jabromusic
@jabromusic.bsky.social
Guitar player. Loves Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Jim Hall, Pat Metheny/Lyle Mays, Steely Dan, VH, Rush, Meshuggah, A Tribe Called Quest, Everything Everything, Thelonious Monk, the Green Bay Packers and Grosh Guitars!
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The Trump Kennedy Center lasted less than two months
February 2, 2026 at 1:49 AM
The Trump Kennedy Center lasted less than two months
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February is a time to honor the generations of Black Americans who fought, and continue to fight, against injustice to achieve equal rights.
May we reflect on our nation’s past as we continue working to build a society that lives up to its democratic ideals.
May we reflect on our nation’s past as we continue working to build a society that lives up to its democratic ideals.
February 2, 2026 at 3:18 AM
February is a time to honor the generations of Black Americans who fought, and continue to fight, against injustice to achieve equal rights.
May we reflect on our nation’s past as we continue working to build a society that lives up to its democratic ideals.
May we reflect on our nation’s past as we continue working to build a society that lives up to its democratic ideals.
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"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
Opinion | Liam Ramos Was Just One of Hundreds of Children at This Detention Center. Release Them All.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"A 2-year-old boy was breastfeeding in detention. One 6-year-old boy had leukemia. An 8-year-old girl began wetting the bed. A 14-year-old girl engaged in self-harm...None of these children or their parents had a criminal history anywhere in the world."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/o...
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This is funny, but also brilliant. Once people go down the path (of any wrong decision), it is sooooo hard to turn back -- because it is tantamount to admitting you were foolish. As hard as it is, we need to offer soft landings and gentle off ramps (which is what we'd want too)
February 2, 2026 at 4:09 AM
This is funny, but also brilliant. Once people go down the path (of any wrong decision), it is sooooo hard to turn back -- because it is tantamount to admitting you were foolish. As hard as it is, we need to offer soft landings and gentle off ramps (which is what we'd want too)
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Whether it's Hillary Clinton writing "pls print" 35 times in emails on a private server or Donald Trump being mentioned 38,000 times in the emails of a notorious sex trafficker, both candidates had a fraught relationship with electronic communication.
February 2, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Whether it's Hillary Clinton writing "pls print" 35 times in emails on a private server or Donald Trump being mentioned 38,000 times in the emails of a notorious sex trafficker, both candidates had a fraught relationship with electronic communication.
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Two stunning revelations this weekend.
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
February 2, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Two stunning revelations this weekend.
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
WSJ: Trump crypto got half a billion from UAE “Spy Sheik” days before inauguration, then UAE got US-made AI chips
NYT: DOJ pubbed nude pics of young Epstein women after redacting for Trump and lecturing us about child porn, victims, & how hard they worked
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Not ICE, but CBP.
ICE is terrible, but CBP is orders of magnitude worse. In many ways, abolishing or radically overhauling CBP is of greater urgency than ICE, but likely tougher to do.
One can argue that ~all of ICE's duties can be reallocated. Harder to say that with CBP.
ICE is terrible, but CBP is orders of magnitude worse. In many ways, abolishing or radically overhauling CBP is of greater urgency than ICE, but likely tougher to do.
One can argue that ~all of ICE's duties can be reallocated. Harder to say that with CBP.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Not ICE, but CBP.
ICE is terrible, but CBP is orders of magnitude worse. In many ways, abolishing or radically overhauling CBP is of greater urgency than ICE, but likely tougher to do.
One can argue that ~all of ICE's duties can be reallocated. Harder to say that with CBP.
ICE is terrible, but CBP is orders of magnitude worse. In many ways, abolishing or radically overhauling CBP is of greater urgency than ICE, but likely tougher to do.
One can argue that ~all of ICE's duties can be reallocated. Harder to say that with CBP.
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Trump wants to control all state and local elections.
February 2, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Trump wants to control all state and local elections.
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Just left an ICE Protest in Portland OR that started at City Hall and marched to the ICE building. Main demand was "revoke" the lease that lets the agency use their building.
Crowd was 500-1000. They gassed massively after about an hour. Had to pull a lot of 16-17 year old girls out of the gas.
Crowd was 500-1000. They gassed massively after about an hour. Had to pull a lot of 16-17 year old girls out of the gas.
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Just left an ICE Protest in Portland OR that started at City Hall and marched to the ICE building. Main demand was "revoke" the lease that lets the agency use their building.
Crowd was 500-1000. They gassed massively after about an hour. Had to pull a lot of 16-17 year old girls out of the gas.
Crowd was 500-1000. They gassed massively after about an hour. Had to pull a lot of 16-17 year old girls out of the gas.
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👇🎯 Not once has the national media asked a GOP politician about affording ICE the way Biden/the Dems were asked about the cost of
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
Folks are dying from winter storms and the power has been out for a week but the government can spend big money on detention camps. bsky.app/profile/cost...
How many times in your life have you heard a member of Congress or someone on TV say “we can’t afford it” when talking about something small but very important? It’s been happening my entire life. We can’t afford it? They’re putting seven times the annual budget of the EPA into immigrant detention.
February 2, 2026 at 3:34 AM
👇🎯 Not once has the national media asked a GOP politician about affording ICE the way Biden/the Dems were asked about the cost of
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
student loan debt relief & literally everything else for the last 50 years.
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ICE just tear-gassed the shit out of the entirely peaceful union protest here in Portland. Children. Elderly. Thousands of people exercising our First Amendment rights.
February 1, 2026 at 12:56 AM
ICE just tear-gassed the shit out of the entirely peaceful union protest here in Portland. Children. Elderly. Thousands of people exercising our First Amendment rights.
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Watch this: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
Opinion | ICE Took Liam Conejo Ramos. His Classmates Have Something to Say.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Watch this: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/o...
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The Utah governor just signed a bill to expand his state's supreme court by two seats.
Conservatives have been angry at a series of judicial rulings, including one that safeguarded direct democracy in 2024 & one that struck down their gerrymander. 1st step of their retaliation.
Conservatives have been angry at a series of judicial rulings, including one that safeguarded direct democracy in 2024 & one that struck down their gerrymander. 1st step of their retaliation.
January 31, 2026 at 7:06 PM
The Utah governor just signed a bill to expand his state's supreme court by two seats.
Conservatives have been angry at a series of judicial rulings, including one that safeguarded direct democracy in 2024 & one that struck down their gerrymander. 1st step of their retaliation.
Conservatives have been angry at a series of judicial rulings, including one that safeguarded direct democracy in 2024 & one that struck down their gerrymander. 1st step of their retaliation.
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Newly released files show a sworn FBI tip alleging Trump threatened a girl with “disappearing” and said he could have her entire family killed. Signed under penalty of perjury.
Why isn’t this front page news?
#EpsteinFiles
#Trump #Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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Why isn’t this front page news?
#EpsteinFiles
#Trump #Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AwMacA1UYTiy...
Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’ — Raw Story
Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to...
apple.news
January 31, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Newly released files show a sworn FBI tip alleging Trump threatened a girl with “disappearing” and said he could have her entire family killed. Signed under penalty of perjury.
Why isn’t this front page news?
#EpsteinFiles
#Trump #Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AwMacA1UYTiy...
Why isn’t this front page news?
#EpsteinFiles
#Trump #Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AwMacA1UYTiy...
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It’s amazing to me that Musk had the sheer gall to tweet that the ‘bomb’ was that Trump is in the Epstein files knowing full well… that he was in there too.
These people are astonishing. No shame.
Just zero shame or self-awareness.
These people are astonishing. No shame.
Just zero shame or self-awareness.
January 31, 2026 at 5:39 AM
It’s amazing to me that Musk had the sheer gall to tweet that the ‘bomb’ was that Trump is in the Epstein files knowing full well… that he was in there too.
These people are astonishing. No shame.
Just zero shame or self-awareness.
These people are astonishing. No shame.
Just zero shame or self-awareness.
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YES
The thing that shocks me most is that all of this incriminating stuff was sitting at the DOJ for 4 years and Biden & Garland were not cynical or ruthless enough to use it against Trump & Musk in the run up to 2024.
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
If only they were the evil ‘weaponizers of government’ that MAGA claimed they were!
January 31, 2026 at 3:39 PM
YES
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“It’s worse since Bovino got kicked out … The number of abductions, the number of agents in our community, has not decreased. If anything, it feels retaliatory now.”
ICE’s Assault on a Minnesota School District
Liam Ramos, whose photo became a symbol of Operation Metro Surge, is one of several students in Columbia Heights who are now in federal custody.
www.newyorker.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:40 PM
“It’s worse since Bovino got kicked out … The number of abductions, the number of agents in our community, has not decreased. If anything, it feels retaliatory now.”
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main takeaway: Pizzagate was a confession
January 31, 2026 at 4:57 AM
main takeaway: Pizzagate was a confession
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Are your groceries cheaper?
Is your community safer?
Is America healthy again?
Has Trump delivered on anything he promised you? Watch and see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcefFTXUcxU
Is your community safer?
Is America healthy again?
Has Trump delivered on anything he promised you? Watch and see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcefFTXUcxU
Did Trump Keep ANY of His Campaign Promises?
The Trump regime started the week by telling lies about Alex Pretti's murder.Now, Trump has pivoted back to telling lies
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Are your groceries cheaper?
Is your community safer?
Is America healthy again?
Has Trump delivered on anything he promised you? Watch and see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcefFTXUcxU
Is your community safer?
Is America healthy again?
Has Trump delivered on anything he promised you? Watch and see. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcefFTXUcxU
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This exchange—where Epstein appears to be coaching Bannon on language that allows Trump "to be seen in total control"—appears two different times in two different formats. Epstein's name is redacted in one, and Bannon's seems to be in the other. Why?
January 31, 2026 at 12:05 AM
This exchange—where Epstein appears to be coaching Bannon on language that allows Trump "to be seen in total control"—appears two different times in two different formats. Epstein's name is redacted in one, and Bannon's seems to be in the other. Why?
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Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
January 31, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
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This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
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This claim by Adam Schiff is simply false: the killings in our streets are not because of new ICE hires. The shooters of Miramar Martinez, Renee Good, and Alex Prett were all agents with 8+ years at DHS. We have to face it: there are longtime federal employees who will shoot civilians if allowed. 1/
There's no way that ICE agents with barely a month of training know how to use force, or when not to.
That’s how we get reckless killings in our streets.
That’s how we get reckless killings in our streets.
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
This claim by Adam Schiff is simply false: the killings in our streets are not because of new ICE hires. The shooters of Miramar Martinez, Renee Good, and Alex Prett were all agents with 8+ years at DHS. We have to face it: there are longtime federal employees who will shoot civilians if allowed. 1/
This little man says "hello everyone"!
January 30, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This little man says "hello everyone"!