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Jack Q

@jackq.bsky.social
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Bisexual Satanist veteran who's really into Martin Luther King Jr. “The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and racism."

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geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · 2h
there are moral arguments against the death penalty in its ideal form but in real life you never need to get there. the prior question is "can the state be trusted to end the life only of the rightly convicted without torture?" and the answer is no
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
why is the water thing the only thing anyone cares about when it's the only argument against this stuff which isn't real
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Jack Q @jackq.bsky.social · 8h
Imagine thinking diversity and unity are mutually exclusive. What a loser.
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 11h
it's cool that Bill Gates' own wife thought the Epstein Files stuff was bad enough that she divorced him, but for the Thought Leaders he's still a guy in perfectly good standing
screenshot of thumbnail for the ezra klein show with guest bill gates
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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 13h
Any "morally binding" document that purportedly binds Donald Trump isn't worth the pixels it's written on.
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Jack Q @jackq.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The only time my religion ever comes up on here is when I point out to people that they wouldn't treat other religions this way because they know it's wrong. Many of them acknowledge that and apologize. Some are determined to be ignorant though.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
if I could just shout one idea at political writers and talkers until they actually absorbed it, it would be DO NOT ASSIGN INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATIONS TO GROUPS it is literally debilitating for people’s ability to think coherently about the subject
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Jack Q @jackq.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don't really disagree, but I do know that if she runs for president I will cross mine fields to knock doors to make it happen.
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Riana @riana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Congratulations, rats, you reinvented “you have to go to the strip club after the work dinner to advance at your job” but you somehow made it worse
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Airlines are banks that happen to fly
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Opinion | Airline Credit Cards Are Messing Up the Whole Industry (Gift Article)
Airline loyalty programs are anticompetitive and hurting consumers.
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Ciaran @ciaranmcgurdy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The other claim is also just not true. The entire reason asylum seekers were housed in hotels (and now old army barracks) is because they have No Recourse To Public Funds, and aren't allowed to seek employment during the initial stages of their claim.
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Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The end of woke was never going to be some kind of carefully crafted truce. It was always and only going to be that gutter racism stops bearing any social stigma.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This straight up personalist propaganda, paid for by American taxpayers. Trump has more than $400 million in just one PAC. He can pay for this himself instead of stealing from us.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
When the Department of Homeland Security sent Nevada a list of 185 names last month that it claimed identified noncitizens who had been improperly allowed to register to vote, state election officials got to work.
On Tuesday, the state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen.
"As for the 185 individuals, our records indicate that they were citizens," Greg D. Ott, a deputy attorney general in Nevada, wrote, according to a copy of a letter sent to Department of Homeland Security officials obtained through open records requests.
"You have provided nothing of substance to suggest otherwise."Following the meeting, Ms. Vogt sent a clarifying email to Nevada officials. "I also wanted to be sure I clarified that we did not reduce the 15,903 to 185," she wrote. "We've manually reviewed some of the 15,903 and confirmed 185 are not U.S. Citizens."
Now, Nevada officials are saying even that 185 number is wrong. They also took issue with a letter D.H.S. sent them in early September, in which the agency reiterated its initial claims about nearly 16,000 noncitizens on the rolls and pressured state officials to review each case in a letter to Nevada officials in early September.
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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026
Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano
Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 23/09/2026
I had not seen this clip where Tammy Duckworth advises Democrats to "not impeach anybody," "get back to work" and "allow" Donald Trump to "save face" and I would just like to remind the senator from IL that the federal government took 4,000 Chicagoans and murdered a 38-year-old father last fall.
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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
National security is so frequently a pretense to punish speech and surveil people. Don’t let this blatant abuse here obscure the fact of its past abuse — in fact it’s a good opportunity to revisit those past claims and the near complete judicial deference that allowed them to succeed.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
White-nationalist "Remigration" envisions mass removals of nonwhite immigrants in service of ethnic cleansing. The Office of Remigration's activities have now been exposed by a good WaPo investigation. Its deportations are unfolding under indefensible conditions. 2/ newrepublic.com/article/2157...
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Anyway, these are interesting questions to ask and think about, and some of the responses to people asking them are weird dismissiveness or weird terminological gatekeeping, and that sucks.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The president of the United States standing in front of the world and saying "To the victor belong the spoils" is just beyond comprehension. The fool is going to end the world unless we end his tyrannical reign first
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Aside from the naked imperialism here, and cash grab, he admits it’s a war. A war without UN or congressional approval. A war which Rubio denied was a war and claimed was a law enforcement action. Trump as ever undermines his own people’s claims. It was a war. An illegal imperial one.
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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 21/09/2026
Imagine if all the evidence for climate change was "a bunch of guys on a website thought very hard about it and agreed it was very bad and might happen" instead of empiricism.
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Sad excuse for journalism: Big profile of DOGE lord doesn’t say a word about all the damage he did. And it was not an “ill fated cost-cutting effort.” It was a malignant, catastrophic attack on the government and its workers by arrogant and ignorant assholes. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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He spent 11 months inside DOGE. Now he wants to set the record straight.
In his first major interview about his tell-all memoir, Tyler Hassen describes the culture clash surrounding DOGE’s mission and the backlash that followed.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 21/09/2026
It's 2026 and the US President is bragging about an almost certainly inaginary deal to buy potash from a Russian vassal state because Canada refuses to become a US one.
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Jack Q @jackq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
That these people can violate one of the oldest rights in the history of democracy at this scale and feel no remorse means we have, as a society, failed to imbue our people with the democratic spirit.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A free society cannot allow the government to disappear people in order to cutoff access to legal remedies.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Idea: Maybe we shouldn't be treating 7th grade girls volleyball like the Thunderdome? It's not just bad for the parents (who hate each other due to playing time) and culture (watch ESPN for ten seconds), it burns out the kids and makes them worse adults AND athletes. Sports are supposed to be fun!
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 20/09/2026
Pretty much every country outside of the United States got the memo that to avoid being held hostage by a dictator, they gotta wean themselves off of fossil fuels. And no, I don't think Democrats got the memo either, given how many have sandbagged the most basic electrified public transit projects
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
As a DC resident i really don't like the way news reporting treats "the President, with a history of 1) wanting to kill unarmed protesters and 2) 'joking' about not leaving in 2029 is yelling he is building well-supplied and well-provisioned snipers' nests throughout the city" as just another quirk
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump banning media outlets from the WH over their coverage is unlikely to affect their reporting much, but it is yet another example of how the right wing definition of “free speech” is that they can say what they want and you can say what they want. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Speak at Your Own Risk
Donald Trump’s attacks on the First Amendment
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You can’t just deport people to third countries because you paid off that country’s government for an assurance no rights violations will occur. That’s just not what US law says and not how the Refugee and Torture conventions work. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Main Document – #00108510897 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.com
OPINION issued by Lara E. Montecalvo, Appellate Judge; Jeffrey R. Howard, Appellate Judge; and Seth Robert Aframe, Appellate Judge. Published. [26-1212] (AVN) [Entered: 09/18/2026 03:22 PM]
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
im not joking when i say we need to start treating billionaires like racists treat nonwhites
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 18/09/2026
Excited to have federal law enforcement putting vanity and grudges ahead of combatting terroirism and crime.
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paigepfleger.bsky.social @paigepfleger.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Tennessee lawmakers sent a letter to the Department of Children’s Services demanding answers about safety and oversight in the state’s juvenile justice facilities following our recent @wpln.bsky.social / @propublica.org investigation. The latest from @aliyyaswaby.bsky.social and me:
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Tennessee Lawmakers Demand Answers on Safety in State Youth Prisons
Lawmakers cited a recent WPLN and ProPublica investigation that found that juvenile justice facilities run by Tennessee businessman Jason Crews repeatedly failed to report abuse and other serious inci...
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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
According to Donald Trump, "The polio vaccine killed many, many more people than polio ever did," per a statement issued by his spokesman RFK Jr. Live by the Unitary Executive, get hoisted by your Unitary Executive petard.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why worry about the vibecession? Well, ask yourself this: how did the US elect a "mad would-be autocrat" despite the objectively strong economic performance of his predecessor?
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Jack Q @jackq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Same as it ever was. Witch hunts all the way down.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
To be clear, while I don’t think this is widespread among Dems or reason to help Republicans win by not voting or voting third party, it’s abhorrent and unacceptable language and should be condemned universally by Dems.
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Laura Chapin @laurachapin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This should have been blasted in Maine and other places. www.propublica.org/article/ecto...
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Ectopic 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, ...
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
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Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets
The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Kennedy Center joins the Reflecting Pool, Lafayette Park and sort of the White House itself (no tours) where supposed renovations have led to indefinite loss of public access. After taxpayer funded plans/construction, these places are fenced off and closed down, not improved.
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Jack Q @jackq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Trump says Canada joining the EU could be a hostile act. Gee, where have I heard that before? Oh that's right, it's what Putin said about Ukraine joining NATO. What a coincidence.
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 15/09/2026
trump and putin are both very alike in that they inherited huge material stocks from their strategic forebears in preparation for a major calamity and decided to take that and go to the casino, put it all on red, and now have no idea what to do since that didn't work
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is APPALLING. The Trump administration is detaining multiple random Somali immigrants with no criminal record at Guantanamo Bay, seemingly because the White House ordered ICE specifically to detain Somalis at Gitmo as part of its effort to punish an ethnic group Trump has attacked.
According to Mohamed, guards at Guantanamo have said they are being held there because that's what officials in Washington, DC, want. "There's no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison," he told me. "And when we ask them why we are here, they tell us... Washington...ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay."
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Can you imagine being a guerrilla commander and Toyota comes out with a full-electric Hilux? You can charge that shit with solar panels out in the wilderness, your supply line is now the sun
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/09/2026
"I wrote the piece and Claude found the links relevant to my claims" is, even without the AI, such an admission of poor thinking and argumentation. your claims should emerge from the evidence!
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