Jem
@beach2ocean.bsky.social
Grandma, dog & nature lover, reader, history and genealogy fan, SW’r, feminist, music mama; Vets, LBGTQ & social justice advocate
“The time is always right to do what is right” MLK
“The time is always right to do what is right” MLK
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The first ever disruption to the nation's largest anti-hunger program came as a shock. It's shaken trust in the program for some and stoked concern that it could happen again. n.pr/4nVfELc
SNAP funding pause to soon end, but anxiety and anger may linger
The first ever disruption to the nation's largest anti-hunger program came as a shock. It's shaken trust in the program for some and stoked concern that it could happen again.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The first ever disruption to the nation's largest anti-hunger program came as a shock. It's shaken trust in the program for some and stoked concern that it could happen again. n.pr/4nVfELc
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
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Canadians are keeping up their efforts to boycott travel to the U.S.
The ongoing decline in air and car travel is part of a broader shift in Canadians’ attitudes toward the U.S. amid tensions over President Trump’s tariffs and the rhetoric that many Canadians feel is condescending.
The ongoing decline in air and car travel is part of a broader shift in Canadians’ attitudes toward the U.S. amid tensions over President Trump’s tariffs and the rhetoric that many Canadians feel is condescending.
Canadian Travel to the United States Falls for 10th Consecutive Month
The drop has been reflected in air and car travel, according to Canadian statistics. Tensions over tariffs placed by the Trump administration spurred calls for Canadians to spend their money at home.
nyti.ms
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Canadians are keeping up their efforts to boycott travel to the U.S.
The ongoing decline in air and car travel is part of a broader shift in Canadians’ attitudes toward the U.S. amid tensions over President Trump’s tariffs and the rhetoric that many Canadians feel is condescending.
The ongoing decline in air and car travel is part of a broader shift in Canadians’ attitudes toward the U.S. amid tensions over President Trump’s tariffs and the rhetoric that many Canadians feel is condescending.
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I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
November 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I just walked out of federal court where I pleaded NOT GUILTY to the charges against me.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
I will continue to stand up to authoritarianism and call this out for what it is: a political prosecution.
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A joy to watch Rep. Adelita Grijalva be sworn into the 119th Congress. Welcome to the @housedemocrats.bsky.social team!
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A joy to watch Rep. Adelita Grijalva be sworn into the 119th Congress. Welcome to the @housedemocrats.bsky.social team!
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I'm here in Washington working with my Democratic colleagues to protect healthcare for every American, but Republicans refuse to meet with us.
I decided to attend Speaker Johnson’s press conference today to speak to him.
I decided to attend Speaker Johnson’s press conference today to speak to him.
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I'm here in Washington working with my Democratic colleagues to protect healthcare for every American, but Republicans refuse to meet with us.
I decided to attend Speaker Johnson’s press conference today to speak to him.
I decided to attend Speaker Johnson’s press conference today to speak to him.
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Since 2000, daycare costs have risen 153%. Parenthood is unaffordable for many Americans.
We need to pass my childcare bill that will offer care for $10/day while paying employees $24/hour.
We need to pass my childcare bill that will offer care for $10/day while paying employees $24/hour.
September 2, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Since 2000, daycare costs have risen 153%. Parenthood is unaffordable for many Americans.
We need to pass my childcare bill that will offer care for $10/day while paying employees $24/hour.
We need to pass my childcare bill that will offer care for $10/day while paying employees $24/hour.
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UPDATE: Comer has subpoenaed Epstein’s estate. After I requested the birthday book with @oversightdemocrats.house.gov, the estate indicated it would comply with a subpoena with redactions to protect victims. The pressure is working. Let’s keep pushing for transparency & justice for survivors.
I will move to subpoena the Epstein “birthday book."
Epstein’s estate has indicated it will comply with a subpoena in response to my letter with @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
We need this critical piece of evidence while protecting the privacy of the victims.
Epstein’s estate has indicated it will comply with a subpoena in response to my letter with @oversightdemocrats.house.gov.
We need this critical piece of evidence while protecting the privacy of the victims.
August 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
UPDATE: Comer has subpoenaed Epstein’s estate. After I requested the birthday book with @oversightdemocrats.house.gov, the estate indicated it would comply with a subpoena with redactions to protect victims. The pressure is working. Let’s keep pushing for transparency & justice for survivors.
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Medicare Advantage plans cost 20% more per person. That’s $84B more in federal spending just during 2025.
We need to pass my bill with @pocan.house.gov and @schakowsky.house.gov, the Save Medicare Act, and stop allowing insurers to use the Medicare brand to profit.
We need to pass my bill with @pocan.house.gov and @schakowsky.house.gov, the Save Medicare Act, and stop allowing insurers to use the Medicare brand to profit.
August 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Medicare Advantage plans cost 20% more per person. That’s $84B more in federal spending just during 2025.
We need to pass my bill with @pocan.house.gov and @schakowsky.house.gov, the Save Medicare Act, and stop allowing insurers to use the Medicare brand to profit.
We need to pass my bill with @pocan.house.gov and @schakowsky.house.gov, the Save Medicare Act, and stop allowing insurers to use the Medicare brand to profit.
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“It is a dark and dangerous moment for this country when our government chooses to target orphaned 10-year-olds and denies them their most basic legal right to present their case before an immigration judge” - Efrén Olivares of the National Immigration Law Center.1/2
August 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“It is a dark and dangerous moment for this country when our government chooses to target orphaned 10-year-olds and denies them their most basic legal right to present their case before an immigration judge” - Efrén Olivares of the National Immigration Law Center.1/2
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Trump knows Republicans are on track to lose in 2026 and in 2028 so he's doing everything he can to steal the elections.
He knows he's deeply unpopular, his actions are hurting millions of Americans (including those who voted for him), and that he can't win without suppressing the vote.
He knows he's deeply unpopular, his actions are hurting millions of Americans (including those who voted for him), and that he can't win without suppressing the vote.
Translation: "If you don't suppress people from voting, my party will lose."
Mail in voting is critical for working people, rural voters, and marginalized communities to be able to cast a ballot.
We cannot sit by and watch Trump try to take their right to vote away.
Mail in voting is critical for working people, rural voters, and marginalized communities to be able to cast a ballot.
We cannot sit by and watch Trump try to take their right to vote away.
August 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Trump knows Republicans are on track to lose in 2026 and in 2028 so he's doing everything he can to steal the elections.
He knows he's deeply unpopular, his actions are hurting millions of Americans (including those who voted for him), and that he can't win without suppressing the vote.
He knows he's deeply unpopular, his actions are hurting millions of Americans (including those who voted for him), and that he can't win without suppressing the vote.
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The CEO-to-worker pay ratio for S&P 500 companies was 285-to-1 last year.
And now these CEOs will get a tax cut of roughly $500K thanks to Trump’s big, ugly bill — 639x more than the median U.S. worker.
Is it any wonder so many people think the system is rigged?
And now these CEOs will get a tax cut of roughly $500K thanks to Trump’s big, ugly bill — 639x more than the median U.S. worker.
Is it any wonder so many people think the system is rigged?
July 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The CEO-to-worker pay ratio for S&P 500 companies was 285-to-1 last year.
And now these CEOs will get a tax cut of roughly $500K thanks to Trump’s big, ugly bill — 639x more than the median U.S. worker.
Is it any wonder so many people think the system is rigged?
And now these CEOs will get a tax cut of roughly $500K thanks to Trump’s big, ugly bill — 639x more than the median U.S. worker.
Is it any wonder so many people think the system is rigged?
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The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...
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When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
www.newyorker.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
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Let that sink in for a sec.
July 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Let that sink in for a sec.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
July 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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Head Start has faced relentless attacks over the last 6 months that impact its ability to serve eligible families - funding freezes & delays, the threat of elimination. We need champions to speak out now more than ever. Take action today: t.co/prCBnCehH5
https://www.americanprogress.org/take-action/take-action-protect-head-start-from-administrative-attacks
t.co
July 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Head Start has faced relentless attacks over the last 6 months that impact its ability to serve eligible families - funding freezes & delays, the threat of elimination. We need champions to speak out now more than ever. Take action today: t.co/prCBnCehH5
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NEW AD: He called it beautiful. But it stuffs the pockets of billionaires and guts the middle class. That’s not beautiful. That’s betrayal.
Our ad will be up digitally in PA08 to counter VP Vance's first visit to the district to sell the bill to voters in Pittston.
Our ad will be up digitally in PA08 to counter VP Vance's first visit to the district to sell the bill to voters in Pittston.
July 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW AD: He called it beautiful. But it stuffs the pockets of billionaires and guts the middle class. That’s not beautiful. That’s betrayal.
Our ad will be up digitally in PA08 to counter VP Vance's first visit to the district to sell the bill to voters in Pittston.
Our ad will be up digitally in PA08 to counter VP Vance's first visit to the district to sell the bill to voters in Pittston.
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Pete Hegseth continues his purge of women from U.S. military leadership, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.
The Administration Wants Military Women to Know Their Place
Pete Hegseth seems to be on a mission to erase women from the top ranks of the U.S. armed forces.
bit.ly
July 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Pete Hegseth continues his purge of women from U.S. military leadership, @radiofreetom.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.
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Tonight at 7:30pm ET, exclusively on our YouTube channel @contrariannews.org will be hosting a livestream covering today's Good Trouble mobilizations & honoring John Lewis
Join Katie Phang, Norm Eisen, Jim Acosta, Ashley Etienne, and Jamie Raskin here: www.youtube.com/@ContrarianN...
Join Katie Phang, Norm Eisen, Jim Acosta, Ashley Etienne, and Jamie Raskin here: www.youtube.com/@ContrarianN...
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July 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Tonight at 7:30pm ET, exclusively on our YouTube channel @contrariannews.org will be hosting a livestream covering today's Good Trouble mobilizations & honoring John Lewis
Join Katie Phang, Norm Eisen, Jim Acosta, Ashley Etienne, and Jamie Raskin here: www.youtube.com/@ContrarianN...
Join Katie Phang, Norm Eisen, Jim Acosta, Ashley Etienne, and Jamie Raskin here: www.youtube.com/@ContrarianN...
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Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King and the CEO of the King Center, posted this after the Trump administration released over 200,000 pages of documents related to her late father.
July 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Dr. Bernice King, the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King and the CEO of the King Center, posted this after the Trump administration released over 200,000 pages of documents related to her late father.
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
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Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
June 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.