Trailhead Jen
@thjen.bsky.social
I enjoy my (indoor) cat, butterflies, Katmai bears, native plants, and minimizing environmental collapse. Lawyer by profession, photographer by passion. Central Indiana.
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Exactly. It's disingenuous to call it a purity test to say "You shouldn't be beholden to right-wing billionaires pushing right-wing policies and right-wing candidates."
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
No, Progressives Don’t Want “Purity.” They Just Want Some Courage.
When left-leaning Democrats complain about corporate influence, it’s not a “purity test.” It’s a demand for a better politics.
newrepublic.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Exactly. It's disingenuous to call it a purity test to say "You shouldn't be beholden to right-wing billionaires pushing right-wing policies and right-wing candidates."
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Breathtakingly accurate in its entirety.
Pete Hegseth’s entire personality is “overcompensating for a tiny dick.”
But his behavior with regards to the boat bombings is next level pathetic.
An analysis, including his personal history.
www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
But his behavior with regards to the boat bombings is next level pathetic.
An analysis, including his personal history.
www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice
He calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie
www.salon.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Breathtakingly accurate in its entirety.
Funnier than Franken tbh
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Funnier than Franken tbh
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Just hear me out: maybe the Democratic Party’s problem is that the party leadership is full of people incapable of realizing that Matt Yglesias has terrible political instincts.
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just hear me out: maybe the Democratic Party’s problem is that the party leadership is full of people incapable of realizing that Matt Yglesias has terrible political instincts.
I know many folks want to replace the White House rose garden, but hear me out - a more environmentally updated idea would be a pollinator garden of native plants. Move forward from the wreckage, not backward.
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I know many folks want to replace the White House rose garden, but hear me out - a more environmentally updated idea would be a pollinator garden of native plants. Move forward from the wreckage, not backward.
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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I had no idea that Zohran Mamdani was Bubba
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I had no idea that Zohran Mamdani was Bubba
I don't think this is going to go the way the White House thinks it's going to go.
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
I want to be a fly on the wall
Zohran Mamdani to meet the Pedo Piggy Potus who can't complete a full sentence without gibberish or lies .
I will bet the farm Zohran will try to be respectful but articulate and stern
God Speed Zohran
I want to be a fly on the wall
Zohran Mamdani to meet the Pedo Piggy Potus who can't complete a full sentence without gibberish or lies .
I will bet the farm Zohran will try to be respectful but articulate and stern
God Speed Zohran
Live updates: Zohran Mamdani to visit the White House, latest Trump and Epstein news | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump will meet with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani today at the White House. Meanwhile, the Justice Department has 30 days to release its Jeffrey Epstein-related files. Follow fo...
www.cnn.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I don't think this is going to go the way the White House thinks it's going to go.
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The sabotage is happening everywhere all at once; a gang of supremacists, so convinced of their own superiority that they never bothered learning much about the sum total of human knowledge, and who now, faced with their own vast ignorance about human progress, have made human progress their enemy.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The sabotage is happening everywhere all at once; a gang of supremacists, so convinced of their own superiority that they never bothered learning much about the sum total of human knowledge, and who now, faced with their own vast ignorance about human progress, have made human progress their enemy.
This is the first time I was able to tell my kid there was a meme I got that he wouldn’t. 10/10
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is the first time I was able to tell my kid there was a meme I got that he wouldn’t. 10/10
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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Democratic leadership:
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
November 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Democratic leadership:
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
YOU MUST VOTE HARDER.
Democratic voters:
VOTE SUPER HARD IN MASSIVE NUMBERS AND FLIP SEATS AT MULTIPLE LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Democratic leadership:
WE’RE CAVING. LULZ.
This party must be electorally reconstituted. Just the absolute worst.
After 40 days — during which Dems incessantly demanded the GOP get on board with their effort to protect expiring Obamacare subsidies — at least 8 Senate Dems now appear to be prepared to break ranks with their caucus, setting in motion an end to the shutdown.
Group of Senate Dems Prepared To Vote With GOP to End Shutdown Without An ACA Extension Guarantee
After 40 days of the government shutdown — in which Democrats incessantly...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
This party must be electorally reconstituted. Just the absolute worst.
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I have a hard and fast rule about not sharing substack links, but if you want to understand the strategy behind what Justice Jackson did in issuing a administrative stay with a 48 hour deadline re SNAP, do a little searching.
Don’t just be like “I can’t believe she did that.”
She had a reason.
Don’t just be like “I can’t believe she did that.”
She had a reason.
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I have a hard and fast rule about not sharing substack links, but if you want to understand the strategy behind what Justice Jackson did in issuing a administrative stay with a 48 hour deadline re SNAP, do a little searching.
Don’t just be like “I can’t believe she did that.”
She had a reason.
Don’t just be like “I can’t believe she did that.”
She had a reason.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Ok. Who did this? 🤭😅🤣
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Ok. Who did this? 🤭😅🤣
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Kinda similar energy
November 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Kinda similar energy
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Is there a way to buy a peerage these days? Because I would contribute cash money to get Sean Dunn named the Earl of Sandwich
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Is there a way to buy a peerage these days? Because I would contribute cash money to get Sean Dunn named the Earl of Sandwich