@jencalnj.bsky.social
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Funny how ICE who is so allegedly fighting undocumented gang members has only managed to round up normal working class people, traumatize children, and fight US citizens in the streets.
June 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Funny how ICE who is so allegedly fighting undocumented gang members has only managed to round up normal working class people, traumatize children, and fight US citizens in the streets.
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Immigrants are our greatest asset. Republicans blocked rational and humane immigration policies for decades because the problem is politically more valuable to them than a solution. Now a convicted felon who hung out with Jeffrey Epstein is criminalizing them without due process. Speak the fuck up.
June 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Immigrants are our greatest asset. Republicans blocked rational and humane immigration policies for decades because the problem is politically more valuable to them than a solution. Now a convicted felon who hung out with Jeffrey Epstein is criminalizing them without due process. Speak the fuck up.
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I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
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Politics is more clear when you remember that the "waste" in "government waste" is the profit that some rich asshole isn't making off labor in the public sector whose only purpose is the common good.
April 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Politics is more clear when you remember that the "waste" in "government waste" is the profit that some rich asshole isn't making off labor in the public sector whose only purpose is the common good.
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We could have been talking about $25K down payment assistance for new homeowners in a thriving economy right now, but here we are.
April 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
We could have been talking about $25K down payment assistance for new homeowners in a thriving economy right now, but here we are.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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Fun fact: eight in ten married women have changed their surname which means they don’t have a birth certificate that matches their current legal name.
Over 69 million women would have to get new IDs to vote under the SAVE Act.
The GOP is trying to silence women across the country. #HandsOffHerVote
Over 69 million women would have to get new IDs to vote under the SAVE Act.
The GOP is trying to silence women across the country. #HandsOffHerVote
April 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fun fact: eight in ten married women have changed their surname which means they don’t have a birth certificate that matches their current legal name.
Over 69 million women would have to get new IDs to vote under the SAVE Act.
The GOP is trying to silence women across the country. #HandsOffHerVote
Over 69 million women would have to get new IDs to vote under the SAVE Act.
The GOP is trying to silence women across the country. #HandsOffHerVote
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He tariffed territories entirely inhabited by penguins.
That’s all you need to know about how well thought out his plans are.
That’s all you need to know about how well thought out his plans are.
April 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
He tariffed territories entirely inhabited by penguins.
That’s all you need to know about how well thought out his plans are.
That’s all you need to know about how well thought out his plans are.
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Gotta correct the media again on something. The administration is not sending migrants to a mega prison in El Salvador. They’re sending human beings to a concentration camp.
April 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Gotta correct the media again on something. The administration is not sending migrants to a mega prison in El Salvador. They’re sending human beings to a concentration camp.
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It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
March 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It's simple. Everyone in the US enjoys the protections of the Constitution - even visitors. So if someone commits a crime here, you give them due process here. You charge them here, try them here, and sentence them here. You don't deport them to an offshore torture prison.
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America taking over Greenland is a foolish idea. America destroying its relationship with Canada is utter idiocy. America applying tariffs and engaging in trade wars with neighbors is economic nonsense. A lunatic is holding America hostage and his enablers are making fools of themselves.
March 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
America taking over Greenland is a foolish idea. America destroying its relationship with Canada is utter idiocy. America applying tariffs and engaging in trade wars with neighbors is economic nonsense. A lunatic is holding America hostage and his enablers are making fools of themselves.
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Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more.
Taking back our power starts now.
Taking back our power starts now.
March 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Over 100,000 seats are up for grabs in 2025 — governors, mayors, city councils, state representatives, judges, school boards, and more.
Taking back our power starts now.
Taking back our power starts now.
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Kinda feels like this right now
March 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Kinda feels like this right now
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FYI, @senatedemocrats.bsky.social, don't send me another effing fundraising text or email until you find your courage, your commitment to America, and a new leader. #FuckChuck
March 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
FYI, @senatedemocrats.bsky.social, don't send me another effing fundraising text or email until you find your courage, your commitment to America, and a new leader. #FuckChuck
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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Trump is slashing another 1,000 jobs at NOAA.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say
Multiple sources tell The Associated Press that the Trump Administration is starting another round of job cuts — this one more than 1,000 — at the nation’s weather, ocean and fisheries agency.
apnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump is slashing another 1,000 jobs at NOAA.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
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Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
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ICYMI: Trump has dropped investigations and enforcement actions against 89 lawbreaking corporations, including:
-42 cases at the CFPB
-15 cases at the DOJ
-6 cases at the EEOC
-7 crypto cases at the SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
-42 cases at the CFPB
-15 cases at the DOJ
-6 cases at the EEOC
-7 crypto cases at the SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
March 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
ICYMI: Trump has dropped investigations and enforcement actions against 89 lawbreaking corporations, including:
-42 cases at the CFPB
-15 cases at the DOJ
-6 cases at the EEOC
-7 crypto cases at the SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
-42 cases at the CFPB
-15 cases at the DOJ
-6 cases at the EEOC
-7 crypto cases at the SEC
It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.
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The road to hell is paved with maintaining decorum.
March 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The road to hell is paved with maintaining decorum.
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Guess what happened in 1929 ...
March 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Guess what happened in 1929 ...
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First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
F.D.A. Cancels Meeting of Vaccine Experts Scheduled to Advise on Flu Shots
The cancellation plays into fears among scientists who worry that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will use his position as health secretary to sow doubts about vaccines.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
First, they said postponed; now the meeting is canceled. That means no flu shots next year.
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
“'It’s a six-month production cycle,' Dr. Offit said. 'So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year.'"
Fundamentally, that's a form of mass murder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...
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Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
March 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hundreds of NOAA employees are being fired by Trump and DOGE.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.
The National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, provides life saving weather forecasting in the US.
A study found that for every $1 invested in NWS, it produces $73 in value to Americans.
Again, this isn't about efficiency.