Jane Ann
@jdukuray.bsky.social
Lover of books, travel, textiles, prehistory, cats, Bernie Sanders, retirement.
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If there was ever a symbol of why we need to get big money out of politics, reform campaign financing, stop conflicts of interest, and tax great wealth, Elon Musk is it.
Kudos to Susan Crawford on this big victory for democracy, labor rights, and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.
Kudos to Susan Crawford on this big victory for democracy, labor rights, and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.
April 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
If there was ever a symbol of why we need to get big money out of politics, reform campaign financing, stop conflicts of interest, and tax great wealth, Elon Musk is it.
Kudos to Susan Crawford on this big victory for democracy, labor rights, and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.
Kudos to Susan Crawford on this big victory for democracy, labor rights, and reproductive freedom in Wisconsin.
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#SwastikarsAreNotWelcomeAtMardiGras
This happened at the Krewe of Orpheus parade last night in New Orleans.
This happened at the Krewe of Orpheus parade last night in New Orleans.
March 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
#SwastikarsAreNotWelcomeAtMardiGras
This happened at the Krewe of Orpheus parade last night in New Orleans.
This happened at the Krewe of Orpheus parade last night in New Orleans.
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Thank you, dear Keir Starmer, for hosting this important meeting.
Two key messages:
First, we need a lasting peace in Ukraine.
But it can only be achieved through strength ↓
Two key messages:
First, we need a lasting peace in Ukraine.
But it can only be achieved through strength ↓
March 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Thank you, dear Keir Starmer, for hosting this important meeting.
Two key messages:
First, we need a lasting peace in Ukraine.
But it can only be achieved through strength ↓
Two key messages:
First, we need a lasting peace in Ukraine.
But it can only be achieved through strength ↓
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I had missed this today. Though I am not sure whether *anything* could prompt US to revisit its position re: Ukraine membership in NATO. Washington already blocked it under the Biden administration.
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-z...
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-z...
Ukraine: Zelenskyy offers to quit in return for NATO entry – DW – 02/23/2025
The Ukrainian president said would resign "immediately" if his country was offered NATO membership.
www.dw.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I had missed this today. Though I am not sure whether *anything* could prompt US to revisit its position re: Ukraine membership in NATO. Washington already blocked it under the Biden administration.
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-z...
www.dw.com/en/ukraine-z...
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i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
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Absolutely. Grind it to a halt.
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Absolutely. Grind it to a halt.
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Amazing to see Reddit become a forum of solidarity and resistance among federal workers today.
If you need a dose of hope, read all the comments of federal employees vowing to hold the line and their oath to serve the American people.
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
If you need a dose of hope, read all the comments of federal employees vowing to hold the line and their oath to serve the American people.
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
From the fednews community on Reddit: Hold the line! We made an oath to protect the constitution from threats, both foreign and domestic.
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
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January 29, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Amazing to see Reddit become a forum of solidarity and resistance among federal workers today.
If you need a dose of hope, read all the comments of federal employees vowing to hold the line and their oath to serve the American people.
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
If you need a dose of hope, read all the comments of federal employees vowing to hold the line and their oath to serve the American people.
www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
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The view from Berlin 😆
January 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The view from Berlin 😆
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The story of this first week is corruption. Billionaires seated on the inaugural stage in front of the cabinet, crypto pump and dump, and the illegal firing of IGs. The media is acting like this is too chaotic and bewildering to interpret, but they are just afraid of sounding shrill. It’s corrupt.
January 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The story of this first week is corruption. Billionaires seated on the inaugural stage in front of the cabinet, crypto pump and dump, and the illegal firing of IGs. The media is acting like this is too chaotic and bewildering to interpret, but they are just afraid of sounding shrill. It’s corrupt.
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Rubio’s confirmed that Ukraine is going under the bus. He says it’s a war of attrition, the “dynamic has changed” (it changed cos the West didn’t give support). And he talked of “historical underpinnings”. A view he shares with Putin.
Delusionists in London said Rubio wd be safe pair of hands etc.
Delusionists in London said Rubio wd be safe pair of hands etc.
January 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Rubio’s confirmed that Ukraine is going under the bus. He says it’s a war of attrition, the “dynamic has changed” (it changed cos the West didn’t give support). And he talked of “historical underpinnings”. A view he shares with Putin.
Delusionists in London said Rubio wd be safe pair of hands etc.
Delusionists in London said Rubio wd be safe pair of hands etc.
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🤯 Damascus, Syria tonight.
2025 will be the first year free of Assad tyranny since 1971 — more than half a century.
2025 will be the first year free of Assad tyranny since 1971 — more than half a century.
December 31, 2024 at 11:25 PM
🤯 Damascus, Syria tonight.
2025 will be the first year free of Assad tyranny since 1971 — more than half a century.
2025 will be the first year free of Assad tyranny since 1971 — more than half a century.
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Our only president who was a Naval Academy graduate was someone of true integrity, honesty, and kindness. I have three signed books by him, but this is my favorite signed by both Jimmy Carter and his beloved wife Rosalyn. Godspeed and open water to them both.
December 30, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Our only president who was a Naval Academy graduate was someone of true integrity, honesty, and kindness. I have three signed books by him, but this is my favorite signed by both Jimmy Carter and his beloved wife Rosalyn. Godspeed and open water to them both.
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Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Passing of President Jimmy Carter
December 30, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the Passing of President Jimmy Carter
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“The biographies concluded that Mr. Carter’s reputation as a poor president was unfair and came largely from his stubborn insistence on doing what he thought was correct even when it cost him politically.” www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says
The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:22 PM
“The biographies concluded that Mr. Carter’s reputation as a poor president was unfair and came largely from his stubborn insistence on doing what he thought was correct even when it cost him politically.” www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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I read Jonathan Alter’s biography of Jimmy Carter a few years ago. It was simply amazing how he never stopped going 100% in all that life offered: learning to downhill skill at 62, climbing Kilimanjaro at 64, picking up snorkeling at 90.
RIP.
RIP.
December 29, 2024 at 9:47 PM
I read Jonathan Alter’s biography of Jimmy Carter a few years ago. It was simply amazing how he never stopped going 100% in all that life offered: learning to downhill skill at 62, climbing Kilimanjaro at 64, picking up snorkeling at 90.
RIP.
RIP.
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The alleviation of women's abuse "is made less likely by the mandated subservience of women by Christian fundamentalists. What is especially disappointing...is the docile acceptance by so many strong Christian women of their subjugation & restricted role." - Jimmy Carter (RIP)
December 29, 2024 at 11:27 PM
The alleviation of women's abuse "is made less likely by the mandated subservience of women by Christian fundamentalists. What is especially disappointing...is the docile acceptance by so many strong Christian women of their subjugation & restricted role." - Jimmy Carter (RIP)
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Jimmy Carter, who died a 100 years old today, told his nation the truth in 1979. People did not want to hear it, they called it the "malaise speech", and they voted him out for Reagan. But Carter was right about the wrong turn the country had taken - and about the need for a new energy economy.
December 29, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Jimmy Carter, who died a 100 years old today, told his nation the truth in 1979. People did not want to hear it, they called it the "malaise speech", and they voted him out for Reagan. But Carter was right about the wrong turn the country had taken - and about the need for a new energy economy.
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I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
December 20, 2024 at 11:25 AM
I think this should be kind of a big deal: Elon Musk tweeting at 1:03am, “Only the AfD can save Germany.”
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
The AfD is Germany’s neo-Nazi party.
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51 men. All within a 30 mile radius. So ordinary
Then there’s the c30 men still to be identified.
Despite the protestations they believed she was consenting the “chat room” they met in was called “Without her knowledge” ( à son insu)
More than 20k images saved in a file CALLED “abuse”
Then there’s the c30 men still to be identified.
Despite the protestations they believed she was consenting the “chat room” they met in was called “Without her knowledge” ( à son insu)
More than 20k images saved in a file CALLED “abuse”
December 20, 2024 at 11:01 AM
51 men. All within a 30 mile radius. So ordinary
Then there’s the c30 men still to be identified.
Despite the protestations they believed she was consenting the “chat room” they met in was called “Without her knowledge” ( à son insu)
More than 20k images saved in a file CALLED “abuse”
Then there’s the c30 men still to be identified.
Despite the protestations they believed she was consenting the “chat room” they met in was called “Without her knowledge” ( à son insu)
More than 20k images saved in a file CALLED “abuse”
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Orwell wrote: So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information....
December 21, 2024 at 4:33 AM
Orwell wrote: So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information....
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A federal judge just blocked Kroger's $24.6B acquisition of Albertsons.
Four corporations control 70% of retail grocery sales in America. Kroger and Albertsons are two of those corporations.
Less competition means more opportunity to price gouge.
This deal was a rotten egg.
Four corporations control 70% of retail grocery sales in America. Kroger and Albertsons are two of those corporations.
Less competition means more opportunity to price gouge.
This deal was a rotten egg.
Federal judge blocks Kroger’s $25 billion mega-merger with Albertsons | CNN Business
A federal judge in Oregon blocked Kroger’s proposed $25 billion tie-up with Albertsons, ruling that the largest merger in US supermarket history would limit competition and harm consumers.
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:44 PM
A federal judge just blocked Kroger's $24.6B acquisition of Albertsons.
Four corporations control 70% of retail grocery sales in America. Kroger and Albertsons are two of those corporations.
Less competition means more opportunity to price gouge.
This deal was a rotten egg.
Four corporations control 70% of retail grocery sales in America. Kroger and Albertsons are two of those corporations.
Less competition means more opportunity to price gouge.
This deal was a rotten egg.
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Delightfully caustic from the excellent Marina Hyde who I don’t think has made it here to 🦋 yet?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Memo to the Assads: Putin may welcome you in Moscow, but I wouldn't drink his tea | Marina Hyde
The Russian leader may be a warm and attentive host: he may also be cross that Assad is now his problem. But then life’s full of uncertainty, isn’t it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Delightfully caustic from the excellent Marina Hyde who I don’t think has made it here to 🦋 yet?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
