Jess Newman

Jess Newman

@jessnewman.bsky.social

Native Michigander | Political & Policy Strategist | Lawyer The power lies with us to build a better world 🌹

604 Followers 701 Following 208 Posts Joined Jul 2023
2 months ago

Hello! My name is Chris Gilmer-Hill. I’m proud to be a lifelong Detroiter, democratic socialist, environmental justice champion, and union member, and I’m excited to announce my candidacy for State House here in district 8, covering parts of Detroit, Ferndale, & Pleasant Ridge!

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Next year is huge for DSA’s electoral work, and we need National Electoral Commission leadership that is committed to mass politics and grounded in real organizing to win BIG for socialism 🌹

Vote Groundwork for NEC Steering to build the party, elect socialist cadre, and win at all levels! 🪴

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3 months ago

trump (after zohran mamdani charms him for 5 minutes): “we’re looking very strongly at implementing socialism, many people are saying it. they love redistribution of wealth and you’re hearing it more and more. there’s a term, they call it, a centrally planned economy. it’s an old fashioned term”

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6 months ago
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“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.”

- Fred Hampton

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6 months ago
Squirrel

This guy is going to be married to the richest woman in the world

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6 months ago
Denzel McCampbell, a DSA-endorsed candidate running for Detroit City Council, District 7 won his primary on August 5th, 2025. McCambell is pictured wearing a sharp dark blue suit and tie and grinning.

DSA endorsee Denzel McCampbell won his primary for Detroit City Council! 🎊

“Do you want a city government that works for developers and the wealthiest Detroiters? Or do we need working class elected representatives who understand us and will fight for us?” 😤

electoral.dsausa.org?p=1251

Stats 👇👇👇

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6 months ago
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Why I Joined the DSA From Albany insider to card-carrying socialist, former Cuomo aide, whistleblower reflects on her political journey

Former NY State Deputy Secretary for Economic Development and Housing @lindseyboylan.bsky.social writes about her decision to join @socialists.nyc: indypendent.org/2025/08/why-...

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7 months ago

There definitely are but I was mostly referring to the bygone days of the Tim caucus

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7 months ago

You should honestly come back. We need the good tims again

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7 months ago
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Mariah Carey wearing a "Protect The Dolls" jacket while performing at Brighton Pride

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7 months ago
The board chair (Houskamp) was overheard promising to spike this vote if there aren't substantial changes and told Wszolek to keep working on his hail Mary plan. Photo of three old white men huddling to chat in an office. State Canvasser Richard Houskamp meeting with representatives from the Heritage Foundation about the Invest in MI Kids Ballot initiative

Breaking news from the other site regarding #investinmikids
Why are they so afraid? 😏

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7 months ago

When do we get group dms

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7 months ago
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STEWART: “I feel like I’m watching something so self-evidently inhumane and horrific and to be told I have to shut up because I risk the Jewish state by speaking out? I would say the opposite — they’re putting the likelihood of a surviving Jewish state much more at risk.”

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7 months ago
same dog starred

Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) as Pink
Poodle
• The 'Burbs (1989) as Queenie
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991) as Precious
• Batman Returns (1992) as Ratty Poodle

John Cazale mid-70's type run

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7 months ago

This is the kind of gap between rank and file voters and the party establishment that will likely cause some real havoc and disruption in the party's politics and primaries. In a different way, it's what gave rise to Trump in GOP.

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7 months ago

Wealthy CEOs want to hide how much they make. The SEC hosted a roundtable laying the groundwork to do their bidding. They call it 'simplification.' We call it hiding the truth about corporate greed.

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Last weekend, we joined @socialists.nyc volunteer appreciation day to celebrate the thousands of members—old and new—who knocked on doors, made phone calls, and organized day after day for our victory in the primary.

Onward to November and beyond.

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7 months ago
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A Scion of Democratic Politics Defeats the Upstarts in an Arizona Primary

The left-most candidate – who was endorsed by AOC, Bernie and the Working Families Party – won the congressional primary, and the NYT is spinning it as a loss for Mamdani’s politics. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/u...

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8 months ago

why are we doing age verification? we're all 38

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8 months ago

In the midst of a multi million dollar smear campaign against a Dsa candidate, blanket condemnation of the org that he & thousands of others are inextricably part of does not allow for recognition of work my comrades have put in to build this org under incrdible hostility bsky.app/profile/dems...

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8 months ago

My reaction to painting the whole organization, that thousands of black and brown comrades have worked hard to build into the type of org that can propel Zohran to victory, as awful. I fully agree there’s a huge problem with toxic racists in Dsa, per my 2nd tweet. not close to the majority.

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8 months ago

Thank you for this thoughtful engagement

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8 months ago

There are awful people that claim to be part of DSA just as there are awful people who claim any affiliation. The barrier to entry for DSA is filling out an online form. Socialism beats fascism & DSA is the largest org doing the work.

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8 months ago

The organization that molded the candidacy & platform for the very candidate you’re supporting is “awful”? The political organization that numbers over 10k members across the city & is the infrastructure for his campaign is “awful”? If mamdani & his campaign are the path forward, so is DSA.

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I truly hope left & prog candidates can ride the Zohran wave and boot centrists from the party, & it is also imperative that we beat the drum that a healthy DSA chapter was an essential ingredient in forming who Zohran is & is inextricable at every level from his campaign’s success t.co/GftxUKQ4Rq

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8 months ago

I miss you toooooo

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8 months ago

Technically she’s my neighboring congresswoman but I don’t recognize the woman claiming to be my rep, so…

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8 months ago

That’s my Congresswoman 🥲🥲

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8 months ago

people come up with all kinds of fanciful math to justify billionaires' wealth but imo present political moment demonstrates conclusively that we need to tax billionaires at whatever rate will keep them focused on their own fucking business rather than our Medicaid and pediatric cancer research

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