Jeanette DeMain
@jeanettedemain.bsky.social
Married
Childless cat lady
Retired union member & union employee
Unrepentant liberal
Aging post-punk
Avid reader
Public ed advocate
Political junkie
CLE native
Kent State graduate
Nashville prisoner (As in, "I hate it here, but I'm stuck for now.")
Childless cat lady
Retired union member & union employee
Unrepentant liberal
Aging post-punk
Avid reader
Public ed advocate
Political junkie
CLE native
Kent State graduate
Nashville prisoner (As in, "I hate it here, but I'm stuck for now.")
We are ready!
October 31, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We are ready!
I wonder if that new ballroom will be big enough to hold a Nuremberg trial.
October 22, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Nashville No Kings 2.0
October 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Nashville No Kings 2.0
NYT Spelling Bee with the word of the day.
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
NYT Spelling Bee with the word of the day.
And yup again.
It looks like someone grabbed a Bic ballpoint and had to go over the letters multiple times to make them visible. "Hey, you got a pen I could borrow?"
September 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
And yup again.
Yup.
“Quick write something anti-ICE on the bullet so we can say it was liberals”
*shrugs, writes anti-ICE*
*shrugs, writes anti-ICE*
September 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Yup.
There is no amount of decency from Democrats that will appease an administration that has been fomenting violence against “the left” for months and years. I’m not saying to stop being decent. Just know that it no longer matters. It won’t stop what’s coming.
September 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
There is no amount of decency from Democrats that will appease an administration that has been fomenting violence against “the left” for months and years. I’m not saying to stop being decent. Just know that it no longer matters. It won’t stop what’s coming.
It's difficult to describe what the music of The Smiths has meant - and still means - to me. I guess sometimes you just have to separate the art from the artist. Unfortunately, Morrissey makes it hard.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/a...
Morrissey Seeks to Sell His Rights to the Smiths’ Songs
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It's difficult to describe what the music of The Smiths has meant - and still means - to me. I guess sometimes you just have to separate the art from the artist. Unfortunately, Morrissey makes it hard.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/a...
Trump gearing up to terrorize DC tonight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV1Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV1Y...
Police Truck
YouTube video by Dead Kennedys - Topic
www.youtube.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump gearing up to terrorize DC tonight.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV1Y...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV1Y...
At least music still makes me smile.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m136...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m136...
Wynonie Harris Grandma Plays The Numbers
YouTube video by Heath Wilson
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
At least music still makes me smile.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m136...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m136...
The news about the proposed nuclear reactor on the moon reminded me of this. Our government is a Mr. Show skit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTJ3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTJ3...
Mr. Show - Blow Up the Moon
YouTube video by Laser Time
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The news about the proposed nuclear reactor on the moon reminded me of this. Our government is a Mr. Show skit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTJ3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTJ3...
Remembering the crew of the USS Indianapolis on this, the 80th anniversary of its sinking. Only one survivor remains alive today.
July 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Remembering the crew of the USS Indianapolis on this, the 80th anniversary of its sinking. Only one survivor remains alive today.
This. Exactly this.
I'm so tired of posts asking us to not politicize tragedies. Politics is why climate change is happening & being denied. Politics is why scientists are fired, mocked, undermined, and defunded. Politics is why alert systems are not in place, and why people are dying when they should not be.
July 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This. Exactly this.
Nobody ever said life was free...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Mj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Mj...
Freedom of Choice (2023 Remaster)
YouTube video by DEVO - Topic
www.youtube.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nobody ever said life was free...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Mj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Mj...
I published this blog fifteen years ago on Open Salon when Bill Moyers Journal ended its run on PBS, and I just re-published it on WordPress. (I can't guarantee that all of the links still work.)
jeanettedemain.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/t...
jeanettedemain.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/t...
Thank You, Bill Moyers
(This blog was originally published on Open Salon on April 30, 2010, to commemorate the final episode of Bill Moyers Journal.) I am a creature of habit. Routine gives me comfort and security.…
jeanettedemain.wordpress.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I published this blog fifteen years ago on Open Salon when Bill Moyers Journal ended its run on PBS, and I just re-published it on WordPress. (I can't guarantee that all of the links still work.)
jeanettedemain.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/t...
jeanettedemain.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/t...
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I expected the downfall of American democracy to be devastating and infuriating.
I underestimated the extent to which it would be dumb and embarrassing.
I underestimated the extent to which it would be dumb and embarrassing.
March 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I expected the downfall of American democracy to be devastating and infuriating.
I underestimated the extent to which it would be dumb and embarrassing.
I underestimated the extent to which it would be dumb and embarrassing.
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He was always a used car salesman at heart.
March 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
He was always a used car salesman at heart.
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nothing can possibly prepare oneself for the crumbling sensation of feeling like any and all futures you dreamed of just vanished into thin air
March 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
nothing can possibly prepare oneself for the crumbling sensation of feeling like any and all futures you dreamed of just vanished into thin air
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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Someone Seize the Sharpie…
February 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Someone Seize the Sharpie…
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Good morning!
Happy MLK Day.
"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." ~MLK
Be that stone.🙂
Happy MLK Day.
"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." ~MLK
Be that stone.🙂
January 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Good morning!
Happy MLK Day.
"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." ~MLK
Be that stone.🙂
Happy MLK Day.
"Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." ~MLK
Be that stone.🙂
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This is my kind of shade.
This Carter Center photo from a highly specific angle that hides that terrible man behind a pillar is FEEDING ME 🤣
January 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is my kind of shade.