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Jess Herr

@jedicus.bsky.social

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A liberal unicorn in a sea of red. Wife. Mom. Dog lover. Jesus follower. Pro wrestling nerd. Avid KC Chiefs fan. Bleed Cubbie blue. Artist.

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Jess Herr @jedicus.bsky.social · Jun 19

Sometimes I get overwhelmed by the evil in our world, especially in light of our nation right now. But instead of focusing on that, I need to focus on the good that exists. And on how I can serve others and help them.

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Jess Herr @jedicus.bsky.social · 1m

👏👏👏

Just my thoughts 🇨🇦 @bc60.bsky.social · 16h

Another strong woman

Jess Herr @jedicus.bsky.social · 1m

Not how this works, dude. I suspect the AZ AG will use courts to ensure she is seated.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21m

QUICK: Can't you seat Grijalva? AZ says this is taxation without representation

JOHNSON: Yeah, I'm shocked there's another D seeking publicity right now

Q: You haven't seated their delegation

J: It's all a farce. If Gallego and Kelly would vote to reopen the govt, we'll get this done quickly

Jess Herr @jedicus.bsky.social · 2m

Does he ever NOT lie? Except maybe when he says he has no idea how to end the govt shutdown.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18m

Mike Johnson: "Do we have headwinds from the mainstream and legacy media who parrot Chuck Schumer's talking points every day? Of course. But the American people are not stupid and they understand what's going on here. The polling we've seeing is moving the needle rapidly in our direction."

Jess Herr @jedicus.bsky.social · 3m

Thank you to the scores of journalists who refused to abide by the dangerous and wrong demands set by DoD.

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18m

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 2h

Sen. DURBIN calling out Republicans directly on their silence about Chicago. 🔥

Military tactical gear.
Pepper spraying a minister.
Teargassing law enforcement.
Black Hawk helicopters targeting apartments.
Zip-typing children.
Detaining citizens.

“This should offend all of us.”

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 2h

Big news here: the White House has backed down from shutting down I-5 this weekend following our reporting last night.

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Jess Herr @jedicus.bsky.social · 1h

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1h

Yep.👇

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19h

Boyle: Mike Johnson and House Republicans have decided to do their own version of quiet quitting — they canceled session three weeks ago, they canceled session two weeks ago, and they’ve now canceled it last week and this week.

There is clearly no strategy there other than pure, sheer laziness

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 3h

Ellis: "If everybody kind of follows what's outlined in this TRO, conforms their decisions and behavior to what the Constitution demands, then, you know, all copacetic and you can go on and live our lives."

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 3h

The right has declared that although Trump’s political prosecutions are regrettable, the “Democrats brought it on themselves,” @jonathanbchait.bsky.social writes. But “Trump was no victim of the legal system. If anything, he received preferential treatment”:

Don’t Blame the Democrats for Trump’s Revenge Tour

Defending Trump’s lawfare as just deserts misremembers what actually happened.

bit.ly

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Jess Herr @jedicus.bsky.social · 2h

They should never agree to this. Keep fighting!

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2h

Translation: If Dems vote for the CR, Thune will allow a vote on extending ACA subsidies then Mike Johnson will kill that in the House.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva on Mike Johnson refusing to swear her in: "The excuses depending on the day keep changing ... the timing is the fact that I am the 218th signer to the discharge petition for the Epstein files"

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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 5h

New: “I resigned from the military because of Trump” - “I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.”

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | I resigned from the military because of Trump

I could not swear to follow a commander in chief who seems so willing to disregard the Constitution.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 4h

“I love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”

~James Baldwin

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 5h

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Fightful Wrestling @fightful.com · 4h

R-Truth Says There Are A Lot Of WWE Names To Keep An Eye On, Shouts Out Trick Williams, Carmelo Hayes, And Je'Von Evans

R-Truth Shouts Out Trick Williams, Carmelo Hayes, & Je'Von Evans - Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News

R-Truth has high praise for rising stars.

www.fightful.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h

We don’t hate America.

We hate what Trump is doing to it.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 16h

Governor Newsom has issued a response on social media:

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 18h

It's "far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party."

From a judge's TRO blocking Trump's mass firings under cover of the shutdown

It is also far from normal for an administration to fire line-level civilian employees during a
government shutdown as a way to punish the opposing political party. But this is precisely what President Trump has announced he is doing, by taking to social media on the second day of the
shutdown to post: “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe
the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity.”

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Jess Herr @jedicus.bsky.social · 18h

This is 100% accurate.

Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 18h

Popok: Why isn’t Mike Johnson swearing her in and allowing her to serve the people who elected her? Because she’s promised to be the 218th signature on the discharge petition related to the Epstein files.

Jess Herr @jedicus.bsky.social · 18h

They are so scared that people are protesting.

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 18h

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Trump may launch missiles from warships into California this Friday and Saturday as part of what is being described as a “vanity parade” and shut down portions of the I-5 during the No Kings protests meidasnews.com/news/exclusi...

Jess Herr @jedicus.bsky.social · 18h

He is glas that thousands of people will no longer have jobs. 🙄

The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h

Trump on the government shutdown: "We have the people that we want paid, paid. We want the FBI paid...We're getting rid of programs that we didn't like...They're going to be terminated on a permanent basis, and it's thousands of people...tremendous numbers of Democrat projects."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

This isn’t a peace plan. It’s a ceasefire. Why is the media calling it a peace plan?

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 1d

Confirmed, the "Gaza peace deal" was the same deal offered to Netanyahu and the US repeatdly, but it was turned down by Israel because they wanted to gift Trump (Israeli asset) a perceived victory at the expense of the Israeli hostages and Gaza population.

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