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Jeanne St. James, Romance Author

@jeannestjames.bsky.social

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An opinionated USA Today & international #bestselling #romance #author. I don't want you to read my stories, I want you to LIVE them. #Humanist (she/her) Now living in #Vegas! www.jeannestjames.com

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Jeanne St. James, Romance Author @jeannestjames.bsky.social · Nov 13

Do you know I have TWO free ebooks right now?

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson really doesn’t want you to go to the largest peaceful protest in American history: NoKings.org

NO KINGS
For the love of America

OCTOBER 18
www.NoKings.org

Picture of Statue of Liberty with American flag in the background

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 2d

In Portland, an ambulance was summoned to the ICE office to treat an injured protester (not clear how he was injured). But when the patient was loaded inside, ICE officers refused to let the ambulance leave and threatened to shoot the ambulance driver: www.wweek.com/news/2025/10...

Documents Allege a Federal Agent at Portland ICE Threatened to Shoot an Ambulance Driver

Feds delayed medics who had come to pick up an injured protester. Then, according to confidential incident reports, the agents became aggressive.

www.wweek.com

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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Jonah @anotherjonah.bsky.social · 2d

This morning I was filming ICE abducting sometime in Petworth. One of the agents told me "the last US citizen that did this he put in cuffs all the way to the courtroom".

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Andrew D Thaler @drandrewthaler.bsky.social · 2d

You don't have to judge Columbus by the standards of today. His tenure as governor of Hispaniola was so horrific that he was dragged back to Spain in chains to answer for his many crimes.

Plus he never set foot on any land that would ever be a part of the United States of America.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 2d

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 5d

"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."

@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized

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Jeanne St. James, Romance Author @jeannestjames.bsky.social · 3d

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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

Convince Audible to revise its New Royalty Model

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

On National Coming Out Day, know that I will always be an ally to you — no matter where you are on your journey.

I know that times may be scary, but you are seen, safe, supported, and loved here in Illinois.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 4d

Let’s be clear:

Republicans are 💯 responsible for the government shutdown. They don’t need a single vote from Democrats to reopen.

Republicans are 💯 responsible for firing thousands of federal workers. They don’t need a single layoff to offset the shutdown. It’s their Project 2025 playbook.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 4d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 4d

“This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison”

This Family Made Billions on Trump-Branded Condos. Now Their Private Jet Is Taking Shackled Migrants to a Far-Flung African Prison

Israeli-American billionaires Michael and Gil Dezer’s Gulfstream IV plane flew 10 migrants to the tiny African kingdom of Eswatini, flight data shows.

zeteo.com

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Jeanne St. James, Romance Author @jeannestjames.bsky.social · 5d

Romance Audiobookworms
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Stuff Your Earbuds Day. Click to read Romance Audiobookworms, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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Jeanne St. James, Romance Author @jeannestjames.bsky.social · 5d

🎧And the Next Stuff Your Earbuds Event Is...
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🎧And the Next Stuff Your Earbuds Event Is...

We can't wait!

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Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 6d

Without provocation, masked federal agents indiscriminately shoot peaceful protesters with rubber bullets from the rooftop of the Portland ICE facility.

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 7d

RFK Jr. vowed that he wouldn’t take away anybody’s vaccines.

Now, the CDC has adopted new guidance from his hand-picked vaccine skeptics—making it harder for families to protect their children from diseases like measles and chickenpox.

RFK is putting children’s lives at risk.

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

Despite strong objections from Governor Pritzker, Mayor Johnson, and the people of Chicago, the Trump regime is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago today.

If you are in Chicago and need guidance on how to interact with the Guard, here’s a helpful guide:
bit.ly/resistancetoolkit

Responding to Federal Occupying Forces

Click here for another version of this document optimized for readability and accessibility. Table of Contents (click to jump ahead) We the People are PISSED: statement/intro Situation Report: current...

bit.ly

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Politico @politico.com · 7d

EXCLUSIVE: Democratic voting rights groups are preparing for the Supreme Court to gut a key part of landmark civil rights-era legislation, the Voting Rights Act.

Republicans could draw 19 more House seats if the court allows gerrymandering which dilutes the voting power of racial minorities.

Republicans could draw 19 more House seats after an upcoming Supreme Court ruling

Many experts are forecasting the end of a key provision of election law — enabling Republicans to shore up their advantage in the House, according to a new report.

www.politico.com

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 7d

When US citizen Leo Garcia Venegas tried to prove his identity by showing federal agents his REAL ID, they dismissed it as a fake and kept him detained, releasing him only after they bothered to run his Social Security number.

Just a few weeks later, they detained him again:

Mass Deportation Is A Threat To Us All

Aided by the Supreme Court and the insidious "Kavanaugh stop," the administration's chaotic mass deportation operations are sweeping up Americans – including children and U.S. military veterans.

americasvoicecnn.substack.com

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Jeanne St. James, Romance Author @jeannestjames.bsky.social · 8d

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Jeanne St. James, Romance Author @jeannestjames.bsky.social · 11d

It's not too late...
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Jeanne St. James, Romance Author @jeannestjames.bsky.social · 11d

She's such a ghoul.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

REPORTER: US law already prohibits giving healthcare to illegal immigrants

LEAVITT: Are you denying that Medicaid money has never gone to illegal aliens?

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TK Ramsay @tkramsay.bsky.social · 12d

JUST AN FYI
Undocumented immigrants are ineligible for federal healthcare programs like Medicaid and Medicare and are ineligible for most federal health care benefits, aside from emergency care. Many documented (legal) immigrants are also ineligible.
www.aarp.org/medicare/are...

Are Noncitizens in the U.S. Eligible for Medicare?

Most who legally work can qualify, but a law that Congress passed in July 2025 removes several classes of immigrants from eligibility.

www.aarp.org

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Lily says, "F*ck you, make me" to all fascists @lily77.bsky.social · 12d

There is no war in Portland.

Medicaid pays only providers.

Undocumented people are NOT on Medicaid.

Republicans are responsible for the government shutdown.

Republicans ARE enjoying harming others.

ICE = Gestapo.

FACTS.

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