Jane Beggs-Joles
@janebeggsjoles.bsky.social
Sometimes the messenger makes the message 😃
April 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Sometimes the messenger makes the message 😃
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I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
April 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I see it. I have lived it. 83 years ago, the U.S. government turned upon a group of its own citizens and residents and sent them to internment camps without due process. I was there among them. American fascism is back. It is here. It is now.
Truth
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
April 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Truth
It was a great day!
April 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It was a great day!
This will affect your grocery prices this year, and our agricultural production for years to come. Invasive pests are real, they’re destructive , and they will be a huge economic problem for you even if you live in a gated community and have lots of guns.
www.wired.com/story/usda-f...
www.wired.com/story/usda-f...
DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
www.wired.com
March 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This will affect your grocery prices this year, and our agricultural production for years to come. Invasive pests are real, they’re destructive , and they will be a huge economic problem for you even if you live in a gated community and have lots of guns.
www.wired.com/story/usda-f...
www.wired.com/story/usda-f...
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ICYMI:
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
Arlington Cemetery website scrubs links about Black and female veterans
Pentagon leaders have ordered that their websites and social media pages remove articles and images that “promote” DEI.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
ICYMI:
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
“Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”
Erasing women from the public sphere. Dystopian novels, the Taliban, and the Trump administration. www.mlive.com/news/2025/03...
War heroes, photos of women Marines among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge
In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal under Trump's anti-DEI purge simply because their file included the word “gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the...
www.mlive.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Erasing women from the public sphere. Dystopian novels, the Taliban, and the Trump administration. www.mlive.com/news/2025/03...
So we can trust US government data about as much as we do stats from the Chinese.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
How bad is this?
Let me count the ways
Also, and related, short of firing Powell (or trying, anyway) screwing with economic data would be just about the dumbest (and worst) thing to do
apnews.com/article/trum...
Let me count the ways
Also, and related, short of firing Powell (or trying, anyway) screwing with economic data would be just about the dumbest (and worst) thing to do
apnews.com/article/trum...
The Trump administration may exclude government spending from GDP, obscuring the impact of DOGE cuts
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he could take government spending out of his agency's reports on gross domestic product.
apnews.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
So we can trust US government data about as much as we do stats from the Chinese.
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
I prefer cat lady to pussy.
America, say hello to your newly appointed Deputy FBI Director.
February 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I prefer cat lady to pussy.
Health care and good hockey? Sounds good to me.
Canadians are now referring to the United States as the 11th province
February 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Health care and good hockey? Sounds good to me.
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Trickle up economics.
February 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trickle up economics.
The Trump/Musk administration is doing long term damage to the economy.
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t...
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t...
This final note — on democracy and this economy - Marketplace
The transcript of a Final Note from Kai Ryssdal that aired at the end of Thursday night's episode of “Marketplace.”
www.marketplace.org
February 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
The Trump/Musk administration is doing long term damage to the economy.
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t...
www.marketplace.org/2025/02/13/t...
Totally on brand
Breaking News: President Trump has suggested paving over the grass in the White House Rose Garden for a patio like the one he has at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump Considers Paving Grass at White House Rose Garden to Match Mar-a-Lago
The president has been discussing plans to rip up the grass in one of the White House’s most iconic locations and put in a hard surface to serve as a patio like the one at his Florida home and club.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Totally on brand
When you see something and hope it’s a joke knowing it probably isn’t but you’re afraid to check.
America’s not a serious country
Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Georgia) has introduced a bill to "authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland"—and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland."
“America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland,” Carter said.
“America is back and will soon be bigger than ever with the addition of Red, White, and Blueland,” Carter said.
February 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
When you see something and hope it’s a joke knowing it probably isn’t but you’re afraid to check.
Waste, fraud, abuse. Likely including Red Bull, vodka, and more unsavory expenditures.
Nearly $7 million has been “apportioned” over the past week to cover DOGE-related expenses.
February 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Waste, fraud, abuse. Likely including Red Bull, vodka, and more unsavory expenditures.
Soft power is real power, and once gone will take decades to rebuild.
The dismantling of USAID could disrupt many clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn.
'It’s tectonic:’ U.S. foreign aid freeze deals a blow to research around the globe
Dismantling of USAID could disrupt many clinical trials and wipe away U.S. “soft power” in developing countries, scientists warn
scim.ag
February 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Soft power is real power, and once gone will take decades to rebuild.
If you’re asking how this is legal - it’s not. When will Congress decide to do its job?
Members of Elon Musk’s secretive team, tasked with reviewing federal agencies for potential cuts, are refusing to reveal their full names to civil servants. Musk’s representatives declined to provide their surnames and refused to answer any questions.
February 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you’re asking how this is legal - it’s not. When will Congress decide to do its job?
No good can come of this.
@jeffstein.bsky.social and WaPo broke this yesterday. NYT advances.
This is indescribably bad.
“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system late on Friday”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
This is indescribably bad.
“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave representatives of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency full access to the federal payment system late on Friday”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
No good can come of this.
His fuckery is going to be even harder to deal with now that the price of coffee is going up.
President Donald Trump’s declaration of an energy emergency opens the door to wield sweeping Cold War-era powers and little-known authorities to fast track pipelines, expand power grids and save struggling coal plants.
Trump Seizes Wartime Powers in Battle for More Fossil Fuels
President Donald Trump’s declaration of an energy emergency opens the door to wield sweeping Cold War-era powers and little-known authorities to fast track pipelines, expand power grids and save strug...
www.bloomberg.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
His fuckery is going to be even harder to deal with now that the price of coffee is going up.
I love to see the word “monopsony” in an article.
If you made this argument back in the day you were smugly dismissed as an economically illiterate lefty.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Walmart Effect
New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I love to see the word “monopsony” in an article.
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Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations. nyti.ms/4h3PF1x
January 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Instagram and Facebook have recently blurred, blocked or removed posts from two abortion pill providers. Instagram also suspended the accounts of several abortion pill providers and hid the providers from appearing in search and recommendations. nyti.ms/4h3PF1x
Good morning!
January 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Good morning!