Daina Janitis

Late-life Activist

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

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[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Henry Ford was generally a racist and a bad person, but he understood something our current broligarchs have completely forgotten.

He said: I have to pay my workers enough to afford the products they’re building.

Give them a house, decent schools, reasonable healthcare.

If I do that, they’re not descending on my Dearborn mansion with pitchforks while I eat my caviar.

We’ve lost that plot entirely.

We have broligarchs who want to be trillionaires and they’re missing the lesson that a deeply flawed man figured out a hundred years ago.

Capitalism works, but only if people believe the game is worth playing.

Right now they don’t and history is very clear about what comes next.

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

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[Feisty is proud to be a Democrat! @FeistyLibLady]

Sen. Roger Marshall is just another dumb AF MAGA GOP who loves to blame Joe Biden for problems Trump created.

"I was disappointed in the previous administration that they didn't crank up the development of these sterile male screwworms."

Could someone please tell him Trump and his DOGE BS caused the screwworm problem?

DOGE eliminated a USAID program dedicated to monitoring and containing the screwworm in Central America.

Then Trump reopened the ports to live cattle from Mexico and created a way for the flies to reach the U.S.

As always MAGA lies to protect the worst president in America's history.
#DemsUnited

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

Got your clicks? If NGOs are registering homeless people 4–5 times per year, each with fake names and addresses, where are the matching criminal cases, audits, or election‑office reports documenting tens of thousands of duplicate registrations? The only LA case on record is: one woman, one plea deal, no evidence it involved 5 registrations per person or mass fraudulent voting.
California’s third‑party ballot‑return law allows someone to return a voter’s ballot but does not legalize fraud, does not allow payment for collecting ballots, and does not let anyone legally fill out ballots for others.

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

There isn’t any signed Trump–Iran “peace deal” to compare with Obama’s JCPOA, so all this talk about who “saved us” from nuclear war is pure fantasy, not fact.
The “Hillary sold uranium to Russia and then to Iran” story has been debunked for years: a U.S. mining company with some uranium assets was sold to a Russian firm, it didn’t give Russia (or Iran) control of U.S. nuclear weapons or fuel, and multiple agencies had to sign off.
People can dislike Obama or Clinton if they want, but this 16‑year‑plan, uranium, WWIII storyline is conspiracy fiction, not evidence-based reality.

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

No one has commented yet, so I will: There isn’t any signed Trump–Iran “peace deal” to compare with Obama’s JCPOA, so all this talk about who “saved us” from nuclear war is pure fantasy, not fact.
The “Hillary sold uranium to Russia and then to Iran” story has been debunked for years: a U.S. mining company with some uranium assets was sold to a Russian firm, it didn’t give Russia (or Iran) control of U.S. nuclear weapons or fuel, and multiple agencies had to sign off.
People can dislike Obama or Clinton if they want, but this 16‑year‑plan, uranium, WWIII storyline is conspiracy fiction, not evidence-based reality.

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

The JCPOA wasn’t a “huge bribe,” and Iran didn’t just ignore it from day one. Under the deal, Iran shipped out most of its enriched uranium, removed thousands of centrifuges, and accepted intrusive inspections. International inspectors repeatedly confirmed Iran was largely complying with the nuclear limits until Trump pulled the U.S. out in 2018.
You can dislike the deal or argue for a tougher approach, but it’s just not accurate to say Obama paid a bribe and Iran immediately kept building nukes in secret.

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

@exbrown358 @Jcg77423019 @BarronTNews_ And the pallets of cash Obama sent were Iran's money - not US taxpayer cash.

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

@01jkwx @BarronTNews_ Iran is still officially listed as a state sponsor of terrorism and continues to back groups like Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis, so calling its terror role “terminally” ended is just not true. Let's see who signs what on Friday ...

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

I wish what you're saying were true, but there are a lot of big claims here, but no evidence. If Iran’s “defensive and offensive capabilities” were really “totally demolished,” it wouldn’t still be able to fire missiles and drones or threaten ships in the Strait of Hormuz, which it clearly can. Also ...

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

The difference is this. Obama didn’t “give Iran cash” or legitimize its nuclear program. The JCPOA blocked Iran’s path to a bomb by capping uranium enrichment, cutting stockpiles by about 98%, and allowing strict international inspections. In return, Iran got access to its own frozen funds and sanctions relief.

The deal was working according to international inspectors—until Trump withdrew in 2018. After that, Iran restarted and expanded its nuclear program, reducing oversight and increasing enrichment levels.

You can argue for a different approach, but calling the JCPOA a “disaster” ignores the basic facts—and pulling out of it is what accelerated the nuclear risk we’re all dealing with now.

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

Although I wish ... fact-checking results in this answer: "This quote attributed to Lewis Hamilton appears to be fabricated. There is no record in reputable news, Formula 1 coverage, or video archives of Hamilton delivering this speech at a World Cup event or anywhere else. Extensive reporting on Hamilton’s activism and public comments does not include these lines or this incident, and no dated video or transcript is provided by accounts sharing it. Hamilton has spoken out on racism and human rights, but these specific words cannot be verified as his."

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[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

A US–Iran memorandum of understanding is real and both sides say they’re close to signing a first‑stage deal with a ceasefire and a 60‑day negotiation period.
But this viral 14‑point list comes from a semi‑official Iranian outlet (Mehr), quoting an anonymous source, and has not been released or authenticated by Washington, Tehran, or the UN.
Even US officials have pushed back on some of the leaked claims (like upfront reconstruction money and no conditions on Iran’s regional activities), saying economic benefits will be tied to verified steps by Iran.
So this is best described as “reported draft terms from an Iranian‑aligned source,” not a final, signed agreement—and certainly not evidence that “the US has lost the war.”

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

Don't know what's happening on the White House lawn tonight- so I'll just quote Heather Delaney Reese:

But the cage on the lawn is not the story. It is the cover. While the cameras stay fixed on the spectacle, the real work goes on behind the curtain.
He tore down the East Wing to build himself a ballroom.

He gutted USAID. He is dismantling the Department of Education piece by piece.
He has stamped his name on buildings and military projects and now wants his face on our currency.
None of these decisions stands alone. Together, they tell the story of a man rewriting the American story with himself at the center of every page, treating an inheritance generations spent 240 years building like a man rifling through someone else’s attic, taking what flatters him and leaving the rest broken on the floor.

And there is a reason he is throwing everything at the wall right now. He can hear the clock running out.
A longtime friend told The Atlantic that Trump privately admits he “can hear the clock ticking.”
After watching Jimmy Carter lie in state, he reportedly told those around him that within ten years, that would be him. A man turning 80 has started counting and does not like the number.
So the legacy he cannot earn, he is trying to manufacture before time runs out.
But this country does not belong to him. It never did.
The real idea of America is meant to outlive every person who ever holds power. He is counting down his own time. We are fighting for something meant to last forever.
The next 250 years do not belong to Donald Trump. They belong to us.

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

Can you give some ideas here on how your fellow Americans can "build, support"? And the goal you want them to contribute to? I'm not pretending to be intelligent- just curious about what the border situation is- and what can be done in many places to keep dangerous rage from happening. Belfast is in the news now ... what shoudl Americans do to "build" and "support" regarding immigration?

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

OH, I see why you reposted my first reply... here's to algorithms and how well you use them, but ...
If ‘no border crossings’ is your definition of ‘sealed,’ then by your own side’s data, the border isn’t sealed.CBP and neutral summaries show about 237,000 migrant encounters at the US‑Mexico border in fiscal 2025 – the lowest in 50+ years, but not zero. 'USAFacts’ breakdown has 4,500–8,800 illegal crossing attempts recorded every month in 2025 after January. Even Trump’s own ‘seal and repel’ mission docs talk about deterring and reducing unlawful entry, not magically eliminating crossings altogether. So you can argue ‘record low’ if you like, but ‘no crossings, sealed PERIOD’ just isn’t true.”

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

@TonemanLives 4) Calling a voter‑suppression bill the ‘Save America Act’ doesn’t make it a civil‑rights landmark. Analyses show it would make it harder for millions of eligible citizens to vote to solve a non‑existent crisis of non‑citizen voting.

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

2) Tariffs did bring in tens of billions, but not the fantasy ‘hundreds of billions’ that replace income taxes, and Americans – not China – are the ones paying that bill through higher prices.
On “revived the car industry” and “trillions” in new manufacturing investment... available data show meaningful investment but nowhere near the dramatic, Trump‑only narrative your post implies.

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

@TonemanLives 3) Claiming ‘they lied’ about cuts doesn’t erase Trump’s own past budgets and interviews where he talked about cutting or ‘reforming’ Social Security and Medicare. You can’t rewrite the public record.

[Daina Janitis @DJanitis]

I am sorry about all the hurt and loss you must have suffered.
I’m not here to trade insults.
The record is clear: Congress created small FEMA programs (EFSP and the Shelter and Services Program) so cities can feed and house migrants in addition to FEMA’s main disaster work. That’s separate money, not a raid on disaster funds.
I’ll leave this here for anyone who actually wants facts.