Mona Jones
Retired postal worker. Iowan. Radical Left Scum. 1 son, 2 grandkids, and a wonderful daughter-in-law. 2 cats, of course.
- Please come to our favorite taproom in Des Moines, little man
- Reposted by Mona JonesThis regime's cruelty knows no bounds. mprnews.org/story/2026/02/05/li…
- Reposted by Mona JonesI hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend. They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
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- Reposted by Mona JonesInternal White House meetings going on, like, "Hopefully the racism will distract from the pedophilia which will distract from the killings which will distract from the pedophilia again which will distract from the economy which will distract from the pedophilia a third time"
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- So much for doing things "the right way."
- Reposted by Mona JonesICE is still doing checkpoints in Minneapolis like we are an occupied territory. Life remains really hard here thanks to Trump's thugs.
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- Reposted by Mona JonesWas driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
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- Reposted by Mona JonesAfter huffily defending Trump for posting the racist apes video, the White House is now blaming it on an unnamed staffer. “A White House staffer erroneously made the post. It has been taken down,” a White House official told Zeteo.
- BREAKING: Madman President Promotes Racist Video of the Obamas as Apes Trump’s policies and actions are fueled by explicit racism and election denial. The Obama-ape video encompasses both, writes @swin24.bsky.social. Read now: zeteo.com/p/trump-obam...
- Reposted by Mona JonesCowardly and racist is an amazing combination. We all know that wasn't a staffer and that he meant that shit. bsky.app/profile/leba...
- Reposted by Mona JonesLove this. Love that we live in a world where the dumbest, most evil motherfuckers alive get to monologue incoherently into a microphone for 3 minutes and it's published verbatim on the website of the nation's most prestigious newspaper. Great work everyone www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
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- Reposted by Mona JonesOver 73,000 people are currently in ICE custody, the most ever... But that's not the only shocking number: - There has been a 2,450% increase in the number of people with no criminal record being held in ICE detention on any given day.
- Yes, please.
- wtf?
- Reposted by Mona JonesThe clarity of @attackerman.bsky.social on @wyden.senate.gov's cryptic public letter to Ratcliffe is something more journalists should be doing. Explaining stuff is important; explaining stuff you don't know but understanding the mechanics is just as important. www.forever-wars.com/ron-wyden-on...
- Reposted by Mona Jonesin a democratic republic (and really in all times and places) the slavish hunger to be in the thrall of a strongman or a king is the ultimate moral degeneracy.
- Reposted by Mona Jonesvery weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
- Reposted by Mona JonesCivil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"
- Reposted by Mona JonesNew: Immigration agents have shot a dozen people since Sept--yet police are often skipping any investigation After agents near Chicago killed a man, an officer asked if chief who would investigate. The answer: “You’re not going to investigate a federal officer” www.propublica.org/article/why-...
- Reposted by Mona JonesI’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
- Not The Onion?
- Reposted by Mona Jonesour government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public." www.propublica.org/article/chic...
- Reposted by Mona JonesThe Senate report: www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
- Reposted by Mona JonesI think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
- Reposted by Mona JonesKash Patel refers to FBI agents who raided the Fulton County elections office as "my troops on the ground"
- Reposted by Mona JonesI do not make this comparison lightly.
- "In my few days in Minnesota, I’ve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments I’ve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world," photojournalist @cengizyar.com writes. "The wars we’ve carried out as a nation abroad have come home." More: propub.li/4acxEeY
- Reposted by Mona JonesIn a sane world, the decision by Rufo, Vance, & co. to slander and slap a target on the traumatized, hardworking immigrants who revitalized a rust belt city -- and who *were invited* to that city -- would be a stain on their careers that they never live down. They should be reminded of it. Often.
- Reposted by Mona JonesStriking from new Quinnipiac poll: *Voters prefer path to legalization over deportations for most undocs by 59-34. Among independents it's 61-33 *Majority says Trump on immigration is making America less safe Again, there's broad rejection of the whole project, not just ICE tactics (see below)
- Vast camps are central to Trumpism. Stephen Miller has long been very excited about them. Backlash is another sign that opposition to Trump/Miller runs deeper than revulsion at ICE. There's real resistance to the whole ideological project of mass deportations. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2060...
- Reposted by Mona JonesIn the past week we've learned ICE has secured property to build human warehouses in Merrimack, NH and Williamsport, MD. Just some facts I think bear repeating.
- Reposted by Mona JonesMost of the footage you see from ICE observers in Minnesota comes from the core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I talked to observers in the northern suburbs, who say they're taking on the same mission in very different conditions. (1) share.google/ei9giIFLsuEJ...
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- Reposted by Mona JonesRemember the incident where DHS claimed officers shot a guy because he attacked them with a snow shovel? Yeah. It didn't happen. They shot him through the door of his own home. And then arrested him. And then lied about it. Again. And they almost shot some kids in the process.
- Reposted by Mona Jonesindependent media or bust.
- Reposted by Mona JonesThe Trump administration doesn’t want you to remember that Tom Homan was the architect of family separation during Trump’s first term. 📌 Homan publicly advocated for separating families as a deterrent and repeatedly defended the policy on TV and before Congress.
- Reposted by Mona JonesJames Comer is bringing Hillary Clinton before his committee to testify about Epstein despite having zero contact with him, but not Epstein’s neighbor Howard Lutnick who lied about his connections to Epstein over many years which is proven in the files.
- Reposted by Mona JonesThis cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
- Reposted by Mona Jones“One cop we talked to—he appeared to be a lieutenant or commander—about babies being gassed said in response ‘that's too bad.’”
- Reposted by Mona JonesA follow up on this Jesse Watters clip from 3 weeks ago. The victim of ICE testified today before Congress that she was on her way to a 39th scheduled treatment at a traumatic brain injury center.
- Reposted by Mona JonesFloored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
- Reposted by Mona JonesElizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
- Gibberish. Pointing fingers "pew pew pew" is threatening to these assclowns?
- Reposted by Mona JonesIf many people hold a left-wing opinion they are a mob and should be ignored; if few people hold a left wing opinion they are fringe and should be ignored. The substance or correctness of the opinion is irrelevant. This is the reactionary centrist credo bsky.app/profile/eliv...
- Reposted by Mona JonesI don't know if non-lawyers understand how insane this statement is. I honestly can't think of anything remotely comparable in non-lawyer speak. I guess the closest would be a surgeon saying "Imagine if I had to wash my HANDS before doing surgery!"
- Reposted by Mona Joneshappening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
- Reposted by Mona JonesWelcome to Paris.
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- Reposted by Mona Jones"you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their corruption. History won’t judge Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought"
- This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it. Spread this one far and wide.
- Reposted by Mona Jones"Among the hires at CBS News announced by Weiss is a doctor who claims he reduced his biological age by 20 years with cold plunges; that cod liver oil treats autism; and that Alzheimer’s and dementia can be reversed with supplements he sells on his online store." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Reposted by Mona Jonesi met this guy on Saturday. he was engaged in the devious business of walking a kid who'd just been maced back to his apartment and washing out their eyes.
- 🚨 Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader. One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa": www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
- Reposted by Mona JonesIt really bums me out that Klobuchar, who was instrumental in normalizing Trump as just another political adversary, is almost certainly going to be the next governor of Minnesota, a state currently paying a severe price for that normalization of fascism.
- Reposted by Mona JonesIf you campaigned for the presidency on a promise to destroy these assholes, you would win a landslide the size of FDR in 1936, when he campaigned on a promise to destroy these assholes.
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- Reposted by Mona JonesSeems like the Epstein files are full of billionaires and not immigrants.