Jana DeGrand
@janad.bsky.social
Often snarky, unfiltered Blue dot in Texas, climate, fur babies, cooking, gardening, genealogy, & junk sales. I care deeply about the world I live in and everyone I share it with. Everyone has the right to live their best life. Love is love.
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Wisconsin voters, a state judge vacated a ruling that would have forced election officials to conduct mass citizenship checks — a move voting rights advocates warned could have wrongly purged some citizens from the rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In a Win for Voters, Wisconsin Judge Withdraws Anti-Voting Order on Proof of Citizenship
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a win for Wisconsin voters, a state judge vacated a ruling that would have forced election officials to conduct mass citizenship checks — a move voting rights advocates warned could have wrongly purged some citizens from the rolls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
There’s still time to call senators. Let me explain. Sorry not sorry about the cat. He’s also really upset about this deal.
Nom nom nom ....
Up close with 2-year-old Willow, the muskox munching on some tasty lichen! Beneath that fuzzy, shaggy coat, muskoxen have a super-soft underlayer called qiviut, one of the warmest natural fibers in the world.
📹: Keeper Russell
📹: Keeper Russell
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Nom nom nom ....
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
Furious? You Should Be
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Furious? You Should Be
The battle may have been lost, but the war can still be won
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Furious? You Should Be
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Car-dominant Texas needs more public transit to meet mobility demands, TxDOT report says www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
TxDOT: Car-dominant Texas needs more public transit
As the state’s population grows, more travel options are needed in rural and smaller urban areas and between major cities, according to a draft of the first-of-its-kind plan.
www.texastribune.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Car-dominant Texas needs more public transit to meet mobility demands, TxDOT report says www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
A Fort Worth church’s online class trains Christians to run for office. Now it may go national. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
Mercy Culture Church trains Christians to run for office in Texas - The Texas Tribune
At the core of the program is the idea that there is no separation between what happens within the church and what happens in the government.
www.texastribune.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
A Fort Worth church’s online class trains Christians to run for office. Now it may go national. www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
Bugger me, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to check on creditability do ya!
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Bugger me, you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to check on creditability do ya!
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
Convicted Oath Keepers' founder announces militia's relaunch to enforce Trump orders
www.rawstory.com/stewart-rhod...
www.rawstory.com/stewart-rhod...
Convicted Oath Keepers' founder announces militia's relaunch to enforce Trump orders
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes announced he was relaunching the right-wing militia group in hopes that President Donald Trump would press them into duty.Rhodes was released from prison earlier th...
www.rawstory.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Convicted Oath Keepers' founder announces militia's relaunch to enforce Trump orders
www.rawstory.com/stewart-rhod...
www.rawstory.com/stewart-rhod...
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Reporter: What do you say to your colleagues who say this isn't a fight, this is a capitulation?
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Shaheen: We have a guaranteed vote by a guaranteed date…
Reporter: There is no guarantee that this will become law.
Shaheen: There was never a guarantee that it would be become law.
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
USMC turns 250 Tomorrow. Meet Chesty Puller, the Marine’s Marine. 5 Navy Crosses, 37 years in uniform & a quote for every firefight: “We’re surrounded? Good. Now we can shoot in every direction.” Tonight at boot camp recruits will say, good night Chesty Puller, wherever you are.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
USMC turns 250 Tomorrow. Meet Chesty Puller, the Marine’s Marine. 5 Navy Crosses, 37 years in uniform & a quote for every firefight: “We’re surrounded? Good. Now we can shoot in every direction.” Tonight at boot camp recruits will say, good night Chesty Puller, wherever you are.
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
And if that doesn’t work, try 202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And if that doesn’t work, try 202-224-3121
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) — One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air traffic controllers who are not being paid to "show up because it's their job." How about Congressional Republicans show up and do their job by ensuring all federal workers are paid, travelers are safe, and our healthcare is protected? seiu.co/482c2SH
What to know about the nationwide FAA-mandated flight reductions
The FAA has ordered a 4% reduction in operations at 40 major airports starting Friday, which will ramp up to 10% by Nov. 14.
seiu.co
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air traffic controllers who are not being paid to "show up because it's their job." How about Congressional Republicans show up and do their job by ensuring all federal workers are paid, travelers are safe, and our healthcare is protected? seiu.co/482c2SH
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
A deep commitment to anti-wokeness
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
In 2001, terrorists tried to destroy the White House with a hijacked plane. 24 years later, the president of the United States accepted a plane from people funding terrorists and destroyed the White House himself.🔄
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
In 2001, terrorists tried to destroy the White House with a hijacked plane. 24 years later, the president of the United States accepted a plane from people funding terrorists and destroyed the White House himself.🔄
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
Reposted by Jana DeGrand
Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...