Gena Frank
@genafrank.bsky.social
#mapoli nerd. Bad takes are my own.
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
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Saying this was considered so beyond-the-pale overtly racist it made Enoch Powell a pariah in the woke cancel culture of 1960s Britain.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Saying this was considered so beyond-the-pale overtly racist it made Enoch Powell a pariah in the woke cancel culture of 1960s Britain.
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This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
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I will not vote for any budget that does not protect health care for the people of Massachusetts and our country. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
Senator Ed Markey says Democrats ready to negotiate as possible government shutdown looms
Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey said that Democrats are ready to negotiate with Republicans as a government shutdown looms.
www.cbsnews.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I will not vote for any budget that does not protect health care for the people of Massachusetts and our country. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...
Can’t stop thinking about this story: ICE detained a legally present woman for 10 days in awful conditions with no explanation: www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
ICE released this Mass. mom with no phone, 30 miles from home in the rain after detainment for a sealed marijuana conviction
Federal authorities refused to tell the Canton woman's husband or lawyer on what grounds she was being detained until shortly before her release.
www.masslive.com
August 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Can’t stop thinking about this story: ICE detained a legally present woman for 10 days in awful conditions with no explanation: www.masslive.com/news/2025/08...
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I don’t think most Jews understand what a dangerous moment this is for our people. Israel and its defenders are undoing decades and decades of goodwill and progress on antisemitism. The lack of self-awareness is staggering and I think most can’t even hear this argument from a place of self-interest.
August 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I don’t think most Jews understand what a dangerous moment this is for our people. Israel and its defenders are undoing decades and decades of goodwill and progress on antisemitism. The lack of self-awareness is staggering and I think most can’t even hear this argument from a place of self-interest.
Did everyone except me know that Lily Tomlin voiced Mrs Frizzle??
August 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Did everyone except me know that Lily Tomlin voiced Mrs Frizzle??
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TPS has been life-saving for Haitian migrants. It has also essentially become the backbone for the health and human services sector in Massachusetts.
As legal status is set to end for many Haitians, Mass. health care sector braces for staffing shortages
“There are not individuals that are lining up to replace the Haitian community or other immigrants that actually are filling these jobs,” said BU finance professor Mark Williams. “And we already have ...
www.wbur.org
August 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
TPS has been life-saving for Haitian migrants. It has also essentially become the backbone for the health and human services sector in Massachusetts.
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An article from 2 weeks about mRNA vaccine research - which RFKJr. just cut. On behalf of everyone who has ever lost a loved one to cancer … f*ck you! www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/h...
Healthy Returns: Researchers move closer to a universal cancer vaccine
University of Florida researchers said a new study could lead to a universal cancer shot, while digital health earnings season is approaching.
www.cnbc.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
An article from 2 weeks about mRNA vaccine research - which RFKJr. just cut. On behalf of everyone who has ever lost a loved one to cancer … f*ck you! www.cnbc.com/2025/07/23/h...
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if i quit my job, the space doesn’t…go away? it doesn’t punish the NYT? and i have to imagine that the calls to quit my job won’t end if i go to some other, equally compromised publication. so no, i have a large, influential platform and i will continue to try to use it as responsibly as i can
July 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
if i quit my job, the space doesn’t…go away? it doesn’t punish the NYT? and i have to imagine that the calls to quit my job won’t end if i go to some other, equally compromised publication. so no, i have a large, influential platform and i will continue to try to use it as responsibly as i can
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Everything about "no tax on tips" is so aggravatingly dumb and dishonest. Payroll tax is still owed, so it's not even true.
And most restaurant workers don't make enough to owe federal taxes, so they don't even benefit from this -- but are actively harmed by cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
And most restaurant workers don't make enough to owe federal taxes, so they don't even benefit from this -- but are actively harmed by cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
July 4, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Everything about "no tax on tips" is so aggravatingly dumb and dishonest. Payroll tax is still owed, so it's not even true.
And most restaurant workers don't make enough to owe federal taxes, so they don't even benefit from this -- but are actively harmed by cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
And most restaurant workers don't make enough to owe federal taxes, so they don't even benefit from this -- but are actively harmed by cuts to Medicaid and SNAP.
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Getting involved in your state politics is more important than ever. And I don't just mean elections. The murder budget is going to leave states with huge funding gaps. Learn how your state budget process works, and fight to protect as much funding as possible for the most vulnerable.
July 4, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Getting involved in your state politics is more important than ever. And I don't just mean elections. The murder budget is going to leave states with huge funding gaps. Learn how your state budget process works, and fight to protect as much funding as possible for the most vulnerable.
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Can confirm this email is authentic — and about nothing in it is true.
Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.
It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.
Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.
It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.
Hi, I think a lot of us received e-mails from SSA saying that social security will no longer be taxed - and that somehow there is "enhanced deductions" (how much enhancement can you make to 0?) for those over 65. What part, if any, of this is true? Thank you!
July 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Can confirm this email is authentic — and about nothing in it is true.
Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.
It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.
Social Security income is still taxed. This bill does nothing to change that.
It’s willful disinformation on the part of SSA. It’s a lie.
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I thought this moment during the Ezra Klein-Chris Hayes podcast was particularly profound
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/o...
June 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I thought this moment during the Ezra Klein-Chris Hayes podcast was particularly profound
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/o...
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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In today’s @bostonglobe.com Kenia Guerrero writes about the loss of her husband. He is not dead but he is gone, disappeared by ICE. Please — I implore you — read every word and share. Since the Globe doesn’t have gift articles I have screenshotted the entire piece.
We can’t turn away from this. 1/2
We can’t turn away from this. 1/2
July 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
In today’s @bostonglobe.com Kenia Guerrero writes about the loss of her husband. He is not dead but he is gone, disappeared by ICE. Please — I implore you — read every word and share. Since the Globe doesn’t have gift articles I have screenshotted the entire piece.
We can’t turn away from this. 1/2
We can’t turn away from this. 1/2
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Elizabeth Warren: "Look, Elon Musk is right about this. He's got it exactly right. The idea of borrowing $3.5 trillion on the nation's credit card in order to be able to give tax breaks to the likes of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg is financially nuts. It's terrible for our country."
July 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Elizabeth Warren: "Look, Elon Musk is right about this. He's got it exactly right. The idea of borrowing $3.5 trillion on the nation's credit card in order to be able to give tax breaks to the likes of Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg is financially nuts. It's terrible for our country."
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Q: "A 75-year-old Cuban national died in lCE custody. He had lived in the U.S. for 60 years. Is there anything you can tell us about that?"
Tom Homan: "People die in lCE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
Tom Homan: "People die in lCE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
June 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Q: "A 75-year-old Cuban national died in lCE custody. He had lived in the U.S. for 60 years. Is there anything you can tell us about that?"
Tom Homan: "People die in lCE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
Tom Homan: "People die in lCE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
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“You have to come into this country the right way!” -say the extremists. Who are now targeting the immigrants who did everything the right way.
Showing for the bazillionth time that it was never about immigration policy and always about going after immigrants. Specifically immigrants of color.
Showing for the bazillionth time that it was never about immigration policy and always about going after immigrants. Specifically immigrants of color.
It's very clear that to meet extreme quotas, ICE agents are actively targeting the people who have checked in regularly for years because they are easiest to find. A truly evil weaponization of the immigration system and demonstration of its brokenness.
apnews.com/article/iran...
apnews.com/article/iran...
After decades in the US, Iranians arrested in Trump’s deportation drive
Some Iranians are getting arrested by immigration authorities after living decades in the United States.
apnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“You have to come into this country the right way!” -say the extremists. Who are now targeting the immigrants who did everything the right way.
Showing for the bazillionth time that it was never about immigration policy and always about going after immigrants. Specifically immigrants of color.
Showing for the bazillionth time that it was never about immigration policy and always about going after immigrants. Specifically immigrants of color.
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A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
June 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A Muslim son of immigrants might become mayor of NYC in part because he cross endorsed and supported a Jewish candidate and Black candidate, and vice versa.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
It's a beautiful American story for the rest of us. A nightmare for all the right people ;)
It's so New York.
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The federal government spends a lot on contracts with outside organizations — most of it in places where DOGE isn't cutting.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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March 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The federal government spends a lot on contracts with outside organizations — most of it in places where DOGE isn't cutting.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Let’s go, @wutrain.bsky.social! 😤
Photo Credit: City of Boston Mayor's Office
#MayorWu #MichelleWu #WuTrain #Boston
Photo Credit: City of Boston Mayor's Office
#MayorWu #MichelleWu #WuTrain #Boston
March 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Let’s go, @wutrain.bsky.social! 😤
Photo Credit: City of Boston Mayor's Office
#MayorWu #MichelleWu #WuTrain #Boston
Photo Credit: City of Boston Mayor's Office
#MayorWu #MichelleWu #WuTrain #Boston
Republicans are going to fund tax cuts for the rich by cutting health care for the poor. It’s not even subtle
January 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Republicans are going to fund tax cuts for the rich by cutting health care for the poor. It’s not even subtle