NJF
@njf.bsky.social
Dog lover. Hobby photographer. Recovering political junkie; 2024 broke me of that habit. Mostly.
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Hollywood Reporter - Channel 4 is welcoming Donald Trump to the UK with a special program: an unbroken catalogue of what it categorizes as 100+ falsehoods, distortions and inaccuracies since taking office in January.
Channel 4 to Mark Trump’s U.K. Visit With “Longest Uninterrupted Reel of Untruths Ever Broadcast on Television”
'Trump v the Truth' will run for several hours on Sept. 17 and is set to be punctuated by "brief text-based fact-checks."
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Hollywood Reporter - Channel 4 is welcoming Donald Trump to the UK with a special program: an unbroken catalogue of what it categorizes as 100+ falsehoods, distortions and inaccuracies since taking office in January.
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BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
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Human rights of trans people are under attack by governments and cruel people.
It's a cause too often forgotten, but needs attention
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these mugs ($25 per mug) will go to our local gender affirming closet
🏳️⚧️
#art #pottery #ceramics #lgbtq #trans
It's a cause too often forgotten, but needs attention
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of these mugs ($25 per mug) will go to our local gender affirming closet
🏳️⚧️
#art #pottery #ceramics #lgbtq #trans
February 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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According to the Houston Chronicle, public health officials in Texas think that there are likely 200-300 people now infected with measles. If confirmed, this outbreak is already out of control. H/t to @mickiemo.bsky.social for the heads up. www.chron.com/news/houston...
Hundreds of people feared infected with measles in Texas
The outbreak of measles in a small West Texas community may be worse than officials originally thought. They are scrambling to promote vaccinations.
www.chron.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
According to the Houston Chronicle, public health officials in Texas think that there are likely 200-300 people now infected with measles. If confirmed, this outbreak is already out of control. H/t to @mickiemo.bsky.social for the heads up. www.chron.com/news/houston...
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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I've spent the past year talking to James Murdoch about his father's "twisted" behavior, the mind games at the family-counseling retreat, how Fox News really works, and the war over his family's media empire. My cover story for The Atlantic's April edition: theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Growing Up Murdoch
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire
theatlantic.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I've spent the past year talking to James Murdoch about his father's "twisted" behavior, the mind games at the family-counseling retreat, how Fox News really works, and the war over his family's media empire. My cover story for The Atlantic's April edition: theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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So, they are
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
February 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So, they are
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
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I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
February 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I’m in Munich and people keep asking me to decode Vance’s speech. OK: In Vance English “free speech” means “Let Musk run your elections” and “democracy” means “let Russia run your elections.” Now move on. 2025 is about what Europeans do, not what Americans say.
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Every member of the House is back on your home turf for congressional recess. We’ve got events scheduled across the nation to get their attention — because fighting back against the Trump-Musk coup is going to take all of us: indivisible.org/muskorus
February 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Every member of the House is back on your home turf for congressional recess. We’ve got events scheduled across the nation to get their attention — because fighting back against the Trump-Musk coup is going to take all of us: indivisible.org/muskorus
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I’m sure it’s just my TDS, but I think Trump is proving to be exactly as bad as we said he was going to be and people who acted like we were hysterical should be embarrassed they didn’t do more to try and stop it.
February 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I’m sure it’s just my TDS, but I think Trump is proving to be exactly as bad as we said he was going to be and people who acted like we were hysterical should be embarrassed they didn’t do more to try and stop it.
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Facts over lies. Any time.
February 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Facts over lies. Any time.
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This helps you understand why at Bolts we created a resource called "Who Runs Our Elections," which shows you the local & state offices that are responsible for all this in each & every state: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
It is bafflingly decentralized... but you don't have to be baffled anymore!
It is bafflingly decentralized... but you don't have to be baffled anymore!
things are very bad right now, but the US also has advantages that other backsliding democracies haven't. the best example of this imo is our bafflingly decentralized elections system: there is literally no way for the federal govt to "cancel" a midterm election, bc the feds don't run elections
If you do want to know how it works—and, specifically, how it can work in the US, here’s a thing I wrote: substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This helps you understand why at Bolts we created a resource called "Who Runs Our Elections," which shows you the local & state offices that are responsible for all this in each & every state: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
It is bafflingly decentralized... but you don't have to be baffled anymore!
It is bafflingly decentralized... but you don't have to be baffled anymore!
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Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
February 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Engraving on the exterior of the United States Department of Justice headquarters.
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Earl, Please help spread the word. Thank you!! 😇
FIGHT THE COUP. PLEASE REPOST: NATIONAL PROTESTS FEB. 17TH. FIND ONE NEAR YOU: events.pol-rev.com #NationalProtests. #Resist #StopTrumpMusk
FIGHT THE COUP. PLEASE REPOST: NATIONAL PROTESTS FEB. 17TH. FIND ONE NEAR YOU: events.pol-rev.com #NationalProtests. #Resist #StopTrumpMusk
February 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Earl, Please help spread the word. Thank you!! 😇
FIGHT THE COUP. PLEASE REPOST: NATIONAL PROTESTS FEB. 17TH. FIND ONE NEAR YOU: events.pol-rev.com #NationalProtests. #Resist #StopTrumpMusk
FIGHT THE COUP. PLEASE REPOST: NATIONAL PROTESTS FEB. 17TH. FIND ONE NEAR YOU: events.pol-rev.com #NationalProtests. #Resist #StopTrumpMusk
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“Are animals smart?” asks Deron
In our latest Curious Kids column, @okstate.edu veterinary sciences professor Leticia Fanucchi discusses this fascinating question. https://buff.ly/3QcDVOg
In our latest Curious Kids column, @okstate.edu veterinary sciences professor Leticia Fanucchi discusses this fascinating question. https://buff.ly/3QcDVOg
Are animals smart? From dolphin language to toolmaking crows, lots of species have obvious intelligence
Many animals show signs of high intelligence, including strong memory, self-awareness and communication skills.
theconversation.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
“Are animals smart?” asks Deron
In our latest Curious Kids column, @okstate.edu veterinary sciences professor Leticia Fanucchi discusses this fascinating question. https://buff.ly/3QcDVOg
In our latest Curious Kids column, @okstate.edu veterinary sciences professor Leticia Fanucchi discusses this fascinating question. https://buff.ly/3QcDVOg
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"Four thousand workers at a North Carolina Amazon warehouse are voting February 10-15 on whether to unionize"
( #Garner, #RDU1)
"At 2.4 percent, North Carolina’s union density is the lowest in the country"
#labor #amazon #Raleigh #ncpol #DemCast
labornotes.org/2025/02/amaz...
( #Garner, #RDU1)
"At 2.4 percent, North Carolina’s union density is the lowest in the country"
#labor #amazon #Raleigh #ncpol #DemCast
labornotes.org/2025/02/amaz...
Amazon Stokes Racial Divides in Lead-Up to North Carolina Union Vote
Four thousand workers at a North Carolina Amazon warehouse are voting February 10-15 on whether to unionize with Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment. RDU1, in the town of Garner, o...
labornotes.org
February 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
These are not serious people.
H.R.1161 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland".
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
H.R.1161 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland".
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
February 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
These are not serious people.
H.R.1161 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland".
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
H.R.1161 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland".
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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1/ The medical community is fighting back! In the Doctors for America lawsuit in DC, a judge has just ordered that at least for now, HHS, CDC, & FDA must restore public health webpages taken down. by midnight tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
1/ The medical community is fighting back! In the Doctors for America lawsuit in DC, a judge has just ordered that at least for now, HHS, CDC, & FDA must restore public health webpages taken down. by midnight tonight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
If they're accusing, it's projection.
Trump claims other countries are sending us their criminals. Now he wants to do the same.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/mar...
Trump claims other countries are sending us their criminals. Now he wants to do the same.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/mar...
Trump says he'd deport US citizens convicted of crimes 'in a heartbeat' if legal
Marco Rubio met with El Salvador’s president and said they've agreed to not only take in deported foreign nationals who committed crimes, but also jailed U.S. citizens.
abcnews.go.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If they're accusing, it's projection.
Trump claims other countries are sending us their criminals. Now he wants to do the same.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/mar...
Trump claims other countries are sending us their criminals. Now he wants to do the same.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/mar...
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So many people came out to protest at Tillis' Raleigh office! Amazing signs and chants! Tillis wants to claim we're silent, we've been filling his voicemails and are at his office! Can't hide from your state! #voughtNO #Indivisible @bullcityindivisi.bsky.social @democracyoutloud.bsky.social
February 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
So many people came out to protest at Tillis' Raleigh office! Amazing signs and chants! Tillis wants to claim we're silent, we've been filling his voicemails and are at his office! Can't hide from your state! #voughtNO #Indivisible @bullcityindivisi.bsky.social @democracyoutloud.bsky.social
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The 050501 protest merged with this one, so it’s pretty big. There’s too many people and not enough speaker strength, so I’m just going to leave because I can’t hear anything, but can at least report it’s crowded!
A crowd has gathered in Upper Senate Park to protest the takeover of government agencies.
February 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The 050501 protest merged with this one, so it’s pretty big. There’s too many people and not enough speaker strength, so I’m just going to leave because I can’t hear anything, but can at least report it’s crowded!
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Why I Haven’t Been Around Much, basically.
i wrote something about This Place for @404media.co. please read it, and then log off. 💗
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Why I Haven’t Been Around Much, basically.
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Trump's #Project2025 plan aims to "bring the Administrative State to heel" and dismantle remnants of New Deal and Great Society programs. A historian examines the historical context.
Trump’s Project 2025 agenda caps decades-long resistance to 20th century progressive reform
Presidents often come into office with a blueprint to transform government. Project 2025 – assembled by Trump allies – is part of a lineage of conservative reactions to liberal presidents’ plans.
buff.ly
February 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Trump's #Project2025 plan aims to "bring the Administrative State to heel" and dismantle remnants of New Deal and Great Society programs. A historian examines the historical context.
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BREAKING: President Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council.
This move will erode efforts to protect universal human rights and undermine the work of international bodies that hold all governments accountable.
This move will erode efforts to protect universal human rights and undermine the work of international bodies that hold all governments accountable.
February 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: President Trump has withdrawn the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council.
This move will erode efforts to protect universal human rights and undermine the work of international bodies that hold all governments accountable.
This move will erode efforts to protect universal human rights and undermine the work of international bodies that hold all governments accountable.
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We asked legal experts about the specific laws they think Trump may be breaking when he:
—Tries to dissolve USAID
—Grants Musk access to Treasury's payment system
—Offers millions of federal employees a buyout
Here's what they told us:
time.com/7212753/trum...
—Tries to dissolve USAID
—Grants Musk access to Treasury's payment system
—Offers millions of federal employees a buyout
Here's what they told us:
time.com/7212753/trum...
Is Trump Breaking Federal Laws? We Asked Legal Experts
Is Trump Breaking Federal Laws? We Asked Legal Experts
time.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
We asked legal experts about the specific laws they think Trump may be breaking when he:
—Tries to dissolve USAID
—Grants Musk access to Treasury's payment system
—Offers millions of federal employees a buyout
Here's what they told us:
time.com/7212753/trum...
—Tries to dissolve USAID
—Grants Musk access to Treasury's payment system
—Offers millions of federal employees a buyout
Here's what they told us:
time.com/7212753/trum...