@jljacobson
Lifelong advocate for human rights (*for EVERYONE), public health, evidence-based policy. Jewish. Intolerant of lying, hatred, and denialism. Entrepreneurial non-profit leader. Writer/editor. Mom of two amazing kids and two very, very good dogs.
🧵Feels like shouting into the void, but it is essential to note that the Trump/Rubio gutting of the State Department and blowtorching of US diplomatic capacity and credibility is an accelerant to this spiraling war and will seriously undercut US/allied efforts to pick up the pieces after. 1/
A judge ordered the release of a man with lawful permanent resident status — who twice won bond before an immigration court — but has remained detained for 200 days because of the Trump administration's use of a (previously) little used "automatic stay." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Yes. I know. I was merely responding to misreporting on MSNOW.
yes. I know. I was responding to misreporting on MSNOW
"No stupid rules of engagement." — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, March 2, 2026
"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the Middle East." — Reuters, March 5, 2026
@nytimespr.bsky.social THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN BY DISINGENUOUS.
Where is the reporting???
I simply do NOT understand why people keep asking "what happened with Trump's promises?!?!?!
Do we not understand this is A CON MAN? Someone who is completely transactional and a sociopath?
He said what he needed to say to get into office. He lied. Now we are paying the price.
I am still waiting for a headline to say, when appropriate "Israel kills/starves/mutilates Palestinians," instead of "Palestinians died.:
What's disingenuous is your coverage, three-quarters of the time, and ANY time you cover Israel.
Your headlines are misleading and shitty.
And your puff pieces of fascists are nauseating.
I wrote about how the US and Israel carried out an attack on an Iranian girls school on par with the OKC bombing and US media relegated it to a back page story. No stand alone evening news segments, no front page stories, it made A11 in the NYT then everyone moved on.
"The Senate should not vote for anything until DHS/ICE agrees to let us into the investigations of which we deserve to be part."
He's so good at this. No bullshit, just facts, righteous anger, and what comes next.
@governorwalz.mn.gov right now laying it all out on MSNOW.
He really is great at saying what needs to be said.
"We will never forget, we will never rest until the people who were harmed are made whole."
"We have not made the fundamental changes we need."
The economic costs to Minnesota alone are astronomical. Right now thousands of people do not have enough money for rent because businesses closed or people were afraid to go to work. This regime should have a SUPPLEMENTAL ASK TO PAY COMMUNITIES FOR ICE TRAUMA.
ICE is STILL in Minnesota and STILL terrorizing communities. Reporters that say otherwise are either uninformed (which....) or lazy (which... ) or just repeating regime lies (which... is also extremely bad).
People are still missing, people are and will be traumatized, businesses demolished...
More of this needs to happen.
Scientists and other experts were preparing an assessment of the health of nature in the US when Trump returned to the White House. He canceled the report. The researchers went ahead and compiled it on their own. This week, they released a 868-p draft for public comment and scientific review.
There are apparently *some* moral people in Florida.
Lindsey Halligan, the former interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, is facing an investigation by the Florida Bar for her role in pursuing criminal charges against two of President Trump’s most prominent political foes.
Agreed on both.
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I will save this post as receipts for Blumenthal.
This is an important win for civil rights.
Judge blocks Florida from tagging group as ‘terrorists’. "‘The question before this Court is whether the Governor can... unilaterally designate one of the largest Muslim civil rights groups in America as a “terrorist organization”.... This Court finds he cannot.’" floridaphoenix.com/2026/03/04/f...
The IRS has damaged Americans’ trust by sharing confidential tax data with DHS & ICE.
I grilled IRS CEO Bisignano repeatedly on how the Trump admin is working to restore that trust.
He refused to say how he will resolve this issue.
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I am deeply, deeply sorry for Alex Pretti and Renee Good and their families. I mourn for them.
But if another @housedemocrats.bsky.social or @democrats.senate.gov says only their names, does not reference the THOUSANDS OF LIVES ruined by ICE and DHS, I will scream. It's NOT JUST TWO WHITE PEOPLE.
The logical "Nuremberg" solution for Trump and his co-conspirators may be referral to the ICC in the Hague. But the US will need to restore its membership.
The report by Rhode Island’s attorney general found 75 Catholic priests molested more than 300 victims since 1950, though the true number of victims — and abusive priests — is likely much higher.
TWO HUNDRED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS FOR VANITY ADS FEATURING NOEM.
People can't eat, they can't afford heat or medicine, but Noem spent $220 MILLION on ads.
Over and under that Lewandowski breaks up with Noem now that she has less/no power?