Jess from the 'peg 🇨🇦
@jesseerj.bsky.social
Jesus follower, mom, wife, aspiring health care worker, current government employee, heart for the poor and oppressed.
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94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet.
The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.
Something has gone terribly wrong.
The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.
Something has gone terribly wrong.
July 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet.
The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.
Something has gone terribly wrong.
The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.
Something has gone terribly wrong.
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Great article about how power often corrupts people. www.sciencefocus.com/wellbeing/po...
Here's how the powerful lose touch with reality, according to neuroscience | BBC Science Focus Magazine
Evidence suggests power, like alcohol, has a tangible effect on the brain. But are its impacts always negative?
www.sciencefocus.com
July 7, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Great article about how power often corrupts people. www.sciencefocus.com/wellbeing/po...
Alligator Auschwitz. It's truly sickening what is happening in the US. youtube.com/shorts/GWPAy...
They're selling concentration camp merch
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtube.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Alligator Auschwitz. It's truly sickening what is happening in the US. youtube.com/shorts/GWPAy...
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Somewhere in the neighbourhood of 55 Canadians - those that we know about .. are in detention facilities in the US.
The United States is not safe for anyone. The evil and cruelty never end.
I very much doubt that I will ever set foot in the US again in my lifetime.
The United States is not safe for anyone. The evil and cruelty never end.
I very much doubt that I will ever set foot in the US again in my lifetime.
Canadians in ICE detention centres left in legal limbo as families try to secure release | CBC News
Relatives of Canadians detained by ICE in the U.S. say they're furious and frustrated by the treatment of their loved ones and the battles they're having to fight for even the most basic information.
www.cbc.ca
July 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Somewhere in the neighbourhood of 55 Canadians - those that we know about .. are in detention facilities in the US.
The United States is not safe for anyone. The evil and cruelty never end.
I very much doubt that I will ever set foot in the US again in my lifetime.
The United States is not safe for anyone. The evil and cruelty never end.
I very much doubt that I will ever set foot in the US again in my lifetime.
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A gut-wrenching story about the chaos this Administration has created, and the way it threatens the life of one nine-year old girl.
An AIDS orphan, a pastor and his frantic search for the meds that keep her alive
In the wake of U.S. aid cuts, Pastor Billy is reminded of his twin sister's death from AIDS. He doesn't want 9-year-old Diana, who's HIV-positive, to meet the same fate.
www.npr.org
June 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
A gut-wrenching story about the chaos this Administration has created, and the way it threatens the life of one nine-year old girl.
3:59 am ponderings:
Will we ever have peace on earth?
When will the madness in the USA end?
Will we ever have peace on earth?
When will the madness in the USA end?
June 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
3:59 am ponderings:
Will we ever have peace on earth?
When will the madness in the USA end?
Will we ever have peace on earth?
When will the madness in the USA end?
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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
June 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
-Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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This is a political time to wake up EVERYDAY prepared to Speak Truth to Power!.........
May 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This is a political time to wake up EVERYDAY prepared to Speak Truth to Power!.........
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🇨🇦 PM Carney has a way with words. #CanadaStrong 🍁
May 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
🇨🇦 PM Carney has a way with words. #CanadaStrong 🍁
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all of the staff that had distributed $1.7B annually in Social Services Block Grant funds, which many states had depended on for their child welfare, foster care and adoption systems.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all of the staff that had distributed $1.7B annually in Social Services Block Grant funds, which many states had depended on for their child welfare, foster care and adoption systems.
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🌟 goodbye Pope Francis ~ conscience of our world. 🙏🏻❤️
April 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🌟 goodbye Pope Francis ~ conscience of our world. 🙏🏻❤️
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My statement on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis:
April 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My statement on the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis:
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When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
April 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
When Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking, Trump intervened to fly him back to the US.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
When a working-class father of a disabled 5-year-old child was wrongfully deported and charged with NO crime, Trump refuses to lift a finger.
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Listen to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social. She's been warning for years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Listen to @carolecadwalla.bsky.social. She's been warning for years.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
@maddow.msnbc.com your compassion, respect, genuine care, and admiration for people really comes through in your reporting. Thank you for all you and your team do to shine a light on the people taking a stand against the Trump administration and calling out the darkness that threatens so much.
April 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com your compassion, respect, genuine care, and admiration for people really comes through in your reporting. Thank you for all you and your team do to shine a light on the people taking a stand against the Trump administration and calling out the darkness that threatens so much.
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
cbsn.ws
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
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What if COVID doesn't just make sick, but makes us easier to infect?
Experts say the virus is chipping away at our immune systems. But some aren’t convinced.
I spoke with doctors, scientists, and parents caught in a relentless cycle of illness, and here's what I found:
Experts say the virus is chipping away at our immune systems. But some aren’t convinced.
I spoke with doctors, scientists, and parents caught in a relentless cycle of illness, and here's what I found:
Is COVID quietly sabotaging our immune systems?
Experts are increasingly coalescing around the view that COVID has weakened our immune systems, leaving us vulnerable to other infections
www.canadianaffairs.news
April 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
What if COVID doesn't just make sick, but makes us easier to infect?
Experts say the virus is chipping away at our immune systems. But some aren’t convinced.
I spoke with doctors, scientists, and parents caught in a relentless cycle of illness, and here's what I found:
Experts say the virus is chipping away at our immune systems. But some aren’t convinced.
I spoke with doctors, scientists, and parents caught in a relentless cycle of illness, and here's what I found: