Jon P
@jonpjonp.bsky.social
Fan of good writing, powerful music, and enthusiastic travel. I’ve reached that point in life where most of my time is mine to invest - and I’m loving it.
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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
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I'm amazed that Zelenskyy could walk up the staircase with that knife in his back.
I thought you had to be a world leader to participate in such things... turns out..nah.
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I'm amazed that Zelenskyy could walk up the staircase with that knife in his back.
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I thought you had to be a world leader to participate in such things... turns out..nah.
December 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I thought you had to be a world leader to participate in such things... turns out..nah.
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Kushner and Witkoff putting themselves on an equal plane with heads of state and governments.
I'm amazed that Zelenskyy could walk up the staircase with that knife in his back.
I thought you had to be a world leader to participate in such things... turns out..nah.
December 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Kushner and Witkoff putting themselves on an equal plane with heads of state and governments.
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Rep. Don Bacon, R-NE, tells me, regarding the president‘s truth social post about the Reiners being murdered,”I’d expect to hear something like this from a drunk guy at a bar, not the President of the United States. Can the President be presidential?”
December 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Rep. Don Bacon, R-NE, tells me, regarding the president‘s truth social post about the Reiners being murdered,”I’d expect to hear something like this from a drunk guy at a bar, not the President of the United States. Can the President be presidential?”
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Today's newsletter: The same machine that destroyed 600 lives over Charlie Kirk has nothing to say about Trump mocking Rob Reiner. www.readtpa.com/p/the-rules-...
The Rules of Grief
The post-Kirk purge was never about decency. Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder proves it.
www.readtpa.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today's newsletter: The same machine that destroyed 600 lives over Charlie Kirk has nothing to say about Trump mocking Rob Reiner. www.readtpa.com/p/the-rules-...
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i have been thinking about MTG and her break from Trump and really wonder if there won't be a political opportunity for more maga pols to break and (still shamelessly) use moments like these to position themselves as 'not brainwashed' to a crowd that likes but is getting tired of trump
Today's newsletter: The same machine that destroyed 600 lives over Charlie Kirk has nothing to say about Trump mocking Rob Reiner. www.readtpa.com/p/the-rules-...
The Rules of Grief
The post-Kirk purge was never about decency. Trump's response to Rob Reiner's murder proves it.
www.readtpa.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
i have been thinking about MTG and her break from Trump and really wonder if there won't be a political opportunity for more maga pols to break and (still shamelessly) use moments like these to position themselves as 'not brainwashed' to a crowd that likes but is getting tired of trump
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NEW: After reporting by ProPublica revealed industry connections among Transportation Department regulators and showed how they are seeking to loosen oil and gas pipeline safety regulations, Sen. Maria Cantwell is demanding answers.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Amid Trump’s Proposed Pipeline Safety Rollbacks, Senator Questions Regulators’ Industry Ties
After reporting by ProPublica revealed industry connections among Transportation Department regulators and showed how they are seeking to loosen oil and gas pipeline safety regulations, Sen. Maria Can...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
NEW: After reporting by ProPublica revealed industry connections among Transportation Department regulators and showed how they are seeking to loosen oil and gas pipeline safety regulations, Sen. Maria Cantwell is demanding answers.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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Release ALL the Epstein files!
December 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Release ALL the Epstein files!
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incredible things happening at the nazi bar
December 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
incredible things happening at the nazi bar
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Massie blasts Trump's 'disrespectful' Reiner post: 'I challenge anyone to defend it'
thehill.com
Massie blasts Trump’s ‘disrespectful’ Reiner post: ‘I challenge anyone to defend it’
twp.ai
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Massie blasts Trump's 'disrespectful' Reiner post: 'I challenge anyone to defend it'
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FDA mulls strongest safety warning for COVID-19 vaccines
www.upi.com
FDA mulls strongest safety warning for COVID-19 vaccines - UPI.com
twp.ai
December 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
FDA mulls strongest safety warning for COVID-19 vaccines
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"Demonstrators directed their holiday jeer at Apple, demanding the company restore an app that helps everyday onlookers report immigration enforcement activity.
Protestors sang satirical carols with lyrics rewritten to lambast Apple chief executive Tim Cook..."
www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
Protestors sang satirical carols with lyrics rewritten to lambast Apple chief executive Tim Cook..."
www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
December 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"Demonstrators directed their holiday jeer at Apple, demanding the company restore an app that helps everyday onlookers report immigration enforcement activity.
Protestors sang satirical carols with lyrics rewritten to lambast Apple chief executive Tim Cook..."
www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
Protestors sang satirical carols with lyrics rewritten to lambast Apple chief executive Tim Cook..."
www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
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Two House Republicans Rip Trump’s ‘Disrespectful’ Rob Reiner Post Mediaite
www.mediaite.com
Two House Republicans Rip Trump’s ‘Disrespectful’ Rob Reiner Post
twp.ai
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Two House Republicans Rip Trump’s ‘Disrespectful’ Rob Reiner Post Mediaite
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Even MAGA Republicans are outraged by Trump’s Rob Reiner Message
www.alternet.org
Even MAGA Republicans are outraged by Trump’s Rob Reiner Message
twp.ai
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Even MAGA Republicans are outraged by Trump’s Rob Reiner Message
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“He said, ‘I’m going to die – please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives.'"
--Jozay Alkanj, who was having coffee with Ahmed when the shooting erupted.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
--Jozay Alkanj, who was having coffee with Ahmed when the shooting erupted.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Hero who wrestled gun from terrorist says he’d do it again despite being ‘riddled with bullets’
Despite Ahmed al Ahmed being in a lot of pain, according to his migration lawyer, he felt as if disarming the gunman at Bondi was an act for the community.
www.smh.com.au
December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“He said, ‘I’m going to die – please see my family [and tell them] that I went down to save people’s lives.'"
--Jozay Alkanj, who was having coffee with Ahmed when the shooting erupted.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
--Jozay Alkanj, who was having coffee with Ahmed when the shooting erupted.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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David Bier: On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
David Bier: On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
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Another example someone flagged in the replies, from Rochester. Send me others I may have missed rochesterbeacon.com/2025/09/09/i...
ICE raid disrupted by crowd of opposition - Rochester Beacon
Activists and community leaders arrived Tuesday morning as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers targeted roofers on a project near the George Eastman Museum, leading to a standoff.
rochesterbeacon.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Another example someone flagged in the replies, from Rochester. Send me others I may have missed rochesterbeacon.com/2025/09/09/i...
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Here's another, just outside of New Orleans.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New Orleans residents in fear as immigration crackdown descends on their city
In Kenner, a New Orleans suburb, the Latino community is in lockdown for fear of the raids.
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Here's another, just outside of New Orleans.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This is at least the third incident I'm aware of where immigration agents attacked workers on a private residential construction site. Here is one I covered in October, in Chicago. bsky.app/profile/cram...
In a wealthy neighborhood in Chicago, immigration agents hopped the fence of a US citizen’s home and tried to pull a construction worker out a 2nd-story window. Homeowner came home to blood all over his house. www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...
'Jarring, frightening attack': Chicago homeowner describes immigration raid at his home
MSNBC exclusively obtained security footage of federal agents targeting construction workers at a home in the wealthy Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. Leo Feler, who owns the property, joined The Wee...
www.msnbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is at least the third incident I'm aware of where immigration agents attacked workers on a private residential construction site. Here is one I covered in October, in Chicago. bsky.app/profile/cram...
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Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
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This lawless abuse needs to stop. That includes Congress demanding the end to masked agents. Every Republican is complicit.
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This lawless abuse needs to stop. That includes Congress demanding the end to masked agents. Every Republican is complicit.
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Musk didn't start Tesla or Twitter but the tech press writes about him the same way they do Bezos and Zuck. At least those two guys started their own companies and did the work creating a product. Google isn't one guy, it was a company that made shit. But somehow the press can't see the difference
December 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Musk didn't start Tesla or Twitter but the tech press writes about him the same way they do Bezos and Zuck. At least those two guys started their own companies and did the work creating a product. Google isn't one guy, it was a company that made shit. But somehow the press can't see the difference
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A piece of software spread a bigoted lie on the website run by a bigoted liar, lining up with the openly bigoted claims frequently pushed by its owner. This must be an accidental software error. As were the other recent examples (plural) of the same software doing the same sort of thing. Must be.
one thing I cannot stand is how they're running interference for the bot
"is glitching" please have the smallest amount of curiosity to ask why these 'glitches' only ever go in one direction
"is glitching" please have the smallest amount of curiosity to ask why these 'glitches' only ever go in one direction
Grok Is Glitching And Spewing Misinformation About The Bondi Beach Shooting
Among other problems, the chatbot is spewing misinformation about the horrific Bondi Beach shooting in Australia.
gizmodo.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A piece of software spread a bigoted lie on the website run by a bigoted liar, lining up with the openly bigoted claims frequently pushed by its owner. This must be an accidental software error. As were the other recent examples (plural) of the same software doing the same sort of thing. Must be.
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Dementia.
We have a President with dementia trying to run a country. Wtf are we doing GOP?
We have a President with dementia trying to run a country. Wtf are we doing GOP?
December 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Dementia.
We have a President with dementia trying to run a country. Wtf are we doing GOP?
We have a President with dementia trying to run a country. Wtf are we doing GOP?