Jon Walker
@jonwalkerpdx.bsky.social
Former Journalist. Now government regulator. Author: After Legalization: Understanding the Future of Marijuana Policy.
Seriously, Trump is declaring a new illegal war on Thanksgiving!
Fresh U.S. efforts to stop suspected Venezuelan drug traffickers will take place on land "very soon," President Trump said today.
U.S. will stop alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers on land "very soon," Trump says
"You probably noticed that people aren't wanting to be delivering by sea, and we'll be starting to stop them by land also."
www.axios.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Seriously, Trump is declaring a new illegal war on Thanksgiving!
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If I'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle, it better guarantee favorable treatment from the Supreme Court for years to come.
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
If I'm spending $100k on a personal vehicle, it better guarantee favorable treatment from the Supreme Court for years to come.
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“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
Vaccines are the single greatest human achievement ever. Basically nothing is even close.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Vaccines are the single greatest human achievement ever. Basically nothing is even close.
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I went through every proclamation once. The first to mention the Plymouth colony was JFK. Before the 1940s, the proclamations at most mentioned "an ancient tradition" of thanksgiving festivals.
The first time a Presidential Thanksgiving proclamation mentioned the Plymouth colony as being the source of Thanksgiving was JFK's 1962 proclamation. First mentions of the 'pilgrims' at all are by Truman, became a theme under Eisenhower.
November 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I went through every proclamation once. The first to mention the Plymouth colony was JFK. Before the 1940s, the proclamations at most mentioned "an ancient tradition" of thanksgiving festivals.
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Yes, I’ve made this point for 5 years or more but the reason it’s so hard to move away from this structural economic view of the political and social universe is because the center wants to believe it (to downplay social issues) and left also wants to believe it (to vindicate Marx)
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Yes, I’ve made this point for 5 years or more but the reason it’s so hard to move away from this structural economic view of the political and social universe is because the center wants to believe it (to downplay social issues) and left also wants to believe it (to vindicate Marx)
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This is my yearly reminder that
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is my yearly reminder that
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
A) The Pilgrims never turned on the Wampanoags. The Puritans who did were a whole different group of people.
B) Thanksgiving became a holiday to celebrate whooping the Confederates.
Sometimes we can just enjoy traditions without guilt!
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How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
November 27, 2025 at 6:01 PM
How Republicans commemorated Thanksgiving in 1869--with a multi-racial/multi-ethnic gathering of people at a table with a centerpiece celebrating universal suffrage and self-government, and with an engraving of Castle Garden, the pre-Ellis Island point of disembarkation for immigrants.
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Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
The President doesn't want you standing up and speaking out against him, so he's coming after me to intimidate all of us.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
But I won't back down — and neither should you.
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Don’t forget that *Trump’s own lawyer’s argument* to the Supreme Court in the immunity case was that the check on the President using his immunity to order criminal acts was that those under him would not follow illegal orders. Now it’s a crime for lawmakers to remind servicemembers of that?
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Biden didn’t get anywhere near the credit he deserved for pulling us back after the pandemic’s peak
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Biden didn’t get anywhere near the credit he deserved for pulling us back after the pandemic’s peak
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everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
everyone knows the number one quality of rigorous, responsible journalism is waiting months and months to reveal urgently newsworthy information until it can cause the most harm in your personal vendettas
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I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
this was bad before, but these are the most troubling and serious allegations you can make about a journalist. if they’re true, i genuinely can’t think of a worse scandal in the history of political journalism. devastating to our industry, to public trust as a whole, and to everyone in its orbit
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I hope that this doesn't just become about "Nuzzi is bad" but fosters a wider recognition that our culture of political journalism that didn't just tolerate her, but promoted and celebrated her even after the allegations were known, is rotten to the core and has been for a long time.
Ironically this is what peak Democratic performance looks like. This is a Trump 22+ district. There are only 12 states in the country more Republican than this district.
IF Dem perform this well in the 2026 Senate they would pick up like 8 seats.
IF Dem perform this well in the 2026 Senate they would pick up like 8 seats.
New Emerson pole has the Tennessee CD7 race within two points.
Tennessee 7th District 2025 Special Election Poll: Republican Van Epps and Democrat Behn Locked In Tight Race - Emerson Polling
Voters Split on Trump’s Job Performance as Economic Issues Top Voters’ Concerns A new Emerson…Full Release & Results
emersoncollegepolling.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ironically this is what peak Democratic performance looks like. This is a Trump 22+ district. There are only 12 states in the country more Republican than this district.
IF Dem perform this well in the 2026 Senate they would pick up like 8 seats.
IF Dem perform this well in the 2026 Senate they would pick up like 8 seats.
If my dad bragged about passing a basic cognitive test this much during Thanksgiving I would be figuring out ways to force him to move in with us.
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If my dad bragged about passing a basic cognitive test this much during Thanksgiving I would be figuring out ways to force him to move in with us.
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Also, when you say people saying "Dems would win everywhere with a Mamdani-style platform," I think it's important to remember that that platform delivered the most charismatic candidate in recent history a whopping 50.4% of the vote against a street vigilante and actual vampire, in New York City
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Also, when you say people saying "Dems would win everywhere with a Mamdani-style platform," I think it's important to remember that that platform delivered the most charismatic candidate in recent history a whopping 50.4% of the vote against a street vigilante and actual vampire, in New York City
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At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
At this point, I wonder if he isn't lying when he says he has "my highest Poll Numbers, ever" since it's entirely possible that's what his aides are telling him. It's quite likely that there's an entire Potemkin village built around Trump right now.
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Wild that Trump is just spit balling ideas when some people are like 40 days away from ruinous premium hikes.
At some point the idea of a concept of a plan is more insulting that a principle stand against subsidies.
At some point the idea of a concept of a plan is more insulting that a principle stand against subsidies.
Concepts of a health care plan?
Still in the conceptual phase, it would seem
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-disc...
Still in the conceptual phase, it would seem
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-disc...
Trump Discovers, Yet Again, That Health Care Policy Is Hard
He’s floating compromise ideas on Obamacare subsidies, but Republicans in Congress aren’t interested.
www.thebulwark.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Wild that Trump is just spit balling ideas when some people are like 40 days away from ruinous premium hikes.
At some point the idea of a concept of a plan is more insulting that a principle stand against subsidies.
At some point the idea of a concept of a plan is more insulting that a principle stand against subsidies.
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Concepts of a health care plan?
Still in the conceptual phase, it would seem
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-disc...
Still in the conceptual phase, it would seem
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-disc...
Trump Discovers, Yet Again, That Health Care Policy Is Hard
He’s floating compromise ideas on Obamacare subsidies, but Republicans in Congress aren’t interested.
www.thebulwark.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Concepts of a health care plan?
Still in the conceptual phase, it would seem
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-disc...
Still in the conceptual phase, it would seem
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-disc...
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Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Making sure developers don’t make a dime is more important than building homes for people
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NEW: 20 million Americans face health care premium spikes. Trump briefly floated a fix, but House Republicans instantly revolted.
@citizencohn.bsky.social dives into the GOP’s health care chaos and the abortion fight now threatening any deal in The Breakdown.
lnk.thebulwark.com/3LZ5Hz0?utm_...
@citizencohn.bsky.social dives into the GOP’s health care chaos and the abortion fight now threatening any deal in The Breakdown.
lnk.thebulwark.com/3LZ5Hz0?utm_...
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
NEW: 20 million Americans face health care premium spikes. Trump briefly floated a fix, but House Republicans instantly revolted.
@citizencohn.bsky.social dives into the GOP’s health care chaos and the abortion fight now threatening any deal in The Breakdown.
lnk.thebulwark.com/3LZ5Hz0?utm_...
@citizencohn.bsky.social dives into the GOP’s health care chaos and the abortion fight now threatening any deal in The Breakdown.
lnk.thebulwark.com/3LZ5Hz0?utm_...
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This is why Democrats need to actually be proactive instead of reactive on redistricting. These guys always balk or lie. Florida will eventually gerrymander AGAIN too. Every statewide democrat that isn't gerrymandering should be targeted with primaries, it's the number 1 most important issue.
Indiana Republicans reversed course and said they would vote on the new congressional map that President Trump has sought.
Indiana Lawmakers Are Poised to Vote on Redistricting After All
Republican leaders in the legislature backtracked and said they would vote on a new congressional map that President Trump wants, though support remained uncertain.
nyti.ms
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is why Democrats need to actually be proactive instead of reactive on redistricting. These guys always balk or lie. Florida will eventually gerrymander AGAIN too. Every statewide democrat that isn't gerrymandering should be targeted with primaries, it's the number 1 most important issue.
This should have also been Trump if Biden never hired Garland and should be Trump in 2029 www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Bolsonaro out of appeals, will start 27-year sentence for coup attempt
The former Brazilian president will begin his sentence in a specially prepared cell at federal police headquarters in Brasília.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This should have also been Trump if Biden never hired Garland and should be Trump in 2029 www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
What we had in #Portland was basically a lost decade for apartments (when interest rates were low and demand was high) caused by an idiotic (or purposely malicous) unfunded inclusionary zoning rule.
We sorta fixed it, but sadly way too late. Now demand is lower and interest rates are high.
We sorta fixed it, but sadly way too late. Now demand is lower and interest rates are high.
Here's the key finding, from 18 months of multifamily permit intakes.
Before the city put an affordability mandate on buildings of 20+ homes, almost 1/4 of multifamily projects came in just under 20 homes ✅
When the program was underfunded (2017-2024), almost half 😬
Since last year, 1/4 again 😎
Before the city put an affordability mandate on buildings of 20+ homes, almost 1/4 of multifamily projects came in just under 20 homes ✅
When the program was underfunded (2017-2024), almost half 😬
Since last year, 1/4 again 😎
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
What we had in #Portland was basically a lost decade for apartments (when interest rates were low and demand was high) caused by an idiotic (or purposely malicous) unfunded inclusionary zoning rule.
We sorta fixed it, but sadly way too late. Now demand is lower and interest rates are high.
We sorta fixed it, but sadly way too late. Now demand is lower and interest rates are high.
The Biden economy was great yet we all pretended it wasn't and now we are really screwed.
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The Biden economy was great yet we all pretended it wasn't and now we are really screwed.