Jay
@j4yuu.bsky.social
Washingtonian. Health policy wonk. Mental health, feminism, queer stuff, little weird rescue dogs, banned books. OG bubble tea drinker. A Bruin and a Hawkeye.
At jury duty today. We just watched a ✨patriotic✨ video about how jury duty is a privilege in a democratic society and the guy goes, “in other countries the tyrants rule, the rulers rule, but not here.” And the WHOLE ROOM bursts into laughter.
August 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
At jury duty today. We just watched a ✨patriotic✨ video about how jury duty is a privilege in a democratic society and the guy goes, “in other countries the tyrants rule, the rulers rule, but not here.” And the WHOLE ROOM bursts into laughter.
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Last night, I rushed back to DC and went straight to the Rules Committee to testify on my two amendments, trying to block some of the worst impacts of this Big Ugly Bill.
Let me walk you through why it’s so bad and how I've been fighting to defeat it.
Let me walk you through why it’s so bad and how I've been fighting to defeat it.
July 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Last night, I rushed back to DC and went straight to the Rules Committee to testify on my two amendments, trying to block some of the worst impacts of this Big Ugly Bill.
Let me walk you through why it’s so bad and how I've been fighting to defeat it.
Let me walk you through why it’s so bad and how I've been fighting to defeat it.
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If the bill is so great, why did they delay its actual start date?
Why do most cuts happen after the midterms? Why do other cuts start in 2028?
Why dont they do it now so they can get credit for how great everything is while they campaign for their seats next year?
Could it be...
Why do most cuts happen after the midterms? Why do other cuts start in 2028?
Why dont they do it now so they can get credit for how great everything is while they campaign for their seats next year?
Could it be...
a woman is holding a red object in her hand in front of a house and saying `` all you do is lie ! ''
ALT: a woman is holding a red object in her hand in front of a house and saying `` all you do is lie ! ''
media.tenor.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
If the bill is so great, why did they delay its actual start date?
Why do most cuts happen after the midterms? Why do other cuts start in 2028?
Why dont they do it now so they can get credit for how great everything is while they campaign for their seats next year?
Could it be...
Why do most cuts happen after the midterms? Why do other cuts start in 2028?
Why dont they do it now so they can get credit for how great everything is while they campaign for their seats next year?
Could it be...
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One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup
June 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
One block over from the White House: the aspirational security line setup
“To be eligible for Medicaid, there would be new “community engagement requirements” of at least 80 hours a week of work, education or service for able-bodied adults without dependents.”
80?!?!?!
80?!?!?!
May 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
“To be eligible for Medicaid, there would be new “community engagement requirements” of at least 80 hours a week of work, education or service for able-bodied adults without dependents.”
80?!?!?!
80?!?!?!
My pal Arvind told @nytimes.com - “18 years old, living with a mental illness called schizoaffective disorder, and he had been brought to the hospital after a driver on the George Washington Bridge spotted him trying to jump off” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/n...
He Hears Voices in His Head. He Also Helped Win an Election.
www.nytimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My pal Arvind told @nytimes.com - “18 years old, living with a mental illness called schizoaffective disorder, and he had been brought to the hospital after a driver on the George Washington Bridge spotted him trying to jump off” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/n...
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We all know this doesn't "solve" the problem. But if nothing else, this shatters the assertion that all Democrats can do is to plead with Republicans since they are in the minority in Congress. It should be a reminder that we can, in fact, expect more from our elected leaders.
Do. Something.
Do. Something.
Van Hollen’s trip to El Salvador is a form of embodied protest and helped put Trump’s illegal deportation of Abrego Gracia on the front page of the NYT two days in a row.
As Bayard Rustin once said, “The only weapons we have are our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn.”
As Bayard Rustin once said, “The only weapons we have are our bodies, and we need to tuck them in places so wheels don't turn.”
April 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We all know this doesn't "solve" the problem. But if nothing else, this shatters the assertion that all Democrats can do is to plead with Republicans since they are in the minority in Congress. It should be a reminder that we can, in fact, expect more from our elected leaders.
Do. Something.
Do. Something.
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Another crucial lesson from this Harvard situation: There is no plan B. Trump's team had no idea what to do if Harvard said "no fuck you."
By first doubling down on the threats and then backing away and lying, they weakened their hand even more! Harvard woudl be wise to say no to the next threat.
By first doubling down on the threats and then backing away and lying, they weakened their hand even more! Harvard woudl be wise to say no to the next threat.
April 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Another crucial lesson from this Harvard situation: There is no plan B. Trump's team had no idea what to do if Harvard said "no fuck you."
By first doubling down on the threats and then backing away and lying, they weakened their hand even more! Harvard woudl be wise to say no to the next threat.
By first doubling down on the threats and then backing away and lying, they weakened their hand even more! Harvard woudl be wise to say no to the next threat.
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"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
Photographer Fatima Hassona killed ahead of Cannes documentary debut
The Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassona, killed along with ten family members in an Israeli air strike on her home in northern Gaza, is the star of a documentary due to be screened at the Cannes film festival next month.
www.euronews.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"In an earlier post, she wrote: "As for the inevitable death, if I die, I want a loud death, I don't want me in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group, I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury."
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To be clear, the narrative shift didn’t just happen, it required courage and action by courts, Senator Van Hollen, union leadership, protesters, reporters and, critically, Abrego Garcia’s wife. In the 1960s, civil rights leaders called it “dramatizing injustice.”
April 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
To be clear, the narrative shift didn’t just happen, it required courage and action by courts, Senator Van Hollen, union leadership, protesters, reporters and, critically, Abrego Garcia’s wife. In the 1960s, civil rights leaders called it “dramatizing injustice.”
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You have to be fucking kidding me…
Nayib Bukele actually posted a photoshopped image in which salt and cherries were added the glasses on the table.
Nayib Bukele actually posted a photoshopped image in which salt and cherries were added the glasses on the table.
April 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
You have to be fucking kidding me…
Nayib Bukele actually posted a photoshopped image in which salt and cherries were added the glasses on the table.
Nayib Bukele actually posted a photoshopped image in which salt and cherries were added the glasses on the table.
I sighed a sigh of relief. I have been so afraid that someone had murdered Mr. Abrego Garcia. Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov.
April 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I sighed a sigh of relief. I have been so afraid that someone had murdered Mr. Abrego Garcia. Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov.
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Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family.
I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
April 15, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Mr. Abrego Garcia was illegally abducted by the Trump Admin and, by their own admission, wrongly deported to El Salvador. He shouldn’t have to spend another second away from his family.
I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
I'm flying to El Salvador tomorrow morning to check on his condition and discuss his return.
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Look if we’re ignoring Supreme Court rulings then every American woman has a right to an abortion again
April 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Look if we’re ignoring Supreme Court rulings then every American woman has a right to an abortion again
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this administration had no problems fishing andrew tate out of a romanian prison
Either the U.S. government *is* able to exert monetary and diplomatic pressure on El Salvador sufficient to produce Abrego Garcia’s release, or it isn’t.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
April 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
this administration had no problems fishing andrew tate out of a romanian prison
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WATCH: Sen. Van Hollen says he’s headed to El Salvador tomorrow morning to seek the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia—and to hopefully visit him in prison. "I promised his wife and his family that I would do everything I could 24/7 to try to bring him home. And that's why I am going to El Salvador."
April 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
WATCH: Sen. Van Hollen says he’s headed to El Salvador tomorrow morning to seek the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia—and to hopefully visit him in prison. "I promised his wife and his family that I would do everything I could 24/7 to try to bring him home. And that's why I am going to El Salvador."
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Wow, we are now being officially advised against travel to the USA by the Canadian Association of University Teachers. I never thought I'd see the day. ☹️ #AcademicChatter
April 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Wow, we are now being officially advised against travel to the USA by the Canadian Association of University Teachers. I never thought I'd see the day. ☹️ #AcademicChatter
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"Unforgivable error": Citizens and residents receive cancellation notice of parole and order to leave the U.S.
Thousands of people are receiving the email urging them to leave the country.
en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
Thousands of people are receiving the email urging them to leave the country.
en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
"Unforgivable error": Citizens and residents receive cancellation notice of parole and order to leave the U.S
Thousands of people are receiving the email urging them to leave the country.
en.cibercuba.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"Unforgivable error": Citizens and residents receive cancellation notice of parole and order to leave the U.S.
Thousands of people are receiving the email urging them to leave the country.
en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
Thousands of people are receiving the email urging them to leave the country.
en.cibercuba.com/noticias/202...
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It’s either a grievous mistake (possible, but I don’t think so), meant to intimidate (most likely), or it was done for the purpose of abducting and illegally transferring US citizen ‘test cases’ to a foreign prison. Once it works, the floodgates will likely open. I base my analysis on current facts.
April 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It’s either a grievous mistake (possible, but I don’t think so), meant to intimidate (most likely), or it was done for the purpose of abducting and illegally transferring US citizen ‘test cases’ to a foreign prison. Once it works, the floodgates will likely open. I base my analysis on current facts.
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Apparently #DOGE has been part of the effort to automate these letters. U.S. citizens, green card holders, and Canadians IN Canada have received these letters.
April 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Apparently #DOGE has been part of the effort to automate these letters. U.S. citizens, green card holders, and Canadians IN Canada have received these letters.
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We're there folks. An 'administrative error' can land any of us in a Salvadoran prison where we will be under the jurisdiction of the Salvadoran government and may not be returned even after a SCOTUS decision. It sure is easy to make administrative errors when you don't like someone's work or ideas.
April 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
We're there folks. An 'administrative error' can land any of us in a Salvadoran prison where we will be under the jurisdiction of the Salvadoran government and may not be returned even after a SCOTUS decision. It sure is easy to make administrative errors when you don't like someone's work or ideas.