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Jessica Chanese

@jechanese.bsky.social

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📚Xennial writer, reader, and mom in upstate NY. 🌄 🏳️‍⚧️⚖️🏳️‍🌈 Advocating for democracy, equality, & human rights.✊ Read my ramblings in Jess is Mad on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/jessicachanese?r=9ugiu&utm_medium=ios

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Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 18d

“We meet power with persistence, not provocation. We respond to anger with resolve.

Because our aim isn’t to fight fellow citizens — it’s to remind all of us what kind of country we swore to be.”

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We Will Not Crown a King — Marching in Saratoga for the Republic We Inherited

By an Indivisible ADK/Saratoga member

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 7h

The fascists are not inevitable. They're not unstoppable. They're not all powerful. They want you to think that, but millions turned out last month to call their bluff. And millions turned out today to claim our power. We will win.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 7h

We won NJ AND VA!!!!!
And Prop 50 is next!!!
Do you hear that sound — that’s Democracy fighting the fuck back!!!!!

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 1d

The GOP is intentionally starving Americans.

Pass it on

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

I'm looking to speak to people who rely on SNAP about what this past week has been like. If that's you, please reach out, or pass along to others. Can be anonymous.

Signal: marisakabas.04
Email: [email protected]

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 3d

Please check to see if your employer matches donations to your local food bank. Some match up to 100%. This can make all the difference to hungry families in your community.

Volunteer. Give. Donate.

~ CajunBlue and Family

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Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 3d

📚Not my typical BlueSky post, but I need book recs. Reading is my go-to escape/safe place, and I’m sure we all get how necessary an outlet like that is right now. Usually read romance HEA is a must have), preferably w/ fantasy elements & “good vs evil & good ultimately prevails” themes. And go…😊

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Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 5d

Noem sure is a special kind of evil.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

FOX: Pritzker has asked you specifically to pause immigration enforcement operations in Chicago so kids can safety celebrate Halloween. Do you have any plans to alter activity tomorrow?

NOEM: No. We're gonna be out on the streets in full force and increase our activities to make sure kids are safe.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7d

New Yorkers, @handsoffnyc.bsky.social is doing some really great work to prepare for the Trump regime’s escalation in the city.

Join their citywide call on Wednesday (10/29) at 7pm to learn how to protect yourself and neighbors from ICE, secure the elections, and join the growing resistance in NYC.

Hands Off NYC

We are over 100 unions, faith leaders, and community groups, standing together in nonviolent resistance to protect NYC.

HandsOffNYC.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 7d

If you are able to, please contribute to your local food bank this week

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8d

This is what corporations should be doing to face this moment!! 🤝

Door Dash now we just need you to pay employees their fair share.

Text is a screenshot of a social media post from DoorDash that says:
@DoorDash • 7h
The federal government shutdown threatens
SNAP benefits for 40 million Americans this week. We're launching an Emergency Food Response to help: delivering 1 million free meals through 300+ food banks, and waiving delivery and service fees for 300k grocery orders for SNAP recipients. It's a stopgap, not a solution.
But help is needed now. Read more: about.doordash.com/en-us/news/sna...

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Indivisible ADK/Saratoga @indivisible-adk.bsky.social · 8d

🚨 SHUTDOWN RELIEF FUND LAUNCHED! 🚨
United Way of the Greater Capital Region needs help supporting 5,223 furloughed federal employees and those working without pay (TSA, Air Traffic Control).
Your donation provides emergency cash and food.

Emergency assistance fund to support those impacted by 2025 shutdown | United Way of the Greater Capital Region

United Way Launches Relief Effort for Workers Impacted By Federal Shutdown

www.unitedwaygcr.org

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8d

so mike johhnson lied when he said earlier today that there was no legal way to access the contingency funds

Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 8d

> "a September contingency plan, since deleted from the USDA’s website...said Congress intended 'that SNAP’s operations should continue' and that contingency funds 'are also available to fund participant benefits in the event that a lapse occurs [mid-fiscal year]'"

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Trump Administration Buries Legal Memo Suggesting It Could Pay November Food Benefits

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the food program, says its hands are tied by the shutdown.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 9d

Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 9d

He orders extrajudicial killings. He sent troops into our cities. He terrorizes citizens with ICE raids. He raised taxes without congressional approval. He has ruined American farmers and ranchers. He plans to starve the vulnerable. He demolished our house.

Remove him from office.

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Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 11d

Yes. 😭💕

If you reduce anyone’s suffering, if you make anyone feel defended, or aware that they’re not alone, if you make space for hope, if you engage in acts of solidarity instead of stewing in the rancor and alienation that’s killing us—that matters, and it will always matter, under any set of discouraging or terrifying circumstances. I don’t have all the answers. I don’t see a clear path out of this mess, but I refuse to be imprisoned by these conditions in my own mind. I will not be locked into a sense of inevitability that perpetuates everything I hate.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you, Chicago.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 11d

when all this is over we need to have a pretty serious conversation about the utter moral failure of the elite of this country

James Meek @jamesmeek.bsky.social · 12d

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 13d

If this had happened during a Democratic presidency Fox News would be 24 hours of nonstop “AMERICA DESECRATED!” headlines.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

a live look at the demolition of the White House's East Wing for Trump's ballroom

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13d

This is extrajudicial murder. It is illegal and unethical. And it is a pathetic use of American military force, demonstrating not strength but weakness.

Shipwreck @shipwreck75.bsky.social · 13d

U.S. strikes alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side.

In what is the eighth known U.S. attack on a boat since Sept. 2, two to three individuals aboard the vessel were killed.

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U.S. strikes 8th alleged drug vessel, this time on the Pacific side

This is the first U.S. strike against an alleged drug vessel on the Pacific side of South America.

www.cbsnews.com

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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 14d

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

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Jessica Chanese @jechanese.bsky.social · 15d

This image and the shitting on Americans video could not be more accurate depictions of both the impacts of the Trump regime and its intentions.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 15d

He’s spending millions for a ballroom while American soldiers go without pay…

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 15d

"This was a peaceful show of collective power and a release of pent-up energy from many who have felt overwhelmed & powerless, fearful & alone. This was an opportunity to push back against a deeply cynical collection of Republican liars who abuse their power." www.americaamerica.news/p/we-will-no...

We Will Not Be Ruled

Reflecting on the joyful atmosphere at Saturday's No Kings protest—and the gravity of what's at stake for America

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 17d

Call me old fashioned but I miss the days when we would all be shocked if a President posted a video of himself flying over protesters and dumping poop on them.

I miss the days when a video like that would have been grounds for instant removal from office.

I miss accountability.

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Indivisible ADK/Saratoga @indivisible-adk.bsky.social · 17d

@reppaultonko.bsky.social is in the house 🙌🏼❌👑

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 17d

ZERO arrests at No Kings in NYC. (And the NYPD isn’t notorious for being sympathetic with people anti-Trump.)

This proves what shameless liars Speaker Mike Johnson & Karoline Leavitt are to slander the participants as violent anarchists.

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