Janice Oest
@janstar17.bsky.social
Seeker, believer, wanderer. Lover of trees, and seas, and bees. Caretaker of the earth and all its’ creatures.
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The cease-fire in Gaza is more than two months old. But the killing of Palestinians has not yet stopped for more than a day or two at a time.
The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed?
Since the cease-fire took effect, Israel says it has targeted only militants. But death can come for Gazans while on a family outing or sleeping in a tent.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The cease-fire in Gaza is more than two months old. But the killing of Palestinians has not yet stopped for more than a day or two at a time.
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DHS's handling of the incident raises questions about the department's oversight mechanisms to investigate employee misconduct. n.pr/4jlKsEc
ICE officer accused of excessive force, then sent back to work despite active probe
DHS's handling of the incident raises questions about the department's oversight mechanisms to investigate employee misconduct.
n.pr
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
DHS's handling of the incident raises questions about the department's oversight mechanisms to investigate employee misconduct. n.pr/4jlKsEc
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My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
December 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
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December 11, 2025
December 11, 2025
On Tuesday, President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:39 AM
December 11, 2025
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It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
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Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Count the ways they’re corrupting DOJ: Presidents don’t direct AG’s to open criminal cases, especially ones designating only Dems for investigation when POTUS himself is involved. DOJ doesn’t publicize criminal investigations & the AG definitely doesn’t assign them on Twitter.
A Return to the Soil - tricycle.org/magazine/joa...
A Return to the Soil
Honoring the legacy of the great ecologist and feminist activist Joanna Macy (1929–2025)
tricycle.org
November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A Return to the Soil - tricycle.org/magazine/joa...
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The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters. n.pr/3LT0ecL
The struggle to preserve the Palestinian olive and date harvest
The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters.
n.pr
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The UN says October saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians in nearly 20 years of tracking that violence. More than half the attacks targeted olive harvesters. n.pr/3LT0ecL
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Deplorable wasn’t bad enough.
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Deplorable wasn’t bad enough.
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While our airports are in chaos, the Transportation Secretary is flying to a campaign fundraiser for his son-in-law.
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
While our airports are in chaos, the Transportation Secretary is flying to a campaign fundraiser for his son-in-law.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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The history teacher is going to be stuck on “why didn’t the Biden admin punish sedition and why was a seditionist even allowed to run for president again” for a long, long time…Americans stopped believing they had a functional government long before they started believing they had a fascist one
October 4, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The history teacher is going to be stuck on “why didn’t the Biden admin punish sedition and why was a seditionist even allowed to run for president again” for a long, long time…Americans stopped believing they had a functional government long before they started believing they had a fascist one
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Who could have imagined that a guy who uses the moniker “Ka$h” would take over the FBI and shut down the bribery investigations of his buddies?
September 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Who could have imagined that a guy who uses the moniker “Ka$h” would take over the FBI and shut down the bribery investigations of his buddies?
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Cool who paid for the trip?
Justice Alito, in Rome, Says Religious Liberty Is Under Siege www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/w...
Justice Alito, in Rome, Says Religious Liberty Is Under Siege
www.nytimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cool who paid for the trip?
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Murder of Kirk was a terrible crime, but we’ve seen no evidence that shooter was part of any “network” organized by “the left.” Alarming to see Trump Admin exploit a tragedy to divide and conquer Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
On Charlie Kirk Show, JD Vance Talks of Crackdown on Liberal Groups (Gift Article)
Some of the highest-ranking officials in the federal government used Charlie Kirk’s podcast, guest-hosted by Vice President JD Vance, to lay out their plans.
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Murder of Kirk was a terrible crime, but we’ve seen no evidence that shooter was part of any “network” organized by “the left.” Alarming to see Trump Admin exploit a tragedy to divide and conquer Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
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If the right *truly* believed Charlie Kirk was a defender of free speech and someone who was fine with dissenting opinions, they wouldn't be engaged in a massive campaign to punish anyone who didn't "mourn him properly."
They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.
They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.
September 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If the right *truly* believed Charlie Kirk was a defender of free speech and someone who was fine with dissenting opinions, they wouldn't be engaged in a massive campaign to punish anyone who didn't "mourn him properly."
They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.
They clearly know all of that is bullshit. Only the media was conned.
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You are not Making a Difference there. You are not Fighting the Good Fight. You are not even Maintaining a Community you couldn't easily replicate elsewhere.
You are propping up a right-wing site and, worse, you are being warped by your constant exposure to it and you don't even realize it.
Leave.
You are propping up a right-wing site and, worse, you are being warped by your constant exposure to it and you don't even realize it.
Leave.
No matter what #Musk says or does, many on the left continue to post on and pay for X, a clear example of how progressive movements are beholden to the narrative that we don't have to change anything at all about our lives to achieve our political goals.
I wrote about why that's bad in July ⬇️
I wrote about why that's bad in July ⬇️
X reveals a weakness in left-wing rhetoric
Good principles mean nothing when you materially support a fascist propaganda machine.
www.sower.world
September 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
You are not Making a Difference there. You are not Fighting the Good Fight. You are not even Maintaining a Community you couldn't easily replicate elsewhere.
You are propping up a right-wing site and, worse, you are being warped by your constant exposure to it and you don't even realize it.
Leave.
You are propping up a right-wing site and, worse, you are being warped by your constant exposure to it and you don't even realize it.
Leave.
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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We will be live-streaming our big book launch for SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE at the @92ndstreety NYC
Thursday, September 25, 8pm
Come be part of the big live launch event, BEFORE the book gets banned in Florida.
Tickets for both live & streaming at: www.92ny.org/event/john-f...
more to come...
Thursday, September 25, 8pm
Come be part of the big live launch event, BEFORE the book gets banned in Florida.
Tickets for both live & streaming at: www.92ny.org/event/john-f...
more to come...
September 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We will be live-streaming our big book launch for SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE at the @92ndstreety NYC
Thursday, September 25, 8pm
Come be part of the big live launch event, BEFORE the book gets banned in Florida.
Tickets for both live & streaming at: www.92ny.org/event/john-f...
more to come...
Thursday, September 25, 8pm
Come be part of the big live launch event, BEFORE the book gets banned in Florida.
Tickets for both live & streaming at: www.92ny.org/event/john-f...
more to come...
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I mean, nothing matters any more, but it's worth pointing out that preventing demagogic leaders from controlling the money supply was one of the *central issues in the American Revolution*.
Vance on undermining the Federal Reserve: "I don't think we allow bureaucrats to make decisions about monetary policy and interest rates without any input from the people that were elected to serve the American people...POTUS is much better able to make these determinations."
August 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
I mean, nothing matters any more, but it's worth pointing out that preventing demagogic leaders from controlling the money supply was one of the *central issues in the American Revolution*.
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Opinion | Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
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Lisa Cook should also sue Lutnick for defamation
Lutnick on Lisa Cook refusing to resign: "The crook always says, 'I'm not going anywhere.'"
August 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Lisa Cook should also sue Lutnick for defamation
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You *know* if everything that happened with Texas, FEMA, and federal disaster relief had happened under Obama instead of Trump and Noem, people would be saying *Obama killed those Texan girls.* Yet under this administration, the story vanished.
It’s Hurricane Season. Do You Know Where Your FEMA Director Is?
Dark days at the disaster agency under Trump, with senior leaders gone, staffing down, and money not going out the door as expected.
www.thebulwark.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
You *know* if everything that happened with Texas, FEMA, and federal disaster relief had happened under Obama instead of Trump and Noem, people would be saying *Obama killed those Texan girls.* Yet under this administration, the story vanished.