Reposted by Jackie SmithJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 07/09/2025The line Trump referenced today from Apocalypse Now, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," is about the absurdity of war and the profound psychological damage it inflicts on everyone involved. Seems like Trump was, unintentionally, right on target. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...open.substack.comThe American DictatorTonight, we have the specter of an American president trying to take control of an American city for thinly veiled political reasons. 1832891629
Reposted by Jackie SmithJeff Jackson @jeffjacksonnc.bsky.social · 29/07/2025A federal agency - which controls an enormous amount of money - is breaking the law to hide its decisions from you and avoid accountability. Hey OMB, see you in court. 16440148
Reposted by Jackie SmithAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/07/2025"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it" @hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000 www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...theatlantic.comThe Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency FoodFederal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste. 35644563194
Reposted by Jackie SmithJon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 11/12/2024I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/projects.propublica.orgFind Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your ClaimYou likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f... 8124161261
Reposted by Jackie SmithAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House. When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases. For the Biden administration, that number was 0%. 11450682347
Reposted by Jackie SmithChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 07/07/2025Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽 1776304118704
Reposted by Jackie SmithAdam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 06/07/2025"The National Weather Service’s San Angelo office, which is responsible for some of the areas hit hardest by Friday’s flooding, was missing a senior hydrologist, staff forecaster and meteorologist in charge," according to its union's legislative director. 🎁 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...nytimes.comAs Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas (Gift Article)Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials. 14355181
Reposted by Jackie Smithjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/07/2025i'm reading this charles sumner speech from february 1866 and my dude is cooking 573801735
Reposted by Jackie SmithRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 27/06/2025"The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort." —Justice Sotomayor 300109753940
Reposted by Jackie SmithThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Obama 👇🏽 432830800
Reposted by Jackie SmithWIRED @wired.com · 12/06/2025yep! unpaywalled:wired.comHow to Protest Safely in the Age of SurveillanceLaw enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest. 8266923479
Reposted by Jackie SmithDavid Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.” 658214057417
Reposted by Jackie SmithDanny Deraney @dannyderaney.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil. 11084385710458
Jackie Smith @jackiesmith.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Good Lord, this just keeps getting worse snd worse. 031
Reposted by Jackie SmithHenning @geohenning.bsky.social · 18/05/2025On May 18, 1980, Richard Lasher got up early to get some photos at Spirit Lake. Instead, he was forced to stop because of the massive, explosive Mount St. Helens eruption and captured this iconic photo with his own red Ford Pinto on the road. 🧪⚒️ #OTD www.hemmings.com/stories/mt-s... 291793493
Reposted by Jackie SmithFiona "Fi" Webster 🌎🌍🌏 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 18/05/20251/ Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning author, writes, "Before it’s too late, everyone who can do so must communicate what is happening: our gov't, foreign policy, & trade policy are being transformed, not to benefit Americans but to benefit the president, his family, his friends." Gift link.theatlantic.comKleptocracy, Inc.Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system. 24327
Reposted by Jackie SmithCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/05/2025A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind. “They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.” www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...sfgate.comICE raids have 'overwhelmed' coastal California communitiesCommunities in three California counties "overwhelmed" as ICE raids ramp up in the region. 1073136516883
Reposted by Jackie SmithLeia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 10/05/2025I know this is terrible to see & hear. DON'T LOOK AWAY To look away is to ignore that masked, unditentified authorities are kidnapping people on the street with no warrant and no due process. Be ready to film, peacefully intervene, call local news stations to share video. 1471345787
Reposted by Jackie SmithJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 10/05/2025🧵 Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa. Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID #OnYourSide VC pslspokane 22833322005
Reposted by Jackie SmithAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Someone should ask Miller which article of the Constitution the Suspension Clause is located 68842150
Reposted by Jackie SmithMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 08/05/2025One of the greatest travesties of this administration so far. Absolutely appalling. 833716828
Reposted by Jackie SmithNPR @npr.org · 08/05/2025BREAKING NEWS: White smoke streams from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that a new pope has been selected.npr.orgHoly white smoke, we have a new pope!White smoke streamed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that the 133 cardinals inside have elected a new pope. But we don't yet know his identity. 3075255806
Jackie Smith @jackiesmith.bsky.social · 03/05/2025If our society is going to worship wealth, can we at least start idolizing the wealthy people who are also rich in charachter. 011
Reposted by Jackie SmithCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/05/2025#WorldPressFreedomDay 🔥 @froomkin.bsky.social 161113604249
Reposted by Jackie SmithBen Wikler @benwikler.bsky.social · 02/05/2025A week ago today, FBI agents arrested Judge Hannah Dugan on courthouse grounds on outrageous charges. Immediately, Trump officials like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi began to celebrate. But this is not going well for them, and it’s going to age like milk on a Miami sidewalk. 🧵 14612152
Jackie Smith @jackiesmith.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Not suspicious at all. Feels like someone gave fed AI a prompt to write a report with the desired findings. 010
Reposted by Jackie SmithGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 29/04/2025My family found a home here after fleeing the pogroms in Ukraine. This country accepted us as refugees when we had nothing except the shirts on our backs. We've seen what can happen when we don't speak up about the dangers — it's time to raise the alarm now. 13988251996
Reposted by Jackie SmithRex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 30/04/20251/ OK, kids, let's do some math. Here Bondi claims 3,400 kilos of fentanyl have been seized in Trump's first 100 days. That's great. The more fentanyl getting seized the better. But Republicans weren't celebrating this when Biden was president. 1017142
Reposted by Jackie SmithGood Boy @goodboy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here 307171786922
Reposted by Jackie SmithRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/04/2025This is what courage looks like. Kudos to the team at 60 Minutes. 347202584854
Reposted by Jackie SmithMaca Iglesias @rotterdamvvg.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Canada’s brand-new Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney: “Trump is attacking Canadian families, workers, and businesses, and we cannot let him succeed.” We must all take a page from their book and stop Trump from doing the same in our country. This could be us next year, America. Let’s be ready! 451855425
Reposted by Jackie SmithRick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 28/04/2025The Narcan Program Has Saved Thousands Of Lives! This Is Barbaric! 51593143663
Jackie Smith @jackiesmith.bsky.social · 28/04/2025This seems problematic... and makes me thankful to still be driving my 2015 vehicle with no tech upgrades. 010
Reposted by Jackie SmithJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 28/04/2025'The new head of the DOJ civil rights division is dramatically reshaping the office to propel President Trump’s social agenda, prompting the departure of about half of the division’s lawyers in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the situation and public statements from top officials.'washingtonpost.comCivil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shiftsCivil rights director Harmeet K. Dhillon redirected her staff to focus on combating antisemitism, anti-Christian bias and what she calls “woke ideology.” 43316
Reposted by Jackie SmithJennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 27/04/2025🧵1 Unconstitutional. Unconscionable. ICE & FL law enforcement arrested 780 immigrants in 4 days—only 270 had final removal orders. Many still have legal status. This isn’t justice, it’s Trump’s mass deportation plan in action. Families shattered, rights trampled. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/u...nytimes.comICE Arrests Nearly 800 in Florida in Operation With Local Officers (Gift Article)The four-day operation came as the Trump administration has sought to enlist local authorities in an immigration crackdown. 31466319
Jackie Smith @jackiesmith.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Do yourself a favor and see this movie. Every second is pure art. And be sure to stay for the after credit sequence. 010
Jackie Smith @jackiesmith.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Who could've seen this coming? Only everyone with a basic understanding of how our government functions. Can't wait until they have to hire and train new employees to replace those in crucial roles who aren't coming back...even more costly. 000