker Repression.
I would have liked to hear more specific examples to support his characterization of contempt.
Now Sen. Daniel Thatcher is speaking.
"I was shocked by the absolute contempt shown by the Republicans in the Legislature toward the citizens of Utah. I had always hoped that the GOP would return to its principles, but after Amendment D, I knew they were too far gone."
"I was shocked by the absolute contempt shown by the Republicans in the Legislature toward the citizens of Utah. I had always hoped that the GOP would return to its principles, but after Amendment D, I knew they were too far gone."
April 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I would have liked to hear more specific examples to support his characterization of contempt.
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Quist takes a couple of swipes at the GOP supermajority in the Legislature:
"Utahns are tired of paying to defend unconstitutional laws in court and losing those cases."
"I would rather have principles and no policy than policies and no principles."
"Utahns are tired of paying to defend unconstitutional laws in court and losing those cases."
"I would rather have principles and no policy than policies and no principles."
April 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Quist takes a couple of swipes at the GOP supermajority in the Legislature:
"Utahns are tired of paying to defend unconstitutional laws in court and losing those cases."
"I would rather have principles and no policy than policies and no principles."
"Utahns are tired of paying to defend unconstitutional laws in court and losing those cases."
"I would rather have principles and no policy than policies and no principles."
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They were found guilty of a full blown attack on our country, domestic terrorism, and they somehow walk free among us. None of them were sent to prison for life, and none of them were sent to prison in El Salvador.
April 21, 2025 at 5:50 PM
They were found guilty of a full blown attack on our country, domestic terrorism, and they somehow walk free among us. None of them were sent to prison for life, and none of them were sent to prison in El Salvador.
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1/ Utah Senate Republicans meet today to vote on overriding the veto of HB306, which allows the state to pay vendors using gold.
When the $177K price tag scared lawmakers, author and podcaster Kevin Freeman stepped in to personally fund it.
tinyurl.com/s5p2spzt
When the $177K price tag scared lawmakers, author and podcaster Kevin Freeman stepped in to personally fund it.
tinyurl.com/s5p2spzt
The fringe conspiracy theory behind Utah's push to pay its bills with gold
Utah could become the first state to pay its bills with gold instead of dollars. The theory is pushed by a conspiracy theorist who warns of global elites using digital currency to control society.
tinyurl.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
1/ Utah Senate Republicans meet today to vote on overriding the veto of HB306, which allows the state to pay vendors using gold.
When the $177K price tag scared lawmakers, author and podcaster Kevin Freeman stepped in to personally fund it.
tinyurl.com/s5p2spzt
When the $177K price tag scared lawmakers, author and podcaster Kevin Freeman stepped in to personally fund it.
tinyurl.com/s5p2spzt
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It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane
April 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It is becoming unbelievably difficult to stay both informed and sane
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No. Don’t do this. Don’t normalize this. This is an idea so abhorrent, so rubicon crossing, we don’t return from that hell.
El Salvador cannot hold any American. Immigrant citizen asylee.
El Salvador cannot hold any American. Immigrant citizen asylee.
If the US is going to start sending US citizens to prison in El Salvador then the first person who should be shipped there is the guy convicted of 34 felonies for cheating in the 2016 presidential election.
April 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
No. Don’t do this. Don’t normalize this. This is an idea so abhorrent, so rubicon crossing, we don’t return from that hell.
El Salvador cannot hold any American. Immigrant citizen asylee.
El Salvador cannot hold any American. Immigrant citizen asylee.
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Pretty much the same amount Republicans promise to “save” in this budget is what the IRS could have collected from tax cheats and wealthy/sophisticated filers WITHOUT RAISING A SINGLE TAX.
But instead somebody somewhere will lose out on healthcare. Stupid and cruel.
But instead somebody somewhere will lose out on healthcare. Stupid and cruel.
April 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Pretty much the same amount Republicans promise to “save” in this budget is what the IRS could have collected from tax cheats and wealthy/sophisticated filers WITHOUT RAISING A SINGLE TAX.
But instead somebody somewhere will lose out on healthcare. Stupid and cruel.
But instead somebody somewhere will lose out on healthcare. Stupid and cruel.
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Constant outrage is bound to make us all seriously ill. 😔 I’m setting limits on my consumption of horrible news, and making time to look around and remember there is still kindness, beauty, and love in the world. ☮️💙
April 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Constant outrage is bound to make us all seriously ill. 😔 I’m setting limits on my consumption of horrible news, and making time to look around and remember there is still kindness, beauty, and love in the world. ☮️💙
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Agreed. And for the things you must buy (groceries), buy local.
April 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Agreed. And for the things you must buy (groceries), buy local.
Me, too.
I’m going to a Hands Off Rally this Saturday. Are you?
April 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Me, too.
It is extremely important to buy local now. We've got to support small businesses. They will be hit hard in the coming months.
April 3, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It is extremely important to buy local now. We've got to support small businesses. They will be hit hard in the coming months.
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“You can’t lead the people unless you love the people”.
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
April 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“You can’t lead the people unless you love the people”.
Cory Booker
Cory Booker