Jen
@jowgajen.bsky.social
Just your ordinary married lesbian. Dabbler, cat lover, ally. She/Her.
#WEURO2025 has been a lot of fun to watch for this American. High drama and excellent football!
July 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#WEURO2025 has been a lot of fun to watch for this American. High drama and excellent football!
States' rights but make it insane.
So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
June 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
States' rights but make it insane.
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The Bush administration disappeared people too, sent them to a different gulag at Gitmo and other black sites, kidnapped people off the street of Milan, tortured them, in the name of "a different kind of war."
We didn't come close to holding them accountable.
We're seeing the cost of that now.
We didn't come close to holding them accountable.
We're seeing the cost of that now.
April 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The Bush administration disappeared people too, sent them to a different gulag at Gitmo and other black sites, kidnapped people off the street of Milan, tortured them, in the name of "a different kind of war."
We didn't come close to holding them accountable.
We're seeing the cost of that now.
We didn't come close to holding them accountable.
We're seeing the cost of that now.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
(from @BennettCartoons ) 🇺🇸 😕
(from @BennettCartoons ) 🇺🇸 😕
April 18, 2025 at 3:34 AM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
(from @BennettCartoons ) 🇺🇸 😕
(from @BennettCartoons ) 🇺🇸 😕
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Gavin Newsom calls Kilmer Abrego Garcia a “distraction” @washingtonpost.com
What an absolute disgrace he has become.
Beyond repulsive and shameful.
What an absolute disgrace he has become.
Beyond repulsive and shameful.
April 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Gavin Newsom calls Kilmer Abrego Garcia a “distraction” @washingtonpost.com
What an absolute disgrace he has become.
Beyond repulsive and shameful.
What an absolute disgrace he has become.
Beyond repulsive and shameful.
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Can you say the SAME?! 🤚
April 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Can you say the SAME?! 🤚
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i think most white americans who have never been Policed don’t realize that you are always already a criminal.
the second anyone with institutional power believes you to be, needs you to be, or wants you to be a criminal you are and always have been.
the second anyone with institutional power believes you to be, needs you to be, or wants you to be a criminal you are and always have been.
the last few days has been a reminder that people really want to believe that not only is there this real thing called a “criminal,” and that if they need to, anyone can just prove they aren’t one
do people not realize that the past four decades of US policing legislation PR and practice have made the allegation that someone is a “gang member” entirely subject to the whims of the state
April 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
i think most white americans who have never been Policed don’t realize that you are always already a criminal.
the second anyone with institutional power believes you to be, needs you to be, or wants you to be a criminal you are and always have been.
the second anyone with institutional power believes you to be, needs you to be, or wants you to be a criminal you are and always have been.
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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
April 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone.
Americans of conscience must stand against this now.
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I am advocating for due process for Abrego Garcia.
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I am advocating for due process for Abrego Garcia.
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Would men need to provide a marriage certificate to vote? No? Just women? Got it.
Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.
Will the SAVE Act make it harder for married women to vote? We ask legal experts
Legal experts say states could help married women who have changed their last names by accepting documents like a legal decree or a marriage certificate, but it might not fix the issue for all.
www.npr.org
April 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Would men need to provide a marriage certificate to vote? No? Just women? Got it.
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Somehow, the future is both going to be a dystopian techno sci-fi hellscape AND we're gonna have coal and measles and robber barons and a permanent underclass.
Philip K. Dickens
Philip K. Dickens
April 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Somehow, the future is both going to be a dystopian techno sci-fi hellscape AND we're gonna have coal and measles and robber barons and a permanent underclass.
Philip K. Dickens
Philip K. Dickens
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here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
April 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
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A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
Alternatively we can stop selling our minds and votes.
The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
April 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Alternatively we can stop selling our minds and votes.
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The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
April 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The richest man in the world spent more money than most of us will see in our lifetimes to lose a state Supreme Court race by 10 points.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
And the fact his $25 million was a drop in the bucket compared to what he's spent on other elections is exactly why we must overturn Citizens United.
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Someone called the Pete Hegseth war plans chat snafu "Whiskeyleaks" and I refuse to refer to it any other way now.
March 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Someone called the Pete Hegseth war plans chat snafu "Whiskeyleaks" and I refuse to refer to it any other way now.
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Someone tell the LA Times that property damage isn't violence. Violence requires a living person or animal by definition. ❄️❄️❄️ @latimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Someone tell the LA Times that property damage isn't violence. Violence requires a living person or animal by definition. ❄️❄️❄️ @latimes.com
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Schumer has canceled his book tour over “security concerns.” That means he’s afraid to face the voters after giving a blank check to Musk and hanging house Dems out to dry. He needs to RESIGN as minority leader NOW abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen...
Sen. Chuck Schumer's book tour postponed for 'security concerns' amid funding vote controversy
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's three planned book tour events scheduled for this week have abruptly been postponed as of Monday morning.
abcnews.go.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Schumer has canceled his book tour over “security concerns.” That means he’s afraid to face the voters after giving a blank check to Musk and hanging house Dems out to dry. He needs to RESIGN as minority leader NOW abcnews.go.com/Politics/sen...
This is such an embarrassment.
March 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is such an embarrassment.
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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A lot of people who got the measles as children died or suffered lifelong disabilities as a result. The measles vaccine was a godsend to worldwide public health, and it’s an absolute scandal that this lethally ignorant dolt has any power over public health.
March 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
A lot of people who got the measles as children died or suffered lifelong disabilities as a result. The measles vaccine was a godsend to worldwide public health, and it’s an absolute scandal that this lethally ignorant dolt has any power over public health.
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We can upload 3 minute videos now.
YOU KNOW THE RULE
YOU KNOW THE RULE
March 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We can upload 3 minute videos now.
YOU KNOW THE RULE
YOU KNOW THE RULE
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yeah i feel like a part of the problem is that elected Dems have Axios/Semafor/Politico brain and think that the base genuinely wants them to move to the center while the actual base wants blood
a feedback loop going on in dc right now where liberal polls show voters dislike the party approach, reporters cover that disdain as being the progressive wing’s fault, and then lawmakers and staff follow that instruction because they’re relying on those refracted signals
So far NINE DEMOCRATS vote to censure Al Green
March 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
yeah i feel like a part of the problem is that elected Dems have Axios/Semafor/Politico brain and think that the base genuinely wants them to move to the center while the actual base wants blood