Jamison Foser

@jamisonfoser

Political consultant, media critic, and longtime Cassandra. www.findinggravity.net

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Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· 25d

"Liberalism for the 21st Century," brought to you by the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism, featuring a speaker who suggested hanging women who have abortions.

Kevin Williamson "briefly joined The Atlantic but his employment was terminated following public criticism of a 2014 Twitter discussion, in which he suggested hanging as a criminal punishment for abortion."

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· 25d

I took these between noon and 1pm

A supermarket. It is dark, except for an orange sky. It is approximately noon.

The Ocean Park Motel offers kitchens, Hot Tub, and has vacancy. a comfy place to ride out the apocalypse

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sign, dirty orange sky, traffic light

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· 25d

guy's literally the poster child for fucking up art with technology so I trust you'll understand if I do not find this reassuring www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...

"George Lucas likens AI skeptics to luddites clinging to horses and carts / Star Wars director calls AI technology 'the future' of film-making and says 'there's nothing you can do about it'"

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· 25d

(Brownsville Girl is, in fact, a masterpiece)

It practically goes without saying that Dylan couldn’t simply make a crass and lunatic-sounding compendium of unpleasant noises without throwing in arguably his best song. To do less would be insufficiently perverse. And so the 11-minute epic “Brownsville Girl” just shows up, the sixth track of a paltry eight-track running order, unassumingly tearing the top off of our jaded heads. Composed with the playwright Sam Shepard and containing as many great aphorisms as “Visions Of Johanna” or “Tangled Up In Blue,” “Brownsville Girl” is a shaggy-dog Western epic and a conscious, hilarious acknowledgment of Dylan’s own increasing obsolescence.

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· 26d

this guy's wrong. you should read it. it's good: www.findinggravity.net/bruce-spring...

some fuckin' guy thinks he's funny or edgy or something

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· 27d

live your life with the confidence of a dude who shows up in JOHN FOGERTY's mentions to tell him he didn't write Proud Mary

screenshot from an Instagram post by Proud Mary songwriter John Fogerty in which Fogerty talks about having written Proud Mary and some dude shows up to incorrectly "Well, Actually" JOHN FOGERTY about who wrote Proud Mary. Which was, in fact, John Fogerty.

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· 27d

oh ffs

"'Imagine the endless possibilities when sunlight is not limited by geography or time of day,' Reflect Orbital says on its website."

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jul 10

probably best not to comment on this one

New York Times: "The new Air Force One, a donated Qatari jet that President Trump had pushed to rapidly retrofit, lacks the defensive security features of the old model, including advanced antimissile capabilities, according to officials briefed on its features."

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jul 8

"Earlier Tuesday, a Thune spokesperson finally nuked the idea that McConnell was brain-dead"

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jul 7

Tracey having a normal one

michael tracey in full meltdown mode because it's a day that ends in Y

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jul 7

extremely on-brand bullshit from this guy

Michael Tracey over on the Nazi site: "Serious question: if he was really 'blackout drunk,' how do we know she didn't rape HIM?"

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jul 7

jesus christ, take a cold shower

the New York Times, struggling to catch its breath: "Is there anything the health secretary won’t do in jeans? In a bid to project the White House’s vision of masculinity, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared a video of himself doing bicep curls, riding a stationary bike and even cold-plunging — all in denim."

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jul 7

ah yes noted walk-awayer Kevin McCarthy

Orange County Register: "House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in 2016: 'I think Putin pays' Trump, Rohrabacher"

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 25

A whole lot of massively better-resourced news companies could take a lesson from the Syracuse Post-Standard. Clarity like this is not common, though it should be. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/06...

"That is a violation of civil rights available to everyone in the United States, regardless of citizenship, according to a 2018 case won by the New York Civil Liberties Union."

He told the man he stopped him because his vehicle had not been inspected.

The man gave the deputy his phone to show a picture of his passport from Ecuador.

The deputy took the driver’s phone back to his patrol car and called the Border Patrol. The closest Border Patrol agent was 35 minutes away, they said.

So, the deputy waited.

He worked on the ticket.

He talked with colleagues about holidays, long hours, a drug case and how he could probably earn more money if he learned Spanish. He listened to the Shawn Ryan Show, a podcast by a former Navy Seal.

He called Gov. Kathy Hochul “retarded” for not allowing the Border Patrol to look at state DMV information.

The deputy held the men for Border Patrol for 45 minutes.

“You got some customers for us?” Border Patrol agents asked the deputy when they arrived.

Holding people for immigration agents beyond the usual time it takes to write a ticket is a violation of state law, according to the 2018 ruling.

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 16

I have never for a single moment had reason to doubt this 2018 assessment of Susan Collins:

Tweet from September 24, 2018: "First of all, I don't believe that Susan Collins doesn't believe that Brett Kavanaugh will repeal Roe."

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 16

Meta paid Andrew Bosworth $22 million last year.

Screenshot from Morningstar showing Andrew Bosworth's 2025 compensation, which totaled $21,955,122

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 13

every time I see this tacky bozo bullshit about his "Triumphal Arch" I think about McDowell's

a screenshot of a scene from Coming To America in which the proprietor of McDowell's explains that his fast food restaurant is totally different from McDonald's: "They got the Golden Arches. Mine is the golden arcs."

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 11

V dodgy headline Politico put on that: In the version of the question that actually mentioned "voting power of Black voters," Harris voters rejected that tradeoff. The supposedly "more information" version swapped that phrase out for "reducing the number of majority-minority districts" ...

Screenshot of two poll questions; in the one in which Harris voters are asked about maximizing Dem seats at the cost of "reducing the voting power of Black voters," those Harris voters are against it. In the version that asks about maximizing Dem seats at the cost of "reducing the number of majority-minority districts," Harris voters are for it.

Politico Headline: "Poll: Democrats would give up Black voting power to beat the GOP"

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 10

jfc what are we doing here

NYT headline: "Mamdani's Nosebleed Knicks Ticket and the Benefits of Being Mayor" Subhed: "Mayor Zohran Mamdani paid roughly $1,000 for a standing-room-only ticket to Game 3 of the NBA finals, using access to house tickets not available to regular fans."

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 10

the most benign possible headline to run on an article about Donald Trump saying “I love the inflation."

NYT headline: "White House Again Shrugs Off High Prices Amid War With Iran"

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 10

This from @tomsteyerhq.bsky.social is good: tomsteyer.substack.com/p/im-on-your...

For now, we must stay focused. Donald Trump is the embodiment of the corporations’ craven, soulless, profit-first model of politics, and it is absolutely essential that his handpicked candidate does not hold the keys to California. It would be a travesty for Steve Hilton to win the governorship, and Californians must unite behind Xavier Becerra to ensure he does not.

To my supporters: Thank you for everything. When I promised to fight for you, that was not a campaign promise. It was just a promise. And I am a man of my word. I’m on your team forever. I wasn’t born a billionaire, I won’t die a billionaire, and I’ll spend the rest of my life working alongside you to dismantle a system that only benefits billionaires.

Today, my message to you is simple: Pay attention. Know what you deserve, and know who is on your side. Understand who the villains are, and say their names out loud. Continue to demand more from your leaders and your government, until they give you the California – and the country – you know you deserve. I will be with you all the way.

With gratitude,

Tom

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 9

already answered: He is letting malicious liars intent on democracy off the hook and blaming their lies on California's system. This is naive and dumb and extremely helpful to the malicious liars.

This is asinine and betrays Khanna's complete lack of understanding of the conservative movement's intentional strategy of lying about elections in order to destroy democracy.

There are ways to improve CA vote counting but the current system does not "spawn conspiracy theories." Liars lie.

If Ro Khanna does not understand that malevolent liars are spreading lies about California's election system with the intent of destroying democracy and entrenching autocracy -- and that, no, CA is not asking for it -- he is not fit for the job he holds.

once again, a reminder that when people refer to malicious, strategic lies as "conspiracy theories" they are letting the malicious, strategic liars off the hook, with ruinous results:

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 8

"little-known woman from Germany" is a pretty dismissive way to describe someone who was on the cover of Modern Drummer magazine a decade ago

Anika Nilles on the cover of Modern Drummer magazine

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 8

This “feature” where Apple will vandalize your photos by applying event tags that are often wrong and that you can neither edit nor turn off is a pretty perfect illustration of how thoroughly tech companies just do not give a shit about their customers.

Apple thinks this photo I took of Bruce Springsteen was at the “Tom Morello concert.” Morello is fucking awesome but no.

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 8

oooh this has been a *longstanding* obsession of mine. Glad you've been on it! If you've ever written it out at length I'd be interested to read it; I don't think I have done so.

2016 tweet: "Seems like a good time to note that there's a difference between 'conspiracy theories' and 'sick lies'"

2018 tweet: "A 'theory' is a good-faith proposition that you test and stuff, not a dishonest act of political warfare."

2022 tweet: "This triggers my objection to calling obvious malicious bullshit a 'theory.' Theories are sincere things people test and discard when invalid. This is a scheme."

2016 tweet: "I'm not wild about 'conspiracy thoery,' which often strikes me as a benign portrayal of vicious liars as mere eccentrics."

(in retrospect I'd move the word "benign" to its rightful place between "mere" and "eccentrics")

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 8

when Cal Ripken Jr broke the consecutive games played streak they stopped the game and he did a celebratory lap around the field high-fiving fans. just something I thought of just now.

Cal Ripken Jr. high-fiving fans in the outfield after breaking Lou Gehrig's consecutive games played streak.

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 7

posting your own previous sexist comment in order to claim you are being smeared as a sexist would be enough of an own-goal but adding a reminder that people have long suspected you of being sexist is some absolutely elite self-sabotage

matt stoller: "Graham Platner represents a rejection of Dem HR lady politics"

Scott Lemieux: "I don't even think you can say the misogyny is subtextual at this point. It's just the text."

Matt Stoller: "Being smeared as a sexist for expressing populist views brings me back. Makes me feel young again."

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 3

hello knicks fans we believe in you

they're gonna wheel trump into a luxury box at Madison Square Garden so he he can ramble incoherently at Dolan while 14,000 New Yorkers boo the shit out of him

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· Jun 2

you run into a college buddy at LaGuardia by "happenstance." You do not enter the United States Capitol through a broken window while wielding a metal pole by "happenstance."

"After traveling to Washington with two other men, Irizarry joined the mob of Donald Trump supporters who breached police lines and broke into the building while members of Congress attempted to certify Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election. Prosecutors said that, along with the crowds, he entered through a broken window while wielding a metal pole, but that he never struck anyone.
Irizarry pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds and was sentenced to 14 days in jail, court filings show.
In those legal filings, Irizarry was described as attending Trump’s rally at the Ellipse before ending up at the riot by happenstance and quickly disavowing his involvement."

Jamison Foser@jamisonfoser· May 29

have some dignity, San Francisco