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Jess Piper

@piperformissouri.bsky.social

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Executive Director, Blue Missouri. Grassroots organizer. Writer. Educator. Former State House nominee. Rural mom fighting for rural schools.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Jun 22

No money for Medicaid or SNAP or museums or schools or sidewalks or gun violence prevention or art or libraries.

Always money for war.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 53m

It is a violation

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 53m

Yes, it is a violation, but I don’t know if anything matters anymore

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 59m

Almost as many people didn’t vote at all as voted for Trump. Apathy is a big thing in gerrymandered states. What’s the point of voting if your vote doesn’t count?

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1h

Just a heads up: lots of Republican women get abortions too.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1h

Yup

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1h

How much money would it take to sell your humanity?

Ask an ICE agent.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 2h

I never understood it either, but it’s going to cause financial ruin for the entire country

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

I just scheduled a procedure for December because I don’t know if I will be able to afford health insurance in January.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h

Schiff: "If a president in secret can put names on a list and kill them, then there is no war power still retained by Congress, and there's no check on an executive who may drag us into another war."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18h

Indoctrination and the Dems packed up and left long ago.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18h

The problem is, the markets are gone. There is no incentive to plant next year.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 18h

Like I said…we are all going to find out

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: "This president is unstable, unhinged, a double-minded individual that quite frankly is a threat to our democracy. It's certainly not the first time that Donald Trump has called for the arresting of a Black man unjustly."

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 23h

The vindictive prosecutions of political enemies are not a distraction from the Epstein files - they’re one and the same: wielding the power of the DoJ to persecute your foes AND to protect your friends.

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 22h

When tax breaks for billionaires were set to expire in December, Republicans made that priority number 1—because heaven forbid billionaires have to worry about filling up their private jets!

But tax credits for families to afford health care? Republicans refuse to talk about it.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

THIS is the energy we’ve been waiting for. Credit where credit is due.

Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 1d

"So, Democrats have three words for this: no fucking way. It's literally life or death. We will not let Republicans blow up our health care system."

This is, hands down, the best comms work Chuck Schumer has done in YEARS. Surprisingly good.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23h

Hence my last sentence. We are all about to find out.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23h

The corporate farms are in on it. They always have been.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23h

Saaaaaame.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 23h

I’ve lived in rural America long enough to know that the entire point was to bankrupt farmers…

We are all about to find out.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

You can join us. You can make a massive difference with a small donation. It doesn’t cost nearly as much to run for office in Missouri as it does other states. We can fight fascism by eventually turning over GOP-dominated states.

We have been here since 2017…you make the difference.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 1d

I work with Blue Missouri because our organization writes actual checks to down-ballot Democratic candidates.

No one else does what we do.

Other organizations give training or advice or texting services. While those things are important, candidates need $ to reach voters. bluemissouri.org

Home

Missouri needs you. Join the movement.

bluemissouri.org

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robert j bennett, ceo, results omega @robertjbennett.bsky.social · 2d

the jangling feeling that's coiling in the back of everyone's heads is the obvious knowledge that this can't keep up for another 3 years

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