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Journalist. jonathanlarsen.substack.com and thefuckingnews.substack.com

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“Abolish ICE” Is Winning Polling and results at the actual polls show "Abolish ICE" is mainstream and supporting ICE is now the radical, fringe, weirdo, extremist position

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06.03.2026 01:45 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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LIVE SOON: How To Save TV News: Alisyn Camerota Starting Mar 5 at 12:00 PM EST

Can TV news be saved? The answer may determine our nation’s future.

Fox and CNN veteran @Alisyn Camerota has opinions.
She even has opinions about my opinions.

Join us today at noon, eastern time, for our discussion. Bring your opinions.

05.03.2026 14:28 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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U.S. Attack on Iran Prompted Military Bible Studies, Advocacy Group Says Military commanders didn't just call this a holy war, some allegedly responded with emergency Bible studies

This is @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social's scoop on the dozens of Commanders telling NCOs to tell the troop this is a war to "cause the apocalypse." Jonathan was one of the senior producers at Countdown. Crazy as this seems, he's impeccable. This is real: jonathanlarsen.substack.com/p/us-attack-...

04.03.2026 22:45 👍 206 🔁 87 💬 29 📌 10

There's no excuse for someone who's supposed to be representing millions of New Yorkers to say that the problem is "not enough Christianity" (though if NY lost senators every time one did something that should be disqualifying, we'd have nothing but a smoking crater where Schumer used to be).

04.03.2026 18:00 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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U.S. Attack on Iran Prompted Military Bible Studies, Advocacy Group Says Military commanders didn't just call this a holy war, some allegedly responded with emergency Bible studies

EXCLUSIVE: Military commanders aren’t just preaching “Armageddon” in the Iran war…

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation tells me that after the first U.S. bombs fell Saturday, some commanders scheduled emergency …… Bible studies for Sunday.

04.03.2026 16:53 👍 150 🔁 73 💬 23 📌 16

While we wait for more results (I promise a bunch of calls are sure to be around the corner), my usual Election Night note:

if you find the work we do at Bolts to elevate local politics to be important and valuable... consider becoming a monthly subscriber (or donor)! Easy: boltsmag.org/donate

04.03.2026 03:13 👍 340 🔁 97 💬 6 📌 2
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State of the Swamp Destroys Trump’s Longest, Angriest State of the Union As Trump ranted through a record-breaking grievance fest, celebrities, activists, and everyday Americans turned ridicule into resistance—and stole the night.

What I saw at State of the Swamp so crucial post-Iran
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Trump droned on in his State Of Dementia. Threatened, lied, sharted..neurons faded. At State of the Swamp, electricity lightning can’t provide. Joy. Portland frogs

K𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅? 𝑨𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒚

03.03.2026 05:12 👍 212 🔁 89 💬 6 📌 6

We are deeply concerned by reports that military commanders are framing the Iran war as “God’s plan” and invoking Armageddon in official briefings.

Service members swear an oath to the Constitution — not to any religion.

We are reviewing these reports and will demand accountability.

03.03.2026 12:56 👍 680 🔁 314 💬 40 📌 33

Thanks, Linda. I'm hoping to post on more than one platform at some point so people can choose whichever one is least unethical... if possible...

03.03.2026 01:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

03.03.2026 01:54 👍 12776 🔁 6369 💬 1304 📌 4134

We had a deal with Iran to avoid nuclear proliferation—Trump tore it up.

If the US-Israel attack on Iran was for deterrence, why’d they hit a girl’s elementary school, killing 148?

Yes, only Congress can authorize war. But Delaney misses the point: we need to fund schools, not murder kids abroad.

01.03.2026 16:18 👍 166 🔁 53 💬 3 📌 0
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Power doesn’t need truth—only distance. If they can make dead children sound like ‘operations,’ they can make anything sound necessary. The euphemism is the weapon; your silence is the ammunition.

02.03.2026 17:26 👍 160 🔁 82 💬 3 📌 2

Flashback to the year after college drawn into a bar by the punk band inside killing Que Sera Sera…

02.03.2026 01:47 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

“I am the son of the guy whose secret police force used to terrorize you, please install me or my friends, for democracy” is an amazing pitch from the shah’s son

02.03.2026 00:09 👍 3349 🔁 617 💬 70 📌 30

I get why/that people say this, but dont' underestimate this:

all other social networks are invested in making sure that posts that link to journalism remain buried, or at least never go viral.

BlueSky doesn't do that. That makes it very valuable to a ton of newsrooms righ tnow.

01.03.2026 23:52 👍 2768 🔁 466 💬 38 📌 16

The ritual of useless demands for useless information now serves the causes it purports to oppose.

02.03.2026 01:30 👍 31 🔁 6 💬 3 📌 0

Amazing.

01.03.2026 23:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks, Amanda.

01.03.2026 00:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Launches War on Iran and His Approval Ratings Precision U.S.-Israeli strikes successfully kill five students at Iranian all-girls school

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Thank gods he's got humor, otherwise I'd drown in tears. @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social keeps me informed, sane, and somehow laughing through all this fucked up shit. Come on, let's fuck the news together. Sign up, best money and time you'll spend.

01.03.2026 00:03 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 0

Iran, while authoritarian, is not a strongman dictatorship. It has an elected parliament that is not a duma; it has an elected president; the clerical leader is elected by a specialized body. Decapitation is unlikely to bring it down

28.02.2026 19:49 👍 155 🔁 68 💬 5 📌 2

If anyone's wondering whether Markwayne Mullin is dimthick stupid.

28.02.2026 21:00 👍 23 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 0

I wonder where Trump got the idea that nations can’t replace their leaders.

28.02.2026 20:24 👍 20 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Launches War on Iran and His Approval Ratings Precision U.S.-Israeli strikes successfully kill five students at Iranian all-girls school

Trump Launches War on Iran & His Approval Ratings open.substack.com/pub/thefucki... "The first blood drawn by ... strikes was five students killed at an all-girls elementary school, just the latest in a years-long series of attacks by Trump on all-girl facilities." @jonathanlarsen.bsky.social

28.02.2026 15:55 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

As a peacemaker and non-Nobel Peace Prize winner myself, I'd like to suggest a fair compromise that I think will make everyone happy.

Regime change in Iran.
Regime change in Israel.
Regime change in the U.S.

Fair's fair.

28.02.2026 18:04 👍 43 🔁 9 💬 5 📌 2
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U.S. and Israel draw first blood.

This’ll teach girls’ schools not to enrich uranium.

28.02.2026 10:47 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Hegseth Finally Shoots Down an Actual Enemy Defense Department actually defends nation for once, taking out Customs and Border Protection drone

Some good new and some bad news and all curated with lots of laughs

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28.02.2026 05:17 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

they can't even get the book right that they want us all to read

27.02.2026 17:29 👍 55 🔁 14 💬 5 📌 0
An animated image of the Wikipedia mascot character Baby Globe. It is a white globe with an open top with large, cute eyes and stubby blue arms and legs. Baby Globe is wearing an orange birthday party hat on the side.

It reaches inside itself and pulls out yellow and pink confetti while doing a blushing smile.

An animated image of the Wikipedia mascot character Baby Globe. It is a white globe with an open top with large, cute eyes and stubby blue arms and legs. Baby Globe is wearing an orange birthday party hat on the side. It reaches inside itself and pulls out yellow and pink confetti while doing a blushing smile.

An animated image of the Wikipedia mascot character Baby Globe. It is a white globe made of puzzle piece with large, cute eyes and stubby blue arms and legs. Baby Globe is typing on a grey laptop computer which has a puzzle piece logo.

An animated image of the Wikipedia mascot character Baby Globe. It is a white globe made of puzzle piece with large, cute eyes and stubby blue arms and legs. Baby Globe is typing on a grey laptop computer which has a puzzle piece logo.

Timeline cleanser: @wikipedia.org is celebrating its 25th birthday with a new logo, Baby Globe.

They've got several animations to enjoy, beyond the ones I'm featuring. Link: wikimediafoundation.org/wikipedia25/...

Wikipedia is the internet—and humanity—at its best. Here's to 25 more years!

27.02.2026 01:38 👍 461 🔁 120 💬 6 📌 28

Thefuckingnews.substack.com

27.02.2026 00:13 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0