Archive - Jon's Reluctant Blog

The Powerful v. The Powerless

As cynical as it gets: Tax breaks now; Medicaid and SNAP cuts the day after the midterm elections (assuming they happen).

8 hrs ago •

June 2025

May 2025

Retribution Is His

Vengeance is so much more fun than governing.

May 29 •

DoD accepts Qatari Jumbo Jet gift--and that's just the tip of the griftberg.

May 22 •

The Fox News Presidency

"Get me the President. No, get me the President's agent."

May 15 •

Killing scientific research will kill people

May 9 •

Techno-Medievalism

We appear to be making a roundtrip to the Middle Ages

May 1 •

April 2025

The Broligarchs

The uber rich are so different from the rest of us, they might just as well be from Mars.

Apr 24 •

Nothing Is As It Seems

Everything you know is wrong

Apr 17 •

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