@jimfryri.bsky.social
Retired from a career in journalism. Not an enemy of the people.
I just need one member of the media to ask Trump how much a $500 drug would cost after a 1500% discount.
04.08.2025 03:55 β π 10559 π 2331 π¬ 482 π 130This πππ
04.08.2025 02:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"Donβt let anyone tell you Maxwell was a bystander or just Epsteinβs pawn. She was an active predator, a planner, a participant. A woman who used her privilege, her access, and her power to destroy young girlsβ lives. And now theyβre giving her comfort?"
open.substack.com/pub/levremem...
Come to Newport,, the cool sea breezes and water that almost feels pre-climate change!
04.08.2025 00:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Interestingly, many of the employees of agencies that have been gutted are still being paidβ¦ so maybe the Trump/Doge/Musk βForkβ and/or the RIFs were no bargain for the taxpayers
04.08.2025 00:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
03.08.2025 15:16 β π 35907 π 11078 π¬ 1304 π 646CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.Β
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Aspen trees are growing taller in Yellowstone thanks to wolves that prey on elk, which graze on trees.
02.08.2025 15:59 β π 4803 π 865 π¬ 120 π 59Air quality alerts have been issued across most of the Midwest, and hundreds of wildfires are burning across Canada.
02.08.2025 14:55 β π 200 π 58 π¬ 53 π 9Will everyone quit and roll over? The law firms, media companies, universities, government employees. Will you all cling to what you have and hope you can just ride it out, Republic be damned? Shame on all of you who donβt stand up, just remember we will never forget.
01.08.2025 23:57 β π 25461 π 6731 π¬ 1005 π 376It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
02.08.2025 02:18 β π 22006 π 4428 π¬ 1201 π 266Trump didnβt βcall forβ the head of the BLS to be fired. He *actually fired her. Letβs get it right, people.
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02.08.2025 03:38 β π 326 π 76 π¬ 6 π 0A cover-up in plain sight.
www.axios.com/2025/08/01/v...
Quick, someone Google "current NYC mayor" before hitting publish.
31.07.2025 20:06 β π 7342 π 1121 π¬ 272 π 54Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just admitted that the Big Ugly Bill's "Trump Accounts" are a "backdoor for privatizing Social Security."
This follows Trump and DOGE slashing SSA staffing levels to record lows.
Make no mistake: the Trump regime is waging war on Social Security.
Thereβs renewable energy ads and thereβs mother**cking wind farm ads. This, blissfully, is the latter.
31.07.2025 17:03 β π 11565 π 3143 π¬ 231 π 272Somebodyβs got to stand up to this lawless group
31.07.2025 21:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.
29.07.2025 13:29 β π 7881 π 3789 π¬ 405 π 265"The decision to bar the teenage athletes from entering the United States comes as the country prepares to host the FIFA World Cup in 2026 and the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028..."
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
I just witnessed a man dragged onto this bus after a judge did not let him explain how deportation could be a death sentence for him.
And it's happening here.
What I saw today in San Antonio immigration courts was horrifying. Everyone's right to due process is under attack.
Congressman Greg Casar
This is from the folks who put out jacked up attacks even from government offices. Always protection from these Trumpies.
29.07.2025 02:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The next Democrat should propose a gut renovation to make the White House a model of environmental sustainability - native plants and LEED certification and heat pumps and roof solar and reclaimed water and all the rest, pick those as the new values to celebrate
23.07.2025 20:42 β π 31 π 6 π¬ 1 π 1Details of the four #SaveVOA briefs filed in support of the mission and independent journalism of the Voice of America. savevoa.com/amicus/
23.07.2025 13:24 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0NYT - US Attorney General Bondi informed President Trump in the spring that his name appeared in the Jeffrey Epstein files. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/u...
23.07.2025 21:28 β π 31 π 15 π¬ 2 π 1'Special Adviser' Kari Lake at VOA's parent agency has locked out the acting CEO, Victor Morales, who was rubber stamping her actions, reports the Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
23.07.2025 21:36 β π 30 π 31 π¬ 4 π 2A primer for the civically ill-informed.
20.07.2025 17:37 β π 19050 π 6691 π¬ 392 π 257"Local. Trusted. Defunded." is featured on the GBH Mural in Boston, Mass., on July 18, 2025.
Federal funding is gone.
But we're not going anywhere.
Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero making a costume for his hometownβs Three Kings Festival
Andry JosΓ© HernΓ‘ndez Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 124 days.
As vigil, Iβm posting a photo or video of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.