jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 8hwww.bbc.com/news/world-u...bbc.comCapitol riots: 'Wild' Trump tweet incited attack, says inquiryMr Trump sent a rallying call to supporters after "the craziest meeting" of his presidency, the inquiry hears. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Trump's damage to the reflecting pool on the Washington Mall seems the perfect metaphor for the widespread destruction he has done to this country. All in plain sight. www.artforum.com/news/trump-r...artforum.comBungled Trump Reflecting Pool Repair Way Worse Than ReportedThe $14.7 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ordered by Donald Trump earlier this year failed at eighty-five points. 010 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 11/10/202643 GoP Senators voted NOT GUILTY in Trump's 2nd impeachment trial, after he incited an attack on the Capitol Jan 6 2021. Why are they still in office? www.cnn.com/interactive/...cnn.comHow each senator voted in Trump's second impeachment trialSeven Republicans crossed party lines to find former President Donald Trump guilty, though the Senate did not have enough votes to convict him. Here's how everyone voted. 051 5
Reposted by @jimljackson.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/10/2026It’s long past time for the U.S. to get a new president. 1354592733 4.6K
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said Citizens United was one of the 3 worst decisions during his 35 years on the court. 010 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Liz Cheney blasts Republicans for supporting Trump: 'There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain' 100 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026These GOP Senators dishonor the Republic. All of them. This "show hearing" belongs in Russia, not the US. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As Liz Cheney said, "To my Republican colleagues, there will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain," 001 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We are in a perilous time in history when global warming, conflicts around the world and rapid technological change are screaming for serious leadership; like Lincoln, FDR, Churchill in earlier times. Instead the US has a vindictive, self serving blowhard, who dismisses these challenges as "hoaxes". 010 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Let's review the 43 Senators who voted "Not Guilty" for the impeachment of Trump after he incited an attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 2021. Why are they still in office? www.senate.gov/legislative/...senate.govU.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 117th Congress - 1st Session 1181 18
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Founders were deeply concerned with protecting the country from a corrupt, incompetent person in the White House. The Electoral College and the impeachment clause have been insufficient. 160 6
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Perhaps history will remember Alito and Thomas as we remember Roger Taney, SC Chief Justice and author of the Dred Scott v Sanford decision in 1857. 010 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026SC Justice John Paul Stevens called the Citizens United case one of the worst 3 decisions during his 35 years on the court. 052 5
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026If Vance spoke German, it would be so much more "on message" for his image. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Every day the founders roll over in their graves, never imaging that a no-nothing, self-serving grifter would be elected president. Sadly, they thought the Electoral College would have prevented it. 021 2
Reposted by @jimljackson.bsky.socialDavid Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The gig is up in the very first sentence of the Supreme Court's per curiam opinion on the Trump ballroom (emphasis added): "In October 2025, the *federal government* started a project to replace the East Wing of the White House." They've collapsed the legislative branch into the unitary executive. 622874719 2.9K
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Indeed. We often say "We are better than that" but as John Adams said "facts are stubborn things". 010 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Anyone know if Trump has renamed the Straight of Hormuz to the Straight of America? 010 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Every year the world is setting new temperature records. Trump is executing a crime against the planet. yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/08/july...yaleclimateconnections.orgJuly 2026 ties with July 2024 as Earth's hottest month on record » Yale Climate ConnectionsNorth America, Africa, and Asia all experienced their hottest month on record. 2123 12
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The GoP controlled Senate has given us a highly politicized SC and the most unqualified cabinet in America's history. Let's not give Collins and Murkowski much credit, after all, there were 2 spare Nos available. 010 1
Reposted by @jimljackson.bsky.socialBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I was going to write this morning on the damage Trump and Hegseth have done to the American military, but went in another direction. But Paul Krugman does an excellent job here. And as he would be the first to say, there is even more evidence that could be cited. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...open.substack.comThe Putinization of the American MilitaryWhen poseurs and yes-men run a war 11376119 376
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026rossboulton1.substack.com/p/letter-to-...rossboulton1.substack.comLetter to My Fellow Americans: About CanadaWe lost our oldest friend on purpose. How we start deserving them back. 010 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026George Orwell's 1984. Sinclair Lewis It Can't Happen Here. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The Mueller Report www.justice.gov/archives/sco... Let's not forget that AG Bill Barr washed it away in 4 pages written over a weekend. 010 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 18/07/2026I've never read The Art of the Deal, but it seems the "first lesson" must be: 1) Learn to lie. Practice lying and before long you will never be inconvenienced by facts again. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Donald Trump continues to do incalculable damage to America every single day. Trump is everything the founders feared 250 years ago. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The Nazis purged with "Long Knives", but otherwise not much different from what is happening in Washington with Trump and his loyal minions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_o...en.wikipedia.orgNight of the Long Knives - Wikipedia 010 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The $ costs alone are staggering, but the loss of US leadership in the world is even more damaging. www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-rese...hks.harvard.eduWhy is the war in Iran so expensive?How much does the war in Iran cost? The war costs America two billion dollars each day, says war budgeting expert and Harvard Kennedy School faculty member Linda Bilmes—and will cost at least one tril... 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Just another day of this grifter "urinating" on the most historic public spaces in America. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Don't ya love how he called Welker "darlin" as he got up and stormed out. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026The depths of complicity from these members of the GOP (no longer "Grand", nor a serious party either), is quite frankly unimaginable. Yet, here we are in 2026, with everything that's happened in plain sight, and nothing has changed. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Everything word out of Trump's mouth is about him. Everything. A non-stop carnival barker. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 03/06/202660 Minutes has been a news program of the highest quality for 6 decades. Arguably, the best hour on TV every week. Now, just another road kill from the most lethal administration in US history. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026One more addition to the most unqualified cabinet in America's history. One single qualification: Loyalty 010 1
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Trump's ridiculing a disabled person should have been immediately disqualifying for any public office. Any school principal or mayor in America would have been fired for such outrageous behavior. www.bbc.com/news/world-u...bbc.comDonald Trump under fire for mocking disabled reporterRepublican presidential contender Donald Trump is criticised for mocking a disabled New York Times reporter. 000 0
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 30/05/2026A cruel irony indeed. One might say this country deserves better, but we brought this on ourselves. Which of the founders would be the most shocked at the current state: Madison, Jefferson, Franklin? I think Washington would be the angriest. 000 0
Reposted by @jimljackson.bsky.socialSharon🇺🇦Johnston @sharonjohnston.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Silencing freedom of the press. Essential for all dictators. 794156734555 15.7K
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Rex Tillerson told us ... americanjournalnews.com/rex-tillerso...americanjournalnews.comRex Tillerson apparently still thinks Trump is a 'moron'The former secretary of state once said Trump was a ‘moron.’ His opinion clearly hasn’t improved. 000 0
Reposted by @jimljackson.bsky.socialpaws4justice.bsky.social @paws4justice.bsky.social · 22/05/2026CBS thinks they canceled Stephen Colbert. CBS actually canceled themselves. 410141942520 14.2K
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Remember this from 2016... "I'm under a routine audit and it'll be released, and as soon as the audit is finished it will be released," Trump said at the first debate in September. 000 0
Reposted by @jimljackson.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Keep telling the truth. Thank you to Stephen Colbert and everyone at The Late Show. 493266979 3.3K
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Article II, Section 4: The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. 000 0
Reposted by @jimljackson.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Friends, I’ve been around politics for over 50 years. I’ve never seen anything as brazenly crooked and corrupt as what Trump and his cronies did today. 26362962239 6.3K
Reposted by @jimljackson.bsky.socialScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I will never ever forget that. Don't forget to subscribe: www.dworkinsubstack.com/subscribe 30664911684 6.5K
jimljackson.bsky.social @jimljackson.bsky.social · 10/05/2026These things don't often end well... www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/07/21/s...themoscowtimes.comStalin Bust Beheaded With Sledgehammer in Russian Park - The Moscow TimesAn unknown man wielding a sledgehammer has decapitated a statue honoring Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in a city near Moscow, Russian state media reported. 000 0
