Jen Hines
@ohaihines.bsky.social
Just a citizen who cares about democracy and responsible governance
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The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 65k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction has nearly zeroed out
December 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The US is losing blue-collar jobs for the first time since the pandemic—year-on-year job losses have hit 65k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace while growth in construction has nearly zeroed out
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Kristi Noem forced to face decorated war veteran she deported www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Kristi Noem forced to face decorated war veteran she deported
During a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was forced to justify her department’s pressure for a military veteran to leave the ...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Kristi Noem forced to face decorated war veteran she deported www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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A measure of the market's confidence in Trump's decisions:
- 84% of market economists expect Trump to tap Kevin Hassett to lead the Fed.
- Only 11% think that's a good idea (and that's only relative to Trump's existing shortlist).
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
- 84% of market economists expect Trump to tap Kevin Hassett to lead the Fed.
- Only 11% think that's a good idea (and that's only relative to Trump's existing shortlist).
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A measure of the market's confidence in Trump's decisions:
- 84% of market economists expect Trump to tap Kevin Hassett to lead the Fed.
- Only 11% think that's a good idea (and that's only relative to Trump's existing shortlist).
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
- 84% of market economists expect Trump to tap Kevin Hassett to lead the Fed.
- Only 11% think that's a good idea (and that's only relative to Trump's existing shortlist).
www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...
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In moving a program from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor, we're now PAYING another department $1 million in additional taxpayer funds.
And now schools will have to deal with TWO federal agencies, instead of one.
Raising costs and increasing bureaucracy.
And now schools will have to deal with TWO federal agencies, instead of one.
Raising costs and increasing bureaucracy.
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
In moving a program from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor, we're now PAYING another department $1 million in additional taxpayer funds.
And now schools will have to deal with TWO federal agencies, instead of one.
Raising costs and increasing bureaucracy.
And now schools will have to deal with TWO federal agencies, instead of one.
Raising costs and increasing bureaucracy.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Handbasket's independent journalism holiday gift guide is LIVE!
If you want to support indie media *and* give someone a unique gift, consider a paid subscription from this [by no means exhaustive] list of awesome outlets doing the work and doing it right:
If you want to support indie media *and* give someone a unique gift, consider a paid subscription from this [by no means exhaustive] list of awesome outlets doing the work and doing it right:
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New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
New WSJ reporting: "During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire, people familiar with the matter said..."
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It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It is really, really hard to get your head around the raw hubris of the majority. They really will be destabilizing the operating structure of the entire U.S. government. Why? Because they believe they have a better idea about how the past century should've been done.
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They are, as a core ideological tenet, actively hostile to professionalism and institutional standards. That something is wildly immature and trashes civic norms, such as government agencies communicating in meme-speak slop while ganking somebody's IP over their express objection, is reason enough.
Anyone have a theory on the administration's sudden obsession with Franklin the turtle?
December 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
They are, as a core ideological tenet, actively hostile to professionalism and institutional standards. That something is wildly immature and trashes civic norms, such as government agencies communicating in meme-speak slop while ganking somebody's IP over their express objection, is reason enough.
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BREAKING: At least 373 Palestinians have been killed and 970 wounded since the start of the ceasefire in October, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/ro90fr
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
Kushner’s Moscow mission wasn’t just corrupt. It was unconstitutional.
Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, has been traveling the world to participate in high-stakes foreign policy negotiations on behalf of the president.
popular.info
December 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
1. Jared Kushner's trip to Moscow yesterday was not just unethical; it was illegal.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
You cannot accept tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments and simultaneously conduct high-level diplomacy for the federal government.
It says it right in the Constitution.
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For 50 years, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has supported our students with disabilities and their families.
Donald Trump cannot be allowed to dismantle this landmark law that helps students achieve their full potential.
Donald Trump cannot be allowed to dismantle this landmark law that helps students achieve their full potential.
A landmark law funding special education survived bipartisan support for 50 years. Now, it faces uncertainty under Trump. - The Boston Globe
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act sends billions of dollars a year to states to fund special ed services.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
For 50 years, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has supported our students with disabilities and their families.
Donald Trump cannot be allowed to dismantle this landmark law that helps students achieve their full potential.
Donald Trump cannot be allowed to dismantle this landmark law that helps students achieve their full potential.
He doesn't have a shred of decency. Congress should call on him to resign. Loudly. And now.
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
He doesn't have a shred of decency. Congress should call on him to resign. Loudly. And now.
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Pretty much every article about the Putin-Kushner-Witkoff summit in Moscow yesterday fails to mention that Kushner is simultaneously accepting tens of millions in annual payments from the Saudis and other foreign governments.
Seems like a key detail!
Seems like a key detail!
December 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Pretty much every article about the Putin-Kushner-Witkoff summit in Moscow yesterday fails to mention that Kushner is simultaneously accepting tens of millions in annual payments from the Saudis and other foreign governments.
Seems like a key detail!
Seems like a key detail!
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“Messages sent from Hegseth’s Signal account to the group chat included material from documents marked classified at the time they were sent, and offered specific, real-time updates about planned military strikes. One even read: ‘This is when the first bombs will drop.’”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
Watchdog finds Hegseth risked endangering troops by sharing of sensitive war plans on Signal, sources say | CNN Politics
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth risked compromising sensitive military information, which could have endangered American troops and mission objectives, when he used Signal in March of this year to s...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Messages sent from Hegseth’s Signal account to the group chat included material from documents marked classified at the time they were sent, and offered specific, real-time updates about planned military strikes. One even read: ‘This is when the first bombs will drop.’”
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/p...
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Somehow this is the worst part.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
December 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Somehow this is the worst part.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
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North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
December 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
North Korean-style. A Potemkin village of fake journalists.
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Another arrest of people who voluntarily showed up for a required check-in: "The father and his son were arrested at a check-in with ICE."
Also, look at that boy's sweet face. To think of the damage that these monsters are inflicting on him and countless other young children.
Also, look at that boy's sweet face. To think of the damage that these monsters are inflicting on him and countless other young children.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Another arrest of people who voluntarily showed up for a required check-in: "The father and his son were arrested at a check-in with ICE."
Also, look at that boy's sweet face. To think of the damage that these monsters are inflicting on him and countless other young children.
Also, look at that boy's sweet face. To think of the damage that these monsters are inflicting on him and countless other young children.
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For anyone who didn't vote for @KamalaHarris because they (insanely) believed, somehow, that she's be as bad (or worse?) than Trump, uhhh....speaking of insane. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/tues... h/t @fpwellman.bsky.social @brendannyhan.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
For anyone who didn't vote for @KamalaHarris because they (insanely) believed, somehow, that she's be as bad (or worse?) than Trump, uhhh....speaking of insane. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/tues... h/t @fpwellman.bsky.social @brendannyhan.bsky.social
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The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The House and Senate are both investigating Pete’s war crimes