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Jacob Fuller

@cobblog.bsky.social
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Writer. Public Speaker. Culture Critic? Bylines at Rolling Stone, Washington Monthly, The American Prospect, the Washington Post, the Inquirer and Philly Citizen. Skeets Not Real Opinions

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Washington Monthly @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
What "The Wage Standard," a new book by @arindube.bsky.social, does best is highlight the great discretion we have to increase wages and the wisdom of bold steps to reduce inequality, reviewer @cobblog.bsky.social writes.
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The Affordability Crisis Is a Wage Crisis
A new book reframes the affordability debate: the problem isn’t just prices alone, but persistently low wages.
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 21/01/2026
We don’t know how many people have been killed or injured by ICE — and the government doesn’t have to tell us. While ICE’s scope and power expand, accountability is nowhere to be seen. From Jacob Fuller: trib.al/HhqyFNi
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We Don’t Know How Many People Have Been Harmed by ICE - The American Prospect
How decades of inaction on police reform paved the road for ICE’s lack of transparency
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
As Jacob Fuller notes, there is no compulsory database for law enforcement use-of-force incidents, and we mainly rely on news reporting for any comprehensive account. For 30 years Congress has failed to require use-of-force statistics, & the only thing that exists is voluntary.
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We Don’t Know How Many People Have Been Harmed by ICE - The American Prospect
How decades of inaction on police reform paved the road for ICE’s lack of transparency
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Oh btw I wrote this!
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Finally finished my piece for Substack. It's an essay on the rise in addiction and homelessness related crackdowns, and how an attempt to better understand these issues may have had unintended consequences for how we approach treating it. Check it out!
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The War on Visible Poverty, and Addiction as Metaphor
Contemporary crackdowns on America's poorest may be informed by our better understanding of addiction- but that may be making them worse.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🚨PA POLITICAL PEOPLE🚨 If you worked on or adjacent to the 2024 Democratic campaign, please reach out to us! We’re digging into voter shifts, campaign strategy, and factors that led to the loss. If you worked on the election in the state, we want to hear from you.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
I don’t want to hear shit about my milk consumption from ppl who’s bones are 50% these
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Anyone who has ever been described as a “wonk” needs to be launched into space. For people who self-describe themselves as that we cannot risk failure, and need to ship them immediately to the closest volcano. It’s the only way
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
RIP Bernie Madoff, you would’ve loved the criminal press tour
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Inverse world where the Democratic Party is paralyzed by socialists who keep winning all the time and force all the centrist dems in line
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Dems: We need the person who responds to the address to represent the new Democratic Party. Sen Slotkin: before we start, I just want you all to know I probably knew about Abu Ghraib
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Shout out Al Green for literally standing up to this
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Yum! brands the owner of Taco Bell was one of the only stocks that rallied today based on expectations of increased sales revenue for this quarter. Screw everything else that happened in the market today, this is the biggest recession indicator.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
For people wondering why every Republican is acting like they live in the deepest red district in Kentucky rn- worth noting is that the GOP consensus machine is stronger than its maybe ever been. Republicans face an immediate primary challenger bankrolled by Musk but also-
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
I love going on Reels cause half the time it’s just a video of someone getting murdered followed by a Peter Griffin account explaining Scientology. Im not sure how they’re gonna include that in the upcoming The Social Network sequel but it’s gotta be somewhere.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Now I know everyone is very scared about everything going on right now, but I’ve been speaking to a group of democratic consultants and they’ve assured me that if we simply toss a few hundred trans people and student protesters into a volcano, we might have a chance at squeaking out the midterms
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Rereading Sontag for a piece I’m writing, and came across this incredible section. Denying access to ideas is as much about group/identity formation as it is an attempt to punish others. A lot of parallels here in the harm reduction/food assistance space.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Least favorite journalistic tic is when we get 100 articles saying, "Trump is threatening to break things- but some Democrats think some things should be broken sometimes." Like yeah, ideology exists.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Twitter beef with Lew Blum towing rn. Might be fucked.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Good reading day
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
On the note of talking about the Philly music scene, been compiling some of my favorite flyers from past events. Here are some from the last few months
Assorted photos of flyers for events arranged in a grid
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The Philly DIY/Underground music is criminally undercovered. Arrest the culture writers.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Using the fact that Bluesky doesn't throttle posts with links to plug my best article.
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Guest Commentary: Is Our Homeless Population Count Correct?
The Point in Time (PIT) count of people living on the streets or in shelters helps determine federal funding. So why isn’t it more accurate?
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
It's a real catastrophe for the Western left that so many people let themselves be convinced the Maidan was a CIA ruse. people were melting police tanks to the street with Molotov catapults built into their Ice Fortress. you call yourself an anarchist and don't find that hot as fuck?
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Very much not looking forward to the right wing Lysenko
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Wrote this piece on social media and political discussion last year for the Inquirer and never imagined that platforms like Bluesky would be the solution. Pretty happy about it.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
for the record, the last thing i said i dont believe. i just said it to say it
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
style guides telling people how to act with class like rich people do. but the joke is that its entirely based on misunderstanding that rich people doing whatever they want, it's just that they aren't really ambitious
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
my primary concern with a lot of political discourse is that people have this idea that commentators, campaign officials, and even political staffers have any knowledge of political science, philosophy, or any real background at all. Literally none of them do. No one knows anything.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Fundamentally misguided: 99% of all writing is having 200 tabs open and a youtube video you've already seen in the corner of your screen.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
In Defense of Shame:
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
It's really fun when people who talk a lot about unions actually encounter union people.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The reason I'm on Bluesky is cause I think it's really good and probably the way forward for online political speech. Uh, I've talked about it before. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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I am an organizer in Pennsylvania. Instagram’s new policy threatens young people in an age of low youth participation in politics.
While politics may be a headache for platforms to deal with, social media sites have an ethical obligation to protect civil discourse.
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
I have to be on here for purposes beyond me
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Jacob Fuller @cobblog.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
People who criticize X on X
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Opinion | As a Republican senator, I know America would suffer if I lost my job to a right-wing zealot. That's why, to hold onto my seat, I'm voting exactly the same way that they would.
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