Jonathan Larsen
@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
Journalist.
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I suspect a lot of people don’t fully grasp the reach that’s being sacrificed here in the name of principle and for the sake of those harmed by Twitter.
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XqO...
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XqO...
Why I'm Done With Twitter | Kat Abughazaleh For Illinois
YouTube video by Kat Abughazaleh
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December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I suspect a lot of people don’t fully grasp the reach that’s being sacrificed here in the name of principle and for the sake of those harmed by Twitter.
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really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
One explanation for Bari killing the story is that she did so as a public act of fealty to the administration. But another is that, as an inexperienced journalist, she doesn’t understand that a refusal to go on the record is a kind of comment in and of itself
December 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
really cannot be emphasized enough that bari weiss has literally never done journalism. i don’t mean that in the pejorative sense. i mean that in the “has never performed the job she was hired to do” sense
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This is our job literally for the rest of our lives. That's just what it is. Dig in, find your organizing home, and get to work.
December 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is our job literally for the rest of our lives. That's just what it is. Dig in, find your organizing home, and get to work.
Don’t forget prohibiting charging interest.
James Talarico: The Bible doesn't mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick. The closest thing we have to the kingdom of heaven is a multiracial, multicultural democracy where power is truly shared among all people
December 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Don’t forget prohibiting charging interest.
I mean… “…the assassin JD Vance…”? and then what the hell is that reaction?
“Mm.”?!?
“Mm.”?!?
wtf?
Nicki Minaj: “For young men, don’t be Newscum (Gavin Newsom) .. Dear young men, you have amazing role models like our handsome, dashing president...”
December 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I mean… “…the assassin JD Vance…”? and then what the hell is that reaction?
“Mm.”?!?
“Mm.”?!?
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Pound/dollar for pound/dollar, the good people can do in buying and wiping out debt (especially medical debt!) is astonishing, and it baffles me that more people with very medium amounts of wealth don’t do it when it would mean so much to people who are drowning
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Pound/dollar for pound/dollar, the good people can do in buying and wiping out debt (especially medical debt!) is astonishing, and it baffles me that more people with very medium amounts of wealth don’t do it when it would mean so much to people who are drowning
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The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
Michael Sheen spent his own money to write off $1.3 million of neighbors’ debts | CNN
Actor Michael Sheen has bought $1.3 million of his neighbors’ debts and written them off using $129,000 of his own money.
www.cnn.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The actor Michael Sheen used all his money to start a fake debt collecting business, buy 900 people in Wales's debt, and excused it. If Musk bought ALL $194 billion in medical debt in the U.S. and excused it in the same way, he'd still be the world's riches man by hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Man, am I grateful for sewers. I cleaned my apartment this morning, took a shower, use the bathroom, I’m currently running the dishwasher and doing several loads of laundry. All that dirty water is being handled by the Northwest Bergen County Utility Authority. Amazing stuff.
December 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Man, am I grateful for sewers. I cleaned my apartment this morning, took a shower, use the bathroom, I’m currently running the dishwasher and doing several loads of laundry. All that dirty water is being handled by the Northwest Bergen County Utility Authority. Amazing stuff.
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MeidasTouch is wrong here. These images are from two different filings in the Giuffre v Maxwell, suit with different dates. In 2024, she re-filed material with Trump's name un-redacted. It was a scandal, it got news! Both versions are in Bondi's Epstein dump and both remain up. No one deleted. 1/
🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out.
See for yourself.
December 21, 2025 at 12:27 PM
MeidasTouch is wrong here. These images are from two different filings in the Giuffre v Maxwell, suit with different dates. In 2024, she re-filed material with Trump's name un-redacted. It was a scandal, it got news! Both versions are in Bondi's Epstein dump and both remain up. No one deleted. 1/
I just want the famous people to know I lose respect for them when they do ads.
And turn on them when it’s ads for gambling or crypto.
And turn on them when it’s ads for gambling or crypto.
December 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I just want the famous people to know I lose respect for them when they do ads.
And turn on them when it’s ads for gambling or crypto.
And turn on them when it’s ads for gambling or crypto.
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Tonight on @SiriusXM #127 I’m joined by @gregproops.bsky.social and @frankconniff.bsky.social -
and some highlights from our Town Hall with Rob Reiner, taped before a live audience. And we’re taking your calls at 866.997.GRIT.
and some highlights from our Town Hall with Rob Reiner, taped before a live audience. And we’re taking your calls at 866.997.GRIT.
December 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Tonight on @SiriusXM #127 I’m joined by @gregproops.bsky.social and @frankconniff.bsky.social -
and some highlights from our Town Hall with Rob Reiner, taped before a live audience. And we’re taking your calls at 866.997.GRIT.
and some highlights from our Town Hall with Rob Reiner, taped before a live audience. And we’re taking your calls at 866.997.GRIT.
As I wrote this summer, the girl Epstein introduced to Trump when she was 14…
…testified about it in 2021.
…testified about it in 2021.
Trump's Mar-a-Lago Spa Was Tailor-Made for Epstein
The Trump Spa sought "young, attractive" college students to wear mini-skirts and "skin-tight" tops
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December 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
As I wrote this summer, the girl Epstein introduced to Trump when she was 14…
…testified about it in 2021.
…testified about it in 2021.
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"I know they killed him"
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Exclusive: She survived ICE custody; her husband died during detention
Guatemalan widow shared a hug, a tickle and these words with her husband: "Cheer up." It was the last time she saw him alive while they were in ICE custody.
www.elpasotimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"I know they killed him"
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
Lucía Pedro Juan was detained with her husband, Francisco Gaspar Cristóbal Andrés, on Sept. 1. She was held for almost 3 months in Camp East Montana. She was deported to Guatemala. Her husband died on Dec. 3.
I traveled to speak with her for the El Paso Times.
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It’s really remarkable.
Most don’t even know what’s happening because they outsourced their critical thinking to the Times, the New Yorker etc
But on a fundamental human level how can someone not at least find it interesting watching a whole planet shift geological ages in the blink of an eye?
Most don’t even know what’s happening because they outsourced their critical thinking to the Times, the New Yorker etc
But on a fundamental human level how can someone not at least find it interesting watching a whole planet shift geological ages in the blink of an eye?
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It’s really remarkable.
Most don’t even know what’s happening because they outsourced their critical thinking to the Times, the New Yorker etc
But on a fundamental human level how can someone not at least find it interesting watching a whole planet shift geological ages in the blink of an eye?
Most don’t even know what’s happening because they outsourced their critical thinking to the Times, the New Yorker etc
But on a fundamental human level how can someone not at least find it interesting watching a whole planet shift geological ages in the blink of an eye?
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With a dozen crazy events like this now happening every day
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
December 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
With a dozen crazy events like this now happening every day
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
I almost admire the discipline it takes for corp news & white liberals to still, even as we cross 1.5C warming,
pretend we’re not in a real time global emergency.
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Also, @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
gives helpful lists if all the Dems that are voting against their constituents interests…maybe they will get primaried 🙏 open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
gives helpful lists if all the Dems that are voting against their constituents interests…maybe they will get primaried 🙏 open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
AUDIO: Release The Democrat Files™!
The Fucking News for Dec. 19, 2025
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December 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Also, @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
gives helpful lists if all the Dems that are voting against their constituents interests…maybe they will get primaried 🙏 open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
gives helpful lists if all the Dems that are voting against their constituents interests…maybe they will get primaried 🙏 open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
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Release The Democrat Files™! open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social "1/3 of the country voted against Trump. 1/3 of the country believed Trump’s promises to help them bcuz he was willing 2 piss people off, 2 violate norms — especially norms of diversity, equity & inclusion.
Release The Democrat Files™!
Democratic Party decides not to release 2024 after-action assessment because what would be the point other than learning things?
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December 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Release The Democrat Files™! open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social "1/3 of the country voted against Trump. 1/3 of the country believed Trump’s promises to help them bcuz he was willing 2 piss people off, 2 violate norms — especially norms of diversity, equity & inclusion.
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For so many, it isn't a problem until it affects them directly. Thousands dead because of Turnip withdrawing help is ok for them, I guess.
New from @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
New from @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
Trump's Chief of Staff Reveals How His Ignorance Killed Thousands
...and I'm only saying "Thousands" because "Hundreds of Thousands" would've made the headline too long
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December 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
For so many, it isn't a problem until it affects them directly. Thousands dead because of Turnip withdrawing help is ok for them, I guess.
New from @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
New from @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social
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Trump's Venezuela Secrets open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social "For months, I’ve been doing my own Venezuela reporting at my own Substack, which has been cited by The Guardian, Salon, and others.
Trump's Venezuela Secrets
Journalist David Shuster and I discuss our reporting shedding light on what Trump's doing with Venezuela and why
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December 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trump's Venezuela Secrets open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social "For months, I’ve been doing my own Venezuela reporting at my own Substack, which has been cited by The Guardian, Salon, and others.
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Finally America speaks up about basic decency ❤️🩹☮️💜
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Archie Clunker: All in the American Family Hate Trump's Reiner Remarks
Even for Trump, the remarks about Reiner represented a fresh low, prompting even GOP allies to criticize him
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December 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Finally America speaks up about basic decency ❤️🩹☮️💜
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Well shit. It really is a F'ng news-filled Monday. #MiseryLovesCompany. But @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social is here from @thefuckingnews.substack.com to help us get through it all. Join us 3ET/12PT youtu.be/IeS0ugeuPm4, nicolesandler.com, pod later, nicolesandler.substack.com #HappyHanukkah
It's a F'ng Monday with too Much F'ng F'd Up News on the Nicole Sandler Show - 12-15-25
YouTube video by Nicole Sandler
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December 15, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Well shit. It really is a F'ng news-filled Monday. #MiseryLovesCompany. But @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social is here from @thefuckingnews.substack.com to help us get through it all. Join us 3ET/12PT youtu.be/IeS0ugeuPm4, nicolesandler.com, pod later, nicolesandler.substack.com #HappyHanukkah
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Now that's a sentence!
@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social really captures what it was like to endure this lousy effing weekend, and also why it matters.
open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social really captures what it was like to endure this lousy effing weekend, and also why it matters.
open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Now that's a sentence!
@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social really captures what it was like to endure this lousy effing weekend, and also why it matters.
open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social really captures what it was like to endure this lousy effing weekend, and also why it matters.
open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
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I genuinely don't know how @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social writes this and keeps his sanity, but I'm glad he does ...
Facepalm The Nation: Your Weekly TFN
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Facepalm The Nation: Your Weekly TFN
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Facepalm The Nation: Your Weekly TFN
The best and/or worst of the week in newsfucking, Dec. 6-12, 2025
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December 13, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I genuinely don't know how @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social writes this and keeps his sanity, but I'm glad he does ...
Facepalm The Nation: Your Weekly TFN
open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
Facepalm The Nation: Your Weekly TFN
open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...