Jakk
@moretolearn.bsky.social
Ponderer, Lesbian, Chaplain, Episcopal priest, former grassroots organizer... distracted by shiny things she/her 🌈🌪
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President Trump says he'll deliver address from the White House at 10 p.m. ET, following operation he says targeted Iranian nuclear sites.
Follow live updates.
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Live updates: Trump announces air strikes on nuclear sites in Iran as conflict enters second week | CNN
The US “successfully” struck three nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, President Donald Trump announced on Saturday evening. Follow for live news updates.
us.cnn.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
President Trump says he'll deliver address from the White House at 10 p.m. ET, following operation he says targeted Iranian nuclear sites.
Follow live updates.
Follow live updates.
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The U.S. bombed multiple nuclear sites in Iran, President Trump said.
The airstrikes are the first time the United States has conducted a direct military attack on Iran, and they further escalated a military conflict between Iran and Israel that began on June 13.
Read more: nbcnews.to/4kVAqcS
The airstrikes are the first time the United States has conducted a direct military attack on Iran, and they further escalated a military conflict between Iran and Israel that began on June 13.
Read more: nbcnews.to/4kVAqcS
June 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
The U.S. bombed multiple nuclear sites in Iran, President Trump said.
The airstrikes are the first time the United States has conducted a direct military attack on Iran, and they further escalated a military conflict between Iran and Israel that began on June 13.
Read more: nbcnews.to/4kVAqcS
The airstrikes are the first time the United States has conducted a direct military attack on Iran, and they further escalated a military conflict between Iran and Israel that began on June 13.
Read more: nbcnews.to/4kVAqcS
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BREAKING: Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency acknowledges attack on the country's Fordo nuclear facility. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate Iran's nuclear program.
US has struck three Iranian nuclear sites, Trump says, joining Israeli air campaign
President Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals that could spark a wider regional conflict.
bit.ly
June 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
BREAKING: Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency acknowledges attack on the country's Fordo nuclear facility. President Donald Trump said that the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate Iran's nuclear program.
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President Donald Trump will address the nation at 10 p.m. ET after the United States launched attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran, he says.
Trump: US launches strike on three nuclear sites in Iran
The move comes after Iran and Israel have been engaged in aerial strikes and Trump had been pondering US involvement for the past week.
bit.ly
June 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
President Donald Trump will address the nation at 10 p.m. ET after the United States launched attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran, he says.
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The U.S. has entered Israel’s war against Iran. President Trump said the U.S. had struck Fordo, Iran’s heavily fortified nuclear facility, as well as two other sites. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
June 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The U.S. has entered Israel’s war against Iran. President Trump said the U.S. had struck Fordo, Iran’s heavily fortified nuclear facility, as well as two other sites. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
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Trump said that a "very successful attack" on three nuclear sites in Iran had been successfully carried out. In a posting on Truth Social, Trump added, "All planes are safely on their way home" and he congratulated "our great American Warriors." reut.rs/469sOyL
Trump says US forces bombed Iran nuclear sites; says 'Fordow is gone'
In a posting on Truth Social, Trump said, "All planes are safely on their way home" and he congratulated "our great American Warriors."
reut.rs
June 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Trump said that a "very successful attack" on three nuclear sites in Iran had been successfully carried out. In a posting on Truth Social, Trump added, "All planes are safely on their way home" and he congratulated "our great American Warriors." reut.rs/469sOyL
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What is this—Make Asbestos Great Again? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
June 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
What is this—Make Asbestos Great Again? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
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I don't know about you...but I'm disturbed by the amount of hell NOT being raised by leadership about masked individuals jumping out of unmarked vans, refusing to identify themselves...and just shoving people into a Goddamn vehicle and whisking them away.
June 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I don't know about you...but I'm disturbed by the amount of hell NOT being raised by leadership about masked individuals jumping out of unmarked vans, refusing to identify themselves...and just shoving people into a Goddamn vehicle and whisking them away.
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Right now there are more U.S. troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are to Syria and Iraq combined.
June 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Right now there are more U.S. troops deployed to Los Angeles than there are to Syria and Iraq combined.
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Why accountability matters: “Civilians have impersonated ICE agents while committing robbery (Pennsylvania), kidnappings (Florida, South Carolina), sexual assault (North Carolina) and other forms of public intimidation (Washington state, California). Opinion”
June 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Why accountability matters: “Civilians have impersonated ICE agents while committing robbery (Pennsylvania), kidnappings (Florida, South Carolina), sexual assault (North Carolina) and other forms of public intimidation (Washington state, California). Opinion”
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Chair of history department at U.S. Naval Academy resigns after order to remove paper from symposium “for reasons having nothing to do with scholarship.” [James Matheson, Baltimore Sun]
Naval Academy history chair resigns over ordered removal of symposium paper
Tom McCarthy cited the removal of a paper on grounds beyond its academic standard.
www.baltimoresun.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Chair of history department at U.S. Naval Academy resigns after order to remove paper from symposium “for reasons having nothing to do with scholarship.” [James Matheson, Baltimore Sun]
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Gavin Newsom speaking Truth to Sarah Huckabee Sanders
June 12, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Gavin Newsom speaking Truth to Sarah Huckabee Sanders
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RFK Jr’s ACIP pick, Martin Kulldorff, said one of the most disturbing images from the pandemic was a toddler crying about having to wear a mask. I see toddlers cry about everything all the time, and I found it far more disturbing to see refrigerator trucks full of body bags outside of the hospitals…
June 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
RFK Jr’s ACIP pick, Martin Kulldorff, said one of the most disturbing images from the pandemic was a toddler crying about having to wear a mask. I see toddlers cry about everything all the time, and I found it far more disturbing to see refrigerator trucks full of body bags outside of the hospitals…
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Not all resistance wears a bullhorn.
Some write letters.
Some carry water.
Some raise their voices.
Some raise the spirits.
Some paint banners, others hold them.
Every role matters.
This is a chorus, not a solo.
Show up how you can.
We need you all.
#Resist
Some write letters.
Some carry water.
Some raise their voices.
Some raise the spirits.
Some paint banners, others hold them.
Every role matters.
This is a chorus, not a solo.
Show up how you can.
We need you all.
#Resist
June 11, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Not all resistance wears a bullhorn.
Some write letters.
Some carry water.
Some raise their voices.
Some raise the spirits.
Some paint banners, others hold them.
Every role matters.
This is a chorus, not a solo.
Show up how you can.
We need you all.
#Resist
Some write letters.
Some carry water.
Some raise their voices.
Some raise the spirits.
Some paint banners, others hold them.
Every role matters.
This is a chorus, not a solo.
Show up how you can.
We need you all.
#Resist
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Bipartisan House Members Urge Secretary Rubio to Save Program Tracking Kidnapped Ukrainian Children
doggett.house.gov/media/press-...
doggett.house.gov/media/press-...
Bipartisan House Members Urge Secretary Rubio to Save Program Tracking Kidnapped Ukrainian Children
Washington, D.C.—Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), an active member of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, led a bipartisan group of colleagues in urging State Secretary Marco Rubio to...
doggett.house.gov
June 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Bipartisan House Members Urge Secretary Rubio to Save Program Tracking Kidnapped Ukrainian Children
doggett.house.gov/media/press-...
doggett.house.gov/media/press-...
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Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University.
That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...
That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...
Cancers can be detected in bloodstream three years prior to diagnosis
Detection of cancer before a clinical diagnosis could give patients and caregivers more time for intervention and may lead to better outcomes because tumors are more likely to be curable
hub.jhu.edu
June 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Genetic material shed by tumors can be detected in the bloodstream three years before cancer diagnosis, according to a study led by investigators at Johns Hopkins University.
That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...
That study was made possible with federal funding. Now, many studies like this are canceled. hub.jhu.edu/2025/06/04/...
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It’s not just Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Law Dork can also report that O.C.G., a gay man sent into hiding when the Trump administration deported him to Mexico, has been brought back to the U.S.
Read my Law Dork report on Trump’s deportations — and the challenges they have faced:
Read my Law Dork report on Trump’s deportations — and the challenges they have faced:
Where are the people the Trump administration has deported?
The Trump administration's aggressive immigration deportation efforts often have been carried out illegally. What has happened to the people at the center of the cases?
www.lawdork.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It’s not just Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Law Dork can also report that O.C.G., a gay man sent into hiding when the Trump administration deported him to Mexico, has been brought back to the U.S.
Read my Law Dork report on Trump’s deportations — and the challenges they have faced:
Read my Law Dork report on Trump’s deportations — and the challenges they have faced:
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Out of the 109 DOGE staffers we've identified:
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
The DOGE 100: Musk Is Out, but More Than 100 of His Followers Remain to Implement Trump’s Blueprint
At least 38 DOGE members work, or have worked, for one of Elon Musk’s companies. Meanwhile, nearly two dozen DOGE officials are making cuts to the same federal agencies that regulate the industries…
www.propublica.org
June 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Out of the 109 DOGE staffers we've identified:
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
• At least 38 currently work/have worked for businesses run by Musk
• At least 23 are making cuts at agencies that regulate the industries that employed them
• At least 12 remain, on paper, employees/advisors of the companies they worked at before DOGE
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Cannot express enough how much what happened at that meeting three weeks ago has changed things on the ground.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Really good WSJ article on ICE escalations over recent weeks including Miller's visit to ICE national HQ where he demanded Home Depot raids. www.wsj.com/us-news/prot...
The White House Marching Orders That Sparked the L.A. Migrant Crackdown
After deportations fell short of President Trump’s campaign promises, federal agents summoned to a meeting in Washington were told to “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”
www.wsj.com
June 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Cannot express enough how much what happened at that meeting three weeks ago has changed things on the ground.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
Courthouse arrests started within days, then check-in arrests. Worksite raids, once rare, began happening daily. Detention has skyrocketed over capacity. People are going missing.
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BREAKING: Judge says Mahmoud Khalil cannot be detained or deported based on Rubio’s determination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
BREAKING: Judge says Mahmoud Khalil cannot be detained or deported based on Rubio’s determination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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BREAKING: Massive numbers of people from Europe and Asia have canceled vacations to America because trump has made this a dangerous destination, a major blow to our tourism industry.
Can't blame them.
Stay away.
Can't blame them.
Stay away.
June 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
BREAKING: Massive numbers of people from Europe and Asia have canceled vacations to America because trump has made this a dangerous destination, a major blow to our tourism industry.
Can't blame them.
Stay away.
Can't blame them.
Stay away.
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Nice look for you, Facebook! Thanks, hometown paper! And more thanks to the people who advocated for the "permanently disabled" status of my account there to be overturned. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
S.F. author temporarily banned on Facebook after writing about L.A. riots
San Francisco writer Rebecca Solnit’s Facebook page was temporarily shut down after she posted an essay on the Los Angeles protests.
www.sfchronicle.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Nice look for you, Facebook! Thanks, hometown paper! And more thanks to the people who advocated for the "permanently disabled" status of my account there to be overturned. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
This **is not** The Onion.
(official government link, in comments)
(official government link, in comments)
June 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This **is not** The Onion.
(official government link, in comments)
(official government link, in comments)
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#AltPride #Pride #AltCitizen #AltGov
Known for co-creating and playing the role of David Rose in the show Schitt’s Creek, Daniel Levy has made us laugh over 6 seasons of the show. What you may not know is how intentional Levy was when creating David Rose. 1/6
Known for co-creating and playing the role of David Rose in the show Schitt’s Creek, Daniel Levy has made us laugh over 6 seasons of the show. What you may not know is how intentional Levy was when creating David Rose. 1/6
June 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#AltPride #Pride #AltCitizen #AltGov
Known for co-creating and playing the role of David Rose in the show Schitt’s Creek, Daniel Levy has made us laugh over 6 seasons of the show. What you may not know is how intentional Levy was when creating David Rose. 1/6
Known for co-creating and playing the role of David Rose in the show Schitt’s Creek, Daniel Levy has made us laugh over 6 seasons of the show. What you may not know is how intentional Levy was when creating David Rose. 1/6