Jane Forman
@janeforman.bsky.social
Pro-democracy. Music, tennis, dogs, temple oranges. Bronx born and Jersey raised. Grateful.
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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1/ Tina Peters is in prison for criminally breaching election security, not for exposing fraud. No court, audit, or investigation found widespread voter fraud in Colorado. Mail-in voting in Colorado has existed for years, is used by voters across parties, and has been upheld by courts.
December 31, 2025 at 4:56 PM
1/ Tina Peters is in prison for criminally breaching election security, not for exposing fraud. No court, audit, or investigation found widespread voter fraud in Colorado. Mail-in voting in Colorado has existed for years, is used by voters across parties, and has been upheld by courts.
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The damage these two have done to the world, and to their own countries, is catastrophic
Netanyahu: We've never had a friend like President Trump in the White House. It's not even close. I think Israel is very blessed to have President Trump leading the United States.
December 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The damage these two have done to the world, and to their own countries, is catastrophic
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The utter perversion of the #BrokenTimes' both-sidesing compulsion: Here it equates the right-wing ruin of New College with (checks notes) liberal (in any sense of the word) education, which it dismisses as just another "ideological bubble." Just fuck off.
December 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The utter perversion of the #BrokenTimes' both-sidesing compulsion: Here it equates the right-wing ruin of New College with (checks notes) liberal (in any sense of the word) education, which it dismisses as just another "ideological bubble." Just fuck off.
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Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
Trump greets Zelenskyy at Mar-a-Lago and says, "I've settled 8 wars and this is the most difficult one. I thought it would be in the middle of the pack."
December 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
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Speaking as a former Californian with continuing deep ties to the state: Go ahead and be Florida's problem, you greedy fascist fuckwaddles
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Speaking as a former Californian with continuing deep ties to the state: Go ahead and be Florida's problem, you greedy fascist fuckwaddles
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The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The people who profited most from the cancel culture/free speech panic were less interested in actual freedom of speech than establishing their own control over public discourse. You don't even have to take my word for it. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
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Ready or Not, Here They Come — Notes From the AI Force-Feed …. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ready...
Ready or Not, Here They Come — Notes From the AI Force-Feed ….
I just got a new iPhone. I didn’t need a newer version....
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Ready or Not, Here They Come — Notes From the AI Force-Feed …. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/ready...
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Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.
December 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Via @liamjscott.bsky.social at the other site here’s the full email from 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi. She’s putting her career on the line by fighting here. And she’s fighting for all of us.
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I agree. Give them what your tickets would cost
If that is your choice, then consider donating to the independent arts groups - the symphony, opera, etc - who are contracted to perform at the Center. Otherwise, DC’s arts scene won’t survive this administration.
December 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I agree. Give them what your tickets would cost
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damn -- after 5 minutes of demolishing Brendan Carr, Andy Kim still had some left over for Ted Cruz
(wait for it at the end of the clip)
(wait for it at the end of the clip)
December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
damn -- after 5 minutes of demolishing Brendan Carr, Andy Kim still had some left over for Ted Cruz
(wait for it at the end of the clip)
(wait for it at the end of the clip)
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As we wrote in 2024:
Hare Psychopathy Checklist:
“Perfect” score for total psychopath = 40
Average score in general population = 5
Average score for someone in maximum security prison = 22
Donald J. Trump = 34
Hare Psychopathy Checklist:
“Perfect” score for total psychopath = 40
Average score in general population = 5
Average score for someone in maximum security prison = 22
Donald J. Trump = 34
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
As we wrote in 2024:
Hare Psychopathy Checklist:
“Perfect” score for total psychopath = 40
Average score in general population = 5
Average score for someone in maximum security prison = 22
Donald J. Trump = 34
Hare Psychopathy Checklist:
“Perfect” score for total psychopath = 40
Average score in general population = 5
Average score for someone in maximum security prison = 22
Donald J. Trump = 34
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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I want every single solitary Republican in every elected office in every corner of this country to be asked about Donald Trump’s post about Rob Reiner.
They like to cloak themselves in religion…
Then read it to them.
Don’t let them say they “didn’t see it.”
Let them “defend” it.
They like to cloak themselves in religion…
Then read it to them.
Don’t let them say they “didn’t see it.”
Let them “defend” it.
December 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I want every single solitary Republican in every elected office in every corner of this country to be asked about Donald Trump’s post about Rob Reiner.
They like to cloak themselves in religion…
Then read it to them.
Don’t let them say they “didn’t see it.”
Let them “defend” it.
They like to cloak themselves in religion…
Then read it to them.
Don’t let them say they “didn’t see it.”
Let them “defend” it.
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The key distinction here is that most normies reject the idea that immigrants are a communitarian or civilizational threat. Trump and Miller are losing the country (per @jamellebouie.net) because that's far outside the mainstream. We can seize this moment to advance our own communitarian argument:
Miller is so extreme he is losing part of the American right: Joe Rogan "calls it “horrific” to arrest “normal, regular people that have been here for 20 years” in “front of their kids.”"
This articulation of what belonging and community means in America captures something fundamental:
This articulation of what belonging and community means in America captures something fundamental:
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The key distinction here is that most normies reject the idea that immigrants are a communitarian or civilizational threat. Trump and Miller are losing the country (per @jamellebouie.net) because that's far outside the mainstream. We can seize this moment to advance our own communitarian argument:
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So good.
This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
So good.
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"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...
Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’
[FREE TO READ] Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
as.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...
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Truly embarrassing
To the New York Times, a constitutional provision is just something that's "traditional."
December 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Truly embarrassing
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Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
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It's not a question of politics or party. Congress has a constitutional obligation to impeach and to remove a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors and forsakes his solemn oath.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
There's a Hill bubble narrative, posing as savvy realism, in treating impeachment as some radioactive poison and so Democrats must squash any talk of it. But there's zero evidence for that. No polls back it up, nor recent history. It's all just pundit-brained conventional wisdom eating its own tail.
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It's not a question of politics or party. Congress has a constitutional obligation to impeach and to remove a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors and forsakes his solemn oath.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
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Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
December 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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For fellow Maryland folks, the office of senate president Bill Ferguson is answering calls and creating a list of people in favor of redistricting to boot insurrectionist House Rep. Andy Harris from office. Call! It takes 30 seconds.
410-841-3600 or 800-492-7122.
bill.ferguson@senate.maryland.gov
410-841-3600 or 800-492-7122.
bill.ferguson@senate.maryland.gov
Important: Maryland senate leader refuses to redistrict to counter Trump/GOP, but Rep Jamie Raskin says if Indiana GOPers move, MD must act:
"There’s nothing ethical or moral about unilaterally disarming before authoritarians in a game they’ve created."
On the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
"There’s nothing ethical or moral about unilaterally disarming before authoritarians in a game they’ve created."
On the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
For fellow Maryland folks, the office of senate president Bill Ferguson is answering calls and creating a list of people in favor of redistricting to boot insurrectionist House Rep. Andy Harris from office. Call! It takes 30 seconds.
410-841-3600 or 800-492-7122.
bill.ferguson@senate.maryland.gov
410-841-3600 or 800-492-7122.
bill.ferguson@senate.maryland.gov
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I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I need you to listen to and share this story - of how Trump is preparing to abandon Ukraine in exchange for Russian money for his billionaire friends.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.
It could be the greatest corruption of American foreign policy in our history. Russia gets Ukraine. Trump's friends get rich.