Thomas Jacobs
@twj1985.bsky.social
I’m a former U.S. Marine Infantryman and Iraq War vet. I have a B.A. and M.S. in Applied Economics, and am currently an adjunct economics professor at Campbell University in Buies Creek, NC
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I’m old enough to remember when Mitt Romney said the problem was that 47% of America didn’t pay taxes and wanted to be freeloaders. But I welcome him to the resistance.
Mitt Romney is in the New York Times saying we should tax the rich.
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I’m old enough to remember when Mitt Romney said the problem was that 47% of America didn’t pay taxes and wanted to be freeloaders. But I welcome him to the resistance.
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Deputy AG: Bondi to hold back 'several hundred thousand' Epstein docs in Friday dump
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Deputy AG: Bondi to hold back 'several hundred thousand' Epstein docs in Friday dump
Despite a law requiring the release of the Epstein files by Friday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche insisted that the Department of Justice would not release "several hundred thousand" of the doc...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Deputy AG: Bondi to hold back 'several hundred thousand' Epstein docs in Friday dump
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Trump and Republicans claim they want to "protect children."
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Trump and Republicans claim they want to "protect children."
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
But they've rolled back child labor laws and environmental protections, blocked gun safety reform, and spread lies about vaccines that save children from deadly diseases.
Hello?
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Right-Wing Personality Rips Trump’s ‘Worst Speech Yet’ To Shreds: ‘His Base Has Turned’
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Right-Wing Personality Rips Trump’s ‘Worst Speech Yet’ To Shreds: ‘His Base Has Turned’
“The charisma was gone. The aura was gone, the swagger was gone, and the message was stale,” pardoned Jan. 6 rioter Owen Shroyer said.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Right-Wing Personality Rips Trump’s ‘Worst Speech Yet’ To Shreds: ‘His Base Has Turned’
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Al Assad, Iraq 2004
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Al Assad, Iraq 2004
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'It's just strange': GOP senator baffled by party's urge to jump off health-care cliff
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'It's just strange': GOP senator baffled by party's urge to jump off health-care cliff
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders’ refusal to consider extending Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at year’s end is weird, according to at least one senior GOP senator, after the issue erupted...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
'It's just strange': GOP senator baffled by party's urge to jump off health-care cliff
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Ro Khanna threatens prosecution for anyone who attempts to scrub the Epstein Files as his bill to force the release of those files goes into effect tomorrow.
December 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Ro Khanna threatens prosecution for anyone who attempts to scrub the Epstein Files as his bill to force the release of those files goes into effect tomorrow.
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Tomorrow on "Thinking Live" I'll be speaking with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social about the state of the war in Ukraine, the actual battlefield situation, and prospects for a ceasefire.
December 19th, 10am ET.
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December 19th, 10am ET.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Tomorrow on "Thinking Live" I'll be speaking with @phillipspobrien.bsky.social about the state of the war in Ukraine, the actual battlefield situation, and prospects for a ceasefire.
December 19th, 10am ET.
snyder.substack.com
December 19th, 10am ET.
snyder.substack.com
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Sen. Blumenthal making a very good point.
Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Sen. Blumenthal making a very good point.
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Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
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It's the 249 anniversary of Thomas Paine's first essay. It's time to reread. His collection is available in bookstores.
Good News On This Day in History - December 19
This daily column features all the good news, anniversaries and birthdays from this day in history—December 19.
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December 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It's the 249 anniversary of Thomas Paine's first essay. It's time to reread. His collection is available in bookstores.
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“The embrace of the unitary executive theory by both the president and the court has given us the worst of all worlds: an ultrapowerful presidency without an actual president at the helm.”
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Opinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause
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December 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“The embrace of the unitary executive theory by both the president and the court has given us the worst of all worlds: an ultrapowerful presidency without an actual president at the helm.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
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Making progress, slowly but surely.
December 19, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Making progress, slowly but surely.
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About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
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I guess it’s a good thing we were so concerned about the right to speak our opinions being outlawed by a ruling class that we guaranteed it by making it the very first amendment in our Bill of Rights when we formed the country.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I guess it’s a good thing we were so concerned about the right to speak our opinions being outlawed by a ruling class that we guaranteed it by making it the very first amendment in our Bill of Rights when we formed the country.
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How GLP-1s changed Thanksgiving on.ft.com/3M13aEu | opinion
How GLP-1s changed Thanksgiving
Obesity medications are diminishing appetites for the foods that American holidays are known for
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November 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Getting back into shape, slowly.
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Getting back into shape, slowly.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.
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Breaking News: The two National Guard members have died.
Donald Trump told us there was zero crime in D.C., though. It’s interesting how reality works.
They would still be alive if they had remained in West Virginia, but their governor deployed them for a political stunt, unfortunately.
Donald Trump told us there was zero crime in D.C., though. It’s interesting how reality works.
They would still be alive if they had remained in West Virginia, but their governor deployed them for a political stunt, unfortunately.
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Breaking News: The two National Guard members have died.
Donald Trump told us there was zero crime in D.C., though. It’s interesting how reality works.
They would still be alive if they had remained in West Virginia, but their governor deployed them for a political stunt, unfortunately.
Donald Trump told us there was zero crime in D.C., though. It’s interesting how reality works.
They would still be alive if they had remained in West Virginia, but their governor deployed them for a political stunt, unfortunately.