J. Smith
@jooltman.bsky.social
Professional Citizen. Adores Poetry/Bikes/Textiles.
The Last thing menopausal women need to be told is to feel like This about our bodies. Maybe get someone our age to do your illustrations next time, @nytimes.com.
January 21, 2026 at 1:44 AM
The Last thing menopausal women need to be told is to feel like This about our bodies. Maybe get someone our age to do your illustrations next time, @nytimes.com.
So, when is congestion pricing bringing better service, because this isn’t it? @mta.info @ridersalliance.org
January 20, 2026 at 5:04 PM
So, when is congestion pricing bringing better service, because this isn’t it? @mta.info @ridersalliance.org
The fires in Chile are barely a blip in our news cycle…as Wall St. backs out of climate pledges.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
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January 20, 2026 at 2:57 AM
The fires in Chile are barely a blip in our news cycle…as Wall St. backs out of climate pledges.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
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As a journalist, I've spent lots of time climbing around in old coal plants. They're all rotted-out, cob-webbed piles of metal, industrial haunted houses on the verge of collapse. Keeping them going is yet another sign American energy poverty and political decline.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/c...
Trump Wants to Halt Almost All Coal Plant Shutdowns. It Could Get Messy.
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:06 PM
As a journalist, I've spent lots of time climbing around in old coal plants. They're all rotted-out, cob-webbed piles of metal, industrial haunted houses on the verge of collapse. Keeping them going is yet another sign American energy poverty and political decline.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/c...
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The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
January 15, 2026 at 8:23 PM
The Trump-Vance administration just used your taxes to pay for an ICE agent to do this to a 21-year-old kid, who was only protesting because another ICE agent killed a mother of three, who was only there because ICE agents are kidnapping your neighbors
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People are so far ahead of the supposed politicians who are supposed to *represent* them.
January 15, 2026 at 10:34 PM
People are so far ahead of the supposed politicians who are supposed to *represent* them.
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“They chased him, he got home and when we closed the door they shot him.”
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 AM
“They chased him, he got home and when we closed the door they shot him.”
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
MN orgs/electeds say👇🏽this is the family calling the police with ICE outside, after a man was shot in the leg with a pregnant woman & child inside
Different than DHS’ shovel story: www.instagram.com/reel/DThEdD8...
You can almost feel the glee ooozing from oligarch-owned journalists as they write this headline. Greta is everything good about the climate movement and it’s not her fault her government stinks. Would that she actually owned the place as this implies. @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social #climatechange
January 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
You can almost feel the glee ooozing from oligarch-owned journalists as they write this headline. Greta is everything good about the climate movement and it’s not her fault her government stinks. Would that she actually owned the place as this implies. @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social #climatechange
“…a correction officer was seen spraying a chemical agent onto his boot inside a sanitation closet before placing the contaminated footwear next to the face of a fully restrained detainee.” Sick people in a sick place that cannot be reformed. #closerikers www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/14/r...
Assaults, Chaos and Deception: New Rikers Report Details Widespread Dysfunction
A monitor overseeing the Department of Correction described ongoing jail violence and an agency unwilling to cooperate. Meanwhile, a judge has yet to appoint a promised "remediation manager.”
www.thecity.nyc
January 15, 2026 at 2:36 PM
“…a correction officer was seen spraying a chemical agent onto his boot inside a sanitation closet before placing the contaminated footwear next to the face of a fully restrained detainee.” Sick people in a sick place that cannot be reformed. #closerikers www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/14/r...
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What I saw last in North was horrifying. ICE agents repeatedly advanced on and brutalized peaceful protesters, firing tear gas and flash bangs indiscriminately.
Unprovoked agents rushed a dispersing crowd more than a block from their lines, just to reignite the chaos.
This is state terrorism.
Unprovoked agents rushed a dispersing crowd more than a block from their lines, just to reignite the chaos.
This is state terrorism.
January 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM
What I saw last in North was horrifying. ICE agents repeatedly advanced on and brutalized peaceful protesters, firing tear gas and flash bangs indiscriminately.
Unprovoked agents rushed a dispersing crowd more than a block from their lines, just to reignite the chaos.
This is state terrorism.
Unprovoked agents rushed a dispersing crowd more than a block from their lines, just to reignite the chaos.
This is state terrorism.
Reports of federal agents shooting more citizens in Minneapolis. A state representative is on the scene with a doula because one of the involved persons reported to be a pregnant woman. I don't have the stomach to follow along, but I think it's amazing that mainstream media is reporting so little.
State Senator Bobby Joe Champion (DFL-MN59) is also live right now www.facebook.com/BobbyJoeCham...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Reports of federal agents shooting more citizens in Minneapolis. A state representative is on the scene with a doula because one of the involved persons reported to be a pregnant woman. I don't have the stomach to follow along, but I think it's amazing that mainstream media is reporting so little.
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We are aware of reports of a shooting involving federal law enforcement in North Minneapolis. We are working to confirm additional details.
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 AM
We are aware of reports of a shooting involving federal law enforcement in North Minneapolis. We are working to confirm additional details.
Oh, hi @repdangoldman.bsky.social, self-appointed King of Impeachment, can’t fathom why you’re not a co-sponsor yet. Do you think your constituents support what is happening to our neighbors during this woman’s rampaging? You do remember that you are a “Representative,” don’t you?!?
We are now up to 70 co-sponsors in the effort to #ImpeachKristiNoem
WASHINGTON — With the support of nearly 70 colleagues, Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) on Wednesday introduced three articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
January 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Oh, hi @repdangoldman.bsky.social, self-appointed King of Impeachment, can’t fathom why you’re not a co-sponsor yet. Do you think your constituents support what is happening to our neighbors during this woman’s rampaging? You do remember that you are a “Representative,” don’t you?!?
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Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
Trump administration sends letter wiping out addiction, mental health grants
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
www.npr.org
January 14, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Last night with no warning, RFK Jr. cancelled up to $2 billion in funding for mental health and substance abuse research and programs administered through SAMHSA.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
He and his minions did so because “they no longer believe the defunded programs align with the Trump administration's priorities”.
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Sweden is over Trump's nonsense about Greenland and is sending in troops.
SWEDEN, PEOPLE.
SWEDEN, PEOPLE.
January 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Sweden is over Trump's nonsense about Greenland and is sending in troops.
SWEDEN, PEOPLE.
SWEDEN, PEOPLE.
This regime’s war on women doesn’t care if the women it kills are cops. apple.news/AuwpHq9LbQ_y...
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion. — ProPublica
In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
apple.news
January 14, 2026 at 4:52 PM
This regime’s war on women doesn’t care if the women it kills are cops. apple.news/AuwpHq9LbQ_y...
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Can confirm. My brother's boss had to leave a meeting because they're terrorizing her kid's daycare. This is just what passes for normal now in the cities.
Apparently ICE goons in multi-car caravans are circling Spanish immersion preschools in the city taunting and photographing the parents and neighbors who are patrolling the school perimeter to keep kids safe.
January 14, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Can confirm. My brother's boss had to leave a meeting because they're terrorizing her kid's daycare. This is just what passes for normal now in the cities.
Click your heels three times and win back the Senate. Get out of here with this magical thinking. Bring on new leadership who will Inspire and Act.
New - Chuck Schumer to haters: “The answer to these critics is to win. If we win back the Senate, that will answer every question"
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Peltola “was the last piece to the puzzle"
He says Dem path to Senate is Ohio, Alaska, Maine and NC. Dems are watching Texas/Iowa
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: Schumer lauds recruits as Democrats see Senate within reach
The minority leader took an Al Davis-style approach as he sat down with Semafor: “The answer to these critics is to win.”
www.semafor.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Click your heels three times and win back the Senate. Get out of here with this magical thinking. Bring on new leadership who will Inspire and Act.
Love the kind of “scholar” like @marcellograz.bsky.social who poopoo’s other’s opinions but has comments and quote posts disabled. Wonder who funds his research — he studies enviro science but thinks a leader who blocks climate action in the 3rd hottest year EVER is fine? @sunyofficial.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Love the kind of “scholar” like @marcellograz.bsky.social who poopoo’s other’s opinions but has comments and quote posts disabled. Wonder who funds his research — he studies enviro science but thinks a leader who blocks climate action in the 3rd hottest year EVER is fine? @sunyofficial.bsky.social
No such thing as affordability on a dead planet. Where is addressing the climate crisis in @governor.ny.gov plans for NYS? www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/13/k...
How Will New York Pay for Hochul’s State of the State Promises?
The governor has ruled out an income tax hike. Meanwhile, the state budget is due next week.
www.thecity.nyc
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
No such thing as affordability on a dead planet. Where is addressing the climate crisis in @governor.ny.gov plans for NYS? www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/13/k...
This could be any of our children. We have to defund and erase the agencies under whose auspices these lawless bullies operate. Tell your representatives this is what you expect. @indivisible.org
This is 10th-grader Arnoldo Bazan.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
A citizen.
Immigration agents grabbed him and put him in a chokehold.
"We're from the United States bro!' he screamed.
Agents took and sold his phone
And when he finally got home hours later, his shirt was ripped, he neck had angry, red welts, and he sobbed.
January 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
This could be any of our children. We have to defund and erase the agencies under whose auspices these lawless bullies operate. Tell your representatives this is what you expect. @indivisible.org
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just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 AM
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
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January 13, 2026 at 6:30 AM
“‘We are fighting a brutal regime with empty hands,’ he said.”
So chilling being unable to differentiate location of this quote. (It’s Iran, not Minnesota.)
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So chilling being unable to differentiate location of this quote. (It’s Iran, not Minnesota.)
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'They just kept killing': Eyewitnesses describe deadly crackdown in Iran — BBC News
The BBC has received eyewitness accounts of security forces attacking anti-government protesters across the country.
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January 13, 2026 at 12:49 PM
“‘We are fighting a brutal regime with empty hands,’ he said.”
So chilling being unable to differentiate location of this quote. (It’s Iran, not Minnesota.)
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So chilling being unable to differentiate location of this quote. (It’s Iran, not Minnesota.)
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“You are getting screwed over [on healthcare] to pay a bunch of thugs who are shooting mothers in the face.” Would that all our representatives explained things as clearly as @aoc.bsky.social. Would that there was not the need.
January 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
“You are getting screwed over [on healthcare] to pay a bunch of thugs who are shooting mothers in the face.” Would that all our representatives explained things as clearly as @aoc.bsky.social. Would that there was not the need.