Jody Brown
@jodybro.bsky.social
recently retired middle school librarian. Currently writing. LGBTQIA+ ally, pro-women's rights, pro-democracy, pro-human rights. Love dogs & rainbows. Not a big fan of capitalism.
Reposted by Jody Brown
If Lisa Cook’s legal challenge fails, we can expect to see Jerome Powell next with his neck on the chopping block.
He knows it.
We watch and wait for the court’s ruling.
He knows it.
We watch and wait for the court’s ruling.
August 29, 2025 at 5:14 AM
If Lisa Cook’s legal challenge fails, we can expect to see Jerome Powell next with his neck on the chopping block.
He knows it.
We watch and wait for the court’s ruling.
He knows it.
We watch and wait for the court’s ruling.
Kīlauea is erupting again, spectacularly! posted 7:25 a.m. Hawaiian time (GMT -10) 4/22. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oylW...
🔴 Live Now: New Volcanic Eruption at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii (Cam J)
YouTube video by afarTV
www.youtube.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Kīlauea is erupting again, spectacularly! posted 7:25 a.m. Hawaiian time (GMT -10) 4/22. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oylW...
Reposted by Jody Brown
If you hear a galloping horse, it's Paul Revere sounding the alarm...
ONE IF BY LAND
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
TWO IF BY D.C.
the north end church in boston
it’s 250 years today
@northendpage.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
If you hear a galloping horse, it's Paul Revere sounding the alarm...
Reposted by Jody Brown
Every person with a spectrum disorder has a more valuable life than RFK Jr, and every trans/nb person has a more valuable life than JK Rowling. You are a human with dignity and they are sunken demons
April 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Every person with a spectrum disorder has a more valuable life than RFK Jr, and every trans/nb person has a more valuable life than JK Rowling. You are a human with dignity and they are sunken demons
This is one of the most terrifying things I've read today. www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is one of the most terrifying things I've read today. www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
Reposted by Jody Brown
It's all a game to billionaires. They only play to win for themselves, not you. You are just a piece they move around the board to do so.
The world’s richest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth, the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, after Trump pledged to pause tariffs for some countries
Billionaires Score Best-Ever Day as Stocks Soar on Tariff Pause
The world’s wealthiest people added $304 billion to their combined net worth on Wednesday — the largest one-day gain in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — as stock markets soared after ...
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It's all a game to billionaires. They only play to win for themselves, not you. You are just a piece they move around the board to do so.
So, this apparently was not anywhere near the last straw for GOP Lawmakers when it should have been cause instantaneous outrage. The tRump and his Republican allies who never spoke up against it are officially starving people with complete impunity.
April 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
So, this apparently was not anywhere near the last straw for GOP Lawmakers when it should have been cause instantaneous outrage. The tRump and his Republican allies who never spoke up against it are officially starving people with complete impunity.
Pregnancy & childbirth's true toll on the body www.nature.com/articles/d41... Male republican lawmakers should (but won't) read this
Pregnancy’s true toll on the body: huge birth study paints most detailed picture yet
Data from 300,000 births reveal how essential biological measurements are altered by carrying and delivering a baby.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Pregnancy & childbirth's true toll on the body www.nature.com/articles/d41... Male republican lawmakers should (but won't) read this
Reposted by Jody Brown
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
January 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 28: Buyout/retirement demand sent to existing employees
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
Making America Great Again!
Very important story from ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class
A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.
www.propublica.org
January 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Very important story from ProPublica
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Great reporting from NPR
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence
Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Great reporting from NPR
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...
Reposted by Jody Brown
January 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Reposted by Jody Brown
If you wanted to know how an autocracy would start in America, it begins by releasing violent thugs from prison who beat up police defending Congress, illegally firing every Inspector General, and seizing billions appropriated by Congress for people with no authority to do so.
January 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If you wanted to know how an autocracy would start in America, it begins by releasing violent thugs from prison who beat up police defending Congress, illegally firing every Inspector General, and seizing billions appropriated by Congress for people with no authority to do so.
I love these cartoons in support of Ann Telnaes.
stevebrodner.substack.com/p/we-stand-w...
stevebrodner.substack.com/p/we-stand-w...
We Stand With Ann
Cartoonists Unite for Ann Telnaes and the First Amendment
stevebrodner.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I love these cartoons in support of Ann Telnaes.
stevebrodner.substack.com/p/we-stand-w...
stevebrodner.substack.com/p/we-stand-w...
More corporate greed in the U.S. popular.info/p/ai-costs-a...
AI costs American renters over $3.6 billion annually, according to new report
The property management software used by many corporate landlords, RealPage, is deploying AI to artificially inflate rental prices in the United States by more than $3.6 billion annually, according to...
popular.info
January 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
More corporate greed in the U.S. popular.info/p/ai-costs-a...
I am appalled that the WaPo's editorial board has learned *nothing* from the recent mass exodus of 250,000 subscribers. Now they've lost yet another shining star for the exact same reason: killing a story.
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
open.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I am appalled that the WaPo's editorial board has learned *nothing* from the recent mass exodus of 250,000 subscribers. Now they've lost yet another shining star for the exact same reason: killing a story.
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
open.substack.com/pub/anntelna...
Chicken? What chicken?
January 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Chicken? What chicken?
United Health"care": Lie and Deny www.propublica.org/article/ment...
Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts
In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in “selective readings” of medical evidence and “shut their eyes” to medical opinions opposin...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2024 at 4:09 PM
United Health"care": Lie and Deny www.propublica.org/article/ment...
Reposted by Jody Brown
Just stole this meme…
December 23, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Just stole this meme…
Reposted by Jody Brown
My New Year’s Resolution.
What’s yours?
What’s yours?
December 23, 2024 at 5:13 AM
My New Year’s Resolution.
What’s yours?
What’s yours?
page 18 of ethics.house.gov/wp-content/u...
December 23, 2024 at 6:49 PM
page 18 of ethics.house.gov/wp-content/u...
Reposted by Jody Brown
For those of us who suspected you are the worst human being in the world, thank you for removing all doubt.
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
How an unelected, billionaire killed crucial government funding for children's cancer research
Ali Vitali, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House to discuss the latest on the pending government shutdown that is facing Americans because Republicans are ...
www.msnbc.com
December 22, 2024 at 9:52 PM
For those of us who suspected you are the worst human being in the world, thank you for removing all doubt.
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
I like this song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_sw...
United Health
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2024 at 2:44 AM
I like this song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_sw...