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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Lord, please let Troy Jackson survive his close proximity to The Consultants nymag.com/intelligence...

Another source familiar with the campaign said, “I don’t even think it’s disdain for Maine so much as it’s just disdain for, more generally, people. They want to run this campaign through numbers and spreadsheets. And wherever a campaign is connecting with people or doing anything quirky or unique, they’re like, ‘This is bad and weird.’”

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I see the return of Mitch McConnell's semiconscious rictus to public life has revived complaints that Andy Beshear should have done more to replace him (despite the fact that the underlying claim for an extraordinary remedy—dude was secretly dead—did not pan out.) Have a dose of political reality.

Folks, just some friendly advice here. Before I make demands of a Democratic governor of a red state to do something that’s likely to put state Republican lawmakers in a hysterical fury, I like to check on whether or not it’s likely that the governor will end up impeached. In this case, Republicans occupy 80 of the 100 seats in the state House (where you need 51 to impeach) and 32 of the 38 seats of the state Senate (where you need 26 to convict). So this maybe isn’t the best time for Beshear to bully his way into McConnell’s hospital wing like some righteous commando. Unless, that is, you want us to be down one blue-state governor (and one promising Democratic presidential candidate).

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

8th paragraph of the New York Times' retread of ProPublica's Collins' story. You know that crediting someone else's reporting hurt like hell, in most cases they simply wouldn't have done so.

In an email to ProPublica, which earlier reported the nature of the investigation, Ms. Clark added that the campaign ultimately returned the money. The committee sent the donations to a group that was rebuilding a school in Frenchville, Maine, that burned down in 2021, according to a person with knowledge of the move.

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I just don't think the analysis is that complicated

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

this is a really weird way to frame this

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Punchbowl is reporting that Katherine Clark "just threw her support behind a push to kick Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez off the House Appropriations Committee following MGP’s repeated votes in favor of GOP rules" to which I say, yes, good

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

this nonsense can be dissected in a million directions but to the extent we have "moved on" it's in the direction of the logical endpoint of the so-called "global war on terror": a merciless and militarized surveillance state turned on the American people for fucks' sake, read your Spencer Ackerman

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I feel seen—or, uh...heard?

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

for a number of years I did an Andy Kaufmanesque bit at work where I insisted Seth Moulton wasn't a real guy but a fake politician I made up as a prank that then got out of hand maybe that guy would have gotten more votes though who knows

Tweet from me: it's also very much a sign of how crazy our politics are that I was able to invent a joke candidate named "Seth Moulton" and convince almost every single news outlet that this was, in fact, an actual living human being that was running for president

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It was recently reported that Trump has taken to reading presidential biographies in recent months, which is a thing that you cannot get me to believe under any circumstances. That said, he really could stand to learn a lesson from Ronald Reagan.

From Politico:

WELCOME TO THE MACHINE: Donald Trump knows the polling on data centers is bad. He’s making the case for them anyway.

For the president, data centers are the “Golden Goose,” as he put it on Truth Social Monday. They’re one of the few investment engines humming in an otherwise sputtering economy, and a cornerstone of the administration’s strategic AI arms race with China. Trump is defending them because they’re also an albatross around Republicans’ necks heading into the November election.

“He looks at the polling. He looks at what people are saying,” a senior White House official told Playbook. “Polling isn’t necessarily great on data centers, but it’s incumbent upon us to explain our position. I think that’s part of what he was trying to do.”

And no small part of that position, as is often the case with Trump, is economics. The bright spot in construction is increasingly data centers, not the factories Trump promised through his push to reshore manufacturing.

“Trump is married to data centers no matter what because it’s the only real job creator,” one former Trump administration official told POLITICO’s Alex Gangitano.

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

hey did Hakeem Jeffries take any high profile meetings lately, I forget

Tweet from Andrew Solender: "Some interesting moves from Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee:

- Pro-Israel Reps. Wasserman Schultz and Bell added to the panel, as well as pro-Palestinian Rep. Pocan
- Pro-Israel Rep. Jared Moskowitz made MENA subcommittee ranking member (oversees Israel policy)"

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Iranian soldiers, the guys who already killed all the people protesting the Iranian regime?

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Very exciting episode of Cat TV tonight

My cat watching the fire fighters sort things out. Looks like no one was hurt beyond smoke inhalation

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

JJ even got some quotes from Wisconsinites in the fight against data centers. This is Amanda Mueller, "I told our state senator to her face that she’s wishy-washy, and she got really upset. But the people who lead us need to be tougher than that." I like the cut of her jib.

I’ve never protested. I’m a 67-year-old lady. The only time I’ve been a menace to someone was when I took sailing lessons. I wanted to mind my own business, but suddenly I’m taking on towns and cities, and even the whole state. I’ve come to realize we’re all in this together, and we can do this together. Even though people are so trodden on and so defeated, there’s still this little voice that won’t go away. And that’s America truly being America.

For anyone who’s looking to get involved, remember that facts speak truth. A lot of people in suits are going to tell you that you don’t matter. They’ll say you’re small and you should crawl back under your rock. So you need thick skin.

But if this keeps you up at night, you should do something. Even if that just means going to a town meeting and telling people it’s wrong. And when you speak to government people, don’t be afraid to tell them like it is. I told our state senator to her face that she’s wishy-washy, and she got really upset. But the people who lead us need to be tougher than that.

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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

if only there had been some clue that Trump might deceive people or have no consideration for anyone's well-being other than his own, but it's impossible to say, we're all just left reeling at the president's wholly out-of-the-blue actions here