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Jon Vander Pol

@americantimes.bsky.social
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Documentary Filmmaker // Don’t Mourn ★ Organize (@ExportedFromMI on Twitter)

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Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some culture jamming art spotted in Los Angeles.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Riiiiiiiiiight.
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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Last night was incredible. 800 Texans in deep-red Longview, TX showed up to demand change, save our Texas public schools and secure the American Dream. East Texas is ready for a new governor and in November, we’ll prove it.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
We are the ones who are coming to save us.
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Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The wire and the air waves
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Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I’m old enough to remember when W / Rove playing obvious politics with the Iraq war vote pre 2002 midterms was a huge deal (that very successfully got Kerry, Hillary and Biden all to vote for it) was a big deal.
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Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump knelt before Xi, with tears in his eyes, and said "please sir, stop supporting Iran."
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Back in Trump 1, my EP and I used to spitball every now and then on the first question I'd ask Trump. We settled on "how do tariffs work?"
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Trump's attacks on US higher ed, and Chinese scholars in particular, has been a gift to China's efforts to surge past the US on science and innovation. One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...
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China: “Thank Trump”
The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I was asked how I would protect Michigan communities from data centers. Here’s my plan:
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Governor Josh Shapiro @governor.pa.gov · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: We just won in the United States Supreme Court to protect your right to vote by mail.
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Humor Satire Memes @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
meme structured like an advertisement featuring J.G. Wentworth spokesperson Paul Lawless pointing at the camera. Text above and around him reads:
"Did Trump promise you:
$5,000 DOGE rebate check
$2,000 dividend check
$1.98/gal gas
Mexico pays for the wall
25% cheaper Thanksgiving
50 year mortgage
CALL J.G. WENTWORTH 877-CASH-NOW"
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Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Man who lies constantly about everything all the time and lies about his lies about his previous lies, lies again.”
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Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sad!
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Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The DEM senate primary in New Hampshire was just won by @chrispappasnh.bsky.social and he needs more followers here.
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Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Jon Stewart has been on this for two decades. Nice to see him there too.
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NYC Mayor Mamdani releases thousands of long-sought city documents on 9/11 air quality
First responders who rushed to the World Trade Center on and immediately after the 9/11 attacks were likely exposed to dangerous toxins, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
No matter what you think of AfD, it’s weird for the US president to publicly comment on a subnational election in Germany, and cheer for a party getting a plurality. The specifics—neo-Nazis, transnational fascist solidarity—make it extra bad. But it’s not normal, and shows where his priorities lie.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/09/2026
Republicans promising that gas prices will go down after the midterms:
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Roger Sollenberger @sollenbergerrc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Late to this story, but I’m open to hearing any evidence at all that Pete Hegseth is not a white supremacist www.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
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Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump | CNN Politics
The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar wit...
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Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Fresh off of reading this article, I'm not sure I can handle another. Who wants to chip in on 160 acres just north of Rockford, MI with me?
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The Singularity Is Not What It Seems
Whatever the AI future is, we’re in it right now.
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Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
We are a nation of snowflakes and cancelers. They live on left and right. I’m glad Vinita Prabhakar has told her story. “Free State of Florida,” my ass. A tiresome boast. open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
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I Taught a Short Story. My College Fired Me For It.
Academic censorship is very real.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Could be reasons the US Constitution doesn't authorize one person to take the country to war on a whim.
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Jon Vander Pol @americantimes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This administration is shameless.
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He was waiting for his son to return from the USS Lincoln. Then Border Patrol arrested him
The father of a man serving on the USS Abraham Lincoln has been arrested by immigration authorities.
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Bob Mann @robertmannbooks.com · 26/05/2025
If I live to be 100, I will never understand how anyone could support this person.
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