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Jessica Kant

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Researcher, therapist, heavily caffeinated. Frequently described as a bit of a handful. 🖤 (She/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ jessk.org/blog

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · Mar 22

The upshot of the breathtaking speed of our descent is there's no illusion that if we concede a little now, we save anything down the road. The second we caved on trans care and immigration, we caved on abortion, gay marriage, social security, and vaccines. No caving thus far has slowed us one bit.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2h

Not under a regime that has criminalized such information. The court very clearly distinguishes between these two things

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2h

One thing I don’t see here but is essential to highlight is how bound this case is to Bates and several other cases attempting to obtain cert before the court that would allow foster parents to “convert” gay and trans kids under their care. If this succeeds and Bates is granted cert, it will win.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2h

Great explainer in Vox today showing why it’s critical for the right to dismantle any and all regulation of medicine to advance their ultimate agenda, and why this SCOTUS case jeopardizes both public health and LGBTQ protections as a whole.

www.vox.com/politics/463...

This Supreme Court is often sloppy when it hands down decisions that pit the religious right against LGBTQ Americans. So there is a serious risk the justices will hand down a decision that sweeps far beyond conversion therapy. If they interpret the First Amendment to bar any specific restrictions on what professionals can tell their clients, then states could lose the power to prevent doctors from giving dangerous advice to their patients.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2h

Have you seen what time it is??

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2h

Update: the freedom of speech shall sometimes be abridged, apparently

The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 5h

No protest from 6am to 9am in the Broadview free speech zone.

Just here with a handful of press waiting to see if we can catch the Texas National Guard arriving in Broadview tonight.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 6h

This is getting wild.

The states of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and 14 others have just asked for permission to file THEIR amicus brief in IL v. Trump.

The States of Iowa, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina and 14 additional States
respectfully move for leave to submit the attached amicus curiae brief in support of Defendants
and their opposition to Plaintiffs’ requested temporary restraining order and preliminary
injunction. Proposed amici are States with a vested interest in federalism, the relationship between
States and the federal government, and deploying the National Guard. We also each have a vital
interest in supporting the President and Congress in enacting and enforcing valid immigration
laws. Every State has a responsibility to protect our citizens.
The federalization of States’ National Guard units is a matter of profound public
importance, as it directly implicates the delicate balance of power between state and federal
governments—a true cornerstone of Federalism. States generally maintain authority over their
National Guard units, allowing governors to deploy them for state-specific needs, such as disaster
response or public safety. Federalization of state National Guard units without gubernatorial

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

It was the reddit part that gave it away for me, because yeah otherwise this is a whole pantheon

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

a man without a shirt is wearing a brown hat

Alt: Indiana jones

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

Loads. sometimes they can even keep the lights on and once a year they’re able to pay the staff as a treat

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

Oh im aware of the discourse I just didn’t expect it. Also no one has EVER accused me of not being online enough

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

You can watch it starting at an hour and three minutes in if you’re so inclined

youtu.be/Cf6Em35gguU?...

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 6h

I wasn’t prepared for most of today’s WH “round table” but I was *most* not prepared for the allegation that there is a secret cabal of homelessness and housing nonprofits who fund leftist “muscle”

Closed captioning: embedded contestion with the
homeless, housing nonprofit

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 13h

Today's newsletter: www.readtpa.com/p/how-the-su...

How the Supreme Court Uses "Free Speech" to Dismantle LGBTQ Protections

In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court's conservative majority is poised to strike down conversion therapy bans by redefining harmful medical practices as protected speech.

www.readtpa.com

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 17h

It’s also wild the way people are like “sure he’s unelectable but he’s willing to make memes so that’s what matters”

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 17h

The primary thing jeopardizing the vote right now is Newsom acting increasingly like his only job is to appeal to Joe Rogan

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Yes it’s.. revelatory

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

She is

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

If I genuinely believed this I would never see another client again

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 1d

Reading the circuit court opinion in Chiles v Salazar and just couldn’t get past this statement where she asserts that the skill required to facilitate her sessions is roughly on par with that of an undergrad who has taken an intro to psychology course.

word games, attempting to regulate speech by
speech by
improperly relabeling it as conduct" (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)). She likewise
"contests the conflation of her speech with 'medical treatment." Opening Br. at 23 n.4. In her view, "[t]he conversations she has with clients are 'not medical at all' but are 'a client-directed conversation consisting entirely of speech." Opening Br. at 23 n.4 (quoting Otto v. City of Boca Raton, Fla., 981 F.3d 854, 866 n.3 (11th Cir. 2020)). Ms. Chiles compares the professional counseling services she provides to conversations a "sophomore psychology major" could have with a fellow student, which "[njo one" would

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label as medical treatment or professional conduct." Opening Br. at 23 n.4. These arguments are wholly unpersuasive.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

Literally never

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

Journalism needs a new style guide for these times. As a start: if the basic material facts of the situation don’t align whatsoever with the official claim, you don’t have to repeat that claim. You are not mandated to cover the lies meant to obscure the facts, only the facts themselves.

Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: rioters attacked ICE
Truth: ICE rushed at unarmed protesters standing on a patch of grass

Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 2d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

Go on and ask what happens if you protest outside of designated, officially approved free speech times

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 2d

File this under that unique brand of cooperation framed as opposition that’s been so in vogue among elected officials this year.

broadview-il.gov/media/33thwv...

WHEREAS, DHS and ICE's reportedly poor treatment of those processed at the BPF has,
predictably, sparked protests; and
WHEREAS, due to the recent escalation of violence by ICE at the BPF, including, but not limited to, needlessly deploying tear gas, pepper spray, mace, and rubber bullets at individuals and reporters, thereby injuring Village residents, Village police officers, and Village firefighters (as well as damaging Village property in the process), I find that it is in the best interests of the Village and its residents to temporarily place time restrictions on protests at the BPF in order to protect the Village's well-being;
NOW, THEREFORE, by the powers vested in me as the President of the Village of Broadview, and pursuant to Title 1, Chapter 5 of the Village of Broadview Code of Ordinances ("the "Village Code") and any other approved ordinances or laws of the Village of Broadview and the State of Illinois, I hereby order the following:
SECTION 1: Effective immediately this 6' day of October, 2025, the Village is setting the hours that people can protest or gather at the ICE Processing Facility located at 1930 Beach Street, Broadview, Illinois and the designated protest area of 2000 South 25th Avenue, Broadview
Illinois as 9:00 am to 6:00 pm CST; however, said order may be rescinded should I deem the restriction no longer necessary in order to protect the health, welfare, and safety of the residents of the Village.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 2d

ICE is using your tax dollars to target children.

A child in my district was deported days before the start of the school year.

We are demanding answers on why K-12 students are being arrested and whether the Department of Education is fulfilling their obligations to students in custody.

Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Espaillat, and Goldman lead a letter demanding transparency on ICE detention of school-aged children.

Letter signed by Representatives Ocasio-Cortez, Espaillat, Goldman, Clarke, Latimer, Meeks, Meng, Nadler, Tonko, Torres, and Velázquez.

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