Jessica Smock

Writer, Co-editor of @herstoriestales, mom of 2. Former teacher. Doctorate in ed policy. Raised in Adirondacks. Go Bills.

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@SeanTrende If Biden is a C — even as a democrat, I’d say that’s fair — then Trump would I guess be a F- - -. Or just a 0?

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@SouthernKeeks What about “Obama was a Kenyan Muslim,” the racist conspiracy that fueled Trump’s entire political experiment a decade ago? MAGA was born out of these racist lies. When Trump was first elected president, a MAJORITY of Republicans then believed this conspiracy.

[Amit Segal @AmitSegal]

Saudi outlet Al Arabiya is publishing, it claims, the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran.

Its clauses, in brief:

- An immediate and permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon.
- The U.S. will immediately lift the naval blockade on Iran and prevent “any interference” on the matter.
- The U.S. will withdraw all its forces from the region within a month of concluding a final agreement.
- Iran will lift the Hormuz blockade within a month.
- The U.S. and its “regional partners” commit to formulating a plan for Iran’s reconstruction — funded with at least 300 billion dollars.
- If the final agreement is implemented, the U.S. will remove all current sanctions on Iran, including all U.N. and IAEA resolutions.
- Iran commits: “We will never produce nuclear weapons.” The issue of enriched uranium will be settled in the final agreement. Until such an agreement is reached, the U.S. allows Iran to remain in the current status quo of its nuclear program.
- The U.S. will authorize the export of Iranian crude oil — including banking, insurance, and shipping — and Washington will release all frozen Iranian funds.

[Sam Youngman @samyoungman]

Trying to imagine the coverage if Obama had spent $60 million to host a pay-per-view NBA event at the White House where LeBron called Melania a hooker.

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@thedailybeast Yeah I love ice cream. If a MAGA rally of manosphere losers were handing out ice cream sundaes, I’d still pass.

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@emzanotti @SouthernKeeks How can you not understand the difference between a man as vile and immoral as Trump who also tried to overthrow an election being the leader of the entire Republican Party that all elected Rs must now kiss up to? And one state’s Senate candidate? This is an insane comparison.

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@emzanotti @SouthernKeeks One is the literal president of the United States and the leader of the entire Republican Party who we all heard describe in his own words his preferred method of sexual assault, calls women horrific names on camera, has dozens of accusers. One is a senate candidate of one state.

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@natebargatze @BreadwinnerMov He’s “Christian” but he shows up at a MAGA event with the type of people who do this.

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@moonpartyy @PatrickRuffini It’s not a CNN poll. It’s a Reuters/Ipsos poll. 🤦‍♀️

[Tim Miller @Timodc]

The America 250 4th of July celebration is now officially a "Trump Rally."

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Iran says the US has agreed to permanently hand over the Strait of Hormuz to Iran under their full sovereign authority, with Iran collecting tolls called "service fees" from all commercial ships after a 60-day waiver period. The opening is planned for Friday, after the signing, per Fars.

With pre-war Hormuz traffic at 30,000 vessels and 7.6 billion barrels of oil per year, this could generate $10+ billion in annual revenue for Iran, and comes on top of the $300 billion in reconstruction funds directly sent to Iran.

This also directly contradicts Trump's claim of a "toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz" under no fees.

[Elizabeth Pancotti @ENPancotti]

The $300 billion check Trump is writing to Iran is equivalent to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's SNAP cuts and four years of expanded ACA subsidies.

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@SouthernKeeks I particularly thought the Trump family advertisements for its crypto and selling Trump coins during the event was gloriously patriotic. It was an event primarily to promote Trump’s grift.

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@PatrickRuffini “Cultural currency” 😂

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

I'm sure what happened next was a strong condemnation of the remarks from everyone else with a microphone, right?

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@christopherrufo Definitely.

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@emzanotti This happened at a supposedly nonpartisan event on the White House lawn. We are in hell.

[Jessica Smock @schoolofsmock]

@neoavatara @SouthernKeeks Any thoughts on this? I mean, who could have predicted that this type of partisan vulgarity would be on display to the world?