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Jackie Frank

@jmfrank.bsky.social
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Retired journalist with Reuters 30+ who writes, kayaks, travels and is a lucky Grandma to three. All views are my own. No DMs unless I know you.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Pritzker: 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.
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Jeff.L @jefflockard.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The US side. Mexico is taking a different approach.
Colorful murals on the Mexico side of the US border fence.Colorful murals on the Mexico side of the US border fence.Colorful murals on the Mexico side of the US border fence.Colorful murals on the Mexico side of the US border fence.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
And it won’t be boring black.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Now, 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.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
There 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.
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Save VOA @savevoa.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
On 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 👂
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The Power of Shortwave Radio. And, What Gets Lost with Voice of America? | On the Media | WNYC Studios
This 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...
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Always more colorful. Probably playing some good music too
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Amtrak 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.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
That’s a lot of blood from one nose
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Are they painting the US side or the side in Mexico? 🤭
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
What is it called when government owns the means of production again?
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
They are painting it on the US side
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Oddly, this gives me a lot of hope
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 20/08/2025
President 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
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Trump Wants to Paint Border Wall Black So It’s Too Hot to Touch
President 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.
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 19/08/2025
www.businessinsider.com/corporate-ba...
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US bankruptcies are surging past 2020 pandemic levels
Markets are rising and the economy is on solid footing, but corporate bankruptcies jumped to their highest level since 2020 in July.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
There 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.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/08/2025
In @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.
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Opinion | The Mind-Boggling Intrusiveness of Donald J. Trump
The president is driving the tentacles of the federal government deep into the nation’s economy, culture and legal system.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Windmilld have been fine in Holland for hundreds of years. Can’t we at least be as modern as the Dutch?
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Actually, you’d have to go right into the Wash Post newsroom.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
This 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.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
What happened to their rallying cry of states’ rights?
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
What is the sound of 12 million people in the streets if there is no media coverage?
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Takoma 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.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
How many Trump opponents have killed others over politics?
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Looks like someone went into thrift stores and bought tasteless castoffs.
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John Palfrey @palfrey.org · 19/08/2025
Joining 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...
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The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
George Will : As flaccid as a boned fish, Donald Trump crumpled quicker than even Vladimir Putin probably anticipated. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Now it is the Old World’s turn to rescue the United States
As Trump met with European leaders on Ukraine, Churchill’s words from days long ago came to mind.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 19/08/2025
President 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...
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AmeriCorps is under siege. What happens in the communities it serves? • Ohio Capital Journal
President 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…
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 19/08/2025
French President Macron tells @kristenwelker.bsky.social that any deal with Russia must allow Ukraine to live in peace.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
They need a hostage negotiator to deal with the Republicans.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Is 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...
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Top Air Force general to exit in Hegseth’s latest shake-up of Pentagon
Gen. 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.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Why 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...
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Protesters Against National Guard Deployment Flood D.C. Streets
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Jim Crow 2025
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Indivisible 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...
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 18/08/2025
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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When you strip away humanity
YouTube video by Josh Johnson
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Chris⚖️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]
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 18/08/2025
GOOD TWEET. GOOD MOOD. FIGHT.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has posted statement saying: “American soldiers and airmen policing American citizens on American soil is UnAmerican”
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Remember threat levels? Those were the days - when you needed the possibility of real harm to bring out the guns
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Looked 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 👀
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Looked 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 👀
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Europe 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...
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European leaders to join Zelenskiy for Washington talks as Trump presses peace deal
The 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.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push - www.reuters.com/world/us/ove...
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Over 300 protests held Saturday against Trump redistricting push
Pro-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.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
And the storm troopers are commandeering all the good spots. I bet they don’t pay the meters.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
It’s a crime how little public parking there is in the areas they are patrolling.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
None west of Rock Creek or east of the Anacostia River.
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Would never know about it if you only read the Post. Not a word or photo
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Where did this happen? Can you post a link to the go fund me?
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Jackie Frank @jmfrank.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
If you missed this one, there will be another. Keep track here: mobilize.us
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Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · Mobilize
Create change in your community. Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, and fundraisers in your local area, organized by charities, campaigns, political organizations, grassroots groups, and...
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