Jesse Merz (he/she) Oregon, (before: NYC, Detroit, CAx2, WA)
@jessemerz.bsky.social
Pa & theatre & teacher. ✌️🧡🧡🧡 Former Meisner-based theatre professor. Ai Workshop leader. CampFire of Paradise Survivors. Columbia Gorge School of Theatre 1997-2019. "The Gospel According to Tammy Faye" musical producer. 8 B'way alumni. SAG-AFTRA, AEA
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Trump pardoned George Santos and said it was because he was a “loyal Republican.”
This is a message to every Republican in the party that if they cross Trump they cannot depend on his having their back or pardoning them.
It’s his way of solidifying absolute control over the Party.
This is a message to every Republican in the party that if they cross Trump they cannot depend on his having their back or pardoning them.
It’s his way of solidifying absolute control over the Party.
October 18, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Trump pardoned George Santos and said it was because he was a “loyal Republican.”
This is a message to every Republican in the party that if they cross Trump they cannot depend on his having their back or pardoning them.
It’s his way of solidifying absolute control over the Party.
This is a message to every Republican in the party that if they cross Trump they cannot depend on his having their back or pardoning them.
It’s his way of solidifying absolute control over the Party.
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🎟️TIX SELLING FAST!!
💃Join CLDC for a night of revelry and camaraderie with a perfect pairing, folksinger/activist Carsie Blanton! Dance, laugh, remember the better world we work to create!
➡️ Sunday October 12th @ 6pm
WOW Hall, Eugene
$15 – $50 sliding scale tickets
cldc.org/event/carsie...
💃Join CLDC for a night of revelry and camaraderie with a perfect pairing, folksinger/activist Carsie Blanton! Dance, laugh, remember the better world we work to create!
➡️ Sunday October 12th @ 6pm
WOW Hall, Eugene
$15 – $50 sliding scale tickets
cldc.org/event/carsie...
September 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
🎟️TIX SELLING FAST!!
💃Join CLDC for a night of revelry and camaraderie with a perfect pairing, folksinger/activist Carsie Blanton! Dance, laugh, remember the better world we work to create!
➡️ Sunday October 12th @ 6pm
WOW Hall, Eugene
$15 – $50 sliding scale tickets
cldc.org/event/carsie...
💃Join CLDC for a night of revelry and camaraderie with a perfect pairing, folksinger/activist Carsie Blanton! Dance, laugh, remember the better world we work to create!
➡️ Sunday October 12th @ 6pm
WOW Hall, Eugene
$15 – $50 sliding scale tickets
cldc.org/event/carsie...
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Trump's parade could have been an email
June 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Trump's parade could have been an email
Reposted by Jesse Merz (he/she) Oregon, (before: NYC, Detroit, CAx2, WA)
Reposted by Jesse Merz (he/she) Oregon, (before: NYC, Detroit, CAx2, WA)
Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.
June 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.
Reposted by Jesse Merz (he/she) Oregon, (before: NYC, Detroit, CAx2, WA)
Every student in Oregon deserves to learn in an environment free from bullying, harassment, and discrimination – regardless of their race, national origin, or immigration status.
April 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Every student in Oregon deserves to learn in an environment free from bullying, harassment, and discrimination – regardless of their race, national origin, or immigration status.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been sitting in a Salvadoran prison for over a month because the Trump Admin made a mistake.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
BREAKING
The President of El Salvador says he will not be releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?”
The Supreme Court recently ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
(Abrego-Garcia was never convicted of terrorism)
The President of El Salvador says he will not be releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
“How can I smuggle a terrorist into the United States?”
The Supreme Court recently ordered the Trump administration to facilitate his return.
(Abrego-Garcia was never convicted of terrorism)
April 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been sitting in a Salvadoran prison for over a month because the Trump Admin made a mistake.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
Now, the Admin is defying SCOTUS & refusing to bring him back.
If we allow Trump to violate Kilmar's rights, none of our rights are safe.
Kilmar is all of us.
Reposted by Jesse Merz (he/she) Oregon, (before: NYC, Detroit, CAx2, WA)
Every Democrat in Congress could stand as one outside the White House right now demanding 1. GOP in Congress impeach + convict 2. Tr*mp returns Abrego Garcia + all the men sent to CECOT. Get your shit together and get rowdy and creative and make a giant spectacle of this.
April 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Every Democrat in Congress could stand as one outside the White House right now demanding 1. GOP in Congress impeach + convict 2. Tr*mp returns Abrego Garcia + all the men sent to CECOT. Get your shit together and get rowdy and creative and make a giant spectacle of this.
Reposted by Jesse Merz (he/she) Oregon, (before: NYC, Detroit, CAx2, WA)
BREAKING: On Friday, the federal government issued new demands of Harvard University. The university's lawyers just responded: back off.
April 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
BREAKING: On Friday, the federal government issued new demands of Harvard University. The university's lawyers just responded: back off.
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Bukele says he doesn't have the authority to return Abrego Garcia. Tr*mp says he doesn't have the authority to retrieve him. Our tax $$ are paying to keep an innocent man in a torture prison.They plan to disappear American citizens there next. This is America's Auschwitz. This is a red alert.
El Salvador President Bukele says he won't be releasing Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to the US
President Donald Trump’s top advisers and Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, say that they had no basis for the small Central American nation to return a Maryland man who was wrongly deported...
apnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Bukele says he doesn't have the authority to return Abrego Garcia. Tr*mp says he doesn't have the authority to retrieve him. Our tax $$ are paying to keep an innocent man in a torture prison.They plan to disappear American citizens there next. This is America's Auschwitz. This is a red alert.
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April 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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RAND PAUL: “.. When McKinley most famously put tariffs on in 1890, [the GOP] lost 50 percent of their seats in the next election. When [Smoot and Hawley] put on their tariff in the early 1930s, we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years.”
@washingtonpost.com
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April 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
RAND PAUL: “.. When McKinley most famously put tariffs on in 1890, [the GOP] lost 50 percent of their seats in the next election. When [Smoot and Hawley] put on their tariff in the early 1930s, we lost the House and the Senate for 60 years.”
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To our trans & nonbinary siblings:
You belong.
You are seen.
You are loved.
You are enough.
We celebrate you and the space you dare to take up and create, on #TransDayOfVisibility and every day.
You belong.
You are seen.
You are loved.
You are enough.
We celebrate you and the space you dare to take up and create, on #TransDayOfVisibility and every day.
March 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
To our trans & nonbinary siblings:
You belong.
You are seen.
You are loved.
You are enough.
We celebrate you and the space you dare to take up and create, on #TransDayOfVisibility and every day.
You belong.
You are seen.
You are loved.
You are enough.
We celebrate you and the space you dare to take up and create, on #TransDayOfVisibility and every day.
Reposted by Jesse Merz (he/she) Oregon, (before: NYC, Detroit, CAx2, WA)
The American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers are suing the Trump admin on behalf of their members for "unlawfully cutting off $400 million in federal funding" to "force Columbia University to surrender its academic independence."
March 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The American Association of University Professors and the American Federation of Teachers are suing the Trump admin on behalf of their members for "unlawfully cutting off $400 million in federal funding" to "force Columbia University to surrender its academic independence."
Reposted by Jesse Merz (he/she) Oregon, (before: NYC, Detroit, CAx2, WA)
Just your basic American Government lesson!🤔
Maybe certain individuals need to take an American Government class all over again!😉
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Maybe certain individuals need to take an American Government class all over again!😉
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
February 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Just your basic American Government lesson!🤔
Maybe certain individuals need to take an American Government class all over again!😉
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Maybe certain individuals need to take an American Government class all over again!😉
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
February 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
You are so beautiful ✌️🧡
January 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You are so beautiful ✌️🧡
Peace and Love, one and alllllll! We can do this. ✌️🧡💛💜💚
December 5, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Peace and Love, one and alllllll! We can do this. ✌️🧡💛💜💚
Reposted by Jesse Merz (he/she) Oregon, (before: NYC, Detroit, CAx2, WA)
Far-right conspiracy theorist Dinesh D'Souza has formally apologized for his highly misleading film that claimed to show (and did not show) election fraud in the 2020 race.
He makes clear the information at the heart of his film was "inaccurate."
www.ajc.com/politics/pol...
He makes clear the information at the heart of his film was "inaccurate."
www.ajc.com/politics/pol...
www.ajc.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Far-right conspiracy theorist Dinesh D'Souza has formally apologized for his highly misleading film that claimed to show (and did not show) election fraud in the 2020 race.
He makes clear the information at the heart of his film was "inaccurate."
www.ajc.com/politics/pol...
He makes clear the information at the heart of his film was "inaccurate."
www.ajc.com/politics/pol...
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Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
November 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM
Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism.
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive
I’m also here.
February 8, 2024 at 3:16 AM
I’m also here.