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Jen D-M

@jpdmath.bsky.social
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I try to follow the campsite rule, for work and life: Leave things better than you find them. Writing, editing, process and operations, giant TBR stacks, strong black coffee, long hikes, perfect Manhattans, slow running, garden dabbling. She/her/hers.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
taking a bite out of the pumice stone to assert dominance at the public bathhouse
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Don't believe her lies. Susan Collins is no "moderate" or "independent." A moderate doesn't vote with Trump 96% of the time.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We’re cutting it real close now, there are only 5 days left to get registered to vote!  Visit angienixon.com/vote to register to vote, find a voting location, and check the status of your registration. Make your plan to vote today! Change can’t wait. #AngieForFlorida
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the 59th death in ICE detention since Trump took office.
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i’m sorry, but i have to post this political ad
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026
I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Therrrre it is.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thomson Reuters, which owns news agency Reuters, has signed a $125M deal giving ICE access to its databases of personal data. USA Today has partnered with Palantir to gain "actionable intelligence" on its audiences. The media should be opponents of Trump's police state — not collaborators.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 14/10/2023
🌓🌎🌞 <-- lunar eclipse 
🌎🌓🌞 <-- solar eclipse 
🌎🌞🌗 <-- apocalypse
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 09/08/2026
if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Private equity is price gouging firefighters now. Yes, you read that right. Firefighters. Is this the most evil thing they've done yet?
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Marie 🇨🇦 @pawbaby2.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Trump’s latest target? Poor kids. He’s moving to gut Head Start by slashing federal standards opening the door to bigger class sizes, fewer qualified staff, weaker safety rules, and fewer meals and family services. #USDemocracy #RisingBlue apple.news/AjqFeF7mlS7i...
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Trump Moves to Gut Education and Meals for Low-Income Kids — The New Republic
The Trump administration is planning to deregulate Head Start.
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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
👀⚖️👇🏾
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
ICE has killed another person.
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El Salvadoran Man Held by ICE at Delaney Hall Dies, Family Says
The detainee had an extensive medical history, including epilepsy, according to a lawsuit. He had complained about his face and hand going numb just before his death, his mother said.
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Dominic @domoffinland.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
this guy gets it
Listen to this king at a Huntington City Council meeting on Flock Cameras:

"I'm not gonna waste your time, I'm kinda hungry, but one last thing. Every single Flock camera has about 2-3 lbs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold. Do with that information what you will."
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
theguardian.com
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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Grant Stern @grantstern.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appoints state AG Ashley Moody to the US Senate. She turns around and approves $10 million to Hope Florida, FRAUDULENTLY diverting money from Medicaid to a non-profit for his wife, Casey DeSantis, to spend on 2024 elections. www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/f...
cbsnews.com
Florida Senator Ashley Moody faces renewed scrutiny over her role in Hope Florida scandal
As Florida attorney general, it was Moody and her office that approved the diversion of $10 million of taxpayer money to the Hope Florida Foundation
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
The actual harsh truth about MAHA is that it is an anti-vaxx, anti-science, pro-diarrhea conspiracy movement. It cloaks its arguments in abstractions about "big pharma" and "free speech" to generate *the exact op-ed The Atlantic keeps publishing*. Movements like this need to be fought, not placated.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 22/07/2026
🚨 ICE just published their recent numbers and it's worse than we thought. JUNE: ICE and CBP took 43,138 people. That works out to 1,474 of our neighbors every single day. JULY: 65,765 people are now inside US concentration camps.
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ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data
NEW DATA ALERT 🚨 After months of data silence, ICE's new numbers show 65,765 people in immigration detention, deportations near 1,250 a day, and arrests now at 1,473 a day.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
🧊✈️ SEATTLE ⛓️😲 👉 Young men & boys in shackles are herded by hired thugs from a chartered Eastern 737 to a waiting bus, to be transported to GEO Group's Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington 👀
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/07/2026
This is nuts: "Trump Media has unveiled a paid-for, licensed data feed that will give banks ​& trading firms 'the fastest' access to posts from influential Truth Social ‌accounts Trump’s posts on the platform regularly move markets. High speed access to these could be very valuable to traders"
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Truth Social to sell Wall Street firms the ‘fastest’ access to Trump’s posts
President Donald Trump’s posts on the platform regularly move markets. High speed access to these could be very valuable to traders and investors.
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David Kurtz @davidkurtz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
The ICE shooting of an unarmed immigrant in Houston — who had lived in the United States for nearly 35 years, raised a family, and had no known prior run-ins with the law—has turned from deeply troubling to acutely tragic as new details of the incident emerged. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...
talkingpointsmemo.com
Grim New Details of Fatal ICE Shooting Make It Even Worse
A Case of Mistaken Identity The ICE shooting of an unarmed immigrant...
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Benn Jordan @bennjordan.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Oh cool, an Easter egg feature that traps you in a driverless car and kidnaps you when it's decided you've misbehaved. Imagine what a hacker group or ICE can do with this. The fact that this is even functionally possible is horrifying.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 08/07/2026
One year after President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill tightened eligibility for food aid, the number of Arizonans on food stamps has plummeted by half — a loss of nearly 500,000 people, including about 200,000 children, according to state data.
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Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill has cut food assistance for millions of Americans
SNAP benefits have plummeted by half in Arizona a year after President Donald Trump’s signature legislation.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/07/2026
An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🚨 HUGE ongoing surge of ICE arrests, with ICE directing 80% of all officers to go out into the field and round people up, aiming to hit 2,000 arrests a day; which would be more than during the Minneapolis surge. This may be why the nun in Texas got briefly picked up. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/u...
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Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Elon Musk’s DOGE cut the federal government’s screwworm monitoring program, which cost $15 million. Now, the Trump administration is preparing to spend $1 billion to combat the screwworm outbreak. Never forget how destructive and downright stupid DOGE was.
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Aaron van Dorn @aaronvandorn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It's wild that the media isn't 24/7 in on the entirely self-inflicted nature of this. It's not even like Trump is following some long held Republican orthodoxy. It's because he did insane shit that no one wanted.
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Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This was always coming. Always. And history tells us what will come next.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 01/06/2026
Discrimination based on gender identity or expression is illegal in New York City. Trans New Yorkers are protected by law. Our City will protect your rights, defend your humanity and stand beside you without hesitation.
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani Kicks Off Pride With “Trans Rights Are Human Rights” Campaign
The campaign will highlight existing protections for transgender and gender-nonconforming New Yorkers.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The money was always there for the good things.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 02/06/2026
This Pride Month let’s resolve to keep defending the civil rights and liberties of our LGBTQIA+ neighbors and of all Americans against authoritarian clampdown.

Happy Pride and keep pride in democracy.
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 14/05/2026
gwen does fantastic work as usual on some of the 401,000 trans people who’ve had to flee hostile territory in their own country in the past 18 months.
Poster which shows color photo scene of moving, a room with boxes and clothes sitting on the floor, a chair, and the end of a bed (white rails forming a headrest and a mattress with a red cover). The text of the poster is: "Impact (small logo top left)," "According to a new survey by the Movement Advancement Project, approximately 401,000 transgender people have relocated from one U.S. state to another since the 2024 presidential election." "The mass relocations in 2025 due to safety concerns, political conditions, and anti-trans laws nd policies have largely impacted conservative states across the country."
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is President Trump's envoy to Greenland, the man tasked with convincing them to join America and enjoy its deep commitment to democracy
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 07/05/2026
The number of kids who were placed in foster care because immigration agents detained or deported their parents increased by nearly 49% in the 2025 fiscal year. www.notus.org/immigration/trump-imm…
notus.org
Trump's Immigration Agenda Has Forced Hundreds of Kids Into Foster Care
Immigration agents detained their parents and left more than 200 kids to the foster system.
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The Washington Sun @washingtonsun.com · 06/05/2026
The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that it has shut down an office dedicated to exposing misconduct at immigration detention facilities.
notus.org
DHS Shuts Down Its Immigration Detention Watchdog
The department blamed Congress for the closure, arguing that the recently passed DHS funding bill caused the office to shut down.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/05/2026
clear goal of republicans in these states is to, in the words of carter glass, “eliminate every Negro voter who can be gotten rid of, legally, without materially impairing the numerical strength of the white electorate.”
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Jen D-M @jpdmath.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This is so easy
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a woman in a black dress says it-it-the-f-it-flam-flames
ALT: a woman in a black dress says it-it-the-f-it-flam-flames
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Our country is so fucked. Thank Christ we have people like Rep. Stansbury trying to fight her hardest for our nation.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/04/2026
NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment. By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser
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Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women
The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.
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Jen D-M @jpdmath.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
welp. UConn got outplayed there. Congrats to USC—fantastic defense. Will be rooting for them in the ‘ship. Not sure what’s going on with our coach, but not a great look…
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
A woman in Indiana who put off dental surgery because she can’t afford the copay. A Florida couple with young kids who are depleting their savings. A grandmother in Idaho who plans to sell her car to pay the rent. They are among about 50,000 TSA agents who’ll receive another $0 paycheck this week.
apnews.com
TSA officers share how they're scraping by without pay
Tens of thousands Transportation Security Administration officers are set to receive another $0 paycheck this week.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“In October 2025, both her SSI and Medicare benefits were halted, and she was told her immigration status was under review. Although Rakestraw was born in the U.S. and has never once traveled or lived outside the country, federal officials still raised questions about her legal status.”🤬
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?” High-speed rail! MRNA vaccines! New cancer treatments! Solar and wind energy collection! Better and longer-range EVs! That wood that's harder than steel! New apples! Fibermaxxing! Buldak Swicy ramen! Muppets! Muppets are too a technology, shut up!
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
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