Reposted by Jackie FrankAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story. 11575512417325
Reposted by Jackie FrankJeff.L @jefflockard.bsky.social · 25/08/2025The US side. Mexico is taking a different approach. 2234
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Now, I am afraid of getting run over by kids in vehicles too heavy for our streets, caught in crossfire between Guard, Police and ICE, and ulcers and nausea from seeing this in our city. 051
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025There are really only 2 words to respond to him. Guess. Well, 2 more: “Grow some.” This from one of those aging folks who has lived in the DC area longer than he has been alive. Never have I ever felt unsafe and I have walked, driven and shopped in all quadrants at all times, day and night. 152
Reposted by Jackie FrankSave VOA @savevoa.bsky.social · 24/08/2025On this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social with @brookegladstone.bsky.social & @micahloewinger.bsky.social, a history of VOA and how it’s been politicized. Plus, hear why Russia, China, and Iran are celebrating. Listen to the podcast by @wnyc.org Studios 👂wnycstudios.orgThe Power of Shortwave Radio. And, What Gets Lost with Voice of America? | On the Media | WNYC StudiosThis month, the director of Voice of America is being forced out in the latest of many moves to dismantle the state broadcasting service. On this week’s On the Media, a history of the... 02813
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Always more colorful. Probably playing some good music too 031
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Amtrak train arrived at 10 pm tonight. I took Metro to Silver Spring - with 2 bags and a purse. Walked six blocks through downtown and, just as expected, arrived home safe and sound. Enjoyed the outdoor music downtown too. 011
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Are they painting the US side or the side in Mexico? 🤭 322
Reposted by Jackie FrankGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/08/2025What is it called when government owns the means of production again? 44556031266
Reposted by Jackie FrankBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 20/08/2025President Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop migrants from crossing because it’ll be too hot to touch, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noembloom.bgTrump Wants to Paint Border Wall Black So It’s Too Hot to TouchPresident Donald Trump has ordered the entire southern border wall to be painted black to stop migrants from crossing because it’ll be too hot to touch, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. 376414161
Reposted by Jackie FrankSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 19/08/2025www.businessinsider.com/corporate-ba...businessinsider.comUS bankruptcies are surging past 2020 pandemic levelsMarkets are rising and the economy is on solid footing, but corporate bankruptcies jumped to their highest level since 2020 in July. 13221113
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025There is a solution. Trump can go to Russia. He can be prime minister. They already do all the things he likes: jail political enemies, love oligarchs, tough police on the streets, strict immigration, lots of planes and bombs. And if they need golf courses and resorts, he’s their man. 000
Reposted by Jackie FrankThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/08/2025In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Donald Trump’s interventions and intrusions “reveal a presidency determined to expand executive reach into virtually every sphere of national life,” Thomas Edsall writes.nyti.msOpinion | The Mind-Boggling Intrusiveness of Donald J. TrumpThe president is driving the tentacles of the federal government deep into the nation’s economy, culture and legal system. 3614543
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Windmilld have been fine in Holland for hundreds of years. Can’t we at least be as modern as the Dutch? 000
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Actually, you’d have to go right into the Wash Post newsroom. 110
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025This is only one anecdote, but I once left my purse on a bench on the Mall and when I went back 30 min latrr, it was still there. Anyone else have similar incidents when crime did not occur? There is crime, but it is not rampant. 000
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025What happened to their rallying cry of states’ rights? 040
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025What is the sound of 12 million people in the streets if there is no media coverage? 260
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Takoma Park, Md is Rep Jamie Raskin’s district. Looking forward to him doing something about this incursion. Tacoma Park, Md starts across the street from Tacoma Park, DC. If they were a mile into Md. that is quite a distance. 2437
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025How many Trump opponents have killed others over politics? 000
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Looks like someone went into thrift stores and bought tasteless castoffs. 140
Reposted by Jackie FrankJohn Palfrey @palfrey.org · 19/08/2025Joining with our friends @knightfoundation.org and others in a new philanthropic effort to help stabilize, support, and revitalize public media. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...nytimes.comThe Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations 624489
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025George Will : As flaccid as a boned fish, Donald Trump crumpled quicker than even Vladimir Putin probably anticipated. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | Now it is the Old World’s turn to rescue the United StatesAs Trump met with European leaders on Ukraine, Churchill’s words from days long ago came to mind. 010
Reposted by Jackie FrankOhio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 19/08/2025President Trump in April abruptly canceled nearly $400 million in active AmeriCorps grants across the United States that fund volunteers who embed in communities, in exchange for a small stipend and education award. Here's what's happened since. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/18/r...ohiocapitaljournal.comAmeriCorps is under siege. What happens in the communities it serves? • Ohio Capital JournalPresident Trump in April abruptly canceled nearly $400 million in active AmeriCorps grants across the United States that fund volunteers who embed in communities, in exchange for a small stipend and… 13021
Reposted by Jackie FrankNBC News @nbcnews.com · 19/08/2025French President Macron tells @kristenwelker.bsky.social that any deal with Russia must allow Ukraine to live in peace. 741327300
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025They need a hostage negotiator to deal with the Republicans. 001
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Is the idea to get rid of all the officers who actually know how to fight a war- and prevent wars worldwide —and replace them withTrump flunkies who will concentrate on internal US policing? www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...washingtonpost.comTop Air Force general to exit in Hegseth’s latest shake-up of PentagonGen. David Allvin will retire halfway through his four-year term, becoming the most recent senior military official to be forced out by the Trump administration. 000
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Why did the WashingtonPost have NO story on the Saturday protests? I’m gifting you the NYTimes - doing a better job of covering DC than our local paper. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/16/u...nytimes.comProtesters Against National Guard Deployment Flood D.C. Streets 131
Reposted by Jackie FrankMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Jim Crow 2025 40747371754
Reposted by Jackie FrankIndivisible MoCoWoMen 💪 ❌🤴 @indivmocowomen.bsky.social · 19/08/2025@indivmocowomen.bsky.social is so excited to welcome you to Silver Spring, MD on 9/18/25. Join Us! bit.ly/WeAreAmerica... 054
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 18/08/2025youtube.com/shorts/sAmcu...youtube.comWhen you strip away humanityYouTube video by Josh Johnson 000
Reposted by Jackie FrankChris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 17/08/2025💥 ICE Brutalizes High-Profile Female TikToker Who Documents Raids. Sends her to Hospital after putting their knee on her neck, in the same way George Floyd was murdered. [source below] 30201159
Reposted by Jackie FrankOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18/08/2025GOOD TWEET. GOOD MOOD. FIGHT. 511144554073
Reposted by Jackie FrankScott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 18/08/2025DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has posted statement saying: “American soldiers and airmen policing American citizens on American soil is UnAmerican” 20684682210
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Remember threat levels? Those were the days - when you needed the possibility of real harm to bring out the guns 000
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Looked like a normal Sunday brunch day. I drove through a good swathe of DC NW, NE, SE on errands etc. No patrols, no military vehicles, just one guy pulled over by a cop on upper 16th St NW. Is the show over? Was it too hot (95) to be out in that gear? Or were they pulled back so EU leaders won’t 👀 000
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Looked like a normal Sunday brunch day. I drove through a good swathe of DC NW, NE, SE on errands etc. No patrols, no military vehicles, just one guy pulled over by a cop on upper 16th St NW. Is the show over? Was it too hot (95) to be out in that gear? Or were they pulled back so EU leaders won’t 👀 020
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Europe will get a first-hand look at Trump’s militarization. European leaders to join Zelenskiy in face-off with Trump over Ukraine - www.reuters.com/world/europe...reuters.comEuropean leaders to join Zelenskiy for Washington talks as Trump presses peace dealThe heads of Britain, Italy, Finland and France will join Ukraine's president who is under U.S. pressure to accept a quick deal to end Russia's war on terms that would be hugely difficult to accept. 000
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push - www.reuters.com/world/us/ove...reuters.comOver 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting pushPro-democracy activists and labor groups held hundreds of rallies and other events across the United States on Saturday protesting the Trump administration's push for Texas to redraw its congressional map in favor of Republicans. 010
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025And the storm troopers are commandeering all the good spots. I bet they don’t pay the meters. 030
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025It’s a crime how little public parking there is in the areas they are patrolling. 120
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025None west of Rock Creek or east of the Anacostia River. 010
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Would never know about it if you only read the Post. Not a word or photo 151
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Where did this happen? Can you post a link to the go fund me? 000
Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 16/08/2025If you missed this one, there will be another. Keep track here: mobilize.usmobilize.usVolunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · MobilizeCreate change in your community. Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, and fundraisers in your local area, organized by charities, campaigns, political organizations, grassroots groups, and... 020