Jananb
Psychologist. Optimist with cross cultural leaning. That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.
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- Reposted by JananbNew in PN: Stephen Miller threatens to suspend habeas unless Trump can defy judges "The administration is demanding that it be unconstitutionally allowed to defy the courts, and if it isn’t allowed to do so, it has no choice but to unconstitutionally suspend habeas."
- Reposted by JananbJust FYI because evidently Fox or OAN or whatever is pushing the lie that America accepted the Statue of Liberty and that’s equivalent to the plane. Congress VOTED to approve receiving the statue. So congress should vote on the jet
- Reposted by Jananbsquirrel: *points gun* me: what do you want me to do? squirrel: *gestures at sign* me: alright, i get it *opens book drop* squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion* me: NOT A SQUIRREL! squirrel: *disappears into book drop* me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
- Reposted by JananbMcGovern: You guys make Marie Antoinette look down to earth. Trump’s cabinet is like an episode of the lifestyles of the rich and famous. These people are totally clueless. They don’t shop for their own groceries. They don’t buy their own food.
- Reposted by JananbYou can't claim to be a country of "Law and Order" when you have a convicted felon president who openly solicits and accepts BRIBES. This shit IS NOT NORMAL.
- Reposted by Jananbshark: *smirking* no hablo inglés
- Reposted by JananbI always believed the single greatest joy in life was being surrounded by my wonderful kids, or at least I did until that magical day they moved out.
- Reposted by JananbThis is utter nonsense Medicaid is a needs based program If any American doesn’t have sufficient resources, they qualify-even if they’re working So if Mike Johnson wants to remove employed, “able bodied young men” from Medicaid, there’s a simple fix Raise the minimum wage But of course-he won’t
- Reposted by JananbObama turned down a *book* to comply with ethics rules surrounding gifts. Trump is accepting a jet. That’s the difference.
- Reposted by JananbGolly, I seem to recall a full-fledged meltdown in the press when Biden flubbed and said "We beat Medicare" when he meant Pharma. I guess it's fine when addled Trump says this on the world stage. Never mind.
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We’ve reached the point where career government employees are forced to determine the scope of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. (Arguments can be made both ways.)- Some clarity: Capitol police were called when DOJ guys tried to enter the US Copyright Building, Library of Congress General Counsel said no and walked them out. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...
- Reposted by JananbWhy are ICE agents masked to begin with? Our law enforcement officers shouldn’t be anonymous. Ever.
- Reposted by JananbThe church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.
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- Reposted by JananbStrains bounds of propriety? Strains…bounds…of…proprietary? Am I having a stroke? What is happening?
- Reposted by Jananbyou want to know one reason people are losing trust in the media? it’s the total inability to call things what they are some guy on YouTube: “wow this is the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen” the Times: “critics say it raises appearance of impropriety” who are people going to take seriously?
- Reposted by JananbDemocrats have been saying it for months And here it is-in black and white for all to see Republicans want to cut $715 billion from Medicaid Ripping away insurance from 13.7 million Americans Just to give billionaires like Elon Musk another tax break Don't Mess With Medicaid
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- Reposted by JananbI get that he is bound by judicial ethics here, but it’s hard to take the civics argument seriously from the author of Trump v. United States. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
- Reposted by JananbOdd that those criticizing @gtconway.bsky.social for endorsing Diane Seltzer because he isn't a member of the DC Bar, ignore the fact that I have as well and I am a member. Vote Diane Seltzer for DC Bar president.
- Reposted by JananbThe amount of Russian soldiers in this picture is how many are killed or wounded every three days
- Reposted by JananbIf all he had to do was sign a piece of paper, why didn’t he do it nine years ago?
- Reposted by JananbTrump says Democrats are losers for not getting hundred of millions of dollars in bribes from foreign dictators.
- Reposted by Jananb$400 million "palace in the sky" private jets for him. No toys for you.
- Reposted by JananbSoon after firing the Librarian of Congress, Trump has fired the nation’s top copyright official as well. Rep. Joe Morelle says Trump acted after the copyright official “refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.”
- Reposted by Jananb30% is an enormously high tariff!
- Reposted by JananbIf this isn't a bribe, we don't know what is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiGD...
- Reposted by JananbAnyone still upset over Bill Clinton’s $100 haircut?
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- Reposted by JananbAOC: This administration — and Noem — spits on the American flag every time they engage in that nonsense. So I don’t want to hear anything about “America First.” These people, and this administration, are putting America last by acting like their allegiance is to a man instead of the Constitution.
- Reposted by JananbAOC: We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces — and, in many cases, their identification… The idea that we’re going to allow a paramilitary force to bloom, one that isn’t accountable to the Constitution… we’ve got another thing coming.
- Reposted by JananbMarc Andreesen received government funding from NSF to create Mosaic.
- (6/11) The internet exists because we invested in science. Decades before it changed the world, the NSF laid the groundwork for the internet—funding research, building networks, and connecting universities. Without public investment, there would be no world wide web. www.nsf.gov/impacts/inte...
- Reposted by Jananbalready commented on this. But I think this may literally be the dumbest comment of the second Trump administration so far.
- Reposted by JananbHaving now watched the footage and interview two of the members who were there, the amount of armed, masked federal agents surrounding three members of Congress and a mayor outside the ICE facility was totally unnecessary; the only possible reason for it was intentional escalation and intimidation.
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- Reposted by Jananb“After school shootings, many Republicans try to shift the public conversation away from gun violence and toward mental health programs that might make mass shootings less likely. Student mental health grants had bipartisan support. “Trump is cutting them anyway.” www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
- Reposted by JananbSo let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
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- Ditto w Rs here
- There is an inverse relationship between education and favourability of Pierre Poilievre. Favourability of Pierre Poilievre decreases with education. The less educated you are, the more likely you are to have a positive opinion of the Conservative Party leader. cultmtl.com/2025/04/favo... #cdnpoli
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- Reposted by Jananbcongratulations to the literally zero Republicans standing up to denounce Pee Wee German and Donny Convict for wanting to shitcan habeas corpus. take a victory lap, you gutless cowards
- Reposted by JananbYou’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
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- Reposted by JananbSpotted on 4th Ave. in Brooklyn
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- Reposted by JananbHow many hours of pro bono work do you think King Charles is going to have to do?
