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Jessica Cortez

@jaerae144.bsky.social

Photog. Writer. Macrame Artist. In my 30s I lobbied Members of Congress with coalitions for #artsed and human rights. Worked in Public Affairs for 8 years. Current supporter of INARA and San Diego Humane Society.

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Newsom: "I fear that we will not have an election in 2028 -- I really mean that in the core of my soul -- unless we wake up to the code red, what's happening in this country, and we wake up soberly to how serious this moment is."

24.09.2025 04:47 β€” πŸ‘ 26000    πŸ” 8044    πŸ’¬ 891    πŸ“Œ 574

Seriously. Hard NO.

24.09.2025 05:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is the rapture still happening

23.09.2025 05:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
OHOUR &
@OHOUR1_
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Erika Kirk has filed a 40 Million dollar lawsuit against ABC
7:39 PM β€’ 9/17/25 β€’ 84K Views

OHOUR & @OHOUR1_ X.com Erika Kirk has filed a 40 Million dollar lawsuit against ABC 7:39 PM β€’ 9/17/25 β€’ 84K Views

This is false and being spread widely by QAnon aligned accounts.

Many of the posts are widely shared.

Erika Kirk has not filed any lawsuits against ABC/Disney.

18.09.2025 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 302    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 0

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

18.07.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 73916    πŸ” 18910    πŸ’¬ 1483    πŸ“Œ 835

Suggestion: A strike of musicians, writers, hosts, actors, lighting, electricians--everyone, shutting down all TV studios, until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.

This is the kind of action we need, instead of sitting around just waiting to be gutted.

18.09.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7062    πŸ” 1754    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 129
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Before he was a Senator, a candidate for President, and our greatest champion in the fight against oligarchy, Bernie Sanders was the four-term Mayor of Burlington, VT.

I sat down with Bernie in Astoria to talk about the lessons he learnedβ€”and the work ahead.

17.09.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 13388    πŸ” 2801    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 191

What time?

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NEWS: A person is in custody after allegedly firing a gunshot at the home of Democratic state Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, a state lawmaker in Illinois. There are no reported injuries.

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Nick Fuentes, who started his broadcast tonight with over 200,000 live viewers, is offering his condolences for Charlie Kirk’s murder while still acknowledging that Charlie was an β€œadversary” and a β€œfoe.”

12.09.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 428    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 30    πŸ“Œ 14

The shooter is still missing.
Where is he?
Why is Trump at a public event as if there’s not a killer on the loose?

11.09.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone should be anti fascist.

11.09.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
J6 crowd

J6 crowd

If we’re going to talk about political violence, let’s talk about where it started.

11.09.2025 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3476    πŸ” 1218    πŸ’¬ 99    πŸ“Œ 65
Headline and lede from Time magazine (did not make the magazine cover) with a generic headshot of Minnesota House speaker Melissa Hortman that reads 

Minnesota Lawmaker Melissa Hortman Killed, FBI Hunt Suspect
Jun 15, 2025 β€” Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed by an individual impersonating a police officer.
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Hortman was assassinated by a far right extremist along with her husband and dog. The man had a long list of Democrats he planned to kill, and was caught after shooting Minnesota Democrat John Hoffman and his wife Yvette who thankfully survived

Headline and lede from Time magazine (did not make the magazine cover) with a generic headshot of Minnesota House speaker Melissa Hortman that reads Minnesota Lawmaker Melissa Hortman Killed, FBI Hunt Suspect Jun 15, 2025 β€” Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed by an individual impersonating a police officer. -- Hortman was assassinated by a far right extremist along with her husband and dog. The man had a long list of Democrats he planned to kill, and was caught after shooting Minnesota Democrat John Hoffman and his wife Yvette who thankfully survived

Headline from time with a photo of Charlie Kirk at the event where he was murdered, smiling and waving at the crowd. The preview time has shared indicates that this will be the cover story of the next magazine. 

The headline reads

The Killing of Charlie Kirk and the Political Violence Haunting America

Headline from time with a photo of Charlie Kirk at the event where he was murdered, smiling and waving at the crowd. The preview time has shared indicates that this will be the cover story of the next magazine. The headline reads The Killing of Charlie Kirk and the Political Violence Haunting America

The asymmetrical media response to political violence in America is, in itself, one of the most important contributing factors to how we arrived at this place of escalating political violence.

11.09.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3002    πŸ” 977    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 21
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This was just last month and we have already memoryholed it. A cop killed by an antivaxxer.

11.09.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 23173    πŸ” 6162    πŸ’¬ 338    πŸ“Œ 109

MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR

MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence

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Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."

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Mark Kelly: "Elections have consequences and that's okay. But we gotta be really careful with how we speak about our political opponents. When things get out of hand, it's up to us to just take a step back and think, what are the consequences of what we say?"

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I’d think what you’d want during a highly volatile, politically polarized time marked by violence is a president who can appeal to our common values and humanity and inspire calm and unity, rather than promising revenge.

If you cared about the collective well-being of the country, that is

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Multiple shot at Colorado high school after student gunman opens fire Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said a gunman opened fire just after noon local time atΒ Evergreen High School, located 28 miles southwest of Denver.

Multiple shot at Colorado high school after student gunman opens fire on classmates mol.im/a/15085999 via dailym.ai/android

10.09.2025 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We go to battle everyday and kids die because of it.

10.09.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s a gunman loose in Utah. Can we please get more coverage? Dear Jesus.

10.09.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

CNN is reporting that the suspect who shot Charlie Kirk did so from a university building 200 yards away.

If true, that means he was farther away than the Trump assassin in Pennsylvania and farther away than Lee Harvey Oswald was when he shot Kennedy.

10.09.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1081    πŸ” 176    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 42

Again, political violence has no place in this country.

I probably don’t agree with Charlie Kirk on a damn thing, but that doesn’t matter - he’s a husband and a father.

This is despicable and can’t become our new normal.

10.09.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7021    πŸ” 1046    πŸ’¬ 765    πŸ“Œ 102

Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.

Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.

Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.

It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.

10.09.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9173    πŸ” 1757    πŸ’¬ 514    πŸ“Œ 137

🚨 BREAKING: Charlie Kirk has been shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University. This heinous and vile attack is a stain on our democracy. Violence must NEVER be the answer to political disagreementsβ€”our strength is in ideas, not bloodshed.

10.09.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8915    πŸ” 1755    πŸ’¬ 1852    πŸ“Œ 262
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Tommy Fleetwood celebrates

24.08.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

I love cam young and happy he’s going to win

03.08.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œso… how was space?”
β€”justin trudeau on a date with katy perry

29.07.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

katy perry going from josh groban to russel brand to orlando bloom to justin trudeau is an insane roster

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