Jon Hallin

Jon Hallin

@jonhallin.bsky.social

Problem solver.

424 followers64 following3.7K posts

Jon Hallin reposted

Q: "You said Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire, but both sides say they have not agreed to that." Trump: "Well, they agreed. Do you know why? Because I said, 'you agree.' That's why. They agreed because I said they agreed."

"interesting solutions to shove high-quality scrap metal down a drowning man's pants" is an amazing simile!

ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social

15/ "In short, in an attempt to calm the people, the government will likely find a few more interesting solutions to shove high-quality scrap metal down a drowning man's pants.

To quote my teenage daughter: Who does that?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

RFK Jr: "A Democratic senator claimed it's mathematically impossible to have a drug drop by 600%. I said, 'Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600% rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that's a 600% savings.'" Trump: "Right"

There's objectivity, which is an essential trait in journalists, and then there is bending painfully backwards to avoid presenting the context which is blindingly obvious to anyone who has bothered to explore the subject for just a few minutes...

This post is unavailable.

Jon Hallin reposted

Replying to @noelreports.com

The UN: Our emblem will show all countries of the world. To be as fair as possible we will use a projection that makes areas further from the center be shown larger instead. The Board of Peace: Our mandate is to create peace in Gaza, so our symbol is gonna be a globe view centered on New Orleans.

Jon Hallin reposted

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comThe UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George MonbiotIt took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

"In my opinion the orcs are the bad guys. I am not proud that the Dark Lord I enjoy so much working for is part of this."

Katie Drummond@katie-drummond.bsky.social

Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com "In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this." Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social

Jon Hallin reposted

Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, on January 24. DHS claims he died after an armed struggle, but videos of the incident appears to contradict that claim. Read our analysis here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

bellingcat.comAlex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting - bellingcatBellingcat has analysed video of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The footage appears to contradict statements made by the Department of Homeland Security.

Jon Hallin reposted

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social

JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Jon Hallin reposted

Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...

Challenge: Speak for two minutes without contradicting yourself. trump: Nobody can contradict themselves as much as I can!

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Trump: "We need Greenland for strategic national security and international security. This enormous, unsecured island is actually part of North America on the northern frontier of the Western hemisphere. That's our territory."

Shocking, who could have foreseen that they would be sloppy/illegal with how they handled this data?

CNN@cnn.com

A Department of Government Efficiency employee shared Social Security data without agency officials’ knowledge and in violation of security protocols, the Justice Department said in a court filing.

If this was a megagame, nobody would accept a council where the rules were this lopsided, and many megagames intentionally set the council rules to be lopsided...

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social

I’ve been reading Trump’s "Board of Peace Charter," and despite the name, this isn’t a multilateral institution, it’s a centralised structure built entirely around the authority of one person (Trump). www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-ch...

Jon Hallin reposted

Just hours after Renee Good was shot, one member of Customs and Border Patrol’s elite tactical team on an adjacent street fired a less-lethal weapon five times in less than five minutes, with four shots aimed at the faces of protestors. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...

bellingcat.comAnalysing One Federal Agent’s Use of Less-Lethal Launcher in MinneapolisAfter the fatal shooting of Renee Good, Border Patrol agent "EZ-17" was filmed shooting less-lethal munitions at protesters five times in five minutes.

Jon Hallin reposted

Only Pew Research Center to go!

Stars and Stripes@starsandstripes.bsky.social

BREAKING | The Pentagon has suggested it would take over editorial content decision making for Stars and Stripes in a statement from the Defense Department’s top spokesman.

The most benign interpretation of what he says is that they are willing to let people get away with crimes if they will just do the regime's bidding. But the most plausible interpretation is that they are using the legal system for coercion through false accusations.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."

Jon Hallin reposted

Replying to @aphclarkson.bsky.social

I particularly enjoy this background image. It's from the war the Americans fought against the guy who coined that phrase.

Jon Hallin reposted

Replying to @bellingcat.com

New footage from the ICE agent's phone who shot at Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis has emerged, posted by AlphaNews on X. We've placed that footage in a synced timeline with the other currently available footage.

I never thought leopards would not eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Not Eating People's Faces Party.

Lenny Martin@lennymartin.bsky.social

Oh sure, yeah. You like it now it's OTHER people being not assassinated in the street, but how would you like it when it's YOU being not assassinated in the street? How about that? Oh. Carry on then I guess.

Jon Hallin reposted

Replying to @eliothiggins.bsky.social

Most technical bugs in the early phases of technology don't result in the industrial scale generation of nonconsensual and child pornography, if they did you wouldn't usually expect it to take two weeks to address, and if it did you wouldn't expect them to address it by monetizing it.

Jon Hallin reposted

We can clearly see from the New York Times analysis that both Trump and Vance are lying. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Malachy Browne@malachy.bsky.social

Video analysis clearly contradicts what Noem and Trump claim about the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. By @devonlum.bsky.social @robinsteinnyt.bsky.social Ainara Tiefenthaler Courtney Brooks for @nytimes.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQCv...

That young girl is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting.

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

NOTE: This news immediately followed a Supreme Court order this morning denying the paper's shadow-docket efforts to block an injunction issued by the Third Circuit that was enforcing an NLRB unfair labor practices order relating to the paper's health insurance plans.

Jon Hallin reposted

Replying to @maks23.bsky.social

Calling it now, Maduro will be convicted for something, then there will be a very large anonymous purchase of trumpcoin, and trump will pardon Maduro.

Glory to the United States of Arstotzka! youtu.be/cRLsj4TleVU

youtu.be10 Hours of Papers, Please! Music - The Most Relaxing SoundtrackYouTube video by ultron01
Silly Sally 💙💙💙@caturday62.bsky.social

ICE is arguing in court that US CITIZENS can be detained, handcuffed, and biometrically screened unless they can prove citizenship on the spot. And that a REAL ID isn't enough. This isn't border security. It's a "papers-please" America where freedom is conditional and innocence comes last.

I'm still not sure if trump actually thinks he can get a Nobel Peace Prize, or if this is just another smokescreen for all his rape and pillaging, both literal and figurative.

CNN@cnn.com

President Donald Trump’s name has been installed on the building and signage around the US Institute of Peace – an independent agency that the administration gutted earlier this year.

Jon Hallin reposted

This week could be pivotal for diplomacy. It is clear that Russia does not want peace, and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible. My doorstep ahead of today’s Foreign Affairs Council on Defence ↓

I'd rather not have you ask the question. But I'm proud to answer the question. Or at least I'm proud that I allowed you to ask the question. And I'm proud that my family is making a lot of money from my decisions as president.

Molly White@molly.wiki

"[You're] not concerned about the appearance of corruption with this?" "I'd rather not have you ask the question."

We have always been at war with Eastasia.

CNN@cnn.com

"If you asked people what the worst one-year period in recent American history was, it’s a good bet that many would choose roughly between January 2020 and January 2021," writes Aaron Blake. | Analysis