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Jeff Shelby

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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Tax the AI Boom Before Billionaires Rig the Rules
Artificial intelligence could create extraordinary new wealth, but our tax system is set up to funnel most of it toward the billionaires, executives, and wealthy investors who own Big Tech. Workers p...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Urge Your Senators to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption
act.indivisible.org
Urge Your Senators to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption
Last year, the House passed the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), a bill disguised as “crypto regulation” that actually serves the billionaires and bad actors at the center of today’s crypto chaos. This bill d...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
action.aclu.org
Defend Trans Rights: No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate
The Trump administration is trying to push trans people out of public life. Congress must act immediately to block federal funds from being used to carry out discriminatory executive orders – and end ...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
rollingstone.com
Clive Davis, Music Executive Who Signed Whitney Houston and Bruce Springsteen, Dead at 94
Clive Davis, the Arista Records founder who helped shape the careers of Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen, and Aretha Franklin, has died at age 94.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
So basically they took the U.S. to war, got thousands of civilians and U.S. service members killed or injured, spent billions of taxpayer dollars, and ended up agreeing to terms that embolden the regime they claimed they were going to take out and let's Iran maintain its nuclear program. (1/2)
cnn.com
US releases official agreement with Iran. Read the 14-point text | CNN
The United States on Wednesday released the official text of the memorandum of understanding reached over the weekend with Iran.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
propublica.org
More Than 770,000 Children Are No Longer Receiving SNAP Benefits After Trump Changes Federal Food Program
Republican backers of Trump’s signature domestic policy bill repeatedly claimed that revisions to the food benefits program wouldn’t affect the most vulnerable. But reports from a dozen states show ch...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Please consider signing this petition to Ohio Governor DeWine. Thank him for his leadership and encourage him to cement his legacy against the #deathpenalty by considering commutations of the people on Ohio’s death row.
actionnetwork.org
Governor DeWine take clemency action!
Sign the petition to the Governor. Thank him for his leadership and encourage him to cement his legacy against the death penalty by considering commutations of the people on Ohio’s death row.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
theguardian.com
David Hockney, revolutionary British artist, dies aged 88
Bradford-born painter, who made his name with sun-kissed visions of California, has died
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
theintercept.com
Top Pentagon Official Admits Boat Strike May Have Killed Victims of Human Trafficking
If this boat was running drugs, why was it loaded with so many people?
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
propublica.org
“No One Is Watching”: How Trump Reversed Biden’s Crackdown on Gun Trafficking
After Biden clamped down on the flow of illegal guns, Trump has referred fewer ATF trafficking charges for prosecution, eased up on irresponsible gun shops and shifted hundreds of ATF agents to immigr...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: End Corporate Rule: Tell Your Lawmakers to Support the We the People Amendment (H.J.Res. 54). Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/end-...
actionnetwork.org
End Corporate Rule: Tell Your Lawmakers to Support the We the People Amendment (H.J.Res. 54)
Corporate money is corrupting our democracy, and our lawmakers know it. For decades, billionaires, lobbyists, and big business have bought access and influence while everyday people are ignored. Thro...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
The death penalty does not keep us safe. Email Congress to support the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act! @uscedp.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/letters/end-...
actionnetwork.org
End the Death Penalty in America: Support the Federal Death Penalty Prohibition Act
The death penalty is not an effective response to violence. Not only does the death penalty fail to deter crime, but it takes precious tax-payer dollars away from more effective programs that have act...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
action.aclu.org
No More Funding for ICE
We can't wait around while ICE harms more people. Congress must demand an end to reckless and violent immigration raids and refuse any more blank checks to ICE or Border Patrol.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Stop Trump’s $1.8 Billion Insurrection Slush Fund Now . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/trum...
actionnetwork.org
Stop Trump’s $1.8 Billion Insurrection Slush Fund Now
Trump’s Justice Department created a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that could send taxpayer money to MAGA loyalists, Jan. 6 defendants, and political allies claiming they were targeted by Bid...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Ask Gov. Lee to Pause All Executions. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
actionnetwork.org
Ask Gov. Lee to Pause All Executions
Now is the time to ask Governor Lee to pause all Tennessee executions. Until the courts have had a chance to review the problematic execution protocol issued in 2025—a set of loose rules fraught with ...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
California voters: Help me decide! Here’s my spreadsheet for next Tuesday’s election: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com
Election June 2026
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Republicans call off vote on Iran war resolution that was on the verge of passing apnews.com/article/iran...
apnews.com
Republicans call off vote on Iran war resolution that was on the verge of passing
Republicans are struggling to find the votes to dismiss legislation that would compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I just signed a petition: Reject Trump’s $1.8 billion heist. Sign here: act.commoncause.org/petitions/ad...
act.commoncause.org
ADD YOUR NAME: Reject Trump’s $1.8 billion heist
We need your help to STOP a $1.8 billion payout of YOUR tax dollars to January 6ers – and anyone else Donald Trump wants to pay with your money. Let’s speak out loudly and clearly – and draw a red l...
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Justin Satzman @jsatz.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Rachel Maddow essentially spent her entire hour reporting on how Trump and the Republicans are essentially trying to erase black America. It’s a must watch. @maddow.bsky.social
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
TN may execute Tony Carruthers on May 21 without considering evidence that could prove his innocence. Sign this to stop the execution + allow forensic testing! @uscedp.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
actionnetwork.org
No Wrongful Execution for Tony Carruthers
Tony Carruthers could be innocent – but without your intervention, Tennessee may execute him without considering the full evidence. Tony was convicted without physical evidence, based on testimony fr...
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Perhaps one of the most striking moments in the king's speech came when he reminded lawmakers that the Magna Carta, cited repeatedly by the U.S. Supreme Court over the years, advanced the foundational principle that "executive power is subject to checks and balances."
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
aje.news
The cost of 76 years of US wars, from Korea to Iran
Al Jazeera breaks down the human and financial cost of decades of US-led wars and its latest war on Iran.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
An inspiring podcast about how average Americans of all political views are standing up to stop DHS from building immigration prison warehouses in their towns.
podcasts.apple.com
Americans thwart Trump's immigrant prisons plan by making it too hard
Podcast Episode · The Rachel Maddow Show · April 28 · 43m
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Minnesota Mary @minnesotamarys.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
😱😱😱😱😱🤬
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The dumbest country. We killed ourselves. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
politico.com
More Americans doubt vaccine safety than trust it, POLITICO Poll finds
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views are commonplace across the land.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Horrible.
aje.news
Israeli attack kills Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in Gaza
Israeli drone strike kills Mohammed Wishah, a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher, west of Gaza City.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
TN may execute Tony Carruthers on May 21 without considering evidence that could prove his innocence. Sign this to stop the execution + allow forensic testing! @uscedp.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
actionnetwork.org
No Wrongful Execution for Tony Carruthers
Tony Carruthers could be innocent – but without your intervention, Tennessee may execute him without considering the full evidence. Tony was convicted without physical evidence, based on testimony fr...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I took action with Money Out of Politics Movement. Will you join me? Use this link to sign up: mobilize.us/s/IOskfc
mobilize.us
Demand Your Representative Support the We the People Amendment (H.J.Res.54) · Mobilize
**Corporate money is corrupting our democracy, and our lawmakers know it.** For decades, billionaires, lobbyists, and big business have bought access and influence while everyday people are ignored. ...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
BIG BROTHER IS REAL??!! Thanks to companies like xAI, OpenAI and Palantir, Trump could create a an AI-powered warrantless mass surveillance regime. Demand Congress act to reform FISA and #StopAIsurveillance
actionnetwork.org
Stop AI-powered warrantless mass surveillance
Thanks to contracts with companies like OpenAI, xAI and Palantir, the federal government could create a chatbot to watch on everything you do—your texts, your calls, where you go, what you buy, what y...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS [Human Banner-SF Ocean Beach]” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
mobilize.us
NO KINGS [Human Banner-SF Ocean Beach] · Mobilize
**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
The SAVE America Act does the exact opposite of what its name implies. It places needless burdens on everyone from servicemembers to rural voters to people with disabilities.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
rootsaction.org
Tell Your State Legislators to Abolish the Death Penalty
No nation in the Western Hemisphere uses the death penalty, except the United States. We still have to abolish it in 24 states. Email your legislators and governor to abolish it.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
I'm attending No Kings's event, “No Kings 3 Kickoff Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
mobilize.us
No Kings 3 Kickoff Call · No Kings
On March 28, millions of us are rising again to show the world: the power belongs to the people. We don't do kings in America. Our nonviolent movement is only growing. Join our March 19 Kickoff Call...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The 250th Anniversary of Adam Smith's Revolutionary Text open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com
The 250th Anniversary of Adam Smith's Revolutionary Text
The Wealth of Nations is a revolutionary text
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Public Lands Need Protection, Not More Oil and Gas Pollution. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/publ...
actionnetwork.org
Public Lands Need Protection, Not More Oil and Gas Pollution
President Trump is unleashing yet another attack on our precious public lands. Now, his Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is targeting California and threatening to open up over 1 million acres of publi...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
theguardian.com
How Trump turmoil is driving more people to the therapist’s office: ‘This is all upside down’
As ‘political depression’ enters public discourse, therapists are encouraging people to engage with their communities
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
open.substack.com
Trump’s Plan to Steal the Midterms
Not only is it illegal, it could backfire
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
We’re On the Brink of War, says Dan Rather
open.substack.com
We’re On the Brink of War
With no rationale or explanation as to why
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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
www.commondreams.org/news/dhs-lie...
commondreams.org
Body Camera Footage and Texts Show DHS Lied About Shooting of Marimar Martinez in Chicago | Common Dreams
​"We live in a strange time right now where we cannot trust our federal government," said Martinez's lawyer.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I just contributed with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social: Support the UESF Solidarity Strike Fund. Contribute here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
actionnetwork.org
Support the UESF Solidarity Strike Fund
Share your support and solidarity with San Francisco educators as they fight for fully staffed schools, fair wages, and stability for our students. Your donation will directly support educators on the...
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 29/01/2026
A 5-year-old Minnesota child detained with his father at a Texas immigration facility appeared lethargic during a visit Jan. 28 by members of Congress, who demanded the family’s immediate release and an end to the use of family detention.
bit.ly
Lawmakers visit 5-year-old Minnesota boy, who appeared “depressed” in detention center
Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett demanded that preschooler Liam Conejo Ramos and his father be released.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Support frontline organizers demanding justice and shutting down ICE in Minnesota chuffed.org/project/supp...
chuffed.org
Support frontline organizers demanding justice and shutting down ICE in Minnesota
On January 7, 2026 ICE agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good amid a sweeping immigration crackdown. On January 24, ICU Nurse and legal observer Alex Jeffrey Pretti was also shot and killed by ICE a...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
findaprotest.info
ICE Out For Good! Trump Regi... in San Francisco on Saturday
Attend the Protest for Defend Democracy & Anti War "ICE Out For Good! Trump Regime Takedown Saturdays" on January 10, 2026 in 999 Van Ness Ave, San Fran...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
open.substack.com
Murder in Cold Blood
The killing of Good is as bad as it gets
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
commondreams.org
'The Actions of a Rogue State': US Lawmakers Demand Emergency Vote to Stop Trump War on Venezuela | Common Dreams
"Trump has no right to take us to war with Venezuela. This is reckless and illegal," said Rep. Greg Casar. "Congress should vote immediately on a War Powers Resolution to stop him."
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
sign.moveon.org/petitions/us...
sign.moveon.org
Release $9.7 million in USAID birth control products so they can be distributed!
The Trump administration originally planned to use taxpayers dollars to burn the contraceptives—largely intrauterine devices (IUDs)—currently stored in warehouses in Belgium. In fact, earlier this sum...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
sign.moveon.org
Congress: Stop Trump’s war crimes—no more boat strikes, no war with Venezuela!
No president should have unchecked power to kill without evidence, trials, or congressional oversight. This administration has labeled these 87 victims “unlawful combatants" to justify killing them wi...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
click.actionnetwork.org
Tell Palantir: Condemn Co-Founder's Call for Public Hangings
A co-founder of a massive Big Tech defense and law enforcement contractor just publicly called for bringing back public hangings. It’s more than tough talk. It’s dangerous. Billionaire Joe Lonsdale h...
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
aclu.org
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
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Jeff Shelby @jeffshelby1.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
sign.moveon.org/petitions/kr...
sign.moveon.org
Kristi Noem must go!
Kristi Noem was an unqualified choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, and her time in office has confirmed it. As DHS Secretary, Noem has lied to Congress, denied well-documented deportat...
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