Jennifer S. Hyk
@jenhyk.bsky.social
Figuring it out as I go. Raising men, not boys. Celebrating small wins and learning from every loss. Fighting harder because it’s our flag, too. She/her.
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Jennifer S. Hyk
@jenhyk.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I will have no compassion for the Serena Joys when they realize they are, after all this time, still part of the “us” they were saving from the right to make our own decisions.
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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Unprecedented in U.S. history.
Truly vindictive ethnic cleansing
Truly vindictive ethnic cleansing
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Unprecedented in U.S. history.
Truly vindictive ethnic cleansing
Truly vindictive ethnic cleansing
Oh, all of us are. Actually.
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Oh, all of us are. Actually.
Every accusation is an admission, across all fronts.
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Every accusation is an admission, across all fronts.
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DHS is abusing its authority to shut down ICE-watching accounts.
Reporting on public ICE activity is protected by the First Amendment. It’s also something journalists do routinely.
Senator Wyden is right to call out this attack on the First Amendment.
Reporting on public ICE activity is protected by the First Amendment. It’s also something journalists do routinely.
Senator Wyden is right to call out this attack on the First Amendment.
Wyden Blasts Kristi Noem for Abusing Subpoena Power to Unmask ICE Watcher
“DHS apparently is trying to expose an individual’s identity in order to chill criticism of the Trump Administration’s immigration policies.”
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
DHS is abusing its authority to shut down ICE-watching accounts.
Reporting on public ICE activity is protected by the First Amendment. It’s also something journalists do routinely.
Senator Wyden is right to call out this attack on the First Amendment.
Reporting on public ICE activity is protected by the First Amendment. It’s also something journalists do routinely.
Senator Wyden is right to call out this attack on the First Amendment.
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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every week we get to friday and i think
well maybe next week will not be so weird
well maybe next week will not be so weird
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
every week we get to friday and i think
well maybe next week will not be so weird
well maybe next week will not be so weird
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the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
the takeaway from the Zohran Trump meeting is that Trump is a gullible fool who will temporarily bend to the last charismatic person he talked to.
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
Zohran played him perfectly but that doesn’t mean Trump is good now. He’ll go back to fascism tomorrow morning after he talks to Stephen Miller
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Almost all female dominated fields, almost all mandated reporters.
I think this should get more media attention, but it won't. People are just going to find out the hard way.
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-de...
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Almost all female dominated fields, almost all mandated reporters.
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The Trump Admin will fire you for having a Pride flag on your desk but downplays & normalizes swastikas & nooses?
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The Trump Admin will fire you for having a Pride flag on your desk but downplays & normalizes swastikas & nooses?
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
Over 400,000 Americans died fighting Nazism. Hundreds of thousands died fighting slavery & Jim Crow.
This is a slap in the face to every American who died to defeat bigoted ideologies.
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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It's incredibly hard to fight hunger when you have a President that's actively taking food away from kids, seniors, and working families.
This is what cruelty looks like.
This is what cruelty looks like.
SNAP is back, but millions of Americans could lose benefits due to new restrictions
Just as SNAP benefits were reinstated for millions of Americans following the reopening of the federal government, many are now set to permanently lose them.
abcnews.go.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's incredibly hard to fight hunger when you have a President that's actively taking food away from kids, seniors, and working families.
This is what cruelty looks like.
This is what cruelty looks like.
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Beautiful! I have welcomed my own personal Great Unfuckening.
"The filter you’re losing wasn’t protecting you. It was protecting everyone else from your truth.
"And your truth? It’s not the problem."
"The filter you’re losing wasn’t protecting you. It was protecting everyone else from your truth.
"And your truth? It’s not the problem."
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Beautiful! I have welcomed my own personal Great Unfuckening.
"The filter you’re losing wasn’t protecting you. It was protecting everyone else from your truth.
"And your truth? It’s not the problem."
"The filter you’re losing wasn’t protecting you. It was protecting everyone else from your truth.
"And your truth? It’s not the problem."
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You’ll notice that the same media who couldn’t stop attacking Biden’s age or Hillary’s emails to her daughter or President Obama’s tan suit are now okay with a convicted criminal bulldozing the White House for his ballroom and inviting actual murderers to the Oval Office.
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
You’ll notice that the same media who couldn’t stop attacking Biden’s age or Hillary’s emails to her daughter or President Obama’s tan suit are now okay with a convicted criminal bulldozing the White House for his ballroom and inviting actual murderers to the Oval Office.
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This is how you destroy science and research in the country
The administration is building a legal pathway for ad hoc grant terminations:
"if the agency determines that the award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities"
Converting multiyear grants to 'at whim' coin flips will undermine the stability & leadership of American science.
"if the agency determines that the award no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities"
Converting multiyear grants to 'at whim' coin flips will undermine the stability & leadership of American science.
Update on a significant development NIH grant terms.
On 10/1, a change to grant making regs went into effect that gives NIH more power to terminate grants for policy reasons.
But to use this power, new grant terms must include specific language. See @aniloza.bsky.social w/ the story from July.
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On 10/1, a change to grant making regs went into effect that gives NIH more power to terminate grants for policy reasons.
But to use this power, new grant terms must include specific language. See @aniloza.bsky.social w/ the story from July.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is how you destroy science and research in the country
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That calculation for the sake of holding onto political power involves people getting very sick & many dying when they otherwise wouldn't.
When someone is using fear, outrage, & disgust to pressure or motivate you, stop and think about what is motivating them. It is not your child's wellbeing...
When someone is using fear, outrage, & disgust to pressure or motivate you, stop and think about what is motivating them. It is not your child's wellbeing...
Vilifying vaccines (despite all evidence to the contrary) is a calculated move for MAGA.
Because one of the quickest ways to undermine political solidarity among women is to pit them against each other in a fight over who's the "better mom."
Because one of the quickest ways to undermine political solidarity among women is to pit them against each other in a fight over who's the "better mom."
November 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
That calculation for the sake of holding onto political power involves people getting very sick & many dying when they otherwise wouldn't.
When someone is using fear, outrage, & disgust to pressure or motivate you, stop and think about what is motivating them. It is not your child's wellbeing...
When someone is using fear, outrage, & disgust to pressure or motivate you, stop and think about what is motivating them. It is not your child's wellbeing...
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The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group. n.pr/43HKAat
Ahead of the holidays, consumer and child advocacy groups warn against AI toys
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The child advocacy nonprofit Fairplay issued an advisory on Thursday warning people against buying AI toys this holiday season. It's not the only group. n.pr/43HKAat
People in my state, which has had a GOP majority in senate since 1996 election & in house since 1976 election, plus a trifecta since 1992 (control of house, senate, and governor’s office) also routinely lament how we got here and wonder why there’s so much corruption in state government.
I wonder who has been in charge of the House for the last 3 years?
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
People in my state, which has had a GOP majority in senate since 1996 election & in house since 1976 election, plus a trifecta since 1992 (control of house, senate, and governor’s office) also routinely lament how we got here and wonder why there’s so much corruption in state government.
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media coverage of this is already as pathetic as you might expect, usually failing to mention:
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
Trump's censor in chief at the FCC, Brendan Carr, just sent a letter to the heads of BBC, NPR and PBS informing them he's launching a "news distortion" probe into the BBC's editing of a documentary on Trump's Jan. 6 activities.
Here it is:
Here it is:
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
media coverage of this is already as pathetic as you might expect, usually failing to mention:
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
the FCC has no authority over the UK's BBC
the scandal was created by right wing media
the year-old BBC edits fall outside limits of UK defamation law
PBC, NPR never aired the documentary
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At least after 2 months off the House came back prepared to tackle the affordability problem for their constituents by filing 500 censure motions against each other.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
At least after 2 months off the House came back prepared to tackle the affordability problem for their constituents by filing 500 censure motions against each other.
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Unprincipled and weak. The murder of journalists is perhaps the single most direct violation of the right to freedom of speech. (1/2)
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Unprincipled and weak. The murder of journalists is perhaps the single most direct violation of the right to freedom of speech. (1/2)
The framers of the Constitution certainly imagined just that.
Members of the military take an oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to obey the orders of the president too.
I guess they never imagined the president could present the threat to the Constitution, but here we are.
I guess they never imagined the president could present the threat to the Constitution, but here we are.
CROW: Donald Trump has made a series of very disturbing comments and suggestions that would violate US law and put our military in terrible positions. We are standing by our troops--
MacCALLUM: Who sign up every day as you did to carry out the orders of the commander in chief
MacCALLUM: Who sign up every day as you did to carry out the orders of the commander in chief
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The framers of the Constitution certainly imagined just that.
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This hasn't gotten the coverage I think it deserves: a federal judge ruled earlier this month that the Trump admin "violated the constitutional rights of furloughed federal workers by using their work email accounts to send partisan messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown." /4
Federal Judge Rules Against Trump Officials on Partisan Email Messages
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This hasn't gotten the coverage I think it deserves: a federal judge ruled earlier this month that the Trump admin "violated the constitutional rights of furloughed federal workers by using their work email accounts to send partisan messages blaming Democrats for the government shutdown." /4
If you’re wondering why Trump is allowed to call a journalist “Piggy” for doing her job, think on that video and count how many of her male colleagues spoke up. Men need to call one another out on this shit. Men at every level, in every setting, every time. Yes, you.
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 AM
If you’re wondering why Trump is allowed to call a journalist “Piggy” for doing her job, think on that video and count how many of her male colleagues spoke up. Men need to call one another out on this shit. Men at every level, in every setting, every time. Yes, you.
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The Epstein stuff reveals that our elites are so insulated and powerful that they can do anything, but it doesn’t stop with this abuse. That same mindset is what leads to these terrible wars, government that leaves people to starve and die unnecessary deaths.
It’s a systemic failure.
It’s a systemic failure.
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The Epstein stuff reveals that our elites are so insulated and powerful that they can do anything, but it doesn’t stop with this abuse. That same mindset is what leads to these terrible wars, government that leaves people to starve and die unnecessary deaths.
It’s a systemic failure.
It’s a systemic failure.