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Jillian Lewin

@jillianstl.bsky.social
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Proud progressive and feminist. Parent. Work in Higher Ed advancement. Political campaign alumna. Fighting to make our country more equitable and inclusive every day. Fan of soccer, whiskey, curse words, and traveling. #STL resident.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/06/2026
Make it make sense… Trump says he needs a $200 million ballroom, bulletproof glass, and a security fortress to keep him safe at the White House. Then he hops on a plane and heads to a packed Knicks game in New York.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 09/06/2026
Last year's Republican centerpiece budget law changed eligibility criteria for SNAP, like raising the age limit for work requirements from 54 to 64 and increasing the amount of documentation required to enroll. to.pbs.org/4e8O9e6
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Millions lose SNAP benefits as One Big Beautiful Bill’s stricter requirements kick in
SNAP enrollment has fallen sharply nationwide since the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last summer. More than 3.5 million people have lost access to the food assistance, as states implement...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Trump’s power depends on maintaining the illusion that he’s all-powerful, and that most Americans adore him. But that illusion is harder to maintain when you're booed by thousands of fans at a basketball game in your hometown. The Emperor has no clothes. He is not all powerful. Remember this.
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Um….no. We don’t need this right now. We have enough to deal with. Flesh-eating flies? Not today. Not today!
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Working Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 10/11/2025
Tonight, Senate Republicans — aided by eight Democrats — passed a funding bill that will raise healthcare premiums for millions of Americans and leave some families without health care at all. Let's discuss.
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observer-14.bsky.social @observer-14.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Someone .... PLEASE call Nancy Pelosi and have her slap Schumer and wake his dumbass up !!!!!!
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a man and a woman are standing next to each other .
ALT: a man and a woman are standing next to each other .
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate. Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 10/11/2025
NEWS: U.S. Senate advances bill to reopen the federal government in a 60-40 vote. Dems who votes yes: 🔵 Catherine Cortez Masto 🔵 Dick Durbin 🔵 John Fetterman 🔵 Maggie Hassan 🔵 Tim Kaine 🔵 Angus King 🔵 Jackie Rosen 🔵 Jeanne Shaheen Republicans who voted no: 🔴 Rand Paul
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The American People: “Chuck Schumer, we have provided you with all the leverage you need to win this shutdown fight, once and for all.” Chuck Schumer *flushing the leverage down the toilet*: “What?”
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USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 05/11/2025
Mamdani will be the city's first Muslim mayor and first Asian American mayor after energizing progressives with an affordability-focused campaign.
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In generational shift, Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor's race
Mamdani will be the city's first Muslim mayor and first Asian American mayor after energizing progressives with an affordability-focused campaign.
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
This is great data for future elections and opportunities to bring the young male demo back to the Democratic Party.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 05/11/2025
Tonight was a huge win for democracy & a major blow to Trump's authoritarian rule Voters chose Dem govs in VA & NJ, kept a Dem majority on PA’s top court, rejected an anti-voting measure in ME, chose an anti-Trump NYC mayor & are set to back fair maps in CA. Pro-democracy sweep.
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Democrats win key races tonight! VA has first female governor. The people have spoken. Their voices WILL be heard. The fight for our country continues! #nokings #election2025 @nytimes.com @abigailspanberger.com @mikiesherrill.bsky.social @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Trump said the ballroom construction wouldn’t impact the original structure of the White House, and now he’s tearing down the East Wing! Lies, lies, and more lies!! #whitehouse #eastwingdemo www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/p...
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Demolition begins to replace White House East Wing with Trump’s ballroom | CNN Politics
Demolition of the White House East Wing began Monday as President Donald Trump adds a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Am I the only one who didn’t really he was TEARING DOWN the East End of the White House for his f’ing ballroom? I thought it was a horrible add on…not a replacement. What the actual hell???? Looks like a bomb went off. Picture courtesy of @donlemonofficial.bsky.social team. #whitehouseteardown
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 09/08/2025
President Trump is escalating his attacks on wind and solar power from the rhetorical to the tangible, mounting a rapid-fire campaign that exceeds the industries’ worst fears
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Trump's Latest Attacks Stun Wind and Solar Industries
President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on wind and solar power from the rhetorical to the tangible, mounting a rapid-fire campaign that exceeds the industries’ worst fears.In just the past few weeks, the Trump administration instituted permitting reviews that threaten US wind and solar developments. It imposed standards that would essentially prevent new developments on federal land. It rescinded Biden-era decisions earmarking coastal waters for future wind turbines. And on Wednesday
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Ken Dilanian @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Letter from FBI Director Kash Patel firing veteran FBI agent Walter Giardina, whose wife died of cancer last month at age 49. Patel accuses this agent, a Marine combat veteran, of “weaponization.” Many of his FBI colleagues told me he did his job scrupulously and ethically.
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Oh the irony!! His administration fired 96 of the 100 employees at the National Center for Education Statistics, the statistics branch within the Department of Education. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/u...
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Trump Wants Admissions Data on Grades and Race, but Who Will Collect It?
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Larry Krasner @dalarrykrasner.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
It says everything that Republicans are working harder to arrest Texas Democrats than anyone on the Epstein list.
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
In December 2023, Kash Patel said that Epstein's black book was under the "direct control of the Director of the FBI." Can anyone remind me who the current Director of the FBI is?
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Join the nationwide movement to protect freedom, equality, and democracy. weholdtruths.com @staceyabrams.com @petebuttigieg.bsky.social
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 04/07/2025
Trump’s Tax Scam gives ICE a bigger budget than Russia’s military.
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on Twitter: “With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.”
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 04/07/2025
US House Republicans cleared their megabill for President Trump’s signature Thursday. Millions of Americans are expected to lose access to Medicaid through new requirements and slashed spending. The bill also raises the country’s debt limit by $5 trillion ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/03/r...
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BREAKING: US House passes massive tax break and spending cut bill, sending it to Trump • Ohio Capital Journal
U.S. House Republicans cleared the “big, beautiful bill” for President Trump’s signature Thursday. Millions of Americans are expected to lose access to Medicaid through new requirements and slashed…
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
He's so miserable even his wife is with Elon.
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
One last chance to tell your rep how you feel resist.bot/petitions/PO...
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Reject HR1 "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" MAGA murder budget
Text SIGN POBEEP to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Fetterman said he didn’t want to spend his summer “sitting in the Capitol.” Cool. Millions of Americans don’t want to die because they can’t afford insulin. You were elected to work, not to tan your ass in Delaware.
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Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 28/06/2025
It’s Saturday. The day Senate Republicans try to figure out how to take away Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires, but hope nobody notices. News Flash: people will notice.
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NPR @npr.org · 28/06/2025
Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live. Here's what to know to protect yourself.
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Tick risks vary by region. Here's where diseases have spread and how to stay safe
Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live. Here's what to know to protect yourself.
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 24/06/2025
Know Your Rights Information🚨 ICE has been arresting people at immigration court and routine check-ins across the country. If you or a loved one is in this situation, know you still have rights.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!
If you have an upcoming immigration court date, know you have the right to:

Request a virtual hearing
Request an interpreter
Object to dismissal of your case in court and appeal the decision Ask for ICE's request to dismiss your case in writing
Apply for relief from deportation

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: This document is for general informational purposes only. Its contents are not legal advice. If you are in need of legal advice, please contact an attorney.deportation
CONOZCA SUS DERECHOS
Si tiene una cita en la corte de inmigración próximamente, sepa que tiene derecho a:
Solicitar una audiencia virtual
Solicitar un interprete
Oponerse a la desestimación de su caso en el tribunal y apelar la decisión
Pedir que le entreguen por escrito la solicitud de ICE para desestimar su caso.
Solicitar alivio contra la deportación
AVISO LEGAL: Este documento es solo para fines informativos generales. Su contenido no es asesoramiento legal. Si necesita asesoramiento legal, comuníquese un abogado.
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Join me in asking Congress to stop efforts to defund @ppfa.org! Takes two minutes via @resist.bot resist.bot/petitions/PI...
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Stop efforts to "defund" Planned Parenthood
Text SIGN PISDGK to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Tell Congress to stop attacks on @ppfa.org health centers and protect our access to care! @ppact.org www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/call/protect...
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Protect Planned Parenthood
Let them know that you are their constituent and you want them to protect Medicaid and Planned Parenthood from defund attempts. #IFightForPP
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50501 New York @50501newyork.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A message to the world: The United States is not represented by Trump. He acted unilaterally and unconstitutionally. He and his regime in power are not a representation of the American people, and we strongly condemn this attack. We want peace, and we will hold him and his enablers accountable.
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Lorri Mitchell @sweetilla.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Never underestimate the power of your child’s peer asking/daring your child to show him a gun.
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
And mainstream/legacy media wonders why people are leaving it and finding more reliable real time sources that don’t rely on ad dollars!!!!
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Yeah, if some nation bombed our nuclear facilities and then said it was not at war with us, I’m sure we’d accept that.
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Kumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
A Dem lawmaker and her husband were killed by a guy for their political views and it’s already out of the news.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
UPDATE: At least *60* members of Congress have now signed on to efforts against the Trump-Vance admin's war on Iran. 59 Democrats. 1 Republican. After the attack, Democratic leader Chuck Schumer announced support for the War Powers Act and is urging all senators to vote for it.
House War Powers Resolution
Thomas Massie (R-KY)	Ayanna Pressley (D-MA)	Joaquin Castro (D-TX)	Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Ro Khanna (D-CA)	Delia Ramirez (D-IL)	Mark Takano (D-CA)	Andre Carson (D-IN)
Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)	Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)	Chellie Pingree (D-ME)	Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)	Mark Pocan (D-WI)	Hank Johnson (D-GA)	Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
Don Beyer (D-VA)	Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)	Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)	Al Green (D-TX)
Greg Casar (D-TX)	Paul Tonko (D-NY)	Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)	Debbie Dingell (D-MI)
Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)	Becca Balint (D-VT)	Mike Thompson (D-CA)	Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
Chuy Garcia (D-IL)	Chris Deluzio (D-PA)	Yasmin Ansari (D-AZ)	Melanie Stansbury (D-NM)
Val Hoyle (D-OR)	Veronica Escobar (D-TX)	Bennie Thompson (D-MS)	Sylvia Garcia (D-TX)
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)	Gwen Moore (D-WI)	Lou Correa (D-CA)	Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM)
Summer Lee (D-PA)	Lateefah Simon (D-CA)	Betty McCollum (D-MN)	Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Jim McGovern (D-MA)	Sara Jacobs (D-CA)	Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)	
Ilhan Omar (D-MN)	Betty McCollum (D-MN)	Mark Desaulnier (D-CA)	

Senate War Powers Resolution 
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Senate No War Against Iran Act
- Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Ed Markey (D-MA)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
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CNN @cnn.com · 22/06/2025
President Donald Trump and his team were in contact with top congressional Republicans before US strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, but top Democrats were not told of his plans until after the bombs had dropped, according to multiple people familiar with the plans
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The Trump administration briefed top Republicans on Iran strikes, but kept Democrats in the dark | CNN Politics
Trump and his team were in contact with top congressional Republicans before the strikes, but top Democrats were not told of his plans until after the bombs had dropped.
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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 22/06/2025
Trump bombing Iran was illegal and unjustified. I ran for Congress to make sure our leaders consider the true costs of war. And I will be in the Senate, standing on my titanium legs, demanding answers from Trump. My statement:
Duckworth statement on Trump’s strikes against Iran nuclear sites.Duckworth statement on Trump’s strikes against Iran nuclear sites.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress, or our allies, or fully explaining to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop all of this. Where the hell are they? Hello?
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 22/06/2025
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers.
He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations.
It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Woke up this morning, thought to myself that I would post that Trump is definitely not going to wait 2 weeks to bomb Iran, then said oh whatever, I'll just post that tonight Too late: he just took America to war If you want to understand how I knew he was always going to take us to war, read this:
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EXCLUSIVE: Donald Trump Is Indisputably the Co-Author of the Israeli War Against Iran—and His Iran Plot is Easily the Most Significant Betrayal of His MAGA Voters Yet
One thing MAGAs agree on is that MAGAism opposes the US becoming involved in any new foreign wars. But the available evidence now confirms—beyond any doubt—that Trump planned the current war in Iran.
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Jillian Lewin @jillianstl.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Join me in telling Congress to stop any further military action in Iran! resist.bot/petitions/PR...
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No Further Military Action in Iran
Text SIGN PRGWAN to 50409 to send this to your officials.
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 16/06/2025
Two recent polls give the president the lowest approval ratings so far in his second term in the White House.
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Donald Trump approval rating suffers worst polls yet—"Awful, awful, awful"
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 14/06/2025
Our able men and women in uniform swear an Oath to support the Constitution—they didn’t sign up to spend the weekend in a military parade to feed the insatiable narcissism of an incorrigible insurrectionist/dictator.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 09/06/2025
1/3 🚨 The Dept. of Energy is quietly trying to gut building accessibility rules under Section 504. This rollback would erase protections disabled activists fought decades to win. 🛑 Drop a public comment by June 16 to help stop it: 👉 dredf.org/action-alert... (Mini history lesson below ⬇️)
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Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
If you're on the ground mobilizing today in LA, or in support of LA, BE SAFE! 50501 is committed to nonviolent protests and exercising our 1st amendment rights. So if it is safe for you to do so, get out there and exercise free speech! #50501Movement #NoKings #LA #LosAngeles #ICERaids
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