Mona Jones
@mojonz.bsky.social
Retired postal worker. Iowan. Feral crone who says Ope. 1 son, 1 grandson, and a wonderful daughter-in-law who has to deal with both. 2 cats. She/her. Woke af.
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I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
October 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I've noticed the opposing team's fans only cheer when the opponents score on us. To win those fans over, I recommend we score on ourselves repeatedly; that will surely make them so happy they'll start supporting us. And I'm sure all our fans will keep cheering for us—who else is there to cheer for?
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trump may be snatching innocent brown people off the street and traumatizing kids and communities but at least he’s making a notorious sex trafficker “happier” and “more comfortable”
Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility
Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a less restrictive federal prison this summer. Congress is investigating allegations of special treatment.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
trump may be snatching innocent brown people off the street and traumatizing kids and communities but at least he’s making a notorious sex trafficker “happier” and “more comfortable”
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If the outcomes aren't the most important thing, it's not even politics. Politics is literally about the outcomes. What he's describing here is cosplaying.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
If the outcomes aren't the most important thing, it's not even politics. Politics is literally about the outcomes. What he's describing here is cosplaying.
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Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump: "Nobody knows what magnets are."
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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We murdered six more people in boats
The latest US strikes on alleged drug boats kill 6 in the eastern Pacific
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday announced the latest in a series of strikes on boats accused of ferrying drugs, killing six people in attacks on two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
www.nbcmiami.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We murdered six more people in boats
Maybe when we throw out the current leadership!
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Maybe when we throw out the current leadership!
Dick Durbin doesn't think regular folks understand the Senate. We do! We understand that the Democrats cultivate helplessness with the filibuster. They prefer collegiality and bipartisanship with their Republican pals over making our lives better. What's not to understand? They don't care about us.
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Dick Durbin doesn't think regular folks understand the Senate. We do! We understand that the Democrats cultivate helplessness with the filibuster. They prefer collegiality and bipartisanship with their Republican pals over making our lives better. What's not to understand? They don't care about us.
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One of my favorites:
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
One of my favorites:
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
” I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”
Malcolm X
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You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
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Guys, we won too much on Tuesday. We have to hand them a victory on the shutdown so it’s fair
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Guys, we won too much on Tuesday. We have to hand them a victory on the shutdown so it’s fair
It's very moving in person. Even the glow worms that were used to light the trenches in WWI are memorialized.
This London monument is so poignant: Animals in War; "They had no choice." 2 gun-laden warhorses approach a breach in boundary wall between living & dead (1-3); once through they're freed of burdens; they're able to run free. @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social @tjmiddleton.bsky.social
![Both bronze horses are pack-animals; the one closest to the opening has been burdened with a wheeled gun carriage [Someone has left a wreath of red poppies propped up between the wheels. Attached is a dedication message, which depicts a terror.] The horse's ears are laid back, as if it senses danger. The wall clearly represents the barrier between life and death on the battlefield.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6bo6atjcihepmtcbvpnlly2m/bafkreihvprc7hcbafg7isrlp52i5xig6ovlkpdwbps7ffw3cn6uaqdq6eq@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It's very moving in person. Even the glow worms that were used to light the trenches in WWI are memorialized.
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"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
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I get to see that Tim Kaine has pudding for brains.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I get to see that Tim Kaine has pudding for brains.
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Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Congrats to the eight Democrats who gave this regime a huge win over the weekend. Here’s your reward.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Rand Paul, hemp's strongest soldier in the Senate, told Politico last night that he still plans to try to drag out the shutdown for as long as possible over its de facto ban of THC (which he first signaled he'd do early last week in a convo with hemp trade groups.)
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Rand Paul, hemp's strongest soldier in the Senate, told Politico last night that he still plans to try to drag out the shutdown for as long as possible over its de facto ban of THC (which he first signaled he'd do early last week in a convo with hemp trade groups.)
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No one on God's green earth believes this.
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
No one on God's green earth believes this.
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Warner staffer in DC this morning seemed confused when I inquired whether he had a position on a Senate leadership change. In the sense of like... surprised that such a thing would even be up for discussion. N of 1, obviously. But, y'know.
Warner is up for reelection. He was widely seen driving towards surrender behind the scenes, but he's voting no in public because it's unpopular. The real question is whether he supports a senate leadership change. If not, someone who supports senate leadership change should primary him.
But I cannot support a deal that still leaves millions of Americans wondering how they are going to pay for their health care or whether they will be able to afford to get sick.
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Warner staffer in DC this morning seemed confused when I inquired whether he had a position on a Senate leadership change. In the sense of like... surprised that such a thing would even be up for discussion. N of 1, obviously. But, y'know.
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always fun to remember that he was hillary's running mate in 2016. really nicely frames up his role leading the dem cave here.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
always fun to remember that he was hillary's running mate in 2016. really nicely frames up his role leading the dem cave here.
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The agreement to hold a vote on ACA subsidies is not a concession. It's worth literally nothing. It should be ignored when evaluating the merits of the deal
Sanders: That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The agreement to hold a vote on ACA subsidies is not a concession. It's worth literally nothing. It should be ignored when evaluating the merits of the deal
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One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
One of the talking points I keep seeing from Democrats is that part of the deal is that it will "ensure federal workers receive back pay" but that's the existing law!
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.
That's not something you've won in negotiations. That's just the letter of the law. You don't get to claim that as a win.