Reposted by just jess 🍵Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 20hStudents from North Carolina A&T can be seen marching back to their HBCU after voting on the first day of early voting in the state. The Guilford County Board of Elections voted to remove the school’s on-campus polling site. (video via Todd Simmons) greensboro.com/news/local/g... 515164964447 16.5K
Reposted by just jess 🍵William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 15/10/2026An idiot holds his bauble for a god 029640 296
Reposted by just jess 🍵CREW @citizensforethics.org · 14/10/2026BREAKING: We just sued Jared Kushner for unlawfully acting as one of the country's top diplomats without undergoing Senate confirmation or filing financial disclosures. It’s abundantly clear that he should be blocked from performing this outsized role: www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action... 12255131642 5.5K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Netflix is laying off 1,000 workers — its largest layoff ever. In 2025, Netflix had a net income of $11 billion (up 26%). Its CEO was paid $53M (255x more than the median employee). And it just raised prices for the second time in just over a year. Corporate greed in a nutshell. 477137195280 13.7K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 14/10/2026California’s Proposition 4 would let the state enact public campaign financing programs, giving candidates the chance to run competitive campaigns without depending on large donors. bit.ly/47fVe9Mbrennancenter.orgCalifornia Voters Will Choose Whether to Allow Public Campaign Financing — Here’s Why It MattersPublic financing is the most effective counter we have to the influence of megadonors in politics. 830178 301
just jess 🍵 @jess-bluesky.bsky.social · 15/10/2026I’m dropping off ballot next week. Vote early 🗳️ 000 0
Reposted by just jess 🍵Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I've said for a long time that the economics profession owes Trump big time. You've never had a real world test of "what if a President does everything he can to raise inflation?" a generation of PhD dissertations will be written on this. 24914169 914
Reposted by just jess 🍵Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It's Stupid's Economy. Thanks, Trump. Broad Pickup in Prices Lifted Inflation to 3.7% in September www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-...wsj.comBroad Pickup in Prices Lifted Inflation to 3.7% in SeptemberThe hotter reading is a sign that high energy prices are tightening their squeeze on consumers ahead of next month’s midterm elections. 27220 72
Reposted by just jess 🍵Trending Finance @trending-finance.bsky.social · 14/10/2026War-fueled inflation squeezes pre-midterms wallets #finsky 001 1
Reposted by just jess 🍵Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The United States is the world's largest exporter of diesel. There is no shortage of diesel in The US since Trump continues to allow its export. There is only the global price/market place. Trump buying Russian diesel does not increase supply and it will not make anything cheaper for anyone. 43719295 719
Reposted by just jess 🍵𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 12/10/2026Ukraine just did more to clean up American elections than Congress has done in twenty years. 20385132265 8.5K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026We’ve been talking about this for years. None of these far-right movements are organic. 476201787093 20.2K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Zelenskyy might be saving our democracy. The mad genius is bombing Russian data centers linked to FAKE NEWS bot farms. Without them, Putin’s midterm influence will accidentally fall from a 30th floor window. I 💙 Ukraine 🇺🇦 756258826104 25.9K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Steve Bannon issues warning to voters if they vote for Democrats in the midterms: “I think you’ll see Bobby Kennedy impeached, I’ll think you see Pete Hegseth impeached. I think you’ll see subpoenas flying every day. They will look to destroy Trump, and we’ll be bogged down for two years.” 7752465351 2.5K
just jess 🍵 @jess-bluesky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026- als das kind ein kind war - 🪽 one of the most beautiful and influential opening sequence ever seen in cinemayoutu.beWings of Desire title sequence HDYouTube video by CaptSid 010 1
Reposted by just jess 🍵Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Trump renaming things seems profoundly stupid, and it is. It's also a classic strongman move. Turkmenistan's dictator renamed "April" and "bread" after his mother. Mussolini renamed "bar" and "sandwich" to made-up words so people could tell which bars and paninis were fascist. Much like SpaceXSI. 39520 95
just jess 🍵 @jess-bluesky.bsky.social · 07/10/2026‘m wanna move to Denmark to free humanity myself 🇩🇰 010 1
Reposted by just jess 🍵Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I wrote about the threat as well as the limits of authoritarian escalation. Trump’s schemes to subvert the midterms have so far failed. What happens next? What do authoritarians do when they are about to lose an election? My new piece:steady.pageWhat Do Authoritarians Do When They Are About to Lose an Election?Trump’s schemes to subvert the midterms have so far failed. What happens next? A reflection on the threat as well as the limits of authoritarian escalation 420393 203
Reposted by just jess 🍵Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...fortune.comGoogle co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | FortuneThe state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax. 9941581266 4.2K
Reposted by just jess 🍵A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Being a woman in the United States means having our bodily autonomy violated at a national level by a serial rapist who is also destroying our economy & planet. He is held up by other rapists. This whole time we’re told we are inferior to men. Exhausting does not even begin to describe it. Vote. 27727 77
Reposted by just jess 🍵Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today's jobs report is a reminder that tax cuts for corporations and the rich don’t create jobs or grow the economy. What's required is investment in working people — and better wages. When workers have money to spend, the economy grows and businesses create more jobs. Remember this. 21072132466 7.2K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 01/10/2026I went to Geneva a few weeks ago and spoke on a panel about the nature of time for a Geneva Watch Days event. While I was there, on a lark, I entered a competition to most precisely calibrate a Swiss watch. And today I found out that I won! 😃 www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6hUTB... 39710740596 10.7K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 345125044630 12.5K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 29/09/20261. Democrats win control of the House and Senate. 2. Investigations and prosecutions begin. 3. Impeachment and removal proceedings. 4. Take back the billions of taxpayer money corruptly taken by the Trump family and their accomplices. 5. Rinse and repeat. 1341708449 1.7K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort." 692279729554 28K
just jess 🍵 @jess-bluesky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I would go anywhere to watch Andrew Tarkovsky’s cinemas recommend reading his book [Sculpting In Time] youtu.be/vMy-T5GI7Z0youtu.beNostalghia – Andrei Tarkovsky – 4K Re-Release TrailerYouTube video by Kino Lorber 000 0
Reposted by just jess 🍵Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026Please stop overestimating what a democratic Congress can do. The oligarchs are spending money to make you think a Dem Congress can arrest people and hold trials and pass laws without a POTUS signature so that you’ll be disappointed when they don’t do stuff they can’t do. Don’t fall for it. 1022131523814 13.2K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 24/09/2026You might be surprised to hear me say this, but I think Zohran Mamdani is the future of the Democratic Party. Just not for the reasons you probably think. He has a sharp strategic mind and the credibility to say uncomfortable truths to his own people and be heard rather than exiled. 670120482625 12K
just jess 🍵 @jess-bluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🫶 New York the greatest city in the World with the greatest governing leadership in the United States 000 0
Reposted by just jess 🍵Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like. 520217185792 21.7K
just jess 🍵 @jess-bluesky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ooouch~ 🧱 it takes a special breed to win that competition out of a village wide of McKinsey smugsstatic.klipy.comRyan Reynolds' Ooh Ouch ReactionAlt: Ryan Reynolds “Ooh Ouch”comedic reaction 010 1
Reposted by just jess 🍵Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15/09/2026So a big part of Iran Contra and one of the (many) reasons it was illegal was that third party fund weren’t deposited into the U.S. Treasury 852803978 2.8K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don’t believe the U.S. taxpayer should continue to arm Netanyahu’s government with deadly military equipment. I believe Netanyahu is a war criminal and that his government has committed genocide in Gaza. This doesn't make me antisemitic. (I’m Jewish, by the way.)washingtonpost.comTrump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in yearsThe pending transfer of the 2,000-pound munition, involved in scores of incidents resulting in civilian casualties, sets 44279232611 7.9K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Samuel Alito flew flags used by insurrectionists. Clarence Thomas' wife plotted to overturn the 2020 election. Both justices refused to recuse themselves from SCOTUS cases related to the Jan 6 plot. Both ruled in favor of Trump's mail-in ballot sabotage. I don't think I'll ever get over this. 38777932560 7.8K
just jess 🍵 @jess-bluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026🍳 this is y’ol brain on FOX over 4 decades… any mo’ questions?static.klipy.comThis Is Your Brain On DrugsAlt: 1980s TV ad: (fried egg in the pan) This Is Your Brain On Drugs 000 0
just jess 🍵 @jess-bluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026static.klipy.comKermit Frog Driving CarAlt: Muppet Show: Kermit The Frog driving in a car comes to a full stop and turns his head to look out of window in disbelief 000 0
Reposted by just jess 🍵Pat G🇨🇦 🍁🏳️🌈🍉 @pguist.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“We have what the world wants: the energy, the resources, the talent, the technology and the capital” ~ PM Mark Carney 🇨🇦 19050511637 5.1K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944 10340191356 4K
Reposted by just jess 🍵lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The wealthy countries seem to have a core of 15-30% of their voting populations who *just fucking hate foreigners*. This section of the electorate are for various reasons disproportionately well represented among the ultra-wealthy and thus are able to secure some favourable media coverage. 371888440 1.9K
Reposted by just jess 🍵Joey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I mean, there’s just no coherent economic pitch left, no reason to believe in the cause after two years of every policy change making the economy worse, so we’re left with promising stuff he knows he can’t deliver out of desperation. bro wants to redo April 2020 so bad 551651246 1.7K
