Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 3hIt helps a lot that the aggression is service of those being screwed by Trump. Some people enjoy a bully because they're weak and cruel, but everyone loves the guy that pops the bully in the nose. 151
Reposted by Jennifer Van GoethemAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 7hIt's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books. 292564756
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 6hThe other day I say a pair of porpoises out there with them. Or dolphins? Not sure which is which but they were having a ball. Anyway, yeah the surf was big slow rollers. 040
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 6hJust did the Broad Bike Path up to Will Rogers this morning and the surfers were out in force. 110
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 6hI know reality is irrelevant, but Russia doesn't have any diesel to sell. They're rationing and buying from N. Korea. So is this just ginning up some pretext to blame Ukraine for prices going into the midterms? 000
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 12hIt just seemed to go away, I assume because the source was anonymous and no one could get an on the record quote, but come on it's hardly subtle. 120
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 12hYeah, there was this anonymous Trump official giving the game away last year, but it's irresistible to make it be just petty pique. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...reuters.comEXCLUSIVE: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute TrumpPresident Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ... 141
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 13hI'm sure Doctor/Senator Cassidy is quite concerned. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comControversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-BissauRecommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers 021
Reposted by Jennifer Van GoethemKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15hEverytime I mention that BlueSky is just not good for non-US global news and discussion, I get piled on. BlueSky is great for many, many reasons, but the rest of the world is still very much on Twitter / X. What is happening in India is *massive*. 72957178
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 13hToo many have internalized the perpetual crouch of the money always wins mindset. 030
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 14hwww.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...nytimes.comOpinion | ‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit.David Robinson, who wrote OpenAI’s safety protocols, resigned last week over safety concerns. 032
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 14hThis bit in the Klein interview with David Robinson flew under the radar. I mean, call me crazy but seems like the co-founder of OpenAI saying that "he believed that our future was merging with machines, that this was the ultimate triumph of capital over labor" is saying the quiet part very loudly. 163
Reposted by Jennifer Van GoethemBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026July 31: Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran to launch assaults on US troops October 9: Trump is doing a diesel deal with Russia (which can now use that money to provide intelligence to Iran in launching assaults on US troops) 14269144
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026How are all those votes for the Lindsay Graham sanctions bill looking, now? 021
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Have you factored in that the president is quite stupid? 000
Reposted by Jennifer Van Goethemjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/10/2026huh, interesting that vance thinks this is the worst terrorist attack and not oklahoma city 1755490795
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This was posted immediately above yours in my timeline. Just so, so, so very dumb. www.washingtonsun.com/agencies/fbi...washingtonsun.comFBI Is Angling to Hand the UFC a No-Bid Contract to Train AgentsThe contract would expand an existing partnership between the Trump administration and the UFC. 020
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Good piece. For me though, mere reputational harm is not gonna be nearly enough. nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comTrump’s Shameless CollaboratorsThe cronies of his second term are heading for a harsher comeuppance. 000
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Musk has been committing fraud for years and just seems to worm in deeper. There's long been a "too big to indict" sorta attitude towards him. Hope the scales have fallen from some eyes this time. 010
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Sure hope Bottoms get the governor's mansion. 000
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Unless you're in Georgia or a news junkie you probably don't know who he is, yet. But the boy's got the juice, so I'd put money on him. 020
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I so want Paxton to have to accept the debate offer, now. 040
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026He's a very nice young man...and he will disembowel a bigot. Made in a lab for angry silent gen moms. 0220
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Mississippi Masala came out in 1991. Zohran was born in 1991. Just saying there's something to work with there. 010
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Really not looking forward to Trump and Hegseth crowing about their ratings. 000
Reposted by Jennifer Van Goethemjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026a livestreamed execution is just a lynching 284103082003
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026No bread. Keep hitting the circus button over and over. 040
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026There's also the annoying phenomenon where the normies blame the investigations for the discomfort of the headlines. It probably depends on the economy and the war. If gas is still pushing 6/gal while there's a barrage of pigs at the trough Trump corruption stories, the bottom can get pretty low. 0102
Reposted by Jennifer Van GoethemAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Part of the point of which is if they're trying create fear (and they are), it's important to understand you probably won't even see them at your polling place. They want it to look bigger and scarier than they actually have the capacity to be. 031
Reposted by Jennifer Van GoethemMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Your regular reminder that ~no one in the Republican Party, or the political right of American politics more broadly, actually believes in capitalism, free markets, & limited government. 416153
Reposted by Jennifer Van GoethemJames Poniewozik @poniewozik.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Doing publicity fgor the NYT 100 Best TV Shows list, the question I get over and over is "So are we in a golden age?" Which is a phrase I kinda hate but it got me thinking. I'd rather be watching TV today than, like 1986. But IMHO the recent creative peak was like 10 years ago, give or take 1431
Reposted by Jennifer Van GoethemAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Exhibit #56987 for the "There is no good nationalism" case file. 414529
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My guess is that he probably doesn't get out that much. 020
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Gonna go out on a limb and say that's not what he's actually mad about. 020
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Why is it on us to translate the president's words into plain fucking English." www.nbc.com/late-night-w...nbc.comWatch Late Night with Seth Meyers Clip: Trump Rambles About Iran Nuking LA & San Diego, Allies Plot Martial Law for Midterms: A Closer Look - NBC.comWatch Late Night with Seth Meyers highlight: Trump Rambles About Iran Nuking LA & San Diego, Allies Plot Martial Law for Midterms: A Closer Look - NBC.com 050
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I generally don't like the whole bit about some guys needing to have spent more time shoved into lockers as a kid, but man this fuckwit really tests me. 180
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Political genius at work. www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...theatlantic.comTrump Is Considering a Plan to Strike Iran Before the MidtermsPentagon planners are weighing options, though no final decision has been made. 000
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Oh like you've never racked up a 100k credit card debt and then asked a political donor to bail you out with a wire transfer. 020
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Welp. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | ‘Honey Please’: Kimberly Guilfoyle Pushed Donor to Wire $100,000 to Her Amex AccountText messages with a MAGA ally show Guilfoyle seeking funds and offering access to top administration officials before becoming ambassador to Greece. 041
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026And I get so tired of the "oh he's just trolling," "it's all edglord irony," and whatever else. The ironic distance is measured in nanometers. 31090
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Yeah there’s a fair bit of mess that could arise from the press *thinking* Johnson can do a thing. Wasn‘t there some scheme posited where Johnson fires the parliamentarian and puts in a hack ahead of time? Not sure what happens after that other than chaos. 010
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Rubio just going full on Wuhan lab leak conspiracy. “Anytime you hear that there’s some disease that infected someone in a lab anywhere in the world, you’re going to be concerned about it, especially given recent events not so long ago, obviously in 2021 and 2020 when we saw that happen."politico.comRubio calls for more information from Moscow after researcher’s suspected plague deathHe said it would be difficult to move forward proactively without more transparency from the Russians. 010
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The 30 second window between 9 and 10 is the sweet spot. 020
Reposted by Jennifer Van GoethemMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Once again, for the politicians, business leaders, and journalists still actively posting on X/Twitter: why? You're using a platform that's owned by someone who's trying to break up your country. The juice isn't worth the squeeze. 41879362
Jennifer Van Goethem @jennvg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Listening to her on the Bulwark right now and the accent is glorious. Apparently her parents are from Georgia. 010
Reposted by Jennifer Van Goethempublic health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026oh my GODphoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 671798519
