Joe Jackson

Joe Jackson

@trombonejoe.jazztbone.com

Trombonist, arranger, retired military, dad, grandpa. Hobbies: macroeconomics, law, climate. Proud SJW. Diversity is strength, justice is freedom, knowledge is power. Columbophile. Trekkie. DON’T FEED THE TROLLS. Blocking is how we keep this site healthy.

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They're right. Precisely what I've been saying for years. And it's no coincidence that the most politically talented player in a generation (Trump) has surrounded himself with people that could never win office on their own. It was never about sustaining a movement.

rule4080.bsky.social@rule4080.bsky.social

He's got NO POLITICAL INSTINCTS. None. No one in Trump's orbit do. It's how you get in his orbit. A true political animal could have seen Trump's limited shelf-life. Any clown can make money.

Terrific/clear explainer...

Matt Darling@besttrousers.bsky.social

Basically, recessions are caused by "everyone trying to save money at the same time". This is a problem because at an aggregate level, everyone's income is the same as everyone's spending.

Here’s a Scottish reverend employing the slippery slope fallacy and, by implication, denying the existence of God and advocating the worship of Howler Monkeys. The Bible has boiled many brains.

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Reminder: there is no excuse for smearing women who come forward about sexual assault. It doesn’t make you righteous because you agree politically with the abuser.

There are about a ten or so countries in the world who's leaders say this exact thing. We're living in one.

FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social

IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER MOJTABA KHAMENEI, IN LETTER, SAYS ANY ACTION CAUSING PESSIMISM AND FRUSTRATION AMONG PEOPLE IS A FORM OF ASSISTANCE TO THE ENEMY

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Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

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Only in America can one party control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, win the popular vote,and hold the majority of governorships... and still blame the other party for everything wrong with this country

GREAT point. 🧵

Josh Chafetz@joshchafetz.bsky.social

1/2 Ugh, I fucking hate comments like this. For one thing, those of us with vocabularies above the fifth grade level (and even those of us who spend out rime in college seminars) are just as American as everyone else. And second ...

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It is being reported on the ground in Cuba that everyone on a ventilator at this hospital died overnight. As a Cuban, I'm devastated.

Arturo Dominguez@extremearturo.bsky.social

This is what I was hoping to see from influencers and independent journalists who traveled to Cuba. The impacts of U.S. actions aren't getting the attention they deserve in mainstream media. My people are being ignored in the U.S. news.

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“A mountain of research proves that immigrants do not increase crime rates,” says Cato’s David Bier, testifying before a Senate Budget Committee hearing on sanctuary cities.

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As I'm watching CSPAN, Donald Trump seriously just called in to public forum at 9:51 am CST pretending to be a caller named "JOHN BARRON from Virginia"..... The host cut him off and switched callers, AS THEY SHOULD. I paused and rewound to record it, I could hardly believe what I heard. What a tool

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if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them

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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/

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Pew Research Institute (2023): • Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants • Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants • Blue State Minnesota has 130,000. And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration." It's *not* about immigration.

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Cassidy sentenced countless children to death, knowingly, by confirming RFK and Trump stabs him in the back anyway I hope it eats at him every miserable day of the rest of his life

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social

Trump throws a dagger into the Louisiana Senate race, pushing Rep. Julia Letlow to challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy, who has worked hard to stay on Trump’s good side. Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”

Formerly the party of "ZOMFG THEY'RE GIVING HOMELESS PEOPLE CELL PHONES!!!!!" You can buy a lot of cell phones with $3K

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Kristi Noem makes an announcement on Fox & Friends: "We are saying that if you voluntarily want to go home now to your country, if you're in the US illegally, we'll give you $3,000 through the holidays to send you home. We'll buy you a ticket, give you $3,000 to go home."

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🚨 The DOJ appears to have redacted Donald Trump’s name from the allegations made in this exhibit in the Epstein files. Trump’s name was in the original release. Now, it’s blacked out. See for yourself.

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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.) RTs appreciated.

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The single biggest question in American law today is: Are lies a get-out-of-laws-free card? Can the government simply lie to grant itself new powers? And is everyone else under an obligation to act as if obvious lies are true, or at minimum, that they might have merit and deserve respect?

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OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks: I am the General Counsel of Antifa.

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When President AOC federalizes the National Guard in 2029 to protect abortion clinics, Ilan is going to magically discover an English treatise written in 1610 that proves Matthew Kacsmaryk can issue a nationwide injunction against her.

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Replying to @whstancil.bsky.social

You wouldn't blame fascist hatred of liberal intellectuals on some initial offense committed by those intellectuals which "broke their brains." It's pure tribal out-group hatred for essentially psychological reasons, for which an entire pretextual ideology was constructed over time.