Jenna Somers
@jennasomers.bsky.social
Research news writer, editor @ an R1 university (all opinions are my own)
https://www.clippings.me/users/jennasomers
https://www.clippings.me/users/jennasomers
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
If @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social proves to be a good mayor and continues running for higher offices, he has the opportunity to become the most effective political communicator of my lifetime, surpassing Obama.
November 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
If @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social proves to be a good mayor and continues running for higher offices, he has the opportunity to become the most effective political communicator of my lifetime, surpassing Obama.
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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Harvard's prosecutorial culture was "miserable," says Jill Lepore. Even so, she stayed, but has since come to regret her silence. https://chroni.cl/4ihof9O
Why Jill Lepore Nearly Quit Harvard
The prosecutorial culture was “miserable.” She stayed, but has come to regret her silence at the time.
www.chronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Harvard's prosecutorial culture was "miserable," says Jill Lepore. Even so, she stayed, but has since come to regret her silence. https://chroni.cl/4ihof9O
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There is absolutely nothing old or consolidated about *multiracial, pluralistic democracy* in America. It only started 60 years ago.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
From 2022:
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
There is absolutely nothing old or consolidated about *multiracial, pluralistic democracy* in America. It only started 60 years ago.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
And the conflict over whether or not it should be allowed to endure and prosper has been the central fault line in U.S. politics ever since.
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No one should be shocked by this. If I could leave this country, I would do so in a heartbeat, and I have wanted to leave form quite some time. America is a misogynistic country.
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
No one should be shocked by this. If I could leave this country, I would do so in a heartbeat, and I have wanted to leave form quite some time. America is a misogynistic country.
The Nazis pepper sprayed a baby.
This is what the shutdown should have been about, restoring the Constitution. This is what the next shutdown needs to be about. We cannot continue to fund this authoritarian regime.
newrepublic.com/post/203046/...
This is what the shutdown should have been about, restoring the Constitution. This is what the next shutdown needs to be about. We cannot continue to fund this authoritarian regime.
newrepublic.com/post/203046/...
Damning Video Shows DHS Agents Pepper-Spray a Baby
The Department of Homeland Security has denied it.
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Nazis pepper sprayed a baby.
This is what the shutdown should have been about, restoring the Constitution. This is what the next shutdown needs to be about. We cannot continue to fund this authoritarian regime.
newrepublic.com/post/203046/...
This is what the shutdown should have been about, restoring the Constitution. This is what the next shutdown needs to be about. We cannot continue to fund this authoritarian regime.
newrepublic.com/post/203046/...
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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Is Schumer still the minority leader? Is Durbin still the whip? Is Cortes-Masto still a vice chair? Good Democrats -- rank and file, those committed to restoring party --must tell Act Blue and every candidate with hands out for the coming midterms -- that there's no cash coming without new leaders.
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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This, too, is what the shutdown should have been about, but feckless democrats can’t be bothered with human rights and the Constitution.
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This, too, is what the shutdown should have been about, but feckless democrats can’t be bothered with human rights and the Constitution.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
The “don’t-call-us-Nazis” crew is Nazi-ing again. Literally being Nazis.
Greg Bovino, a prominent commander of the CBP/ICE responsible for leading kidnapping campaigns nationwide, is seen performing the Nazi “sieg heil” salute and engaging in “rock paper scissors”
Waukegan Neighborhood of Chicago on November 7, 2025
Waukegan Neighborhood of Chicago on November 7, 2025
November 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The “don’t-call-us-Nazis” crew is Nazi-ing again. Literally being Nazis.
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Leftists really have to prioritize public libraries in budget fights.
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Leftists really have to prioritize public libraries in budget fights.
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idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
idk who needs to hear this but the President of the United States of America is APPEALING a judges order forcing him to fully fund SNAP.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
Yes — DJT is appealing a ruling telling him to NOT starve his own people. Let that simmer.
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There's no such thing as conservative feminism.
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
There's no such thing as conservative feminism.
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Feminists have long been scared of looking mean, and as a result we’ve been way too nice to antifeminist women. Sorry no, you’re not submissive, servile, and dependent because you’re a woman and that’s just your feminine nature. You’re submissive, servile,and dependent because you lack self respect.
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Feminists have long been scared of looking mean, and as a result we’ve been way too nice to antifeminist women. Sorry no, you’re not submissive, servile, and dependent because you’re a woman and that’s just your feminine nature. You’re submissive, servile,and dependent because you lack self respect.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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NEWS: A federal judge ordered govt to provide immigration detainees enough food, water and bed space, finding that conditions at the ICE holding facility in Broadview do not “pass constitutional muster.” By Madeline Buckley
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/b...
Federal judge issues temporary restraining order, finding substandard conditions at Broadview immigration facility
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered government officials to provide immigration detainees at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview enough food, water and bed space.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 AM
NEWS: A federal judge ordered govt to provide immigration detainees enough food, water and bed space, finding that conditions at the ICE holding facility in Broadview do not “pass constitutional muster.” By Madeline Buckley
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/b...
