Jefferson Smith
@jeffersonsmith.bsky.social
America is a Redemption Story.
Entrepreneur. Innovation Network organizer. Presentation Coach. Harvard Law School ‘99.
Entrepreneur. Innovation Network organizer. Presentation Coach. Harvard Law School ‘99.
This is a credit to Indiana Republicans (and Democrats).
Multi partisan commitment to Democracy is the only way it can happen long term.
Multi partisan commitment to Democracy is the only way it can happen long term.
Breaking News: Republicans in the Indiana Senate defied President Trump and joined Democrats in voting down a congressional map aimed at adding GOP seats.
Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map
Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied the president’s wishes, voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress.
nyti.ms
December 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
This is a credit to Indiana Republicans (and Democrats).
Multi partisan commitment to Democracy is the only way it can happen long term.
Multi partisan commitment to Democracy is the only way it can happen long term.
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Donald Trump just ended a rule that required airlines to compensate you for delayed or canceled flights.
Why?
Maybe because the airlines donated big bucks to Trump. Or maybe because the Secretary of Transportation used to be an airline lobbyist.
Either way, you lose.
Why?
Maybe because the airlines donated big bucks to Trump. Or maybe because the Secretary of Transportation used to be an airline lobbyist.
Either way, you lose.
Trump just ended a rule that required airlines to compensate you for delayed or canceled flights.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Donald Trump just ended a rule that required airlines to compensate you for delayed or canceled flights.
Why?
Maybe because the airlines donated big bucks to Trump. Or maybe because the Secretary of Transportation used to be an airline lobbyist.
Either way, you lose.
Why?
Maybe because the airlines donated big bucks to Trump. Or maybe because the Secretary of Transportation used to be an airline lobbyist.
Either way, you lose.
The growing Coalition of Corruption.
The FIFA Peace Prize ceremony at the World Cup Draw, with its blatant political pandering, was one of the more embarrassing episodes even in the history of an organization famously rife with fraud and corruption, @louisathomas.bsky.social writes.
The Weird Spectacle of the World Cup Draw
At the event, the matchups seemed beside the point, eclipsed by FIFA’s bizarre Peace Prize ceremony for Donald Trump and other cringey moments.
www.newyorker.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The growing Coalition of Corruption.
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"The task now is straightforward: It’s to maintain momentum. It’s to keep the pressure on. It’s to make the next couple weeks as bad for the Trump administration and the Republican party as the past couple months have been."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
All Gas. No Brakes. Trump Quakes.
It’s dark out there, literally and politically. But there is hope, too.
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"The task now is straightforward: It’s to maintain momentum. It’s to keep the pressure on. It’s to make the next couple weeks as bad for the Trump administration and the Republican party as the past couple months have been."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
So apparently it is my wife’s impression that anything I watch/listen to on any topic is part of the manosphere if it is in fact spoken and presented by a man.
December 7, 2025 at 1:35 AM
So apparently it is my wife’s impression that anything I watch/listen to on any topic is part of the manosphere if it is in fact spoken and presented by a man.
The primary criterion for a top college team appears to be having red as the dominant uniforms color.
Go Ducks.
Go Ducks.
December 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The primary criterion for a top college team appears to be having red as the dominant uniforms color.
Go Ducks.
Go Ducks.
Got back into Blue Sky just in time for my final hour on the Thom Hartmann program
@thomhartmann.bsky.social
@thomhartmann.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Got back into Blue Sky just in time for my final hour on the Thom Hartmann program
@thomhartmann.bsky.social
@thomhartmann.bsky.social
Democrats campaigned
ON democracy.
We need a campaign
FOR democracy.
ON democracy.
We need a campaign
FOR democracy.
Voting Rights Act turns 60 today but under dire threat
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.
“The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”
www.motherjones.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Democrats campaigned
ON democracy.
We need a campaign
FOR democracy.
ON democracy.
We need a campaign
FOR democracy.
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Voting Rights Act turns 60 today but under dire threat
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.
“The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”
www.motherjones.com
August 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Voting Rights Act turns 60 today but under dire threat
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-SCOTUS conservatives preparing to kill what’s left of law
-Trump's Texas power grab dismantles districts held by Black & Latino Dems
-115 new voting restrictions passed in 31 states since Shelby County www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act's passage in Congress.
Here's what happened next:
Here's what happened next:
Work in Progress: The Voting Rights Act
Work in Progress is a recurring feature on CAMPAIGN TRAILS, in which I share some of the more interesting materials I’ve uncovered in my book-in-progress on the work of John Doar and the Civil Rights ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
August 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Today marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act's passage in Congress.
Here's what happened next:
Here's what happened next:
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Finally, a united nation.
August 4, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Finally, a united nation.
Your occasional reminder that climate change is real.
American Summers Are Starting to Feel Like Winter — The Atlantic
Extreme weather is keeping more people stuck inside.
apple.news
August 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Your occasional reminder that climate change is real.
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“Both of them.”
August 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“Both of them.”
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Let that statistic speak
Haven't been hearing Enough
About Chump and Epstein lately....
About Chump and Epstein lately....
August 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Let that statistic speak
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Oh, the irony.
August 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Oh, the irony.
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Democratic senators should ignore GOP attacks over not confirming Trump's nominees, and instead go on the offensive: Attack Republican senators for not voting to release the Epstein files. And urge voters to go to Republican senators' town halls or find them elsewhere to challenge them on this.
August 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Democratic senators should ignore GOP attacks over not confirming Trump's nominees, and instead go on the offensive: Attack Republican senators for not voting to release the Epstein files. And urge voters to go to Republican senators' town halls or find them elsewhere to challenge them on this.
"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."
— Andy Bernard
— Andy Bernard
August 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them."
— Andy Bernard
— Andy Bernard
The discourse needs to get smarter. We don’t need national profile
Democrats “campaigning” as much as we need them digging in and building pro-democracy infrastructure.
More grassroots, more media, more solution-making, more fundraising.
And not just (or even mostly) in election season.
Democrats “campaigning” as much as we need them digging in and building pro-democracy infrastructure.
More grassroots, more media, more solution-making, more fundraising.
And not just (or even mostly) in election season.
Kamala Harris has misgivings about government. Some Dems have misgivings about her.
There’s a swath of the party that would be glad if Harris doesn’t run in 2028 — or campaign actively in the midterms.
www.politico.com
August 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The discourse needs to get smarter. We don’t need national profile
Democrats “campaigning” as much as we need them digging in and building pro-democracy infrastructure.
More grassroots, more media, more solution-making, more fundraising.
And not just (or even mostly) in election season.
Democrats “campaigning” as much as we need them digging in and building pro-democracy infrastructure.
More grassroots, more media, more solution-making, more fundraising.
And not just (or even mostly) in election season.
What would a progressive narrative look like? First, it would not be motivated by fear and hatred of women. Second, it would consider masculinity healthy and valuable rather than being ashamed of it.
OK so feeling slightly apprehensive about this, which I suppose is kind of the point. This is an attempt at a progressive view on masculinity and on men getting laid. God help me. iandunt.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
How to be a man
The right story narrative about male attractiveness is grounded in Social Darwinism and free market economics. Can progressives tell a better story?
iandunt.substack.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What would a progressive narrative look like? First, it would not be motivated by fear and hatred of women. Second, it would consider masculinity healthy and valuable rather than being ashamed of it.
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With news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down due to Trump’s meddling, it’s worth watching Mr. Rogers testifying to the Senate about the real value of what we’ve all lost.
May 1, 1969: Fred Rogers testifies before the Senate Subcommittee on Communications
YouTube video by Road Less Marveled
m.youtube.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
With news that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down due to Trump’s meddling, it’s worth watching Mr. Rogers testifying to the Senate about the real value of what we’ve all lost.
Source: NPR
Trump killed a virtuous thing.
Trump killed a virtuous thing.
August 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Source: NPR
Trump killed a virtuous thing.
Trump killed a virtuous thing.
Trump Administration continues to give Epstein & Maxwell special treatment to help coverup.
“The reason for the move is listed as a “lesser security transfer” (code 308), which is completely inappropriate for inmates who are in the early stages of serving their sentences. ‘This is such obvious corruption. I have never seen this before.’”
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
EXCLUSIVE: Someone Waived Ghislaine Maxwell's Sex Offender Status to Move Her to a Minimum Security Camp in Texas
According to sources, you can't move someone with a Public Safety Factor (PSF) designation - which Maxwell had - without waiving it. That's what happened here.
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Trump Administration continues to give Epstein & Maxwell special treatment to help coverup.
Warm thoughts and sympathies go to the people of Kamchatka facing the Tsunami.
Dumb thoughts and memories go to why I and other gaming kids of the 80’s know the name of that place so well.
Dumb thoughts and memories go to why I and other gaming kids of the 80’s know the name of that place so well.
Tsunami waves hit Kamchatka and Japan after massive 8.8 earthquake off Russia
Entire west coast of U.S. alerted to potential tsunami following massive earthquake off Russia
www.google.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Warm thoughts and sympathies go to the people of Kamchatka facing the Tsunami.
Dumb thoughts and memories go to why I and other gaming kids of the 80’s know the name of that place so well.
Dumb thoughts and memories go to why I and other gaming kids of the 80’s know the name of that place so well.
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It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.
July 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture.