@JanelleAnthro
@janelleanthro.bsky.social
Applied medical anthropologist. #GlobalPublicHealth #SociologyofLaw. Supporting research in gerontology & geriatric medicine. Disaster preparedness mindset.
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Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sort of gives away the lie that they're arresting hardened criminals who are drags on society when they're setting up traps to lure in Good Samaritans
One Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, voted for it — down from the four who backed the earlier effort. He was pardoned for corruption by Trump two months ago. www.politico.com/live-updates...
House passes GOP elections overhaul
The SAVE America Act faces a filibuster roadblock in the Senate even as conservatives seek out workarounds.
www.politico.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:26 PM
One Democrat, Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas, voted for it — down from the four who backed the earlier effort. He was pardoned for corruption by Trump two months ago. www.politico.com/live-updates...
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NO to the Save Act…
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
NO to the Save Act…
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Another reason to oppose Trump’s attempt to take over elections through the SAVE Act.
February 13, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Another reason to oppose Trump’s attempt to take over elections through the SAVE Act.
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You need to know about the SAVE Act, which recently passed in the House.
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
February 14, 2026 at 8:06 PM
You need to know about the SAVE Act, which recently passed in the House.
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
So here's a crash course from reporter Ari Berman on how the sweeping voter restriction bill could disenfranchise millions of Americans
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Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.
February 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Thirty years of concern. Never enough courage.
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We'll never know how many lives the ordinary people of Minnesota saved.
February 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
We'll never know how many lives the ordinary people of Minnesota saved.
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Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen:
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen:
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
"We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
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Very much this, but also broader. All sorts of education - gender/ethnic studies, social sciences, natural sciences, literature, history, philosophy - teach people to think in ways that don’t serve the purposes of the powerful.
Eliminating gender studies courses helps to ensure that universities and other institutions will continue to protect men who benefit from the abuse of women and girls, either directly or through their connections to those who exploit girls and women for profit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gender studies courses are shutting down across the US. The Epstein files reveal why | Joan Wallach Scott
Texas A&M University is the latest school to end women’s and gender studies programs and teaching race. We know why
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Very much this, but also broader. All sorts of education - gender/ethnic studies, social sciences, natural sciences, literature, history, philosophy - teach people to think in ways that don’t serve the purposes of the powerful.
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Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
February 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Hegseth to US military: if you get into MIT, we won't let you attend because of the risk that you will be exposed to ideas hostile to MAGA when you study there.
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It’s official: Republicans have let funding for FEMA, TSA and the Coast Guard lapse.
Rather than work with House Democrats on commonsense reforms to ICE, Republicans have chosen to SHUT DOWN the entire Department of Homeland Security.
Rather than work with House Democrats on commonsense reforms to ICE, Republicans have chosen to SHUT DOWN the entire Department of Homeland Security.
February 14, 2026 at 1:34 PM
It’s official: Republicans have let funding for FEMA, TSA and the Coast Guard lapse.
Rather than work with House Democrats on commonsense reforms to ICE, Republicans have chosen to SHUT DOWN the entire Department of Homeland Security.
Rather than work with House Democrats on commonsense reforms to ICE, Republicans have chosen to SHUT DOWN the entire Department of Homeland Security.
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“But Josh, aren’t schools and libraries secondary to the fight for democracy, not actually part of it?”
whyy.org/articles/sta...
whyy.org/articles/sta...
State Dept. orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications
Pennsylvania Reps. Madeleine Dean and John Joyce have proposed bipartisan legislation that would allow nonprofit public libraries to continue to serve as passport acceptance.
whyy.org
February 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
“But Josh, aren’t schools and libraries secondary to the fight for democracy, not actually part of it?”
whyy.org/articles/sta...
whyy.org/articles/sta...
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Just 4 days until early voting starts in Texas (Feb 17). Do you have a plan to vote? 👊🏽
Visit: iWillVote.com
Visit: iWillVote.com
February 14, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Just 4 days until early voting starts in Texas (Feb 17). Do you have a plan to vote? 👊🏽
Visit: iWillVote.com
Visit: iWillVote.com
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Here’s the point: ICE agents lie about their use of violence because they believe they can do so with impunity...For ICE agents to believe they will be protected by supervisors, the rot within the agency must be pervasive. It is time to dismantle ICE and start over. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
Homeland Security asks social media companies to identify users that criticize ICE.
February 14, 2026
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Here’s the point: ICE agents lie about their use of violence because they believe they can do so with impunity...For ICE agents to believe they will be protected by supervisors, the rot within the agency must be pervasive. It is time to dismantle ICE and start over. open.substack.com/pub/roberthu...
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The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world. #BlackHistory2026
#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
February 14, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The extraordinary story of an unjustly forgotten group of Black men in Pittsburgh who became the first paramedics in America, saving lives and changing the course of emergency medicine around the world. #BlackHistory2026
#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
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Despite President Donald Trump insisting it’s foreign businesses paying for his raft of tariffs, mounting data indicates that, actually, American households and businesses are footing the bill for his import taxes. https://bit.ly/3MxlDsJ
New York Fed economists confirm that Americans are the ones footing the bill for 90% Trump’s tariffs | Fortune
The president has insisted other countries are paying for his import taxes. American companies and consumers are telling a different story.
bit.ly
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Despite President Donald Trump insisting it’s foreign businesses paying for his raft of tariffs, mounting data indicates that, actually, American households and businesses are footing the bill for his import taxes. https://bit.ly/3MxlDsJ
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I've slept a bit on this other than a few posts, but one of the most brazen things happening in state governments right now is that the Kentucky GOP is trying to impeach a liberal justice (and the first/only Black woman to join the court) because of a vote she took last year they don't like.
February 14, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I've slept a bit on this other than a few posts, but one of the most brazen things happening in state governments right now is that the Kentucky GOP is trying to impeach a liberal justice (and the first/only Black woman to join the court) because of a vote she took last year they don't like.
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The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
February 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
The commander in chief telling troops who they have to vote for is itself a presidency ending impeachable scandal.
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My favorite thing was when NPR called Mass Deportation a Housing Policy Strategy for Trump.
February 14, 2026 at 6:23 PM
My favorite thing was when NPR called Mass Deportation a Housing Policy Strategy for Trump.
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Walter Cronkite spinning in his grave
February 14, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Walter Cronkite spinning in his grave
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Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped.
The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, but the administration has continued jailing people indefinitely.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. - www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Trump’s Claims About Noncitizens Voting Are False. We Can Prove It.
www.cato.org/commentary/t...
www.cato.org/commentary/t...
Trump’s Claims About Noncitizens Voting Are False. We Can Prove It.
A number of states have undertaken investigations into noncitizen voting, cross-checking voter rolls with citizenship status, and found it virtually nonexistent.
www.cato.org
February 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Trump’s Claims About Noncitizens Voting Are False. We Can Prove It.
www.cato.org/commentary/t...
www.cato.org/commentary/t...
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Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."