@jennieem.bsky.social
Loyal Dem. Mom to dog, two cats, and ornery but lovable teen. Wife. Dodgers fan. Aspiring par shooter.
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Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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Comparing the relation between the presidential election results in 2020 and 2024 with the post-election commentary is a fascinating exercise.
2020
Biden 81,283,501 popular votes, 51.3%
Trump 74,223,975 popular votes 46.8%
2024
Trump 77,302,580 49.8%
Harris 75,017,613. 48.3%
2020
Biden 81,283,501 popular votes, 51.3%
Trump 74,223,975 popular votes 46.8%
2024
Trump 77,302,580 49.8%
Harris 75,017,613. 48.3%
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Douthat writes that 2024, when Harris lost by 1.5% of the popular vote, was "an ideological referendum and progressivism lost." I wonder why he didn't view the 2020 election, when Trump lost by 4.5% of the popular vote, as a far more significant loss for conservatism.
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Team Trump is purposefully raising your electricity prices, hoping you’ll be mad at your electric utility and not blame them. The benefit to them is extra dollars for their greedy fossil fuel donors.
Here’s how it works.🧵
Here’s how it works.🧵
August 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Team Trump is purposefully raising your electricity prices, hoping you’ll be mad at your electric utility and not blame them. The benefit to them is extra dollars for their greedy fossil fuel donors.
Here’s how it works.🧵
Here’s how it works.🧵
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For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.
August 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
For all the dog lovers. This is a classic. Worth seeing again.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Just made my first of many donations to the United Farm Workers!
🧵 California’s biggest harvest is about to begin—& it grows 80% of America’s fruit, 60% of its veggies, 90% of its nuts & wine. But the farmworkers who make that possible? They’re planning a strike. Quietly. Strategically. They know exactly when to hit hardest. They’ve worked this land for decades.
July 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Just made my first of many donations to the United Farm Workers!
David Brooks just said that was a great speech. What world is he living in?
March 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
David Brooks just said that was a great speech. What world is he living in?
I’m getting really tired of idiots yelling “do something” at elected officials from the one party that hasn’t been bought and sold by Putin.
March 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I’m getting really tired of idiots yelling “do something” at elected officials from the one party that hasn’t been bought and sold by Putin.
What I’m having a hard time understanding is why Trump hasn’t spared Red States from his actions. As awful as it would be, there would still be some “logic” to it if he only targeted Blue States.
The billionaires think it's fine if poor people suffer lifetime illnesses and early death. It won't affect them, so they don't see any need to take responsibility or even care.
"West Virginia could lose out on millions of dollars earmarked to help state regulators clean up abandoned natural gas wells as a result of an executive order halting federal funding that President Donald Trump signed on the day of his inauguration."
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February 16, 2025 at 4:03 AM
What I’m having a hard time understanding is why Trump hasn’t spared Red States from his actions. As awful as it would be, there would still be some “logic” to it if he only targeted Blue States.
Trump supporters assume it will hit anywhere but their home so they’re fine with it.
At the moment, mansion-sized Asteroid 2024-YR4 has a one-in-fifty chance of hitting Earth in the next eight years.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
Now might be a bad time to reduce spending on Science. Just sayin’.
February 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Trump supporters assume it will hit anywhere but their home so they’re fine with it.
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Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
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February 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trump’s actions killed the future of U.S. Figure Skating. Teenagers who were figure skaters. You can’t get any more wholesome than that. And it’s all on him.
"Trump’s first actions included demolishing an air travel security group, forcing out the head of the FAA for corrupt reasons, implementing a hiring freeze for air traffic controllers, and sending blanket resignation offers to the remaining FAA employees. Then tragedy struck."
DCA crash puts Trump's appalling unfitness on full display
When crisis hits, he makes it worse.
www.publicnotice.co
January 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Trump’s actions killed the future of U.S. Figure Skating. Teenagers who were figure skaters. You can’t get any more wholesome than that. And it’s all on him.
The rain will mess up his hair and he will blame California for it.
Californians hope rain will bring respite from LA wildfires as Trump set to visit: Forecast rain will aid firefighting efforts in Los Angeles but could cause mudslides and toxic ash run off Southern California was preparing for some long-awaited rain this weekend, bringing some respite af...
Californians hope rain will bring respite from LA wildfires as Trump set to visit
Californians hope rain will bring respite from LA wildfires as Trump set to visit: Forecast rain will aid firefighting efforts in Los Angeles but could cause mudslides and toxic ash run off Southern California was preparing for some long-awaited rain this weekend, bringing some respite af...
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The rain will mess up his hair and he will blame California for it.
I can’t stop thinking about the children of immigrants and their state of mind right now. How frightened they must be. What an absolute nightmare.
And the fact that so-called Christians voted for this shit. Sickening.
And the fact that so-called Christians voted for this shit. Sickening.
January 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I can’t stop thinking about the children of immigrants and their state of mind right now. How frightened they must be. What an absolute nightmare.
And the fact that so-called Christians voted for this shit. Sickening.
And the fact that so-called Christians voted for this shit. Sickening.
In addition to the cruelty, insanity, and ineptitude, we again have to deal with four years of poor fashion sense and bad tailoring.
January 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
In addition to the cruelty, insanity, and ineptitude, we again have to deal with four years of poor fashion sense and bad tailoring.
Is anyone in the media asking about Ivanka? She was ever-present in 2016 and at the first inauguration.
December 31, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Is anyone in the media asking about Ivanka? She was ever-present in 2016 and at the first inauguration.
Bird flu detected in raw milk so it’s a good thing RFK Jr drinks it.
November 24, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Bird flu detected in raw milk so it’s a good thing RFK Jr drinks it.