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Jodi Ochstein
@jodiochstein.bsky.social
Web designer. Writer.
Washington, DC (for now)
https://ochsteinstrategies.com/
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Lawless piracy in our name.
US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast
Move is major escalation of US pressure campaign against South American country’s dictator, Nicolás MaduroUS politics live – latest updates
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Help me raise money for The Red Tent Fund to help women access abortion no matter where they are.
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1,000 Reasons to Light Up Abortion Access
Support Abortion Access this Hanukkah
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December 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"You wanted the Four Seasons, but you got Four Seasons Total Landscaping."
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Trump’s Very Weird Night at the Kennedy Center Honors
The president and I both got our heart’s desire. But something felt wrong.
www.theatlantic.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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A medically fragile baby left temporarily abandoned in the NICU, her mother abducted by ICE. Moms all over the country afraid to visit their hospitalized newborns for fear of being disappeared.

All because of a president who claims to be “pro-life”.

My latest:
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The exquisite hypocrisy of this “pro-life” presidency
In a society that truly values mothers and babies, postpartum moms would be surrounded by care and support.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
This Hanukkah, I'm fundraising for The Red Tent Fund instead of buying gifts no one needs.
Abortion access is a Jewish value, and I want my holiday to reflect what actually matters.
The Red Tent Fund has helped 1,000+ patients this year access reproductive healthcare.
givebutter.com/h4982w/jodio...
1,000 Reasons to Light Up Abortion Access
Support Abortion Access this Hanukkah
givebutter.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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SCOOP: The Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect told the FBI he believed in 2020 election conspiracy theories.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Pipe bomb suspect told FBI he believed 2020 election conspiracy theories
The suspect has been cooperating with the FBI, according to sources, and is expected to make his first court appearance on Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Chris Van Hollen is old, incompetent, and needs to resign.
December 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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Russian propaganda in full force for the Witkoff visit: Putin is claiming to have captured Ukrainian cities that he doesn't control, and having himself photographed in military uniform
kyivindependent.com/putin-claims...
Putin claims Russian capture of Pokrovsk, Vovchansk as Kyiv warns of Kremlin propaganda blitz amid peace talks
"All of this is done exclusively for Western audiences and to raise the stakes in diplomacy," said Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation.
kyivindependent.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
War Crime...or Murder?
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War Crime...or Murder?
Killing shipwreck survivors is patently illegal and morally abhorrent
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December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Pete Hegseth's Latest Little Punk-Ass Move
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Pete Hegseth's Latest Little Punk-Ass Move
The incompetence will continue until morale improves.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
How to End the Shadow Budget and Protect Congress’s Power of the Purse at www.justsecurity.org/125302/shado...
How to End Shadow Budget, Protect Congress’s Power of Purse
Unless Congress reasserts control over federal spending, the balance the framers designed could collapse into a self-financing presidency.
www.justsecurity.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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BREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal.

However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.

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November 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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“Turning to Bovino, the Court specifically finds his testimony not credible. Bovino appeared evasive over the three days of his deposition, either providing ‘cute’ responses to Plaintiffs' counsel's questions or outright lying.”
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM