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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

I would say “sometimes” rather than “usually,” though I haven’t done a complete tally.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 3h

They repeated the lie and did nothing to indicate it was untrue. That’s amplifying it.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 4h

It was a news story written by Ashley Ahn. But I mostly blame the editors.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 5h

The New York Times knows crime is not “out of control” in major U.S. cities — in fact, crime is way down from past years and decades — but NYT amplifies JD Vance’s lie without a fact check.
It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 8h

Corporate media is too cowardly to press the issue with lying politicians because they’re afraid they won’t come back and lie some more, to fill their air time.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 9h

Just saw an announcement from a kids soccer group that ICE agents have been spotted in the area, so it’s OK to skip today’s games if people are scared.
The MAGA assault on our community is intolerable and has nothing to do with making people’s lives better.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11h

Maybe it should have offered more ethics training.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11h

In Chicago, a federal government that is supposed to protect us has decided to terrorize us instead with an armed force of masked thugs.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 11h

Border Patrol is terrorizing Gage Park this morning (video from Facebook, 55th & California reportedly 9:40am). SWRR reports agents are highly active and were also seen at the Pulaski orange line again: instagram.com/p/DPtwEY7DhTy

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11h

Nice.

Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h

During the last "No Kings" protest, MAGA didn't have much to say. But they're so worried about this coming Saturday's events that they've labeled peaceful protesters as paid terrorists.
Show up because you love this country. And, no, George Soros won't cut you a check, despite what MAGA liars say.

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h

JD Vance calls Pritzker a "criminal." Because facts mean nothing to him.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said Pritzker should be in jail. Do you think he has committed a crime?

VANCE: I think Pritzker has certainly failed to keep the people of Illinois safe

S: It's a yes or no question

V: I certainly think he has violated his fundamental oath. That seems pretty criminal to me

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h

Thomas is 100% right. There's no law (yet) that a news network has to put proven liars on the air to lie to their audience. If a network thinks it needs to put Vance on because he's VP, the network needs to make the defense of truth so aggressive that Vance ends the interview and flees.

Thomas Long @rayosunlong.bsky.social · 13h

Blame him for being an asshole, a conman, and a liar…

But realize there’s another person there who is letting him lie.

Until this acquiescence to the firehose of lies stops, we’re all fucked.

Hold media accountable.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

WELKER: During the 2019 shutdown when Trump was president, no federal workers were laid off. Why are these firings necessary?

VANCE: Who do we care more about- federal bureaucrats or the troops getting the payment they need?

WELKER: But layoffs are a priority?

VANCE: They have forced us to choose

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 12h

JD Vance blames Chuck Schumer for the fact that the White House mistakenly laid off key public health officials, including those dealing with measles and ebola.
The Trump regime's message is: We demand total power, but we're not responsible for anything.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

BRENNAN: CBS confirmed the Trump administration rescinded the layoffs of CDC scientists. Some were involved with the federal measles response. How does a mistake like this happen?

VANCE: The govt shutdown inevitably leads to some chaos. It happened because of Schumer

B: But this was a WH decision

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 13h

JD Vance says the fact that Biden and Obama haven't been prosecuted (yet) is proof that Trump's DOJ isn't targeting its opponents.
Vance's soul left his body long ago. He's just a robot spewing disinformation at this point.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

WELKER: Is the DOJ acting on orders from the president to prosecute his political opponents?

JD VANCE: No ... You know who we haven't prosecuted? Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton ... he's allowed to have opinions about law enforcement

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

The One Big Beautiful Bill cut a trillion dollars from healthcare, Schoolmarm Johnson

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Mike Johnson: "Republicans are the party that are fixing healthcare. We just demonstrated that in the one big beautiful bill."

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h

The 2012 book I wrote with Stephen Case is called “Treacherous Beauty: Peggy Shippen, the Woman Behind Benedict Arnold’s Plot to Betray America.”

Treacherous Beauty

Histories of the Revolutionary War have long honored heroines such as Betsy Ross, Abigail Adams, and Molly Pitcher. Now, more than two centuries later, comes...

www.globepequot.com

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14h

I co-wrote a book about Benedict Arnold’s treason, focused on his co-conspirator wife. The difference between Arnold and today’s Republicans is that Arnold did brave things before his betrayal. But he’d likely be gratified that the GOP's actions mean he’s no longer the worst traitor in U.S. history.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15h

Davis was president of the Confederacy.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15h

Trump isn’t the first president to pit states against each other with hostile military action. There was also Jefferson Davis.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

The documentary focuses on Alden Global Capital, which was post-Zell.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Lee Zeldin is the current EPA chief and former congressman from New York. Perhaps you mean Sam Zell or someone else. (Unless there’s a Zeldin-Tribune link I don’t know about.)

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

I want a president who cares more about Chicago and Portland than about Qatar and Argentina. Trump’s “America First” slogan is a sick joke.

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Diane @dianeiam.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you @markjacob.bsky.social for this meme with a serious message.

Picture of a tower with multiple loudspeakers atop.
Caption: “DEAR AMERICANS WAITING FOR THE SIRENS TO GO OFF AND LOUDSPEAKERS TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE FASCIST OVERTHROW OF YOUR COUNTRY IS UNDERWAY, THERE WON’T BE ANY SIRENS OR LOUDSPEAKERS. IT’S HAPPENING NOW. GET YOUR ASSES IN GEAR BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. SINCERELY, MARK JACOB.”

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 1d

Yep.