Joanna
@joannamtx2011.bsky.social
Christian. Politically center left and very concerned about our country. I'm likely to comment on political posts, all things football, books, and beautiful photography. More likely to comment than post.
My brain can't even comprehend the highlighted quote in this article from NPR. The cruelty that uses this as a rationale to force Democrats to cave on ACA subsidies is mind-boggling.
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
October 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My brain can't even comprehend the highlighted quote in this article from NPR. The cruelty that uses this as a rationale to force Democrats to cave on ACA subsidies is mind-boggling.
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
www.npr.org/2025/10/24/n...
My sign and the great turnout in Fort Bend County, TX! Just a few counter protesters and lots of encouraging honks Thanks to the organizers for another peaceful event. @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My sign and the great turnout in Fort Bend County, TX! Just a few counter protesters and lots of encouraging honks Thanks to the organizers for another peaceful event. @indivisible.org @50501movement.bsky.social
I love living in someone's personal piggy bank with blatant bribery on display. And the stock market thinks it's a positive. Late stage capitalism is a winner. 🤬
September 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I love living in someone's personal piggy bank with blatant bribery on display. And the stock market thinks it's a positive. Late stage capitalism is a winner. 🤬
There is so much truth in this video.
July 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
There is so much truth in this video.
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“I have already done much that you will find it hard to mend or undo in your lifetimes.”
July 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Dear World,
Do not send your students to be educated here. The quality of that education has dropped significantly. There are many amazing universities around the world where you're allowed to think and learn without government thought policing.
Do not send your students to be educated here. The quality of that education has dropped significantly. There are many amazing universities around the world where you're allowed to think and learn without government thought policing.
“New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles *** The new guidance ***directs US diplomats to conduct an online presence review to look for ‘any indications of hostility toward the citizens, culture, govt, institutions, or founding principles of the US’”. 6/18/25
New US visa rules will force foreign students to unlock social media profiles
Diplomats to look for ‘indications of hostility towards citizens, culture or founding principles of United States’
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Dear World,
Do not send your students to be educated here. The quality of that education has dropped significantly. There are many amazing universities around the world where you're allowed to think and learn without government thought policing.
Do not send your students to be educated here. The quality of that education has dropped significantly. There are many amazing universities around the world where you're allowed to think and learn without government thought policing.
Reposted by Joanna
I work for a similar nonprofit that has received federal funding for 60 years. He wants to cancel our funding, too. We do an annual impact study to show the impact our program has on businesses and the economy. Our 2024 study showed every $1 in federal funding = $45 in federal taxes. Doesn't matter.
May 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I work for a similar nonprofit that has received federal funding for 60 years. He wants to cancel our funding, too. We do an annual impact study to show the impact our program has on businesses and the economy. Our 2024 study showed every $1 in federal funding = $45 in federal taxes. Doesn't matter.
This. And Congress needs to be willing to do what's right and institute age limits, term limits, political funding reform, anti-lobbying, and stock trading laws on themselves. Sadly, I don't think enough of them will prioritze our country over their own political power and financial gain.
The next president must be brave enough to, George Washington like, take actions to *limit* the power of the presidency.
Yeah that's not going to be easy, but all these Executive Orders just seem like the whims of a monarch, not an elected official.
Yeah that's not going to be easy, but all these Executive Orders just seem like the whims of a monarch, not an elected official.
May 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This. And Congress needs to be willing to do what's right and institute age limits, term limits, political funding reform, anti-lobbying, and stock trading laws on themselves. Sadly, I don't think enough of them will prioritze our country over their own political power and financial gain.
The Save Act places a financial and administrative burden on those who have changed their name or don't have access to their documentation.
This is no different than the literacy tests or poll taxes during Jim Crow. Call your senators!
This is no different than the literacy tests or poll taxes during Jim Crow. Call your senators!
April 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The Save Act places a financial and administrative burden on those who have changed their name or don't have access to their documentation.
This is no different than the literacy tests or poll taxes during Jim Crow. Call your senators!
This is no different than the literacy tests or poll taxes during Jim Crow. Call your senators!
This little one was getting in good trouble yesterday! May we all show that strength and keep the same positive goal going forward. 💪♥️ ☮️
April 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This little one was getting in good trouble yesterday! May we all show that strength and keep the same positive goal going forward. 💪♥️ ☮️
When Drudge and Fox News give better positioning to stories about the protests than CNN, NBC, and MSNBC. 😠
ABC News for the win!
ABC News for the win!
April 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When Drudge and Fox News give better positioning to stories about the protests than CNN, NBC, and MSNBC. 😠
ABC News for the win!
ABC News for the win!
So inspiring!
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
So inspiring!
Sugar Land, TX is small but mighty! 200ish?
April 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Sugar Land, TX is small but mighty! 200ish?
I've loved Langston Hughes since high school, but I didn't really get it. I read "Let America Be America Again" and wow. This stanza did me in. I want "the land that never has been yet" for everyone. Let's go.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...
April 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I've loved Langston Hughes since high school, but I didn't really get it. I read "Let America Be America Again" and wow. This stanza did me in. I want "the land that never has been yet" for everyone. Let's go.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147907...
I miss having a president who understood the lessons from history instead of one who liked the name of the Gilded Age because it reminded him of his tacky decorating style and decided that's what we need. Nevermind the corruption and greed that the robber barons wrought. Plus, the name was satire. 😠
Even Reagan understood how stupid isolationist tariffs are
yes, this is a real quote:
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
he offers more detail condemning tariffs here:
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
#TrumpTariffs #history #AcademicSky #SkyStorians
yes, this is a real quote:
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
he offers more detail condemning tariffs here:
www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...
#TrumpTariffs #history #AcademicSky #SkyStorians
April 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I miss having a president who understood the lessons from history instead of one who liked the name of the Gilded Age because it reminded him of his tacky decorating style and decided that's what we need. Nevermind the corruption and greed that the robber barons wrought. Plus, the name was satire. 😠
What's shocking to me is that many of the trade deficits that the U.S. has is due to the materialistic consumerism of the American people and corporate greed. We want to buy cheap stuff so we can buy more and companies want to make stuff cheaply so they can make more 💰.
April 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
What's shocking to me is that many of the trade deficits that the U.S. has is due to the materialistic consumerism of the American people and corporate greed. We want to buy cheap stuff so we can buy more and companies want to make stuff cheaply so they can make more 💰.
Reposted by Joanna
It’s an old but timely question: ‘What sort of hope have we?’ Check out Robert Tracy McKenzie's piece, "Jackson, Trump and Constitutional Crisis": currentpub.com/2025/03/05/l...
LONG FORM: Jackson, Trump and Constitutional Crisis
It’s an old but timely question: ‘What sort of hope have we?’
currentpub.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
It’s an old but timely question: ‘What sort of hope have we?’ Check out Robert Tracy McKenzie's piece, "Jackson, Trump and Constitutional Crisis": currentpub.com/2025/03/05/l...
Random thoughts on world leaders and their handshake approaches. Some world leaders show hands as equals, while Trump tries to dominate some and acquiesce to others. Who gets which handshake approach is quite telling.
March 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Random thoughts on world leaders and their handshake approaches. Some world leaders show hands as equals, while Trump tries to dominate some and acquiesce to others. Who gets which handshake approach is quite telling.
Do we think they're talking about the biggest social security scam ever with DOGE getting access to our data for whatever purpose they choose?? That's definitely a scam that needs to be stopped.
February 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Do we think they're talking about the biggest social security scam ever with DOGE getting access to our data for whatever purpose they choose?? That's definitely a scam that needs to be stopped.
My Duck Duck Go tabs (because I'm mad at Google) look like my brain. There's some random tidbit I'm looking up, news items that make me 🤬, and something related to my creative outlet. Currently learning Tunesian Crochet. Because we need balance right now.
February 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
My Duck Duck Go tabs (because I'm mad at Google) look like my brain. There's some random tidbit I'm looking up, news items that make me 🤬, and something related to my creative outlet. Currently learning Tunesian Crochet. Because we need balance right now.
Great explainer of what the various departments in the USDA do and how the cuts will impact farmers. I would love to see similar pieces about the work of other government agencies.
open.substack.com/pub/farmerge...
open.substack.com/pub/farmerge...
No Relief Yet - It's Getting Worse - for U.S. Farmers Pummeled Under Trump 2.0
This Week's Victim? The USDA.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Great explainer of what the various departments in the USDA do and how the cuts will impact farmers. I would love to see similar pieces about the work of other government agencies.
open.substack.com/pub/farmerge...
open.substack.com/pub/farmerge...
I have contacted my senators and representative repeatedly on a variety of subjects. I sent this email today. It'll be interesting to see what I get back.
February 16, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I have contacted my senators and representative repeatedly on a variety of subjects. I sent this email today. It'll be interesting to see what I get back.
I have an Android, so I'm stuck with Google for a lot of things. I refuse to get directions that include the Gulf of America. Hello, MapQuest.
February 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I have an Android, so I'm stuck with Google for a lot of things. I refuse to get directions that include the Gulf of America. Hello, MapQuest.