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Jonathan Marks
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Professor, freelance writer, author of Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 3d
I assume there will be an exception for white South Africans?

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 3d
How much has ICE officer training deteriorated under Trump?
New deportation officers at ICE used to receive about 5 months of training; Academy training has now been shortened to just 47 days, a number "picked because Trump is the 47th president."
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Fast Times at Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Flush with cash and soaring with hubris, Trump appointees are supersizing ICE.
www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by David R. Miller, Jonathan Marks, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 2 more

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 3d
Some Kentucky Republicans want to ban naturalized Americans from holding public office, as the GOP drives ever-further into xenophobia. www.lpm.org/news/2026-01...
Immigrant citizens would be barred from local, state offices in Kentucky under proposed bills
A Republican lawmaker has filed two bills designed to keep naturalized Americans and those with dual citizenship from serving in local or state elected offices in Kentucky.
www.lpm.org

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 3d
Cannot believe I let Kofi Annan sell me that prize. I’m such a sucker!
anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings , and 39 more

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 4d
Stay till the end when the thuggish, out of control masked man starts talking about “honor.”
radleybalko.bsky.social Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d
Oof. Hats off to the guy who took the video. That took some onions.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 4d
In my footage, which I've produced by putting images culled from CNN, Fox News, and someone known as Maga Ralph through a retinal scanner, then combining that image with a series of screenshots from recent Wordles, then instructing Grok to "make it dance," it's clear that . . . .

Reposted by Mark D. White, Jonathan Marks

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 4d
Oof. Hats off to the guy who took the video. That took some onions.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 4d
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d
Breaking:

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 6d
It will sound like sour grapes, but I had the K-Pop Demon Hunters idea first. The only differences were that it was a young klezmer band, they hunted dybbuks, and I wanted to use Claymation. I dropped the project because my then-dog had eaten all my clay.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 8d
"Hope you all had a good break! Here are your meeting requests! Also, we now worship Despair, which explains the new sculptures."

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 14d
Worth reading. Amazing how much they've pumped into this venture.
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16d
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!

So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16d
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!

So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 17d
Rick: "You better hurry, or you'll miss that plane."

[Rick watches her walk away with Laszlo]

Renault: "Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world!"

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 17d
Romeo: O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night

Narrator: Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world."

Chorus: "O wretched day!"

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 19d
A lot of you are saying, “Jonathan, the war on Christmas is over. You’ve lost!” To which I reply, “See you next year!” In the meantime, I grudgingly concede for 2025. Merry Christmas! Hope you’re happy now.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 20d
My two-year-old niece correctly identified a giraffe and an elephant in pictures, displaying a level of cognitive mastery that can only be described as presidential.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 25d
But Griffin refuses to acknowledge that this will cost the people nothing because people seeking to buy favors from our corrupt administration will pay for it. That makes it a wash, right?
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25d
The cost of Trump's White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months:

In late July, the White House said the vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it's $400 million.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The cost of Trump’s White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months
In late July, the White House said the president’s vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it’s $400 million.
www.ms.now

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 25d
Sure. That’s incriminating. A 55 year old man marrying a 32 year old woman is very sex trafficking adjacent. Between this and writing a column about the Epstein obsession without disclosing that both were present at an Edge Foundation dinner in 2011, the man must be driven from public life.
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 26d
Anyway, here's a photo of Brooks with his wife, who happens to be 23 years younger than him. This photo looks like a dad dropping his daughter off at college.
Brooks with his wife.

Reposted by Jonathan Marks

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25d
The cost of Trump's White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months:

In late July, the White House said the vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it's $400 million.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
The cost of Trump’s White House ballroom has doubled over the past five months
In late July, the White House said the president’s vanity project would cost $200 million. Now, it’s $400 million.
www.ms.now

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · 25d
He was at a big dinner at which Epstein was also present 15 years prior to writing the column. Even supposing Brooks recalled it, the idea that it is a”conflict of interest” to write about how not all elites are rapists when you and Epstein were on the same guest list once doesn’t make sense to me.
parkermolloy.com Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 26d
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.

He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.

Reposted by Jonathan Marks

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 26d
Anyway, here's a photo of Brooks with his wife, who happens to be 23 years younger than him. This photo looks like a dad dropping his daughter off at college.
Brooks with his wife.

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 26d
David Brooks, who wrote in the NYT last month, "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out" is... in the latest Epstein photo dump published by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.

He should absolutely be fired by NYT for this. Major conflict of interest that he didn't disclose.
David Brooks: The Epstein Story? Count Me Out. David Brooks in the epstein photos

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Dec 9
They are fools not to hire you!

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Dec 9
I WILL FIGHT FOR YOU
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Dec 8
"You're a big account, so you have a duty to ..."

Look, at some level, I get that.

But also ... I didn't run for the office of Big Account with a promise to you, the Bluesky voter, to deliver on certain issues.

I just logged onto the same site you did, made some posts, and people followed me.

Reposted by James Goodwin, Jonathan Marks

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Dec 8
"You're a big account, so you have a duty to ..."

Look, at some level, I get that.

But also ... I didn't run for the office of Big Account with a promise to you, the Bluesky voter, to deliver on certain issues.

I just logged onto the same site you did, made some posts, and people followed me.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Nov 30
Don't look at me. I suggested AI Dom DeLuise for our "America is Back" campaign and you scoffed. "Name Sounds French!" "Dom DeLuise has been dead since 2009!" Blah, blah, blah. Tell me that a brought-back-from-the-dead-through-AI Dom DeLuise wouldn't have taken a better picture!

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Nov 27
I regret ruining Thanksgiving by loudly proclaiming, when it came time to say what I was thankful for, that expressing gratitude was a form of David Frenchism that we cannot indulge when we have rough work to do. On a more positive note, my spiked cranberry muffins were a hit.

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Jonathan Marks @marksjo1.bsky.social · Nov 26
This Thanksgiving, I will be demanding that each member of my family express their gratitude to me in the servile and exaggerated manner that, alone, can fill the vast empty place inside. So, like a cabinet meeting.

Reposted by Jonathan Marks

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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · Nov 24
i mean it sounds absurd to say that college admissions is the rationale for a standardized testing regime that teaches writing as mad libs and fragmented excerpt reading