Jackie Frank
@jmfrank.bsky.social
Retired journalist with Reuters 30+ who writes, kayaks, travels and is a lucky Grandma to three.
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Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
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The US side.
Mexico is taking a different approach.
Mexico is taking a different approach.
August 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The US side.
Mexico is taking a different approach.
Mexico is taking a different approach.
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On this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social with @brookegladstone.bsky.social & @micahloewinger.bsky.social, a history of VOA and how it’s been politicized. Plus, hear why Russia, China, and Iran are celebrating. Listen to the podcast by @wnyc.org Studios 👂
The Power of Shortwave Radio. And, What Gets Lost with Voice of America? | On the Media | WNYC Studios
This month, the director of Voice of America is being forced out in the latest of many moves to dismantle the state broadcasting service. On this week’s On the Media, a history of the...
www.wnycstudios.org
August 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
On this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social with @brookegladstone.bsky.social & @micahloewinger.bsky.social, a history of VOA and how it’s been politicized. Plus, hear why Russia, China, and Iran are celebrating. Listen to the podcast by @wnyc.org Studios 👂
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What is it called when government owns the means of production again?
August 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
What is it called when government owns the means of production again?
Oddly, this gives me a lot of hope
President Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop migrants from crossing because it’ll be too hot to touch, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
Trump Wants to Paint Border Wall Black So It’s Too Hot to Touch
President Donald Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop migrants from crossing because it’ll be too hot to touch, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
bloom.bg
August 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Oddly, this gives me a lot of hope
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President Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop migrants from crossing because it’ll be too hot to touch, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
Trump Wants to Paint Border Wall Black So It’s Too Hot to Touch
President Donald Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop migrants from crossing because it’ll be too hot to touch, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
bloom.bg
August 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
President Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop migrants from crossing because it’ll be too hot to touch, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Donald Trump’s interventions and intrusions “reveal a presidency determined to expand executive reach into virtually every sphere of national life,” Thomas Edsall writes.
Donald Trump’s interventions and intrusions “reveal a presidency determined to expand executive reach into virtually every sphere of national life,” Thomas Edsall writes.
Opinion | The Mind-Boggling Intrusiveness of Donald J. Trump
The president is driving the tentacles of the federal government deep into the nation’s economy, culture and legal system.
nyti.ms
August 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Donald Trump’s interventions and intrusions “reveal a presidency determined to expand executive reach into virtually every sphere of national life,” Thomas Edsall writes.
Donald Trump’s interventions and intrusions “reveal a presidency determined to expand executive reach into virtually every sphere of national life,” Thomas Edsall writes.
Looks like someone went into thrift stores and bought tasteless castoffs.
Good lord! Look what Trump has done to our White House! Tasteless kitsch
August 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Looks like someone went into thrift stores and bought tasteless castoffs.
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Joining with our friends @knightfoundation.org and others in a new philanthropic effort to help stabilize, support, and revitalize public media.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations
www.nytimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Joining with our friends @knightfoundation.org and others in a new philanthropic effort to help stabilize, support, and revitalize public media.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
George Will : As flaccid as a boned fish, Donald Trump crumpled quicker than even Vladimir Putin probably anticipated.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Now it is the Old World’s turn to rescue the United States
As Trump met with European leaders on Ukraine, Churchill’s words from days long ago came to mind.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
George Will : As flaccid as a boned fish, Donald Trump crumpled quicker than even Vladimir Putin probably anticipated.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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President Trump in April abruptly canceled nearly $400 million in active AmeriCorps grants across the United States that fund volunteers who embed in communities, in exchange for a small stipend and education award. Here's what's happened since. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/18/r...
AmeriCorps is under siege. What happens in the communities it serves? • Ohio Capital Journal
President Trump in April abruptly canceled nearly $400 million in active AmeriCorps grants across the United States that fund volunteers who embed in communities, in exchange for a small stipend and…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
President Trump in April abruptly canceled nearly $400 million in active AmeriCorps grants across the United States that fund volunteers who embed in communities, in exchange for a small stipend and education award. Here's what's happened since. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/18/r...
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French President Macron tells @kristenwelker.bsky.social that any deal with Russia must allow Ukraine to live in peace.
August 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
French President Macron tells @kristenwelker.bsky.social that any deal with Russia must allow Ukraine to live in peace.
Is the idea to get rid of all the officers who actually know how to fight a war- and prevent wars worldwide —and replace them withTrump flunkies who will concentrate on internal US policing? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Top Air Force general to exit in Hegseth’s latest shake-up of Pentagon
Gen. David Allvin will retire halfway through his four-year term, becoming the most recent senior military official to be forced out by the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Is the idea to get rid of all the officers who actually know how to fight a war- and prevent wars worldwide —and replace them withTrump flunkies who will concentrate on internal US policing? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Jim Crow 2025
August 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Jim Crow 2025
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@indivmocowomen.bsky.social is so excited to welcome you to Silver Spring, MD on 9/18/25.
Join Us! bit.ly/WeAreAmerica...
Join Us! bit.ly/WeAreAmerica...
August 19, 2025 at 2:05 AM
@indivmocowomen.bsky.social is so excited to welcome you to Silver Spring, MD on 9/18/25.
Join Us! bit.ly/WeAreAmerica...
Join Us! bit.ly/WeAreAmerica...
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WUSA-TV - DC restaurants saw a more than 25% drop in diners in the days following President Trump’s takeover of the city’s police department. www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Reservations plunge across DC restaurants after Trump's police takeover
Online reservations dropped more than 25% in the days following President Trump's announcement that he was federalizing DC Police, according to OpenTable data.
www.wusa9.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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💥 ICE Brutalizes High-Profile Female TikToker Who Documents Raids. Sends her to Hospital after putting their knee on her neck, in the same way George Floyd was murdered. [source below]
August 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
💥 ICE Brutalizes High-Profile Female TikToker Who Documents Raids. Sends her to Hospital after putting their knee on her neck, in the same way George Floyd was murdered. [source below]
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GOOD TWEET. GOOD MOOD. FIGHT.
August 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
GOOD TWEET. GOOD MOOD. FIGHT.
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DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has posted statement saying:
“American soldiers and airmen policing American citizens on American soil is UnAmerican”
“American soldiers and airmen policing American citizens on American soil is UnAmerican”
August 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has posted statement saying:
“American soldiers and airmen policing American citizens on American soil is UnAmerican”
“American soldiers and airmen policing American citizens on American soil is UnAmerican”
Looked like a normal Sunday brunch day. I drove through a good swathe of DC NW, NE, SE on errands etc. No patrols, no military vehicles, just one guy pulled over by a cop on upper 16th St NW. Is the show over? Was it too hot (95) to be out in that gear? Or were they pulled back so EU leaders won’t 👀
August 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Looked like a normal Sunday brunch day. I drove through a good swathe of DC NW, NE, SE on errands etc. No patrols, no military vehicles, just one guy pulled over by a cop on upper 16th St NW. Is the show over? Was it too hot (95) to be out in that gear? Or were they pulled back so EU leaders won’t 👀
Europe will get a first-hand look at Trump’s militarization.
European leaders to join Zelenskiy in face-off with Trump over Ukraine - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
European leaders to join Zelenskiy in face-off with Trump over Ukraine - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
European leaders to join Zelenskiy for Washington talks as Trump presses peace deal
The heads of Britain, Italy, Finland and France will join Ukraine's president who is under U.S. pressure to accept a quick deal to end Russia's war on terms that would be hugely difficult to accept.
www.reuters.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Europe will get a first-hand look at Trump’s militarization.
European leaders to join Zelenskiy in face-off with Trump over Ukraine - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
European leaders to join Zelenskiy in face-off with Trump over Ukraine - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push - www.reuters.com/world/us/ove...
Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push
Pro-democracy activists and labor groups held hundreds of rallies and other events across the United States on Saturday protesting the Trump administration's push for Texas to redraw its congressional map in favor of Republicans.
www.reuters.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push - www.reuters.com/world/us/ove...
