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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 42m

The obsession with money in politics is a cancer — corrupting every part of how laws get made.

We don’t have to accept the rules of a rigged game.

I wrote about how I’m doing things differently, and what real change looks like. Read the op-ed via @ctinsider.bsky.social

Opinion: Ending the cancer of money in politics

As she campaigns for Congress, state Rep. Jillian Gilchrest calls for a system similar to CT's public financing model.

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 8h

There are a lot of questions over what this ceasefire means and what will happen next, but in the immediate, let’s hope for an end to the starvation and killing of the Palestinian people and a safe return of the Israeli hostages.

Israel says it has begun a pull-back of troops in Gaza

Israeli forces have begun a pull-back of troops from Gaza Friday after Israel's cabinet approved a plan for a ceasefire aimed at ending the devastating two-year-old war.

www.npr.org

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

Spoke with cnn while sitting on the floor of my hotel room hallway bc my family were asleep in the other room.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Still waiting on that health care plan, Donald.

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 2d

Latinas are paid, on average, 54 cents to every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic men. On average, Latina workers stand to lose about 1.2 million over the course of a 40-year career due to the wage gap. #latinaequalpay #Trabajadoras

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 2d

When will these elected Republicans stop abdicating their power to Trump and stand up for their constituents and our country?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 2d

As alarmed as people may be, they aren't alarmed enough. Trump just escalated this crisis from a fight between the federal government and a state, to a situation where one state is deploying armed forces to impose its will on another state. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...

Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next

We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.

www.thebulwark.com

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed! Congress must fix the healthcare crisis and put people first.

AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 6d

“Front line workers are scared - and you should be, too.”

Listen to health care workers like @aft.org member Heather: Congress needs to fix the health care crisis and put working people first! act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 3d

We’re in Wethersfield this week! Join us on Thursday or Saturday for coffee & conversation!

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you @ctfoodshare.bsky.social

CT Foodshare Releases $1M For Federal Employees Affected By Shutdown | CT News Junkie

Though Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) benefits have not been impacted for the month of October, a prolonged government shutdown could jeopardiz...

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 3d

I've been talking to people in the district everyday for a month and haven't found a single person whose main concern is fundraising totals...

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 3d

The cost of living is too high already… Congress needs to continue the affordable care act subsidies for working families!

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Charlie Sykes @sykescharlie.bsky.social · 5d

WTF is this video? It is the pure engorged id of MAGA.

For Noem — and Trump, and Miller, and Hegseth, and Patel — the brutality is a made-for-tv movie. It’s entertainment. And they get off on the raw, naked will to power.

open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

The Attack on Chicago

People need to look at these pictures and ask, is this America?

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 5d

Children are starving in Gaza because of Israeli government policies. Hundreds of people from around the world organized a civilian flotilla to try to deliver food. Israel arrested them.

The United States must demand the immediate release of all detained Americans.

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 7d

Join us in Cromwell this Saturday! We’ll be at Pierson Park and then Tony’s Flour Shop!

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 7d

Check out my latest Substack! Our Health is Not for Sale.

Our Health is Not for Sale

We don't have to accept the awful state of American health care

substack.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8d

Just naked and brazen corruption. All states represented by Democrats in the Senate.

Time to stiffen our spines and demand that we only fund a government that obeys the law.

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Mayor Karen Bass @mayor.lacity.gov · 8d

Stephen Miller told officers armed with guns that they are "unleashed."

Nothing about this is normal. This is a threat to our democracy.

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 9d

The goal of the Trump Administration & Republicans in Congress has always been to destroy the government’s ability to serve the public and protect people from harm.

When government stops working for the people, it’s not an accident. It’s the plan.

It’s up to us — the people — to speak out.

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 9d

Great conversation earlier this week on the importance of government investment in early childhood programs— what we’ve done and where we need to go! @seanscanlonct.bsky.social

Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 10d

Help us send a message! #peoplepower #moneyoutofpolitics #politics #yourvoicematters #congress voteforjillian.com

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 13d

“I believe that no human is illegal. I believe that every person in this country is entitled to their basic human rights. I believe that when the state of Connecticut offers health care and offers licenses, we need to protect your information and your data … ” Gilchrest said.

ICE seizes community leader at CT court check-in, immigrant groups say

Hartford immigrant advocates are calling for the release of a community activist who was reportedly taken by federal ICE agents during a routine immigration check-in Wednesday. Victor Sanchez, a membe...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15d

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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Jillian Gilchrest @jilchrest.bsky.social · 14d

One month on the campaign trail! Check out my Substack!

One Month Down

Coffee, chaos, and common cause on the campaign trail

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