Jennifer Slack

Jennifer Slack

@jdslack.bsky.social

Pastel & acrylic painter, anti-maga, Emeritus Professor: cultural studies, technology, and culture. I repost more than post to honor others' efforts. Joined Nov 2024. I am slow to follow back; looking for engagement. No DMs, crypto, "dates," or donations.

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Two former Governors of South Carolina - one from each party - have endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews who is running against Sen. Darline Graham R-SC

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From Zelenskyy. Patriot interceptors that could save innocent lives are sitting in European countries for weeks, which they paid for, unable to be transferred to Ukraine because Hegseth refuses to sign off.

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The Trump administration has brought a third criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, this time accusing the longtime target of President Donald Trump of unlawfully transmitting national defense information to the press a decade ago. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.comTrump DOJ charges James Comey for a third time as political retaliation claims mountComey has denied wrongdoing in the cases against him and said Monday, “I’m still innocent.”

I ask myself this same basic question every day,

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Anthony Davis: “Who exactly are this 31% of Americans who think this lazy tyrant, this dollar-store dictator, this narcoleptic nincompoop is doing a good job?”

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Replying to @okpoke.bsky.social

Lula won despite Meta, TikTok, Rubio, and the entire flood of money poured in here by the U.S. Meta and TikTok carried out the greatest act of censorship in history in favor of the far-right. Only their end can save humanity.

The Trump administration pulls shenanigans on Canadian tariffs to make it look like Collins in Maine and Rogers in Michigan have earned our votes. It is a deceptive tactic. This thread explains.

conifergirl.bsky.social@conifergirl.bsky.social

Eleven days before the midterms, with two Republican Senate candidates drowning in states that live and die on Canadian trade, Donald Trump found religion on tariffs. Sort of. On Friday, the White House announced it was cancelling 50% tariffs on a list of Canadian products; Susan Collins

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As Trump proclaims that he is happy oil prices are high, adding "I don't give a damn, I'm gonna say it: We're making a frickin fortune," remember that the 'we' refers to Trump, his family, and his donors. 99% of American people are suffering, the Trump only cares about himself and his donors.

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Replying to @steve3797.bsky.social

... And the USA has been paying for it for Decades .. Note that Genocidal Israel has Universal Health Care AND College for it's little NAZI's ..

Excellent reporting on the government attempt to throw Californians off the voter roles - now that voting has started!

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com

HAPPENING NOW: 9th Circuit Oral Arguments on DOJ's lawsuit against California voters. DOJ is arguing that there is massive amounts of non-citizens voting, and the harm is irreparable because once the ballot is separated from its envelope, you can't trace it to the voter. 1/

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It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

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NEW: At least 18 voting centers in Alaska Native communities have not opened despite early voting having already started in the state last week. “There is no legal excuse for the failure to open these sites,” one state senator wrote to the Alaska elections chief.

democracydocket.comAlaska Natives’ early voting hampered by unlawful closuresAt least 18 early voting sites in Alaska Native communities have yet to open, which is hampering turnout among a historically disenfranchised population.

You can see in the comments that the ballot is very clear. Not confusing.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

BRENNAN: The DOJ lawsuit demands the Alaska result not be certified if voters are confused. The confusion is defined as Sen. Sullivan not winning. BLANCHE: That's not what it says BRENNAN: I'm quoting from it. You are telling them not to certify it. What right does the federal govt have?

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What an incredible day for democracy. ❤️ Students defeat an EU-backed authoritarian regime in Serbia. 🇷🇸 Lula defeats a far-right nepo baby whose backers interfere with turnout in Brazil. 🇧🇷

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Yes!

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

When the gold comes down, maybe it will be sold off like pieces of the Berlin wall were. To this day I regret that I didn't get a piece of the Berlin wall.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened up a Cheesecake Factory” — Obama

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bsky.app/profile/robe... This is in Alaska which is the state I lived in for 25 years, which is part of the United States of America. WTF is this? Absolutely this election is about Trump. And he needs to be impeached.

Scott Horton@robertscotthorton.bsky.social

US executives quit as Trump turns control over massive Alaska energy project to Putin underlings. The former chief executive of a $25bn US gas export venture says Russian energy giant Novatek was given control of the project by Trump, triggering a mass resignation of company leadership

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🚨 KUSHNER IS COOKED: His iPhone was hacked and the details and bank accounts tell the entire story. He is not an elected official. He’s a nepotistic con man who is in this purely to grift off of us, just like his in-laws. Democrats, you know what to do come January. MAGA Cult Slayer 😎💙👏🍿

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Hospitals bombed. Schools flattened. A population starved. Yet the EU–Israel Trade Agreement continues, with trade worth €45 billion. The European Union is complicit in Israel’s genocide and the murder of over 70,000 Palestinians. SCRAP THE AGREEMENT. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin MEP👏👏👏

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"Israeli occupation forces (IOF) prevented farmers in the village of Deir Jarir, E. of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, from reaching their lands to harvest olives on Wednesday morning." english.palinfo.com/news/2026/10... #BoycottIsrael #FreePalestine #Israel #News #Palestine #Zionism

english.palinfo.comIOF declares Deir Jarir closed military zone, prevents its farmers from harvesting olivesIsraeli occupation forces (IOF) prevented farmers in the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, from reaching their lands to harvest olives on Wednesday morning.

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Attention Maine voters

Maine Newsroom@mainenewsroom.com

10/21 Senator Susan Collins will campaign Wednesday with an advisor to the private equity firm that shut down Bucksport, Jay mills, former West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin #maine #MEpolitics

I sure hope he beats Susan Collins.

Troy Jackson@troyjackson207.bsky.social

Susan Collins and her billionaire allies are spending millions in this race trying to tell you who Troy Jackson is. Let me save them some money. I’ll tell you who I am…

This a maddening story about the greed of drug manufacturers - the development of drugs at considerable public expense and their totally unregulated pricing in the U.S.

ProPublica@propublica.org

The gene therapy Zolgensma helped children born with a fatal disease grow up to run and play. But the cost was stunning: $2M per dose. While taxpayers and charities funded the drug’s early development, execs, venture-capital backers and a pharma giant have reaped the profits. (Pub. Feb. 2025)

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Jared Kushner’s hacked iPhone revealed he promised MBS and MBZ he would push their agenda with Trump if they participated in a secret fund, with the two royals initially discussing over $10B before ultimately placing at least $2B into his accounts. Paywalled, use archive. archive.ph/FHGAt

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Wild that the Trump family is very clearly in the pocket of multiple(!) foreign dictators and apparently nobody even cares. This used to be the stuff of taut thrillers, now it's just oh there's Jared doing bribe stuff again

Paul Blumenthal@paulblumenthal.bsky.social

Dutch intelligence obtained a Russian hack of Kushner's phone and then hacked it themselves to find:

Get Elon musk out of the business of government.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

WATCH — @ronaldfilipkowski on Elon Musk: "How did we allow a private individual to have this much power over the world? The next administration needs to divest itself and decouple itself from all things Musk. Correct. Get him out of the business of the U.S. government."

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so the “LLMs will cause a cybersecurity apocalypse” stuff wasn’t wrong, it turns out

norvid_studies@norvid-studies.bsky.social

the story goes like this

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Women are 51% of the Vote, Vivek, it’s not called complaining? WTF you mean by that? Don’t speak if you get raped at your house??? Is that being a Karen? Too bitchy for a 9 year old? What, should kids be grateful.