@jhbryan.bsky.social
music, animal, & art lover, photographer, traveler, gardener, cook, reader, hiker, volunteer. retired psychotherapist.
Mom, Grandmother, Wife, Sister, Friend. Woke. Still believe kindness & civility are paramount in life.
Mom, Grandmother, Wife, Sister, Friend. Woke. Still believe kindness & civility are paramount in life.
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Public media is a source of information and community connection. We should defend it, not defund it.
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.
apnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Public media is a source of information and community connection. We should defend it, not defund it.
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
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Wow!!!!
Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC
April 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Wow!!!!
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DAMMIT: RFK Jr. has forced out Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA's top vaccine regulator.
From Marks's resignation letter: "It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired" by RFK—"but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
From Marks's resignation letter: "It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired" by RFK—"but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA’s top vaccine scientist
Marks, an architect of the pandemic’s Operation Warp Speed, warned that a measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
DAMMIT: RFK Jr. has forced out Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA's top vaccine regulator.
From Marks's resignation letter: "It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired" by RFK—"but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
From Marks's resignation letter: "It has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired" by RFK—"but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
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Canada said "no." Greenland said "no."
Trump wants to move on them "whether they like it or not"
Hard to believe he's been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women
Trump wants to move on them "whether they like it or not"
Hard to believe he's been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women
March 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Canada said "no." Greenland said "no."
Trump wants to move on them "whether they like it or not"
Hard to believe he's been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women
Trump wants to move on them "whether they like it or not"
Hard to believe he's been accused of sexual assault by dozens of women
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Empathy, or the lack thereof
March 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Empathy, or the lack thereof
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I really don't know how this is sustainable/endurable for four years, by America as a country or Republicans as a party or me as a person.
March 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I really don't know how this is sustainable/endurable for four years, by America as a country or Republicans as a party or me as a person.
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One of these things is not like the others
March 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
One of these things is not like the others
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Breaking News: A judge ordered the rehiring of thousands of probationary workers across six federal agencies, saying their firings were based on a “sham.” Follow live updates. nyti.ms/422hhPg
March 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Breaking News: A judge ordered the rehiring of thousands of probationary workers across six federal agencies, saying their firings were based on a “sham.” Follow live updates. nyti.ms/422hhPg
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NEVER.
I don't care how you feel about campus anti-Israel protests, or about antisemitism on campus. Fighting antisemitism cannot mean disappearing foreign citizens in the US on green cards for Wrongthink. It just cannot. Not in my name. Never. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who led Columbia University protests, lawyer says
Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University's student encampment protests, has been arrested by ICE, his lawyer says.
www.cbsnews.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
NEVER.
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BREAKING: HUNDREDS of New Yorkers have swarmed and shut down the Tesla dealer in Manhattan. Six have been arrested after occupying the showroom. Protests are erupting across America to reject Musk's billionaire regime. This is how we beat fascism.
Mass direct action.
Mass direct action.
March 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
BREAKING: HUNDREDS of New Yorkers have swarmed and shut down the Tesla dealer in Manhattan. Six have been arrested after occupying the showroom. Protests are erupting across America to reject Musk's billionaire regime. This is how we beat fascism.
Mass direct action.
Mass direct action.
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What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
March 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
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Seen yesterday on a public bus in Heidelberg, Germany.
March 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Seen yesterday on a public bus in Heidelberg, Germany.
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Macy wishes everyone a Happy Mardi Gras!
#Hedgewatch
#Hedgewatch
March 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Macy wishes everyone a Happy Mardi Gras!
#Hedgewatch
#Hedgewatch
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This presser was a horror show. Ukraine will not have US support going forward, because Trump and Vance are completely lost. Europe will step-up and this war will continue. Trump blew this bigger than any foriegn policy folly in recent history.
February 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This presser was a horror show. Ukraine will not have US support going forward, because Trump and Vance are completely lost. Europe will step-up and this war will continue. Trump blew this bigger than any foriegn policy folly in recent history.
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We’re mapping the DOGE team. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Who Is in DOGE? Tracking Its Staffers and Allies in the Federal Government
The Times identified 45 people within the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, a group formed by Elon Musk that in a short few weeks has radically upended federal agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
We’re mapping the DOGE team. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Myra Solano Garcia, who has Alzheimer's, says the drug Kisunla may be one reason she can still drive, cook, and sing.
Alzheimer's was taking her memory, so she started taking a new drug
Myra Solano Garcia, who has Alzheimer's, says the drug Kisunla may be one reason she can still drive, cook, and sing.
www.npr.org
February 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Myra Solano Garcia, who has Alzheimer's, says the drug Kisunla may be one reason she can still drive, cook, and sing.
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ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
February 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
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FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?
A respected U.S. famine warning system is 'currently unavailable.' What's the impact?
FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?
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I want every Democrat to sound like this. Meanwhile I'm listening to the sounds of (congressional) silence.
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
February 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I want every Democrat to sound like this. Meanwhile I'm listening to the sounds of (congressional) silence.
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So, they are
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
February 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So, they are
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
- illegally dismantling US govt, disabling Congress
- burning our alliances, turning US into global pariah
- reigniting inflation, exploding the deficit, unraveling US public health system
- putting backdoors into Treasury
This feels more like an attack on the US than a new government.
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National Archives Acting Head Resigns/Retires as Trump Takes Control of Records
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
National Archives head resigns as Trump takes control of records
Sources name conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt and far-right journalist John Solomon as potential replacements.
www.motherjones.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
National Archives Acting Head Resigns/Retires as Trump Takes Control of Records
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Since we can’t count on the other news organizations to do the right thing and universally walk out, at least AP should show up every day so that they can be filmed denying the AP entrance.
This is ballgame on the First Amendment unless there is immediate action by news media, Congress, the courts & the public to condemn & prohibt this www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/m...
The White House bans the AP indefinitely over the use of ‘Gulf of Mexico’ | CNN Business
The Trump White House said Friday that The Associated Press is banned from the Oval Office and Air Force One indefinitely.
www.cnn.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Since we can’t count on the other news organizations to do the right thing and universally walk out, at least AP should show up every day so that they can be filmed denying the AP entrance.