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Jen Higgins

@galprogressist.bsky.social

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170 Followers  |  287 Following  |  69 Posts  |  Joined: 16.11.2024  |  1.7246

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Tell lawmakers to protect voting rights & reject SAVE 2.0! Every person in America deserves a voice and representation in our democracy - but President Trump & his allies in Congress are working to silence our voices with the SAVE America Act & the Make Elect...

All of us deserve a voice in our democracy - but President Trump & his allies in Congress are working to silence our voices with the SAVE America Act & the Make Elections Great Again Act. Tell your lawmaker to protect our right to vote! actionnetwork.org/letters/save... @aft.org

11.02.2026 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tell lawmakers to protect voting rights & reject SAVE 2.0! Every person in America deserves a voice and representation in our democracy - but President Trump & his allies in Congress are working to silence our voices with the SAVE America Act & the Make Elect...

All of us deserve a voice in our democracy - but President Trump & his allies in Congress are working to silence our voices with the SAVE America Act & the Make Elections Great Again Act. Tell your lawmaker to protect our right to vote! actionnetwork.org/letters/save... @aft.org

11.02.2026 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress

Americans are smart people. We understand what rights the Constitution affords us.

11.02.2026 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

New Jersey secures deal protecting more than $1 billion in federal education funding
wrnjradio.com/new-jersey-s...

10.02.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NJ college students protest Homeland Security, ICE activity | Video | NJ Spotlight News Student organizers held events at Rowan, Princeton and Rutgers

www.njspotlightnews.org/video/nj-col...

06.02.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People have power through:
1. Education
2. Collective Bargaining/Unions
3. Politics/voting

Apathy and fear are the viruses that kill democracies.

07.02.2026 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump constantly dumps on Biden… Let’s look at something they both care about: Manufacturing . Trump has lost hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs during his first year in office. President Biden created 790,000 manufacturing jobs.

The numbers don’t lie.

06.02.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7
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AFT President Weingarten Urges New Target CEO to Demand ICE Out of Minnesota The AFT, whose members participate in pension funds with Target shares, warns Target CEO that Company’s Silence on ICE Operations in Minneapolis Jeopardizes Its Brand and Creates Shareholder RiskMinne...

Our members are not only workers & consumers, they're long-term Target investors. Our urgent request to Target's new CEO Michael Fiddelke is that he call for ICE to leave Minnesota now, warning that the company’s silence jeopardizes its brand & our members’ investments. www.aft.org/news/aft-pre...

02.02.2026 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 306    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 6
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What's most amazing about this is the fact that the WSJ needed a β€œstudy” to figure it out.

01.02.2026 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 20547    πŸ” 4487    πŸ’¬ 1251    πŸ“Œ 464
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

01.02.2026 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 35233    πŸ” 17470    πŸ’¬ 2311    πŸ“Œ 2262
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Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers

If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck then it is a duck. #Fascist #Antisemetic Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s Jewish Faith on Call With Lawyers

01.02.2026 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HUGE TEXAS UNION WIN: @iamunion.bsky.social leader Taylor Rehmet was just elected to the Texas Senate! This win kicks off a wave of union candidates across the state.

While parties are trying to reconnect with the working class, we’re running union members up and down the ballot β€” and winning. ✊

01.02.2026 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 299    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 4

This is a really big deal: a union leader wins in Texas.. and beats a billionaire backed candidate who led anti public school culture wars…. .h/t @zephcapo.bsky.social

01.02.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1325    πŸ” 345    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 19

If you believe in American democracy, this is a very good time to stand up for the free press

30.01.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 6757    πŸ” 1382    πŸ’¬ 131    πŸ“Œ 40

Sherrill is now ahead of the game on this because she’s already considering how to preserve evidence.

30.01.2026 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 119    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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N.J. governor wants residents to record ICE agents, upload videos to new state database β€œIf you see an ICE agent in the street, get your phone out," New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill said as the state plans to launch an online portal.

Thank you Governor @mikiesherrill.bsky.social for supporting NJ residents documenting the civil rights violations perpetrated
by ICE agents. @aft.org @aftnewjersey.bsky.social @rweingarten.bsky.social

30.01.2026 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Voter suppression in progress.

29.01.2026 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly right, and therefore important not to give credit for an investigation of an obvious atrocity. Appropriate responses are apologies, resignations, firings, impeachments. The individuals who killed people should be tried before a judge and jury.

27.01.2026 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2825    πŸ” 967    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 12
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Opinion | How Much Can One Man Make From Being President? The president took an oath to serve the American people. Instead, he’s focused his second term on enriching himself and his family.

"The Trumps are pocketing $28 million from Amazon for a documentary about Melania Trump." Hope it was worth it #Amazon #JeffBezos

27.01.2026 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œHistory permits us to be responsible: not for everything, but for something...
History gives us the company of those who have done and suffered more than we have.”
- Timothy Snyder

#RadioFreeAmerica

27.01.2026 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Shot him in the back:
It was an execution caused by the lawless criminal in the Oval Office, and carried out by his lawless gang of domestic terrorists.

25.01.2026 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 337    πŸ” 196    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 12
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Trump has even lost Rasmussen now

25.01.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2405    πŸ” 524    πŸ’¬ 63    πŸ“Œ 81

If we don't stand up now, history will only repeat itself.

25.01.2026 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All regime mouthpieces who have lied about the murder of VA nurse Alex Pretti must resign immediately. All DHS officials and agents involved must be prosecuted.

24.01.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 22967    πŸ” 6615    πŸ’¬ 676    πŸ“Œ 204

I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:

β€œICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.

This isn’t about immigrationβ€”Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”

24.01.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 17677    πŸ” 4969    πŸ’¬ 665    πŸ“Œ 228

Alex’s parents:

25.01.2026 01:07 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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AFT’s Weingarten Responds to Shooting of Second Protester in Minnesota WASHINGTONβ€”AFT President Randi Weingarten issued the following statement after federal agents shot and killed a second Minnesotan:β€œI was in Minnesota yesterday, joining tens of thousands of people gat...

This administration's statements belie what we can see with our own eyes.The federal govt's actions todayβ€”both the killing and the cover-upβ€”are a disgrace. Since the president will not, we must call on Congress to act to create accountability 4 this federal malfeasance.
www.aft.org/press-releas...

25.01.2026 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 7

Fascists always lie.

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How Blowing A Whistle Is An Act Of Nonviolent Resistance - Maria J. Stephan
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert How Blowing A Whistle Is An Act Of Nonviolent Resistance - Maria J. Stephan

Powerful conversation with Dr. Maria J. Stephan on @colbertlateshow.bsky.social about how ordinary people can push back against government overreach through disciplined, nonviolent actionβ€”and why what’s happening in Minnesota matters right now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Mg...

24.01.2026 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

Fascists always lie.

24.01.2026 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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