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Jennifer C

@thejenniwren.teamlh.social

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Content Director @demcastusa I taught rhetoric. Now I use it to fight fascism. English Prof-in-protest 1 mission: democracy, justice, inclusion, & equality for all Always Get In Good Trouble

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · Apr 23

Al Gore didn’t hold back: The Trump admin is “attacking the heart of truth,” twisting facts like the Nazis did in the 1930s. From climate denial to rewriting the Ukraine war, it’s all about power—not reality.
Gore warned the U.S. is under siege—and every former leader should speak out like he did.

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 14h

I have no idea what areas of TN-07 have been counted, but it seems worth noting that total Dem votes are nearly identical to total GOP votes so far.

GOP total votes so far: 18,572
Dem total votes so far: 18,014

elections.tn.gov/categories/u...

TN-07

Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 14h

So eloquent and moving Mary. Thank you. ☺️

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Mary Wood @maryrosewood.bsky.social · 1d

We have to carry the flames they lit, even when, especially when, it feels like rain is pouring all around us. Our charge is to guard that light and make sure it is not extinguished in this nightmarish storm. Resist. Keep going. Be the light.

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Mary Wood @maryrosewood.bsky.social · 1d

...the love and honor and quest for justice they wore on their sleeves and emblazoned in their hearts, that is a truth no amount of whitewashing can erase. And if we are to esteem them in the ways they deserve, for the ways they fought and died and survived, we have to remember.

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Mary Wood @maryrosewood.bsky.social · 1d

...trample on their graves. Even if the sycophantic Department of Education is successful in re-writing the past and tearing down the walls between church and state, our collective humanity carries the memory of truth. Our stories, our ancestral stories, the catalogs of our predecessors...

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Mary Wood @maryrosewood.bsky.social · 1d

But his heart would break to see his generation's sacrifices and victories tossed aside for a man who mimics the enemy they bested. Every day we slip farther into darkness, I grow angrier at how we know better than to let a draft-dodging rich boy and his band of mouth-breathing white supremacists...

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Mary Wood @maryrosewood.bsky.social · 1d

As I circled back for another glimpse at that beautiful past, I wondered if my grandfather, who never complained that the sight he lost in France cost him his catching position for the Detroit Tigers, would regret his stepping foot onto Fort Jackson all those decades ago. Of course he wouldn’t.

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Mary Wood @maryrosewood.bsky.social · 1d

It was a remembrance of my grandparents’ home, of love, of hope. I miss them with every beat of my heart, but part of my soul is grateful they aren’t here to see what’s become of a world they helped transform, from WWII to the Civil Rights Movement to the birth of a family they loved into life.

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Mary Wood @maryrosewood.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 While I was out exercising so I don’t drink myself to death as I watch decency dying and democracy dwindling, I caught a hint of an old, familiar scent. But it wasn’t that sweet gardenia bush that overwhelmed my senses and brought tears to my eyes; it was an essence of a time long gone.
#MomSky

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Rae Wall @raewallco.bsky.social · 17h

So proud to be part of this!!

Colorado becomes the first state to set a UPL on prescription medication.

We are fighting to cut the cost of health care for EVERYONE! #ProtectOurCare #DemCast

Governor Jared Polis @colorado.gov · 18h

No one should have to choose between basic needs and life-saving medicine. Colorado just became the first state to cap the cost of a critical drug—an important step toward affordable prescriptions for all.

Colorado Governor Jared Polis speaking among the Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board in the Capitol Rotunda during a presser.

Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, and Lt. Governor Dianne Primavera in the Capitol Rotunda during a presser.

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 20h

We look at news reports out of Chicago and see the principal violence coming from federal officers "

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | No, Trump Can’t Deploy Troops to Wherever He Wants

www.nytimes.com

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DrDinD.bsky.social @drdind.bsky.social · 20h

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@stevevladeck.bsky.social is clear: Trump cannot do whatever he wants with Federal troops in American cities.

"The problem ...is that many Americans don’t believe the president’s claims. We look at pictures and videos out of Portland and we don’t see “war-ravaged” anything. ..

Image of troops outside military vehicles

Caption: Illinois leaders challenge white house over national guard deployment

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lmfaoyoutriedit! @keeptryingit.bsky.social · 1d

My thoughts are with the Jewish community today.

I can only imagine how it feels to simultaneously mourn the atrocities of Oct 7, but to also navigate the rise in antisemitic violence, and especially today's worldwide celebration of that horrible day.

I am with you always.

🩵🩵🩵

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Sheila @sheilagreenfield.bsky.social · 2d

I watched October 7: Bearing Witness to the Massacre tonight. I cried and I was so angry. I wish everyone would watch that documentary and then reflect on what is really going on in the whole conflict. It's not what most people think it is. I saw it on Prime but I think it's on Apple+ too.

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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 1d

Standing for truth in an ocean of bots, AI, and potential confusion. The truthful spoken word is the most impactful and important thing we have right not.
Fully vetted Journalists, comedy writers and more in a sea of blue to unwrap.
And #VoteYesOn50 California!!
Fight fire with fire 🔥

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Mindy Schwartz @mindyanns.bsky.social · 20h

On this two year anniversary of the brutal October attack on Israel, let's see the last 732 days have taken us all.

As a Jew... Remembering October 7, 2023

Two years ago, on October 7, 2023, an attack began when over 4,000 rockets were fired at Israel. Reflections on the past 732 days.

open.substack.com

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Shari in AZ🌵 @mutsy67.bsky.social · 21h

If you dont like getting political phone calls ...

Opt out by returning your ballot immediately!!

You drop off the phone call list!

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strea3m.bsky.social @strea3m.bsky.social · 21h

They’re stealing seats.

We’re leveling the field.

Prop 50 is California’s line of defense against Trump’s election rigging.

CA, ballots started going out in the mail Oct 6; you should have yours or be getting it soon. Vote YES & return it ASAP (latest by Nov 4), help defend democracy
#YesOnProp50

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Dani M. ❌👑 @danielleloveswords.bsky.social · 21h

Hegseth and Trump are “BULLIES and POSEURS” who “want our compliance with our sworn oaths to the constitution to be a thing of the past. Instead they demand loyalty only to them and their orders over our duty to support and defend the constitution.”

www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/2025/10/seni...

Senior active duty MRFF client who attended Hegseth’s meeting at Quantico: “Our U.S. military leadership is now totally rudderless and adrift … our nation’s enemies will revel in our descent into chao...

From: (Senior Active Duty MRFF Client’s e-mail address withheld)Subject: Quantico Virginia Eye WitnessDate: October 5, 2025 at 10:09:35 PM MDTTo: Mikey Weinstein <[email protected]> ...

www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org

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Jamie Carter @jctheresistance.demcast.com · 20h

When Democrats retake the House, one of the FIRST actions needs to be investigating every one of these mother f*ckers that have broken the law.

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 20h

ICE’s raids echo Gestapo tactics—fear at dawn, families torn apart, rights ignored. America should never mirror the terror it once vowed to defeat. Compassion, not cruelty, defines true security.

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Athena Gabriel ❌👑 @athenagabriel.bsky.social · 1d

Trumps shutdown is the Project 2025 plan in action to kill the ACA & cut off funding in a variety of ways to make it unaffordable. That’s what this shutdown is really all about, not “free healthcare for illegal aliens,” that they’re pushing
#Project2025 #ThisIsTrumpsShutDown

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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 1d

78% of Americans, including most MAGA supporters, want to extend ACA tax credits.

But Trump doesn’t care about voters. Only donors. And golf.

#TrumpsHealthCareShutdown

@atrupar.com

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.msnbc.com · 1d

BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker threatens to withdraw from the National Governors Association if the organization doesn't speak out against Trump's use of the National Guard in U.S. cities.

Watch Gov. Pritzker discuss with Rachel Maddow:

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com