JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 23hAs fragile White Americans push celebrating a European explorer today, remember that Columbus didn't actually discover America. He accidentally landed in the West Indies, believing he found a new route to India. He never stepped foot on the American continent, nor did he think he found a new land. 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm reminded of when Donald Trump asserted to the public that Covid was nothing more than a bad cold... ... but in private conversations with Bob Woodward, Trump said it was worse than the Plague. 030
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Tally to date: $5,000 DOGE refund check $2,000 tariff rebate check $5,000 Republican midterm victory check $500 Ohio rally "Why not" check Total checks promised by Trump per family: $12,500. Total additional net federal debt: approx. $3.2 trillion. 031
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Let's not have another global pandemic with Donald Trump in office, 'kay? www.cnn.com/2026/10/04/e...cnn.comResearcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection | CNNRussian authorities are responding to an incident in which a dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died. 010
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Note that minors are not guaranteed counsel during immigration hearings. This boy likely had to represent himself in the US legal system. 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Moms for Liberty apparently doesn't understand that in Star Wars, the Empire were the bad guys who oppressed people. This is what happens when a bunch of illiterate women who don't know what a metaphor is think they can run your child's education. 010
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 03/10/2026They've lowered enlistment requirements. They want to allow people who have committed felonies and who have participated in beastiality into the highest ranks of our national defense. And they do it all under the guise of patriotism. This is what happens when the ruling Party has no policies. 251
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Trump's going to states that are assured a GOP victory so he can claim later that the Republican candidates in tight race who are shunning him lost because they didn't use TRUMP to capture the GOP base. ... 'cause it's all about Trump, not the cost of living, the war in Iran, or rising inflation. 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So Trump is saying if he signs a peace deal with Iran, the US is also in a peace deal with Hexbollah. That's going to piss off Trump's handler, Netanyahu. 091
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Does this include Todd Blanche? If not, it should: He was acting as Trump's attorney throughout this entire process. 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The very definition of "waste, fraud and abuse." Somehow, however, I don't think the Republicans in charge of Congress will step up to stop this. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comHomeland Security taps $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump adsDHS has tapped $20 million to pay for campaign-style ads glorifying President Donald Trump. 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026GOP Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt with a big GOTCHA moment in the Jack Smith hearing, accusing Smith of colluding with Fulton Co. DA Fani Willis when the two met at a NBA Atlanta Hawks game. The Problem: Smith never attended a Hawks NBA game. He was at an Iowa HAWKEYES game at the U of Maryland. 001
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Texas's GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton said the outrage stoked by stories that as Texas AG, he let a serial child abuser free after one day in jail because his relatives made campaign contributions are absolutely untrue. Paxton says the molester spent 60 days in jail. THAT makes it better, right? 051
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"They served 60 days." Wow, MASSIVE flex by Ken Paxton announcing that the prison sentence for a serial child molester was actually 60 times as harsh as has been reported. Sheesh. 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Trump is the communist you fear: -demanding companies give gov't ownership to stay in business -ordering media companies to only air positive reports -deploying armed agents into US cities to quell dissent -loading his Cabinet with loyalists to him, not the Consitution -extreme graft for his cabal 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 27/09/2026White House Dep Chief of Staff posts an AI video of him out celebrating with the Trumps as Americans pay 60% more for gas, higher grocery prices, and a skyrocketing federal debt. Why do MAGAts feel they must "own the libs" instead of govern like adults? Grow up. This is disgusting. 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026It's been 210 days since Trump started attacking Iran, and this seems like the 437th time Trump announced some sort of cease fire plan was on the table. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/u...nytimes.comTrump Rejects Iran’s Cease-Fire Proposal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz (Gift Article)The president said the deal was not “acceptable” and demurred on whether he would restart military strikes after the midterm elections. 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Honestly, who doesn't? He's committing crimes in the open at this point. He knows he'll never be held responsible as long as Republicans can regain power at some point in the future (if he doesn't pardon himself). 130
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Also note 500,000 new housing units came on the market in 2025 thanks to Biden policy that incentivized affordable home construction. Trump cut the program, so now only 40,000 new units open in 2026, aggravating the housing crisis more. 120
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Why was Donald Trump wearing a full-length wool overcoat and leather gloves to meet Xi at the airport yesterday when the weather in Washington, DC was 68 degrees and sunny? 112
Reposted by JackInPNWMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I just checked my voter registration. I encourage all of you to do the same. Try your state's official site. AVOID VoteSafe.Org. It's an Elon Musk scam to harvest data. 14043952291
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today in Republican hypocrisy: The Texas conservative Christian legislator who wrote the state's draconian abortion law paid for his longterm mistress's multiple abortions. dailyboulder.com/texas-republ...dailyboulder.comTexas Republican who wrote abortion ban law forced into stunning admission after mistress reveals he funded her abortionsTexas Republican state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione helped write one of the country's strictest abortion laws. Now he’s been forced into a stunning admission after a woman revealed that she had carried o... 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Thanks, Moms for Liberty, for fighting to make our children less literate. 010
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026We've YET to hear about a single person being detained by ICE pulling a weapon and starting a gunfight. BUT we've heard scores of stories of ICE pulling guns on unarmed civilians, injuring people, and shooting people posing no threat. ICE is the terrorist organization menacing the American public. 35413
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Not LGBTQ. Not a migrant. Not a drag queen. Just another straight white cis-male conservative Christian pervert. www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2026/09/18/f...atlantanewsfirst.comFormer Atlanta youth minister charged with child sexual abuse in multi-state investigationJeffrey Taylor is accused of abusing young boys from 1990 until at least 2008. 010
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's about damn time. The Trump cabal has confined our Free Press enough. After Trump retaliated for networks telling the truth, the Media is banding together in protest--and giving the public a welcome break from the continuous bullshit of the Trump mafia. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...nytimes.comTrump Live Updates: White House TV Pool Suspends Trump Coverage After CNN Ban (Gift Article)CNN, MS NOW and Politico said they would sue to regain access to the White House. They argued in a joint statement that President Trump’s decision to block them violates the First Amendment. 021
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Pete Kegseth's Pentagon shipped crates of highly classified fighter jet parts and stealth technology to Hong Kong--under the control of China--and then LOST them. Kegseth must be impeached and removed from office for the national security of our nation. www.rawstory.com/pentagon-tec...rawstory.comClassified stealth tech lands in Hong Kong after bizarre Pentagon blunder: reportCongressional investigators are scrambling to explain how F-35 jet parts loaded with classified stealth tech vanished into Hong Kong on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's watch.The parts have been missi... 031
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Republicans' fascist policies are killing small, local businesses where Trump deployed armed federal troops to intimidate local residents. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...miamiherald.comDoral mayor says city can’t stop ICE as businesses report 70% drop in sales“People are scared to come out. It’s affecting us,” a restaurant worker says. 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Kegseth is a child, with the maturity of a five year old and an insecure teen's need to belittle everything he doesn't understand. 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So, exactly the same deal as we had before. All that mishigas and drama to end up exactly where we started. “U.S. Has Reached Security Deal on Greenland, Trump Says” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/u...nytimes.comU.S. and Denmark Reach Security Deal on Greenland, Trump SaysThe full contours of the deal were unclear, but Denmark and Greenland both indicated they expected an agreement to be signed soon. 010
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Bottom line: Republican policies kill women. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ... 110
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Yeah, that $40 trillion federal debt is definitely an eye-catcher. 060
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not LGBTQ. Not a migrant. Not a drag queen. Just another good ol' fashioned straight white cis-male conservative Christian pervert. 0121
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We knew Kegseth was going to be a disaster as soon as Trump said he appointed Kegseth not because the weekend TV host was a brilliant military mind or had unique insight into Pentagon operations, but because, as Trump said, Kegseth looked like a military leader "straight out of Central Casting." 030
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I can't fathom how Republicans respect a man who cheers daily for the destruction of the country, our people, and our history. 031
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not LGBTQ. Not a migrant. Not a drag queen. Just another good ol' fashioned white male conservative Christian pervert... but this one with a shiner! www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...the-independent.comDisgraced former megachurch pastor Robert Morris seen with black eye in photoRobert Morris, who founded Gateway Church, was found guilty last year of sexually assaulting a young girl decades ago 010
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Not LGBTQ. Not a migrant. Not a drag queen. Just ANOTHER good ol' fashioned straight white Christian conservative male pervert. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...miamiherald.comMissionary worker pleads guilty to sexually abusing boys while visiting Haiti“This type of predatory conduct — committed by someone entrusted with missionary work — represents a profound betrayal of trust.” 020
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In other news, bourbon futures rose on the potential that Pete Kegseth's sobriety pledge may finally be over. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...stripes.comRepublican Massie moves to impeach HegsethRep. Thomas Massie introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of illegally continuing the Iran war. 010
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I cannot express how disgusted I am with this regime. The men were literally lining up to serve the United States and its people. They weren't the murderers and criminals Trump said he was going to expel. These men would've done more for the US than the ICE agents. www.military.com/ice-agents-o...military.comICE Agents Seen on Video Forcefully Detaining Two Teens on Their Way to Enlist in the MarinesThe mother of one of the individuals, 17, said her son is now having second thoughts about serving in the military. 010
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Not LGBTQ. Not a migrant. Not a drag queen. Just another white male "Christian" conservative pervert. Oh, and this one's a repeat offender: he went back to "ministering" after a 2020 arrest for solicitation of a minor for sex. www.cbs19news.com/news/state/f...cbs19news.comFormer Falls Church youth minister indicted for sexual abuse of childrenA former youth minister for a Northern Virginia church was arrested and made an initial appearance in court Monday on federal charges of enticement of minors for illegal sexual activity 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Thomas and Alito dissented in a case that ensures voters' rights aren't usurped by a corporate-sponsored plutocracy. Shocking. 082
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Nothing to see here, just the son of a billionaire president getting his intimate, private luxury destination wedding paid for by a Russian oligarch friendly with Putin, with a significant portion of the wedding party made up of Junior's new Russian friends. www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 010
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Can we now put an end to the myth that the GOP is the "Party of Fiscal Responsibility" and stop treating people like Ted Cruz and Rand Paul like they're fiscal conservatives? Republicans run up deficits like Trump piles up bankrupcies. Hey, wait.... www.foxbusiness.com/politics/fed...foxbusiness.comFederal budget deficit reaches $2T in first 11 months of fiscal year 2026, CBO reportsThe CBO reports the federal budget deficit hit $2 trillion as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid spending surged alongside rising debt costs. 010
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 12/09/2026No LGBTQ. Not a migrant. Not a drag queen. Just another straight white male conservative "christian" pervert... but they got this one leading the prayers at a Republican conference. Has the GOP lost its entire sense of decency? www.mediaite.com/politics/con...mediaite.comConvicted Sex Offender Led ‘Integrity and Honesty’ Prayer at GOP Senate Candidate’s RallyA registered sex offender twice imprisoned for convictions involving children led a prayer calling for “integrity and honesty” at a recent event featuring North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Mi... 010
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Trump literally did not hold to account 2,000 people who attacked Capitol Police on January 6th. He pardoned the founder of the largest on-line drug exchange and a former foreign head of state responsible for smuggling $400 million in narcotics to the US. Just shush. 001
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The Fraternity of Adulterers revels in disgusting behavior. 020
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Not LGBTQ. Not migrants. Not drag queens. Just good ol' fashioned white male Christian perverts. okcfox.com/news/local/t...okcfox.comTwo Oklahoma men arrested after child sexual abuse investigationAuthorities say two Oklahoma men are behind bars after separate cyber tips led investigators to child sexual abuse material.The National Center for Missing and 000
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Talarico is great at showing the transparency of the GOP's deflection scheme. When opponents try to distract with culture war BS, Talarico brings it back to each families' checkbook and grocery bill. Let MAGA wallow in culture wars. Dems are bringing solutions. 050
JackInPNW @jackinpnw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026After she listed all those foods that she claimed had price decreases--dairy, "proteins," etc.--I would've followed up asking where Rollins shopped to get those discounts. 010