Jane French
@janefrench.bsky.social
Writer, caregiver, advocate for low-income older adults.
this is now normalized for every kid. i grew up with Nixon, but at least the adults in my life didn't sit on their hands and let me model him.
Trump: "Instead of pardons, some of my more enthusiastic staffers were already drafting the paperwork to ship Gobble and Waddle straight to the Terrorist Confinement Center in El Salvador."
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
this is now normalized for every kid. i grew up with Nixon, but at least the adults in my life didn't sit on their hands and let me model him.
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The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
Paywalled, but the headline tells it like it is: "After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right?" Re-upping my take: A woman hasn't been raped until a man says she's been raped. Practically any man will do. Has to be a man, though. Women don't count.
If we’re going to become a nation that truly protects children, that truly values women, that truly protects its citizens from harm, we have to stop giving a pass to sexual abusers, writes Heidi Stevens.
Heidi Stevens: After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right?
If we’re going to become a nation that truly protects children and women, we have to stop giving a pass to sexual abusers, writes Heidi Stevens.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Paywalled, but the headline tells it like it is: "After Trump’s ‘Quiet, piggy’ moment, we’re done asking why survivors don’t come forward, right?" Re-upping my take: A woman hasn't been raped until a man says she's been raped. Practically any man will do. Has to be a man, though. Women don't count.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
got a teeny tiny perfect miiiiiiicro for you all today from Catherine Rockwood!!
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This is both evergreen and specific.
What a complete shit show.
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is both evergreen and specific.
This makes my head hurt.
Trump: "Gaza -- while it looks a little bit messy, it has for many many years, decades, but it's getting very close to being perfected."
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 AM
This makes my head hurt.
Impossible not to get excited or feel like a kid seeing one of these go by at night.
Tickets for the decorated trains trains — which feature holiday characters and treats — cost $10 each and must be purchased in advance on Metra’s website.
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Metra holiday train tickets go on sale today
Tickets for the decorated trains trains — which feature holiday characters and treats — cost $10 each and must be purchased in advance on Metra's website.
trib.al
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Impossible not to get excited or feel like a kid seeing one of these go by at night.
50% of people over 90 have dementia. There are several types, depending on the part of the brain affected. This: "We cannot build enough bricks and mortar … separate memory care communities to meet the needs of those living with dementia, so we have to be more expansive in our thinking."
Some senior living communities are caring for people with dementia alongside other residents, not segregated behind locked doors. n.pr/4r59PgR
Dementia housing without locked wards? It's a small but growing movement
Some senior living communities are caring for people with dementia alongside other residents, not segregated behind locked doors.
n.pr
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
50% of people over 90 have dementia. There are several types, depending on the part of the brain affected. This: "We cannot build enough bricks and mortar … separate memory care communities to meet the needs of those living with dementia, so we have to be more expansive in our thinking."
The writing mantra I needed this morning: "Part of me does not give a shit if I’m published or if the play goes on; it’s really just to write again." www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
Is Lewis Black Actually Saying Goodbye to Comedy?
The longtime rage maestro of ‘The Daily Show’ raised alarms when he announced he was retiring from the road. But he assures us he’s not ill—just sick and tired of certain bullshit.
www.esquire.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The writing mantra I needed this morning: "Part of me does not give a shit if I’m published or if the play goes on; it’s really just to write again." www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
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NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, @revdrmichaelwoolf.bsky.social tells me he has "bruises all over my body."
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...
This IS real. I checked homeland security's feed. Our government is wrong and the fact that they post at middle-school level (with apologies to middle-schoolers), makes it even more wrong.
This is real. Our govt is Tweeting like a 14 year old and calling Americans imbecilic morons. We worry about children being bullied but this is the example set by the U.S. GOVERNMENT. This is so shameful. I’m embarrassed for any of you that think this is okay or make excuses for it.
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
This IS real. I checked homeland security's feed. Our government is wrong and the fact that they post at middle-school level (with apologies to middle-schoolers), makes it even more wrong.
As long as he makes money for certain media outlets, he'll be granted air-time to spread this poison.
For blood-and-soil nationalists like JD Vance, there is a “Higher Truth” that overrides all else: The “homeland” is under siege, overrun with enemies who “poison the blood.” Nothing else matters. He certainly doesn’t feel bound by facts, evidence, honesty, norms, or even laws.
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
As long as he makes money for certain media outlets, he'll be granted air-time to spread this poison.
Mark your calendar: CBS Sunday Morning and @brian-goldstone.bsky.social
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Mark your calendar: CBS Sunday Morning and @brian-goldstone.bsky.social
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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Yes, that is as Kafkaesque as it seems; the BIA is saying that a child adjudicated to be abused, abandoned, and neglected, who has already been approved for a status that will permit the child to get a green card, should nonetheless be deported instead — because of backlogs outside of their control.
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yes, that is as Kafkaesque as it seems; the BIA is saying that a child adjudicated to be abused, abandoned, and neglected, who has already been approved for a status that will permit the child to get a green card, should nonetheless be deported instead — because of backlogs outside of their control.
You just know that gum they are all chomping, chomping is nicorette.
Crowd singing “Which side are you on?” as state troopers grab another protester.
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
You just know that gum they are all chomping, chomping is nicorette.
Can't recall who said this back in the day: Health, Education, and Welfare are the real national defense.
A reminder that the crises routinely treated as separate—housing, food, climate, healthcare, electricity—are anything but.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Can't recall who said this back in the day: Health, Education, and Welfare are the real national defense.
"We faced some headwinds during this shutdown. For instance, there was all this momentum for our party’s new, progressive, affordability-minded candidates. That was really hard for us to ignore, but we eventually did."
"Here’s the kicker: We even got them to agree not to pass the healthcare subsidies that we’ve been working for. You know, the ones average Americans rely on. Here’s how we did it: We asked, then they said, 'No way,' and then we said, 'Okay.' That’s how you win."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/gre...
Great News: We Got Them to Agree to Their Own Deal
“Eight senators in the Democratic caucus broke with the party late Sunday to vote with Republicans and advance legislation to end the government sh...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"We faced some headwinds during this shutdown. For instance, there was all this momentum for our party’s new, progressive, affordability-minded candidates. That was really hard for us to ignore, but we eventually did."
Here in DuPage County IL, "attainability" is used by developers/owners re micro-units. It's a BS word, of course. Up is down when one signs the initial lease on a 350 sq ft apt. Baked into the developers' biz models are annual, un-absorbable rent hikes.
American Landmark owns roughly 34,000 housing units across the US. Rent increases and tenant displacement are key to its business model. Its parent company is one of Israel's biggest employers, and has touted its ties to the IDF even during the genocide. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Eviction Kings
One of Israel’s biggest companies is taking over huge swaths of US real estate—and tenants are paying the price.
www.thenation.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Here in DuPage County IL, "attainability" is used by developers/owners re micro-units. It's a BS word, of course. Up is down when one signs the initial lease on a 350 sq ft apt. Baked into the developers' biz models are annual, un-absorbable rent hikes.
Aging nicely, unfortunately.
Paraphrasing John Boehner when, after he left the house, he was asked about the always promised, but never materializing GOP healthcare plans: (Laughed hard) Plan!? Republicans don't have a healthcare plan!!
REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?
MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.
(So, no plan)
MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.
(So, no plan)
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Aging nicely, unfortunately.
Follow the money. This administration won't intervene to regulate a cash cow.
“It’s not competition. It’s more like collusion. They don’t care about price.” More health systems, doctor groups, and insurers are merging into giants. The Trump administration may not be willing or able to intervene. ⤵️
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...
As Health Companies Get Bigger, So Do the Bills. It’s Unclear if Trump’s Team Will Intervene. - KFF Health News
As health systems, doctor groups, and insurers merge into ever-bigger giants, patient care gets more expensive. Yet the Trump administration has sent mixed signals about its willingness to intervene —...
kffhealthnews.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Follow the money. This administration won't intervene to regulate a cash cow.
SNAP benefit update: When asked in 1933 why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton replied, “Because that's where the money is.” If you think you see someone shoplifting food at the grocery store, no you didn't. Keep shopping.
November 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
SNAP benefit update: When asked in 1933 why he robbed banks, Willie Sutton replied, “Because that's where the money is.” If you think you see someone shoplifting food at the grocery store, no you didn't. Keep shopping.
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As we look toward 2026, we need more book club members. Join up now for a year of book mail and, while we have them, a free t-shirt.
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2026 Book Club — Malarkey
Buy a year’s worth of books and zines with the Malarkey Book Club. In 2026 you’ll get copies of: The Walls Are Closing In On Us , a novel by Joshua Trent Brown Terrestrial , a novella by Suzy...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
As we look toward 2026, we need more book club members. Join up now for a year of book mail and, while we have them, a free t-shirt.
malarkeybooks.com/store/2026bo...
malarkeybooks.com/store/2026bo...
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Order one on Will's site, or hop one on of his last tours of the season & grab one there. www.brickofchicago.com
Brick of Chicago
Brick is beautiful. At Brick of Chicago you can see pictures of beautiful bricks and brick walls and learn more about brick wall patterns.
www.brickofchicago.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Order one on Will's site, or hop one on of his last tours of the season & grab one there. www.brickofchicago.com