Jackie Smith
@jackiesmith.bsky.social
With fear for our democracy, I dissent. -Justice Sotomayor
Time to make John Lewis proud with some good trouble.
Lover of democracy, animals, family, books, nature, Chicago sports and Chicago popes
Time to make John Lewis proud with some good trouble.
Lover of democracy, animals, family, books, nature, Chicago sports and Chicago popes
Thank goodness!
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
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Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Thank goodness!
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The line Trump referenced today from Apocalypse Now, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," is about the absurdity of war and the profound psychological damage it inflicts on everyone involved. Seems like Trump was, unintentionally, right on target. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The American Dictator
Tonight, we have the specter of an American president trying to take control of an American city for thinly veiled political reasons.
open.substack.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The line Trump referenced today from Apocalypse Now, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning," is about the absurdity of war and the profound psychological damage it inflicts on everyone involved. Seems like Trump was, unintentionally, right on target. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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A federal agency - which controls an enormous amount of money - is breaking the law to hide its decisions from you and avoid accountability.
Hey OMB, see you in court.
Hey OMB, see you in court.
July 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A federal agency - which controls an enormous amount of money - is breaking the law to hide its decisions from you and avoid accountability.
Hey OMB, see you in court.
Hey OMB, see you in court.
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A 7-year-study of 70,000 elderly people from 19 towns in Japan has found that the more public library books there are in a town, the fewer residents need long-term nursing care.
July 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
December 11, 2024 at 2:39 AM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
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Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽
July 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Just wow! Can we appreciate the fact that a team from Mexico is in Texas helping with the search and rescue. 👏🏽
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"The National Weather Service’s San Angelo office, which is responsible for some of the areas hit hardest by Friday’s flooding, was missing a senior hydrologist, staff forecaster and meteorologist in charge," according to its union's legislative director. 🎁 🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas (Gift Article)
Some experts say staff shortages might have complicated forecasters’ ability to coordinate responses with local emergency management officials.
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"The National Weather Service’s San Angelo office, which is responsible for some of the areas hit hardest by Friday’s flooding, was missing a senior hydrologist, staff forecaster and meteorologist in charge," according to its union's legislative director. 🎁 🔗
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
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i'm reading this charles sumner speech from february 1866 and my dude is cooking
July 2, 2025 at 1:31 AM
i'm reading this charles sumner speech from february 1866 and my dude is cooking
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"The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort." —Justice Sotomayor
June 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our democracy that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort." —Justice Sotomayor
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Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Obama 👇🏽
June 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Former Deputy National Security Advisor for Obama 👇🏽
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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
Good Lord, this just keeps getting worse snd worse.
NEW: per the CATO Institute, over 50 Venezuelan men sent to El Salvador prisons 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗨𝗦 𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗪.
Dozens of 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗟 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 were stripped of their status and imprisoned in El Salvador.
www.cato.org/blog/50-vene...
Dozens of 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗟 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 were stripped of their status and imprisoned in El Salvador.
www.cato.org/blog/50-vene...
50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US Legally, Never Violated Immigration Law
The US government not only denied these men due process; it has generally failed to provide their families, their attorneys, or the public any information about what it alleges these men did to deserv...
www.cato.org
May 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Good Lord, this just keeps getting worse snd worse.
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On May 18, 1980, Richard Lasher got up early to get some photos at Spirit Lake. Instead, he was forced to stop because of the massive, explosive Mount St. Helens eruption and captured this iconic photo with his own red Ford Pinto on the road. 🧪⚒️ #OTD
www.hemmings.com/stories/mt-s...
www.hemmings.com/stories/mt-s...
May 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
On May 18, 1980, Richard Lasher got up early to get some photos at Spirit Lake. Instead, he was forced to stop because of the massive, explosive Mount St. Helens eruption and captured this iconic photo with his own red Ford Pinto on the road. 🧪⚒️ #OTD
www.hemmings.com/stories/mt-s...
www.hemmings.com/stories/mt-s...
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1/ Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning author, writes, "Before it’s too late, everyone who can do so must communicate what is happening: our gov't, foreign policy, & trade policy are being transformed, not to benefit Americans but to benefit the president, his family, his friends."
Gift link.
Gift link.
Kleptocracy, Inc.
Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
www.theatlantic.com
May 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
1/ Anne Applebaum, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning author, writes, "Before it’s too late, everyone who can do so must communicate what is happening: our gov't, foreign policy, & trade policy are being transformed, not to benefit Americans but to benefit the president, his family, his friends."
Gift link.
Gift link.
This is s problem.
Rep. Jim Himes: “Absent evidence to justify the firings, the workforce can only conclude that their jobs are contingent on producing analysis that is aligned with the President’s agenda, rather than truthful and apolitical.”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Gabbard fires leaders of intelligence group that wrote Venezuela assessment
The director of national intelligence fired top officials weeks after their group wrote an assessment contradicting President Donald Trump’s legal rationale for deporting alleged Venezuelan gang membe...
www.washingtonpost.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is s problem.
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A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind.
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
ICE raids have 'overwhelmed' coastal California communities
Communities in three California counties "overwhelmed" as ICE raids ramp up in the region.
www.sfgate.com
May 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A man pulled up to a gas station to fill up his truck. ICE agents surrounded him and took him away. But his children were left behind.
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
“They arrested someone,” witness said. “They left the children inside the truck.”
www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...
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I know this is terrible to see & hear.
DON'T LOOK AWAY
To look away is to ignore that masked, unditentified authorities are kidnapping people on the street with no warrant and no due process.
Be ready to film, peacefully intervene, call local news stations to share video.
DON'T LOOK AWAY
To look away is to ignore that masked, unditentified authorities are kidnapping people on the street with no warrant and no due process.
Be ready to film, peacefully intervene, call local news stations to share video.
May 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I know this is terrible to see & hear.
DON'T LOOK AWAY
To look away is to ignore that masked, unditentified authorities are kidnapping people on the street with no warrant and no due process.
Be ready to film, peacefully intervene, call local news stations to share video.
DON'T LOOK AWAY
To look away is to ignore that masked, unditentified authorities are kidnapping people on the street with no warrant and no due process.
Be ready to film, peacefully intervene, call local news stations to share video.
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Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane
Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane
May 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane
Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa.
Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID
#OnYourSide
VC pslspokane