Sign in

Not Actually Jack

@jackofallwaze.bsky.social
280 followers 111 following 94 posts

Curating my feed for reading. Mostly following people I think are a) real, b) smart and informed (with a bias towards witty), and c) not trying to monetize their content. Not a prolific poster but will do so occasionally. Oxford comma fan.

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Debs with cats @debswithcats.bsky.social · 4h
This doesn’t surprise me.
261
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 3h
I've been following @ericgoldman.bsky.social 's project since the very beginning. Words cannot adequately articulate just how excited I am for this book. This is not a book that exists currently in any form, and the discourse desperately needs it.
0194
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 2h
Outside of MAHA-friendly rooms, Kennedy has been deemphasizing his quest to gut the nation's vaccine infrastructure because voters don't like it. Ahead of the midterms he's focusing on healthy eating with Mike Tyson instead: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
nytimes.com
Eyeing the Midterms, Kennedy Pivots Toward Food and Away From Vaccines
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who focused heavily on vaccine policy in 2025, will spend this year talking up healthy eating.
4456
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 3h
NEW: RFK Jr. is bragging to MAHA audiences that the massive changes he's made to HHS are permanent. "Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
RFK is gloating that his changes to HHS are permanent
“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.”
4312142
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 3h
I fear @schiff.senate.gov doesn't know what the word immunity means.
5428
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2h
Just to add onto this, even if they had gone this route, it still wouldn't be ethical. Think about who is doing all that data training - for basically no money. Think about the data centers that are processing all that data - and dumping pollution into local communities.
28419
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 6h
The NY Times uses words like “fierce,” “steely,” “nimble” and “homegrown star of the Trump White House” to describe Karoline Leavitt, who just got a Fox News gig. Not a single mention of her relentless lying to the American public. Reporter Michael M. Grynbaum and his editors suck.
nytimes.com
Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News (Gift Article)
A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.
1461731455
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 4h
I was raped at a frat party. It’s a shockingly common experience and preventative interventions in college are way too late.
581549375
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2h
good review and also, there is still something to be written about Sarah Palin as a key figure in creating the political space that trump seized just a few years later.
5381375
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 2h
NEW EPISODE: When asked earlier this year if he regretted not seizing voting machines and ballots after the 2020 election, Donald Trump said, "Well, I should have." Now he's telling us exactly what he plans to do in this year's midterms, and this time, we should believe him. youtu.be/MBLiMjSXros
youtu.be
Trump Just Admitted His Post-Election Plans. Believe Him.
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
15673291
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 2h
To be clear, this is BEFORE we factor in how expensive it’ll be to heat a home this winter thanks to Trump’s war in Iran. Plus we’ve already got his trade war with Canada raising prices.
 
Americans did not ask to pay the price for this agenda.
abcnews.com
Households will pay more for energy because of Trump's policy changes: Think tank
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office, such as canceli...
0279
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 4h
The amount of money the administration is promising in order to buy votes is significantly less than the amount of money it is taking away in programs and services. And it's OUR money!
621537587
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 3h
Yeah, this is a big time impeachment abuse of power.
22698210
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 6h
The NY Times framing every fascist as tough strong & brilliant, and not a dumb racist liar, is one of many ways the NY Times tells Democrats that they are Not On Our Side, and Dems mostly choose not to listen
nytimes.com
Karoline Leavitt, Trump’s ‘Machine Gun,’ Has a New Gig at Fox News
A fierce and nimble speaker, Ms. Leavitt is the second of Mr. Trump’s former press secretaries to join the cable news network.
16866174
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 4h
WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
241863592
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 2h
I had dinner in Riyadh tonight with a variety of emerging economic and cultural leaders. We talked about how far things have come here under Vision 2030 - but also my belief that reform needs to continue.
1411816
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.
commondreams.org
'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
1021872923
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Michael Froomkin @mfroomkin.bsky.social · 4h
Relative got a $500 check from US Treasury and a shocking letter full of lies signed by Trump and ending with "May God bless you". Basically a pre-electoral bribe. News reports say they're sending almost a million of these. Full text in alt below. (I told him to cash it quick before it bounces.)
Dear [name],

For years, the Biden Administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov. That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now, I am returning it to you!

With this Historic Action, my Administration is taking the surplus funds that accumulated from the Obamacare ''Premium Tax" and issuing a one-time $500 REFUND to Americans who use the HealthCare.gov platform to purchase their health insurance, but who do not receive Taxpayer Subsidies to help pay for their Coverage. You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back.

Healthcare Dollars should benefit Patients, not Insurance Companies or Government Bureaucrats. Since returning to office, I have fought to lower Healthcare Costs, increase Accountability, and Put Patients First. Through TrumpRx, we are delivering massive discounts on Household Prescription Drugs, and my Most-Favored-Nation Pricing Agreements have already saved Americans more than 1 Billion Dollars on much-needed Medications. We also secured an unprecedented 50 Billion Dollar investment to transform Rural Healthcare, expanded access to Health Saving Accounts for millions of people on Obamacare, and restored Pnce Transparency, all while roofing out the Waste, Fraud, and abuse across our Healthcare System.

I am proud to return your money to you, and I will never stop fighting to put the American People FIRST, restore Affordability, protect your hard-earned money, and lower the Cost of Healthcare.

May God bless you, and may He continue to bless the United States of America!

Sincerely,

[signed] 

DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
1211191457
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1h
This weekend at a political rally for Republican Senator Jon Husted in Ohio, Donald Trump took to the stage to rail against Democrats and transgender people. He falsely claimed Democrats "mutilize" transgender kids to "make them transgender." Subscribe to support our journalism.
erininthemorning.com
Trump Claims Democrats “Mutilize” Kids To “Make Them Transgender” In Ohio Rally For Jon Husted
Anti-trans campaigning has reached a fever pitch in Ohio.
2825860
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Truthout @truthout.org · 1h
In a campaign speech in Vandalia, Ohio, on Saturday, President Donald Trump suggested he would withhold federal funds from the state if voters elect Democratic politicians in this year’s midterm races.
truthout.org
At Ohio Campaign Rally, Trump Threatens to Withhold Aid If Democrats Get Elected
“I’m not going to help” if an Ohio Democratic candidate for governor wins, Trump said.
113217
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 1h
Again, and I’m tired of saying this, but this seems illegal.
14815
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2h
Ohio, a state that Trump has won three times, has become a battleground for the same reasons that the GOP is predicting a bleak forecast in this year’s midterms: skyrocketing gas prices, bipartisan disdain for data centers, high costs for food and utilities, and Trump’s unpopular war with Iran.
motherjones.com
Trump’s appearance in Ohio underscores all the reasons the GOP is unpopular
Will the president's steadfast support of data centers cost Ohio Republicans a victory?
1012533
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Rep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 1h
Totally normal.
7376
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1h
Working on a story about this and hoping to speak to USA Today journalists or journalists at other Gannett to better understand the editorial process. Anonymity granted. Contact info in bio.
330772
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 19h
seeing this while reading ‘end times fascism’ by @naomiaklein.bsky.social and @astra.bsky.social has me reeeeeeling
938656
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"First time Trump voter" five days after the January 6th Coup attempt:
Jack Buhring: Donald Trump we all stand with you. You have more people on your side than you know. If you can't get it done its hard to tell where this country will end up. Keep fighting!!!
261443310
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 17h
The US State Department said on Thursday it has waived human rights ​conditions for more than $300 million of military aid to Egypt in light of Cairo's "helpful role" since the launch of the US war ‌with Iran.
1814158
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h
i’m not accusing the atlantic reporter of malice, but i do think these posts bring up questions that are pretty foundational to the framing of the story and ones that deserve answers.
40192081
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h
sure, i guess it’s possible that jack buhring voted for biden on november 3, 2020 and by january 11, 2021 he was posting support for trump’s insurrection contesting the results of the election. but even if that were true, it belies some pretty complicated politics not articulated in the story.
181955102
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17h
It’s confusing that @theatlantic.com described this man as a “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024” who when these are some of his very easily findable FB posts:
14355181189
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Former British banker and whistleblower Simon Andriesz, who outed Howard Lutnick’s links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has died by suicide.”
thebanker.com
Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies
The former British banker who spent more than 35 years working in financial markets has died by suicide
1761186544
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 16h
It surprised me that the NYT story, which has five bylines, does not mention that Walters’ company, Salus Worldwide, has lost its $915M self-deportation contract. www.projectsaltbox.com/p/dhs-taps-r...
projectsaltbox.com
DHS Taps ResponseAI, an ICE Skip-Tracing Contractor, to Run Self-Deportation Contract
The company, whose growing ICE portfolio includes locating people for deportation, will now run DHS’s contract for people leaving through the CBP Home app.
17821
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
zenlike @zenlike.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
So, this very sympathetic piece where the subject is “a lifelong Democrat who had voted for Trump for the first time in 2024”. 5 minutes of checking his facebook shows pro Trump posts as far back as 2019, and a post saying that he “stands with Trump” posted just a couple of days after Trumps coup.
241354358
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 9h
How is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it.
739106102921
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 9h
The BND sees no sign of a major Russian attack on NATO but warns smaller operations like those used in Crimea are “entirely possible.”
0597
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 9h
🇩🇪🇺🇦 Germany’s foreign intelligence chief Martin Jäger warned that the country risks being drawn into a direct conflict with Russia as Moscow intensifies its “shadow war” against Berlin, - POLITICO Putin has passed the point where he can simply end the war without threatening his own hold on power.
78718
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Mikki Kendall @karnythia.blacksky.app · 8h
They're hoping we will all forget that society functions just fine without random bouts of IP theft and ecological damage
013534
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
The Associated Press @apnews.com · 8h
AP Exclusive: Survivors of a drone attack that killed six U.S. soldiers question Army leadership over safety and the medical care that followed.
bit.ly
Exclusive: Soldiers and Gold Star families press Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strike
It's the deadliest strike against American troops during the war with Iran. Now U.S. soldiers wounded in a drone attack on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait are raising their concerns publicly about whether commanders underestimated the threat and saying the military medical system failed them.
1217384
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h
what an asshole
29272211173
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 7h
So we needed to start another war in Middle East because of a fictitious claim that a country possessed a weapon of mass destruction? At least we’ve never made that mistake before. bsky.app/profile/atru...
2372155502
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 7h
Ukraine has repeatedly proposed concrete steps to de-escalate and guarantee security in the Black Sea. There also proposals from third countries. But Russia consistently chooses terror and sinking civilian ships instead of normal navigation. Pressure is needed to restore global food security.
18315
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
The Ukrainian Review @theukrainianreview.bsky.social · 7h
🇺🇦 Zelensky: A terrible strike by two Russian drones on a civilian ship in neutral waters, which was transporting corn and belonged to Turkey. There were citizens of Azerbaijan and India on board. Captain of the ship died. The fate of another person is being clarified. 11 crew members were rescued.
411533
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 7h
VF editorial director Mark Guiducci’s comment that holding powerful people accountable isn’t “the project of journalism” makes a lot more sense now!
2249852
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17h
I got really annoyed that so many stories about the "Cornell 7" case don't link to the underlying court documents. So I compiled the key filings from Jane Doe's civil suit and from a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them here: annabower.substack.com/p/read-the-c...
annabower.substack.com
Read the “Cornell 7” Documents
I compiled key court filings from Jane Doe’s civil suit and a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them on Slip Opinion.
271077342
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h
A 10K contribution and a $900 million return. The scale of the graft in Homeland Security is a) off the charts and b) possible because no-one believes they will face any accountability
502245800
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Ro Khanna @rokhanna.bsky.social · 7h
I am extremely proud of my office for signing the first long-term union contract in the history of the U.S. Congress. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
It took four years, but a Capitol Hill office finally has a union contract
Staffers for Rep. Ro Khanna recently ratified a collectively bargained agreement after protracted negotiations.
311120
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18h
for reference, in the Dobbs opinion, Alito was like, women generally don't _plan_ to get an abortion, so how could they have a reliance interest in abortion? which is kind of an extension of 'you want health insurance? what, you plan on being sick?'
381091224
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 19h
We murdered four more people in a boat today
U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar
12024001027
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
In light of that Atlantic article going around featuring the traumatized truck driver who hit Pierre Damas Bel, I'll re-up what I wrote a month ago. craigcalcaterra.com/blog/there-i...
craigcalcaterra.com
Blood on J.D. Vance’s hands
A young Haitian man walked in front of a truck. His blood is on J.D. Vance’s hands
9570164
Reposted by Not Actually Jack
Whey Standard @wheystandard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is a very weird headline because the mob actually very specifically cares that they weren’t charged.
The 'Cornell 7' haven't been charged. The mob doesn't care |
Opinion
What's most troubling in the Cornell
University rape allegations is that onlookers have already made up their minds about who is to blame.
Ingrid Jacques
1780392