paul jessen
@pauljessen.bsky.social
consumer marketer, product innovator, sustainability geek, ocean lover, chestnut enthusiast, amateur singer, and gay dad. i work for tom’s of maine, but of course all opinions expressed here are my own. :)
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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I think Americans are realizing that democracy is a participation sport, and the the government is ours if we want it to be. I feel like we got complacent and hoped some other third party would do the work for us. Seems like we have to learn that lesson every generation.
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I think Americans are realizing that democracy is a participation sport, and the the government is ours if we want it to be. I feel like we got complacent and hoped some other third party would do the work for us. Seems like we have to learn that lesson every generation.
mars is an uninhabitable hellscape.
how about we save earth instead?
how about we save earth instead?
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
mars is an uninhabitable hellscape.
how about we save earth instead?
how about we save earth instead?
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
Sign the Petition
Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
c.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Demand That Chuck Schumer Step Down As Minority Leader
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
Sign the petition: c.org/c5PbGWk6hM
(Change(dot)org will ask you to donate. You *do not* need to donate.)
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
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This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a U.S. citizen being brutally abducted by ICE while his mom pleads for them to stop and the videographer cries for help. The Chicago police do nothing to stop it.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
They will come for everyone, and they’re not even hiding that anymore. If you are not organizing and resisting yet, get started.
anyone else inundated with janet mills campaign announcement texts today?
i received them from 7 different numbers!
🤦
#mepolitics
i received them from 7 different numbers!
🤦
#mepolitics
October 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
anyone else inundated with janet mills campaign announcement texts today?
i received them from 7 different numbers!
🤦
#mepolitics
i received them from 7 different numbers!
🤦
#mepolitics
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I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
trump is a crook.
maybe the message is as simple as that?
maybe the message is as simple as that?
"This guy wants to do bad things to the country overall. You can't believe what he says, you can't believe his promises. He's dangerous and he's nuts. And that transcends all of these individual issues."
Not a bad reason to shut it down.
@gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social:
Not a bad reason to shut it down.
@gtconway.bsky.social and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social:
October 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
trump is a crook.
maybe the message is as simple as that?
maybe the message is as simple as that?
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People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
People of Illinois, we need your help.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.
We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
mad king donald
In the last 6 hours, Trump has imposed:
- A 100% tariff on medicine unless its producer starts building a new U.S. factory in the next 5 days
- A 50% tariff on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities
- A 30% tariff on upholstered furniture
- A 25% tariff on “Heavy (Big!) Trucks”
- A 100% tariff on medicine unless its producer starts building a new U.S. factory in the next 5 days
- A 50% tariff on kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities
- A 30% tariff on upholstered furniture
- A 25% tariff on “Heavy (Big!) Trucks”
September 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
mad king donald
perfect example of the don't-like-your-question-so-i'll-just-talk-over-you-about-something-else communications tactic we're increasingly seeing from gop electeds and regime officials.
"I think you can hear me" -- Mike Lawler just crashed out on CNN and spoke over host John Berman for a solid 45 seconds straight
September 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
perfect example of the don't-like-your-question-so-i'll-just-talk-over-you-about-something-else communications tactic we're increasingly seeing from gop electeds and regime officials.
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"I think you can hear me" -- Mike Lawler just crashed out on CNN and spoke over host John Berman for a solid 45 seconds straight
September 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"I think you can hear me" -- Mike Lawler just crashed out on CNN and spoke over host John Berman for a solid 45 seconds straight
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It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
September 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
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A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A Black man and a homeless man were found hanging from trees in Mississippi yesterday, for those who haven’t seen yet because it’s barely made it out of local news.
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JD Vance: “Charlie Kirk never said Black women do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously. He never uttered those words.”
Charlie Kirk: “Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson — you do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously.”
Charlie Kirk: “Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson — you do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously.”
September 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
JD Vance: “Charlie Kirk never said Black women do not have brain processing power to be taken seriously. He never uttered those words.”
Charlie Kirk: “Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson — you do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously.”
Charlie Kirk: “Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Ketanji Brown Jackson — you do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken seriously.”
this is huge:
states have the power to limit political contributions of corporations, without overturning citizens united.
as with auto emissions, california alone would be enough to set a new de facto corporate standard.
states have the power to limit political contributions of corporations, without overturning citizens united.
as with auto emissions, california alone would be enough to set a new de facto corporate standard.
Fifteen years after Citizens United opened the floodgates of corporate and dark political money, the Center for American Progress has figured out how to slam them back shut.
CAP published its groundbreaking how-to report today: "The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant."
CAP published its groundbreaking how-to report today: "The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant."
The Corporate Power Reset That Makes Citizens United Irrelevant
By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.
www.americanprogress.org
September 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
this is huge:
states have the power to limit political contributions of corporations, without overturning citizens united.
as with auto emissions, california alone would be enough to set a new de facto corporate standard.
states have the power to limit political contributions of corporations, without overturning citizens united.
as with auto emissions, california alone would be enough to set a new de facto corporate standard.
so bizarre to see a sitting u.s. president gabbing with morning news show hosts live in studio, especially in times like these.
Trump claims Charlie Kirk's shooter is in custody: "Can I always say I think just to protect us all and so Fox doesn't get sued and we all don't get sued and everything else but I think with a high degree of certainty, we have him in custody."
September 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
so bizarre to see a sitting u.s. president gabbing with morning news show hosts live in studio, especially in times like these.
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Politics reporter at Deseret News says the Utah Speaker has confirmed Charlie Kirk is dead.
September 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Politics reporter at Deseret News says the Utah Speaker has confirmed Charlie Kirk is dead.
this rings true—it appears our institutions aren’t going to save us this time.
*but* when we the people truly show up to stop him, it emboldens institutions to do the same.
in theory, once we the people push back enough, trump will become a pariah, as will those who enabled his lawless regime.
*but* when we the people truly show up to stop him, it emboldens institutions to do the same.
in theory, once we the people push back enough, trump will become a pariah, as will those who enabled his lawless regime.
September 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
this rings true—it appears our institutions aren’t going to save us this time.
*but* when we the people truly show up to stop him, it emboldens institutions to do the same.
in theory, once we the people push back enough, trump will become a pariah, as will those who enabled his lawless regime.
*but* when we the people truly show up to stop him, it emboldens institutions to do the same.
in theory, once we the people push back enough, trump will become a pariah, as will those who enabled his lawless regime.
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