Jessica Pieklo
@hegemommy.bsky.social
Adult in the room, occasionally. SCOTUS wrangler and Co-Chief Content Officer at Rewire News Group. Co-host of the Boom! Lawyered podcast. Loud talker. Soccer lady.
Look I’m not cheering per se I’m just saying it’s important to let folks find their moment
Jesus christ, Joyce
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Look I’m not cheering per se I’m just saying it’s important to let folks find their moment
The Floridification/Rick Scott of it all
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
The Floridification/Rick Scott of it all
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Multiple people apologizing for Hick and Bennet have showed up to this thread, and just because they didn't moons us on this vote doesn't mean we have forgotten them showing their ass before.
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Multiple people apologizing for Hick and Bennet have showed up to this thread, and just because they didn't moons us on this vote doesn't mean we have forgotten them showing their ass before.
Y’all the Trump administration does not intent to release the SNAP funds and we can’t even be confident they can accurately account for them.
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Y’all the Trump administration does not intent to release the SNAP funds and we can’t even be confident they can accurately account for them.
Considering doing a video series to radicalize the wine moms into abolishing the Senate
November 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Considering doing a video series to radicalize the wine moms into abolishing the Senate
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getting roasted for accepting magic beans in exchange for political leverage
POTUS, Speaker Johnson and Congressional Republicans remain the barrier to addressing health care costs.
For the first time, we've secured a guaranteed vote on this crisis and if they continue to ignore the needs of the American people, they'll be held accountable next November.
For the first time, we've secured a guaranteed vote on this crisis and if they continue to ignore the needs of the American people, they'll be held accountable next November.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
getting roasted for accepting magic beans in exchange for political leverage
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getting roasted in the replies
We're debating on the government funding package right now and every single Republican voted against a Democratic amendment to pass a clean, one-year extension of the ACA tax credits.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
Republicans just don't care about your health care.
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
getting roasted in the replies
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getting ratio'ed into oblivion
I will not support the Republican bill that’s on the Senate floor because it fails to do anything of substance to fix America’s healthcare crisis.
November 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
getting ratio'ed into oblivion
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Senate Dems are out here posting noise like "omg the Senate GOP just voted against healthcare subsidies and are trying to sneak a bunch of terrible shit into the funding bill" — and people are flooding their mentions with "bitch, please, GTFOH"
Never seen such a dramatic swing in political momentum
Never seen such a dramatic swing in political momentum
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Senate Dems are out here posting noise like "omg the Senate GOP just voted against healthcare subsidies and are trying to sneak a bunch of terrible shit into the funding bill" — and people are flooding their mentions with "bitch, please, GTFOH"
Never seen such a dramatic swing in political momentum
Never seen such a dramatic swing in political momentum
Damn near half of my career consists of tracking Republican challenges to the ACA and I’m twenty years in the game
Still processing the inanity of this cave, like, "We're going to make Republicans go on record that they want to destroy the ACA." You mean the motherfuckers who radicalized in opposition to it & voted to repeal it, like, 22 times? You're finally getting them on record? Really impressed over here
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Damn near half of my career consists of tracking Republican challenges to the ACA and I’m twenty years in the game
An icon even in a subtweet
I would pay a substantial amount of money to know how she chose her giant square emoji face to attach to this tweet.
Live your life in a way that you don't ever end up on Marta's shitlist
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
An icon even in a subtweet
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Out today in HLR, my piece Skrmetti Beyond Scrutiny. What happened, what it means for trans rights and sex equality more broadly: harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
Skrmetti Beyond Scrutiny - Harvard Law Review
In United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), a state law that prohibits transgender minors from accessing gender-affirming care.
harvardlawreview.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Out today in HLR, my piece Skrmetti Beyond Scrutiny. What happened, what it means for trans rights and sex equality more broadly: harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-13...
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🚨New #BoomLawyered: SCOTUS is going to tear down the wall between church and state with this Colorado case involving a religious charter school that wants public funding.
The last time this issue came before the court, ACB had to recuse herself so it was a 4-4 split.
She'll be the fifth vote now.
The last time this issue came before the court, ACB had to recuse herself so it was a 4-4 split.
She'll be the fifth vote now.
Podcast: A #Colorado school tests the separation of church and state from @hegemommy.bsky.social and @angryblacklady.blacksky.app
A Colorado School Tests the Separation of Church and State (Podcast)
Legal advocates hope this school opens the door to taxpayer funding of religious schools.
buff.ly
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🚨New #BoomLawyered: SCOTUS is going to tear down the wall between church and state with this Colorado case involving a religious charter school that wants public funding.
The last time this issue came before the court, ACB had to recuse herself so it was a 4-4 split.
She'll be the fifth vote now.
The last time this issue came before the court, ACB had to recuse herself so it was a 4-4 split.
She'll be the fifth vote now.
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At the FedSoc’s National Lawyers Convention last week, high-ranking DOJ officials spoke very openly about their weaponization of civil rights laws and their prioritization of helping those who feel victimized by equality. I listened so you didn’t have to: nominationnotes.substack.com/p/doj-offici...
DOJ Officials Hype Up Ongoing Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws
If you feel victimized by equality and fairness, this DOJ is working for you.
nominationnotes.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
At the FedSoc’s National Lawyers Convention last week, high-ranking DOJ officials spoke very openly about their weaponization of civil rights laws and their prioritization of helping those who feel victimized by equality. I listened so you didn’t have to: nominationnotes.substack.com/p/doj-offici...
Boom! Lawyered fam it’s time for another AMA episode… what do you want me and @angryblacklady.blacksky.app to answer?! Can be legal can be zeitgeist it’s an AMA! So send us your questions
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Boom! Lawyered fam it’s time for another AMA episode… what do you want me and @angryblacklady.blacksky.app to answer?! Can be legal can be zeitgeist it’s an AMA! So send us your questions
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No, HHS, menopause does not in fact cause divorce and death, but tell us more about how great you are at women's health. @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and I wrote about how they somehow managed to mess up what should have been good news on HRT with weird claims. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
No, HHS, menopause does not in fact cause divorce and death, but tell us more about how great you are at women's health. @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and I wrote about how they somehow managed to mess up what should have been good news on HRT with weird claims. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
-if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her.
-if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet.
-instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
This is the correct explanation of what happened tonight👇
Y’all we got the pictures back from my dad’s 80th and somehow my kiddos are grown ass adults 😭💕
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Y’all we got the pictures back from my dad’s 80th and somehow my kiddos are grown ass adults 😭💕
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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I listened to the Supreme Court's oral argument today so you dont have to
With the notable exception of Alito & Thomas carrying on like 'what if aliens were gonna destroy the world and the only thing that could stop it was a tariff,' the Court seemed Not Into It
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/learn...
With the notable exception of Alito & Thomas carrying on like 'what if aliens were gonna destroy the world and the only thing that could stop it was a tariff,' the Court seemed Not Into It
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/learn...
Trump’s Plan to Nuke the Global Economy Prompts Conservative Justices to Remember That the Constitution Exists
The Court has no problem facilitating the disappearance of civil rights. Shareholder value is a different story.
ballsandstrikes.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I listened to the Supreme Court's oral argument today so you dont have to
With the notable exception of Alito & Thomas carrying on like 'what if aliens were gonna destroy the world and the only thing that could stop it was a tariff,' the Court seemed Not Into It
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/learn...
With the notable exception of Alito & Thomas carrying on like 'what if aliens were gonna destroy the world and the only thing that could stop it was a tariff,' the Court seemed Not Into It
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/learn...
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this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
this is actually impressive, making up a brand new nobel peace prize replacement is a genuine innovation in bribery
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
absolutely nobody does corruption like FIFA
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This week on @reprosfightback.bsky.social I talk to the wonderful Anu Kumar with @ipas.org about the implications of the loss of US foreign assistance and how we can reimagine US foreign assistance for a better world. #podcast
This week on the #podcast, Anu Kumar, President and CEO at @ipas.org, sits down to talk with us about the current status of U.S. foreign assistance and how we can reimagine it for the better. Now streaming on Apple, Google, Stitcher, Spotify, and Pandora: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Reimagining U.S. Foreign Assistance
Podcast Episode · rePROs Fight Back · 11/04/2025 · 39m
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November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This week on @reprosfightback.bsky.social I talk to the wonderful Anu Kumar with @ipas.org about the implications of the loss of US foreign assistance and how we can reimagine US foreign assistance for a better world. #podcast
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ICYMI, @hegemommy.bsky.social and I talked to the head of Planned Parenthood CA last month about Prop 50 and why PPCA joined the redistricting fight.
That’s a huge win for repro rights. rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/16/w...
That’s a huge win for repro rights. rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/16/w...
Why Planned Parenthood Is Getting In on the California Redistricting Effort (Podcast)
Jodi Hicks from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California explains the organization’s decision to back Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Proposition 50.
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
ICYMI, @hegemommy.bsky.social and I talked to the head of Planned Parenthood CA last month about Prop 50 and why PPCA joined the redistricting fight.
That’s a huge win for repro rights. rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/16/w...
That’s a huge win for repro rights. rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/16/w...
Let’s goooooo
BREAKING:
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
NBC News projects: Prop 50 Congressional Redistricting has been approved.
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Let’s goooooo