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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 12d

I lived with my dad when I was very young and he didn’t apply for food stamps or free school lunches, though we qualified.

So, I went hungry. It was awful. I begged neighbors for saltine crackers. I can say it was the worst time of my life.

Children shouldn’t go hungry. Restore SNAP benefits.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 13d

"Frivolity and absurdity are kryptonite to authoritarians..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

Opinion | The Rise of the Inflatable Chicken Resistance

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13d

Make
Argentina
Great
Again

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Oct 3

Robert Morris, the founder of a Texas megachurch with one of the nation’s largest congregations, pleaded guilty on Thursday to sexually abusing a girl in the 1980s, according to court documents.

Texas Megachurch Pastor Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse

Robert Morris, the founder of Gateway Church, which has one of the nation’s largest congregations, admitted to sexually abusing a child in the 1980s.

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newmexicanextexan.bsky.social @newmexicanextexan.bsky.social · Sep 12

What Actually Reduces Gun Deaths
open.substack.com/pub/drjessic...

What Actually Reduces Gun Deaths

A clear look at the data on reform, and the fight to defund gun-violence research, in the wake of two more tragic shootings

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Amy S @blondelibrul2025.bsky.social · Sep 13

Seems like we are in the # UpsideDown

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Amy S @blondelibrul2025.bsky.social · Sep 13

lol, this is satire right?

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Amy S @blondelibrul2025.bsky.social · Sep 7

Ack! So difficult though, seems like it will be breaking lil hearts, le sigh.

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Amy S @blondelibrul2025.bsky.social · Sep 2

I hear that in NM, it makes laugh.
Someone said that the idea came from a right wing think tank who hoped it would make people give up and refuse to vote…hmm.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Sep 2

When someone tells you both parties are the same…

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Ally to Democracy @allyhartwell.bsky.social · Aug 31

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1,000 protests scheduled for Labor Day - 36 in #Texas

The area in red shows how the numbers spread out when zooming in on the map for events in your state

www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/
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#MayDayStrong #Protests #LaborDay

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Aug 29

There is no possible legitimate reason to do this. It’s what despots do. It’s petty. It’s dangerous. It’s unAmerican. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Revokes Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Protection

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Amy S @blondelibrul2025.bsky.social · Aug 15

Throwing sandwiches is out - just throw shade my friends. 🇺🇸👀

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Jun 26

Do they really think they can scare us with the word “socialist” when they are literally sending out men in masks with no warrants and no badges to disappear people off American streets?

I know what I’m scared of, and it’s not a socialist.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Jun 20

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Jun 14

Stephen Miller is deliberately choosing to focus more resources on non-criminals—and thus away from dangerous criminals. Law enforcement insiders have leaked word of their anger over exactly this. https://trib.al/Br7YMSY

Trump Accidentally Reveals a Dark MAGA Truth—and Hands Dems an Opening

A little-noticed letter from vulnerable House Republicans acknowledges the flaw at the heart of Trump’s mass deportations. Democrats: Seize on this!

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Jun 13

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 13

Newsom: "Speaker Johnson -- his eloquence was elevated when he called to 'tar and feather' the governor of California. Very religious man. I guess that's the spirit. The word of the Lord."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jun 12

This is so deeply concerning. The military serves the people, not a political party.

Trump Gets U.S. Military Troops To Boo Democrats And 'Fake News' During Alarming Speech

This is extremely concerning.

www.comicsands.com

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Amy S @blondelibrul2025.bsky.social · Jun 12

😥. So sad to lose young men like this.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · Jun 11

Just saying, but if you’re having to deploy the national guard in *Texas* maybe you’re on the wrong side of this issue

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Jun 8

I’ve read too much science fiction too many dystopian novels and too many poems on civil rights to be quiet…

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Amy S @blondelibrul2025.bsky.social · Apr 28

Homan does not seem Human. Sounds demonic, dude, should resign immediately.

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Amy S @blondelibrul2025.bsky.social · Apr 14

What fresh hell is this? So awful, we must find a way out of this.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Apr 8

NEW: The Supreme Court took 6 months to decide immunity, but just 6 days to effectively strip the rest of us of due process. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/the-corrup...

The Corrupt Supreme Court Strikes Again

The Supreme Court took 6 months to decide immunity, but just 6 days to effectively strip the rest of us of due process.

www.muellershewrote.com

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Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · Apr 5

Elementary school principals going where university presidents fear to tread...

New York Times headline reading "New York says it does not intend to comply with D.E.I. order on schools"

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