@janepolk.bsky.social
Just a person living in a small town, trying to make the world a better place, in small ways.
Happy National Cat Day!! October 29, 2025
October 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Happy National Cat Day!! October 29, 2025
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As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
As a former Texas State Rep, let me be clear: LOCKING Rep. Nicole Collier inside the chamber is beyond outrageous.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
Forcing elected officials to sign “permission slips” & take police escorts to leave? That’s not procedure. That’s some old Jim Crow playbook.
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This war was brought to you by Donald Trump, who backed us out of a treaty that was working.
June 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This war was brought to you by Donald Trump, who backed us out of a treaty that was working.
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When he was a congressman Sean Duffy, voted against funding for the FAA, opposing the 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
Flights Could Be Disrupted Across U.S., Transportation Secretary Warns
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
When he was a congressman Sean Duffy, voted against funding for the FAA, opposing the 2019 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
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JD Vance’s younger brother is losing in an absolute landslide in the Cincinnati mayor election after JD endorsed him.
May 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
JD Vance’s younger brother is losing in an absolute landslide in the Cincinnati mayor election after JD endorsed him.
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Republicans: we have REAL problems like children shitting in litter boxes like cats. That's why we introduced the FURRIES Act.
Once again, Republicans solving problems that don't exist while ignoring actual problems.
Once again, Republicans solving problems that don't exist while ignoring actual problems.
May 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Republicans: we have REAL problems like children shitting in litter boxes like cats. That's why we introduced the FURRIES Act.
Once again, Republicans solving problems that don't exist while ignoring actual problems.
Once again, Republicans solving problems that don't exist while ignoring actual problems.
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This is Texas .. Representative Stan Gerdes - District 17. Embarrassing Texas . A Furries act.... Gerdes could not find an example. The bill was left pending in committee.
youtu.be/aUnEe5bBX2s?...
youtu.be/aUnEe5bBX2s?...
James Talarico questions author of the "FURRIES Act"
YouTube video by James Talarico
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May 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is Texas .. Representative Stan Gerdes - District 17. Embarrassing Texas . A Furries act.... Gerdes could not find an example. The bill was left pending in committee.
youtu.be/aUnEe5bBX2s?...
youtu.be/aUnEe5bBX2s?...
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Does Texas GOP really have nothing better to do than harp on a four year old fabricated story about furries and kids using litter boxes in classrooms?
There are real problems happening right now that need their utmost attention, and this is what they are taking up time doing.
There are real problems happening right now that need their utmost attention, and this is what they are taking up time doing.
Texas has nothing better to do than ban imaginary litter boxes in classrooms
YouTube video by TizzyEnt
youtu.be
May 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Does Texas GOP really have nothing better to do than harp on a four year old fabricated story about furries and kids using litter boxes in classrooms?
There are real problems happening right now that need their utmost attention, and this is what they are taking up time doing.
There are real problems happening right now that need their utmost attention, and this is what they are taking up time doing.
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FOX NEWS ALERT: Mike Waltz out as Trump's national security adviser
May 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
FOX NEWS ALERT: Mike Waltz out as Trump's national security adviser
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Arkansas, which voted 64% for Trump, begs his administration for FEMA assistance after getting smashed by fourteen tornadoes. He said no. 🫣🐆
April 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Arkansas, which voted 64% for Trump, begs his administration for FEMA assistance after getting smashed by fourteen tornadoes. He said no. 🫣🐆
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"I'm sorry Sec of Defense Hegseth, you can't enter the makeup room right now." Hegseth: "Why not?". Reply: "The makeup room is currently being used by Vice President Vance."
April 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"I'm sorry Sec of Defense Hegseth, you can't enter the makeup room right now." Hegseth: "Why not?". Reply: "The makeup room is currently being used by Vice President Vance."
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The Trump administration literally just cut the contract for ongoing audits of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, the extremely bipartisan law (unanimously passed in 2003) that requires jails and prisons to take rape seriously and adopt policies designed to make it less likely to happen.
From @reuters.com: The Trump administration has canceled hundreds of law enforcement grants that funded everything from services for mental health care for police officers to support programs for victims of crime and sexual assault
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
April 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The Trump administration literally just cut the contract for ongoing audits of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, the extremely bipartisan law (unanimously passed in 2003) that requires jails and prisons to take rape seriously and adopt policies designed to make it less likely to happen.
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Texas folks, Laity Lodge is hiring a new director of programs on site in Kerrville. Recommend someone good or apply yourself! It's so lovely out there. hebfdn.org/work-with-us/
April 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Texas folks, Laity Lodge is hiring a new director of programs on site in Kerrville. Recommend someone good or apply yourself! It's so lovely out there. hebfdn.org/work-with-us/
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Relentless. Pretty soon we're gonna have signs declaring "Welcome to Kerrville: Gateway to the Chihuahuan Desert." www.statesman.com/story/weathe...
April 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Relentless. Pretty soon we're gonna have signs declaring "Welcome to Kerrville: Gateway to the Chihuahuan Desert." www.statesman.com/story/weathe...
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(Reuters) - One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.
www.reuters.com/world/us/top...
www.reuters.com/world/us/top...
Exclusive: Top Hegseth advisor Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probe
One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's top advisors, Dan Caldwell, was escorted out of the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
(Reuters) - One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.
www.reuters.com/world/us/top...
www.reuters.com/world/us/top...
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We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president
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DOJ provides no new information on Abrego Garcia but says if he manages to return to the US, they'll detain him and remove him to a different country (not El Salvador) or seek to "terminate" his order of removal and send him back to El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
DOJ provides no new information on Abrego Garcia but says if he manages to return to the US, they'll detain him and remove him to a different country (not El Salvador) or seek to "terminate" his order of removal and send him back to El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Donald Trump has denied North Carolina's request for an extension of FEMA relief for damage from Hurricane Helene because hurricanes blow, but Trump sucks.
April 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Donald Trump has denied North Carolina's request for an extension of FEMA relief for damage from Hurricane Helene because hurricanes blow, but Trump sucks.
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Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
April 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return
"If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."
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At least one US president cares to denounce this attack.
April 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
At least one US president cares to denounce this attack.
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No one can place trust in matters governed by a lunatic.
April 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
No one can place trust in matters governed by a lunatic.
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Does he know this will involve shining a light inside the body like he wanted to do to prevent Covid
April 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Does he know this will involve shining a light inside the body like he wanted to do to prevent Covid
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Helicopter Tour Company Shuts Down After Fatal Hudson River Crash https://twp.ai/4imf52
www.newsweek.com
Helicopter tour company shuts down after fatal Hudson River crash
twp.ai
April 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Helicopter Tour Company Shuts Down After Fatal Hudson River Crash https://twp.ai/4imf52
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Last night at the Governor’s Residence, we experienced an attack not just on our family, but on the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.
April 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Last night at the Governor’s Residence, we experienced an attack not just on our family, but on the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.
This kind of violence has become far too common in our society, and it has to stop.