Jon Frandsen

Jon Frandsen

@jcfrandsen.bsky.social

Dismayed retired journalist/writer; dog walker; cat herder. Proud father, grandfather & partner. “Not long lines. Long tables!”—Chef and future Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Andres.

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@hcrichardson.bsky.social I just saw the gov’t-financed propaganda/Trump campaign ad in the wild (DC football) for the 1st time & I’m more livid than I was when I 1st heard about this. I never want to hear the words guardrails & norms again. These fascists are breaking the law whenever they want.

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“Largest theft of labor in human history.” What a quote.

Jason Kint@kint.bsky.social

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1

The insanity is getting even more lethal. And disgusting.

The Washington Sun@washingtonsun.com

HHS is canceling infant mortality and postpartum grants to focus instead on research related to what the department says are “root causes” like sperm counts and erectile dysfunction. https://www.notus.org/health-science/hhs-cancels-infant-mortality-postpartum-grants-focus-infertility

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Gloria Steinem was a feminist icon and democracy defender who spent her life fighting for human rights. Her memory should inspire us all to do a little, or a lot, each day. Rest in Peace, Gloria Steinem. 💔

This points out a vulnerability faced by hundreds of communities across the country. Rascists exploiting it as a deliberare strategy just underscores the need to create or shore up local news resources nationwide & to recognize they they are as vital to communities as water, power & healthcare. 1/2

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, white supremacists mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...

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Read this important thread. And realize yet again how monstrous is Mike Johnson

Jonathan Larsen@jonathanlarsen.bsky.social

In 2025, about a month after the US strikes on Iran, Speaker Mike Johnson met with Israeli PM Netanyahu. Johnson issued a public statement about the meeting. But I just found out more about it...

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Tales of everyday corruption. Pete Hegseth cancelled the $400,000 contract for making uniforms for the Blue Angels on the grounds that the contract with "The Sewing Box" was DEI since the firm is Black-owned. Instead, he awarded it to a Trump donor for $1,690,000, a 325% price increase!

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We actually had the 16th highest mortality rate in the world and it largely resulted from the ignorant asshats who were *resisting* the common sense protection measures Fauci was promoting like masking and distancing. What a colossal asshole.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

RFK Jr: "Because of Dr Fauci's leadership and other reasons, we had the highest mortality rate from covid of any country in the world" #OtherReasons 🙃

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Court reform or bust is the only patriotic & constitutional move now.

Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social

What that says to me is we’re one vote from basically no rights being secure. A court that could flip on this easy a question could flip on anything.

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Wow. Magistrate Judge Scott Varholak ordered a bond hearing w/this note: "If the Court is wrong, let another court declare that a noncitizen with no criminal history, no history of flight, & an adjudicated right to asylum may be detained indefinitely without running afoul of the Due Process Clause."

It is terrifying how far in over their heads Trump and his clowns are. Almost as frightening as how oblivious they are to their own ignorance.

Jim of Pennsyltucky@jimdigs.bsky.social

There is no one in the Trump administration qualified to negotiate with the Iranians. Especially on the plutonium issue. #Iran #USA

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There is no one in the Trump administration qualified to negotiate with the Iranians. Especially on the plutonium issue. #Iran #USA

Democrats take heed. The various ways Trump is crushing small businesses (tariffs, crackdowns on seasonal immigrant workers, increased health insurance costs etc.) has to be a campaign theme for candidates at every level. Our economic well-being is being throttled by stupid & extremist ideology.

Philip Bump@pbump.com

Talked to the owner of a small store down the hill from where Trump spoke on Tuesday. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...

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It is an obscene, irrational, irresponsible, and unprecedented massive increase in military spending not seen since 1942 after we entered a World War on two fronts with a small military. It also comes at a time when our national debt accelerates and zooms past $40 trillion.