Reposted by JessNeedstoRestThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 15/12/2025Rob Reiner was an American Icon who, through his art and activism, held a mirror up to American culture. His talent, humor, activism, and patriotism will be missed. Our heart breaks at the senseless loss of our friend. 704235706
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestSekou Bermiss @sekoubermiss.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Somehow @sepinwall.bsky.social published a beautiful eulogy for Rob Reiner overnight. I woke up saddened by the news of his passing, and this piece—celebrating his life and work—was exactly what I needed to read. www.whatsalanwatching.com/rob-reiner-w...whatsalanwatching.comRob Reiner was a master who didn't care if you noticedA tribute to the late, great 'All in the Family' star and director of movie classics like 'This Is Spinal Tap' and 'The Princess Bride' 121318295
Reposted by JessNeedstoRest#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Sometimes we all need a reminder that we are kicking ass! www.bonfire.com/store/meacti... Maybe we do not feel very kickass when we are just trying to survive but we know that takes unimaginable strength. Thank you to @hospmom.bsky.social for this design! #pwME #MECFS #Spoonie 1214
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestSolve M.E. @solveme.bsky.social · 14/05/2025🌟 Your Voice Can Save ME/CFS Research! 💙 The CDC Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Program—the only federal effort dedicated to ME/CFS research and public health—is at risk of being cut. Losing it would be a devastating setback for millions of Americans living with ME/CFS. 12419
Reposted by JessNeedstoRest#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 28/04/2025You are invited to join us for #MIllionsMissing #DisabilitySOS on May 12th - two weeks from today! Join us in DC and online! All you need to know can be found here: www.meactions.org/millionsmiss... #MEAction will be sounding a Disability SOS at the nation’s capitol and across social media. #PwME 18454
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestCaring Across Generations @caringacross.org · 08/04/2025Want to join an event in-person instead? Join us in D.C. THIS THURSDAY! That’s right, we’re taking our fight to #ProtectMedicaid right to the steps of the Capitol! go.caringacross.org/a/protect-me... 142
Reposted by JessNeedstoRest#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Announcing #MillionsMissing 2025 on May 12th! #MEAction is organizing a community-wide protest to send out an SOS to our elected officials: Save our Support Systems. Save our Science. Save Our Society. Learn more here: www.meaction.net/2025/04/02/m... #pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #disabilitymeaction.net#MillionsMissing 2025: Sending Out An SOSFor #MillionsMissing 2024, #MEAction is sending out an SOS. 36345
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 10/04/2025I don't have words for the fear these images conjure up, only that when I look at these images I know what I am looking at — and it is the most direct route to hell that humanity is capable of taking. 717751
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestJesspooka Kant 🎃 @jessdkant.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The death of due process is the most egregious assault on human rights protections in any democracy. Without it, democracy simply does not exist. Call your senators, call your reps. Call the governor, call your HOA for all I care, but please make noise for the people they're trying to disappear. 7618191
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 08/04/2025"When print outlets bury one of the largest nationwide protests in recent memory, they’re not being neutral arbiters. They’re making a political choice about what deserves attention and what doesn’t." Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18” newrepublic.com/article/1936...newrepublic.comPrint Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18”Here’s how newspapers across America minimized one of the largest demonstrations since Trump’s return to power. 921697
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Oh, wow. Humbled doesn't cover it. #MECFS www.youtube.com/shorts/aeN-a...youtube.comJessica shares about Jaime Seltzer for Women's History Month!YouTube video by The ME Action Network 4609
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 28/03/2025And, there it is: www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...cbsnews.comRFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources sayMuch of the federal government's efforts to buoy lagging childhood vaccination rates have been run through the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy. 36425
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestFeral Women's Society of America @fwsa.bsky.social · 25/03/2025US Senator Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania, who doesn't live in Pennsylvania, is on a book tour, and this is his email address. Why don't we all reach out and say hello. 😀 whobelievedinyou@gmail.com 1167
Reposted by JessNeedstoRest#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 28/03/2025 We invite you to join in by sharing women that you see power in in our community and/or what is powerful about our community together. Mentioned above @hospmom.bsky.social and @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social #MECFS #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #MECFS #LongCovid 031
Reposted by JessNeedstoRest#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 28/03/2025@hospmom.bsky.social shared her amazing sketch and about why she chose to focus on Jaime Seltzer, our Scientific Director. youtube.com/shorts/aeN-a...youtube.comJessica shares about Jaime Seltzer for Women's History Month!YouTube video by The ME Action Network 096
JessNeedstoRest @hospmom.bsky.social · 23/03/2025I got a head nod and an approving half smile from a goth teenager last night. Feels like I could take over the world. #nosmallfeat #goth4ever #lovegenz #thelittlethings 000
JessNeedstoRest @hospmom.bsky.social · 22/03/2025The ultimate goal is to remove special needs children and poor people from educational spaces. We need to occupy spaces. #education #disabilityrights www.npr.org/2025/03/21/n...npr.orgTrump says Education Department will no longer oversee student loans, 'special needs'The president said federal student loans would move to the Small Business Administration, and hinted that the Department of Health and Human Services would take over special education oversight. 051
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Starting now, folks! 071
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Trump signed an executive order that he said would “begin eliminating the federal Department of Education once and for all,” although the agency cannot be closed without the approval of Congress. 2505761989
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestDawg PNW @dawgsky67.bsky.social · 15/03/2025We should stop filing our taxes… 12685
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestLeeleeb50 @leeleeb50.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Don't forget that tomorrow is the economic blackout! 49635
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestBeing Liberal ®🗽🏳️🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 28/02/2025No shopping, no gas, no fast food. Will you join today’s economic blackout?newsletter.samuel-warde.comCompanies Who Abandoned Their DEI ProgramsWhich Companies Are Retreating on Inclusion? 2138166
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025if you don't believe this run a search for "the sin of empathy" 432630426
Reposted by JessNeedstoRest#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 28/02/2025While myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) is not a rare disease by the numbers, some of us have a co-morbidity that is a rare disease & we want to support our fellow disease/ disability community. A disease is rare when it affects fewer than 1 in 2000 people. #RareDiseaseDay 06014
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 27/02/2025"We're better than we seem and hurting more than we show." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/your-quest...sarahkendzior.substack.comYour Questions Answered: We're Already in the AftermathOn Trump and Russia, defeating the mafia state, and more. 1229081
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Umberto Eco put together a now-famous list of 14 attributes of fascistic states. I'm going to discuss each of them in hopes this helps ppl understand that fascism is not just a buzzword. We're going to go through these by theme, so strap in. 🧵 541328655
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16/02/2025“VOTING FOR THE MAYOR WHO PROMISED TO BLOW UP THE CITY DOESN’T MEAN I APPROVE OF THE MAYOR BLOWING UP THE CITY” A masterclass from @mikedrucker.bsky.socialmcsweeneys.netVoting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the CityIt’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against... 27766781406
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestAAPD - The American Association of People with Disabilities @aapd.com · 06/02/2025Alert 🚨 Congress is considering proposals that would reduce Medicaid funding! Medicaid is a critical lifeline for disabled Americans. Our friends @nhelp.bsky.social are hosting a day of action: Call Congress via the Protect Medicaid hotline at 866-426-2631 and tell them to protect Medicaid. No cuts! 1128
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Jeffries: The constitution requires the president has the responsibility to take care that the laws are faithfully executed. Spending agreements passed through the appropriations process are law. When those laws are violated, the constitution has been violated. 1418193725170
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/02/2025RFK Jr's nomination to HHS head has advanced to a full Senate vote (date TBA). It's crunch time. Please call your Senators and tell them to vote NO. Call your Senators regardless of what position you anticipate they will take. Use this tool: www.usa.gov/elected-officialsusa.govFind and contact elected officials | USAGovUse USAGov’s Contact Your Elected Officials tool to get contact information for your members of Congress, the president, and state and local officials. 8323166
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestAnna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Elsewhere, a worker at an intelligence agency says that unidentified outside staffers arrived to sweep the office of anything they felt was related to DEI. That included a plaque, confiscated from a supervisor’s desk, which read, “Be kind to everyone.” 929696
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestJoyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 04/02/2025If you’ve taken the oath to serve, today would be a good day to honor it. 493341076139
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestPork Belly Don @atxdj.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Please share this to every Democratic rep you follow youtube.com/shorts/zBYoY...youtube.comWhat The F***?!YouTube video by PoliticsGirl 44820
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Today from Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny: snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-... 591177615757
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestWIRED @wired.com · 04/02/2025NEW: Elon Musk’s attack on USAID has cut HIV/AIDS workers off from medicine and money. The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:wrd.cmElon Musk's DOGE Is Still Blocking HIV/AIDS Relief Exempted From Foreign Aid CutsThe Trump Administration claims it is allowing "lifesaving" foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. 13025841026
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestWIRED @wired.com · 02/02/2025If you’ve been wondering what Elon Musk and his lackeys are up to since taking control of the US government, look no further. Our latest story names six 19- to 24-year-olds working with his DOGE organization, which now has access to sensitive federal systems. wrd.cm/4jzpiSNwrd.cmThe Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk's Government TakeoverEngineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure. 25143272070
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestFriendly Neighborhood Mouse @missmouse.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Hi all! I’ll be back down at OPM today (Feb 3) from 5pm-Probably Midnight, peaceably protesting the douchecanoe frat boys currently stealing federal employees’ personal data and accessing 6 trillion dollars in OUR Social Security/Medicare funds. Feel free to join me and spread the word! 581075257
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestKellyK🌺 @azkellyk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Please share! Rep. McGovern: "Maybe before coming after USAID, Republican should look at the billions and billions of dollars of tax breaks and subsidies they give to oligarchs like Elon Musk. You want to save some money? Let's start there." Right!? 716569
JessNeedstoRest @hospmom.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Way too many of my friends died in 2024. I envy them. 110
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) a funder of biomedical research particularly as it applies to military readiness, appears to be entirely gone. cdmrp.health.mil 32412
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 24/01/2025"Trump is the deep state he pretends to fight." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/fearing-th...sarahkendzior.substack.comFearing the ReapersTrump, Biden, and careers of evil 25580163
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/01/2025The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...kcur.orgEgg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expectBird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores. 24095243117453
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestImani Barbarin @imanibarbarin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025people keep tagging me in fuck around and find out content like I haven’t been talking about how pandemics lead to fascism since 2020. The “find out” portion isn’t just for everyone who doesn’t consider themself a liberal—it’s for them too. Haven’t masked in 4 years? FAAFO. 222456400
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 10/01/2025How to help people affected by the California fires! Our usual advocacy tag: #DoSomething 0135
Reposted by JessNeedstoRestSarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 10/01/2025New article! I wrote about the California fires, American pop culture, and climate catastrophe grief: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/fantasy-on...sarahkendzior.substack.comFantasy on FireMiddle American grief for California dreams. 14351106