John Taylor
@jumpoffjoecreek.bsky.social
Longtime journalist, lifetime patriot.
I’m expressing strictly personal views here.
I’m expressing strictly personal views here.
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Column: America is out of step, stumbling on its promise
I graduated from high school in 1976. America’s bicentennial year.
www.yakimaherald.com
The changes in our country since the Bicentennial celebration of 1976 are absolutely staggering.
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Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...
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February 12, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
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“We’re the only country in the world that has mail in ballots”. - Senile Satan
February 12, 2026 at 11:28 PM
“We’re the only country in the world that has mail in ballots”. - Senile Satan
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The numbers speak for themselves
A stunning detail the ICE chief shared in this hearing that was supposed to be a brag, except it isn't: ICE has arrested 379,000 people between Jan. 2025-Jan. 2026 -- but only 8,700 were suspected gang members or known suspected terrorists.
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
That's 2%! www.huffpost.com/entry/latest...
Congresswoman Uses Simple Math To Show How Broken ICE Is
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February 11, 2026 at 12:36 AM
The numbers speak for themselves
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🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.
February 8, 2026 at 5:32 PM
🚨 Epstein survivors release this powerful PSA in advance of the Super Bowl demanding answers from the Justice Department. This is the Super Bowl ad every American should see. Spread it everywhere.
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Voting and the mid-terms need to be as big a story as the Trumpstein files. Rs are losing substantial, inconceivable, ground and they will do everything they can to stop/steal/rig the election. Make noise and call out their BS. This is literally our last chance.
February 8, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Voting and the mid-terms need to be as big a story as the Trumpstein files. Rs are losing substantial, inconceivable, ground and they will do everything they can to stop/steal/rig the election. Make noise and call out their BS. This is literally our last chance.
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Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March
February 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Never forget: Pam Bondi and Kash said there was nothing in the Epstein files back in March
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The conservatives used to shut down the government over a few hundred million dollars. Seriously.
Yet Trump blows billions and sues the govt for billions and gets a “free” jet from Qatar that the govt will spend a billion on then let him take it with him… and not a peep.
Yet Trump blows billions and sues the govt for billions and gets a “free” jet from Qatar that the govt will spend a billion on then let him take it with him… and not a peep.
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 AM
The conservatives used to shut down the government over a few hundred million dollars. Seriously.
Yet Trump blows billions and sues the govt for billions and gets a “free” jet from Qatar that the govt will spend a billion on then let him take it with him… and not a peep.
Yet Trump blows billions and sues the govt for billions and gets a “free” jet from Qatar that the govt will spend a billion on then let him take it with him… and not a peep.
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Children raped and killed. American citizens shot in the street. Immigrants illegally shackled, tortured, killed. Journalists arrested.
While a $300 million ballroom is constructed and a trash documentary released.
While a $300 million ballroom is constructed and a trash documentary released.
January 31, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Children raped and killed. American citizens shot in the street. Immigrants illegally shackled, tortured, killed. Journalists arrested.
While a $300 million ballroom is constructed and a trash documentary released.
While a $300 million ballroom is constructed and a trash documentary released.
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Top photo: Jeffrey Epstein’s living room. Suddenly, it all makes sense.
January 31, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Top photo: Jeffrey Epstein’s living room. Suddenly, it all makes sense.
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It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
January 31, 2026 at 9:22 PM
It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
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DHS should be embarrassed that their ICE agent hires are so soft they can’t handle being videotaped, even while masked, so they resort to pepper spraying women at close range.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
DHS should be embarrassed that their ICE agent hires are so soft they can’t handle being videotaped, even while masked, so they resort to pepper spraying women at close range.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
And we should be proud of the Santa Barbara women who stood their ground anyway.
As Minneapolis has so poignantly shown us, being good Americans begins by being good neighbors. It's a powerful response to the authoritarianism that's threatening all of our communities now.
Opinion Column: Community’s compassion is a heartening answer to an anxious era
Even now, as fear shadows our valley, warm lights shine through.
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January 31, 2026 at 7:18 PM
As Minneapolis has so poignantly shown us, being good Americans begins by being good neighbors. It's a powerful response to the authoritarianism that's threatening all of our communities now.
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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ICE isn't law enforcement without training; ICE is white nationalism with guns.
January 24, 2026 at 6:25 PM
ICE isn't law enforcement without training; ICE is white nationalism with guns.
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The video makes clear that Alex Pretti was not holding a weapon in the lead-up to the shooting, or when federal agents forcefully took him to the ground
Video contradicts Trump administration account of Minneapolis killing
Once again, DHS appears to be lying.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:28 PM
The video makes clear that Alex Pretti was not holding a weapon in the lead-up to the shooting, or when federal agents forcefully took him to the ground
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Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
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Over 50 Dems have signed on to co-sponsor articles of impeachment against Noem.
Use the link below to demand your members of Congress to get behind this!
Use the link below to demand your members of Congress to get behind this!
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
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January 14, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Over 50 Dems have signed on to co-sponsor articles of impeachment against Noem.
Use the link below to demand your members of Congress to get behind this!
Use the link below to demand your members of Congress to get behind this!
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?
January 14, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Remember: The real freeloaders in this country are the rich — not the poor or immigrants or any other group of people vilified as scapegoats. The richest 1% evade $163 billion in taxes every year. The United States literally has yacht and private jet tax deductions. Hello?
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Has anyone else noticed that the EPSTEIN FILES are still being held back. Less than 1% have been released. Another blatant refusal to accept oversight from our pitifully weak congress. 🗽
January 10, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Has anyone else noticed that the EPSTEIN FILES are still being held back. Less than 1% have been released. Another blatant refusal to accept oversight from our pitifully weak congress. 🗽
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
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So an officer has his phone out recording obviously distracted, shoots a woman and calls her a “f’ing Bitch” and they think that HELPS the case?!?
January 9, 2026 at 8:20 PM
So an officer has his phone out recording obviously distracted, shoots a woman and calls her a “f’ing Bitch” and they think that HELPS the case?!?
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Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Samuel Alito flew two flags used by insurrectionists.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.
Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election.
Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the January 6th plot.
It's a stain on our nation that this has effectively been forgotten.