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JackInEC

@jackinec.bsky.social

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A general curmudgeon. JHU alum. Go Ravens! Former journalist with an interest in political comedy. Silencing satirists doesn't just mean you have no sense of humor. It means you have no decency.

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JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 24d

My advice for Dems on their strategy dealing with Trump during the shutdown negotiations:

--Say "no" to every individual thing offered by Trump. Simply refuse.
--Remind him HIS MAGA forces run all three branches of gov't and HE alone will be blamed.
--Hand him a long list of demands and walk away.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 34m

Fun fact: the budget doesn't include the $20 billion--or 12x the amount needed to fund CHIP --Trump promised Venezuela.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 42m

Wow. That's just fundamentally inane.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 57m

The frogs better stay together or they'll croak.

😏

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 59m

... says the woman working for an adjudicated sexual assaulter who's married to a migrant of questionable legality and who's just ordered federal agents to kidnap people off American streets.

In other words: terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1h

It's his trademark, like Rick Perry's glasses or Stephen Miller's distinctive scent of sulfur.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1h

"Crime is coming down" -- Kash Patel

Yes, and it has been since 2020.

However, federalized crime sprees have spiked since January.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 4h

"Former Trump adviser John Bolton has been indicted"

We should specify: he wasn't indicted for being an advisor to Trump, but he should've been.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 4h

Kennedy's doing his best Bill Murray imitation.

a man is talking about dogs and cats living together in a movie .

ALT: a man is talking about dogs and cats living together in a movie .

media.tenor.com

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 10h

Republicans have an odd concept of "responsibility."

Most of us would think it "responsible" to uphold our oaths of office and adhere to the Constitution, despite how it impacts our personal status.

Republicans, however, think it's "responsible" to obstruct for sex traffickers and abusers. Sheesh.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 23h

Republicans campaign on the idea that government is ineffective and then show how ineffective it is when they're in office.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1d

Attend? Sure.

Stay awake? Questionable.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1d

"Trump says lawyers challenging his power to impose tariffs are 'aligned with foreign nations'..."

No, they're aligned with US consumers who don't want to pay higher prices due to Trump's stupid trade war.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1d

If the Russian military were comprised solely of blonde women with fake breasts, Trump would go on the offensive immediately.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1d

Trump has no qualms about dictating his Enemies List in public.

Pam Bondi is dutifully taking notes.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1d

In the video still, Kash Patel looks like he ingested all the drugs himself.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1d

No, the White House is making *claims* that the ships were loaded with drugs and affiliated with known drug cartels.

They've yet to provide any actual evidence.

Apparently, we'll have to wait "two weeks" for the information. Again.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1d

"Maybe not his truest feelings. That might be going a little too far."

There are so many xenophobic, self-loathing, homophobic ways that may be interpreted.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1d

Any liberal who goes on Fox "News" must be prepared to say, "That's simply a lie told by Republicans and Trump to hide their failures."

Then follow up with:

"They're doing this to protect Trump from the Epstein files" or

"They've got to deflect from the poor economy" or

"Why protect pedophiles?"

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1d

Police officers know otherwise, Mikey.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1d

Noemdowski is a disgrace to American norms and laws.

She's having a very public affair with an employee of her department. She constantly lies about situations being recorded by media in front of them. And she doesn't have a clue on nat'l security matters.

Noem's reign has made America less safe.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 1d

And let's not forget Trump's big lesson:

"When you're rich, they let you do it," which he said relating to sexual assault, but it's really his general philosophy.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's not himself. That's the French fries talkin'.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 2d

"We're saving the family unit."

The Trumps? Donald and his three wives and innumerable mistresses? Junior, who got a divorce after committing adultery with a Fox "News" hostess, then dumping her for a younger socialite? Or Lara, who's using the family name for her own political career?

Sheesh.

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 2d

Why not have the same standard for native residents?

If migrants must pass a standardized language test to work, should ALL workers have to adhere to the same requirement?

JackInEC @jackinec.bsky.social · 7d

Trump's not using the legal system.

He's maliciously prosecuting these people without legitimate cause, just to sate his need for revenge. And he's using the federal Justice Department, funded by taxpayers, to do it.

There is nothing legal about that.