Jasmine Banks (she/her)
@jasminebanks.bsky.social
advocate,organizer, momma. deemed "problematic" by neoliberals. I lead UnKoch My Campus and Generation Common Good among other things.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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The second edition of Mutual Aid is coming out on March 31 from @versobooks.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The second edition of Mutual Aid is coming out on March 31 from @versobooks.bsky.social
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GOP slashing healthcare will cause tens of millions of people to lose coverage or see their costs skyrocket. Seems questionable on a number of fronts?
Remember the Koch network? Their super PAC spent 3x as much for Republicans in 2024 as in 2020, and they are pushing for privatization. Latest:
Remember the Koch network? Their super PAC spent 3x as much for Republicans in 2024 as in 2020, and they are pushing for privatization. Latest:
Koch Network Fuels Republican Push to Kill ACA Subsidies
As millions face higher premiums, Koch‑funded groups are pressuring Republicans to oppose Obamacare subsidy extensions.
readsludge.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
GOP slashing healthcare will cause tens of millions of people to lose coverage or see their costs skyrocket. Seems questionable on a number of fronts?
Remember the Koch network? Their super PAC spent 3x as much for Republicans in 2024 as in 2020, and they are pushing for privatization. Latest:
Remember the Koch network? Their super PAC spent 3x as much for Republicans in 2024 as in 2020, and they are pushing for privatization. Latest:
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NEW REPORT- Risky Business: Microsoft and its Fossil Fuel Lobbyists fminus.org/wp-content/u...
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NEW REPORT- Risky Business: Microsoft and its Fossil Fuel Lobbyists fminus.org/wp-content/u...
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Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Lecturing on Watergate this morning and trying to decide how to communicate "no, Congress used to care when presidents did crimes!" without derailing the lecture and/or sobbing
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Republicans are killing the most vulnerable among us to give trillions in hand outs to the richest people in the history of the world.
Don’t be silent. Fight back. And know we will win. And their time of judgement will come.
Don’t be silent. Fight back. And know we will win. And their time of judgement will come.
Who will suffer when our health care is cut?
More about the impact of the Big Ugly Bill from @alaw202.bsky.social @socialsecurityworks.org: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGuy...
More about the impact of the Big Ugly Bill from @alaw202.bsky.social @socialsecurityworks.org: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGuy...
Who Gets Hurt When Billionaires Win?
YouTube video by Voices of Health Care Action
youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Republicans are killing the most vulnerable among us to give trillions in hand outs to the richest people in the history of the world.
Don’t be silent. Fight back. And know we will win. And their time of judgement will come.
Don’t be silent. Fight back. And know we will win. And their time of judgement will come.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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if you work for doordash, contact me on signal at marisakabas.04
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 AM
if you work for doordash, contact me on signal at marisakabas.04
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Join us tomorrow. Together with our friends, Divest Oregon and Beyond Toxics, will explore why Oregon MUST fire forever chemical double agent lobbyists. actionnetwork.org/events/orego...
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Join us tomorrow. Together with our friends, Divest Oregon and Beyond Toxics, will explore why Oregon MUST fire forever chemical double agent lobbyists. actionnetwork.org/events/orego...
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I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.
I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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F Minus has uncovered these lobbying conflicts with our first-of-its-kind database of every fossil fuel lobbyist in Oregon–and in every other state. Join us on November 12 as we connect the dots between:
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
F Minus has uncovered these lobbying conflicts with our first-of-its-kind database of every fossil fuel lobbyist in Oregon–and in every other state. Join us on November 12 as we connect the dots between:
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🐳🐳🐳 may need to hire their own, non-compromised lobbyist to save themselves because the firm Gowling WLG that’s registered to lobby for the Pacific Whale Watch Association also lobbies for TC Energy. Let’s #savethewhalesfromlobbyists
@pacificwhalewatchassociation.com
@pacificwhalewatchassociation.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🐳🐳🐳 may need to hire their own, non-compromised lobbyist to save themselves because the firm Gowling WLG that’s registered to lobby for the Pacific Whale Watch Association also lobbies for TC Energy. Let’s #savethewhalesfromlobbyists
@pacificwhalewatchassociation.com
@pacificwhalewatchassociation.com
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As reported in @desmog.com today, our new report with EDC exposes Canadian #fossilfuel lobbyists who also get paid to lobby FOR climate-health issues for health orgs and local governments. These lobbyists are working as #climatedoubleagents @environmentaldefence.ca
www.desmog.com/2025/10/27/l...
www.desmog.com/2025/10/27/l...
Landmark New Report Shows Canadian Lobbyists Represent Major Polluters Alongside Environmental Groups
In a major conflict of interest, F-Minus study shows nation’s climate action taking a back seat to Big Oil’s lobbying playbook.
www.desmog.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
As reported in @desmog.com today, our new report with EDC exposes Canadian #fossilfuel lobbyists who also get paid to lobby FOR climate-health issues for health orgs and local governments. These lobbyists are working as #climatedoubleagents @environmentaldefence.ca
www.desmog.com/2025/10/27/l...
www.desmog.com/2025/10/27/l...
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Who speaks for the 🌲🌲🌲 in the Canadian parliament? Incredibly, lobbyists for the Pathways Alliance and other fossil fuel mammoths also get paid to lobby for conservation orgs like the Nature Conservancy of Canada. This is outrageous and it's time for climate orgs to #firefossilfuellobbyists
October 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Who speaks for the 🌲🌲🌲 in the Canadian parliament? Incredibly, lobbyists for the Pathways Alliance and other fossil fuel mammoths also get paid to lobby for conservation orgs like the Nature Conservancy of Canada. This is outrageous and it's time for climate orgs to #firefossilfuellobbyists
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You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
Opinion | You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator
www.nytimes.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
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🗓 Join us Nov. 12th for “Oregon’s Dirty Secret: the Public School and PERS lobbyists who secretly work for oil, gas, and chemical companies,” a public briefing on how to align Oregon’s investments with its values. actionnetwork.org/events/orego...
October 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🗓 Join us Nov. 12th for “Oregon’s Dirty Secret: the Public School and PERS lobbyists who secretly work for oil, gas, and chemical companies,” a public briefing on how to align Oregon’s investments with its values. actionnetwork.org/events/orego...
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California just vetoed a bill that would’ve banned PFAS “forever chemicals.”
Even the most progressive states are bowing to industry pressure!
Oregon: let’s do better.
Clean water, clean kids, clean lobbying.
#PFAS #Oregon #EnvironmentalJustice
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Even the most progressive states are bowing to industry pressure!
Oregon: let’s do better.
Clean water, clean kids, clean lobbying.
#PFAS #Oregon #EnvironmentalJustice
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Newsom vetoes California bill banning cookware with Pfas, ‘forever chemicals’
Governor says bill would cause sudden product shift, sparking debate among chefs, lawmakers and environmentalists
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
California just vetoed a bill that would’ve banned PFAS “forever chemicals.”
Even the most progressive states are bowing to industry pressure!
Oregon: let’s do better.
Clean water, clean kids, clean lobbying.
#PFAS #Oregon #EnvironmentalJustice
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Even the most progressive states are bowing to industry pressure!
Oregon: let’s do better.
Clean water, clean kids, clean lobbying.
#PFAS #Oregon #EnvironmentalJustice
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Have y'all seen this? prospect.org/power/2025-0...
Elon Musk’s Secret Army of Progressive Lobbyists
Why are the people being paid to fix the problems DOGE created also taking money from Musk?
prospect.org
August 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Have y'all seen this? prospect.org/power/2025-0...
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NEW: Why are the people being paid to fix the problems DOGE created also taking money from Musk?
With @fminus.bsky.social, we shed light on the lobbying firms that are working on behalf of entities harmed by DOGE and still representing Tesla at the same time.
Link ⬇️
With @fminus.bsky.social, we shed light on the lobbying firms that are working on behalf of entities harmed by DOGE and still representing Tesla at the same time.
Link ⬇️
July 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
NEW: Why are the people being paid to fix the problems DOGE created also taking money from Musk?
With @fminus.bsky.social, we shed light on the lobbying firms that are working on behalf of entities harmed by DOGE and still representing Tesla at the same time.
Link ⬇️
With @fminus.bsky.social, we shed light on the lobbying firms that are working on behalf of entities harmed by DOGE and still representing Tesla at the same time.
Link ⬇️
Are you a caregiver, parent, or chosen family member navigating the intersections of parenting, politics, and justice? We want to hear from you. Nomiate yourself for the podcast. #ParentingIsPolitical actionnetwork.org/forms/be-our...
April 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Are you a caregiver, parent, or chosen family member navigating the intersections of parenting, politics, and justice? We want to hear from you. Nomiate yourself for the podcast. #ParentingIsPolitical actionnetwork.org/forms/be-our...
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“This notion that universities will be able to hide in the shadows while others are being attacked is an extremely dangerous and cowardly approach."
It's high time universities stand up and fight back.
#defendhighered
It's high time universities stand up and fight back.
#defendhighered
Big Ten university faculties push for defense compact against Trump
The proposed NATO-like alliance for the 18 schools would allow them to share resources in case the president targets one of their members.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“This notion that universities will be able to hide in the shadows while others are being attacked is an extremely dangerous and cowardly approach."
It's high time universities stand up and fight back.
#defendhighered
It's high time universities stand up and fight back.
#defendhighered
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RIGHT NOW:
Researchers, healthcare, and education workers at the University of Washington are staging a die-in to get the point across:
Slashing NIH funding puts critical research & healthcare at risk. To put it simply: Trump’s Cuts Kill.
#KilltheCuts
Researchers, healthcare, and education workers at the University of Washington are staging a die-in to get the point across:
Slashing NIH funding puts critical research & healthcare at risk. To put it simply: Trump’s Cuts Kill.
#KilltheCuts
April 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
RIGHT NOW:
Researchers, healthcare, and education workers at the University of Washington are staging a die-in to get the point across:
Slashing NIH funding puts critical research & healthcare at risk. To put it simply: Trump’s Cuts Kill.
#KilltheCuts
Researchers, healthcare, and education workers at the University of Washington are staging a die-in to get the point across:
Slashing NIH funding puts critical research & healthcare at risk. To put it simply: Trump’s Cuts Kill.
#KilltheCuts