jonetta
@jonetta.bsky.social
freelance journalist/columnist, member Society of Professional Journalists Hall of Fame, published author, poet, public scholar, and nonprofit manager based in Washington DC. The views expressed here are my own--mostly. I am happy to be educated by others.
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Joe Biden was old but he wasn’t a fucking xenophobic racist dictator wannabe.
November 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Joe Biden was old but he wasn’t a fucking xenophobic racist dictator wannabe.
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I fail to understand why people still seem shocked by the grotesque things Donald says.
Shouldn’t everyone understand by now he is INCAPABLE of feeling emotions like empathy, or compassion. INCAPABLE
Shouldn’t everyone understand by now he is INCAPABLE of feeling emotions like empathy, or compassion. INCAPABLE
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I fail to understand why people still seem shocked by the grotesque things Donald says.
Shouldn’t everyone understand by now he is INCAPABLE of feeling emotions like empathy, or compassion. INCAPABLE
Shouldn’t everyone understand by now he is INCAPABLE of feeling emotions like empathy, or compassion. INCAPABLE
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The blame: Trump used those troops for a political stunt. He put them in the position of being a target for no reason. Also, fuck that shooter.
November 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The blame: Trump used those troops for a political stunt. He put them in the position of being a target for no reason. Also, fuck that shooter.
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Except that’s what everyone on the right was doing before we learned it was the Trump admin that granted him asylum - and most are still doing it. If only Republicans would blame the shooters more often instead of trying to use deranged acts by individuals for political gain.
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Except that’s what everyone on the right was doing before we learned it was the Trump admin that granted him asylum - and most are still doing it. If only Republicans would blame the shooters more often instead of trying to use deranged acts by individuals for political gain.
Instead of retreating, he should advance. DJT should tell his girl, PB, who does everything he wants, to release all files today. No need to wait.
Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Instead of retreating, he should advance. DJT should tell his girl, PB, who does everything he wants, to release all files today. No need to wait.
Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files, With or Without Congress www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
After his tenure as president of Harvard & his comments about women, I can't understand why any organization would associate with Larry Summers. Now, yet again, he proves he deserves to be ostracized.
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Larry Summers stepping back from ‘public commitments’ over Epstein emails
A longtime Democratic adviser, Summers has had significant influence over economic policymaking for decades.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
After his tenure as president of Harvard & his comments about women, I can't understand why any organization would associate with Larry Summers. Now, yet again, he proves he deserves to be ostracized.
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I’d tell others
to make smaller goals-
like
get out of bed today
or
take a shower
or wear a different
pair of sweats
and then try to build
on accomplishing
these small goals
until
one day you are functioning
and able to
be in the world again
#vss365 #depression #poetry
to make smaller goals-
like
get out of bed today
or
take a shower
or wear a different
pair of sweats
and then try to build
on accomplishing
these small goals
until
one day you are functioning
and able to
be in the world again
#vss365 #depression #poetry
November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’d tell others
to make smaller goals-
like
get out of bed today
or
take a shower
or wear a different
pair of sweats
and then try to build
on accomplishing
these small goals
until
one day you are functioning
and able to
be in the world again
#vss365 #depression #poetry
to make smaller goals-
like
get out of bed today
or
take a shower
or wear a different
pair of sweats
and then try to build
on accomplishing
these small goals
until
one day you are functioning
and able to
be in the world again
#vss365 #depression #poetry
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NEW: Donald Trump’s grip on his party appears to be faltering in ways unseen since the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack.
He may yet reassert himself, but the gathering clouds signal a GOP reckoning with its post-Trump future.
The 7 signs:
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
He may yet reassert himself, but the gathering clouds signal a GOP reckoning with its post-Trump future.
The 7 signs:
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
7 signs Trump is losing his groove
The president has faced a series of brush-offs and brushbacks that threaten his aura of invincibility.
www.politico.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
NEW: Donald Trump’s grip on his party appears to be faltering in ways unseen since the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack.
He may yet reassert himself, but the gathering clouds signal a GOP reckoning with its post-Trump future.
The 7 signs:
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
He may yet reassert himself, but the gathering clouds signal a GOP reckoning with its post-Trump future.
The 7 signs:
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I was appalled by the cavalier manner in which the Elections Board handled its primary mission of guaranteeing maximum enfranchisement of District residents in the democratic process.
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jonetta rose barras: The rogue board running DC’s elections system
Last month, on Oct. 17, the DC Board of Elections placed a notice published in the DC Register at 11 a.m., informing readers they had until 4 p.m. that day to sign up if they wanted to testify at a pu...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I was appalled by the cavalier manner in which the Elections Board handled its primary mission of guaranteeing maximum enfranchisement of District residents in the democratic process.
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Pam Bondi has to go. There were no concerns over Texas. Suddenly, she is worried about racial discrimination & the 14th & 15 amendments. Please!
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Justice Dept. sues to block California congressional map that favors Democrats
California voters approved the new map, a counterpunch to Trump-backed redistricting in Texas and other red states, via a ballot measure this month.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Pam Bondi has to go. There were no concerns over Texas. Suddenly, she is worried about racial discrimination & the 14th & 15 amendments. Please!
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As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
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I don’t know how bad the economic numbers are going to end up this quarter. But I do know the party that controls the presidency, House and Senate is going to blame the party that doesn’t.
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I don’t know how bad the economic numbers are going to end up this quarter. But I do know the party that controls the presidency, House and Senate is going to blame the party that doesn’t.
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The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
A federal judge in Chicago issued a sweeping injunction that puts more permanent restrictions on the use of force by immigration agents during “Operation Midway Blitz.”
www.chicagotribune.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Constitution protects the right to free speech and the right to peacefully assemble. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
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Hold onto the warmth of Tuesday night. 🔥
We are the storm. Together.
We are the storm. Together.
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hold onto the warmth of Tuesday night. 🔥
We are the storm. Together.
We are the storm. Together.
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
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I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
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“Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know”
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Two experts on Sudan explain how the killing in El Fasher is worse than anyone knows.
zeteo.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know”
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
Important convo on the genocide there from me/Zeteo, with 2 Sudan experts who offer actual solutions to stop the fighting & put pressure on outside actors like the UAE & Saudi:
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@sassy0210.bsky.social Sane Americans MUST stay Plugged In! #ForwardMotion #KeepMarching
#VoteForCivilRights
#VoteForChildren
#VoteForWomen
#VoteForHealthCare
#VoteForFoodSecurity
#VoteForHousingSecurity
#VoteForCivilRights
#VoteForChildren
#VoteForWomen
#VoteForHealthCare
#VoteForFoodSecurity
#VoteForHousingSecurity
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Sun over Simon Lake....
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Sun over Simon Lake....
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Jeanine Pirro bragging in August that she just arrested Sandwich Guy and was going to teach him a lesson in court.
November 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Jeanine Pirro bragging in August that she just arrested Sandwich Guy and was going to teach him a lesson in court.
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And in the case of this particular post, ask him whether he regularly sends private direct messages to cabinet officials, as this one seemed intended to be.
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
And in the case of this particular post, ask him whether he regularly sends private direct messages to cabinet officials, as this one seemed intended to be.