Jess
@byjess.bsky.social
“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.”
Pinned
We had three monarch butterflies emerge this morning 🥹
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We had three monarch butterflies emerge this morning 🥹
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Epstein coverup continues
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Epstein coverup continues
Christmas came early thanks to @jonsamp.dev & @emilysamp.dev! ☕️✨
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Christmas came early thanks to @jonsamp.dev & @emilysamp.dev! ☕️✨
Do you hear the people sing?
As a Korean immigrant who is fighting to save democracy in the United States, I love this so much! We are #GOLDEN!
You should be proud @ejae_k, @audreynuna, and @rei.ami.
#kpopdemonhunters
Thank you New York City Gay Men’s Chorus!
You should be proud @ejae_k, @audreynuna, and @rei.ami.
#kpopdemonhunters
Thank you New York City Gay Men’s Chorus!
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Do you hear the people sing?
“For more information about either the Hawaiʻi Food Assistance Program or the Hawaiʻi Relief Fund, call 211, a hotline run by Aloha United Way. Green said 250 people are staffing the line from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.”
The new program is in addition to one that is helping with housing and utility payments for four months.
Hawaiʻi Shutdown Response: SNAP Recipients To Get $250 Apiece
The new program is in addition to one that is helping with housing and utility payments for four months.
dlvr.it
October 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
“For more information about either the Hawaiʻi Food Assistance Program or the Hawaiʻi Relief Fund, call 211, a hotline run by Aloha United Way. Green said 250 people are staffing the line from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.”
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Watch this ICE agent getting arrested for drunk driving tell a cop that he uses race to decide who to target. "You're a ginger, so I'm sure you're legal."
October 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Watch this ICE agent getting arrested for drunk driving tell a cop that he uses race to decide who to target. "You're a ginger, so I'm sure you're legal."
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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MUST WATCH: Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting
A Middle Tennessee sheriff is defending the arrest of a man for posting an online meme quoting President Donald Trump.
www.newschannel5.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
MUST WATCH: Tennessee sheriff defends jailing liberal activist for posting Trump meme about school shooting www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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E. disappeared me to a gulag in El Salvador.
October 21, 2025 at 4:39 AM
E. disappeared me to a gulag in El Salvador.
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October 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
I'm a U.S. Citizen, born and raised in Honolulu. I don't "look like" my last name, because I took my (Caucasian, TX-born and MI-raised) husband's name when we got married. Depending on whether you're white supremacist, you might also say I don't "look like" an American. This is not right.
ICE is out of control here in Chicago:
“Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street …when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.”
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
“Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street …when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her.”
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...
October 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I'm a U.S. Citizen, born and raised in Honolulu. I don't "look like" my last name, because I took my (Caucasian, TX-born and MI-raised) husband's name when we got married. Depending on whether you're white supremacist, you might also say I don't "look like" an American. This is not right.
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California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.
So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.
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It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
By Gisela Salim-Peyer
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
By Gisela Salim-Peyer
Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
www.theatlantic.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
By Gisela Salim-Peyer
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
By Gisela Salim-Peyer
Are you an alum from one of these 9 schools? Join in defense by signing this alumni petition to support your alma mater and campus communities across America.
Alumni of the University of Arizona, Brown, Dartmouth, MIT, Penn, USC, UT, Vanderbilt, and UVA: please sign and share this petition with other alums. bit.ly/campusfreedom
#academicfreedom #nocompact #alumni #UniversityofArizona #Brown #Dartmouth #MIT #Penn #USC #UT #Vanderbilt #UVA
#academicfreedom #nocompact #alumni #UniversityofArizona #Brown #Dartmouth #MIT #Penn #USC #UT #Vanderbilt #UVA
Trump attacks 9 universities: Sign the alumni petition to defend your school now
Are you an alum outraged by Trump's attacks on universities? Defend your school now by signing this alumni petition in support of these 9 universities as well as campus communities across America.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Are you an alum from one of these 9 schools? Join in defense by signing this alumni petition to support your alma mater and campus communities across America.
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If you are an alum of any of these schools, we urge you to join or start your own alumni action to let their administrations know how you feel about this. This is a trial balloon and we’ve seen these sorts of tests before—if allowed, they expand. Resistance is imperative.
Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If you are an alum of any of these schools, we urge you to join or start your own alumni action to let their administrations know how you feel about this. This is a trial balloon and we’ve seen these sorts of tests before—if allowed, they expand. Resistance is imperative.
If you are an American evangelical, the next best time to ask yourself is now:
Are you an American first and foremost? A Southerner? A Republican? A conservative? An evangelical?
Or are you first and foremost a child of God and follower of Christ?
Are you an American first and foremost? A Southerner? A Republican? A conservative? An evangelical?
Or are you first and foremost a child of God and follower of Christ?
Federal law requires hospitals to treat anyone in a health emergency, regardless of ability to pay or immigration status.
White House Doesn’t Want To Talk About Whether ERs Should Save Dying Migrants
Federal law requires hospitals to treat anyone in a health emergency, regardless of ability to pay or immigration status.
www.huffpost.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you are an American evangelical, the next best time to ask yourself is now:
Are you an American first and foremost? A Southerner? A Republican? A conservative? An evangelical?
Or are you first and foremost a child of God and follower of Christ?
Are you an American first and foremost? A Southerner? A Republican? A conservative? An evangelical?
Or are you first and foremost a child of God and follower of Christ?
Many years ago @0ana.bsky.social gave me a copy of Haroun and the Sea of Stories (her beautiful handwriting is still there inside the front cover to delight me every time I open it), and I started reading it to our little one while we were both sick in bed last month...
October 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Many years ago @0ana.bsky.social gave me a copy of Haroun and the Sea of Stories (her beautiful handwriting is still there inside the front cover to delight me every time I open it), and I started reading it to our little one while we were both sick in bed last month...
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Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
My kid wrote this list for me one afternoon last week, as I was trying to eke out a little work while sick. I’m very lucky to be his mama. 🥹
October 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
My kid wrote this list for me one afternoon last week, as I was trying to eke out a little work while sick. I’m very lucky to be his mama. 🥹
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The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
www.chosun.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
The National Archives under the Trump Admin illegally released unredacted, classified, full military records for a Democratic NJ Gov candidate to an ally of her opponent.
Seems more and more reasonable for Americans to expect the release of the Epstein files, also unredacted and in full.
Seems more and more reasonable for Americans to expect the release of the Epstein files, also unredacted and in full.
The National Archives released the military records of Mikkie Sherrill, then admitted they shouldn't have.
The documents appear to contain personal information like her SSN number, per ABC: abc7ny.com/post/calls-i...
The documents appear to contain personal information like her SSN number, per ABC: abc7ny.com/post/calls-i...
Calls for criminal investigation into release of Mikie Sherrill's military records
The race for governor in the Garden State exploded on Thursday into ugly accusations of dirty tricks and alleged leaks.
abc7ny.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The National Archives under the Trump Admin illegally released unredacted, classified, full military records for a Democratic NJ Gov candidate to an ally of her opponent.
Seems more and more reasonable for Americans to expect the release of the Epstein files, also unredacted and in full.
Seems more and more reasonable for Americans to expect the release of the Epstein files, also unredacted and in full.
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Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.
September 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.