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Jon Hutson

@jonhutson.bsky.social
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Writer, dog lover, cat lover, and human rights advocate. My personal takes. Read my stories on race, law, and human rights: www.salon.com/writer/jonathan-hutson

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𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗱 @photoframd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
RFK Jr's biggest accomplishment is bringing back Measles! There are 900 new cases in Pennsylvania alone. This is what happenes when you put a vaccine-denier at the head of HHS. #GOPWarOnHealthcare Vaccines are NOT political. They are established medical science. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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Pennsylvania Measles Outbreak Grows to Nearly 900 Cases (Gift Article)
State health officials said 55 new cases had been reported since Wednesday. In all, 890 measles cases have been reported across 39 counties so far this year.
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Spencer Sunshine @transform6789.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My “A Short History of Nazi-Satanism,” the first comprehensive overview of Nazi-Satanism, is finally out! Runs from the 1970s alliances b/t the Church of Satan & neo-Nazi groups thru today’s Order of Nine Angles and NVE. Link for PDF download. (captcha req) escholarship.org/uc/item/1f57...
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NACDL @nacdl.org · 29/09/2026
🧵A surveillance vendor is telling police it can add facial recognition to Flock camera data. Flock says it never will. Someone else is ready to jump in. New reporting from @404media.co: www.404media.co/surveillance...
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Surveillance Company Tells Cops It Wants to Add Facial Recognition to Flock Cameras
A surveillance company wants to "close the gap" that Flock won't do, by pitching facial recognition on its cameras.
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Is It Really Too Much To Want To Live My Normal Life Again? It’s Not My Kyiv, It’s Hell Now!!! My Heart Breaks For Every Ukrainian Every Day. #UnitedAgainstTyranny #StandWithUkraine #UkraineIsEurope 💙💛💔 Thread 1/3🧵
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Migrant children as young as 2 are showing up at immigration courts nationwide, many without attorneys, to make their case to stay in the US and avoid deportation” 2 year olds In deportation hearings Without lawyers Hillary was right. Trump and his followers-in particular ICE-are truly deplorable
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
”Well, there's this illusion, I think, in American politics that our institutions are this like literal brick wall that protects us from bad things. The institutions are only as strong as the people. Only as strong as the people.” Miles Taylor @milestaylor.bsky.social • I've Had It 🎧 Thread 1/5🧵
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/2026
In response to our reporting, Susan Collins has mustered a defense that is full of incorrect and misleading claims. We’ve reviewed FBI evidence, examined thousands of pages of records and interviewed dozens of people. Here are the receipts.
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ProPublica Debunks Susan Collins’ Claims About FBI Anti-Corruption Probe
ProPublica revealed that the FBI was circling Sen. Collins over a defense contractor’s donations — until President Trump gutted the unit in charge. Collins has since mustered a defense with a series o...
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof! That said, I will allow it.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They are playing in our faces
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
amazing -- Karl Rove lists Paxton's scandals: "The corrupt business guy gives him a fake Uber account and the records of that are now in his impeachment proceedings, so we know how often he went to have sex with Laura Olsen. I mean, can you make this shit up?"
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
REP. @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “I’ve never seen anything like this — hundreds of cars but I’ve yet to see any from Tennessee.” Musk’s xAI claimed to bring jobs to MEMPHIS but as predicted is hiring from outside TN. Reminder: Brent Taylor “doesn’t give a shit” 👇🏽🤔🤷🏼 #MemphisVsMusk
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Tom Massie posted a calendar labeling the days of work Mike Johnson canceled because of him.
Tom Massie tweet:

Here’s a calendar to show the days 
@SpeakerJohnson
 has cancelled in Congress. September 17 was canceled to avoid a vote on my Hegseth impeachment. The last two weeks in September were canceled to avoid a vote on releasing more Epstein files. He’s closing Congress to stop me.

Below there is a congressional calendar from July to December. 

July 1-2 are labeled Rules retreat.
September 17 is labeled Hegseth Holiday.
September 22 to October 2 are labeled Epstein Recess.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: @apnews.com confirms that ICE has begun electronically "disappearing" people in the agency's custody who have final orders of removal. As of last week, anyone jailed by ICE with a final order of removal will NOT appear in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, making them effectively vanish.
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AP Exclusive: ICE hides locations of thousands of detainees with final removal orders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has stopped publicly revealing where it is holding most detainees who are subject to final deportation orders, in a move that has made it harder for lawyers an...
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Is this thing on? Hello? Can anyone out there hear me? This is your preznit. Please pay attention to me."
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🚨Mr. President, we have credible Intel that the same mad man who destroyed the East Wing of the White House is threatening to destroy the Kennedy Center. He is systematically attacking all the NATO countries. No time to explain, sir. Time to get back in the food cart. Immediately.
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National Geographic: Street Vendor's Journey
Alt: National Geographic: Street Vendor's Journey
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The law is that “Although the WH is not required to open its doors to the news media, once it establishes press facilities for credentialed journalists, it cannot deny access based on the content of a journalist’s coverage.” That's exactly what Trump is doing. joycevance.substack.com/p/its-a-nice...
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It’s a Nice First Amendment You’ve Got There…
Mea culpa for the long post on a Saturday night, but read on and see if you don’t agree that it’s essential.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Are we angry enough yet? I don’t think so. But we damned well should be #StopTrumpCorruption
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🚨Mr. President, we have credible Intel that the same mad man who destroyed the East Wing of the White House is threatening to destroy the Kennedy Center. He is systematically attacking all the NATO countries. No time to explain, sir. Time to get back in the food cart. Immediately.
static.klipy.com
National Geographic: Street Vendor's Journey
Alt: National Geographic: Street Vendor's Journey
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Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our music and our memories are being wiped out. AMERICA built this city. Not a president. Join us!
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I wrote about the insane developments in Chris Duncan's case. He was exonerated by the LA Sup. Ct. in June. But the local DA vowed to re-try him. Yesterday, cops showed up at the home of alleged victim's mother, demanded her DNA, threatened to arrest her, and said they would exhume her daughter.
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Breaking: DA demands DNA from Chris Duncan and Haley Oliveaux’s mother
Louisiana continues to persecute a wrongly convicted man
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The video and the stills of McConnell though: how can we tell them apart? 🥶
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NACDL @nacdl.org · 15/09/2026
🚨 The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's bid to impose new mail-in voting restrictions for the 2026 midterms. Ballots will keep moving through USPS as usual.🧵 NPR ↓ www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...
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The Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail voting restrictions for this year's midterms
The Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow mail-in voting restrictions under a U.S. Postal Service plan for the midterm general election.
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AI regulation or nah? Feeble, weak-minded president sez the only guardrail AI needs is a strong, smart president. We're fucked.
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NACDL @nacdl.org · 14/09/2026
AI-powered surveillance is spreading fast across Maine. License plate readers and AI cameras log where people go, often with no vote, no notice, and no warrant.👀 NACDL's Fourth Amendment Center @4ac.NACDL.org senior litigator Sidney Thaxter⚖️ on the threat to privacy. 🧵
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Isn't it wild how POTUS is a Russian chaos agent and a rapist and a war criminal and a pedophile stealing billions from taxpayers through organized crime while kissing the asses of genocidaires and endangering humanity with unregulated AI and surveillance capitalism? Anyhoo...
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
60 Minutes? CBS News? Yeah, I don't know them.
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My firm rule has always been: Never stan Hunter Biden. Find someone better. Most anyone is better.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee sitting in DC, issues a preliminary injunction blocking the entire U.S. Postal Service mail ballot rule. Order: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (Key portions of the rule were blocked by Judge Talwani in federal court in Massachusetts.)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DSCC, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 26-cv-01114 (CJN)
LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN
CITIZENS, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 26-cv-01132 (CJN)
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al.,
Defendants.
Civil Action No. 26-cv-01151 (CJN)ORDER
For the reasons stated in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that DSCC Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Preliminary Injunction,
ECF 163, is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART'; and it is further
ORDERED that LULAC Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, ECF
ECF 171, is GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED that NAACP Plaintiffs' Renewed Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, ECF
172, is GRANTED; and it is further
ORDERED that the United States Postal Service is preliminarily enjoined from
implementing and enforcing the Final Rule it published on August 21, see Ballot Mail for Federal
Elections, 91 Fed. Reg. 54,966 (Aug. 26, 2026).
DATE: September 13, 2026
'ARL. NICHOL
United States District Judge
' The Court denies only the portion of the Motion that seeks to preliminarily enjoin Section 3 of the Executive Order.
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Isn't it wild how POTUS is a Russian chaos agent and a rapist and a war criminal and a pedophile stealing billions from taxpayers through organized crime while kissing the asses of genocidaires and endangering humanity with unregulated AI and surveillance capitalism? Anyhoo...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
“He should’ve spent his life in prison. Ken offered him ONE DAY in jail. An Epstein-style sweetheart deal.” A new 🔥 @jamestalarico.bsky.social ad says we don’t need any more pedophile protectors in Washington.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 13/09/2026
Auditors observed election mail at 14 processing facilities and 73 delivery units and found significant flaws in the handling of ballots. In some locations, management wasn’t familiar with ballot processing requirements.
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U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots During This Year’s Primary Elections, Audit Finds
An inspector general’s audit found a lack of training for post office staff, deficiencies in how ballots were tracked and errors leading to delays. Experts say it raises questions ahead of the midterm...
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 13/09/2026
Never worked at the White House, but when I managed a president’s non-governmental socials, I (a) never traveled for that work; and (b) never drew up any posts that called a journalist “a sick, deluded freak”!
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Natalie Harp Should Concern Everyone—I Should Know, I Once Had Her Job
When I ran President Obama’s socials from the DNC, I treated that work as needing checks and restraint at every point of the process. Its absence in the Trump White House is scary.
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In the 1930s Great Depression, a violent splinter group broke away from the Ku Klux Klan. They called themselves The Black Legion — America’s hidden white supremacist army. Pull up a seat🪑 my friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Lady Gaga just had a baby! 👶 What shall we call this bundle of joy? Googoo Gaga.
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Lady Gaga just had a baby! 👶 What shall we call this bundle of joy? Googoo Gaga.
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Paul Bland @fpbland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Reading this thread may leave you profoundly worried, but we all need to know about this development in the corporate surveillance state.
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Your location data, search history, and personal devices shouldn't be a warrantless fishing expedition. Essential insights here from @nacdl.org on protecting constitutional rights against unchecked digital surveillance. Must-read @wired.com piece by @dmehro.bsky.social ⚖️
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
john fetterman is the first rat in history to climb onto a sinking ship.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So...... the promise was both a crime *and* a lie?
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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I have a chance to attend a UN Climate Change Study Programme in Geneva next month -- one of just 30 participants worldwide. 🌎 I need to raise $3,000 ASAP to secure my place and visa. Even $5 helps. Sponsors welcome. Please donate or share: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
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Paul Bland @fpbland.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I am so proud to have worked on this important brief, and for the honor of representing these extraordinary human rights advocates. The bank's position is reprehensible, and I intensely hope that the Court of Appeals reaffirms that there ARE real consequences for aiding and abetting in genocide
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NACDL @nacdl.org · 09/09/2026
1/ A Virginia mother let her 5-year-old walk a half-mile to a pond in their own gated community. For that, she was criminally convicted, handed a 6-month suspended sentence, and placed on a child-abuse registry for 7 years. 🧵
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Frederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Please join PRA on Wednesday, September 9th, 2:30–4:30pm ET for a webinar "Challenging the Christian Right: Success Stories". Find out how local organiers in Bucks County, PA and Tarrant County, TX fought back and won. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Challenging the Christian Right: Success Stories. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
When the Christian Right and allied billionaires took over school boards in Bucks County, PA and Tarrant County, TX, local organizers fought back and won. Hear from people directly involved in these v...
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Paul Bland @fpbland.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
John Dingell famously said "if I let you write the substance and you let me write the procedure, I'll screw you every time." SCOTUS on the ballroom: "it's not that it's legal, just no one can sue." SCOTUS on emoluments: "it's not that it's legal for people to bribe Trump, just no one can sue." Etc
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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
For Labor Day this year I wrote about wage theft (LA is the wage theft capital of the nation---over $1.4 billion/yr) and the just-passed city legislation to fight it, the result of a 3-year legislative struggle... and decades of organizing before that. 1/7
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump called for a national boycott of a Canadian company that employs hundreds of Americans at plants in Kansas and Indiana, which pays their bills and feeds their families. Which would put them all out of work if successful. On Labor Day. Because he’s mad at Mark Carney.
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Jon Hutson @jonhutson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Zara cleaning her Golden Retriever. Gotta have a clean dog.
Calico Maine Coon grooming a Golden Retriever. Photo by @JonHutson September 7, 2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.
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