Joe Jacobson
@joelawyer.bsky.social
Lawyer and artist. Very square, yet my life is a surprise.
When reality bests parody.
December 13, 2025 at 4:38 AM
When reality bests parody.
Now we are not even getting the dignity of "your papers, please."
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
December 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Now we are not even getting the dignity of "your papers, please."
ICE is spelled "SS". The freedom is silent.
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
ICE is spelled "SS". The freedom is silent.
Ann Wagner really has to go. She's been a terrible Representative for the State and the Country and she never ever ever holds a townhall where the voters can address their Representative.
Also, she should learn about cities in Missouri outside of St. Louis County and Jeffco.
Also, she should learn about cities in Missouri outside of St. Louis County and Jeffco.
Here's Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) raging about Missouri's elections being "decided in California" in response to an article about Missourians protesting a gerrymandering petition in California -- except the article is about the town of California in Missouri.
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Ann Wagner really has to go. She's been a terrible Representative for the State and the Country and she never ever ever holds a townhall where the voters can address their Representative.
Also, she should learn about cities in Missouri outside of St. Louis County and Jeffco.
Also, she should learn about cities in Missouri outside of St. Louis County and Jeffco.
I like good word play.
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I like good word play.
Agreed. Murder and war crimes. When Trump is out, which he will be, everyone involved needs to be prosecuted and, if the evidence supports it, convicted and locked up for a long, long time.
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
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November 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Agreed. Murder and war crimes. When Trump is out, which he will be, everyone involved needs to be prosecuted and, if the evidence supports it, convicted and locked up for a long, long time.
Trump threats gains white washing in BBC broadcast.
The BBC joins a long list of media companies now obeying in advance. I can't say I'm surprised or at this point even angry. It is a structural flaw in legacy media
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
All I can do is promise that Democracy Docket will never bow down or bend a knee. It will remain unapologetically pro-democracy.
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Trump threats gains white washing in BBC broadcast.
Let history repeat itself for a change.
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Let history repeat itself for a change.
Scott Bessant thinks refugees from South America are crossing the Darian Gap with their cattle.
Is he effing insane?
Is he effing insane?
Last month he was a soybean farmer, this month he’s an expert on intercontinental cattle drives.
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Scott Bessant thinks refugees from South America are crossing the Darian Gap with their cattle.
Is he effing insane?
Is he effing insane?
I was thinking that there's not a courtroom big enough in the US to hold all of the defendants in the future criminal case of United States vs. Donald J. Trump and others.
Then I realized we could have the trial in the White House ballroom before it gets torn down. That would be poetic justice.
Then I realized we could have the trial in the White House ballroom before it gets torn down. That would be poetic justice.
November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I was thinking that there's not a courtroom big enough in the US to hold all of the defendants in the future criminal case of United States vs. Donald J. Trump and others.
Then I realized we could have the trial in the White House ballroom before it gets torn down. That would be poetic justice.
Then I realized we could have the trial in the White House ballroom before it gets torn down. That would be poetic justice.
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This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This may be Trump's perfect social media post. A true work of art. He confirms:
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
✅He personally directs criminal investigations.
✅He is targeting opponents.
✅Epstein "records" exist and he knows the contents.
Bonus points for connecting it to investigation of his fondness for Putin.👀
Reposted by Joe Jacobson
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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Our confirmed count stands at 8.1 million participants worldwide for yesterday’s No Kings protest. Thank you to everyone who helped verify the numbers through our submission website. While some MAGAs attempted to submit false or misleading data (such as reporting “one person” for major cities)
October 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Our confirmed count stands at 8.1 million participants worldwide for yesterday’s No Kings protest. Thank you to everyone who helped verify the numbers through our submission website. While some MAGAs attempted to submit false or misleading data (such as reporting “one person” for major cities)
Yay Purdue.
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Yay Purdue.
That's what is for. United we stand, divided we fall. They - Trump and his minions - try to divide us and makes feel that we each stand alone.
But we don't.
As the common protest chant says, "the People, united, can never be defeated."
But we don't.
As the common protest chant says, "the People, united, can never be defeated."
October 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
That's what is for. United we stand, divided we fall. They - Trump and his minions - try to divide us and makes feel that we each stand alone.
But we don't.
As the common protest chant says, "the People, united, can never be defeated."
But we don't.
As the common protest chant says, "the People, united, can never be defeated."
The Trump fascists forgot to boil the frog *slowly* and thus are causing splintering in their ranks.
We are lucky they are all so incompetent.
We are lucky they are all so incompetent.
This week, we’ve seen:
🚨 MTG blame Republicans for the shutdown
🚨 Rand Paul call out Trump’s reckless attacks on alleged cartel boats in Venezuela
🚨 Laura Loomer blast Hegseth’s decision to let Qatar build a training base in Idaho (this is totally insane, by the way)
The MAGA ranks are breaking.
🚨 MTG blame Republicans for the shutdown
🚨 Rand Paul call out Trump’s reckless attacks on alleged cartel boats in Venezuela
🚨 Laura Loomer blast Hegseth’s decision to let Qatar build a training base in Idaho (this is totally insane, by the way)
The MAGA ranks are breaking.
October 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Trump fascists forgot to boil the frog *slowly* and thus are causing splintering in their ranks.
We are lucky they are all so incompetent.
We are lucky they are all so incompetent.
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Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.
Idea for a new Rule for the House of Representatives:
Any Representative who does not hold at least one public town hall meeting or quarter loses their committee assignments.
What do you think?
Any Representative who does not hold at least one public town hall meeting or quarter loses their committee assignments.
What do you think?
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Idea for a new Rule for the House of Representatives:
Any Representative who does not hold at least one public town hall meeting or quarter loses their committee assignments.
What do you think?
Any Representative who does not hold at least one public town hall meeting or quarter loses their committee assignments.
What do you think?
I wonder: Has anyone done an economic analysis of how much of our GDP is lost just dealing with Trump?
I know his impact on my productivity is immense.
I know his impact on my productivity is immense.
October 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I wonder: Has anyone done an economic analysis of how much of our GDP is lost just dealing with Trump?
I know his impact on my productivity is immense.
I know his impact on my productivity is immense.
Really no different than what used to happen to Jewish homesteads during Pogroms in Russia and Ukraine or in Nazi raids in the early days of the Third Reich. Less bloody, so far, but heading that way. Naked children stripped from the arms of their mothers and thrown into U-Haul vans. Despicable.
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 3, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Really no different than what used to happen to Jewish homesteads during Pogroms in Russia and Ukraine or in Nazi raids in the early days of the Third Reich. Less bloody, so far, but heading that way. Naked children stripped from the arms of their mothers and thrown into U-Haul vans. Despicable.
It's on brand.
In general, if you're running for statewide office, voting is underway, and the election's in just a few weeks, this doesn't seem like the kind of headline you want to see. LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/09/2025... h/t @PollTracker2024
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's on brand.
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Greenland breathes sigh of relief as it turns out Trump has decided on a military occupation of the United States instead.
August 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Greenland breathes sigh of relief as it turns out Trump has decided on a military occupation of the United States instead.
Same as it ever was. Trump wants to do Hitler. He demonizes and dehumanizes immigrants. He's looking for living space in Greenland. And now he wants to run the Olympics. Just like Hitler did.
August 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Same as it ever was. Trump wants to do Hitler. He demonizes and dehumanizes immigrants. He's looking for living space in Greenland. And now he wants to run the Olympics. Just like Hitler did.
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We don’t shop at Home Depot anymore. We shop at Lowe’s.
You know who isn’t cooperating with ICE sweeps in its parking lots?
Lowe’s
Lowe’s
July 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
We don’t shop at Home Depot anymore. We shop at Lowe’s.