Michelle Chappell she/her
@michellechap76.bsky.social
Co-chair, Congress Working Group @freedcproject.bsky.social
Legislative Lead, DC @momsdemand.bsky.social
Lawyer turned Field Organizer
survivor 🧡 DC Statehood 🗳️ reproductive freedom ⚧️ knitting 🧶 Spirit ⚽️
All opinions my own; facts are facts
Legislative Lead, DC @momsdemand.bsky.social
Lawyer turned Field Organizer
survivor 🧡 DC Statehood 🗳️ reproductive freedom ⚧️ knitting 🧶 Spirit ⚽️
All opinions my own; facts are facts
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WV National Guard out of DC // Call Script 12/10/25
Call Script WV Senators: Bring your National Guard Home for the Holidays (and keep them there) December 10, 2025 Contents Overview 1 Call List of WV Senators 2 Call Script for DC residents 2 Call ...
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After the tragic shooting of two guardsmen last month, WV residents want their National Guard home for the holidays.
@freedcproject.bsky.social is proud to partner with @wvcag.bsky.social on a call campaign to make that happen.
Take 5 minutes to call WV Senators today! #FreeDC
@freedcproject.bsky.social is proud to partner with @wvcag.bsky.social on a call campaign to make that happen.
Take 5 minutes to call WV Senators today! #FreeDC
Women and girls
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Women and girls
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“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
“If a woman dares to show herself in public in any way, then she can and will be sexually harassed with the aid of genAI-driven tools that can easily turn her face into highly realistic pornography” is an absolute red-alarm human rights disaster
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On Jan 20 we walk out everywhere.
Resistance doesn’t need permission. It needs to confront power.
A year into Trump 2.0, billionaires and big oil win.
Midterms will limit MAGA so 2026 is the cash-out.
We refuse. On Jan 20, feminists pull labor, money, consent. See you in the streets. #FreeAmerica
Resistance doesn’t need permission. It needs to confront power.
A year into Trump 2.0, billionaires and big oil win.
Midterms will limit MAGA so 2026 is the cash-out.
We refuse. On Jan 20, feminists pull labor, money, consent. See you in the streets. #FreeAmerica
January 4, 2026 at 5:52 PM
On Jan 20 we walk out everywhere.
Resistance doesn’t need permission. It needs to confront power.
A year into Trump 2.0, billionaires and big oil win.
Midterms will limit MAGA so 2026 is the cash-out.
We refuse. On Jan 20, feminists pull labor, money, consent. See you in the streets. #FreeAmerica
Resistance doesn’t need permission. It needs to confront power.
A year into Trump 2.0, billionaires and big oil win.
Midterms will limit MAGA so 2026 is the cash-out.
We refuse. On Jan 20, feminists pull labor, money, consent. See you in the streets. #FreeAmerica
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What makes Trump's bombing of Venezuela especially cruel is we already know how his administration treats Venezuelans who are displaced. Here in Chicago, masked federal agents have been kidnapping them from the streets, abducting them from barbershops, hiring sites, their homes.
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
What makes Trump's bombing of Venezuela especially cruel is we already know how his administration treats Venezuelans who are displaced. Here in Chicago, masked federal agents have been kidnapping them from the streets, abducting them from barbershops, hiring sites, their homes.
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So let me get this straight. After decades of refusing to act on gun safety legislation, Republicans finally decide to tackle systemic gun violence by (checks notes) charging a dictator of a foreign country with possession of machine guns, bombing that country, kidnapping him, & stealing their oil.🤦🏽♂️
January 4, 2026 at 3:37 PM
So let me get this straight. After decades of refusing to act on gun safety legislation, Republicans finally decide to tackle systemic gun violence by (checks notes) charging a dictator of a foreign country with possession of machine guns, bombing that country, kidnapping him, & stealing their oil.🤦🏽♂️
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Good night everyone. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.
January 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Good night everyone. May tomorrow bring us more justice and some peace.
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What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
I recommend calling cmte leadership — esp DC residents who have no representatives to call
Senate Armed Services:
Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) 202-224-6253
Ranking mbr Jack Reed (D-RI) 202-224-4642
House Armed Services:
Chair Mike Rogers (R-AL) 202-225-3261
Ranking mbr Adam Smith (D-WA) 202-225-8901
Senate Armed Services:
Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) 202-224-6253
Ranking mbr Jack Reed (D-RI) 202-224-4642
House Armed Services:
Chair Mike Rogers (R-AL) 202-225-3261
Ranking mbr Adam Smith (D-WA) 202-225-8901
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
I recommend calling cmte leadership — esp DC residents who have no representatives to call
Senate Armed Services:
Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) 202-224-6253
Ranking mbr Jack Reed (D-RI) 202-224-4642
House Armed Services:
Chair Mike Rogers (R-AL) 202-225-3261
Ranking mbr Adam Smith (D-WA) 202-225-8901
Senate Armed Services:
Chair Roger Wicker (R-MS) 202-224-6253
Ranking mbr Jack Reed (D-RI) 202-224-4642
House Armed Services:
Chair Mike Rogers (R-AL) 202-225-3261
Ranking mbr Adam Smith (D-WA) 202-225-8901
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Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
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"We will never again be slaves" is a very polite way to say "I will burn this whole place down with me and you in it."
That lady will wait for the very moment you seize those oil tankers and light a match.
That lady will wait for the very moment you seize those oil tankers and light a match.
January 3, 2026 at 8:08 PM
"We will never again be slaves" is a very polite way to say "I will burn this whole place down with me and you in it."
That lady will wait for the very moment you seize those oil tankers and light a match.
That lady will wait for the very moment you seize those oil tankers and light a match.
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Some days just aren't worth putting pants on for.
January 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Some days just aren't worth putting pants on for.
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Trump claimed Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, agreed to help the U.S. run the country.
Looks like he was lying because she just went on TV to express support for Maduro and say "we will never again be slaves ... we will never again be a colony of any empire, whatever its nature.”
Looks like he was lying because she just went on TV to express support for Maduro and say "we will never again be slaves ... we will never again be a colony of any empire, whatever its nature.”
January 3, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Trump claimed Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, agreed to help the U.S. run the country.
Looks like he was lying because she just went on TV to express support for Maduro and say "we will never again be slaves ... we will never again be a colony of any empire, whatever its nature.”
Looks like he was lying because she just went on TV to express support for Maduro and say "we will never again be slaves ... we will never again be a colony of any empire, whatever its nature.”
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VP of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez: We demand the immediate release of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
January 3, 2026 at 7:28 PM
VP of Venezuela Delcy Rodriguez: We demand the immediate release of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife.
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CONGRESS! DO YOUR JOB!
January 3, 2026 at 7:19 PM
CONGRESS! DO YOUR JOB!
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I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I’ve been working full time to stop this war since last summer and the one scenario I feared the most is materializing — Trump is making a play for Venezuela’s oil. I’m not saying an insurgency will definitely form, but Trump’s ploy creates the perfect storm for an absolutely disastrous occupation.🧵
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Please do this, particularly as the residents of DC can't.
Called my rep and senators. Registered my displeasure and expectations that they will do what they can to put a stop to it.
If you're a US resident, I urge you to do the same. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
If you're a US resident, I urge you to do the same. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
January 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Please do this, particularly as the residents of DC can't.
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I don’t love you and I’m not holding your hand: call your Senator and tell them that the must shut down the government on January 30th until this ends, a thing that Democrats have the hard power to do at this very moment.
I love you all and am holding your hand as I say this:
Dems wield zero hard power levers
Dems wield zero hard power levers
it's kind of crazy that there's even any question that democrats are going to do anything about this
January 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
I don’t love you and I’m not holding your hand: call your Senator and tell them that the must shut down the government on January 30th until this ends, a thing that Democrats have the hard power to do at this very moment.
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The House Armed Services Committee also was not briefed, I've confirmed.
News: Gang of Eight in Congress were only notified about Trump's Venezuela operation after it began, source familiar tells me. That means the heads of the Intelligence Committees in Senate and House were *not* consulted. Just crazy.
January 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The House Armed Services Committee also was not briefed, I've confirmed.
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Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Members of Congress: stop posting online and APPEAR, PHYSICALLY on the steps of the Capitol to decry this unconstitutional violation of domestic & international law. SHOW THE PEOPLE the level of danger we are facing as a country.
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
@housedemocrats.bsky.social
@senatedemocrats.bsky.social
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The Trump administration began notifying congressional leadership and key committees about the operation to detain Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after the fact, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday morning.
January 3, 2026 at 1:08 PM
The Trump administration began notifying congressional leadership and key committees about the operation to detain Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after the fact, a source familiar with the matter said Saturday morning.
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The Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of any potential military action taken tonight in Venezuela, a source familiar says.-CNN
January 3, 2026 at 12:58 PM
The Senate Armed Services Committee was not notified ahead of any potential military action taken tonight in Venezuela, a source familiar says.-CNN
For those who haven’t been paying attention: the 21st century has seen an unprecedented expansion of gun rights, along with an unprecedented market for semiautomatic guns. We are creating the conditions for mass violence, through radical laws and court rulings
January 3, 2026 at 4:54 AM
For those who haven’t been paying attention: the 21st century has seen an unprecedented expansion of gun rights, along with an unprecedented market for semiautomatic guns. We are creating the conditions for mass violence, through radical laws and court rulings
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Do people know that there are almost 1 million Muslims in NYC? Where are the stories about how Muslims are feeling about the first Muslim Mayor in NYC?
January 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Do people know that there are almost 1 million Muslims in NYC? Where are the stories about how Muslims are feeling about the first Muslim Mayor in NYC?
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Two other noteworthy aspects that I didn't highlight in the thread: the majority spends a lot of time arguing that (1) this case is a "straightforward" kind that doesn't require use of analogies & (2) this fact pattern calls for a low level of generality in comparing the past. Both are wrong.
NEW: Creating a circuit split, a 9th Cir panel decrees that CA's ban on openly carrying firearms violates the Second Amendment.
The 2-1 panel decision is written by Trump-appointee Judge VanDyke, possibly the most extreme federal circuit judge in 2A cases.
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
The 2-1 panel decision is written by Trump-appointee Judge VanDyke, possibly the most extreme federal circuit judge in 2A cases.
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
January 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Two other noteworthy aspects that I didn't highlight in the thread: the majority spends a lot of time arguing that (1) this case is a "straightforward" kind that doesn't require use of analogies & (2) this fact pattern calls for a low level of generality in comparing the past. Both are wrong.