Jennifer White

Jennifer White

@jenjoelle.bsky.social

Stumbling along between the extremes.. Recovering academic.

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Jennifer White
@jenjoelle.bsky.social

…which could have been done from the start, preventing TSA personnel from missing any paychecks and ICE from being deployed to airports.. Criminy, people.. Absences fall sharply after US airport security workers finally get paid - www.reuters.com/world/us/tsa...

reuters.comAbsences fall sharply after US airport security workers finally get paidThe Transportation Security Administration said absences among the nation's 50,000 security officers fell sharply on Monday as workers ​were paid after working six weeks without a paycheck, and major ...

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Virginia Sapiro
@vsapiro.bsky.social

Watching reactions to warnings about the SAVE Act. I see many well-informed, educated, involved folks who don't get what's so bad. A thread, just on the providing documents part: This requires documentary proof of citizenship, not just residence or identity. No affidavits; hard document proof. (1/8)

Jennifer White
@jenjoelle.bsky.social

« Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, called the deal “a historic victory in preserving US sovereignty and protecting American workers and businesses from extraterritorial overreach. » » « Irony » no longer has a meaning in US English. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

theguardian.comUS will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationalsAgreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%

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Irene Glasse
@glassewitch.bsky.social

Good morning, lovelies. Here is one of your periodic reminders from the friendly neighborhood witch: hope is a practice. It is a series of decisions and actions that cause an outcome in terms of outlook and mindset. Hope is a seed we plant, tend, nurture, and whose fruit we eventually harvest. (1/8)

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Senator Chris Van Hollen
@vanhollen.senate.gov

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Jennifer White
@jenjoelle.bsky.social

Best line today, at the end..

Stephen King@stephenking.bsky.social

If Trumpty-Dumpty is working with the Russians to screw up America, he's doing a great job. Eggs, $11 a dozen. Health & Human Services down the dumper, ditto VA. If you call Social Security, they tell you to call back later. Guys 'n gals, this is more fucked up than Peter O'Toole on his birthday.

Jennifer White
@jenjoelle.bsky.social

This is a useful explanation of Medicaid funding structures.

The Commonwealth Fund@commonwealthfund.org

You might know that Medicaid covers more than 72 million people with low income, but do you know how that coverage is paid for? Trace the complex flow of #Medicaid dollars, from funding to spending and reimbursements, in this explainer from @commonwealthfund.org's @acinthedc.bsky.social.

commonwealthfund.orgHow Do We Pay for Medicaid?This explainer looks at how Medicaid is funded jointly by the federal government and the states, the program’s spending, and its administrative costs.
Jennifer White
@jenjoelle.bsky.social

If this doesn’t freak you out, you’re not aware of what a democracy is. Doctor at Brown University deported to Lebanon despite US judge's order - www.reuters.com/world/us/doc...

reuters.comDoctor at Brown University deported to Lebanon despite US judge's orderA Rhode Island doctor who is an assistant professor at Brown University's medical school has been deported to Lebanon even though a judge had issued an order blocking the U.S. visa holder's immediate removal from the country, according to court papers.
Jennifer White
@jenjoelle.bsky.social

Oh, HELL no. AAUP & ACLU - where ya at? Columbia University Palestinian student protester arrested - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

reuters.comUS authorities arrest Palestinian student protester at Columbia University, students sayThe detention of graduate student Mahmoud Khalil appears to be one of the first efforts by Donald Trump to fulfill his promise to seek the deportation of some foreign students involved in the pro-Palestinian protest movement.

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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
@msf.ca

#Gaza: Doctors Without Borders strongly denounces Israel’s announcement to block aid into Gaza. Humanitarian aid should never be used as a tool of war. Regardless of negotiations between warring parties, people in Gaza still need an immediate and massive scale-up of humanitarian supplies.

Jennifer White
@jenjoelle.bsky.social

Apologies to Ukrainians, Palestinians, Sudanese - and to all decent people everywhere just trying to survive and live their lives. America - and Americans - should be better than this.

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AAUP
@aaup.org

The Trump administration is at war on civil rights. Friday’s announcement intensifies their clampdown on concepts & topics related to race & identity that if implemented could effectively re-segregate higher education. We must forcefully oppose these assaults. www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

insidehighered.comTrump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEIIn a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.
Jennifer White
@jenjoelle.bsky.social

« I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. » -Martin Luther King, Jr | 28 August 1963 | March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

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