Reposted by Jeff McKownMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/01/2026ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives. We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE. 7925413313808
Reposted by Jeff McKownAmerican Partisan™ 🚫Fascism @american.partisan.social · 24/01/2026President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” faces fresh ridicule after it emerges that nearly half of the countries on it are banned from entering the US under his travel ban. www.newsbreak.com/share/445695...newsbreak.comNearly half of countries on Trump’s Board of Peace banned from entering US - NewsBreakPresident Donald Trump ’s “Board of Peace” has faced fresh ridicule after it emerged that nearly half of the countries on it are banned from entering the U 55220
Reposted by Jeff McKownJulia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 24/01/2026“Don’t be discouraged when you find that the process of self-discovery takes a long, long time,” she said. “Don’t even be surprised if at 50 you are still wondering what you are going to be when you grow up.” 🗃️ RIP Barbara Aronstein Black www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...nytimes.comBarbara Aronstein Black, a First as a Law School Dean, Dies at 92 56005915
Reposted by Jeff McKownWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 24/01/2026in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today 9534966414277
Reposted by Jeff McKownAaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Urgent update: Migrant choked to death by ICE agents in ICE custody, his death will be ruled a homicide. His last words: “I can’t breathe.” ICE tear gasses a 6-month-old baby. Agents arrest workers hours after dining at Mexican restaurant. The reality of America. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...open.substack.comImportant Update: Migrant Choked to Death by ICE Agents in Custody and ICE Tear-Gasses 6-Month-Old Baby as ICE Escalates TacticsGood morning everyone. 38882343
Reposted by Jeff McKownAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/01/20269 January 1942 | Dutch Jewish boy Jacob de Mesquita was born in Amsterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 18 October 1942 in a transport of 1,710 Jews. He was murdered in a gas chamber after selection. --- ▶ The first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU 16419118
Jeff McKown @waythingsturn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Today was horrific and I am bitterly angry. I took some time to process that today. thewaythingsturn.blogspot.com/2026/01/angr...thewaythingsturn.blogspot.comAngryI’m angry. Deeply, profoundly, angry. I’m just a guy. A sixty-year-old, white, middle-class, American guy. I’m married, I work for a living,... 000
Reposted by Jeff McKownJeff McKown @waythingsturn.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Not sure if this is helpful to others — but since Trump 2.0, whenever I find myself in a situation (political or otherwise) where I feel I’m spiraling, I fall back on four short words — how can I help? It calms me, reminds me who I am, and sometimes, helps me find a way to lift someone else. 151
Reposted by Jeff McKownSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S. 1047160833664
Reposted by Jeff McKownBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Extremely obvious combing through this who is redacted and why. It's Epstein, Maxwell, a lot of Bill Clinton, maybe Michael Jackson (?) and basically nobody else. Everybody else's head is in a black rectangle. In practice, they didn't release shit. 11643851021
Reposted by Jeff McKownAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Transparency at last 🙄 1112336630
Reposted by Jeff McKownMicah @rincewind.run · 19/12/2025lmao this is the worst possible way they could have done it, you gotta leave him in some non-terrible stuff so you can argue that's all there is "he wasn't mentioned once" is not gonna fly 292677497
Reposted by Jeff McKownKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 17/12/2025MORE from Jack Smith: "The decision to bring charges against President Trump was mine, but the basis for those charges rests entirely with President Trump and his actions, as alleged in the indictments returned by grand juries in two different districts." 342661772
Reposted by Jeff McKownRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Eileen Higgins just became the first Democrat elected mayor of Miami in nearly 30 years. 33781121561
Reposted by Jeff McKownGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Marco Rubio knew the truth 9 years ago, but he sold his soul for power. Yet he was correct: He will one day have to explain his support for Trump, and this is not going to end well. 16143211036
Reposted by Jeff McKownJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth. 448191505010
Reposted by Jeff McKownRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/11/2025The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false. Lots of people are going to die. 20739881106
Reposted by Jeff McKownBen Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 20/11/2025I remember this guy. He was the one on TV two months ago claiming Dems have a culture of condoning violence. 1839092
Reposted by Jeff McKownGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files. 712183256234
Reposted by Jeff McKownDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 02/11/2025I’m glad that Scott can get help from the White House. Now, what about the millions of other Americans facing steep, premium hikes who also need assistance? 82901210
Reposted by Jeff McKownJoe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Take it from me, a former Republican, Republicans do not have a healthcare plan. They don’t. 103809142
Reposted by Jeff McKownMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 01/11/2025What he said: 💯 🎯 10284914613472
Reposted by Jeff McKown50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Reminder that Spotify has still not gotten rid of their ICE ads. They think they can just stay silent without answering to the public. Let’s show them how wrong they are, let’s hit them where it hurts! These corporations don’t understand anything unless it hurts their bottom line. 16841441808
Reposted by Jeff McKownAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 27/10/2025We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina. This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut. 19455282034
Reposted by Jeff McKownThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/10/2025A president imposing tariffs (on us) because he’s annoyed (by a real ad not fake) is not how the law works. We are off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸 www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/b... 41379102564
Reposted by Jeff McKownLyn Ettinger-Harwell @lyneh1.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Sometimes as I drift idly on Walden pond, I cease to live and begin to be... ~ Henry David Thoreau ~ 740339
Reposted by Jeff McKownAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/10/2025Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you." 345171076272
Jeff McKown @waythingsturn.bsky.social · 21/10/2025As long as there is no punishment for grifting, the grifting will continue and get worse. . It’s that simple. 010
Reposted by Jeff McKownpulsarcube.bsky.social @pulsarcube.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Raise cost for healthcare by thousands of dollars, then send them $100 checks with a Trump signature. Have you even said thank you yet? 1574
Reposted by Jeff McKownMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Trump says if he invokes the Insurrection Act, ”there is no more court cases, there is no more anything.” By “no more anything” he means no more democracy. 661404445
Reposted by Jeff McKownIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings 22898838028607
Jeff McKown @waythingsturn.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Excellent No Kings turnout in Tampa and it was totally peaceful. I also felt like we learned something from Portland. 050
Reposted by Jeff McKownRandi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 18/10/2025It's official. Nearly 7 million people. Today is the single largest day of protest in American history. Americans from all corners of the country are standing up and saying #NoKings. This is what peaceful, patriotic protest looks like. 441796478
Reposted by Jeff McKownGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Authoritarianism is a cancer. And it's growing, metastasizing. In America. Now. YOU are the cure. Do your part and join us on Saturday. Do it for your country. For the Constitution. For your freedoms. While you still can. @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social 361162846022
Reposted by Jeff McKownIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/10/2025Lots of Republicans quietly agree that something needs to be done about the Trump-led healthcare cost crisis. We must get the GOP on the record to pressure leadership into negotiating an end to the Trump Shutdown: indivisible.org/campaign/sto... 1022071
Reposted by Jeff McKownJeff McKown @waythingsturn.bsky.social · 21/09/2025The destruction of objective truth and the devaluation of basic facts have proven to be Trump’s greatest weapons (and his most damaging impacts). 011
Reposted by Jeff McKownAuschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 13/10/202513 October 1942 | A French Jewish boy, Jean Stolowicz, was born in Paris. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 10 October 1943 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from #Drancy. He was among 491 of them murdered in a gas chamber after the selection. -- Children at Auschwitz: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA 14465114
Reposted by Jeff McKownThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 13/10/2025Reverend David Black, the senior pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying at the armed agents above him before being shot in the head with a pepper ball at least twice and falling to his knees. Black said he could hear ICE laughing. trib.al/9Nstfnp 14600218
Reposted by Jeff McKownThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/10/2025OCTOBER 18TH across 🇺🇸 & Tennessee Republicans are calling them “Hate America” rallies, but as with most things they say it’s exactly the opposite. 🇺🇸 #NoKings 👑 Find one: www.nokings.org 541046310
Reposted by Jeff McKownMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 12/10/2025At what point will our media ask about Trump’s obvious mental decline? He’s so far gone that he does not remember he was president in January 6, 2021 26741159
Reposted by Jeff McKownFred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 12/10/2025(1,2) I have often stated my belief that the Current Occupant of the White House lies about everything. Last night he posted this. He is either knowingly lying, senile, or both. HE WAS THE PRESIDENT ON JANUARY 6TH. Biden was still a private citizen. 33496113
Reposted by Jeff McKownThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 12/10/2025The regime gets more deranged every day. A rightwing conspiracy theorist assassinated a Democratic lawmaker - which the attorney general presents as an example of leftwing political violence in order to justify an authoritarian crackdown on the opposition… We’re in incredibly dangerous territory. 391716588
Reposted by Jeff McKownJust Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Republicans are 💯 responsible for shielding the pedophiles they once promised to expose. Republicans are 💯 responsible for stoking civil unrest across the country. They’ve peddled in inflammatory rhetoric for years, outlawed anti-fascism, weaponized the DOJ, ICE and the National Guard. (3/3) 14879245
Jeff McKown @waythingsturn.bsky.social · 11/10/2025I just donated, and I can’t wait to fully participate in democracy at next Saturday’s No Kings protest. 120