Jayne Starkey
@jaynestarkey.bsky.social
Retired Widow Democrat Politics Trump added 7.8Trillion to debt his 1st term Climate Ukraine Women’s Rights Justice Truth Me/cfs STRESS KILLS🚫DM’s
Pinned
Very little discussion about this but 153 Dems joined MAGA to vote for HR 7006 to:
•Advance abortion restrictions
•Send $3.3B to Israel as they commit genocide
•Crushes Palestinian autonomy
•Ignores our healthcare
Here's who voted YEA & a script to call them out: www.qasimrashid.com/p/153-democr...
•Advance abortion restrictions
•Send $3.3B to Israel as they commit genocide
•Crushes Palestinian autonomy
•Ignores our healthcare
Here's who voted YEA & a script to call them out: www.qasimrashid.com/p/153-democr...
153 Democrats Vote Yes to Pass H.R. 7006
The truth behind this devastating bill to advance Trump's fascist agenda
www.qasimrashid.com
New Dems. New Dems. New Dems.
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Your yacht will never find out anything damning about your business.
Should You Buy a Newspaper or a Yacht?
Advice for Jeff Bezos
www.theatlantic.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Your yacht will never find out anything damning about your business.
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What did the Obamas ever do to Trump besides live rent-free in his head for a decade?
They didn’t go low. They didn’t punch below the belt. They didn’t spend their days posting racist garbage.
This is why I will never claim a bigot as my president. Small man, small behavior, American embarrassment
They didn’t go low. They didn’t punch below the belt. They didn’t spend their days posting racist garbage.
This is why I will never claim a bigot as my president. Small man, small behavior, American embarrassment
February 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
What did the Obamas ever do to Trump besides live rent-free in his head for a decade?
They didn’t go low. They didn’t punch below the belt. They didn’t spend their days posting racist garbage.
This is why I will never claim a bigot as my president. Small man, small behavior, American embarrassment
They didn’t go low. They didn’t punch below the belt. They didn’t spend their days posting racist garbage.
This is why I will never claim a bigot as my president. Small man, small behavior, American embarrassment
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This is quite a quote from @rickhasen.bsky.social on possibility of Trump seizing ballot boxes:
"It may take people in the streets protecting the offices where ballots are being tabulated. The Brooks Brothers riot would look very tame compared to what we might see in 2026."
More here:
"It may take people in the streets protecting the offices where ballots are being tabulated. The Brooks Brothers riot would look very tame compared to what we might see in 2026."
More here:
Here's @rickhasen.bsky.social detailing the scenario in which Trump uses search warrant to seize ballot boxes in a contested 2026 locale. This is more worrisome than ICE at the polls. Hasen also suggests ways to act against this now.
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
It's harrowing stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
February 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This is quite a quote from @rickhasen.bsky.social on possibility of Trump seizing ballot boxes:
"It may take people in the streets protecting the offices where ballots are being tabulated. The Brooks Brothers riot would look very tame compared to what we might see in 2026."
More here:
"It may take people in the streets protecting the offices where ballots are being tabulated. The Brooks Brothers riot would look very tame compared to what we might see in 2026."
More here:
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I somehow missed that Trump is illegally holding NYC infrastructure money hostage to get both Dulles and Penn Station named after himself www.axios.com/2026/02/06/t...
Democrats erupt in fury over Trump demanding Schumer help rename Dulles, Penn Station
"There is no point in yielding to his ever-changing ransom demands," said one Democrat.
www.axios.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I somehow missed that Trump is illegally holding NYC infrastructure money hostage to get both Dulles and Penn Station named after himself www.axios.com/2026/02/06/t...
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Boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls in childhood, according to a large-scale study.
February 6, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Boys are up to four times more likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls in childhood, according to a large-scale study.
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Peggy Noonan on the mutilation of The Washington Post.
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-la...
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-la...
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Peggy Noonan on the mutilation of The Washington Post.
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-la...
www.wsj.com/opinion/a-la...
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At least 23 reported contributors to the White House ballroom, including Lockheed Martin, Palantir and T-Mobile, should have disclosed those donations as part of their regular lobbying disclosure filings.
White House ballroom donations should be disclosed on lobbying disclosure reports - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
At least 23 reported contributors to the White House ballroom should have disclosed those donations as part of their regular lobbying disclosure filings.
www.citizensforethics.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:29 PM
At least 23 reported contributors to the White House ballroom, including Lockheed Martin, Palantir and T-Mobile, should have disclosed those donations as part of their regular lobbying disclosure filings.
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So far, he doesn't know anything about the Obama video Trump posted, and he doesn't know anything about the DNI being present at an FBI raid of the Fulton County elections office. bsky.app/profile/atru...
CNN: Can you at least acknowledge the stories are different- what Tulsi Gabbard said and what Trump said? Can you at least agree there's a discrepancy?
HARIDOPOLOS: This is the first I've heard of this story. I don't follow this as close as CNN does. Let's move on to issues people really care about
HARIDOPOLOS: This is the first I've heard of this story. I don't follow this as close as CNN does. Let's move on to issues people really care about
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
So far, he doesn't know anything about the Obama video Trump posted, and he doesn't know anything about the DNI being present at an FBI raid of the Fulton County elections office. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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"It's a blowout" -- Enten details numbers showing that Democrats are +39 with independents (!) on affordability
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
"It's a blowout" -- Enten details numbers showing that Democrats are +39 with independents (!) on affordability
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If you hear someone saying that they hope lawyers are ready to go to court to protect free and fair elections, I suggest you let them know that my law firm is already litigating more than 80 voting and election cases in 40 states.
February 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
If you hear someone saying that they hope lawyers are ready to go to court to protect free and fair elections, I suggest you let them know that my law firm is already litigating more than 80 voting and election cases in 40 states.
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Here’s that article online: www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2... A model for journalists everywhere.
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Here’s that article online: www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2... A model for journalists everywhere.
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Ever wondered where US troops are stationed and how many? In today's Ask an Analyst, dig into troop data with our analyst Lucia.
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Ever wondered where US troops are stationed and how many? In today's Ask an Analyst, dig into troop data with our analyst Lucia.
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Earthjustice is fighting to expand energy efficiency, level the playing field for solar power, and prevent disruption from data centers – all while working to shut down the expansion of coal and gas plants. And we’re making real progress in the states.
February 6, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Earthjustice is fighting to expand energy efficiency, level the playing field for solar power, and prevent disruption from data centers – all while working to shut down the expansion of coal and gas plants. And we’re making real progress in the states.
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he's so close to figuring it out!
February 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
he's so close to figuring it out!
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How dare you cast aspersions on 2001 Teen Choice Award nominee Kid Rock
Kid Rock’s 2001 song, “Cool, Daddy Cool,” which contains the lyrics, “Young ladies, young ladies, I like ’em underage, see some say that’s statutory (but I say that’s mandatory).”
Which moron booked Kid Rock for the MAGA family values concert in the middle of a pedophile news cycle? JD Vance?
Which moron booked Kid Rock for the MAGA family values concert in the middle of a pedophile news cycle? JD Vance?
February 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
How dare you cast aspersions on 2001 Teen Choice Award nominee Kid Rock
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New Hillbilly Elegy directors cut, where Jamelle makes a bunch of cameos mocking JD
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
February 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
New Hillbilly Elegy directors cut, where Jamelle makes a bunch of cameos mocking JD
bsky.app/profile/donm...
bsky.app/profile/donm...
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I usually hesitate to post obituaries but this one, of my literary agent, Georges Borchardt, born in 1928, is so unusual that it deserves to be widely shared.
An incredible 20th century life
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
An incredible 20th century life
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
Georges Borchardt, 97, Dies; Literary Agent Championed Wiesel’s ‘Night’
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:05 AM
I usually hesitate to post obituaries but this one, of my literary agent, Georges Borchardt, born in 1928, is so unusual that it deserves to be widely shared.
An incredible 20th century life
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
An incredible 20th century life
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
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BELOW: The kind of thing you post when every redacted name in the Epstein files is yours.
February 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
BELOW: The kind of thing you post when every redacted name in the Epstein files is yours.
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On Thursday, the America-Russia nuclear arms control treaty expired. What happens now?
On our podcast series “The Bomb”, we recently investigated how America’s top-secret labs were grappling with a new nuclear age. Listen now
On our podcast series “The Bomb”, we recently investigated how America’s top-secret labs were grappling with a new nuclear age. Listen now
What does it take to make a nuclear weapon?
Introducing “The Bomb”, our new four-part podcast series on the past, present and future of America’s nuclear stockpile
econ.st
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
On Thursday, the America-Russia nuclear arms control treaty expired. What happens now?
On our podcast series “The Bomb”, we recently investigated how America’s top-secret labs were grappling with a new nuclear age. Listen now
On our podcast series “The Bomb”, we recently investigated how America’s top-secret labs were grappling with a new nuclear age. Listen now
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We are a society of constant violence at schools—everything from ICE kidnappings to shootings—and these filthy maggots who send their kids to private schools not covered by the bill want to pretend they care about education while doing nothing except preventing my kids from being able to contact me.
School cellphone ban passes Pennsylvania Senate: "We want our students focused on learning"
The bipartisan "Bell-to-Bell" bill bars students from using their phones any time they're in school, not just during instructional periods.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
We are a society of constant violence at schools—everything from ICE kidnappings to shootings—and these filthy maggots who send their kids to private schools not covered by the bill want to pretend they care about education while doing nothing except preventing my kids from being able to contact me.
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A stirring sermon from an Episcopalian pulpit in Morgantown, West Virginia that we thought was worth reprinting: "Our federal government, by sanctioning unwarranted lethal force, has made this a matter of faith, of basic morality and decency. This goes well beyond politics." trib.al/dZFo8NP
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
A stirring sermon from an Episcopalian pulpit in Morgantown, West Virginia that we thought was worth reprinting: "Our federal government, by sanctioning unwarranted lethal force, has made this a matter of faith, of basic morality and decency. This goes well beyond politics." trib.al/dZFo8NP
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Why is the federal government demanding that states turn over their voter rolls? A confidential agreement that the DOJ sent to states has some answers. bit.ly/46tX4nd
“Confidential” Agreements Show Trump Administration’s Plans for States’ Voter Data
At least 10 states have handed over their full voter files to the Justice Department.
www.brennancenter.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Why is the federal government demanding that states turn over their voter rolls? A confidential agreement that the DOJ sent to states has some answers. bit.ly/46tX4nd
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I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.
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Remember writing about this in 2022: at the same time people were complaining about woke cancel culture, school boards were banning books and firing teachers for nothing. Classic moral panic.
Nice to see a small victory for common sense here...four years and multiple court cases later.
Nice to see a small victory for common sense here...four years and multiple court cases later.
Educator Who Read ‘I Need a New Butt!’ to Students Wins Job Back in Court 📚
(Four years later)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
(Four years later)
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...
Educator Who Read ‘I Need a New Butt!’ to Students Wins Job Back in Court
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Remember writing about this in 2022: at the same time people were complaining about woke cancel culture, school boards were banning books and firing teachers for nothing. Classic moral panic.
Nice to see a small victory for common sense here...four years and multiple court cases later.
Nice to see a small victory for common sense here...four years and multiple court cases later.
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"Yesterday Trump offered the clearest formulation yet of his own bespoke soteriology. Don’t worry, he reassured the audience: He’d been mostly kidding when he said he wasn’t heaven-bound. 'I really think I probably should make it,” he said.'”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Trump at the Pearly Gates
Why the president thinks he’s going to Heaven.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
"Yesterday Trump offered the clearest formulation yet of his own bespoke soteriology. Don’t worry, he reassured the audience: He’d been mostly kidding when he said he wasn’t heaven-bound. 'I really think I probably should make it,” he said.'”
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...