Jeremy
@jabooby.bsky.social
First time, long time.
Gen X NJ native, leftist, rock nerd, sports fan, & militant grammarian. I blame Ronald Reagan.
The original Jaboobinator.
I'll hang up and listen.
Gen X NJ native, leftist, rock nerd, sports fan, & militant grammarian. I blame Ronald Reagan.
The original Jaboobinator.
I'll hang up and listen.
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Everyone seems to have forgotten but the AP actually went to Venezuela and found some of these men. They aren’t terminator-like cartel warriors, ready to give their life to ship kilos. They’re random dudes from small towns - bus drivers, fishermen - recruited for a payday. apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Everyone seems to have forgotten but the AP actually went to Venezuela and found some of these men. They aren’t terminator-like cartel warriors, ready to give their life to ship kilos. They’re random dudes from small towns - bus drivers, fishermen - recruited for a payday. apnews.com/article/trum...
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He's making a list and bombing them twice.
EXCLUSIVE: Pete Hegseth ordered the U.S. military on Sept. 2 to kill all 11 people on a suspected drug-smuggling boat because they were on an internal list of military targets, the commander overseeing the operation told lawmakers, according to multiple sources.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling vessels.
nbcnews.to
December 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
He's making a list and bombing them twice.
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It should really be a bigger story that the government apparently has a kill list.
He says the men they murdered are on a list.
Let’s see the list.
Let’s hear their names.
Show us the evidence.
If you have any.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Let’s see the list.
Let’s hear their names.
Show us the evidence.
If you have any.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It should really be a bigger story that the government apparently has a kill list.
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I miss the good old days when most of us had a shared reality.
*More than half of the GOP believe the 2020 election outcome was the result of fraud
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
*More than 4 out of 10 believe 9/11 was an inside job
*37% believe the Holocaust did not happen or was exaggerate
*36% believe NASA faked the moon landing
*1 in 3 believe vaccines cause autism
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I miss the good old days when most of us had a shared reality.
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Regardless of their motivations, these policies will kill people.
Republicans know this. Bill Cassidy knows this. He voted to confirm these guys anyway. They are either liars and cowards or are they are deliberately trying to kill the vulnerable.
Republicans know this. Bill Cassidy knows this. He voted to confirm these guys anyway. They are either liars and cowards or are they are deliberately trying to kill the vulnerable.
December 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Regardless of their motivations, these policies will kill people.
Republicans know this. Bill Cassidy knows this. He voted to confirm these guys anyway. They are either liars and cowards or are they are deliberately trying to kill the vulnerable.
Republicans know this. Bill Cassidy knows this. He voted to confirm these guys anyway. They are either liars and cowards or are they are deliberately trying to kill the vulnerable.
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There are really only two ways to interpret this:
1) They never had a plan and an anti-vaccine movement that was convenient during Covid to generate an anti-establishment political movement grew out of control and is now enacting policy to sustain itself.
2) Eugenics.
1) They never had a plan and an anti-vaccine movement that was convenient during Covid to generate an anti-establishment political movement grew out of control and is now enacting policy to sustain itself.
2) Eugenics.
Alas, the existential threat that @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & I detail in #ScienceUnderSiege grows more acute w/ each passing day of this administration:
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
The Vaccine Guardrails Are Gone
RFK Jr.’s allies are in full control of U.S. immunization policy.
www.theatlantic.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
There are really only two ways to interpret this:
1) They never had a plan and an anti-vaccine movement that was convenient during Covid to generate an anti-establishment political movement grew out of control and is now enacting policy to sustain itself.
2) Eugenics.
1) They never had a plan and an anti-vaccine movement that was convenient during Covid to generate an anti-establishment political movement grew out of control and is now enacting policy to sustain itself.
2) Eugenics.
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The global pedophile prize
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The global pedophile prize
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
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Again, staying at the Nazi Bar & regularly interacting with the far right authoritarians is a central reason why Ezra Douthglesias has embraced or legitimized "birth tourism," "deportation abundance," repealing birthright citizenship & all kinds of other deeply ugly things.
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I continue to think that Matty coming out against birthright citizenship a few months ago should have been taken as a major warning sign that the group chats have already decided to surrender on this.
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Again, staying at the Nazi Bar & regularly interacting with the far right authoritarians is a central reason why Ezra Douthglesias has embraced or legitimized "birth tourism," "deportation abundance," repealing birthright citizenship & all kinds of other deeply ugly things.
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What an interesting coincidence.
December 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
What an interesting coincidence.
This will be a true test of whether the court is willing to fully ignore the plain text of law. This one is entirely black and white.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This will be a true test of whether the court is willing to fully ignore the plain text of law. This one is entirely black and white.
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I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
WATCH: A CDC panel voted to end the recommendation that newborns receive the hepatitis B vaccine, despite a 99% drop in cases since in the 30 years since it was implemented. Chris Hayes and Brandy Zadrozny react. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6REM...
CDC Panel ends recommendation for newborn hepatitis B shot
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I've been saying this for a year now: the Democrats have missed a gigantic political opportunity--and, at this point, have failed in an ethical obligation--to create a shadow-government health department that dispenses medically accurate information, guidance, and advice.
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I know people want to frame everything through the most villainous and monstrous political entity of the 20th century, but the second Trump regime and the Republican Party architecture that supports it are best understood as a neo-Confederate project.
December 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I know people want to frame everything through the most villainous and monstrous political entity of the 20th century, but the second Trump regime and the Republican Party architecture that supports it are best understood as a neo-Confederate project.
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Love this new wrinkle on the “bread and circuses” theme where the authoritarian ruler is both the creator of the circus and its primary audience…meanwhile he and his family are consuming all the bread themselves.
There are well upwards of a BILLION dollars (of OUR money) this year funneled to projects designed specifically to make Trump feel Good about himself: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trumps private and public furious response to the onrush of media coverage about his mind, health, age, sleep…
Trumps private and public furious response to the onrush of media coverage about his mind, health, age, sleep…
December 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Love this new wrinkle on the “bread and circuses” theme where the authoritarian ruler is both the creator of the circus and its primary audience…meanwhile he and his family are consuming all the bread themselves.
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The idea that they want only legal immigration was a lie from the start.
Routine naturalization ceremonies scheduled for this month in Putnam, Dutchess and Ulster counties to welcome new U.S. citizens were abruptly canceled last week by the federal government, surprising local officials. buff.ly/8emFeDU
Citizen Ceremonies Canceled
Dutchess, Putnam clerks say they have new dates for next year
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The idea that they want only legal immigration was a lie from the start.
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
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#Florida wildlife agency’s leaders claim they don’t have to follow science. My @floridaphoenix.com column, picked up by @wmnf.org www.wmnf.org/florida-wild...
Florida wildlife agency’s leaders claim they don’t have to follow science
FWC's official estimate for the Osceola region wound up including bears from Georgia too, to allow bear hunting in that region of Florida.
www.wmnf.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
#Florida wildlife agency’s leaders claim they don’t have to follow science. My @floridaphoenix.com column, picked up by @wmnf.org www.wmnf.org/florida-wild...
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This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
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cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
cool that the official position of the administration appears to be that black people don’t really count as americans
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undercovered as part of Our Current Nightmare that 60% of Republican SCOTUS appointments in the 21st century got there by stealing the 2000 election for Bush.
2/2
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
To say this for the 50th time, for anyone who doesn't know:
Three young conservative lawyers were part of the GOP "Florida recount" team that led to GWB becoming president, via Bush-v-Gore.
They were: John Roberts. Brett Kavanaugh. Amy Coney Barrett.
Small world.
December 5, 2025 at 9:30 PM
undercovered as part of Our Current Nightmare that 60% of Republican SCOTUS appointments in the 21st century got there by stealing the 2000 election for Bush.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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