Lorissa Rinehart
@lorissa.bsky.social
Women’s historian, Author of First to the Front & Winning the Earthquake.
ICE needs more training. But hear me out.
ICE Needs More Training
Hear me out
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January 23, 2026 at 12:08 AM
ICE needs more training. But hear me out.
I'll be at @politicsprose.bsky.social on the wharf with @representwomen.bsky.social ED Cynthia Richie Terrell womansplaining why women should be in charge of democracy & my new book, Winning The Earthquake. Join us!
#DCevents #DCBooks #Democracy #womenleaders
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#DCevents #DCBooks #Democracy #womenleaders
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January 23, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I'll be at @politicsprose.bsky.social on the wharf with @representwomen.bsky.social ED Cynthia Richie Terrell womansplaining why women should be in charge of democracy & my new book, Winning The Earthquake. Join us!
#DCevents #DCBooks #Democracy #womenleaders
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#DCevents #DCBooks #Democracy #womenleaders
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Oh hey. There's me with Jane Lynch at Godmothers Bookstore talking about my book, Winning The Earthquake, the biography of Jeannette Rankin, America's first woman in Congress and a progressive trailblazer.
#janelynch #mustreadbooks #biography
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#janelynch #mustreadbooks #biography
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January 17, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Oh hey. There's me with Jane Lynch at Godmothers Bookstore talking about my book, Winning The Earthquake, the biography of Jeannette Rankin, America's first woman in Congress and a progressive trailblazer.
#janelynch #mustreadbooks #biography
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#janelynch #mustreadbooks #biography
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I have a great deal of respect for our Armed Forces and am deeply insulted that they are being put in the center of Trump's temper tantrum with apocalyptic implications.
January 16, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I have a great deal of respect for our Armed Forces and am deeply insulted that they are being put in the center of Trump's temper tantrum with apocalyptic implications.
Can’t make it to my conversation at Godmothers tonight with Jane Lynch? Tune in right here! We’ll be talking about my new biography of the trailblazing leader, Jeannette Rankin, and why her legacy matters now, more than ever.
LIVE SOON: Historian Lorissa Rinehart & Actor Jane Lynch Discuss Groundbreaking Suffragist Jeannette Rankin, Live at Godmothers
Starting Jan 16 at 9:00 PM EST
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January 16, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Can’t make it to my conversation at Godmothers tonight with Jane Lynch? Tune in right here! We’ll be talking about my new biography of the trailblazing leader, Jeannette Rankin, and why her legacy matters now, more than ever.
It’s official! My Winning The Earthquake event at Godmother with the incomparable Jane Lynch is SOLD OUT.
Stay tuned for the recoding! We’ll be talking about the urgent legacy of Jeannette Rankin and what she can teach us about our own fight to preserve our precious democracy.
#americandemocracy
Stay tuned for the recoding! We’ll be talking about the urgent legacy of Jeannette Rankin and what she can teach us about our own fight to preserve our precious democracy.
#americandemocracy
January 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
It’s official! My Winning The Earthquake event at Godmother with the incomparable Jane Lynch is SOLD OUT.
Stay tuned for the recoding! We’ll be talking about the urgent legacy of Jeannette Rankin and what she can teach us about our own fight to preserve our precious democracy.
#americandemocracy
Stay tuned for the recoding! We’ll be talking about the urgent legacy of Jeannette Rankin and what she can teach us about our own fight to preserve our precious democracy.
#americandemocracy
The calvary has arrived and it's led by the daughter of immigrants. To the surprise of *no one*
The Daughter Of Immigrants Will Save Democracy In America
When it comes to women in power, there is a quiet revolution unfolding in California with national implications for anyone who cares about the future of representative democracy in the United States.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The calvary has arrived and it's led by the daughter of immigrants. To the surprise of *no one*
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#MoniqueLimón just became California Senate President pro Tem as the first #Latina & the first #mother ever to hold the role. That’s not symbolism.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:41 PM
#MoniqueLimón just became California Senate President pro Tem as the first #Latina & the first #mother ever to hold the role. That’s not symbolism.
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I'm caught up with my emails. No. I'm not lying.
January 11, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I'm caught up with my emails. No. I'm not lying.
New York, I love you and you are definitely and you're bringing fascism down.
HAPPENING NOW: Tens of thousands have filled 5th Avenue in Manhattan on Sunday (Jan 11) in a massive anti-ICE protest.
New York showed up!
👏👏
(🎥Hands Off NYC)
New York showed up!
👏👏
(🎥Hands Off NYC)
January 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
New York, I love you and you are definitely and you're bringing fascism down.
It's giving "Let them eat cake" vibes.
The caviar station is back at Mar-a-Lago as Trump’s cuts defund Meals on Wheels
January 11, 2026 at 8:59 PM
It's giving "Let them eat cake" vibes.
I AM ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
Dream come true. Full stop.
Dream come true. Full stop.
First woman elected to Congress had longtime Georgia connections
Montana’s Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress and a dedicated pacifist. GPB's Orlando Montoya spoke with Lorissa Rinehart, author of a new biography on Rankin, Winning the Earthqu...
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January 11, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I AM ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
Dream come true. Full stop.
Dream come true. Full stop.
This Thursday, Annelise Riles of Everyday Ambassador and I will be getting to the bottom of what’s really behind the Trump Regime’s tilt toward global war, what the international law community is saying, and what We The Women can do to stop it. Tune in.
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January 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM
This Thursday, Annelise Riles of Everyday Ambassador and I will be getting to the bottom of what’s really behind the Trump Regime’s tilt toward global war, what the international law community is saying, and what We The Women can do to stop it. Tune in.
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I'm on NPR. Don't tell me dreams don't come true.
Winning the Earthquake by Lorissa Rinehart
Spotify video
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December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm on NPR. Don't tell me dreams don't come true.
Let’s let freedom ring in the New Year, not with platitudes, but with demands.
These are my resolutions for defending democracy and claiming the power we’re owed.
I’d love to hear yours in the comments!
#womeninpower #2026 #NYEResolutions #USPolitics
These are my resolutions for defending democracy and claiming the power we’re owed.
I’d love to hear yours in the comments!
#womeninpower #2026 #NYEResolutions #USPolitics
Damn The Torpedos & Other New Year's Resolutions
It’s been a tough year.
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December 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Let’s let freedom ring in the New Year, not with platitudes, but with demands.
These are my resolutions for defending democracy and claiming the power we’re owed.
I’d love to hear yours in the comments!
#womeninpower #2026 #NYEResolutions #USPolitics
These are my resolutions for defending democracy and claiming the power we’re owed.
I’d love to hear yours in the comments!
#womeninpower #2026 #NYEResolutions #USPolitics
Start your New Year off right with the FREE RepresentWomen Visionary Women’s 2026 Planner! Set your goals, create your agenda, and manifest your best year yet with inspiring herstories, milestones, and birthdays.
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December 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Start your New Year off right with the FREE RepresentWomen Visionary Women’s 2026 Planner! Set your goals, create your agenda, and manifest your best year yet with inspiring herstories, milestones, and birthdays.
Bonus! I’m incredibly honored my birthday is listed!
Get yours today! bit.ly/3Yezt5J
Bonus! I’m incredibly honored my birthday is listed!
Get yours today! bit.ly/3Yezt5J
Join me & Jane Lynch (yes THAT Jane Lynch) at Godmothers Books on Fri, Jan 16. We'll be talking about my new bio of Jeannette Rankin, America's 1st Congresswoman, unflinching advocate for democracy, and fierce peace activist.
#santabarbaraevents #bookevents #janelynch #democracy #goodbooks
#santabarbaraevents #bookevents #janelynch #democracy #goodbooks
Godmothers Gather: Lorissa Rinehart & Jane Lynch
“An unlikely, against-all-odds tale of power, tenacity, and ambition."
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December 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Join me & Jane Lynch (yes THAT Jane Lynch) at Godmothers Books on Fri, Jan 16. We'll be talking about my new bio of Jeannette Rankin, America's 1st Congresswoman, unflinching advocate for democracy, and fierce peace activist.
#santabarbaraevents #bookevents #janelynch #democracy #goodbooks
#santabarbaraevents #bookevents #janelynch #democracy #goodbooks
The Trump Regime wants to destroy the United States Constitution because coded within it is the wisdom of Jigonhsasee, a Haudenosaunee woman, peacemaker, and the Mother of Nations.
Find out more in this week’s edition of The Female Body Politic.
#womenshistory #peacemakers #USpolitics
Find out more in this week’s edition of The Female Body Politic.
#womenshistory #peacemakers #USpolitics
Blessed Are The Peacemakers
I have long had a love-hate relationship with Christmas.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The Trump Regime wants to destroy the United States Constitution because coded within it is the wisdom of Jigonhsasee, a Haudenosaunee woman, peacemaker, and the Mother of Nations.
Find out more in this week’s edition of The Female Body Politic.
#womenshistory #peacemakers #USpolitics
Find out more in this week’s edition of The Female Body Politic.
#womenshistory #peacemakers #USpolitics
Looking for a last minute holiday gift? Consider Winning The Earthquake, my new biography of Jeannette Rankin, America’s first woman in Congress, who above all spent her life in service of the pursuit of peace on earth.
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Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress|Hardcover
The first major biography of Jeannette Rankin, a groundbreaking suffragist, activist, and the first American woman to hold federal office.“Few members of Congress have ever stood more alone while bein...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Looking for a last minute holiday gift? Consider Winning The Earthquake, my new biography of Jeannette Rankin, America’s first woman in Congress, who above all spent her life in service of the pursuit of peace on earth.
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Without Jigonhsasee, there would be no United States of America. In the face of so much evidence to the contrary, I still believe her spirit resides in our Constitution, and in that, the possibility for Peace On Earth.
Blessed Are The Peacemakers
I have long had a love-hate relationship with Christmas.
thefemalebodypolitic.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Without Jigonhsasee, there would be no United States of America. In the face of so much evidence to the contrary, I still believe her spirit resides in our Constitution, and in that, the possibility for Peace On Earth.
Local elections matter. Like, A LOT. Imagine if all of our city council members were like Phylicia Porter. That would transform American democracy. Full stop. And, it's the easiest place to effect change - and where your voice will be heard the loudest. Don't believe me? Listen to my latest.
Rewriting the Blueprint of Local Democracy
Listen now | Phylicia Porter on Policy, Power, and the Emerge Seated Together Program
thefemalebodypolitic.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Local elections matter. Like, A LOT. Imagine if all of our city council members were like Phylicia Porter. That would transform American democracy. Full stop. And, it's the easiest place to effect change - and where your voice will be heard the loudest. Don't believe me? Listen to my latest.
Looking for the perfect gift for that special patriot in your life dead set on smashing the oligarchy?
Look no further!
Consider my bio of Jeannette Rankin, America’s 1st congresswoman who stood for workers, women, peace, & democracy, no matter how fiercely the winds of corporate power howled. 🎁📚
Look no further!
Consider my bio of Jeannette Rankin, America’s 1st congresswoman who stood for workers, women, peace, & democracy, no matter how fiercely the winds of corporate power howled. 🎁📚
Winning the Earthquake: How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress
How Jeannette Rankin Defied All Odds to Become the First Woman in Congress
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December 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Looking for the perfect gift for that special patriot in your life dead set on smashing the oligarchy?
Look no further!
Consider my bio of Jeannette Rankin, America’s 1st congresswoman who stood for workers, women, peace, & democracy, no matter how fiercely the winds of corporate power howled. 🎁📚
Look no further!
Consider my bio of Jeannette Rankin, America’s 1st congresswoman who stood for workers, women, peace, & democracy, no matter how fiercely the winds of corporate power howled. 🎁📚
All I want for Christmas is a female president, 9 female Supreme Court Justices, and a female majority Senate and Congress.
Please Santa? I’ve been so good this year!
Please Santa? I’ve been so good this year!
December 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
All I want for Christmas is a female president, 9 female Supreme Court Justices, and a female majority Senate and Congress.
Please Santa? I’ve been so good this year!
Please Santa? I’ve been so good this year!
I will never not be pissed off that we don’t have high speed rail in this country.
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I will never not be pissed off that we don’t have high speed rail in this country.
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Every journalist hit with a stinger grenade or pepper ball by law enforcement while covering a protest is a message from the government: Stop showing the truth.
Journalists must speak out.
Journalists must speak out.
Journalists’ cameras become targets at Oregon protests
Federal agents in Portland are waging war on the press
freedom.press
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Every journalist hit with a stinger grenade or pepper ball by law enforcement while covering a protest is a message from the government: Stop showing the truth.
Journalists must speak out.
Journalists must speak out.