Jodi Breckenridge Petit
@jodibp.bsky.social
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Debate and discourse; Democrat; interested in education (on the school board), national security; and science; Jayhawk.
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The great journalists at @propublica.org did the hard work to compile a list of US citizens who have been detained by ICE.
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
Kristi Noem is a liar.
And a sadist (remember her CECOT glamor shots?)
And a fool.
And a puppy killer.
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
"The people whose potential involvement in Trump’s attempt to cheat his donors is newly disclosed should be screaming at Chuck Grassley rather than what he disclosed. B/c he['s] exposed a great deal of new info useful for researchers." @emptywheel.bsky.social www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/30/f...
Follow the Money: Chuck Grassley Doxes the Entire Far Right - emptywheel
In an attempt to do a Twitter Files dump on Jack Smith's January 6 investigation, Chuck Grassley exposed very personal details of the far right political establishment, in the process identifying peop...
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None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"
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A three-star general serving on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff has been pushed out of his position following months of sustained tensions with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to people familiar with the matter. https://cnn.it/47fz601
Hundreds of women allege sexual abuse at UK army medicals over five decades
Hundreds of women allege sexual abuse at UK army medicals over five decades
Wiltshire police leading investigation into allegations about enlistment examinations between the 1970s and 2016
Hundreds of women have come forward to allege sexual abuse took place during British army medical examinations over five decades.
Police are investigating claims of abuse at various army locations in the UK, and officers believe a number of alleged perpetrators may be involved. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
President #Zelenskyy vows harder, better, faster, stronger strikes on russian oil facilities
by Veronika Melkozerova
Ukraine's president also wants the EU to step up by unlocking moscow's frozen assets to help Kyiv.
www.politico.eu/article/volo...
by Veronika Melkozerova
Ukraine's president also wants the EU to step up by unlocking moscow's frozen assets to help Kyiv.
www.politico.eu/article/volo...
Zelenskyy vows harder, better, faster, stronger strikes on Russian oil facilities
Ukraine’s president also wants the EU to step up by unlocking Moscow’s frozen assets to help Kyiv.
www.politico.eu
New from me: I’ve been asked a lot, and I finally had time to put together a short explainer for both the legal and tactical considerations of Trump’s strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific.
Unlocked for everyone.
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Unlocked for everyone.
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Thoughts on Military Strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific | Angry Staffer
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Hegseth announces 14 dead in Pacific military strike on alleged drug boats - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/venezuela-26...
American terrorism on the high seas
American terrorism on the high seas
Hegseth announces 14 dead in Pacific military strike on alleged drug boats
President Donald Trump authorized three more strikes late Monday night that killed 14 people the administration claims were suspected of trafficking narcotics to the United States.Defense Secretary Pe...
www.rawstory.com
For Serbia’s autocratic leader, President Vučić, delegitimizing any and all sources of opposition has become a top priority. Here’s how pro-democracy forces have fought to pierce his veil of legitimacy: https://www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/leave-the-door-open-for-defectors
Leave the door open for defectors
Serbia shows how backlash to corruption can swell pro-democracy movements
www.ifyoucankeepit.org
The paperback edition of #OnFreedom is out today. It preserves a positive argument about how to build a better country and has been updated to account for what has happened in 2025.
timothysnyder.org/on-freedom
timothysnyder.org/on-freedom
In October, 'Washington Post' editorials fail to disclose Bezos interests
My story for NPR
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
My story for NPR
www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
www.npr.org