Jessica Schafroth
@jess-schafroth.bsky.social
VP @ Malkin & Ross, hiker, chaos coordinator
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As I’ve been saying, California is just the test case.
Trump is now saying the quiet part out loud: blue cities and states are being specifically targeted to stoke fear, violence, and chaos — all to punish the people that didn’t vote for him.
Trump is now saying the quiet part out loud: blue cities and states are being specifically targeted to stoke fear, violence, and chaos — all to punish the people that didn’t vote for him.
June 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
As I’ve been saying, California is just the test case.
Trump is now saying the quiet part out loud: blue cities and states are being specifically targeted to stoke fear, violence, and chaos — all to punish the people that didn’t vote for him.
Trump is now saying the quiet part out loud: blue cities and states are being specifically targeted to stoke fear, violence, and chaos — all to punish the people that didn’t vote for him.
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Lander emerging from Federal Plaza now, with Governor Hochul.
June 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Lander emerging from Federal Plaza now, with Governor Hochul.
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Early post-immigration escalation polling ugly for Trump:
Immigration approval
37%-52% (-15) WaPo
43%-54% (-11) Quinnipiac (Q)
Deportations
39%-50% (-11) YouGov
40%-56% (-16) Q
Overall approval
43%-52% (-9) Econ/YouGov
40%-53% (-13) YouGov
38%-54% (-16) Q
Budget Bill
30%-50% (-20) Econ/YG
Immigration approval
37%-52% (-15) WaPo
43%-54% (-11) Quinnipiac (Q)
Deportations
39%-50% (-11) YouGov
40%-56% (-16) Q
Overall approval
43%-52% (-9) Econ/YouGov
40%-53% (-13) YouGov
38%-54% (-16) Q
Budget Bill
30%-50% (-20) Econ/YG
June 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Early post-immigration escalation polling ugly for Trump:
Immigration approval
37%-52% (-15) WaPo
43%-54% (-11) Quinnipiac (Q)
Deportations
39%-50% (-11) YouGov
40%-56% (-16) Q
Overall approval
43%-52% (-9) Econ/YouGov
40%-53% (-13) YouGov
38%-54% (-16) Q
Budget Bill
30%-50% (-20) Econ/YG
Immigration approval
37%-52% (-15) WaPo
43%-54% (-11) Quinnipiac (Q)
Deportations
39%-50% (-11) YouGov
40%-56% (-16) Q
Overall approval
43%-52% (-9) Econ/YouGov
40%-53% (-13) YouGov
38%-54% (-16) Q
Budget Bill
30%-50% (-20) Econ/YG
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As Trump & Musk upend federal labor law,
" @govkathyhochul.bsky.social and legislative leaders can include legal provisions in this year’s state budget that will expand enforcement of worker protections while adding over $100 million yearly in new funding for staff at the state DOL."
#EmPIREAct
" @govkathyhochul.bsky.social and legislative leaders can include legal provisions in this year’s state budget that will expand enforcement of worker protections while adding over $100 million yearly in new funding for staff at the state DOL."
#EmPIREAct
Commentary: EmPIRE Worker Protection Act will help New Yorkers fight wage theft
Commentary: With federal actions leaving workers more vulnerable, it's all the more important for the state to stand up for working New Yorkers.
www.timesunion.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
As Trump & Musk upend federal labor law,
" @govkathyhochul.bsky.social and legislative leaders can include legal provisions in this year’s state budget that will expand enforcement of worker protections while adding over $100 million yearly in new funding for staff at the state DOL."
#EmPIREAct
" @govkathyhochul.bsky.social and legislative leaders can include legal provisions in this year’s state budget that will expand enforcement of worker protections while adding over $100 million yearly in new funding for staff at the state DOL."
#EmPIREAct
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Trump's DOJ is preparing to put all incarcerated transgender women into men's facilities as early as next week, and according to NPR "the bureau is well aware of concerns about potential risks of assault, sexual violence and suicides"
Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Trump's DOJ is preparing to put all incarcerated transgender women into men's facilities as early as next week, and according to NPR "the bureau is well aware of concerns about potential risks of assault, sexual violence and suicides"
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Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
February 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Teachers teach. We need a leaderful movement, and there are leaders all around us.
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This is the way…
“The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.”
With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.
“The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.”
With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.
February 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This is the way…
“The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.”
With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.
“The elected officials in Washington have to stop protesting in Washington. They have to go back to their districts…show the consequences…show the school that isn’t operating…they have to make it real.”
With social media, word will spread to neighboring districts—even red ones.
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The GOP is working to block union power.
“Utah’s Republican governor on Friday signed a collective bargaining ban that experts are calling one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country, despite overwhelming opposition from union members.”
apnews.com/article/utah...
“Utah’s Republican governor on Friday signed a collective bargaining ban that experts are calling one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country, despite overwhelming opposition from union members.”
apnews.com/article/utah...
Utah governor signs collective bargaining ban for teachers, firefighters and police unions
Utah’s Republican governor has signed a collective bargaining ban that experts are calling one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country, despite overwhelming opposition from union members.
apnews.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The GOP is working to block union power.
“Utah’s Republican governor on Friday signed a collective bargaining ban that experts are calling one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country, despite overwhelming opposition from union members.”
apnews.com/article/utah...
“Utah’s Republican governor on Friday signed a collective bargaining ban that experts are calling one of the most restrictive labor laws in the country, despite overwhelming opposition from union members.”
apnews.com/article/utah...
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No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
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Query: If “DEI” is the reason for the plane collision, why is this the first accident in [checks watch] 16 years? 🤔
January 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Query: If “DEI” is the reason for the plane collision, why is this the first accident in [checks watch] 16 years? 🤔
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1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
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 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.
I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.
Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Dear Dems - Can we please stop acting like nothing is happening to our trans friends and neighbors? They are not our sacrificial lambs. Stand up for them. What the fu*k?
January 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Dear Dems - Can we please stop acting like nothing is happening to our trans friends and neighbors? They are not our sacrificial lambs. Stand up for them. What the fu*k?
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BREAKING: Amazon drivers at a major Atlanta facility have voted unanimously to authorize a strike.
They join @teamsters.bsky.social in NYC, Illinois, and California in authorizing strikes at Amazon in the lead up to Christmas — the company's busiest days.
They join @teamsters.bsky.social in NYC, Illinois, and California in authorizing strikes at Amazon in the lead up to Christmas — the company's busiest days.
December 18, 2024 at 5:43 PM
BREAKING: Amazon drivers at a major Atlanta facility have voted unanimously to authorize a strike.
They join @teamsters.bsky.social in NYC, Illinois, and California in authorizing strikes at Amazon in the lead up to Christmas — the company's busiest days.
They join @teamsters.bsky.social in NYC, Illinois, and California in authorizing strikes at Amazon in the lead up to Christmas — the company's busiest days.
200 NY models, including Christy Turlington, Alessandra Ambrosio & Helena Christensen + industry advocates are sending an open letter to @GovKathyHochul urging her to sign the Fashion Workers Act. Bill gives basic labor protections to models.
www.modelalliance.org/openletter
www.modelalliance.org/openletter
Letter to Governor Hochul — Model Alliance
www.modelalliance.org
December 18, 2024 at 12:24 PM
200 NY models, including Christy Turlington, Alessandra Ambrosio & Helena Christensen + industry advocates are sending an open letter to @GovKathyHochul urging her to sign the Fashion Workers Act. Bill gives basic labor protections to models.
www.modelalliance.org/openletter
www.modelalliance.org/openletter
.@GovKathyHochul has called up 2 bills that will improve the lives of trafficking victims - the Fashion Workers Act & SAFE Shelter Act. We hope she will sign both bills w/o delay. Survivors are counting on her leadership
December 12, 2024 at 4:04 PM
.@GovKathyHochul has called up 2 bills that will improve the lives of trafficking victims - the Fashion Workers Act & SAFE Shelter Act. We hope she will sign both bills w/o delay. Survivors are counting on her leadership
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The FL Department of Corrections is attempting to "reverse" the gender identity of transgender people in its custody, referring to trans identities as "short-term delusions" and withholding hormone therapy. Reviving psychiatric theories of the 1950s, they blame trans identities on "childhood trauma"
December 10, 2024 at 3:48 PM
The FL Department of Corrections is attempting to "reverse" the gender identity of transgender people in its custody, referring to trans identities as "short-term delusions" and withholding hormone therapy. Reviving psychiatric theories of the 1950s, they blame trans identities on "childhood trauma"
Just thinking about that time my insurance company approved a spinal tap to determine where I was leaking CSF, but then denied coverage for the visit after the spinal tap where I learned where the leak was, why I was leaking, and how to fix it.
December 9, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Just thinking about that time my insurance company approved a spinal tap to determine where I was leaking CSF, but then denied coverage for the visit after the spinal tap where I learned where the leak was, why I was leaking, and how to fix it.
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There are legal safeguards to protect patients from big bills like out-of-network air-ambulance rides. But insurers may not pay if they decide the ride wasn't medically necessary.
A mom's $97,000 question: How was an air-ambulance ride not medically necessary?
There are legal safeguards to protect patients from big bills like out-of-network air-ambulance rides. But insurers may not pay if they decide the ride wasn't medically necessary.
www.npr.org
March 25, 2024 at 4:58 PM
There are legal safeguards to protect patients from big bills like out-of-network air-ambulance rides. But insurers may not pay if they decide the ride wasn't medically necessary.
This is so well done. Worth the read.
“Where life is precious, life is precious.” - Ruth Wilson Gilmore
And where it’s not, it’s not. The for-profit health care industry profits off denying care. Across the industry 1 in 7 claims are denied.
Our job isn’t to debate a murder, it’s to create a system where life is precious.
My latest:
And where it’s not, it’s not. The for-profit health care industry profits off denying care. Across the industry 1 in 7 claims are denied.
Our job isn’t to debate a murder, it’s to create a system where life is precious.
My latest:
What's a life worth?
On the murder of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson
www.jphilll.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:56 PM
This is so well done. Worth the read.
This makes me so angry. Let doctors do their fu*king jobs.
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 4, 2024 at 7:57 PM
This makes me so angry. Let doctors do their fu*king jobs.
Step 1: GOP creates outrage.
Step 2: MSM reports.
Step 3: Dems complain about MSM reporting on GOP outrage, talk endlessly about why outrage isn't warranted, keep outrage in the news.
Rinse and repeat.
Step 2: MSM reports.
Step 3: Dems complain about MSM reporting on GOP outrage, talk endlessly about why outrage isn't warranted, keep outrage in the news.
Rinse and repeat.
December 3, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Step 1: GOP creates outrage.
Step 2: MSM reports.
Step 3: Dems complain about MSM reporting on GOP outrage, talk endlessly about why outrage isn't warranted, keep outrage in the news.
Rinse and repeat.
Step 2: MSM reports.
Step 3: Dems complain about MSM reporting on GOP outrage, talk endlessly about why outrage isn't warranted, keep outrage in the news.
Rinse and repeat.
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This has been the Democratic party's primary strategy my whole life: lean center and lose, Republicans trash the place so badly voters have no choice, Democrats take power again, pass modest reforms while praising bipartisanship, lean center and lose again, Republicans trash the place so badly...
Democrats are busy concluding that this worked for Labour rather than considering that what worked for Labour was being so incompetent that they gave the Tories 13 years to run the country into the ground until people finally had enough.
The process of mainstreaming far-right politics is a multi-faceted (but fairly obvious) one
Starmer & his supporters claim reclaiming far right issues is what won them the election as it addressed "the people's legitimate grievances"
Yet this has been tried many times and...
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Starmer & his supporters claim reclaiming far right issues is what won them the election as it addressed "the people's legitimate grievances"
Yet this has been tried many times and...
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November 30, 2024 at 1:32 PM
This has been the Democratic party's primary strategy my whole life: lean center and lose, Republicans trash the place so badly voters have no choice, Democrats take power again, pass modest reforms while praising bipartisanship, lean center and lose again, Republicans trash the place so badly...
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NEW: After the election, many have asked “where do we go from here?” I have some thoughts and they don't include “be more moderate”
Read my op-ed in @empirereportny.bsky.social where I call for us in the NY legislature to act with a bold and progressive vision.
Read my op-ed in @empirereportny.bsky.social where I call for us in the NY legislature to act with a bold and progressive vision.
Where We Go From Here New York
New York's front page for political news. Latest NY politics news, reports, and columnists
empirereportnewyork.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:49 PM
NEW: After the election, many have asked “where do we go from here?” I have some thoughts and they don't include “be more moderate”
Read my op-ed in @empirereportny.bsky.social where I call for us in the NY legislature to act with a bold and progressive vision.
Read my op-ed in @empirereportny.bsky.social where I call for us in the NY legislature to act with a bold and progressive vision.
Dem Party must lay out new vision of economic security for working families…vision means committing to universal pre-K, paid family/medical leave, expanded community banking, raising min wage & a public option for health insurance; means taking on the grotesque concentration of wealth among very few
Opinion | Democrats, It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Our Neoliberal Era
The Democratic Party can seize defeat to establish a new order, but the era of tinkering around the edges is over.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Dem Party must lay out new vision of economic security for working families…vision means committing to universal pre-K, paid family/medical leave, expanded community banking, raising min wage & a public option for health insurance; means taking on the grotesque concentration of wealth among very few