Jan Zengel
imjanz.bsky.social
Jan Zengel
@imjanz.bsky.social
Animal lover, avid reader, historical re-enactor, jewelry maker
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Don’t allow anyone to tell you that your dream of going off the grid and becoming a bookstore owner with a mysterious backstory who has a quaint shop on a cobblestone side street in Edinburgh is “unrealistic.”
March 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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“We are at a crossroads in history. This is not a moment for more talk. It’s time to act, time to step up and lead”

Prime minister Keir Starmer 👏
March 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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We are not safe!
March 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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March 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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No Senator was elected to let the President or some unaccountable billionaire decide how YOUR tax dollars get spent.

Let me be clear: CONGRESS holds the power of the purse, and NO President can unilaterally abolish an entire agency or ignore our appropriations laws.
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Red states-pay attention, because you’ll get hit hardest!

They’re gutting NOAA to privatize weather forecasting. Knowledge is power—forecasting is knowledge.

Fossil fuel execs rake in billions while the planet chokes—folks keep guzzling gas & won’t notice the climate crisis while the world burns.
March 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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It's very reasonable for normal, upstanding Americans to make clear that they won't stand for unAmerican trash like JD Vance. Everyone has their limits.
🚨 BREAKING: After torpedoing yesterday’s meeting with Zelensky, JD Vance fled to Vermont for vacation—only to be met by hundreds of furious protesters.

Couldn’t have happened to a better guy!
March 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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We’ve tried to shelter our minds but tonight we’re preparing for the genocide of Science.

Entire NIH departments will have no leaders.

World renowned Scientists kicked to the curb without cause, & grants will loose their lead investigators.

Is this what they want?
Chaos? Destruction?
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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The letter warned the firings could politicize the military and deter talented Americans from serving.
February 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Trump fired Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., only the second Black Joint Chiefs chairman, replacing him with a little-known retired general. Six Pentagon officials were dismissed, including top Navy and Air Force leaders.
February 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Five former defense secretaries condemned Trump’s firing of senior military leaders as “reckless” and urged Congress to reject their replacements.
February 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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"I’m not sure which is worse: the fact that Republicans are moving to gut the last lifeline for 72 million Americans who rely on Medicaid and 43 million Americans who rely on Food Stamps or the fact that they’re lying about doing it."

Read more: plus.briantylercohen.com/p/republican...
February 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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A constant sense of danger
We need to talk more about how it feels to be a woman amidst this sudden onslaught of “reclaiming masculinity,” celebrating male aggression and violence, and vanishing smart experienced women from positions of power.
February 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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The goal is to terrorize federal workers into quitting. That’s it. Constant changes. Canceling work from home then closing offices. Laying off probationary employees. It’s designed to break the government. Then privatize it for profit. It’s not efficiency. It’s collapse. Only peasants will suffer.
February 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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As predicted these clowns are planing to fire sale the nations public lands.

My bet is they transfer most of whatever they gain to themselves.

Call your reps and raise hell.
202 224 3121

PS
Our standing policy is we don't show his ugly mug on our page.

www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...
February 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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The settlement here will not be for a trivial amount
February 25, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...
US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics
The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.
edition.cnn.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. YOUR LIVELIHOOD IS NOT IN THE HANDS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE!!!!!

DOGE will use AI to assess responses from federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email

www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
DOGE will use AI to assess the responses of federal workers who were told to justify their jobs via email
The revelation comes as federal workers face a midnight deadline to respond.
www.nbcnews.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
February 25, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Haha 😂 Trump appointees at USAID sent terminated employees a list of over 100 prohibited weapons they cannot bring when retrieving their belongings. The list includes firearms, axes, martial arts weapons like nunchucks and throwing stars, spearguns, and even dynamite.
February 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM