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Earl Jones

@earljones.com
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Husband, father, Grandpa, retired techie, Mensan, traveler, sometimes writer, LLama, libertarian, never-Trumper. I follow reasonable, intelligent people. Others need not apply.

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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 09/07/2026
Anybody talk to Mitch today?
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 07/07/2026
Before this special AT40 program aired, I hinted that I had a small part in bringing it to light. Here is some of the backstory.
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My Story of The American Top 40 “Lost Demo” Tape
I've been moving this tape with me for more than 50 years, and never knew what I had. This past July 4 weekend, a never-before-heard episode of American Top 40 aired on many radio stations. It was a 3-hour show covering the top 40 hits from the Billboard Hot 100 chart from the week ending June 20, 1970. “But wait!,” you might say.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
"Trump is trying to create a new status quo where his single say-so is enough to overturn the will of two thirds of Congress on all spending matters. It’s un-American. It’s emperor stuff. If they had a shred of dignity left, they’d impeach the son of a bitch today." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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How to Rob Taxpayers of $1.8 Billion Without Really Trying
Start by completely bypassing Congress and the Constitution.
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 20/05/2026
The Swamp just keeps getting swampier.
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 18/05/2026
Ironically, America is in such dire straits that Trump's campaign slogan has become mine.
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 26/04/2026
Just got the email that Netflix will soon "update" my pricing. Do euphemisms still work? For me, they just double the outrage.
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
GEO Group, a leading for-profit owner and operator of immigration detention centers, is now ICE’s largest contractor, winning more than $800 million in ICE business in 2025 alone, much of it for prisons and detention centers used for immigration detention.
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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
So this is a headline on Huffpost: "Republicans Condemn 'Incredibly Offensive' Trump Post About The Obamas" Are you fucking kidding me? 3 fucking Republicans said something. 3. Stop giving them credit for not even doing the absolute minimum. This is ludicrous.
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 06/02/2026
Kristi Noem wanted to revoke the protective status of hundreds of thousands of Haitian refugees — using overly racist language to make the case. This judge said no.
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Undaunted from the Bench
Judge Ana Reyes calls out Trump regime racism
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 06/02/2026
It might be that Trump is working his way up to actually shooting someone on Fifth Avenue, just to prove his point.
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 06/02/2026
Dear Karoline, My outrage is real.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
What Trump posted would get just about everyone fired if you did that at your job. I’ll never get over that we have lower standards of conduct for the Presidency than any other job
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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 06/02/2026
Cooperation may get more ICE agents off the street, but it could make it harder for the state to enforce its laws.
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Trump’s border czar Tom Homan demands local Minnesota jails cooperate with ICE
Cooperation may get more ICE agents off the street, but it could make it harder for the state to enforce its laws.
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 05/02/2026
All you need to know about Republicans.
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 04/02/2026
I'm no fan of Rep. Omar, but on this, I agree 100%.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Masked thugs on the streets. Measles outbreaks across the nation. Blatant government corruption. Coverup of group of elite sex offenders. Ruling party trying to rig elections. Leader building grandiose monuments to himself. Collapse of remnants of nonpartisan civil service. Third world America.
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 13/01/2026
Where are the protest songs?
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
"All this is coming at a pivotal moment, when some congressional Republicans—one year into Trump 2.0—are starting to reconsider the question of whether their bodies contain spines." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Send It In, Jerome!
The Fed chair finally learns that the only way to deal with Trump is to push back.
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Alabama Political Reporter @alreporter.com · 13/01/2026
"The machinery of authority depends on routine obedience. History shows that when citizens withdraw it—patiently, lawfully and together—even the most entrenched systems bend."
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Opinion | Protest is moral, change requires strategy
The machinery of authority depends on routine obedience. History shows that when citizens withdraw it—patiently, lawfully and together—even the most entrenched systems bend.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
The Powell witch-hunt is not about revenge. It’s not about monetary policy. It’s about power. As is ICE. As is Venezuela. As is the fact that he does not intend to give up power in 2028.
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Mad Scholar Frights @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Yes!!
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Trump: If Iran's leaders order the killing of peaceful protestors, we will bomb them. Also Trump: Orders killing of peaceful protestors in the USA.
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 11/01/2026
Great observations, Chuck!
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
“Renee Good was a mother of three. She was helping protect the civil rights of people because it was the right thing. She was on the scene of an ICE action, as a volunteer observer. Let’s be her volunteer observers, now. Let’s not let them get away with this shit.” open.substack.com/pub/genewein...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
The “if she had complied, she’d still be alive” line that we’re hearing from ICE defenders is the mantra of apologists for security forces in dictatorships through the ages.
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 10/01/2026
More Republican lunacy: Sen. Moreno (R-OH) wants to deny Americans the freedom of holding dual citizenship.
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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 08/01/2026
If what Trump and his administration are doing was happening in another country, we'd be sending in troops, weapons, and hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to defend those under attack and to remove the brutal fascist.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 10/01/2026
“Please be on the lookout for the following mothers, who are confirmed to be in possession of dangerous vehicles and should be met with extreme caution,” said DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
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DHS Releases Watchlist Of Mothers Driving Cars
WASHINGTON—Circulating a new advisory that highlighted what it called the “worst of the worst,” the Department of Homeland Security released a watchlist Friday warning Americans about the presence of ...
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E. Allyn Bloom 🇺🇳🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦 @ericallyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Huh. I literally *just* posted this, FWIW: bsky.app/profile/eric...
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Sabrina @sabrinajgray.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I'm spinning out so maybe you have something there. Not only was there a cold blooded murder but they were at a high school beating up kids and still they are harassing kids trying to leave the school. So I wonder what it is going to take for people to really, really stand up? ICE killing a child?
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/01/2026
Haven't posted a great deal about what's happening in Minnesota because I'm trying to keep in the deadline zone rather than spinning out for three days in a rage, but obviously that was murder and equally obviously our fascist government is spinning hard to pretend it was anyone's fault but theirs.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"We have been shouting from the rooftops for months: The kind of senseless, tragic killing we’ve just witnessed in Minneapolis is a predictable outcome of the current drive to take over communities, assert government power, and intimidate locals into submission." open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...
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Trump flooded the streets with ICE agents. One just killed an unarmed woman.
Good cops have been shouting from the rooftops that this would happen.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This tragedy was entirely predictable. Any reasonable person knew that an out-of-control, cruel, and lawless regime openly spouting xenophobic attacks on non-Whites and rushing to flood American cities with armed thugs would invariably hurt and kill innocent people open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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ICE Killed Another Person
Trump is lying about it
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Christian Petersen @iwantyoustudio.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
This is devastating. We cannot let this just be another outrage that gets forgotten when the next outrage happens. Her death has to mean something. We owe her that.
A PHOTO OF RENEE NICOLE GOOD WITH THEIR NAME AND THE WORDS: REST IN PEACE
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The woman killed by ICE today was a poet. She won the 2020 Academy of American Poets, University & College Poetry Prize at Old Dominion University. (And this is Renee from confirmed socials- a photo of a different woman with red lipstick is going around, but that was a classmate.) /
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
"I think of Ernesto Zedillo, probably the best president Mexico has had in modern times. He was asked “What three things does Mexico need most?” He answered, “The rule of law. The rule of law. And the rule of law.” This applies to many countries, including our own." open.substack.com/pub/jaynordl...
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Diagnosing America
A few notes on the health of our constitutional republic
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.
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Center for Ballot Freedom @centerforballotfreedom.org · 29/10/2025
If a large share of voters in the political center feel unrepresented by today’s major parties, fusion voting offers them a way to express their true preferences — without wasting their vote. @rickpildes.bsky.social
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 26/10/2025
Sending all the evil thoughts I can muster to the bro sitting in front of me who just HAD to pull a full recline on his seat for our 3+ hour flight.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
An embarrassingly obvious point, but... This. Is. Illegal. If anything like the rule of law were in force, Trump couldn't arbitrarily increase a tariff because he is annoyed. In important and increasing ways, the rule of law in the US no longer exists. www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b...
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Trump says he’s increasing tariffs on Canada by 10% after Ontario’s Reagan ad | CNN Business
President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-...
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish. The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute learned that the Government of Ontario, Canada, created an ad campaign using selective audio and video of President Ronald Reagan delivering his "Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade," dated April 25, 1987. The ad misrepresents the Presidential Radio Address, and the Government of Ontario did not seek nor receive permission to use and
edit the remarks. The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is reviewing its legal options in this matter. We encourage you to watch President Reagan's unedited video on our
YouTube channel.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/10/2025
Fuck these people for being cowards
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
“One atrocity after another just this past week…If you’re fine with all that, you should ask yourself what’s broken inside of you…The true danger of corruption is that evil ceases to be regarded as such by otherwise good people. It just becomes the new normal.” open.substack.com/pub/mattlaba...
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Help!
We're drowning in corruption
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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 24/10/2025
It remains genuinely astonishing that someone as obsessed with tariffs as President Donald Trump can also be so maddeningly ignorant about how they actually work.
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Trump says he wants higher prices and also lower prices
The president somehow believes that tariffs can deliver wins for both producers and consumers. It's maddening.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
NEW. Powerful piece by Miles Bruner. "I know the thought of walking away from your career and your social network is terrifying...I urge you to recognize that our nation is heading down a very dark path. But it’s not too late to change direction...Take a stand." open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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My Last Day as an Accomplice of the Republican Party
Why I’m leaving the GOP and why I’m urging my former colleagues to do the same.
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Earl Jones @earljones.com · 20/10/2025
To be honest, the quality of call-center customer service has gotten so bad that it is usually worse than a chatbot. And since most chatbots seem to be just automated FAQs, that's pretty bad.
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Adrie Beljaars @a3beljaars.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Correct!
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