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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Join the Protests Outside Delaney Hall in Newark . RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/join-...
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Join the Protests Outside Delaney Hall in Newark
Join fellow union members protesting outside Delaney Hall during the 24/7 hunger strike currently ongoing there. We are outraged at the state of conditions in Delaney Hall detention center and demand ...
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Can someone tell me if I should bother reading what looks like click bait nonsense.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A lot of this seemed fueled by NIMBY politics. Really needs to be a strong regulatory agenda - like mandatory clean energy generation.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
True, but early voting and mail in has mostly fixed that.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Right now our federal government would be better run if we just picked Americans at random to serve in these roles.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Unless I’m mistaken, It’s been confirmed that Reagan had Alzheimer’s during his second term.
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UAW @uaw.org · 23/03/2026
On strike, shut it down! New York is a union town! The solidarity is massive on the Contract Faculty United picket at NYU! @uawregion9a.bsky.social
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I'm attending AFT's event, “March 4th For the Schools Our Children Deserve” - sign up now to join me! #aftvotes www.mobilize.us/aft/event/90...
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March 4th For the Schools Our Children Deserve · AFT
Members of the Perth Amboy Federation along side community members will be out front of our schools raising awareness to challenges facing our district. Nursing shortages, lack of resources and suppor...
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 03/02/2026
People I’ve spoken to in New Jersey are scared because they see the lawlessness being carried out by this administration around the country. You deserve to feel safe in your communities, not frightened that Trump’s ICE is coming for your neighborhood.
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ICE arrests in N.J. city were ‘lawless,’ and ‘reprehensible’ state lawmaker says
At least five people were arrested in New Brunswick over the weekend.
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Action Together New Jersey @atnj.org · 02/02/2026
#NJ ICE activity yesterday - be aware - be ready.
Phone numbers for ICE reporting in NJ. DM for specific area.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I would support such a policy, but does he really believe any such open border policy ever existed. I guess if you twist things you could argue that between 1866-1887 after the 14th amendment and before the Chinese exclusion act, we sort of had that? But even that’s a stretch.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Thoughts and prayers for Spain’s bigots.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/01/2026
Breaking News: Spain issued a decree allowing hundreds of thousands of undocumented migrants to apply for legal residency. The measure is bucking a trend, as many Western governments have cracked down on illegal immigration.
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Spain Offers Undocumented Migrants a Legal Way to Stay
The measure, unexpectedly approved, comes as other countries are cracking down on immigration.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I think they generally wait until they know there are enough dem defections so that their vote will be meaningless but they can pretend to “stand up.”
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Maybe we stop calling this an “immigration crackdown” and start referring to the policy as ethnic cleansing.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I think reading the article makes pretty clear these were bribes. In short, he accepted money from unnamed sources and there is no evidence of doing work.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Really feel like “earned” should be in quotes here.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Have you ever spoken to a MAGA person? Stupid is extremely generous.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
ICE is lying. Go figure
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
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Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We really need people in student affairs who think Muslims don’t belong in western civilization or that racism doesn’t exist?
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Did this study consider that the evidence seems to suggest that they have the causality backwards? It seems that those with higher levels of psychological problems are more likely to self medicate? Or was the study funded by alcohol companies?
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Writing workshops have become a regular part of my courses. Writing shouldn’t really be an isolated solo activity.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
A reminder that the “client list” has always been a baseless conspiracy theory. It was popular because idiots across the political spectrum could speculate about who was on it.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
This happens a lot. Correction officers are not very competent. I believe he killed himself for two reasons - he was facing life in prison and there is zero evidence otherwise.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
And just so we are all clear there never was an EV mandate. This nonsense gets laundered into the public because it’s part of something else ridiculous.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
If someone can identify the cost of someone’s jeans, I reflexively don’t trust them, but in this case I’m pretty sure the entire premise is made up.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Me too. The bill has enough cosponsors. The problem is leadership. Scutari needs to go!
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
How about something realistic like getting our state to pass the Immigrant Trust Act.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
They have done this repeatedly. Have you ever read the NYTimes?? Also, it doesn’t matter.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Inaccuracies, vagueness, and logical problems are more important than the grammatical errors here.
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Make the Road New Jersey 🦋 @maketheroadnj.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Newark Fire has arrived at Delaney Hall to conduct an inspection but, just like Mayor @rasjbaraka, they haven’t been allowed in. @GeoGroup is putting everyone’s life in the ICE jail in danger. Immigrant detention is ripe with abuse, unsafe conditions & human rights violations.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I’m not sure I buy this. Maybe it’s just insurance fraud.
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Math is hard for Elon www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/u...
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DOGE Is Far Short of Its Goal, and Still Overstating Its Progress
Elon Musk now says his group will produce only 15 percent of the savings it promised. But even that estimate is inflated with errors and guesswork.
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Erin Cunningham @erinmcunningham.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Days before ICE detained Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk, the State Dept. determined that the Trump administration had not produced evidence showing she engaged in antisemitic activities or made public statements supporting a terrorist organization. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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No evidence linking Tufts student to antisemitism or terrorism, State Dept. office found
An internal memo, prepared before Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by ICE, raises doubts about the Trump administration’s claims that she supports Hamas.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I think Eric is talking about his childhood trauma. Hope he has a good therapist.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 03/04/2025
Shame on the Trump admin for abandoning a long standing bipartisan policy to support both people's health and political stability around the world.
  Contraception is essential medical care. Ripping it away puts millions of women at risk. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/h...
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Trump Aid Cuts End Contraception Access for Millions of Women
The United States was a key supplier of contraceptives in many developing countries. The Trump administration has ended that support.
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It’s way dumber than you think: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
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Ben Shapiro's Bootstrappy Plan To Solve Poverty
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 04/13/2023 · Subscribers Only · 48m
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/04/2025
A Maryland man who was in the U.S. legally was deported to El Salvador and imprisoned there because of an “administrative error,” Trump administration officials said in a court filing on Monday. The man has lived in the U.S. since 2019 and his wife and 5-year-old child are both U.S. citizens.
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U.S. Says Deportation of Maryland Man Was an ‘Administrative Error’
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who was in the U.S. legally, is now in prison in El Salvador, and federal courts have no jurisdiction to order his release, the Trump administration said in a court filin...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/04/2025
Some 1,900 leading researchers accused the Trump administration in an open letter on Monday of conducting a “wholesale assault on U.S. science” that could set back research by decades and that threatens the health and safety of Americans.
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Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say
Nearly 2,000 scientists urged that Congress restore funding to federal agencies decimated by recent cuts.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 30/03/2025
A veteran who returned injured from Iraq continued serving by working for the VA. She now faces a crisis at home, after the Department of Government Efficiency’s cuts targeted her job. nyti.ms/4hN4q8d
Joy Marver, in a green hoodie, standing in front of the American flag. Text reads: "'It's like being erased out of thin air.' Joy Marver spent 22 years in service to the U.S. government before being fired and locked out of her office at the Department of Veterans Affairs." Photo by Erin Schaff/The New York Times
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Satire (sort of)
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/to-...
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To Increase Government Efficiency, Every Federal Employee Must Write an Email No One Will Read
“Billionaire Elon Musk issued an ultimatum to federal employees Saturday, saying in a post on his social media platform X that employees must respo...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 19/03/2025
"It is urgent ... to organize ourselves to welcome talents who would like or need to leave the United States."
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Top researchers ousted by Trump poised to be poached by Europe: report
President Donald Trump's purge of U.S. government staff could soon pay dividends — for other countries. According to Politico, a group of countries in the European Union have hatched a plan to poach o...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 19/03/2025
"I don't regret the vote."
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'Don't regret the vote': Trump fan doubles down on MAGA even after ICE arrests wife
A man who voted for Donald Trump claims he doesn't regret his decision, even though the president's mass deportation order has threatened to tear his family apart, Newsweek reported.Bradley Bartell's ...
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Elon is whining that people hate him and he doesn’t understand why. Here’s one reason: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. (Gift Article)
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 17/03/2025
Two legal immigrants who flew into Boston Logan International Airport have been denied re-entry into the United States after traveling abroad. One was deported in apparent defiance of a judicial order.
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2 separate cases place the immigration lens on Boston
Two legal immigrants who flew into Boston Logan International Airport have been denied re-entry into the United States after traveling abroad. One was deported in apparent defiance of a judicial order...
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jdowd.bsky.social @jdowd.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
MAGA is about who they hate, not who they love. The former is just far more important to them now.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13/03/2025
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has repeatedly posted error-filled data, inflating its success. But after news reports called out those mistakes, the group obscured some details. Here are some errors the The New York Times was still able to detect. nyti.ms/3RbGujW
Elon Musk is wearing a blazer and a T-shirt, shown from the torso up. Text reads: "DOGE Makes Its Latest Errors Harder to Find" Photo by Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Sloppy sloppy but @fahrenthold.bsky.social is on the case
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