Jennifer Joy Freyd
@jjfreyd.bsky.social
Human. Scholar. Activist. Feminist.
https://www.jjfreyd.com/
https://www.jjfreyd.com/
I am so grateful for our veterans and for their courageous defense of our country and constitution.
"Veterans from every branch are standing up for what makes America strong: loyalty to the Constitution, not to power."
"Honor your oath. Defend democracy. Don’t give up the ship."
"Veterans from every branch are standing up for what makes America strong: loyalty to the Constitution, not to power."
"Honor your oath. Defend democracy. Don’t give up the ship."
Defend the Oath, Not the President
YouTube video by Save America Movement
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I am so grateful for our veterans and for their courageous defense of our country and constitution.
"Veterans from every branch are standing up for what makes America strong: loyalty to the Constitution, not to power."
"Honor your oath. Defend democracy. Don’t give up the ship."
"Veterans from every branch are standing up for what makes America strong: loyalty to the Constitution, not to power."
"Honor your oath. Defend democracy. Don’t give up the ship."
Reposted by Jennifer Joy Freyd
I especially hope we can all appreciate the enormity of the Epstein-Maxwell survivors’ wins this past week. Such courage and determination!! Onward!!
"I’m truly proud to be in the presence of so much courage, determination, and resilience."
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Extra! Extra! 11/23 🎉🎉
So. Much. Excellent. News.
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I especially hope we can all appreciate the enormity of the Epstein-Maxwell survivors’ wins this past week. Such courage and determination!! Onward!!
"I’m truly proud to be in the presence of so much courage, determination, and resilience."
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Extra! Extra! 11/23 🎉🎉
So. Much. Excellent. News.
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"I’m truly proud to be in the presence of so much courage, determination, and resilience."
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
I feel the same way - including about you, @jesscraven101.bsky.social
See this week's good news list, 58 items long:
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Yesterday I delivered a webinar to an Australian audience.
In the Q&A I was asked if we were experiencing institutional betrayal due to the behavior of the US government.
I said yes its brutal but there is also so much joy, hope, & camaraderie in the resistance:
youtube.com/shorts/NMLSQ...
In the Q&A I was asked if we were experiencing institutional betrayal due to the behavior of the US government.
I said yes its brutal but there is also so much joy, hope, & camaraderie in the resistance:
youtube.com/shorts/NMLSQ...
15 times Portland protesters countered Trump’s rhetoric with whimsy and humor
YouTube video by The Oregonian
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Yesterday I delivered a webinar to an Australian audience.
In the Q&A I was asked if we were experiencing institutional betrayal due to the behavior of the US government.
I said yes its brutal but there is also so much joy, hope, & camaraderie in the resistance:
youtube.com/shorts/NMLSQ...
In the Q&A I was asked if we were experiencing institutional betrayal due to the behavior of the US government.
I said yes its brutal but there is also so much joy, hope, & camaraderie in the resistance:
youtube.com/shorts/NMLSQ...
Reposted by Jennifer Joy Freyd
Trump is so very deviant. New gallop poll finds most U.S. adults "agree on a variety of issues that reflect core aspects of U.S. democracy. These include that using violence to achieve political goals is never OK . . . "
news.gallup.com/poll/696494/...
news.gallup.com/poll/696494/...
Americans Show Consensus on Many Democracy-Related Matters
A Kettering Foundation/Gallup survey finds most Americans support political compromise, view multiculturalism as a strength and reject political violence.
news.gallup.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Trump is so very deviant. New gallop poll finds most U.S. adults "agree on a variety of issues that reflect core aspects of U.S. democracy. These include that using violence to achieve political goals is never OK . . . "
news.gallup.com/poll/696494/...
news.gallup.com/poll/696494/...
Patriotic lawmakers and veterans stating the law ("You must refuse illegal orders.") results in POTUS saying it is "punishable by DEATH!” ??
What????
We can support our troops and we can - we must - refuse to be complicit.
Choose courage; share this video widely.
www.youtube.com/shorts/JGhXn...
What????
We can support our troops and we can - we must - refuse to be complicit.
Choose courage; share this video widely.
www.youtube.com/shorts/JGhXn...
Democrats to Troops: Don’t Follow Unlawful Orders #shorts
YouTube video by New York Post
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Patriotic lawmakers and veterans stating the law ("You must refuse illegal orders.") results in POTUS saying it is "punishable by DEATH!” ??
What????
We can support our troops and we can - we must - refuse to be complicit.
Choose courage; share this video widely.
www.youtube.com/shorts/JGhXn...
What????
We can support our troops and we can - we must - refuse to be complicit.
Choose courage; share this video widely.
www.youtube.com/shorts/JGhXn...
"Trump’s legal endeavors are buckling under scrutiny, and he may receive a wave of court losses in the coming weeks. That would undermine his bid to wield the government against his enemies and use the military as a police force."
Our care & courage fuels legal resistance.
Rejoice & keep at it.
Our care & courage fuels legal resistance.
Rejoice & keep at it.
Is Trump's legal strategy collapsing before our eyes?
newsletters.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Trump’s legal endeavors are buckling under scrutiny, and he may receive a wave of court losses in the coming weeks. That would undermine his bid to wield the government against his enemies and use the military as a police force."
Our care & courage fuels legal resistance.
Rejoice & keep at it.
Our care & courage fuels legal resistance.
Rejoice & keep at it.
It's just extraordinary: so much hopeful news. And this happened because survivors, activists, judges, & voters did not give up. People stood up to tyranny. People chose courage. Yes we still have much hard work to do but also much strength. I am so very grateful to you all for your courage.
7 signs Trump is losing his groove
The president has faced a series of brush-offs and brushbacks that threaten his aura of invincibility.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It's just extraordinary: so much hopeful news. And this happened because survivors, activists, judges, & voters did not give up. People stood up to tyranny. People chose courage. Yes we still have much hard work to do but also much strength. I am so very grateful to you all for your courage.
"[W]e actually are dealing with insane levels of institutional betrayal and cowardice over and over and over every time this
keeps getting delayed."
@ms.now
Research indicates institutional betrayal is associated with measurable harm:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
keeps getting delayed."
@ms.now
Research indicates institutional betrayal is associated with measurable harm:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
Survivor of Epstein's abuse condemns 'insane levels of institutional betrayal' over delayed files
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"[W]e actually are dealing with insane levels of institutional betrayal and cowardice over and over and over every time this
keeps getting delayed."
@ms.now
Research indicates institutional betrayal is associated with measurable harm:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
keeps getting delayed."
@ms.now
Research indicates institutional betrayal is associated with measurable harm:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
From Annie Farmer, brave victim of Epstein, earlier today, as reported by the BBC (live update 6:50 AM): www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
This is not a partisan issue, she says, it is "institutional betrayal".
We have researched the harm of institutional betrayal:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
This is not a partisan issue, she says, it is "institutional betrayal".
We have researched the harm of institutional betrayal:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
From Annie Farmer, brave victim of Epstein, earlier today, as reported by the BBC (live update 6:50 AM): www.bbc.com/news/live/cv...
This is not a partisan issue, she says, it is "institutional betrayal".
We have researched the harm of institutional betrayal:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
This is not a partisan issue, she says, it is "institutional betrayal".
We have researched the harm of institutional betrayal:
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/institut...
I posted here about the minimizing language regarding Trump & Epstein's crimes
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I have also asked others not to trivialize with "Epstein scandal" and the like. Some might consider this persnickety.
Thank you @jenrubin.bsky.social for explaining the problem so well:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I have also asked others not to trivialize with "Epstein scandal" and the like. Some might consider this persnickety.
Thank you @jenrubin.bsky.social for explaining the problem so well:
November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I posted here about the minimizing language regarding Trump & Epstein's crimes
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I have also asked others not to trivialize with "Epstein scandal" and the like. Some might consider this persnickety.
Thank you @jenrubin.bsky.social for explaining the problem so well:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I have also asked others not to trivialize with "Epstein scandal" and the like. Some might consider this persnickety.
Thank you @jenrubin.bsky.social for explaining the problem so well:
"From the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein
COURIER has compiled the 20,000 documents from Epstein's estate, released by the US House Oversight Committee on November 12, 2025, into an easily searchable repository."
journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/sea...
COURIER has compiled the 20,000 documents from Epstein's estate, released by the US House Oversight Committee on November 12, 2025, into an easily searchable repository."
journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/sea...
Pinpoint - From the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein
journaliststudio.google.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"From the Estate of Jeffrey Epstein
COURIER has compiled the 20,000 documents from Epstein's estate, released by the US House Oversight Committee on November 12, 2025, into an easily searchable repository."
journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/sea...
COURIER has compiled the 20,000 documents from Epstein's estate, released by the US House Oversight Committee on November 12, 2025, into an easily searchable repository."
journaliststudio.google.com/pinpoint/sea...
Some argue that politics is downstream of culture. If true, what is happening to South Park's ratings is interesting indeed.
More good news this week from @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Below, gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
More good news this week from @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Below, gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
‘South Park’ Takes On Trump and Wins Bigly
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Some argue that politics is downstream of culture. If true, what is happening to South Park's ratings is interesting indeed.
More good news this week from @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Below, gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
More good news this week from @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
Below, gift article:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Trump's response to the Epstein emails?
It’s DARVO: Deny, attack and reverse victim and offender.
This is the strategy Trump and his team have been using for years to distort reality.
He was using DARVO in 2017 in response to sexual harassment accusations:
Trump's response to the Epstein emails?
It’s DARVO: Deny, attack and reverse victim and offender.
This is the strategy Trump and his team have been using for years to distort reality.
He was using DARVO in 2017 in response to sexual harassment accusations:
www.bostonglobe.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
(1 of 5)
Trump's response to the Epstein emails?
It’s DARVO: Deny, attack and reverse victim and offender.
This is the strategy Trump and his team have been using for years to distort reality.
He was using DARVO in 2017 in response to sexual harassment accusations:
Trump's response to the Epstein emails?
It’s DARVO: Deny, attack and reverse victim and offender.
This is the strategy Trump and his team have been using for years to distort reality.
He was using DARVO in 2017 in response to sexual harassment accusations:
"[A] President who didn’t want more details to emerge of his dealings with a sleazy dead rich guy who had sex with underage women. . ."
"had sex with"? @newyorker.com , is that what you call sex trafficking and abuse?
And what the heck is an "underage women"?
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
"had sex with"? @newyorker.com , is that what you call sex trafficking and abuse?
And what the heck is an "underage women"?
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
The Epstein Scandal Is Now a Chronic Disease of the Trump Presidency
Read the e-mails—this isn’t going away anytime soon.
www.newyorker.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"[A] President who didn’t want more details to emerge of his dealings with a sleazy dead rich guy who had sex with underage women. . ."
"had sex with"? @newyorker.com , is that what you call sex trafficking and abuse?
And what the heck is an "underage women"?
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
"had sex with"? @newyorker.com , is that what you call sex trafficking and abuse?
And what the heck is an "underage women"?
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
With the House returning, Adelita Grijalva will have to be sworn in, potentially resulting in the release the Epstein files.
In this essay, @mjcasper.bsky.social and I explain why this matters a lot:
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
In this essay, @mjcasper.bsky.social and I explain why this matters a lot:
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
With the House returning, Adelita Grijalva will have to be sworn in, potentially resulting in the release the Epstein files.
In this essay, @mjcasper.bsky.social and I explain why this matters a lot:
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
In this essay, @mjcasper.bsky.social and I explain why this matters a lot:
"Replace betrayal with courage: Release all of the Epstein Files"
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
1 of 3:
We can resist flood-the-zone strategy & keep our focus by
1. Helping protect the midterm process and electing new reps who will stand up to tyrants
2. Participating in pro-democracy movement. No Kings!
Lots to be hopeful about on all these fronts. E.g.:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
We can resist flood-the-zone strategy & keep our focus by
1. Helping protect the midterm process and electing new reps who will stand up to tyrants
2. Participating in pro-democracy movement. No Kings!
Lots to be hopeful about on all these fronts. E.g.:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
Kansas Redistricting Was on the Fast Track. Then Some Republicans Said No.
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
1 of 3:
We can resist flood-the-zone strategy & keep our focus by
1. Helping protect the midterm process and electing new reps who will stand up to tyrants
2. Participating in pro-democracy movement. No Kings!
Lots to be hopeful about on all these fronts. E.g.:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
We can resist flood-the-zone strategy & keep our focus by
1. Helping protect the midterm process and electing new reps who will stand up to tyrants
2. Participating in pro-democracy movement. No Kings!
Lots to be hopeful about on all these fronts. E.g.:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...
Autocrats flood the zone so we will lose hope and give away our power to resist.
We must celebrate the wins! Especially now.
See @jesscraven101.bsky.social 's good news list this week: chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
And:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We must celebrate the wins! Especially now.
See @jesscraven101.bsky.social 's good news list this week: chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
And:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Huge victory’ in Portland as judge’s final order bars Trump from sending national guard
Karin Immergut said earlier she ‘found no credible evidence’ that protests in Oregon city were out of control
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Autocrats flood the zone so we will lose hope and give away our power to resist.
We must celebrate the wins! Especially now.
See @jesscraven101.bsky.social 's good news list this week: chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
And:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
We must celebrate the wins! Especially now.
See @jesscraven101.bsky.social 's good news list this week: chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
And:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
In this 9-minute presentation I touch on betrayal trauma, betrayal blindness, institutional betrayal, DARVO, institutional courage, and what the theories and research findings suggests for responding to our current situation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
Jennifer Freyd 2025 - Institutional Betrayal and the Path to Courage
YouTube video by jjfreyd
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
In this 9-minute presentation I touch on betrayal trauma, betrayal blindness, institutional betrayal, DARVO, institutional courage, and what the theories and research findings suggests for responding to our current situation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFTb...
What a great day to join the institutional courage movement!
It would mean so much to have your support!
www.institutionalcourage.org/courage-in-a...
It would mean so much to have your support!
www.institutionalcourage.org/courage-in-a...
Courage Is Making Headlines and You’re Part of the Story | Center for Institutional Courage | Center for Institutional Courage
From Oprah Daily to MSNBC, our message of institutional courage is reaching millions. Join us in expanding this movement.
www.institutionalcourage.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
What a great day to join the institutional courage movement!
It would mean so much to have your support!
www.institutionalcourage.org/courage-in-a...
It would mean so much to have your support!
www.institutionalcourage.org/courage-in-a...
"Up and down the ballot, Democrats did well. . . And the outcomes very well may have consequences . . . ."
Citizens voting: consequences indeed!
I have no doubt the No Kings movement and the courage of protestors was an important part of what happened yesterday.
www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
Citizens voting: consequences indeed!
I have no doubt the No Kings movement and the courage of protestors was an important part of what happened yesterday.
www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
Democrats had a big night. Here are 5 takeaways from the 2025 elections
Democrats had a good night, winning major races including governor's races in Virginia and New Jersey and a redistricting ballot measure in California, while also confronting the future of the party.
www.npr.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Up and down the ballot, Democrats did well. . . And the outcomes very well may have consequences . . . ."
Citizens voting: consequences indeed!
I have no doubt the No Kings movement and the courage of protestors was an important part of what happened yesterday.
www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
Citizens voting: consequences indeed!
I have no doubt the No Kings movement and the courage of protestors was an important part of what happened yesterday.
www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...
At one level this judge is just doing her job upholding the constitution. At another level - one that recognizes the power of a tyrant eager to use the government to punish perceived adversaries - this Trump-appointed judge is being brave. And for that, I am grateful.
apnews.com/article/oreg...
apnews.com/article/oreg...
Judge again bars Trump administration from deploying troops to Portland
A federal judge in Oregon has once again barred President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying the National Guard to Portland, Oregon until at least Friday.
apnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
At one level this judge is just doing her job upholding the constitution. At another level - one that recognizes the power of a tyrant eager to use the government to punish perceived adversaries - this Trump-appointed judge is being brave. And for that, I am grateful.
apnews.com/article/oreg...
apnews.com/article/oreg...
"NBC’s new poll says the most important issue for deciding who to support for Congress is: 'Protecting constitutional rights/protecting democracy.'"
And much more from this week's list of good news compiled by @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
And much more from this week's list of good news compiled by @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
November 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"NBC’s new poll says the most important issue for deciding who to support for Congress is: 'Protecting constitutional rights/protecting democracy.'"
And much more from this week's list of good news compiled by @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
And much more from this week's list of good news compiled by @jesscraven101.bsky.social
chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...
"A study by the Journal of Veterans Studies has found that institutional betrayal is a systemic issue that affects many Black and Brown veterans who struggle to find stable jobs, affordable housing, and quality health care after military service. "
dallasweekly.com/2025/10/inst...
dallasweekly.com/2025/10/inst...
Study Reveals Institutional Betrayal Among Veterans - Dallas Weekly
Discover the concept of institutional betrayal and its impact on South Dallas veterans. Learn about the struggles they face and potential solutions for healing.
dallasweekly.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"A study by the Journal of Veterans Studies has found that institutional betrayal is a systemic issue that affects many Black and Brown veterans who struggle to find stable jobs, affordable housing, and quality health care after military service. "
dallasweekly.com/2025/10/inst...
dallasweekly.com/2025/10/inst...
Two peer-reviewed studies show that institutional courage helps "buffer against the bad stuff. Institutions don’t have to be perfect. People. . . tend to really respond well when an institution takes sincere steps toward . . . being more courageous and moral."
www.apa.org/monitor/2025...
www.apa.org/monitor/2025...
www.apa.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Two peer-reviewed studies show that institutional courage helps "buffer against the bad stuff. Institutions don’t have to be perfect. People. . . tend to really respond well when an institution takes sincere steps toward . . . being more courageous and moral."
www.apa.org/monitor/2025...
www.apa.org/monitor/2025...