JBR
@jessicabr.bsky.social
Boston-based, but always DC-bound.
Don’t Ration Pleasure•Might as Well Push•Pay Attention, Be Astonished•Resist Much, Obey Little
Comms | Immigration | Politics
No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.
Don’t Ration Pleasure•Might as Well Push•Pay Attention, Be Astonished•Resist Much, Obey Little
Comms | Immigration | Politics
No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark.
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Thrilled to learn from DOJ's argument that the 14th Amendment applied to the "children of former slaves, not illegal immigrants, who didn't exist as a class yet" that modern firearms are not protected by the Second Amendment!
May 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Thrilled to learn from DOJ's argument that the 14th Amendment applied to the "children of former slaves, not illegal immigrants, who didn't exist as a class yet" that modern firearms are not protected by the Second Amendment!
Just a step shy of the actual Hunger Games.
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Just a step shy of the actual Hunger Games.
Literally the stuff of dreams for a girl who grew up listening to @wbur.org — spent an hour talking about Afghan relocations on On Point.
Listen here:
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
Listen here:
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
April 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Literally the stuff of dreams for a girl who grew up listening to @wbur.org — spent an hour talking about Afghan relocations on On Point.
Listen here:
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
Listen here:
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
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Boston, famously capable of being intimidated by repressive central governments 😂 😂 😂
February 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Boston, famously capable of being intimidated by repressive central governments 😂 😂 😂
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I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
January 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I spoke to a talented junior scientist who just got a good faculty job offer in the US and they told me “well I wouldn’t move to 1930s Germany either” so that’s how that’s going
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One active-duty soldier in the 82nd Airborne said his family in Afghanistan could be stuck after last night's executive order.
“[I]f I get deployed and killed overseas — which I would sacrifice my life to this country any time...she cannot come to my funeral."
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
“[I]f I get deployed and killed overseas — which I would sacrifice my life to this country any time...she cannot come to my funeral."
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
Trump executive order threatens fate of Afghan refugees who helped the US, advocate warns | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s executive order to suspend the US refugee program could leave at least 2,000 Afghans in limbo who had previously been approved to resettle in the US, a major Afghan advocacy o...
www.cnn.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
One active-duty soldier in the 82nd Airborne said his family in Afghanistan could be stuck after last night's executive order.
“[I]f I get deployed and killed overseas — which I would sacrifice my life to this country any time...she cannot come to my funeral."
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
“[I]f I get deployed and killed overseas — which I would sacrifice my life to this country any time...she cannot come to my funeral."
www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/p...
Not only were there no lower priced eggs at the grocery store just now…there were simply NO EGGS.
Everything is bad but this egg thing is going to make me a crazy (er) person.
Everything is bad but this egg thing is going to make me a crazy (er) person.
January 27, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Not only were there no lower priced eggs at the grocery store just now…there were simply NO EGGS.
Everything is bad but this egg thing is going to make me a crazy (er) person.
Everything is bad but this egg thing is going to make me a crazy (er) person.
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The thing about the "there's no difference between the two parties" thing is that it wasn't a serious thesis, it was a mental device people use to wash their hands of the responsibility of actively engaging in politics.
January 22, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The thing about the "there's no difference between the two parties" thing is that it wasn't a serious thesis, it was a mental device people use to wash their hands of the responsibility of actively engaging in politics.
The phrase that keeps running through my head is “Do not obey in advance”.
Unfortunately the reason for that is that I see it happening already.
Unfortunately the reason for that is that I see it happening already.
January 22, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The phrase that keeps running through my head is “Do not obey in advance”.
Unfortunately the reason for that is that I see it happening already.
Unfortunately the reason for that is that I see it happening already.
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Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
January 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
And all the devils are here.
Someday, if we even survive all this, there is going to be a museum exhibiting the EOs being signed today and showing the path from this point through to the collapse of our democracy and the American experiment.
January 21, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Someday, if we even survive all this, there is going to be a museum exhibiting the EOs being signed today and showing the path from this point through to the collapse of our democracy and the American experiment.
Having worked on this effort for the last 3+ years, can confirm this is heartless and cruel.
January 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Having worked on this effort for the last 3+ years, can confirm this is heartless and cruel.
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“I don’t want to be seen as a Gestapo,” one former senior military official said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
National Guard troops worry Trump will deploy them for mass deportations
“I don’t want to be seen as a Gestapo,” one former senior military official said.
www.politico.com
January 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“I don’t want to be seen as a Gestapo,” one former senior military official said.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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Senator: I’ll speak in his defense because to err is human. Who among us hasn’t shown up drunk to work? Who here hasn’t cheated on their wife?
Hegseth: Please stop helping me
Senator: Who hasn’t taken off their pants at the zoo?
Hegseth: Please stop helping me
Senator: Who hasn’t taken off their pants at the zoo?
January 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Senator: I’ll speak in his defense because to err is human. Who among us hasn’t shown up drunk to work? Who here hasn’t cheated on their wife?
Hegseth: Please stop helping me
Senator: Who hasn’t taken off their pants at the zoo?
Hegseth: Please stop helping me
Senator: Who hasn’t taken off their pants at the zoo?
So I guess we’re back here, huh?
November 16, 2024 at 4:44 PM
So I guess we’re back here, huh?
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If the Biden Administration isn’t already demanding that State/USCIS work around the clock to normalize as many statuses as possible over the next two months then they should do that immediately.
Break out the rubber stamps and start putting them to papers.
Break out the rubber stamps and start putting them to papers.
November 11, 2024 at 1:50 PM
If the Biden Administration isn’t already demanding that State/USCIS work around the clock to normalize as many statuses as possible over the next two months then they should do that immediately.
Break out the rubber stamps and start putting them to papers.
Break out the rubber stamps and start putting them to papers.
I freaking love the moment in the morning when the coffee kicks in.
January 6, 2024 at 2:18 PM
I freaking love the moment in the morning when the coffee kicks in.
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Ur never gonna believe this but apparently taxing the people with all the fucking money can pay for essential public services
$1.5 billion in estimated revenue: A look at the Mass. 'millionaire's tax' first year
Advocates promised the new tax would bring in over $1 billion a year in new revenue. And they quickly saw their predictions surpassed: the state Department of Revenue estimates it will generate over $...
www.wbur.org
January 5, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Ur never gonna believe this but apparently taxing the people with all the fucking money can pay for essential public services
Maybe this will be the post that makes me remember this platform exists.
January 5, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Maybe this will be the post that makes me remember this platform exists.
It’s very inconvenient that it’s 50° in Mass right now because it makes it much harder to use my garage as an extra fridge for all this food I’m cooking today.
December 24, 2023 at 7:29 PM
It’s very inconvenient that it’s 50° in Mass right now because it makes it much harder to use my garage as an extra fridge for all this food I’m cooking today.
Apparently The Rock wears glasses now and uhhhhh…we don’t hate it.
December 16, 2023 at 1:43 PM
Apparently The Rock wears glasses now and uhhhhh…we don’t hate it.
Not a morning person, but these 5:30AM workouts are growing on me.
December 6, 2023 at 11:33 AM
Not a morning person, but these 5:30AM workouts are growing on me.