JPD
@jpdink.bsky.social
Pulling my family closer. Hugging my cats. Ordinary stuff. Interested in progress, arts in education, architecture, and cartooning.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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The border is used, she said, “by people who don’t live there, and for various reasons that have nothing to do with the people that live there, and often really does not benefit them at all. If anything, it creates a more dangerous environment.” 🦋 www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
The border is used, she said, “by people who don’t live there, and for various reasons that have nothing to do with the people that live there, and often really does not benefit them at all. If anything, it creates a more dangerous environment.” 🦋 www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
With the Border Chronicle, a group of veteran journalists cover “the backdrop for national politics and rhetoric.”
A group of veteran journalists cover “the backdrop for national politics and rhetoric.”
www.cjr.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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The border is used, she said, “by people who don’t live there, and for various reasons that have nothing to do with the people that live there, and often really does not benefit them at all. If anything, it creates a more dangerous environment.” 🦋 www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
The border is used, she said, “by people who don’t live there, and for various reasons that have nothing to do with the people that live there, and often really does not benefit them at all. If anything, it creates a more dangerous environment.” 🦋 www.cjr.org/feature/the-...
The Trans News Initiative draws from data to reveal patterns and proportions of trans coverage.! 🦋
www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
"...So there’s a lot of coverage about what’s happening in the political sphere, but less coverage about what trans people are doing.” ~Kae Petrin
www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
"...So there’s a lot of coverage about what’s happening in the political sphere, but less coverage about what trans people are doing.” ~Kae Petrin
The Trans News Initiative draws from data to reveal patterns and proportions of trans coverage.
A new tool, the Trans News Initiative, draws from data to reveal patterns and proportions.
www.cjr.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Trans News Initiative draws from data to reveal patterns and proportions of trans coverage.! 🦋
www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
"...So there’s a lot of coverage about what’s happening in the political sphere, but less coverage about what trans people are doing.” ~Kae Petrin
www.cjr.org/news/visuali...
"...So there’s a lot of coverage about what’s happening in the political sphere, but less coverage about what trans people are doing.” ~Kae Petrin
November 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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UFW has sued the Trump administration over a rule change which makes it cheaper to hire vulnerable guest workers.
“We are displacing U.S. citizens to bring in H-2A workers. It just doesn’t make sense.”
read: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“We are displacing U.S. citizens to bring in H-2A workers. It just doesn’t make sense.”
read: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
UFW has sued the Trump administration over a rule change which makes it cheaper to hire vulnerable guest workers.
“We are displacing U.S. citizens to bring in H-2A workers. It just doesn’t make sense.”
read: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“We are displacing U.S. citizens to bring in H-2A workers. It just doesn’t make sense.”
read: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
Socialism is whatever the GOP wants it to be so they can chain citizens to their classist labor roles in the name of fear, hatred, and reduced access to educational opportunities.
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Socialism is whatever the GOP wants it to be so they can chain citizens to their classist labor roles in the name of fear, hatred, and reduced access to educational opportunities.
Common sense plus history is a good plan.
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Common sense plus history is a good plan.
Never an X person. But I’d love to see the same disclosure on Amazon for tracing the corporate product suppliers.
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Never an X person. But I’d love to see the same disclosure on Amazon for tracing the corporate product suppliers.
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Various group-philosophical pessimisms will have you believing that universalism is impossible, not worth striving for. That if you don't oppress, you will inevitably be a victim. I refuse. We are best protected by democracy, by the rule of law, by human and civil rights.
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Various group-philosophical pessimisms will have you believing that universalism is impossible, not worth striving for. That if you don't oppress, you will inevitably be a victim. I refuse. We are best protected by democracy, by the rule of law, by human and civil rights.
And your Father’s name is?
one thing about this is that in the wake of all of this kirk is basically forgotten. he was barely cold in the ground before his allies — before his *wife* — started scheming over what they could take for themselves. a real life parable.
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
And your Father’s name is?
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The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
November 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Eric Schickler essay in Larry Bartel's symposium on "What Trump Has Taught Us About Political Science" is one of the most insightful pieces I've read in 2025.
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
US institutions turned out to be weak, and we have to rethink conventional wisdom.
open access: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
Just me and my thermos.
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
Starbucks Workers United escalates strike during busy holiday season
Starbucks Workers United is expanding the strike, but the company says it has not yet disrupted the key holiday season.
www.cnbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Just me and my thermos.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Small Business Saturday- your local community 🙏🌟🥹🎄🫶🍀
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Small Business Saturday- your local community 🙏🌟🥹🎄🫶🍀
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A critical warning about the national security threats we face.
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A critical warning about the national security threats we face.
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Not surprised… full speed ahead Judge Boasberg.
Pro tip:
With Chief Judge Boasberg moving full steam ahead on finding which US officials were responsible for ordering defiance of his order...
And whistleblower most likely to testify...
Here's where this is heading in significant part:
www.justsecurity.org/116777/bove-...
With Chief Judge Boasberg moving full steam ahead on finding which US officials were responsible for ordering defiance of his order...
And whistleblower most likely to testify...
Here's where this is heading in significant part:
www.justsecurity.org/116777/bove-...
Whistleblower Documents Implicate Emil Bove in Criminal Contempt Order by Chief Judge Boasberg
Email released by whistleblower would presumably implicate Bove in the “contumacious conduct” identified by Chief Judge Boasberg.
www.justsecurity.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Not surprised… full speed ahead Judge Boasberg.
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The Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
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Next up, CO₂ does not cause climate change.
CDC website changed to contradict scientific conclusion that vaccines don't cause autism
The Trump administration has revised a website to contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines don't cause autism.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Next up, CO₂ does not cause climate change.
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
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Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh my.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.
Get this man in the Senate.
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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are standing up to corporate greed and Starbucks’ unfair labor practices and demanding the fair contract they deserve.
No contract? NO COFFEE!
No contract? NO COFFEE!
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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