@jenjohnstonma.bsky.social
Retired cat lady-hippie born in New Orleans; have lived on west& east coasts, Colorado, Texas and Minnesota. Worked as a teacher and speech/language pathologist for 40 years. Happily married Mom, Third Act member and music, book, and food lover.
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Metaphors getting ever more didactic bsky.app/profile/zach...
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Metaphors getting ever more didactic bsky.app/profile/zach...
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Today, class, we will once again discuss “revealed preferences”
👉 Donald Trump’s businesses have sought to bring in at least 2,033 foreign workers to staff his clubs, resort, and winery since 2008.
Published yesterday: The Trump Organization requested a record 184 foreign workers this year.
me, for @forbes.com
me, for @forbes.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Today, class, we will once again discuss “revealed preferences”
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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The White House is not private property. It does not belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to the people.
I’m introducing legislation to protect the building’s historic character against the president’s bulldozer and Marie Antoinette ballroom.
I’m introducing legislation to protect the building’s historic character against the president’s bulldozer and Marie Antoinette ballroom.
Raskin to introduce bill to require review of White House renovation plans
Rep. Jamie Raskin wants to see White House construction like President Trump's ballroom project subjected to the same scrutiny as other federal projects.
www.cbsnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The White House is not private property. It does not belong to Donald Trump. It belongs to the people.
I’m introducing legislation to protect the building’s historic character against the president’s bulldozer and Marie Antoinette ballroom.
I’m introducing legislation to protect the building’s historic character against the president’s bulldozer and Marie Antoinette ballroom.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
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This excellent PBS- Frontline documentary exposes what happened to individuals who were sent to CECOT and the abuse and horrific conditions they endured.
The Trump admin claimed they were dangerous criminals and gang members, but, the vast majority of them were never charged with any crimes.
The Trump admin claimed they were dangerous criminals and gang members, but, the vast majority of them were never charged with any crimes.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This excellent PBS- Frontline documentary exposes what happened to individuals who were sent to CECOT and the abuse and horrific conditions they endured.
The Trump admin claimed they were dangerous criminals and gang members, but, the vast majority of them were never charged with any crimes.
The Trump admin claimed they were dangerous criminals and gang members, but, the vast majority of them were never charged with any crimes.
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Great journalism by Nashville local tv news investigator @philinvestigates.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Great journalism by Nashville local tv news investigator @philinvestigates.com
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Damn 🔥🔥🔥
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Damn 🔥🔥🔥
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When masked federal agents rappelled into Chicago, residents stood together and successfully pushed back against federal forces’ efforts to create chaos. Read our team's roundup of the 4 lessons for others: https://veritenews.org/2025/12/02/chicago-immigration-border-patrol-new-orleans/
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
When masked federal agents rappelled into Chicago, residents stood together and successfully pushed back against federal forces’ efforts to create chaos. Read our team's roundup of the 4 lessons for others: https://veritenews.org/2025/12/02/chicago-immigration-border-patrol-new-orleans/
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You can watch @klasfeldreports.com and I discuss the ordered RELEASE of Kilmar Abrego Garcia here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/mr-abrego-...
Mr. Abrego ordered RELEASED from custody
A recording from Allison Gill's live video
www.muellershewrote.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
You can watch @klasfeldreports.com and I discuss the ordered RELEASE of Kilmar Abrego Garcia here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/mr-abrego-...
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Great to see @gallego.senate.gov absolutely savaging Republicans for helping cover up Trump's illegal killings. As I've been arguing, Dems should be taking *that* approach. Hound Republicans mercilessly until they agree to get to the bottom of all of it:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Great to see @gallego.senate.gov absolutely savaging Republicans for helping cover up Trump's illegal killings. As I've been arguing, Dems should be taking *that* approach. Hound Republicans mercilessly until they agree to get to the bottom of all of it:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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Is the NYT Editorial Board OK?
It warns that we're sliding into authoritarianism...while also writing an editorial series (Pulitzer bait) urging Trump to work with Silicon Valley to turn the US military into an AI drone force. Palantir and Trump's anti-bureaucracy get positive mentions...
It warns that we're sliding into authoritarianism...while also writing an editorial series (Pulitzer bait) urging Trump to work with Silicon Valley to turn the US military into an AI drone force. Palantir and Trump's anti-bureaucracy get positive mentions...
December 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Is the NYT Editorial Board OK?
It warns that we're sliding into authoritarianism...while also writing an editorial series (Pulitzer bait) urging Trump to work with Silicon Valley to turn the US military into an AI drone force. Palantir and Trump's anti-bureaucracy get positive mentions...
It warns that we're sliding into authoritarianism...while also writing an editorial series (Pulitzer bait) urging Trump to work with Silicon Valley to turn the US military into an AI drone force. Palantir and Trump's anti-bureaucracy get positive mentions...
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This little post sparked headlines around the world. Thanks for blowing it up to global proportions!
Joe Lonsdale is now the "Public Hangings Palantir" guy. Strangely, he seems to have moved on from the topic...at the peak of public attention.
Guess he didn't think it through.
Joe Lonsdale is now the "Public Hangings Palantir" guy. Strangely, he seems to have moved on from the topic...at the peak of public attention.
Guess he didn't think it through.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This little post sparked headlines around the world. Thanks for blowing it up to global proportions!
Joe Lonsdale is now the "Public Hangings Palantir" guy. Strangely, he seems to have moved on from the topic...at the peak of public attention.
Guess he didn't think it through.
Joe Lonsdale is now the "Public Hangings Palantir" guy. Strangely, he seems to have moved on from the topic...at the peak of public attention.
Guess he didn't think it through.
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you know who else blamed a minority group for every problem in their nation instead of addressing the issue?
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
you know who else blamed a minority group for every problem in their nation instead of addressing the issue?
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An Abundance of Popularism 🧐
Still waiting for that NYT masthead editorial about how recent election results decisively indicate that the other party is denying political reality at its peril & is distracted from moderate, unifying solutions 🤔
Still waiting for that NYT masthead editorial about how recent election results decisively indicate that the other party is denying political reality at its peril & is distracted from moderate, unifying solutions 🤔
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
An Abundance of Popularism 🧐
Still waiting for that NYT masthead editorial about how recent election results decisively indicate that the other party is denying political reality at its peril & is distracted from moderate, unifying solutions 🤔
Still waiting for that NYT masthead editorial about how recent election results decisively indicate that the other party is denying political reality at its peril & is distracted from moderate, unifying solutions 🤔
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The best reading of this article: Trump is going to use FDA to restrict medication abortion, but he wants to wait until after the midterms so the Republicans don't experience blowback. But that just makes the midterms more important. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
FDA Slow Walking a Long-Awaited Abortion Pill Safety Study
The Food and Drug Administration has delayed a promised review of safety data for the abortion drug mifepristone at Commissioner Marty Makary’s request to put it off until after the midterm elections,...
www.bloomberg.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The best reading of this article: Trump is going to use FDA to restrict medication abortion, but he wants to wait until after the midterms so the Republicans don't experience blowback. But that just makes the midterms more important. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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The persecution of huge numbers of brown people and even the mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy. It’s coupled with an attack on reproductive rights that is sometimes openly intended to make white women have more babies....
Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit
The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The persecution of huge numbers of brown people and even the mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy. It’s coupled with an attack on reproductive rights that is sometimes openly intended to make white women have more babies....
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The Trump-Vance administration’s withholding of congressionally appropriated funds is unlawful — and they know it.
We're glad to see that IMLS has reinstated millions in grants after months of legal pressure.
We're glad to see that IMLS has reinstated millions in grants after months of legal pressure.
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Trump-Vance administration’s withholding of congressionally appropriated funds is unlawful — and they know it.
We're glad to see that IMLS has reinstated millions in grants after months of legal pressure.
We're glad to see that IMLS has reinstated millions in grants after months of legal pressure.
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The desperate hands of the global south seek to take back an overheated world. Seriously, what's next? The McHamburglar trophy in gourmet cooking? The Pol Pot Human Rights medal? The Jeffrey Epstein childcare grant? The Vladimir Putin democracy fellowship? The Weinstein-Cosby feminism prize?
December 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The desperate hands of the global south seek to take back an overheated world. Seriously, what's next? The McHamburglar trophy in gourmet cooking? The Pol Pot Human Rights medal? The Jeffrey Epstein childcare grant? The Vladimir Putin democracy fellowship? The Weinstein-Cosby feminism prize?
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We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
Ukrainian History Global Initiative
The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction
snyder.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
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Racial discrimination has no place in independent government agencies meant to serve all people. We’re honored to represent Mr. Brown and Mr. Primus as they seek accountability and defend equal protection.
Black men who were fired from key transportation boards accuse Trump of a pattern of discrimination
Two Black men who were fired by President Donald Trump from the National Transportation Safety Board and the U.S.
apnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Racial discrimination has no place in independent government agencies meant to serve all people. We’re honored to represent Mr. Brown and Mr. Primus as they seek accountability and defend equal protection.
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Newsom understands how to humiliate someone who absolutely hates being humiliated. And Dems need a whole lot more of this. Trump cannot stand when people highlight exactly who he is in a way he can’t spin or outrun. If you’re planning on running for president, this is the skill set you better master
December 5, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Newsom understands how to humiliate someone who absolutely hates being humiliated. And Dems need a whole lot more of this. Trump cannot stand when people highlight exactly who he is in a way he can’t spin or outrun. If you’re planning on running for president, this is the skill set you better master