Jonathon Marsh

no bio don’t care

[BreakThrough News @BTnewsroom]

Rubio: Imagine if Iran funded the well-being of its people, rather than its military

Trump, two days later: We can’t fund daycare or Medicaid, we need more money for our military

[Ryan Clark @Realrclark25]

“The latest White House post is… disgusting & despicable”

War is not a sport, & it’s certainly not a comedy. I’ve been asked how I felt about being included in a post from the White House using NFL hits as some sort of war highlight film. Truthfully, I don’t feel rage, but embarrassment. I’m also saddened for the families whose loved ones are serving this country.

We have lost all integrity, decorum, & character. We aren’t led by a public servant, but a reality star. This is just the latest example of who our leadership is.

@ThePivot clips on @youtube.

#ThePivot #WhiteHouse #NotSports #NotComedy

[Pedro L. Gonzalez @emeriticus]

Very funny that that the new right does this "Save the West" LARP and then you look at its policy preferences and it's all just legalizing crime, crypto scams, normalizing gambling, etc. It is the movement of decline, and profiting from decline

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 MAJOR BOMBSHELL: Ted Lieu says the full, unreleased Epstein files show Donald Trump R*PING children.

That’s what’s being hidden.
That’s why the files stay sealed.
That’s why there are no arrests.

Release everything. Let the truth come out. Or RESIGN!

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

This video should unsettle anyone who takes the United States seriously as a nation.

Because it exposes something dangerous: the trivialization of the world's most consequential office. It shows how carelessly the power, credibility, and accumulated moral authority of a superpower can be squandered for a few seconds of viral attention.

In any other major democracy, this behavior from a head of state would trigger a constitutional crisis. Paris would burn. Berlin would convene emergency sessions. In the Nordic countries, resignation would follow within hours. Across functioning democracies, the public, institutions, and political class would recognize this for what it is: an assault on the dignity of the state itself. Leaders are not free to perform as entertainers without consequence. National honor is not personal property, it's held in trust.

But the United States is not just another country with a provocateur in charge. It is the linchpin of global order. It maintains formal alliances and security guarantees with forty to fifty nations. It underwrites the financial architecture, trade systems, and diplomatic frameworks that billions of people depend on daily. When the American president speaks—or posts—it doesn't land as satire, meme, or personal whim. It reads as a signal about what the country is becoming.

American power has never relied solely on carrier strike groups or economic output. It has rested on something more fragile and more valuable: trust. The belief that beneath domestic turbulence lies institutional seriousness, predictability, and a baseline commitment to dignity. That belief is now disintegrating in real time.

Millions of American companies operate globally. They negotiate multibillion-dollar contracts in environments where reputation is currency. Boardrooms in Frankfurt, Singapore, and Dubai aren't debating whether a post was clever—they're asking whether the United States remains a reliable partner. Whether agreements signed today will be honored tomorrow. Whether American leadership has devolved from institutional to purely theatrical.

Consider tourism, which sustains millions of American jobs—airlines, hotels, restaurants, museums, entire regional economies. Soft power isn't an abstraction. It materializes in flight bookings, conference locations, study-abroad programs, and decades of accumulated goodwill. A quiet, decentralized boycott doesn't require government action—only a collective sense that a nation no longer respects itself.

Now picture this image being studied by foreign ministers, central bank governors, defense strategists, and sovereign wealth fund managers. Picture them asking a coldly rational question: How do we write binding thirty-year agreements with a country whose public face will be this, relentlessly, for years to come? How do we plan for the long term when the tone is impulsive, mocking, and unbound by the gravity of office?

This is where the real calculus begins. Trillions in foreign capital depend on confidence that America is stable, credible, and rule-governed. That confidence is now being traded for what, exactly? Applause from an online mob? A dopamine rush from manufactured outrage? Content designed to dominate the news cycle rather than serve the national interest?

Every serious nation eventually confronts this choice: burn long-term credibility for short-term spectacle, or safeguard the reputation previous generations bled to build. The United States spent eighty years constructing an image of reliability, restraint, and leadership under pressure. That image wasn't born from perfection—it came from a visible commitment to standards that transcended impulse.

This isn't a partisan issue. Europeans who value democratic norms recognize something ominously familiar here. Americans—Democrat and Republican alike—who believe in responsibility and restraint should see it too. Power attracts scrutiny. Leadership demands discipline. A superpower cannot behave like a reality TV contestant without paying a price.

The presidency is not a personal broadcast channel. It's a symbol carried on behalf of 330 million people and countless international partners who never voted but whose lives are shaped by American decisions anyway. Every post either reinforces or erodes the idea that America can be counted on when it matters most.

So the question is no longer whether this is offensive. The question is whether this is who America chooses to be: a nation that trades a century of hard-won reputation for viral moments. A country that replaces statecraft with content creation. A republic governed like a season of reality television.

History offers a harsh lesson here. Great powers don't fall because enemies mock them. They collapse when they begin mocking themselves—publicly, proudly, and without grasping the cost until it's far too late.

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[Harry Sisson @harryjsisson]

Trump’s DOJ missed the deadline and did not explain why they redacted the Epstein files. They’re actively breaking the law again. The cover up continues.

[Jonathon Marsh @JdMrsh]

@JustFreshKicks All for content. It’s never that serious

[Jonathon Marsh @JdMrsh]

The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped. ⁦@LeBatardShow⁩ y’all are forever the 🐐’s in my personal record book! Thanks for another great year of shows! https://t.co/vd8TqFPpCQ

[Jonathon Marsh @JdMrsh]

@lids REALLY? ME? SIGN ME UP!

[DNP Sports @notthefakeDNP]

@YouTubeTV

[Jonathon Marsh @JdMrsh]

@spurs @Ledger Fox bouncing back with a big performance!

[Jonathon Marsh @JdMrsh]

@OurSf49ers That’s my tight end! 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[Jonathon Marsh @JdMrsh]

@grantcohn Speak of the devil

[Jonathon Marsh @JdMrsh]

Screw you @Disney @espn. Quit being greedy and just get the content your customers are still willing to pay for back on @YouTubeTV

[Jonathon Marsh @JdMrsh]

@YouTubeTV PLEASE find a way to keep ESPN and the rest of Disney. It’s literally the only reason use you guys along with Sunday Ticket. ESPN is a must for sports fans, and as much as I’ve loved YouTubetv, I’ll have to go elsewhere Disney goes away.

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

Please watch this. As we all hoped, NBC absolutely nails integrating their precious 90s nostalgia into the modern day game through a two and a half minute storytelling experience. Wonderfully edited, produced, the perfect about of Michael Jordan, AND THE UPDATED PEACOCK LASER.

[Aaron Fritschner @Fritschner]

Conservatives spent the morning mocking the idea that Trump wants the government to suppress dissent and censor free speech, and then, as he so often does, he just came out and said it

[Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat]

"I follow my instincts. And I am never wrong." Mussolini, late 1930s. See #Strongmen for how authoritarians' belief in their infallibility leads to disaster.

[The Alex Nowrasteh @AlexNowrasteh]

Why do ICE agents dress like soldiers in a totalitarian country? The face masks and bullet proof vests are really unnecessary.

[The Alex Nowrasteh @AlexNowrasteh]

Nativists are a bigger threat to our institutions than immigrants. After all, immigrants aren’t threatening to illegally suspend habeas corpus because of a low-IQ populist threat narrative. Nativists like Miller are doing that.