jess
@jessdwee.bsky.social
charleston-nashville-minneapolis | organizing in KS, MN, ND @everytown | gun violence prevention, dogs, garbage, warren zevon ✨
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Ask Marco Rubio about the detention of this Cuban national.
March 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Ask Marco Rubio about the detention of this Cuban national.
Standing up until there are no more missing and murdered relatives in Minneapolis! Now more than ever we must raise awareness around the role that guns play in the #MMIR crisis in Minnesota and beyond and how we can work together to prevent it! @momsdemand.bsky.social #MNLeg
February 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Standing up until there are no more missing and murdered relatives in Minneapolis! Now more than ever we must raise awareness around the role that guns play in the #MMIR crisis in Minnesota and beyond and how we can work together to prevent it! @momsdemand.bsky.social #MNLeg
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“maternal death rate isn’t as bad if you don’t count Black women” says sitting senator without explaining why you wouldnt include some people in the maternal death rate
www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-...
www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-...
Maternal death rate isn't as bad if you don't count Black women, GOP senator says
Louisiana's Bill Cassidy said the state's maternal death rate isn't so high if you "correct our population for race," Politico reported.
www.businessinsider.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
“maternal death rate isn’t as bad if you don’t count Black women” says sitting senator without explaining why you wouldnt include some people in the maternal death rate
www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-...
www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-...
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Cincinnati @momsdemand.bsky.social partnered the Presbyterian Church at their overnight youth retreat presenting Moms Demand & Students Demand Action & actions they can take right now to help prevent gun violence. Download “Demand Action”App by texting APP to 64433 Find priority actions & much more!
February 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Cincinnati @momsdemand.bsky.social partnered the Presbyterian Church at their overnight youth retreat presenting Moms Demand & Students Demand Action & actions they can take right now to help prevent gun violence. Download “Demand Action”App by texting APP to 64433 Find priority actions & much more!
Beautiful snowy day at the @minneapolismn.gov Community Connections Conference talking gun safety and prevention! Stop by grab a gun lock and learn how you can help keep our community safe from gun violence! @momsdemand.bsky.social #BeSMART #EndGunViolence
February 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Beautiful snowy day at the @minneapolismn.gov Community Connections Conference talking gun safety and prevention! Stop by grab a gun lock and learn how you can help keep our community safe from gun violence! @momsdemand.bsky.social #BeSMART #EndGunViolence
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Marocco, notably, stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. No joke.
NEWS: Remaining USAID staffers are now receiving notices en masse that they're being placed on administrative leave.
Notice comes from Pete Marocco, who, via Marco Rubio (confirmed 99-0 by the Senate), has been authorized to oversee the agency.
Notice comes from Pete Marocco, who, via Marco Rubio (confirmed 99-0 by the Senate), has been authorized to oversee the agency.
February 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Marocco, notably, stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. No joke.
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Truly chilling and totalitarian.
“Promoting patriotic education”? We have arrived at the terrible place.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
“Promoting patriotic education”? We have arrived at the terrible place.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
January 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Truly chilling and totalitarian.
“Promoting patriotic education”? We have arrived at the terrible place.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
“Promoting patriotic education”? We have arrived at the terrible place.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Seems like we all agree RFK Jr. cannot be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
January 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Seems like we all agree RFK Jr. cannot be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
www.wsj.com/opinion/rfk-...
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We’re calm and we’re calling Congress☎️ patching Florida constituents directly into their Representative’s office asking them to do their job! Protect us, protect our communities & call for gun safety legislation. That simple, that serious. Text READY to 64433 @momsdemand.bsky.social
January 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
We’re calm and we’re calling Congress☎️ patching Florida constituents directly into their Representative’s office asking them to do their job! Protect us, protect our communities & call for gun safety legislation. That simple, that serious. Text READY to 64433 @momsdemand.bsky.social
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Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
Know Your Rights | Immigrants' Rights | ACLU
Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution. Learn more here about your rights as an immigrant, and how to express them.
www.aclu.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Heads up! The @aclu.org Immigrant Rights Project has an EXCELLENT online resource available in multiple languages to walk immigrants or advocates through various scenarios of encounters with immigration officials or police. It includes contact #s for local ACLU offices.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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Pete Hegseth is the most unqualified nominee for Secretary of Defense in modern history.
He should be rejected by the Senate.
He should be rejected by the Senate.
January 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Pete Hegseth is the most unqualified nominee for Secretary of Defense in modern history.
He should be rejected by the Senate.
He should be rejected by the Senate.
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INBOX: “Every child deserves to live free of gun violence.”
Statements from Covenant Mom Sarah Neumann & Rep. Shaundelle Brooks, whose son was killed in the Waffle House shooting, on today’s Antioch school shooting.
Statements from Covenant Mom Sarah Neumann & Rep. Shaundelle Brooks, whose son was killed in the Waffle House shooting, on today’s Antioch school shooting.
January 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
INBOX: “Every child deserves to live free of gun violence.”
Statements from Covenant Mom Sarah Neumann & Rep. Shaundelle Brooks, whose son was killed in the Waffle House shooting, on today’s Antioch school shooting.
Statements from Covenant Mom Sarah Neumann & Rep. Shaundelle Brooks, whose son was killed in the Waffle House shooting, on today’s Antioch school shooting.
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I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
January 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
Negative temps couldn’t keep Minnesota @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteers from the Capitol today in St. Paul to welcome the #MNLeg back to session! We will keep showing up until all Minnesotans are safe from gun violence!
January 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Negative temps couldn’t keep Minnesota @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteers from the Capitol today in St. Paul to welcome the #MNLeg back to session! We will keep showing up until all Minnesotans are safe from gun violence!
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I spy some of our Kansas 🌈🌻 @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteers at the Capitol in Topeka on the first day of the #ksleg!
Want to join us in working for Gun violence prevention? Text READY to 644-33
Want to join us in working for Gun violence prevention? Text READY to 644-33
Photos from opening day of #ksleg (1/)
January 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I spy some of our Kansas 🌈🌻 @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteers at the Capitol in Topeka on the first day of the #ksleg!
Want to join us in working for Gun violence prevention? Text READY to 644-33
Want to join us in working for Gun violence prevention? Text READY to 644-33
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Law enforcement has long refused to recognize that it has a white supremacy problem, but the January 6 insurrection made the issue harder to ignore. Former FBI agent Mike German shines a light on the issue and proposes solutions:
Police Must Do Better Against Far-Right Violence
In this book excerpt, former FBI agent Mike German, who worked undercover in white supremacist and militia groups, issues a wake-up call about law enforcement’s dangerously lax approach to far-right v...
www.brennancenter.org
January 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Law enforcement has long refused to recognize that it has a white supremacy problem, but the January 6 insurrection made the issue harder to ignore. Former FBI agent Mike German shines a light on the issue and proposes solutions:
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We’re back☎️ Today @momsdemand.bsky.social called constituents connected them directly to their Congressperson to simply ask them to do their job! Protect our families & communities & call for gun safety legislation. Save lives from gun violence! We do this from home☎️ Join us. Text READY to 64433
January 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We’re back☎️ Today @momsdemand.bsky.social called constituents connected them directly to their Congressperson to simply ask them to do their job! Protect our families & communities & call for gun safety legislation. Save lives from gun violence! We do this from home☎️ Join us. Text READY to 64433
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Please remember that President Carter appointed more minorities and women to the bench than all previous presidents combined. He was the first President to embrace the concept of bringing racial diversity to the federal bench. A key aspect of his legacy.
www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...
www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...
Carter Names Record Number of Minorities to Federal Bench
www.washingtonpost.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Please remember that President Carter appointed more minorities and women to the bench than all previous presidents combined. He was the first President to embrace the concept of bringing racial diversity to the federal bench. A key aspect of his legacy.
www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...
www.washingtonpost.com/archive/poli...
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"when his church refused to integrate, he left to help found a new one that welcomed everyone"
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o... many lovely factoids I didn't know about Carter, in this eulogy from @nickkristof.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o... many lovely factoids I didn't know about Carter, in this eulogy from @nickkristof.bsky.social
Opinion | Jimmy Carter Deserved Our Thanks and Respect, Not Our Sneers
We in the media and chattering class jeered at a man who probably improved more lives over a longer period than any recent president.
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2024 at 11:16 PM
"when his church refused to integrate, he left to help found a new one that welcomed everyone"
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o... many lovely factoids I didn't know about Carter, in this eulogy from @nickkristof.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o... many lovely factoids I didn't know about Carter, in this eulogy from @nickkristof.bsky.social
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Before Biden leaves office, he should use his clemency power to protect people serving unjust sentences in the federal system. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Biden’s Last Moves
Here’s what the president can do to cement his legacy.
www.brennancenter.org
December 22, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Before Biden leaves office, he should use his clemency power to protect people serving unjust sentences in the federal system. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
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you’re telling me trump lied to you and doesn’t care whether you work or not?
December 4, 2024 at 12:56 AM
you’re telling me trump lied to you and doesn’t care whether you work or not?