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Jester in SoCal

@jesterinsocal.bsky.social
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Rational thinker, low life attorney, dog lover

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
imagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
My brother, who came to the problem as a psychologist, believes he has done something like this. Lockeaisystem.com
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Yen-han Chen 陳彥翰 🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦 @chen-yenhan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There's an essay to be written about how the re-appropriation of ill-gotten wealth has been one of the biggest, but also most underrated, accomplishments of Taiwan's democratic transition, and that it is also something that the US can emulate.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Obama: “Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. You’re laughing, but this is what’s happening. It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent right now would have tolerated behavior like that from me.” Clip courtesy @meidastouch.com
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 15/09/2026
the reason my likely presidential candidate tier list has two people at the top - Ossoff and AOC - is that they are by far the most effective messengers of I Am Fucking Furious And There Must Be Consequences, which is the most deeply held conviction of the Dem base
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
Ossoff: "The draft-dodging commander in chief builds a monument to himself while plunging us deeper into a war he doesn't know how to end or win"
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 13/09/2026
"i will shoot myself in the gut if you do not let me cut off my dick!!!"
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
the specific insanity of “what if i started a perpetually-escalating trade war with Canada two months before control of the senate is determined by voters in Maine and Michigan” is under-discussed here, just wild how unmoored from public opinion concerns the Trump admin has gotten
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Yes I’m saying why minimal number v a larger expansion
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Why go for the minimal number then? I think tying it to number of circuits has benefits for claims of legitimacy, even if fig leaf. Claims to limiting principles are important even if a fig leaf.
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I mean why can’t both be true. Yes changing partisan makeup of court is the reason to do anything. But reason to do 13 and not 15 or 19 or another number is to match number of circuits.
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
My jaw was on the floor throughout the whole exchange on “woke”. I only listen when Jamelle is on and usually listen to the whole show when he is.
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This conversation was so infuriating. Jamelle did a great job trying to keep the convo based in actual reality and not Cottle’s feelings that she projected onto the entire country.
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Amazing. If we had a national wealth tax and funded real universal health care and cost plus drugs wouldn’t exist then either.
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Next admin needs to prosecute every last one of these agents. Not just the admin officials but prosecute them too.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
and a very classic thing, even when the original reason for hating her has been proved to be false, people insist that there must be *something* wrong about her, because otherwise they wouldn't hate her. They can't be the ones who were wrong. lots of stuff like this
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In today's episode of Only Democrats Have Power or Agency we learn that the US could end the Iran War and lower the price of gas and cost of living if only Democrats wld just stay quiet about Trump's humiliating defeat in his war of choice.
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
They’re insufferable and finally got the block for this. Appreciate what you do.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
This is the correct answer. The principle that every person living between the Mediterranean and the Jordan should have equal rights and self-determination is far more important than the number of states.
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
kamala and pete both on board, 13 is table stakes for 2028
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Among many other things this is a good illustration of the necessity of untethering ideology and "fight" in intra-Democratic battles. The party is very united on fight, very divided on ideology. You unite on fight, let different constituencies/states find their center of gravity on ideology.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Trump has denied most disaster requests from Democratic-led states

A graph  showing Presidential approval rates for disaster requests from Democratic-led states and Republican-led states

Source: POLITICO's E&E News analysis of FEMA records
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Once more: Mamdani understands that you can't just do things in politics and expect voters will notice on their own and thank you for it. You've got to work just as hard selling yourself to voters once you're in office as you did selling yourself to them to get into office. This is the way.
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Don’t be a moron
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
You have reading comprehension problems that’s the point of the OP
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The reason Zohran scares the shit out of them so much is that they think this sort of technocrat FDR liberalism/market socialism will *work* and be popular, not that it will fail and be unpopular. They're afraid that he will be a good mayor not a bad mayor.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 25/07/2026
"this should be obvious" I mean personally I think it's pretty obvious that if people are depending on lifesaving medication you are providing to them and you stop providing it to them with no warning and no alternative you bear responsibility for their deaths
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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
This young man was valedictorian of his high school. He came to the U.S. when he was three. ICE held him for a month. Then they shipped him to El Salvador. www.dallasnews.com/news/immigra...
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Texas Christian University student deported to El Salvador
Luis Andrade Garcia came to the United States from El Salvador around age 3. ICE deported him this week following an arrest in Arlington.
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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I keep saying that even if you don't care about ethics, going after purely civilian targets makes no sense from a military perspective. You're wasting munitions, time, and energy on meaningless targets instead of the people actively trying to kill you. It's war for people who are mental children.
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I cross-referenced my database of candidates against credible voter fraud cases. GOP politicians are implicated at 50x–38,000x the general public's rate. Yet even if every American voted with the integrity of a GOP candidate, it still wouldn't come close to justifying making voting one iota harder.
Bar chart titled "Voter fraud among Republican politicians vastly exceeds the public's. That rate is still just 1 in 850." The chart shows that 0.118% of Republican politicians (17 out of 14,442 DIME candidates from 2016–2026) have been credibly implicated in voter fraud. This rate is represented by a tall red bar that dwarfs the microscopic rates for the general electorate, making the politicians' rate 50x to 38,000x higher than the documented rates for everyone else.
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Same. I was dumb freshman voting in my first election. Only reason I don’t totally regret it was I was voting in CA so it didn’t matter. Never voted 3rd party again.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A little tired of the ubermensch nonsense from a guy who would get his wallet run by a husky middle schooler bsky.app/profile/peip...
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
People keep resigning from the Trump admin because the Trump admin wants them to commit clear crimes. www.huffpost.com/entry/assist...
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Treasury Official Reportedly Forced Out After Stern Warning To Trump Administration
Assistant Treasury Secretary Kenneth Kies will be leaving the administration after reportedly warning that it might be breaking the law.
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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a graphic. @cnn.com $NVDA $TSLA $AEO
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 16/07/2026
every time trump is president you gotta wash your groceries
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Snuck in the theater to see it twice when I was a kid. Haven’t seen it since.
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Sorry Gen X is the worst
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Congrats!
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Nick @sregorn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Two new ICE killings this week and they aren’t even bothering to claim a legitimate reason for using deadly force. This is homicide as policy.
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I love how other politicians cosplay as relatable Everyman with a costume change and he does Everyman relatable things in The Suit and it works way better.
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Jester in SoCal @jesterinsocal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is why Ossoff is the best potential candidate at this point imo. And I can see him bringing all parts of the coalition together.
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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The entire Constitution speaks with a single voice on this question If you want to reject what it has to say, the thing you are rejecting is the Constitution. Full stop.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
the entire purpose of MAHA is to say if you're not healthy, it's your fault, and therefore the government should neither provide nor subsidize health insurance. If you don't want to die eat some raw meat and go on testosterone
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
MS NOW: Two Atlanta-based FBI intelligence analysts were fired last week after refusing to participate in the Trump admin's investigation of Georgia's 2020 election. The analysts told colleagues they did not believe the investigation was justified under FBI and DOJ policies.
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FBI analysts fired after refusing to join Georgia 2020 election probe
The analysts, a husband and wife, told colleagues they did not believe the Trump administration’s investigation was justified, sources told MS NOW.
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EC @prairiecrab.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This was his post and I don’t want to hear any lectures from those MAGA dirtbags on decorum….
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