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Jessica Chiarella
@jesschiarella.bsky.social
Writer of AND AGAIN and THE LOST GIRLS.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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There’s a weird thing on this website and lots of left-wing subcultures, where people love to throw around “liberal” as an insult, but from what I can tell liberals voted overwhelmingly against Cuomo and are rallying behind Zohran now.
June 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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By this Pam calculation, one pill has to kill more than five people. Math is hard.
May 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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There was actually always a difference between Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren.
April 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Legit the best thing any Dem has done to date in response to Trump and it happened because he cared more about serving his constituents than public polling about immigration.
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Favorite role
Huckleberry Doc Holliday GIF
Alt: Kilmer as Doc Holliday in Tombstone, saying “I’m your huckleberry”
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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In a world of Gavin Newsoms, be a JB Pritzker
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility. 

To the Transgender community in Illinois and around the country: You deserve to live your life proudly and openly. We see you and we will protect you.
Gov. @jbpritzker.bsky.social has a powerful message for our community on Trans Day of Visibility: Keep speaking your truth. 🩵🩷🤍
March 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Pritzker's got the right approach
“If you think I’m overreacting and sounding the alarm too soon, consider this: It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic,” Pritzker said.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tries to chart a path for national Democrats to counter Trump
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois is trying to chart a path for national Democrats to counter President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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no matter what the circumstances, democrats are always saving their energy for a mythical future situation where they will do something good
March 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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it’s only cloture if it comes from the Clôture region, otherwise it’s just sparkling capitulation
March 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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remember when this guy covered up a brutal police killing? i do!
Ex-Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel spouts transphobic talking points to Bill Maher.

"Look, in seventh grade, if I had known that I could have said the word ‘They’ and got in the girls bathroom, I would have done it."
Ex-Chicago mayor rips current city leaders for focus on bathroom and locker room instead of crime, education
During HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," former Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel blasted city leadership for failing the city on safety and educational standards.
www.foxnews.com
March 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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I've been screaming this for years.
February 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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This is leadership.
Gov JB Pritzker (R-IL) signs order prohibiting Jan 6 rioters from state employment in Illinois:

“I hereby direct CMS to apply the State Personnel Code and consider
any participation in the January 6 insurrection as infamous and disgraceful conduct that is antithetical to the mission of the State”
January 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Last night, I spoke with Amnesty International's executive director about their new report on Israel's war in Gaza and its conclusion that Israel is committing genocide.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPSi...
'This is genocide': Amnesty International accuses Israel of Gaza genocide
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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okay, we're starting with this

Step 1. call your own rep if you haven't already!

Step 2. sign this (cis women only please! cis guys, you can help by boosting)

Step 3. much depends on the success and reach of step 2; lots of options if this blows up

actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
November 21, 2024 at 5:50 AM
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NEW: I asked Eric Meyer, owner of the Marion County Record, if he planned to put out the weekly Tuesday newspaper despite the police raid.

“Yes. There is no force on the planet that will prevent us from publishing. It may not be pretty, but we'll have something to publish by midnight tonight.”
August 16, 2023 at 1:53 AM
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before you get mad at clarence thomas maybe consider if you, too, would take bribes at your job if it were impossible to get in trouble
August 10, 2023 at 2:11 PM
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The NO won in Ohio. That's a big win for abortion rights.

And... there's more: This was the latest in a string of GOP efforts to kneecap direct democracy. And its defeat could help a lot of other issues in Ohio, e.g. with the minimum wage.

NEW:
Ohioans Reject GOP Effort to Weaken Direct Democracy, in Big Win for Abortion Rights
Tuesday’s referendum, which Republicans rushed ahead of a November showdown over abortion, was the latest in a series of GOP efforts nationwide to make it harder for voters to propose and pass ballo...
boltsmag.org
August 9, 2023 at 1:41 AM
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Goodreads reviewers
August 7, 2023 at 12:11 PM
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Wow. It’s happening. Trump’s gonna be indicted for the gravest political crime against the constitutional order since the secession.
August 1, 2023 at 9:08 PM
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The trump indictment https://t.co/dF9Yy5sWT1
t.co
August 1, 2023 at 9:36 PM
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Beyond parody
July 27, 2023 at 2:25 PM