Jordan Newman
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Political tech, digital media, Frasier episodes with dinner parties. Views expressed are your mom’s.
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The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down
January 25, 2026 at 12:44 AM
The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down
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REMINDER: If you want Dem senators to shut down ICE/DHS funding here are the Senators to focus on:
Cortez-Masto
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And also probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Light up the phone lines on Monday am: (202) 224-3121
Cortez-Masto
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And also probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Light up the phone lines on Monday am: (202) 224-3121
Kaine is engaging in performance art and it’s bullshit kabuki. Murray is already touting it so Dems are gonna offer the votes with wink and nods.
Dems likely to collaborate:
CCM
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Cowards.
Dems likely to collaborate:
CCM
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Cowards.
👀 Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., one of 8 Senate Dems who voted for the November deal, slams the House-passed approps package. His concerns include ICE. As a bundle, he doesn’t support it “without significant amendment.”
This still needs 60 senators to avert a shutdown next Friday. Stay tuned.
This still needs 60 senators to avert a shutdown next Friday. Stay tuned.
January 24, 2026 at 9:12 PM
REMINDER: If you want Dem senators to shut down ICE/DHS funding here are the Senators to focus on:
Cortez-Masto
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And also probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Light up the phone lines on Monday am: (202) 224-3121
Cortez-Masto
Fetterman
Rosen
Shaheen
Hassan
King
Gillibrand
Peters
Murray
And also probably Durbin, Schumer, Schatz.
Light up the phone lines on Monday am: (202) 224-3121
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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NEWS --> Anna Gomez, the lone Dem on the FCC, tells me the Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel may be unlawful as well as unconstitutional. FCC chair Brendan Carr may be committing censorship in violation of federal law.
That and much more in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
That and much more in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
Trump’s Ouster of Jimmy Kimmel Is Much Worse than You Think It Is
Anna Gomez, the FCC’s lone Democratic commissioner, tells TNR that her boss’ move violates both the First Amendment and the Communications Act. Democrats must extract consequences.
newrepublic.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
NEWS --> Anna Gomez, the lone Dem on the FCC, tells me the Trump admin's pressure to oust Jimmy Kimmel may be unlawful as well as unconstitutional. FCC chair Brendan Carr may be committing censorship in violation of federal law.
That and much more in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
That and much more in my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
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Just so everyone is clear, this right here is what an actual violation of the First Amendment looks like. When the head of the FCC says a company needs to do something about someone who displeased the administration or lose its license, that’s no joke unconstitutional
ABC announced that it was pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show “indefinitely” after his comments about Charlie Kirk’s death.
ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
Mr. Kimmel faced some criticism for comments he made on Monday about the motives of the man who is accused of killing Charlie Kirk.
nyti.ms
September 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Just so everyone is clear, this right here is what an actual violation of the First Amendment looks like. When the head of the FCC says a company needs to do something about someone who displeased the administration or lose its license, that’s no joke unconstitutional
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We cannot make the headlines blunter people www.theverge.com/policy/77979...
September 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We cannot make the headlines blunter people www.theverge.com/policy/77979...
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MSNBC host: Are you having a great time, Senator?
Sen. Murphy: No. This sucks. We're debating a bill that's going to cut health care for 16 million people. This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation that I've ever voted on in my entire time in Congress.
Sen. Murphy: No. This sucks. We're debating a bill that's going to cut health care for 16 million people. This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation that I've ever voted on in my entire time in Congress.
June 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
MSNBC host: Are you having a great time, Senator?
Sen. Murphy: No. This sucks. We're debating a bill that's going to cut health care for 16 million people. This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation that I've ever voted on in my entire time in Congress.
Sen. Murphy: No. This sucks. We're debating a bill that's going to cut health care for 16 million people. This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation that I've ever voted on in my entire time in Congress.
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This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com
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The PBS Kids app is one of the few things you can trust your kids to play around with on a computer. All the shows that you can stream are good and entertaining. Nothing positive comes from getting rid of this, they're just trying to make life worse for everyone www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
Department of Education Eliminates Grant for PBS Children’s Shows
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The PBS Kids app is one of the few things you can trust your kids to play around with on a computer. All the shows that you can stream are good and entertaining. Nothing positive comes from getting rid of this, they're just trying to make life worse for everyone www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
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Don’t panic buy your movies. Stock up strategically.
May 5, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Don’t panic buy your movies. Stock up strategically.
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If "Top Chef: Destination Canada" has taught me anything about Canada, it's that the entire nation will be celebrating with Chipotle and pickles tonight.
Well-earned!
Well-earned!
April 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If "Top Chef: Destination Canada" has taught me anything about Canada, it's that the entire nation will be celebrating with Chipotle and pickles tonight.
Well-earned!
Well-earned!
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BIG: A new poll from NYT just confirmed this broad storyline, finding him underwater on immigration, with 51% of voters disapproving versus 47% approving. Large majorities in the NYT poll oppose the lawless specifics.
Popularists should just admit they got this wrong already.
Popularists should just admit they got this wrong already.
Remarkable from WaPo poll: Trump sinking fast on immigration among independents.
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
56% disapprove of handling of issue
62% oppose removing foreign students
52% oppose renditions to El Salvador
Only 21% want Abrego Garcia left there
Engage, Dems.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1944...
Trump Is Suddenly Bleeding Independents. A Brutal New Poll Shows Why.
Immigration was his best issue in the polls. But now he's sinking on it. Maybe Americans care about the rule of law after all.
newrepublic.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
BIG: A new poll from NYT just confirmed this broad storyline, finding him underwater on immigration, with 51% of voters disapproving versus 47% approving. Large majorities in the NYT poll oppose the lawless specifics.
Popularists should just admit they got this wrong already.
Popularists should just admit they got this wrong already.
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Watching movies is good! You're telling the rest of the audience that you thought it was good!
small but profound pleasure: when people applaud at the end of a movie. everyone knows the director and stars can’t hear you, it’s just everyone going “we all watched a good movie, hell yes”
April 25, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Watching movies is good! You're telling the rest of the audience that you thought it was good!
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these fuckers being able to destroy everything is not a foregone conclusion
April 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
these fuckers being able to destroy everything is not a foregone conclusion
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When people say that some concept is too complicated for voters to understand, I remember Stephen Sondheim's line about the "West Side Story" movie. He was told that it didn't have "hummable" songs. Then United Artists spent a ton of $ promoting it, the movie was a hit, and suddenly it was hummable.
I was told that protecting due process couldn't be a winning political issue because a poll from before this gained wide publicity showed people weren't already upset about it.
Joe Rogan explains to his audience why due process is important and quotes Ben Franklin — "it is better 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer.”
He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.
He argues against shipping people to a prison in El Salvador without trial because we think they’re gang members.
April 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
When people say that some concept is too complicated for voters to understand, I remember Stephen Sondheim's line about the "West Side Story" movie. He was told that it didn't have "hummable" songs. Then United Artists spent a ton of $ promoting it, the movie was a hit, and suddenly it was hummable.
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Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
April 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Head Start, an early childhood education program for low income families, is on the chopping block. Growing up, my own mom was an aide with the program; it’s helped countless young mothers, including the one who tells her story here.
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
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Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
April 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.
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it has never been more dangerous to be jewish in this country and it has nothing to do with college students protesting genocide and everything to do with nazis controlling the white house.
April 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
it has never been more dangerous to be jewish in this country and it has nothing to do with college students protesting genocide and everything to do with nazis controlling the white house.
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Just fyi the sign can be sung to the tune of ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart.’ Enjoy.
April 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just fyi the sign can be sung to the tune of ‘Owner of a Lonely Heart.’ Enjoy.
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I heard there was a secret ooze
It turned four turtles into dudes
But you don't really care for pizza, do ya?
They fought like this,
Two swords, a stick
A couple sai
Some nunchuck tricks
Those Ninja boys-a callin
Cowabunga
It turned four turtles into dudes
But you don't really care for pizza, do ya?
They fought like this,
Two swords, a stick
A couple sai
Some nunchuck tricks
Those Ninja boys-a callin
Cowabunga
March 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I heard there was a secret ooze
It turned four turtles into dudes
But you don't really care for pizza, do ya?
They fought like this,
Two swords, a stick
A couple sai
Some nunchuck tricks
Those Ninja boys-a callin
Cowabunga
It turned four turtles into dudes
But you don't really care for pizza, do ya?
They fought like this,
Two swords, a stick
A couple sai
Some nunchuck tricks
Those Ninja boys-a callin
Cowabunga
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Arguably not just after the election, but during election season as well. Community building matters all the time, and that includes during election season.
The fact that Dems see mailing lists solely as a fund raising tool is such a waste.
The fact that Dems see mailing lists solely as a fund raising tool is such a waste.
If candidates used their e- mail lists for community building after the election, rather that asking for money, we'd be in a much better place.
March 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Arguably not just after the election, but during election season as well. Community building matters all the time, and that includes during election season.
The fact that Dems see mailing lists solely as a fund raising tool is such a waste.
The fact that Dems see mailing lists solely as a fund raising tool is such a waste.
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[hegseth] Just CONFIRMED w/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch.
[friend who once got a text from hegseth where he accidentally called the grinch the grink] was the grink there?
[friend who once got a text from hegseth where he accidentally called the grinch the grink] was the grink there?
March 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
[hegseth] Just CONFIRMED w/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch.
[friend who once got a text from hegseth where he accidentally called the grinch the grink] was the grink there?
[friend who once got a text from hegseth where he accidentally called the grinch the grink] was the grink there?
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so Trump definitely thinks this was just a conference call right?
Trump: "What it was, we believe, is somebody that was on the line with permission, somebody that worked with Mike Waltz at a lower level, had Goldberg's number or call through the app, and somehow this guy ended up on the call."
March 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
so Trump definitely thinks this was just a conference call right?
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every person involved in this needs to be in prison
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every person involved in this needs to be in prison