Jane (she/her)
@janeinthecity.bsky.social
Joined Twitter in 2008 to plan a BBQ. Who knew it'd turn into a global conspiracy to undermine democracy? Oops.
Hopeful this place will be better...
Hopeful this place will be better...
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What we learned yesterday.
The Times They Are a-Changin'
The Times They Are a-Changin'
June 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
What we learned yesterday.
The Times They Are a-Changin'
The Times They Are a-Changin'
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"Bluesky is dead."
Meanwhile, on Bluesky...
Meanwhile, on Bluesky...
June 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"Bluesky is dead."
Meanwhile, on Bluesky...
Meanwhile, on Bluesky...
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That the United States is not only sanctioning such shocking inhumanity, but is also *paying* for it, is so despicable.
And that silence you hear is not one conservative "Christian" speaking out against it.
And that silence you hear is not one conservative "Christian" speaking out against it.
April 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
That the United States is not only sanctioning such shocking inhumanity, but is also *paying* for it, is so despicable.
And that silence you hear is not one conservative "Christian" speaking out against it.
And that silence you hear is not one conservative "Christian" speaking out against it.
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ME: "I'm glad we don't live in a country like this."
NARRATOR: "And now you do."
NARRATOR: "And now you do."
April 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
ME: "I'm glad we don't live in a country like this."
NARRATOR: "And now you do."
NARRATOR: "And now you do."
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I was once on an a train from to Budapest. In the middle of the night, officious men with epaulets were banging on doors demanding papers. As we pulled out of the station, I heard a passenger dragged onto the platform crying. I shortsightedly said, "I'm glad we don't live in a country like this."
April 18, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I was once on an a train from to Budapest. In the middle of the night, officious men with epaulets were banging on doors demanding papers. As we pulled out of the station, I heard a passenger dragged onto the platform crying. I shortsightedly said, "I'm glad we don't live in a country like this."
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I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
April 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that *everyone* is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.
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Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
April 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Constituents to Chuck Grassley: "Are you bringing back that guy from El Salvador?"
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
Senior Citizen: “If I get an order to pay a ticket to pay $1200 and I just say ‘no’, does that stand up? Because he just got an order from the Supreme Court and he just said ‘screw it’”
“I’M PISSED!”
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“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W
April 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W
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Girl! We got a WHISTLEBLOWER!
DOGE is stealing Union data & sensitive labor data.
DOGE is stealing Union data & sensitive labor data.
April 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Girl! We got a WHISTLEBLOWER!
DOGE is stealing Union data & sensitive labor data.
DOGE is stealing Union data & sensitive labor data.
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EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 10:10 AM
EXCLUSIVE: A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
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Be Not Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
Opinion | Gen. Stanley McChrystal On Fear
America has always known fear. But today’s fear is different. It has been cultivated.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Be Not Afraid www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/o...
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Deporting America citizens to a foreign gulag seems…dictatory.
April 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Deporting America citizens to a foreign gulag seems…dictatory.
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Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
April 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good morning.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
Today is the 80th day that the U.S. President is running a backdoor bribery scheme in which any CEO or foreign oligarch can send him money secretly through his crypto coin scam in exchange for favors.
It's the biggest scandal in the history of the Presidency.
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Columbia University capitulated to Trump to get $400M in science funding released.
What happened? Not only has the funding NOT been released, but all NIH funding ($700M last year) has been frozen.
Giving in to bullies just makes them take more.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
What happened? Not only has the funding NOT been released, but all NIH funding ($700M last year) has been frozen.
Giving in to bullies just makes them take more.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Trump administration’s attack on university research accelerates
With billions in grants put on hold, targeted universities will see research crippled.
arstechnica.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Columbia University capitulated to Trump to get $400M in science funding released.
What happened? Not only has the funding NOT been released, but all NIH funding ($700M last year) has been frozen.
Giving in to bullies just makes them take more.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
What happened? Not only has the funding NOT been released, but all NIH funding ($700M last year) has been frozen.
Giving in to bullies just makes them take more.
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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Democrats aren’t backing down — they’re doubling down.
They just added 5 new dates to the People’s Town Hall series because apparently MAGA Republicans would rather hide behind Fox News than face real Americans.
They’re scared of questions.
Dems are showing up with answers.
Let’s 👏🏾 freaking 👏 go👏🏻
They just added 5 new dates to the People’s Town Hall series because apparently MAGA Republicans would rather hide behind Fox News than face real Americans.
They’re scared of questions.
Dems are showing up with answers.
Let’s 👏🏾 freaking 👏 go👏🏻
April 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Democrats aren’t backing down — they’re doubling down.
They just added 5 new dates to the People’s Town Hall series because apparently MAGA Republicans would rather hide behind Fox News than face real Americans.
They’re scared of questions.
Dems are showing up with answers.
Let’s 👏🏾 freaking 👏 go👏🏻
They just added 5 new dates to the People’s Town Hall series because apparently MAGA Republicans would rather hide behind Fox News than face real Americans.
They’re scared of questions.
Dems are showing up with answers.
Let’s 👏🏾 freaking 👏 go👏🏻
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The Friday Brief
April 11, 2025
I was in a mood writing this one. A mood to brook zero bullshit from the Arsonist in Chief.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
April 11, 2025
I was in a mood writing this one. A mood to brook zero bullshit from the Arsonist in Chief.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
The Friday Brief
April 11, 2025
open.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Friday Brief
April 11, 2025
I was in a mood writing this one. A mood to brook zero bullshit from the Arsonist in Chief.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
April 11, 2025
I was in a mood writing this one. A mood to brook zero bullshit from the Arsonist in Chief.
open.substack.com/pub/therickw...
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Every prisoner swap with Russia is like "she is a 14-year-old girl who Putin said sang 'Carol of the Bells' too aggressively and he is a top Russian spy who personally strangled a dissident to death in a London coffee shop"
April 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Every prisoner swap with Russia is like "she is a 14-year-old girl who Putin said sang 'Carol of the Bells' too aggressively and he is a top Russian spy who personally strangled a dissident to death in a London coffee shop"
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"The combination of interest rates soaring amid a slump and the currency plunging despite rising interest rates isn’t what we normally expect for advanced countries, let alone the owner of the world’s leading reserve currency. It is, however, what we often see in emerging-market economies."
The Third-Worlding of America
How to destroy 80 years of credibility in less than 3 months
paulkrugman.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"The combination of interest rates soaring amid a slump and the currency plunging despite rising interest rates isn’t what we normally expect for advanced countries, let alone the owner of the world’s leading reserve currency. It is, however, what we often see in emerging-market economies."
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My God
Welp, got an answer to this question: Apparently the answer is no tariffs are being collected. Trump broke the system
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/c...
April 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My God
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Palantir would be my guess
Seriously? Because we were told they were going to deport violent criminals.
April 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Palantir would be my guess
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Politico Playbook: "One of the clearest divides three months into Trump’s second presidency is the messaging that his administration officials trumpet in public (largely on television) versus what they say in the courtroom."
This interactive feature shows the conflicting messages
This interactive feature shows the conflicting messages
The Trump administration sells a very different message in court than on TV
The Trump administration sells a very different message in court than on TV
www.politico.com
April 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Politico Playbook: "One of the clearest divides three months into Trump’s second presidency is the messaging that his administration officials trumpet in public (largely on television) versus what they say in the courtroom."
This interactive feature shows the conflicting messages
This interactive feature shows the conflicting messages
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“He’s not a monster. He just plays one in the White House.”
Whether it’s Bill Maher’s obsequious attempt to normalize Trump, or Tucker Carlson’s fawning over Putin, weak men have been capitulating to power since the beginning of time.
Whether it’s Bill Maher’s obsequious attempt to normalize Trump, or Tucker Carlson’s fawning over Putin, weak men have been capitulating to power since the beginning of time.
April 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“He’s not a monster. He just plays one in the White House.”
Whether it’s Bill Maher’s obsequious attempt to normalize Trump, or Tucker Carlson’s fawning over Putin, weak men have been capitulating to power since the beginning of time.
Whether it’s Bill Maher’s obsequious attempt to normalize Trump, or Tucker Carlson’s fawning over Putin, weak men have been capitulating to power since the beginning of time.
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L - The official photo from the Kremlin of US Special Envoy @SteveWitkoff putting his hand over his heart as he greets his friend Vladimir Putin again this week.
R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday.
Putin’s stooge.
R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday.
Putin’s stooge.
April 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
L - The official photo from the Kremlin of US Special Envoy @SteveWitkoff putting his hand over his heart as he greets his friend Vladimir Putin again this week.
R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday.
Putin’s stooge.
R - Putin’s latest missile attack killing at least 21 people, including 7 children, on Palm Sunday.
Putin’s stooge.
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Yes, it’s about the tariffs. More importantly, Trump is violating existing law by claiming a decades-long problem (his words) a national emergency that gives him the power to enact tariffs despite the law not saying he can. He is owed NO time to violate laws. Johnson and the GOP are fully complicit.
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Yes, it’s about the tariffs. More importantly, Trump is violating existing law by claiming a decades-long problem (his words) a national emergency that gives him the power to enact tariffs despite the law not saying he can. He is owed NO time to violate laws. Johnson and the GOP are fully complicit.