@jzieno.bsky.social
Posts are my own. Albany, NY
You need to understand that he actually believes it is illegal to criticize him. Why? Because Trump believes he - not the people - decides the law.
This is why we are in the middle of, not on the verge of, a totalitarian takeover.
Graphic showing how much candy prices are increasing this year: Tootsie rolls up 32.1% Hershey variety pack up 22.1% Mars variety pack up 12.1% Mondelez gummy variety pack up 9.4% Hersheys peanut butter cup variety pack up 8%
Americans should be able to celebrate Halloween without fearing for their wallets.
31.10.2025 18:44 — 👍 442 🔁 113 💬 26 📌 18Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Back when it was just TX doing it, I thought a CA referendum would be very hard because the GOP would spend millions & legacy media would BothSides it to attack Dems like WaPo’s Ed board & CBS’ Face the Nation just did.
Amazing how that’s failed to work & Trump’s national plot instead unified Dems
Spoiler alert: if people are searching for second jobs at record high numbers, that means the economy is in a pretty bad shape.
Donald Trump is making America unaffordable.
"While demand appears to be slowing, supply remains the key force suppressing rent growth. The supply-heavy regions of the U.S. saw rent cuts in both 3rd quarter and the past year."
And THAT is why we are fighting for abundant housing, folks!
www.realpage.com/analytics/3q...
Trump is pulling every lever he can to abuse his power, seek revenge against his political enemies, and profit from the presidency.
It’s corruption, plain and simple.
Take it from trusted NYC leaders @bradlander.bsky.social @marklevinenyc.bsky.social @drichardsqns.bsky.social Antonio Reynoso: Vote YES on Affordable Housing Ballot props 2-5!
27.10.2025 14:00 — 👍 24 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 2This is authoritarianism. Picking his media oligarchs.
24.10.2025 00:06 — 👍 638 🔁 215 💬 20 📌 4This is the Canada ad Trump lost his mind over. Shocker, he’s lying—it is Reagan’s real voice.
He’s now cutting off trade with Canada because he’s scared it could mess with the Supreme Court case over his “reciprocal” tariffs.
NEWS: Ranking Members @raskin.house.gov and @robertgarcia.house.gov launch investigation into Trump’s “blatantly illegal” plan to steal $230 million from U.S. taxpayers.
23.10.2025 16:32 — 👍 142 🔁 66 💬 6 📌 2This, from a sitting member of Congress and gubernatorial hopeful is straight up lying to her constituents. Stefanik, who knows better, is lying about the impact of restoring Metro-North service to Albany. It doesn't automatically make Albany (or Columbia) County part of the MCTD. It's just lying.
20.10.2025 23:36 — 👍 80 🔁 22 💬 4 📌 3
Trump using a Chinese* excavator to destroy the White House is a bit on the nose as metaphors go.
*Volvo is owned by Geely Holding, a Chinese company.
omg!
"Demolition crews have begun tearing down part of the White House...
"Construction teams Monday were demolishing a portion of the East Wing, with a backhoe ripping through the structure..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Republicans drew 3 times as many congressional districts as Dems did.
Republicans in Congress & on SCOTUS unanimously blocked Dems from ending gerrymandering nationwide multiple times in recent years.
Republicans could end gerrymandering today if they chose to, but they want even more extreme maps
Yesterday, 7 million people gathered to make it clear: America has no kings. 🇺🇸
19.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 4461 🔁 977 💬 160 📌 35
Baby’s first protest!
18.10.2025 19:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0“I feel like I’m in a musical”: Heavy turnout all along Western Avenue in Albany all the way from Manning to Stuyvesant Plaza.
18.10.2025 17:43 — 👍 156 🔁 25 💬 4 📌 0
A map of the over 2,700 events planned across the US for No Kings Day on Saturday, October 18.
No matter where you live or if you’ve never protested before, there’s a local No Kings Day event for you. Join a peaceful protest to make it clear that We The People will never bow down to a wannabe king: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
18.10.2025 01:05 — 👍 3589 🔁 1403 💬 77 📌 85
“Every Democrat that I’ve talked to, including our governors, they all understand how imperative it is that we stand up to this, again, unconstitutional power grab by the Republicans,” Martin said. He insisted that Democrats “believe in good government” and are committed to “fair and free elections.” “We believe in putting, you know, safeguards in place to prevent exactly what we’re seeing around the country, and as a result, in many states, including in states like Illinois and other states that are controlled by Democrats, it’s much harder for them to actually do what the Republicans are doing in those Republican-controlled states,” Martin said. “So I don’t begrudge anyone for not being able to do it.”
Love to see the ... chair of the DNC? making excuses for why Dems aren't pursuing redistricting more aggressively.
Also, jesus, Ken Martin claims that Illinois is one of the states with "safeguards" that make a remap harder. IL has *zero* obstacles! www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
We got $20 billion for Argentina though.
15.10.2025 16:37 — 👍 19814 🔁 9332 💬 1384 📌 635NEW: White House announces it's going to pause, and potentially cancel, $11 billion in infrastructure funding (via the Army Corps of Engineers), specifically citing cities, like New York, represented or led by Democrats. More to come.
17.10.2025 18:30 — 👍 1266 🔁 430 💬 101 📌 238It’s painfully clear. By refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Speaker Johnson’s covering up Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking ring.
Hey GOP: Bring back the House, cancel your health care cuts, reopen the government and release the files.
Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.
And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.
Americans lost over $240 million of their hard-earned savings to crypto ATM scams this year.
The companies running these machines profit while doing little to stop it.
We need rules that protect people, not profits and scammers.
Albany International Airport was among airports nationwide playing a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem blaming Congressional Democrats for the federal government shutdown.
14.10.2025 23:20 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
President Trump is propping up a foreign government with a $20 billion taxpayer bailout while he cuts funding for American communities and shuts down our own government.
So much for America First.
I have a bill to stop this bailout.
Protests against the Trump administration are planned at more than 20 locations between Glens Falls and Ossining.
14.10.2025 19:10 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Janet Mills has jumped into the Maine Senate race against Susan Collins.
Recent polling we did with @ZenithPolls shows that Graham Platner is best positioned to beat Susan Collins, out-performing Mills by 6 points.
substack.perfectunion.us/p/poll-platn...
