Gail Wechsler
@gwechsler1991.bsky.social
Longtime social justice activist; attorney and law librarian; active members of many groups, including Moms Demand Action, National Council of Jewish Women and Indivisible. Silence is not an option in the face of injustice.
My recent article about an upcoming exhibit at my library saluting retired judges of distinction. stljewishlight.org/opinion/comm...
Why we need to honor the first Jewish judge on the Missouri Supreme Court and other trailblazers - St. Louis Jewish Light
Not so very long ago, the people we saw in black robes in a courtroom were exclusively white men. By and large, they were of the Christian faith and came from backgrounds of wealth and privilege. Also...
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August 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My recent article about an upcoming exhibit at my library saluting retired judges of distinction. stljewishlight.org/opinion/comm...
At St. Louis event #goodtroublelivesom
July 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
At St. Louis event #goodtroublelivesom
My son works for PBS and it is such a needed institution. Within days, the Senate will vote on legislation that would devastate public media. CALL ALL YOUR SENATORS NOW and urge them to remove public media funding cuts from the rescissions package. bit.ly/3GqqF7y #ProtectMyPublicMedia
Urge Your Senators: Remove the Proposal to Cut Public Media Funding
The Senate will soon consider a rescissions package that would take back approved public media funding. Call your Senators now!
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July 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My son works for PBS and it is such a needed institution. Within days, the Senate will vote on legislation that would devastate public media. CALL ALL YOUR SENATORS NOW and urge them to remove public media funding cuts from the rescissions package. bit.ly/3GqqF7y #ProtectMyPublicMedia
Tell your Republican Senator(s) You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...
Tell your Republican Senator(s) You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks
Republicans in Congress are trying to ram through the Trump Tax Scam, a bill that makes extreme cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and other essential programs to pay for tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. Under ...
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June 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Tell your Republican Senator(s) You Don’t Want To Pay The Price For Their Billionaire Tax Breaks act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...
With many supporters of @momsdemand.bsky.social and our #WearOrange event at the St. Louis County Council. Honoring gun violence survivors with action. We don't have to live like this.
June 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
With many supporters of @momsdemand.bsky.social and our #WearOrange event at the St. Louis County Council. Honoring gun violence survivors with action. We don't have to live like this.
Sending healing prayers to our 46 th President, Joe Biden- a fighter and champion in my book. We love you and pray for you.
Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.
May 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Sending healing prayers to our 46 th President, Joe Biden- a fighter and champion in my book. We love you and pray for you.
Reposted by Gail Wechsler
Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.
May 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.
No better way to salute the positive things happening in St. Louis then the Focus St. Louis What’s Right with the Region Awards!
May 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
No better way to salute the positive things happening in St. Louis then the Focus St. Louis What’s Right with the Region Awards!
I will be there, will you? @indivisiblestl.bsky.social
A month from right now, we will be taking to the streets on No Kings Day.
While Trump wastes tens of millions of dollars on a military parade, we’re standing together again on June 14 to remind him and all our fellow Americans that we don’t do kings in this country: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
While Trump wastes tens of millions of dollars on a military parade, we’re standing together again on June 14 to remind him and all our fellow Americans that we don’t do kings in this country: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I will be there, will you? @indivisiblestl.bsky.social
Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause! Send an email to your representative to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress. action.everylibrary.org/emailhayden via @everylibrary.bsky.social @everylibrary #Libraries
SEND AN EMAIL: Tell Congress to Reinstate the Librarian of Congress!
President Trump has crossed another dangerous line by abruptly firing Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress.
action.everylibrary.org
May 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trump fired the Librarian of Congress without cause! Send an email to your representative to stop Trump's attack on the Library of Congress. action.everylibrary.org/emailhayden via @everylibrary.bsky.social @everylibrary #Libraries
This is too much! Please take a minute to sign and share. Unacceptable and dangerous. There is no one more qualified in this position than Dr. Hayden! #library @everylibrary.bsky.social
President Trump has crossed another dangerous line by abruptly firing Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress.
www.everylibrary.org/trump_fires_...
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STATEMENT: President Trump Fires the Librarian of Congress and Now Congress Must Push Back
www.everylibrary.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is too much! Please take a minute to sign and share. Unacceptable and dangerous. There is no one more qualified in this position than Dr. Hayden! #library @everylibrary.bsky.social
Missouri has some of the weakest gun laws in the US. Allowing guns on public transit would make them even worse. See my Letter to the Editor about this in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. @momsdemand.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/opinion/lett...
Letter: Allowing firearms on Missouri public transit is a route to tragedy
Letter: The evidence shows that keeping guns out of sensitive places, including public buses and light rail systems, reduces the amount of gun violence.
www.stltoday.com
May 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Missouri has some of the weakest gun laws in the US. Allowing guns on public transit would make them even worse. See my Letter to the Editor about this in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. @momsdemand.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/opinion/lett...
Trump has broken his own record for the lowest presidential approval rating at the 100-day mark. Thanks a lot for all of his unlawful and incompetent actions (not!) app.sosha.ai/s/wVUIn0w4
Trump is historically unpopular
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April 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Trump has broken his own record for the lowest presidential approval rating at the 100-day mark. Thanks a lot for all of his unlawful and incompetent actions (not!) app.sosha.ai/s/wVUIn0w4
The Trump Administration is desperate to have this case dismissed. I strongly support the IMLS and this lawsuit and deplore efforts to defund or eliminate it! www.everylibrary.org/trump_imls_e... via @everylibrary.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social
STATEMENT: Federal Funding for Libraries Makes it Case in Court
The Trump Administration is attempting to have this case dismissed based on standing.
www.everylibrary.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Trump Administration is desperate to have this case dismissed. I strongly support the IMLS and this lawsuit and deplore efforts to defund or eliminate it! www.everylibrary.org/trump_imls_e... via @everylibrary.bsky.social @everylibrary.bsky.social
Keep up the pressure. Bring Kilmar Home! #constitution
BILLBOARD: BRING KILMAR HOME! The Trump administration is IGNORING court orders to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home to Maryland from wrongful deportation to El Salvador. Send a message to Congress at bringkilmarhome.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Keep up the pressure. Bring Kilmar Home! #constitution
This is what happens when you defund the only federal funding organization for museums and libraries. Shame on 47 for the Executive Order affecting the work of our Holocaust Museum. #libraries #museums #everylibrary #Holocaust
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St. Louis Holocaust Museum scrambles to save survivor stories after funds cut - St. Louis Jewish Light
St. Louis Holocaust Museum fights to preserve Holocaust survivor stories after grant loss threatens oral history archive
stljewishlight.org
April 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is what happens when you defund the only federal funding organization for museums and libraries. Shame on 47 for the Executive Order affecting the work of our Holocaust Museum. #libraries #museums #everylibrary #Holocaust
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About to see and hear one of my favorite authors. Congrats on the St. Louis Literary Award @colsonwhitehead.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
About to see and hear one of my favorite authors. Congrats on the St. Louis Literary Award @colsonwhitehead.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Read about this upcoming virtual program profiling heroic Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz and plan to attend. More information and sign up at llastl.org/CLE-04-25
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St. Louis law library honors Nuremberg prosecutor who put Nazis on trial - St. Louis Jewish Light Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz
Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz. The program is entitled “Law, not Force: Ben Ferencz’s Legacy of Legal Justice for Human Rights Victims.”
stljewishlight.org
April 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Read about this upcoming virtual program profiling heroic Nuremberg prosecutor Ben Ferencz and plan to attend. More information and sign up at llastl.org/CLE-04-25
stljewishlight.org/jewish-histo...
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Here's my Op Ed in today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch about state and federal attacks on public libraries and how you can help. #libraries www.stltoday.com/opinion/colu...
Opinion: In Missouri and nationally, libraries are under attack
Citizens must push back against politicians' attempts to control what we read
www.stltoday.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here's my Op Ed in today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch about state and federal attacks on public libraries and how you can help. #libraries www.stltoday.com/opinion/colu...
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today! action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social #ForOurLIbraries #SaveLibraries
Take Action To Save Federal Funding for Libraries!
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. We need you to take action today! That's why we made it easy to contact your reps, sign petitions, and learn about the Institute of Museum...
action.everylibrary.org
March 20, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Trump is attempting to destroy federal funding for libraries. EveryLibrary made it easy to take action today! action.everylibrary.org/saveimls2025 via @everylibrary.bsky.social #ForOurLIbraries #SaveLibraries
St. Louis County voters. You must VOTE NO on Prop B in the April 8 municipal election. It would allow the County Council by vote to fire County Department Heads, with or without cause. See statement from Greater St. Louis and please vote NO. #Vote greaterstlinc.com/news/press-r...
Statement: St. Louis County Proposition B
Greater St. Louis, Inc. brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, expand inclusive economic growth and improve St. Louis’ global competitiveness.
greaterstlinc.com
March 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
St. Louis County voters. You must VOTE NO on Prop B in the April 8 municipal election. It would allow the County Council by vote to fire County Department Heads, with or without cause. See statement from Greater St. Louis and please vote NO. #Vote greaterstlinc.com/news/press-r...
Some additional photos from my Alabama trip 3/7 to 3/10 @ncjw.bsky.social #Selma60 with Jesse Jackson (see me on the top left) and at the Mothers of Gynecology Monument-both in Montgomery
March 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Some additional photos from my Alabama trip 3/7 to 3/10 @ncjw.bsky.social #Selma60 with Jesse Jackson (see me on the top left) and at the Mothers of Gynecology Monument-both in Montgomery
Call your members of Congress and demand a meeting. They are supposed to represent you, not Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos. #indivisible
Congress works for you. Demand a town hall from your senators and representative: indivisible.org/muskorus
March 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Call your members of Congress and demand a meeting. They are supposed to represent you, not Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos. #indivisible
Unacceptable action to gut the Department of Education. Contact your members of Congress to oppose.
Firing half the staff at the Department of Education and decimating the Office for Civil Rights harms the students who need protection the most: low-income children, LGBTQ+ students, children with disabilities, and minority students.
March 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Unacceptable action to gut the Department of Education. Contact your members of Congress to oppose.