Jason Cross
@jasoncross.org
Nerd stuff and hobbies I’m into: games, guitar, bread, tech.
I work at Macworld, but nothing I say or do here is in any way the opinion or endorsement of that brand or our company.
I work at Macworld, but nothing I say or do here is in any way the opinion or endorsement of that brand or our company.
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1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
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A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools:
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools:
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
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Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara notes the MPD will not work with federal agents & says "In moments like this, I know how real the fear is in our community. People are going to want to speak out, protest, & exercise their 1st Amendment rights. We will absolutely defend people's right to do just that"
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara notes the MPD will not work with federal agents & says "In moments like this, I know how real the fear is in our community. People are going to want to speak out, protest, & exercise their 1st Amendment rights. We will absolutely defend people's right to do just that"
Two things that aren't gigantic scandals for some reason I cannot understand:
1. Actual senators and candidates going to CPAC and saying the most unhinged, crazy, racist, shit imaginable. Just WWE villain stuff.
1. Actual senators and candidates going to CPAC and saying the most unhinged, crazy, racist, shit imaginable. Just WWE villain stuff.
Not SNL
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to Trump: You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane.
you kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to Trump: You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane.
you kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.
December 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Two things that aren't gigantic scandals for some reason I cannot understand:
1. Actual senators and candidates going to CPAC and saying the most unhinged, crazy, racist, shit imaginable. Just WWE villain stuff.
1. Actual senators and candidates going to CPAC and saying the most unhinged, crazy, racist, shit imaginable. Just WWE villain stuff.
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Pete Hegseth’s name tag at today’s Cabinet meeting: “SSecretary of War.”
December 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Pete Hegseth’s name tag at today’s Cabinet meeting: “SSecretary of War.”
"A front door? What are we, COMMON folk that don't even own any crypto?"
"Oh this? This is what ArchitectGPT called the Main Foyer but we like to call it the Hall of Bathrooms. There are three! One has two toilets and no bath! Because it's for coats. It's the Coat Bath."
"Oh this? This is what ArchitectGPT called the Main Foyer but we like to call it the Hall of Bathrooms. There are three! One has two toilets and no bath! Because it's for coats. It's the Coat Bath."
December 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"A front door? What are we, COMMON folk that don't even own any crypto?"
"Oh this? This is what ArchitectGPT called the Main Foyer but we like to call it the Hall of Bathrooms. There are three! One has two toilets and no bath! Because it's for coats. It's the Coat Bath."
"Oh this? This is what ArchitectGPT called the Main Foyer but we like to call it the Hall of Bathrooms. There are three! One has two toilets and no bath! Because it's for coats. It's the Coat Bath."
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NEWS: A unanimous Third Circuit panel rules that Alina Habba is not U.S. Attorney, cannot be Acting U.S. Attorney, and cannot have the powers delegated to her. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEWS: A unanimous Third Circuit panel rules that Alina Habba is not U.S. Attorney, cannot be Acting U.S. Attorney, and cannot have the powers delegated to her. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
November 30, 2025 at 6:43 AM
They're not hiding it, folks—straight up neo-Nazi advertising, from the font to the language to the 11 stars for the Confederacy. Then you have the DHS openly using white nationalist language of "remigrate", which means ethnic cleansing.
This is who MAGA is now.
This is who MAGA is now.
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
They're okay with the most disgusting, dehumanizing behavior and policy until it comes to their own door.
EVERY TIME.
Bohacek gets zero points for this. I don't know how to tell him he's supposed to care about other people.
EVERY TIME.
Bohacek gets zero points for this. I don't know how to tell him he's supposed to care about other people.
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
They're okay with the most disgusting, dehumanizing behavior and policy until it comes to their own door.
EVERY TIME.
Bohacek gets zero points for this. I don't know how to tell him he's supposed to care about other people.
EVERY TIME.
Bohacek gets zero points for this. I don't know how to tell him he's supposed to care about other people.
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Where we see confirmed that what is being described as an American peace plan was written by Russians and learn that Witkoff advises the Kremlin on how to fool Trump
Read a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president
Putin Advisers Discuss Plans for Dealing With Trump: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 29 phone call between Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senior foreign-policy adviser, and Kirill Dmitriev, an economic adviser to the Russian president.
bloom.bg
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Where we see confirmed that what is being described as an American peace plan was written by Russians and learn that Witkoff advises the Kremlin on how to fool Trump
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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This is AMAZING journalism. The New York Times went through Trump's court filings related to what is happening in Chicago. There are videos, testimonies, and photographs. You can see this for yourself.
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is AMAZING journalism. The New York Times went through Trump's court filings related to what is happening in Chicago. There are videos, testimonies, and photographs. You can see this for yourself.
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I invite Flock to reach out and allow us to test their devices in the wild with their blessing and supervision. I will personally raise and pay for the research expenses.
The catch-22 here is that you CAN'T legally research something like this without participation from the system's owner.
The catch-22 here is that you CAN'T legally research something like this without participation from the system's owner.
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I invite Flock to reach out and allow us to test their devices in the wild with their blessing and supervision. I will personally raise and pay for the research expenses.
The catch-22 here is that you CAN'T legally research something like this without participation from the system's owner.
The catch-22 here is that you CAN'T legally research something like this without participation from the system's owner.
I can only hope this is true and works because it is 100% correct.
Democrats have been WILDLY successful every time they run on a platform of "fight against big corps and billionaires" and we need to drop the old corprocrats SO fast.
Democrats have been WILDLY successful every time they run on a platform of "fight against big corps and billionaires" and we need to drop the old corprocrats SO fast.
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
I can only hope this is true and works because it is 100% correct.
Democrats have been WILDLY successful every time they run on a platform of "fight against big corps and billionaires" and we need to drop the old corprocrats SO fast.
Democrats have been WILDLY successful every time they run on a platform of "fight against big corps and billionaires" and we need to drop the old corprocrats SO fast.
When I am Emperor of Earth I will make it illegal for any website to pop up a chat agent to assist you without you explicitly tapping/clicking on one for that purpose.
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
When I am Emperor of Earth I will make it illegal for any website to pop up a chat agent to assist you without you explicitly tapping/clicking on one for that purpose.
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Quite the coincidence that the billionaire owner of the Washington Post isn’t in this photo collage
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Quite the coincidence that the billionaire owner of the Washington Post isn’t in this photo collage
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Interviews and records show the White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Interviews and records show the White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
The incident is the latest in a string of matters where the Trump administration has inserted itself to help friends and target foes.
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Stephen Miller said the Chicago building was “filled with TdA terrorists.”
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Stephen Miller said the Chicago building was “filled with TdA terrorists.”
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
DOJ prosecutors have not filed criminal charges or shown evidence that anyone arrested in the raid belonged to the Tren de Aragua gang.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social & @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Once again, the companies that tout the success of AI are the ones that force it into everything, practically REQUIRING its use, whether it's helpful or not.
"Nice browser you got there. Let me just...pin this AI button you never asked for...and nag you about it...change around some defaults... "
"Nice browser you got there. Let me just...pin this AI button you never asked for...and nag you about it...change around some defaults... "
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Once again, the companies that tout the success of AI are the ones that force it into everything, practically REQUIRING its use, whether it's helpful or not.
"Nice browser you got there. Let me just...pin this AI button you never asked for...and nag you about it...change around some defaults... "
"Nice browser you got there. Let me just...pin this AI button you never asked for...and nag you about it...change around some defaults... "
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Great news that the Senate has passed the bill forcing the DOJ to release its Epstein file. Now Bondi must comply. But our work cannot stop there. We need to force the Treasury to release the Epstein bank records too. I have a bill to make that happen. FOLLOW THE MONEY.