Jenny In Texas
@jennyintx.bsky.social
Blue voter & mom w/cats. Supporter of democracy and safety nets for all. DMs off.
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Jenny In Texas
@jennyintx.bsky.social
· Jan 9
Part of the plan is to control women’s education level in order to control women’s bodies. #Project2025
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One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
One theme here is the speed of American institutional collapse.
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
“It took Erdoğan 15 years to do what Trump did in 100 days. If [Americans] do not accept the fact that this is a long game, and it will be brutal, I think you won’t have the patience and stamina to bear it.”
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Exactly why the Ellisons are completely unfit to own Warner and CNN — even with all their wealth, what a bunch of acquiescent stooges. They are uninterested in making journalism better or a better business, but happy to make it better for Trump.
December 9, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Exactly why the Ellisons are completely unfit to own Warner and CNN — even with all their wealth, what a bunch of acquiescent stooges. They are uninterested in making journalism better or a better business, but happy to make it better for Trump.
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My constituent Any Lopez Belloza was wrongfully deported in shackles to Honduras without proper due process.
Now, the Trump Administration is sending ICE agents to threaten her family for speaking out.
Now, the Trump Administration is sending ICE agents to threaten her family for speaking out.
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
My constituent Any Lopez Belloza was wrongfully deported in shackles to Honduras without proper due process.
Now, the Trump Administration is sending ICE agents to threaten her family for speaking out.
Now, the Trump Administration is sending ICE agents to threaten her family for speaking out.
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JUST IN: DOJ confirms Trump asserted executive privilege to shield more than 4,100 documents form police and lawmakers suing him over the Jan. 6 riot.
Our earlier story on the privilege claim: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Our earlier story on the privilege claim: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
JUST IN: DOJ confirms Trump asserted executive privilege to shield more than 4,100 documents form police and lawmakers suing him over the Jan. 6 riot.
Our earlier story on the privilege claim: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Our earlier story on the privilege claim: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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We won our lawsuit and stopped the Trump administration from blocking an array of new wind energy projects.
This is a big victory in our fight to keep tackling the climate crisis and protect one of our best sources of clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
This is a big victory in our fight to keep tackling the climate crisis and protect one of our best sources of clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
December 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
We won our lawsuit and stopped the Trump administration from blocking an array of new wind energy projects.
This is a big victory in our fight to keep tackling the climate crisis and protect one of our best sources of clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
This is a big victory in our fight to keep tackling the climate crisis and protect one of our best sources of clean, reliable, and affordable energy.
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File this under Least Surprising News of the Day
The Corruption never ends
The Corruption never ends
December 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
File this under Least Surprising News of the Day
The Corruption never ends
The Corruption never ends
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More than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested by ICE officers in the first nine months of the Trump administration had no criminal histories, according to new data.
ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows
The figures don't include arrests made by Border Patrol, which has launched aggressive immigration operations in several cities in recent months.
nbcnews.to
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
More than a third of the roughly 220,000 people arrested by ICE officers in the first nine months of the Trump administration had no criminal histories, according to new data.
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"Each check comes with a motive. Each name comes with an ask. Together, they reveal a presidency for sale," writes President of End Citizens United and Let America Vote @tiffanymuller.bsky.social in her deep dive of the 37 initial donors behind Trump's new White House ballroom.
Tiffany Muller: Trump’s Gilded Swamp
The story of Donald Trump's private White House ballroom is one of power, profit, pay-to-play politics, and a presidency for sale.
couriernewsroom.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Each check comes with a motive. Each name comes with an ask. Together, they reveal a presidency for sale," writes President of End Citizens United and Let America Vote @tiffanymuller.bsky.social in her deep dive of the 37 initial donors behind Trump's new White House ballroom.
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What happened when a hospital gobbled up its competitor & became town's only player
"We had soiled beds, mounting sepsis issues & had just laid off 200 nurses. But we had a new logo”
It's the tale not just one of one hospital, but of healthcare in America
projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
"We had soiled beds, mounting sepsis issues & had just laid off 200 nurses. But we had a new logo”
It's the tale not just one of one hospital, but of healthcare in America
projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
What happened when a hospital gobbled up its competitor & became town's only player
"We had soiled beds, mounting sepsis issues & had just laid off 200 nurses. But we had a new logo”
It's the tale not just one of one hospital, but of healthcare in America
projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
"We had soiled beds, mounting sepsis issues & had just laid off 200 nurses. But we had a new logo”
It's the tale not just one of one hospital, but of healthcare in America
projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
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UPDATE: Trump’s Paramount allies the Ellisons are trying to block the Netflix-WB deal and take over Warner Bros (which includes CNN) with a hostile bid.
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
UPDATE: Trump’s Paramount allies the Ellisons are trying to block the Netflix-WB deal and take over Warner Bros (which includes CNN) with a hostile bid.
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
(Trump signaled he may help them so his allies control more of what you see… paying attention yet?) www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Environmental racism at work here in TX.
Last week from @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org: Researchers in Houston found that 90% of new petrochemical facilities will be built in places with high concentrations of people of color and poor families.
Petrochemical Expansion in Texas Will Fall Heavily on Communities of Color, Study Finds
Researchers in Houston analyzed the locations of 114 proposed industrial projects related to oil and gas in Texas, most of them involved in plastics production.
www.texasobserver.org
December 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Environmental racism at work here in TX.
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"In response to Trump's order, attorneys general in 21 states sued the administration.
Now, after a judge's ruling that Trump's actions were unlawful, libraries and museums across the country will have access to money that had been stuck in a months-long limbo..."
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Now, after a judge's ruling that Trump's actions were unlawful, libraries and museums across the country will have access to money that had been stuck in a months-long limbo..."
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Libraries and museums get federal funding back after Trump cuts
Earlier this year, the Trump administration gutted the Institute of Museum and Library Services, leading to canceled federal grants. Now, after a court order, those grants are being reinstated.
www.npr.org
December 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
"In response to Trump's order, attorneys general in 21 states sued the administration.
Now, after a judge's ruling that Trump's actions were unlawful, libraries and museums across the country will have access to money that had been stuck in a months-long limbo..."
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Now, after a judge's ruling that Trump's actions were unlawful, libraries and museums across the country will have access to money that had been stuck in a months-long limbo..."
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
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My law firm is currently intervening to defend against this in the first 8 lawsuits DOJ filed. More soon.
"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My law firm is currently intervening to defend against this in the first 8 lawsuits DOJ filed. More soon.
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The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supe...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
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“The Big Tech AI industry is only interested in one thing: zero laws, zero accountability. The American people do not agree with their agenda, and that’s why Big Tech CEOs are putting big money behind efforts to repeal and neuter laws at the federal, state, and international levels.”
Crypto Won Big in 2024. AI Is Angling to Do the Same in 2026
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The Big Tech AI industry is only interested in one thing: zero laws, zero accountability. The American people do not agree with their agenda, and that’s why Big Tech CEOs are putting big money behind efforts to repeal and neuter laws at the federal, state, and international levels.”
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David Richards, In Memorium: "Captivating, funny, profane, contemptuous of establishment figures who busted unions, shut minorities out of power, and claimed ownership of the state’s Legislature and executive mansion, David always left you wanting more."
Remembering David Richards, 1933-2025
“If there’s anything good in Texas—academic freedom, labor, voting rights, education, politics—his litigation facilitated it."
www.texasobserver.org
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
David Richards, In Memorium: "Captivating, funny, profane, contemptuous of establishment figures who busted unions, shut minorities out of power, and claimed ownership of the state’s Legislature and executive mansion, David always left you wanting more."
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The Justice Department has waged an unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private information.
The goal, as @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social report, could result in the unprecedented harassment of individual citizens like you and me.
The goal, as @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social report, could result in the unprecedented harassment of individual citizens like you and me.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Justice Department has waged an unprecedented campaign to intimidate states into handing over voters’ private information.
The goal, as @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social report, could result in the unprecedented harassment of individual citizens like you and me.
The goal, as @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social report, could result in the unprecedented harassment of individual citizens like you and me.
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As Trump celebrates his McDonalds Peace Prize and summarily executes people who pose no threat, it is important to understand what the "war on drugs" is really about. Nixon invented the "war" as a weapon to attack the Left and people of color. It's a racist fraud.
www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/p...
www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/p...
Report: Nixon’s war on drugs targeted black people | CNN Politics
One of Richard Nixon’s top advisers and a key figure in the Watergate scandal said the war on drugs was created as a political tool to fight blacks and hippies, according to a 22-year-old interview re...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
As Trump celebrates his McDonalds Peace Prize and summarily executes people who pose no threat, it is important to understand what the "war on drugs" is really about. Nixon invented the "war" as a weapon to attack the Left and people of color. It's a racist fraud.
www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/p...
www.cnn.com/2016/03/23/p...
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Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman:
"Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
"Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
December 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Nixon domestic policy chief John Ehrlichman:
"Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
"Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did.”
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Looks like Ukrainian president Zelensky narrowly survived an assassination attempt.
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Looks like Ukrainian president Zelensky narrowly survived an assassination attempt.
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Hakeem Jeffries will never lead the Dems where they need to go in order to help the people.
He will choose restoration over reform because he has been groomed by the Establishment.
I wish people could finally accept this.
He will choose restoration over reform because he has been groomed by the Establishment.
I wish people could finally accept this.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Hakeem Jeffries will never lead the Dems where they need to go in order to help the people.
He will choose restoration over reform because he has been groomed by the Establishment.
I wish people could finally accept this.
He will choose restoration over reform because he has been groomed by the Establishment.
I wish people could finally accept this.
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Today, the Supreme Court announced that it will rule on Trump's executive order challenging birthright citizenship, a crucial step in the president's plan that's been decades in the making.
The plot against birthright citizenship
The incoming Trump administration wants to take away citizenship for the US-born children of undocumented immigrants. Here's how.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Today, the Supreme Court announced that it will rule on Trump's executive order challenging birthright citizenship, a crucial step in the president's plan that's been decades in the making.
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A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
Science journal retracts widely cited study that claimed Roundup is safe
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A landmark study on the safety of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the controversial herbicide Roundup, has been formally retracted by its publisher, raising new concerns about the chemical’s potential dangers.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.
The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.