Jim Saksa
@jimsaksa.com
Reporter at Democracy Docket. Formerly: Roll Call, WHYY, Philly City Paper, Big Law attorney. DC is my residence but Philly is my home.
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It's that most wonderful time of the year, when people put out lists of their *favorite* books they read this year, which are invariably longer than the list of *all* books you read this year! Enjoy asking yourself: Where do they find the time? Am I a slow reader? Am I basically illiterate?!
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's that most wonderful time of the year, when people put out lists of their *favorite* books they read this year, which are invariably longer than the list of *all* books you read this year! Enjoy asking yourself: Where do they find the time? Am I a slow reader? Am I basically illiterate?!
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
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Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Ordering no quarter, as Hegseth effectively did, isn't a newfangled modern war crime. It was understood as a crime as far back as the Revolutionary War. Washington threatened to do reprisals over it. The bad guy in 'The Patriot' is (very loosely) based off a British officer who was notorious for it.
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“President says thing” is generally newsworthy because, well, it usually results in actual policy changes
increasingly, it’s just an angry old man typing into the void
increasingly, it’s just an angry old man typing into the void
President Trump said Friday he would reverse any law, pardon and executive order former President Biden signed with an autopen, though it wasn’t clear how that would work or whether it would be legal @jennifershutt.bsky.social reports wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/11/28/r...
Trump social media post claims to void Biden orders • Wisconsin Examiner
President Trump said Friday he would reverse any law, pardon or executive order that former President Biden signed with an autopen
wisconsinexaminer.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“President says thing” is generally newsworthy because, well, it usually results in actual policy changes
increasingly, it’s just an angry old man typing into the void
increasingly, it’s just an angry old man typing into the void
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on a pure “what a dude” level I think Jalyx Hunt might be my favorite person on the Eagles
Jalyx Hunt was a zero-star recruit out of HS who DoorDashed and took up other jobs to pay for training as he eyed his NFL dream.
"If I have to do this, is it really that feasible?"
How the former Ivy League safety became an ascending Eagles edge rusher:
www.inquirer.com/eagles/jalyx...
"If I have to do this, is it really that feasible?"
How the former Ivy League safety became an ascending Eagles edge rusher:
www.inquirer.com/eagles/jalyx...
How Jalyx Hunt went from an Ivy League safety to a pass rusher on the league’s best defense
Hunt's collegiate career started with the Ivy League's least relevant program. His NFL career could produce the pass rusher's second Super Bowl ring in as many seasons.
www.inquirer.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
on a pure “what a dude” level I think Jalyx Hunt might be my favorite person on the Eagles
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obviously plenty of other things should have already been disqualifying but people willing to defy Trump publicly and appeal to decency as their reason for doing so both seem pretty good
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 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
obviously plenty of other things should have already been disqualifying but people willing to defy Trump publicly and appeal to decency as their reason for doing so both seem pretty good
Hunt has been such a great joy
November 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hunt has been such a great joy
AJ is the man
then the Eagles put together their best drive of the season and pull you all back in.
AJ Brown sons his man for a TD.
AJ Brown sons his man for a TD.
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
AJ is the man
This defense is still good, and man they must hate the offense right now
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This defense is still good, and man they must hate the offense right now
Swift and Bryard, philly boys, killing the eagles
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Swift and Bryard, philly boys, killing the eagles
Offensive offensive performance
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Offensive offensive performance
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the people shaking their heads about fans booing the Eagles offense have failed to consider that they deserve it
November 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
the people shaking their heads about fans booing the Eagles offense have failed to consider that they deserve it
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Sitting next to my Eagles obsessed mother in law and she’s doing and saying stuff that makes this look like child’s play. Like I’m afraid to even post it for fear of someone alerting the authorities.
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Sitting next to my Eagles obsessed mother in law and she’s doing and saying stuff that makes this look like child’s play. Like I’m afraid to even post it for fear of someone alerting the authorities.
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As a reminder, the Bears are starting their LB4 and LB6. I see no plan from the Eagles to try attack those guys.
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
As a reminder, the Bears are starting their LB4 and LB6. I see no plan from the Eagles to try attack those guys.
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A top Republican in Indiana, whose daughter has Down Syndrome, just announced he will be voting to block Trump’s gerrymandering after Trump used the R-word to insult people yesterday.
November 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A top Republican in Indiana, whose daughter has Down Syndrome, just announced he will be voting to block Trump’s gerrymandering after Trump used the R-word to insult people yesterday.
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I cannot believe I’m gonna live through another goddamn financial crisis. I need these assholes to read a fucking book (or at least WATCH the Big Short)
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/getting-re...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/getting-re...
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008
Trump’s cronies are undermining financial stability
paulkrugman.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I cannot believe I’m gonna live through another goddamn financial crisis. I need these assholes to read a fucking book (or at least WATCH the Big Short)
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/getting-re...
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/getting-re...
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Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Stephen Miller’s ancestors were Jewish refugees from the pogroms in czarist Russia. They came to the U.S. in the early twentieth century, even as racists said this same stuff about them.
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November 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
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It’s important to note that every single one of these Chicago ICE/ CBP stories DID receive massive coverage by our local media. It was local press together with vigilant residents that documented & then unraveled nearly every lie about the incidents as well.
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
wgme.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
It’s important to note that every single one of these Chicago ICE/ CBP stories DID receive massive coverage by our local media. It was local press together with vigilant residents that documented & then unraveled nearly every lie about the incidents as well.
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Public man-made death: The dismantling of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Public man-made death: The dismantling of USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...
That’s 1000+ excess dead children every day. Every day.
hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...