Jennifer Rondeau
@bradamante.bsky.social
Once called a golden unicorn, still word obsessed over things that matter. and things that don't ... and still (always, no doubt) speculating irresponsibly ...
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Finally get to nice weather where you can open your window and not have heat, humidity or wildfire smoke but the damn cop helicopter is circling over my house 😡
September 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Finally get to nice weather where you can open your window and not have heat, humidity or wildfire smoke but the damn cop helicopter is circling over my house 😡
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This country does not take long to remind us of who it doesn’t value, today the reminder is for children.
August 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This country does not take long to remind us of who it doesn’t value, today the reminder is for children.
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The DC resistance isn’t manifesting this week as recognizable members of Congress marching up and down Pennsylvania Avenue with CNN cameras in tow, but as an array of ordinary DC residents documenting what’s happening in their neighborhoods and mobilizing pop-up actions.
The resistance is active in DC—you’re just not looking closely enough
It's not massive protests on Pennsylvania Avenue, but happenstance hecklers and Nextdoor posts.
www.motherjones.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The DC resistance isn’t manifesting this week as recognizable members of Congress marching up and down Pennsylvania Avenue with CNN cameras in tow, but as an array of ordinary DC residents documenting what’s happening in their neighborhoods and mobilizing pop-up actions.
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things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
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Abortion is still legal in the District, even living in a police state. Still, there is very real fear around traveling to DC right now, especially for those most targeted by federal law enforcement. Check out our full guide & share widely!
Check out our full guide: drive.google.com/file/d/1fHIR...
August 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Abortion is still legal in the District, even living in a police state. Still, there is very real fear around traveling to DC right now, especially for those most targeted by federal law enforcement. Check out our full guide & share widely!
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🚨 HEY DC 🚨 if you can participate in tonight’s emergency ride to provide critical resources to your unhoused neighbors you should. MPD & feds are expected to sweep EVERY tent of EVERY encampment as soon as 6:30pm tonight. stand up for your community and show the feds whose streets these are
August 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🚨 HEY DC 🚨 if you can participate in tonight’s emergency ride to provide critical resources to your unhoused neighbors you should. MPD & feds are expected to sweep EVERY tent of EVERY encampment as soon as 6:30pm tonight. stand up for your community and show the feds whose streets these are
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Comer: "We're gonna support doing this in other cities if it works out in Washington DC. We spend a lot on our military. Our military has been in many countries around the world for the past two decades walking the streets trying to reduce crime. We need to focus on the big cities in America now."
August 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Comer: "We're gonna support doing this in other cities if it works out in Washington DC. We spend a lot on our military. Our military has been in many countries around the world for the past two decades walking the streets trying to reduce crime. We need to focus on the big cities in America now."
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Last night, I got home a few mins before 9pm. By the time I was outside to walk the dog at 9:05, there were a dozen federal agents and local cops on the stairs and lawn of the house directly across the street from me.
This is what the federal enforcement looks like in DC right now:
This is what the federal enforcement looks like in DC right now:
August 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Last night, I got home a few mins before 9pm. By the time I was outside to walk the dog at 9:05, there were a dozen federal agents and local cops on the stairs and lawn of the house directly across the street from me.
This is what the federal enforcement looks like in DC right now:
This is what the federal enforcement looks like in DC right now:
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Yeah, I think this what makes it hard for Americans who haven’t experienced autocracy elsewhere to realize—life under authoritarianism can still look like pleasant summers, bbq on the weekend, after work happy hour with friends—until snap, a coworker or family member goes missing
this dc situation looks pretty horrible. i wish i had more to say except that autocracy is always mundane and petty and vicious and encourages you to look away and be safe. and you can live quite normally under it until you're a direct target
August 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yeah, I think this what makes it hard for Americans who haven’t experienced autocracy elsewhere to realize—life under authoritarianism can still look like pleasant summers, bbq on the weekend, after work happy hour with friends—until snap, a coworker or family member goes missing
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we are DC. and we keep us safe. www.instagram.com/p/DNOw-52yyg...
August 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
we are DC. and we keep us safe. www.instagram.com/p/DNOw-52yyg...
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Thread.
We are watching closely as the federal government broadcasts various threats to folks without homes in D.C. We want to be clear about a few things. 🧵
August 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thread.
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July 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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NEW: The Senate bill "defunding" Planned Parenthood is just one front in the war to ban abortion without explicitly banning it.
The right is vying to cut off federal funds, shutter clinics, restrict abortion pills, and let protestors terrorize abortion seekers—and put abortion entirely out of reach
The right is vying to cut off federal funds, shutter clinics, restrict abortion pills, and let protestors terrorize abortion seekers—and put abortion entirely out of reach
The Plot to Effectively Ban Abortion Nationwide Is Unfolding Before Our Eyes
Lawmakers and activists are working to shutter clinics and restrict access to abortion pills. The end result would be catastrophic.
www.autonomynews.co
July 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
NEW: The Senate bill "defunding" Planned Parenthood is just one front in the war to ban abortion without explicitly banning it.
The right is vying to cut off federal funds, shutter clinics, restrict abortion pills, and let protestors terrorize abortion seekers—and put abortion entirely out of reach
The right is vying to cut off federal funds, shutter clinics, restrict abortion pills, and let protestors terrorize abortion seekers—and put abortion entirely out of reach
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
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Republicans just voted to murder 140 Americans a day, every single day of the year. They're killing 51,000 of a us a year.
July 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Republicans just voted to murder 140 Americans a day, every single day of the year. They're killing 51,000 of a us a year.
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ICYMI
senate subcommittee begins review Monday of the budget that would kill the National Endowments for Arts & Humanities
if you’re in Oregon (or AK, GA, KY, MD, ND, NE, NM, NY, OK, SD, WI or WV) we’ve got info and call scripts to help you contact your senator (yes, even Republicans!) before 6/22
senate subcommittee begins review Monday of the budget that would kill the National Endowments for Arts & Humanities
if you’re in Oregon (or AK, GA, KY, MD, ND, NE, NM, NY, OK, SD, WI or WV) we’ve got info and call scripts to help you contact your senator (yes, even Republicans!) before 6/22
June 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
ICYMI
senate subcommittee begins review Monday of the budget that would kill the National Endowments for Arts & Humanities
if you’re in Oregon (or AK, GA, KY, MD, ND, NE, NM, NY, OK, SD, WI or WV) we’ve got info and call scripts to help you contact your senator (yes, even Republicans!) before 6/22
senate subcommittee begins review Monday of the budget that would kill the National Endowments for Arts & Humanities
if you’re in Oregon (or AK, GA, KY, MD, ND, NE, NM, NY, OK, SD, WI or WV) we’ve got info and call scripts to help you contact your senator (yes, even Republicans!) before 6/22
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Hi friends - In the face of unprecedented cuts to the basic research science funding, climate scientists are staging an 100-hour live stream of why science matters. There will be many talks on all sorts of things (I'm Saturday at 12:30 PT). Please share widely! wcstreamathon.netlify.app. 🌊🧪
The Weather & Climate Livestream
Join us starting May 28th, as meteorologists and climate scientists from across the US share their research and answer your questions.
wcstreamathon.netlify.app
May 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Hi friends - In the face of unprecedented cuts to the basic research science funding, climate scientists are staging an 100-hour live stream of why science matters. There will be many talks on all sorts of things (I'm Saturday at 12:30 PT). Please share widely! wcstreamathon.netlify.app. 🌊🧪
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The House is set to vote today on the SAVE Act, a GOP bill to require proof-of-citizenship documents to register or re-register to vote. Millions of people don't have access to those documents. (Do you know where you birth certificate is? Has your name changed?)
www.huffpost.com/entry/proof-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/proof-...
Millions Of Voters Risk Disenfranchisement Under Republican Proposal
Republicans have dodged questions on what happens to voters who don’t have the right paperwork.
www.huffpost.com
April 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The House is set to vote today on the SAVE Act, a GOP bill to require proof-of-citizenship documents to register or re-register to vote. Millions of people don't have access to those documents. (Do you know where you birth certificate is? Has your name changed?)
www.huffpost.com/entry/proof-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/proof-...
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NEW: As early as next week, Senators plan to introduce the first bipartisan bill to repeal Section 230, the landmark internet law
I spoke with congressional aides to get the details of the ambitious effort, which internet experts described as akin to extortion
www.theinformation.com/articles/exc...
I spoke with congressional aides to get the details of the ambitious effort, which internet experts described as akin to extortion
www.theinformation.com/articles/exc...
March 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW: As early as next week, Senators plan to introduce the first bipartisan bill to repeal Section 230, the landmark internet law
I spoke with congressional aides to get the details of the ambitious effort, which internet experts described as akin to extortion
www.theinformation.com/articles/exc...
I spoke with congressional aides to get the details of the ambitious effort, which internet experts described as akin to extortion
www.theinformation.com/articles/exc...
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The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.
March 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.
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Please note that now immigration officials are scrutinizing visitors *social media* as part of the criteria to visit the country.
If you don't absolutely have to? Don't risk it.
If you don't absolutely have to? Don't risk it.
March 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Please note that now immigration officials are scrutinizing visitors *social media* as part of the criteria to visit the country.
If you don't absolutely have to? Don't risk it.
If you don't absolutely have to? Don't risk it.
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UK Subs detained
March 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
UK Subs detained
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elected officials who draw government paychecks now following the libs of tiktok playbook of boosting the social media posts of trans people to their followers, who then dox and harass them into hiding
so, a trans teacher is getting death threats because she’s being bullied by a sitting member of congress on Xitter
and this has been happening for days
and not a single mainstream news outlet has even covered it
and this has been happening for days
and not a single mainstream news outlet has even covered it
A Trans Teacher Is Getting Death Threats After Rep. Nancy Mace Mocked Her on X
“I had such a glow-up on HRT that I am now an enemy of the state,” the teacher joked darkly in a TikTok video.
www.them.us
March 20, 2025 at 3:38 AM
elected officials who draw government paychecks now following the libs of tiktok playbook of boosting the social media posts of trans people to their followers, who then dox and harass them into hiding
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I could not in good conscience suggest to any non-citizen that they shld be trying to transit in and out of the United States at the present moment.
OMG! French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I could not in good conscience suggest to any non-citizen that they shld be trying to transit in and out of the United States at the present moment.