Bruce Janssen

At an academic conference and the most common conversations I've had is stuff like, "How many faculty is your school trying to fire? Do you still have professional development funds? Do you still have an English department?" Fun times!

DHS’s Kristi Noem targets country singer over song with lyrics about ICE When the federal government, including the White House, starts leaning on artists over song lyrics, there’s a problem.

When powerful federal officials, including those at the White House, start leaning on artists over song lyrics, there’s a problem.

The scope of Team Trump’s efforts to steer the culture make that problem worse. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Long-dismissed 'Gulf War Illness' finally recognized with international medical code After more than 30 years, a key medical guide now lists Gulf War Illness as a formal illness in international medical practice.

Long-dismissed ‘Gulf War Illness’ finally recognized with international medical code trib.al/nUkOK4V

"Extremely disturbing": What does Trump's "antifa" executive order actually do? "The national security state is a wonderful tool for a skilled authoritarian to crush American democracy."

There’s very little question at this point that Trump is an authoritarian—the question is, how skilled is he?

Ag Groups Press for Aid While Some Raise Concerns About Long-Term Tariff Damage President Donald Trump and members of his administration continue to tease that an aid package of up to $15 billion for farmers could be announced this week. More than 200 farm organizations wrote the...

“The American Farm Bureau Federation projects per-acre losses this year of $169 for corn, $114 for soybeans, $111 for wheat and $379 for cotton.

“Higher farm safety net programs passed in the One Big Beautiful Bill won't begin paying out until a year from now.”

www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/...

Read this graf pls

“You’re nothing to me now Fredo.”

This is a remarkable document. here is a mayor restricting her constituents’ first amendment rights to (checks notes) protect them from (checks notes) the federal (really?) government.

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies.

What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

grist.org/health/valle...

#Climate #Health #AZ #Arizona #Fungus #Disease

'Disbelief': Pentagon reporter can't find one military official who liked Hegseth's speech Longtime Pentagon reporter Helene Cooper said that she can't find any military officials who attended the meeting in Virginia with President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth and liked what the...

Good news:

“Longtime Pentagon reporter Helene Cooper said that she can't find any military officials who attended the meeting in Virginia with President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth and liked what they heard.”

A good example of the objective journalism pretzel we’ll never wrap ourselves into at @lni.media bsky.app/profile/orga...

If he means helping Trump get elected I’m with him.

What’s next? Calley posthumously being awarded the DSC? The excusal of atrocities during conflict is a pillar of MAGA national security.

The Situation: Choose Your Own Adventure: Lindsey Halligan Edition Any way you play, you lose.

"But assuming you decide to move forward with the Comey case—you face an immediate problem: What should you charge him with?"

@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and @annabower.bsky.social delve into the Trump administration's push to prosecute James Comey and the weaknesses of a case against him.

Trump screwed rural farmers by bailing out Argentina. America First!

Donald Trump, the Crown Prince of Crime While the president howls about crime in liberal cities, he is taking drastic action to make it worse everywhere.

"Who says the president isn’t doing anything about the affordability crisis? Folks, we’re putting good old blow back into the reach of working families! A gram of nose candy on every kitchen table!" prospect.org/justice/2025...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

chotiner’s real gift is very quickly revealing how many powerful and influential people are complete morons. Sunstein is asked about his friendship with Kissinger and it’s pretty clear that he’s never really thought about it.

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

This is personally upsetting. Not just because it's NASA but also because I was a contractor at Goddard for many years, and the "get it done" atmosphere was amazing. We knew what we were involved in and was a really great part of the work.

The last three events I’ve spoken at have been completely sold out. And it’s not because of my speaking skills.

It’s because people are pissed. That energy is palpable everywhere I go.

Do you know how badly things have to be going in America for us to be owned this hard by the Dutch? The Dutch of all people

Elected Dems and free speech advocates everywhere need to get loud around the country and ask our neighbors:
DO YOU WANT TO LIVE LIKE THIS?

Yep. This. Everybody else makes it happen with a very uneven playing field.

"The bad words will pass. Losing our rights? That might stick."

Headline from the New York Times, 1939: “Goebbels ends careers of five “Aryan“ actors who made witticisms about the Nazi regime.”

www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

There are many problems with this statement, but Klein’s fundamental error reveals something much more dangerous: he’s mistaking performance for discourse, spectacle for persuasion. Kirk wasn’t showing up to campuses to “talk with anyone who would talk to him.” He was showing up armed with a string of logical fallacies, nonsense talking points, and gotcha questions specifically designed to enrage inexperienced college students so he could generate viral social media clips of himself “owning the libs.”

It's wild to me how ostensibly smart people cannot/could not/will not see what is so obvious.

@mmasnick.bsky.social nails it. And my hunch is we'd be a better society if the Very Serious People with the Very Serious Ideas opened their fucking eyes.

www.techdirt.com/2025/09/17/t...

CoreCivic wants to re-open their facility in Leavenworth Kansas as an ICE detention center. Listen to former employee William talk about the deaths he experienced while working there.

Also: town hall at the Leavenworth library this Saturday at 2pm!

#corecivic #leavenworth #leavenworthks #kansas