Jennifer Reitman

so much this.

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

Trump’s Anti-Trans EOs Are Just the Beginning | Dame Magazine In the brief time that Trump has been back in the White House, he’s unleashed an aggressive assault on democratic norms, federal funding of programs across the nation, and anything remotely resembling...

The Republicans’ merciless obsession with destroying trans lives is indicative of something larger: a full-throated effort to strip all of us of our bodily autonomy. @luxalptraum.com in her column today:

www.damemagazine.com/2025/02/04/t...

When you suddenly start tearing through the air safety bureaucracy with an ax after two decades-plus of near perfect US commercial air safety any plane that suddenly careens out of the sky is probably on you.

Always so happy when we have a feature up from @nicolefroio.bsky.social.

This is grossly irresponsible reporting by the AP. What’s being offered is not a buyout. The deal is if you agree to resign in September you can continue working remotely until then. There is no buyout or severance.

Same.

oh, do I feel this. I'm still trying to navigate my dad dying in November, plus ALL the normal day to day stuff of life, while also trying to run DAME and ingest absurd about of fresh hell news to figure out what to publish. It's unreal as you say. I feel like all I do is try to comparmentalize.

How to Safeguard Your Finances in a Trump 2.0 Economy | Dame Magazine In the next five years, women are poised to control an unprecedented amount of wealth and financial power in America. Although it doesn’t seem that way given the male billionaires currently controllin...

We've launched a new monthly personal finance column today with @kazweida.bsky.social

Our goal: help folks protect their money & provide insights to help weather whatever economic storm this new administration may bring. 1/2

Politico: "Trump’s actions thus far have suggested he’s at least somewhat pro-aggressive antitrust enforcement. In a December flurry of Truth Social posts, he nominated Andrew Ferguson, a current commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission to replace Lina Khan as chair, antitrust attorney Mark Meador to be the third Republican FTC commissioner and Gail Slater to lead the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. The three are all conservatives but they represent a wing of the Trump Republican party that bucks conventional GOP thinking: They’ve criticized Big Tech not just for censoring conservative speech but also for being too big and too powerful — not so different from the left’s critique. Still, it’s an open question whether they’ll act on those concerns, especially when several major tech leaders are teed up for administration positions."

Politico informs me that "Trump’s actions thus far have suggested he’s at least somewhat pro-aggressive antitrust enforcement" (they don't, actually)

the press is still actively, conflating "bullying companies that don't kiss authoritarian ass" with good faith antitrust enforcement, and it's wild

Today is Wednesday, Jan 22.
Good morning ❤️

eat
take your meds
hydrate
tell your people you love them
let them love you back

We are here. This is real. Let's build a home for each other and fight like hell.

exactly how I feel too!

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Trump’s Egregious Executive Orders Won’t Lower the Price of Eggs | Dame Magazine Surprise! The new-old president has made it his mission to betray his promises to his voters and spite the previous administration and the country.

There’s hardly a corner of American life left untouched by his Sharpie stained barrage of executive orders.

Except maybe lowering the price of eggs.

@themaxburns.bsky.social for us on the oval office shock and awe campaign yesterday:

google news screengrab of coverage of DOGE

DOGE is a fake government agency designed to put a flimsy coat of paint on extraction class corruption and the brutal dismantling of corporate oversight and the social safety net

any outlet that doesn't make that clear to readers moving forward doesn't deserve your money or attention

Your periodic reminder that I'm the features editor at @prismreports.bsky.social. I am always looking for immigration reporting from experienced immigration reporters who understand the nuances of the beat. No rapid response shit, please. We need thoughtful coverage centering immigrant communities.

Right-Wing Extremists Are Abuzz Over Musk's Straight-Arm Salute Right-wing extremists are abuzz over Elon Musk giving an awkward straight-armed salute during an inauguration rally for Donald Trump.

The Nazis think this was a Nazi salute, but, hey, what would they know?

Not a joke anymore at all. not a meme, not "he didn't really mean it" or "you're overreacting" the only reaction should be to acknowledge how real, serious and dangerous this moment is.

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chills down spine pause.