Jeannie Albert
@vtgenie.bsky.social
Progressive, dead head, math professor, musician, cat lover, law nerd/law school dropout, wanderer. Grateful to be in Vermont. Showing up to make things better.
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Could Texas get even more fabulous news on top of the redistricting suit getting tossed?
YES, YES IT CAN! ⚖️🪅
YES, YES IT CAN! ⚖️🪅
November 19, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Could Texas get even more fabulous news on top of the redistricting suit getting tossed?
YES, YES IT CAN! ⚖️🪅
YES, YES IT CAN! ⚖️🪅
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The death penalty grew out of this country’s brutal practice of lynching.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The death penalty grew out of this country’s brutal practice of lynching.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
When lynching became politically and socially unpalatable, the death penalty became the state sanctioned alternative.
No one should be killed by the state. The time to end the racist, unjust, and cruel death penalty is NOW.
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
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Practice letting people know that you appreciate them. It costs nothing.
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Practice letting people know that you appreciate them. It costs nothing.
So true! I’ve been loving TPM since the early days and have been impressed all the way along.
Here’s to another 25!
Here’s to another 25!
Seconding this! It's so so impressive and admirable.
Thriving in independent media for 25 years, without a) getting hoovered into some larger media org & subsequently axed, b) getting ruined by some hedge fund guy, c) falling afoul of any short-lived "pivot to video" style trends, or d) going broke...
... is a genuinely remarkable achievement! Kudos.
... is a genuinely remarkable achievement! Kudos.
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
So true! I’ve been loving TPM since the early days and have been impressed all the way along.
Here’s to another 25!
Here’s to another 25!
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We’re investigating to expose potential government-funded payments to former senior Trump officials Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino.
The American people deserve to know if public power is being used to financially benefit people with ties to the president.
The American people deserve to know if public power is being used to financially benefit people with ties to the president.
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We’re investigating to expose potential government-funded payments to former senior Trump officials Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino.
The American people deserve to know if public power is being used to financially benefit people with ties to the president.
The American people deserve to know if public power is being used to financially benefit people with ties to the president.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
WOW! This is fucking great news!!
New polling from Marist shows Democrats holding a 14-point lead nationally on the 2026 generic congressional ballot—55% vs 41%. (Link in reply)
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
WOW! This is fucking great news!!
The person on Trump's left– partially off screen, holding a mic– appears not to react for even a goddamn second 🤬
it is frankly a *scathing* indictment of the White House press corps
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The person on Trump's left– partially off screen, holding a mic– appears not to react for even a goddamn second 🤬
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“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
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This jackass thinks people want to "negotiate" for health care. We don't want to fucking negotiate a goddamn thing with goddamn corporations - we just want health care!
This is all a fucking game to him. He has zero concept of how any normal human being lives.
Never vote for any Republican ever.
This is all a fucking game to him. He has zero concept of how any normal human being lives.
Never vote for any Republican ever.
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This jackass thinks people want to "negotiate" for health care. We don't want to fucking negotiate a goddamn thing with goddamn corporations - we just want health care!
This is all a fucking game to him. He has zero concept of how any normal human being lives.
Never vote for any Republican ever.
This is all a fucking game to him. He has zero concept of how any normal human being lives.
Never vote for any Republican ever.
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“My sister is not a political tool for you to use. These survivors are not political tools for you to use. These are real stories, real trauma. And it's time for you to stop just talking about it and act. Vote yes.”
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
“My sister is not a political tool for you to use. These survivors are not political tools for you to use. These are real stories, real trauma. And it's time for you to stop just talking about it and act. Vote yes.”
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“ At just 16 years old, she took a job at Mar a Lago, believing she had secured a dream summer position. But that dream quickly morphed into a nightmare when Ghislaine Maxwell preyed upon her…. They trafficked her”
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“ At just 16 years old, she took a job at Mar a Lago, believing she had secured a dream summer position. But that dream quickly morphed into a nightmare when Ghislaine Maxwell preyed upon her…. They trafficked her”
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #mottled. A Marbled Godwit in a marsh between Little Quill Lake and Middle Quill Lake, Saskatchewan.
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
November 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #mottled. A Marbled Godwit in a marsh between Little Quill Lake and Middle Quill Lake, Saskatchewan.
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
#EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
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This is why I talk about sheriffs a lot when it to comes to immigration: they decide (in most states) on whether to hold people for ICE at all!
ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Native American woman nearly deported after Polk County Jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
A Native American woman from Arizona was nearly deported by federal immigration officials after a clerical error at the Polk County Jail. The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous...
www.iowapublicradio.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is why I talk about sheriffs a lot when it to comes to immigration: they decide (in most states) on whether to hold people for ICE at all!
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This is the sort of brazen lie you tell when you’re trying to demonstrate your power by showing you can say shit that everyone knows is a lie, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.
Last month he was a soybean farmer, this month he’s an expert on intercontinental cattle drives.
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is the sort of brazen lie you tell when you’re trying to demonstrate your power by showing you can say shit that everyone knows is a lie, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it.
Pardoned
Capitol Rioter
Tried to Hush
Child Sex Victim
With Promise of
Jan. 6
Reparation
Money
Police Say
Capitol Rioter
Tried to Hush
Child Sex Victim
With Promise of
Jan. 6
Reparation
Money
Police Say
An incredibly Trump-era headline theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...
Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say
Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.
theintercept.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Pardoned
Capitol Rioter
Tried to Hush
Child Sex Victim
With Promise of
Jan. 6
Reparation
Money
Police Say
Capitol Rioter
Tried to Hush
Child Sex Victim
With Promise of
Jan. 6
Reparation
Money
Police Say
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Behn: My biggest pet peeve in politics is when people who don’t live in the South say, “You get what you voted for.” I didn’t vote for the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. I didn’t vote for the highest inflationary cost of groceries in the country.
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Behn: My biggest pet peeve in politics is when people who don’t live in the South say, “You get what you voted for.” I didn’t vote for the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. I didn’t vote for the highest inflationary cost of groceries in the country.
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2nd photo here, also by Vondruska
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November 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
2nd photo here, also by Vondruska
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Trump urges House to vote to do something he could do in an instant without a House vote. He is obviously playing a game. Reporters should ask, “Why don’t you simply order the Epstein files released yourself?”
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Trump urges House to vote to do something he could do in an instant without a House vote. He is obviously playing a game. Reporters should ask, “Why don’t you simply order the Epstein files released yourself?”
Exactly this!
If he has nothing to hide he doesn’t need a House vote. He can just release everything.
Trump now says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files “because we have nothing to hide”
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Exactly this!
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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Disgusting. Fire Summers from every position. blacksky.community/profile/did:...
(It’s because she’s Chinese and they’re pigs)
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Disgusting. Fire Summers from every position. blacksky.community/profile/did:...
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holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...