John Mone
@johnmone.bsky.social
Fmr. TV Correspondent, TX based, Scripps & AP alum. Medill. Quaecumque sunt vera. #ArdMhachaAbu. Deanta in Eireann. Verstehen Deutsch. Español tambien. Mejor que Ezra. encrypted email: [email protected]
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...
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Lawrence Jones may pride himself on being an outsider, but inside he's a true Fox News blonde
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Lawrence Jones may pride himself on being an outsider, but inside he's a true Fox News blonde
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‘Where’s Nige?’ Reform leader skips Commons statement on Ukraine, leaving Tice to face pile-on | John Crace
‘Where’s Nige?’ Reform leader skips Commons statement on Ukraine, leaving Tice to face pile-on | John Crace
With one former MEP jailed for taking Russian bribes, Reform UK was under the spotlight – so no better time for its leader to make a swift exit
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
‘Where’s Nige?’ Reform leader skips Commons statement on Ukraine, leaving Tice to face pile-on | John Crace
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ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
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Biden commuted their death sentences, so Trump retaliated by making their lives living hell, putting them in the country's most brutal prison, where they "spend 22 to 24 hours a day locked alone inside concrete cells that are smaller than a standard parking space."
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Biden commuted their death sentences, so Trump retaliated by making their lives living hell, putting them in the country's most brutal prison, where they "spend 22 to 24 hours a day locked alone inside concrete cells that are smaller than a standard parking space."
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Pure, pointless cruelty.
Backbone needed
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Backbone needed
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The lawsuit argues that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott improperly used his office to target the domestic nonprofit without due process and in violation of federal law.
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/m...
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/m...
Muslim civil rights group sues Texas governor after terrorist accusation
(RNS) — The federal lawsuit argues that Abbott improperly used his office to target the domestic nonprofit without due process and in violation of federal law.
religionnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The lawsuit argues that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott improperly used his office to target the domestic nonprofit without due process and in violation of federal law.
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/m...
religionnews.com/2025/11/20/m...
God bless my former employer. Any remaining commitment to storytelling, quality photography and ethics will be discarded by ideologues seeking to politicize local news.
Sinclair offers to buy E.W. Scripps in bid to expand broadcast TV reach reut.rs/3XUruu9
Sinclair offers to buy E.W. Scripps in bid to expand broadcast TV reach
U.S. broadcaster Sinclair has offered to buy E.W. Scripps in a cash-and-stock deal that values its smaller rival at $538 million, as cord-cutting and competition from streaming services lead to consolidation in the media industry.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
God bless my former employer. Any remaining commitment to storytelling, quality photography and ethics will be discarded by ideologues seeking to politicize local news.
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Seriously, what other president is even remotely in his league?
There was corruption in the Grant and Harding administrations, but the presidents were largely uninvolved. Nixon committed crimes in secret but didn't really line his own pockets.
Trump is like a Thomas Nast cartoon come to life.
There was corruption in the Grant and Harding administrations, but the presidents were largely uninvolved. Nixon committed crimes in secret but didn't really line his own pockets.
Trump is like a Thomas Nast cartoon come to life.
November 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Seriously, what other president is even remotely in his league?
There was corruption in the Grant and Harding administrations, but the presidents were largely uninvolved. Nixon committed crimes in secret but didn't really line his own pockets.
Trump is like a Thomas Nast cartoon come to life.
There was corruption in the Grant and Harding administrations, but the presidents were largely uninvolved. Nixon committed crimes in secret but didn't really line his own pockets.
Trump is like a Thomas Nast cartoon come to life.
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This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
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If you follow my work you know that I often ask my audience to support my journalism. This time, it's different. My fiancee's mother has been diagnosed with stage IV cancer. She's on fixed income and we had to relocate her to Dallas for care. She needs your help.
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Donate to Extend Patti's Joyful Life Amidst Cancer Fight, organized by Kaitlin Siebert
On October 30th, 2025, my mom, Patti, was diagnosed with stage IV color… Kaitlin Siebert needs your support for Extend Patti's Joyful Life Amidst Cancer Fight
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November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If you follow my work you know that I often ask my audience to support my journalism. This time, it's different. My fiancee's mother has been diagnosed with stage IV cancer. She's on fixed income and we had to relocate her to Dallas for care. She needs your help.
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DOGE was Elon Musk’s grand experiment in running our government like one of his companies: big promises, reckless cuts, and real people left hurting.
Now it’s been quietly shut down eight months early because it never came close to delivering the savings he bragged about.
Now it’s been quietly shut down eight months early because it never came close to delivering the savings he bragged about.
DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended
Musk said the initiative would save at least $1 trillion. But its website claims to have reached only $214 billion.
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
DOGE was Elon Musk’s grand experiment in running our government like one of his companies: big promises, reckless cuts, and real people left hurting.
Now it’s been quietly shut down eight months early because it never came close to delivering the savings he bragged about.
Now it’s been quietly shut down eight months early because it never came close to delivering the savings he bragged about.
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Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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Everyone Kidnapped by ICE and Border Patrol In Southern California Since August
lataco.com/everyone-kid...
lataco.com/everyone-kid...
Everyone Kidnapped by ICE and Border Patrol In Southern California Since August ~ L.A. TACO
Immigration raids by the numbers, broken down by month, week, and city.
lataco.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Everyone Kidnapped by ICE and Border Patrol In Southern California Since August
lataco.com/everyone-kid...
lataco.com/everyone-kid...
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opening a zoom call with isaac chotiner
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
opening a zoom call with isaac chotiner
I hope @michaelhobbes.bsky.social has seen this. I foresee a schadenfreude rictus...
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I hope @michaelhobbes.bsky.social has seen this. I foresee a schadenfreude rictus...
Oh oh oh man that's a delicious series of dunks on the access hound who first gave fellow Ben, Buzzfeed Benny Johnson his start in the attention economy.
my goodness:
Chotiner: who funds this shit
Ben Smith: How dare you ask such a question. Check your facts!
Chotiner: I have now checked my facts. A thread (1/381)
Ben Smith:
Chotiner: who funds this shit
Ben Smith: How dare you ask such a question. Check your facts!
Chotiner: I have now checked my facts. A thread (1/381)
Ben Smith:
a man in a hospital gown with the words i 've made a huge mistake behind him
ALT: a man in a hospital gown with the words i 've made a huge mistake behind him
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Oh oh oh man that's a delicious series of dunks on the access hound who first gave fellow Ben, Buzzfeed Benny Johnson his start in the attention economy.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
When those responsible for this era and the actions they have loosed upon us try to evade their part or memory hole this- remind them and hold them accountable.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:28 AM
When those responsible for this era and the actions they have loosed upon us try to evade their part or memory hole this- remind them and hold them accountable.
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The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.
The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food.
The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of what are called "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
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today's installment of Everyone Is 12 Now:
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
today's installment of Everyone Is 12 Now:
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'An American nightmare': L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on effect of immigration raids
'An American nightmare': L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on effect of immigration raids
During a congressional oversight hearing in L.A. Monday, more than a dozen elected officials, experts and community members laid bare the impact of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown.
www.latimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
'An American nightmare': L.A. hosts first congressional hearing on effect of immigration raids
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This and nothing else is the secret of Trump’s success: he wins by wearing honest people down. After 10,000 or 20,000 or 50,000 such lies, Trump has distorted “reality” wildly in his favor.
But the debt owed to the truth is coming due. trib.al/p7XgnlJ
But the debt owed to the truth is coming due. trib.al/p7XgnlJ
November 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This and nothing else is the secret of Trump’s success: he wins by wearing honest people down. After 10,000 or 20,000 or 50,000 such lies, Trump has distorted “reality” wildly in his favor.
But the debt owed to the truth is coming due. trib.al/p7XgnlJ
But the debt owed to the truth is coming due. trib.al/p7XgnlJ