Jes Me in the Corner
@jessicamj.bsky.social
| Takin a look, seeing what's around here.
(Bi, Black, Hispanic, American, Left; Music-, Art-, Nerd-, Culture-Enthusiast) | Jessica M. J. | Phx, AZ |
(Bi, Black, Hispanic, American, Left; Music-, Art-, Nerd-, Culture-Enthusiast) | Jessica M. J. | Phx, AZ |
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Lately, I have a lot of thoughts but some trouble coalescing & articulating.
All I know is that, for now, I want to be aware, to make note, & to signal boost what seems worth knowing or clocking.
Maybe I'll find more meaningful ways to contribute along the way, or maybe you will.
Lately, I have a lot of thoughts but some trouble coalescing & articulating.
All I know is that, for now, I want to be aware, to make note, & to signal boost what seems worth knowing or clocking.
Maybe I'll find more meaningful ways to contribute along the way, or maybe you will.
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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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The struggle over history, from Wounded Knee to Thanksgiving to ICE detentions, is not a debate about the past. It is a struggle over who defines America and whose humanity matters. buff.ly/rZBKFDj
The Right Wants to Write Indigenous People Out of US History. We Won’t Let Them.
The Trump administration is reviving the visual language of manifest destiny and weaponizing the US’s founding myths.
truthout.org
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The struggle over history, from Wounded Knee to Thanksgiving to ICE detentions, is not a debate about the past. It is a struggle over who defines America and whose humanity matters. buff.ly/rZBKFDj
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Living through history is not fun
Do you all feel absolutely crazy as I do with everything going on? Please say yes
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Living through history is not fun
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CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 AM
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
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happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
happy transgender day of remembrance
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly
please live 💜
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when we talk about efforts to "erase DEI" can we be more precise and say "efforts to re-segregate workplaces and schools"
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump's efforts to erase DEI. n.pr/4pmCNr2
How a small Chicago nonprofit is resisting Trump's war on DEI
Since 1981, Chicago Women in Trades has worked to promote equity by getting more women into the construction trades. Now the nonprofit faces a different challenge: Trump's efforts to erase DEI.
n.pr
November 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
when we talk about efforts to "erase DEI" can we be more precise and say "efforts to re-segregate workplaces and schools"
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
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You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You can disagree and argue as much as you like but the point of evaluating something scientifically is that not every statement should be given equal credence because evidence matters
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something I've been thinking about if/when we retake power is we're really going to need to shock & awe the elites with accountability. hit em hard and fast. gotta break the entire system and don't give it time to regroup.
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 AM
something I've been thinking about if/when we retake power is we're really going to need to shock & awe the elites with accountability. hit em hard and fast. gotta break the entire system and don't give it time to regroup.
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It’s wild how many of the ICE/CBP detentions are turning out to be illegal — and yet in the US system, there are no consequences for the agents and no recourse for the victims.
Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
According to the ruling, Diana Santillana will be given a bond hearing in front of an immigration judge, who could order her released while her civil deportation case proceeds.
trib.al
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
It’s wild how many of the ICE/CBP detentions are turning out to be illegal — and yet in the US system, there are no consequences for the agents and no recourse for the victims.
Repost with an iconic fictional band (if you feel like it)
November 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Repost with an iconic fictional band (if you feel like it)
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In times like these, links are needed because it's far too easy to throw up a faked headline. So I'm sliding in to assist with the receipts: www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In times like these, links are needed because it's far too easy to throw up a faked headline. So I'm sliding in to assist with the receipts: www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
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One of the big takeaways from this week is the party has to run candidates *everywhere* who are good fits for their community.
Building a massive candidate pipeline in all 50 states is how you operationalize that takeaway. We're doing it!
Building a massive candidate pipeline in all 50 states is how you operationalize that takeaway. We're doing it!
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
One of the big takeaways from this week is the party has to run candidates *everywhere* who are good fits for their community.
Building a massive candidate pipeline in all 50 states is how you operationalize that takeaway. We're doing it!
Building a massive candidate pipeline in all 50 states is how you operationalize that takeaway. We're doing it!
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For me, it'd be D&D instead of football; but otherwise, same.
look man I just want to eat brunch, watch my stupid football games, and maximize human welfare. we're 0 for 3
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
For me, it'd be D&D instead of football; but otherwise, same.
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Hotel at Mall of America to offer free hot meals for families missing SNAP benefits.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
November 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hotel at Mall of America to offer free hot meals for families missing SNAP benefits.
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-ne...
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After Zohran’s win, if Dems reorient their party back to New Deal-style populism and genuinely combat the corporations and billionaires ruining everyone’s lives, then this moment of discontent across the country could have staying power — and be a positive force.
Welcome To The New Uprising
Zohran Mamdani’s victory could be a turning point for Democrats — if the party finally learns from its past leaders’ betrayals.
www.levernews.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
After Zohran’s win, if Dems reorient their party back to New Deal-style populism and genuinely combat the corporations and billionaires ruining everyone’s lives, then this moment of discontent across the country could have staying power — and be a positive force.
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this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.
This is how it looked on the ballot.
Clear and easy to understand.
Clear and easy to understand.
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
this was for a colorado measure guaranteeing universal free lunch for kids. funny how a short two-column table can say so much in so little space.
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AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
AOC: We know that Donald Trump has not only been convicted of committing crimes, but that the supreme court has given him a blank check to continue to commit crimes while in office. So we cannot underestimate the threat and the danger of this moment. But we cannot respond to that with cowardice.
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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this is absolutely true and this should not strike fear, it should strike righteous fucking fury in you, are you going to let them break you, or are you going to make them break upon us?
serious note: they're gonna try 5x harder to sabotage the midterms after tonight and we're gonna have to organize on a literally historic scale to stop them
really obvious now why trump and the republican party have been working so hard to prevent fair elections lol they know
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 AM
this is absolutely true and this should not strike fear, it should strike righteous fucking fury in you, are you going to let them break you, or are you going to make them break upon us?
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Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tonight's even more proof the mainstream reporters who are still on Twitter are suffering from a brain problem akin Havana Syndrome that is preventing them from accurately doing their jobs. They are being cooked alive by a snuff-focused apartheid algorithm.