Jonathan Jerdan

New from me @ofthebrave: The Five Worst Things Trump Has Done In Office So Far newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/the-five-wor… It wasn’t fair to stop at 5 so here’s some more… 🧵

I used to be able to trust that reasonable candidates would come out of the primaries

One of my favorite AI accomplishments here: 1,100 patients starting lung cancer treatment earlier last year. These tools can identify risk factors before physicians notice them on their own.

@deloisivete @thescottbarber

Exaggerating what you know about football today is called superbole.

Today @CatoInstitute published our report providing the first look at the fiscal effects of the wave of legal & illegal immigration over the last 3 decades. It shows immigrants created surpluses every year, by a combined $14.5 trillion, even as deficits grew

@mfa_russia @SecGenNATO This coming from those whose blatant military intervention has been way past the "plans" phase for years!

💬 #Zakharova: NATO @SecGenNATO #Rutte said that UK & France-led "coalition of the willing" will deploy troops to Ukraine once peace agreement is achieved Those are clear cut plans for blatant military intervention ❗️ These troops will be viewed as legitimate military targets

@SenRonJohnson Illegal immigrants don't have access to most government benefits. They also don't vote. If you don't know that, what are you doing in the legislature?

Let me be clear, Democrats want to make it easy to cheat in elections. They opened the border, making millions of illegal immigrants dependent on the government and, in turn, committed to voting for Democrats. That’s how they expect to acquire and maintain power.

@VoteHub Yes! Let the people choose their representatives, not the other way around!

NEW — Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson says members of the Senate Democratic Caucus "do not support moving forward" with the 8-0 congressional map.

Nope. A judge who was nominated and confirmed according to the constitutional process just issued a ruling interpreting the law, holding that the administration was lawless. If you disagree with the ruling, you can appeal. That's how the law works.

@Ike_Saul @TangleNews @kmele @arijoe19 "He definitely made it clear that that's his position today." Such a good quote for this presidency!

Trump's first year in office is complete. This week, I sat down with @TangleNews editor at large @kmele and managing editor @arijoe19 to discuss: 1. Biggest pros 2. Biggest cons 3. What happened how we expected 4. What surprised us It's one of my favorite shows of the year:

@KatieMiller Your tweet is ambiguous. Are you supportive of what you call "woke and deeply leftist ideology", or do you reject "freedom of speech, the rule of law, the dignity of the human person"?

The stupidest thing about this whole NATO debate is what it was actually like when we were there. It was always a team effort. We gave fire support across the Helmand river to the Danish under attack in patrol base Alpha-Xray (see pic for one of the actual guns we used), and we were as gutted as anyone when we saw the Chinook flying in and knew they had casualties. We handed over our patrol base to an Estonian unit whose commander was on his second tour of Afghanistan - the first having been with the Soviet Army in the 1980s. I once hitched a lift from Bastion to Gereshk with the Czech Special Operations Group. My platoon were very grateful for the slivovitz they gave me. A small shot went down a treat in a hot chocolate after a long and stressful night patrol. Visiting the Dutch in Tarin Kowt was always a pleasure. Their nurses were quite the sight for sore eyes after weeks in the field. Likewise the Canadians over in Kandahar, especially the Van Doos, sister unit of my first regiment. And of course - American dining facility access was highly prized. You can’t argue with steak and crab legs in a war zone. I did six months with the US Army 7th and 1st Groups across Southern Afghanistan. Once I had earned their trust, we were one team with one task. Everyone played their part. We all got along. We all did our best. Trump and his idiotic fans are all such ignorant blowhards. Part of the reason this is so unpleasant is that it takes something noble and collaborative, and scorns the bravery of everyone who deployed. And, from my experience, every soldier who deployed, from every country, would have gone into harm’s way for the soldier to their left or right, irrespective of which national flag they wore. Trump debases everything he touches.

@ForwardMSNFC Bienvenue à Madison ! 🇫🇷

French Forward, Claudel N'goubou, joins Forward Madison FC for 2026 Season. ✍️ 🇫🇷 Vannes OC 🎓 University of Central Florida N'goubou comes to Madison with incredible international experience including playing against Paris Saint-Germain in the 2022 Coupe de France.

@factpostnews Fact check: it was possible to turn the Titanic around many times in one night.

Vance on the economy: "You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"

@PressSec Do you not know about recording technology?

No he didn’t, Libby. His written remarks referred to Greenland as a “piece of ice” because that’s what it is. You’re the only one mixing anything up here.

President Trump addresses world leaders at Davos today amid mounting tensions over his push for Greenland. Follow our live fact-checking here. buff.ly/tSyJI0w

The only time NATO has ever been invoked was to defend us after 9/11. Denmark answered the call and paid one of the highest per-capita casualty rates of any NATO country. Destroying NATO would be shooting ourselves in the foot.

As Trump was saying in his press conference that America was never more respected, I took a call from a prominent European. He heard Trump's voice and asked if I was listening to the "rambling mendacities" of "the demented leader of the free world." So much for global respect.

@NewsWire_US Maybe something was lost in translation? x.com/FoxNews/status…

Trump: When I speak to people of Greenland, I'm sure they will be thrilled

We prefer science to conspiracy theories, rule of law to rule of force, dialogue to threats. Nous préférons la science au complotisme, l’État de droit à la loi du plus fort, le dialogue aux menaces.