Reposted by Jess the HumanCeleste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"If you gave a socialist a lever that would seize the wealth of every billionaire, they would pull it. Similarly, if you gave a fascist a lever that expelled or exterminated every non-white person in their country, they would pull it—and they’d be enthusiastic about doing so." 17826
Reposted by Jess the HumanManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Historian here as we gear up to celebrate the 250th on July 4th away from the hit mess in DC here is my take on how we should teach the inspiring and complicated history of the American republic. www.inquirer.com/education/fl...inquirer.comFlorida shows how not to teach U.S. history on the republic’s 250th anniversaryWhat a new Florida history course misses about the founders and slavery—and about the complexity of history itself. 817367
Reposted by Jess the HumanErica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 01/06/2026california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box. www.kqed.org/news/1208537...kqed.orgStill Need to Mail Your Primary Ballot? Don’t Rely on USPS, Officials Say | KQEDState officials are warning that some ballots mailed too close to Election Day might not be counted. Here are other recommended ways to submit your ballot instead. 6640752937
Reposted by Jess the HumanRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United. No Supreme Court ruling or constitutional amendment needed. This is no joke. Here's how it works. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1fP...youtube.comCould This Actually End Citizens United?YouTube video by Robert Reich 12746861554
Reposted by Jess the HumanMicah @rincewind.run · 28/03/2026thoughts on today: 1) the protests are good, actually 2) you should go to one of you can 3) it will do you good to see how many other people also hate this guy 4) you might meet people who you can organize with 5) there are more of us than there are of them 6) we are going to win 2965851480
Reposted by Jess the HumanRep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 20/03/2026My resolution to overturn the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision — H.J.Res 122 — has now been co-sponsored by 72 Members of Congress. You can view the full list at: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c.... I’ll keep fighting to get it across the finish line! 742187224846
Reposted by Jess the HumanJordan aka Jirdan @slclunk.com · 28/02/2026I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to 92131665309
Reposted by Jess the HumanGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 13/02/2026When Ds are back in charge, they have to change everything. No moderate half-measures. Just relentless razing of the corrupt institutions that enriched the worst people in the world and propped up fascism. A few suggestions... 443201725
Reposted by Jess the HumanBrian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 05/02/2026👀Now that ICE/DHS are planning to buy ‘mega’ warehouse detention centers across the US to house human beings you might want to listen to this gentleman’s history lesson that he delivered at a city council meeting in AZ. Congress needs to have hearings on this like yesterday. 7820041219
Reposted by Jess the HumanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/02/2026Casar holds a 3 minute and 26 second moment of silence to represent the time in which DHS officers let Renee Good bleed out after she was shot 380193536407
Reposted by Jess the Humanburn it all down @russbengtson.bsky.social · 03/02/2026i can't believe that after a decade of this bullshit the framing of all this trump authoritarian blather is still "omg what if he does this" and not "this is prohibited by 250 years of american history and also the constitution" 8707123
Reposted by Jess the HumanTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 01/02/2026Liam was taken from Columbia Heights, the town just south of my high school in Fridley and just north of the Arts district in NE Minneapolis. I spent a lot of time with friends there after extracurriculars. News of his abduction completely broke my heart. I’m glad he’s home. #Comics4Liam 1059341634
Reposted by Jess the HumanCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/01/2026We already have a warrant requirement. It's called the US Constitution. If that's not fucking binding them, what the hell does your little agreement mean? 272950665
Reposted by Jess the HumanRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 28/01/2026We had eradicated this disease. And now because of targeted disinformation, children, immunocompromised people, elderly folks, and so many others become victims in this proxy war and we have a new avoidable pandemic. 261976795
Reposted by Jess the HumanRep. Joe Neguse @neguse.house.gov · 26/01/2026As we continue to mourn the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, we also must lift the stories of the 32 people who died in ICE custody just last year. In December, 6 people died in ICE’s custody — the deadliest month in the history of the agency. It is shameful, and it must end. 511537520
Reposted by Jess the HumanRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Filming the police is not obstruction. Filming the police is not resisting. Refusing to stop filming police is not resisting. Holding onto your phone is not resisting. Federal agents under this admin have zero respect for rights and liberties. 32393962864
Reposted by Jess the HumanRosemary Travale @travale.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Absolutely love seeing this protest hat as a the top pattern on Ravely right now www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... All proceeds from the sale of this pattern go to the LynLake community of businesses who will distribute the funds to those impacted by the actions of ICE.ravelry.comMelt the ICE Hat pattern by YarnCultMNIn the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal... 014595
Reposted by Jess the HumanMinnMax @minnmax.com · 23/01/2026In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour. 2151649420294
Reposted by Jess the HumanJesstergen 👩🏻🚀 ✨ @rougerogue.bsky.social · 22/01/2026“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone” 2169572119
Reposted by Jess the HumanMelanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 22/01/2026If Democrats aren’t whipping votes against ICE funding, and letting conservative members vote to pass it, it means the Democratic Party supports ICE funding. If your opposition to fascism is performative, then you don’t actually oppose fascism.prospect.orgJeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American ProspectWhile the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same. 601292453
Reposted by Jess the HumanAllison Good @allisonwgood.bsky.social · 21/01/2026If you’re a sitting member of Congress and not reacting to this speech by calling for immediate impeachment, removal and conviction, why are we paying you? 1083741926
Reposted by Jess the HumanBrendan Gutenschwager @bgonthescene.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota 8091552394
Reposted by Jess the HumanBill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 13/01/2026“But what do you expect Democrats to doo-hooo?” 1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore. 2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions. 3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day. 3859931665
Reposted by Jess the HumanAlexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 12/12/2025"You have to use AI." ...why? 241382634
Reposted by Jess the HumanAngry Gato 🔜 PAPER JAM Zine Fest 11/7 @angrygatodesigns.com · 21/11/2025It's Angry Gato!! I painted thislil menace this week. Got lots of weird cat stuff up on my website www.angrygatodesigns.com and of course you can check out my upcoming Ask the Cats oracle at www.angrygatodesigns.com/kickstarter Love the Thursday cat show 😍 117119
Jess the Human @vampiresundae.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Nothing you say or post anywhere will change the reality of what you actually do when you do anything. Stop pretending this was anything other than the plan all along. If this was to help people hurt by the shut down, why did you waste our time with this performative resistance? Retire now. 110
Reposted by Jess the HumanAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/10/2025Watch my supercut of things Mike Johnson doesn’t know. You can see the whole show here: www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLn... 59577033114
Reposted by Jess the HumanAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/11/2025it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions "Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?" 13744391112301
Reposted by Jess the HumanAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Swearing in isn’t some ceremony. You aren’t a member of Congress until it happens. He knows that. No phones, no staff, nothing. I had to escort her into the Capitol on Wed bc Capitol police must treat her as a public visitor until she’s sworn in. And solo visitors aren’t allowed during shutdown! 1173289149213
Reposted by Jess the HumanAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Abughazaleh: I think Kristi Noem should be tried at The Hague. And if the response from ICE to people exercising their first amendment right is to drive vehicles through them, they should not be an agency in the US. 639249126801
Reposted by Jess the HumanRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Reminder that in 2021, Senate Republicans filibustered a bill that would have banned partisan gerrymandering of congressional districts. 6642951446
Reposted by Jess the HumanRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Today marks 16 years since the federal minimum wage was last raised. Guess how much the wage would be today if it kept up with worker productivity over the years? 30181083539
Jess the Human @vampiresundae.bsky.social · 26/06/2025I love that ranked choice voting (RCV) is getting some spotlight after the NY mayoral election. I was reading about where it is used, and could not help but notice that the 17 states that prohbit RCV voted to ban it between 2022 and 2025. ballotpedia.org/Ranked-choic...ballotpedia.orgRanked-choice voting (RCV)Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics 141
Reposted by Jess the HumanErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21/06/20251. On Tuesday, Congresswoman Sarah McBride gave a interview with Ezra Klein at the New York Times. It has been used to seed the ground for a rightward shift in the Democratic Party on trans rights. Some allies have failed to grasp the problems with her approach. Here's what McBride gets wrong.erininthemorning.comWhat Sarah McBride Gets WrongCongresswoman Sarah McBride recently interviewed with Ezra Klein at the New York Times, where she advocated for a more cowardly form of politics when it comes to transgender people. 821945486
Reposted by Jess the HumanSoraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 21/06/2025"Harrington wouldn’t give him a clear answer about his funding request, telling him, 'Unfortunately you keep finding more slaves,' he said, and that “every new person is a source of guilt and shame for Harvard.'" Yeah, I'm sure that'll go away if you just bury it.theguardian.comHarvard hired a researcher to uncover its ties to slavery. He says the results cost him his job: ‘We found too many slaves’When the extent of the university’s involvement with slavery was unearthed, a scholar tracking descendants of enslaved workers was suddenly fired 8333142
Reposted by Jess the HumanPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Seen this going around but I’m Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George 1099523353
Reposted by Jess the HumanBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Especially if you're on the fence about it, protest today. Fascism is isolating and lonely. Its very goal is to make you feel like you're the only person unwilling to accept a cult of personality. On days like today you fully realize there are more of us than there are them. You will feel better. 172161524006
Reposted by Jess the Humanchira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 01/06/2025whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing 13577362648
Reposted by Jess the HumanSpecLion ➡️ Avoiding FF7 Spoilers @spectacledlion.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Time to post it again. 922621811404
Reposted by Jess the HumanA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 19/05/2025If you don't want to be compared to the Gestapo, one neat trick is to not engage in a campaign of terror around the country wherein you kidnap people off the streets to slave dungeons in accommodation of an autocratic fascist and his nationalist movement's desire for racial purity. 13876002195