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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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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h

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 · 10h

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 · 5h

Indoctrination and the Dems packed up and left long ago.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

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

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 5h

Like I said…we are all going to find out

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

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 · 9h

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 · 8h

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 · 10h

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

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10h

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

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10h

Saaaaaame.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10h

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 · 10h

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 · 10h

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 · 1d

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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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Deb Farmer @thewarriorwoman.bsky.social · 14h

Portland police need to protect its citizens, not unlawful federal agents trying to intimidate and detain our neighbors.

Kristi Noem Levels Ominous Threat At Portland Mayor

The homeland security secretary told Fox News that Keith Wilson is "going to have blood on his hands."

www.huffpost.com

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13h

Yes, but in the grand scheme of things, federal funding only provides about 10% of a school‘s budget. High stakes testing resides in every state legislature.

Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13h

No. Most standardized testing is at the state level for state funding.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 13h

We told anyone who would listen that boiling learning down to a multiple-choice question assessment at the end of each year would lead to teaching to the test. That teachers would feel forced to teach test-taking strategies rather than teaching life strategies

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Silencing Mockingbirds

Reading is resistance

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Trump calls for Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker to be imprisoned

Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16h

😂

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

When people are hired, not for their honesty or competency, but for their ability to be snarling trolls on TV for the delight of their immature and unpleasant boss, you get an AG like Pamela Jo Bondi.

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