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“Always in the middle of a good fight.” she/her. Advocacy/philanthropy/politics. Runs on Dunks. Progressive feminist; reader; mom.

Newburyport, MA
Joined May 2010
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Corruption and its impact on people’s lives is resonant because it’s real. And people like @Tiffany_Muller and @StopBigMoney have been taking it on for years. This is how we win elections because it’s how we fix the broken system.
For the midterms, I think corruption/self-dealing is issue 1b behind cost of living as 1a. It's not just that people feel things are unaffordable for themselves, they think those in power are helping rich friends get richer. From our latest "America in Focus" focus group...
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BREAKING: Dan Koh can finally unpack the taped up U-Haul boxes he’s been dragging from district to district for past 10 years. And it only cost our AI overlords $600K. #mapoli #MA06
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1) Ryan never reached out to me for comment, which is a journalistic choice. 2) if he had, I would have asked why he’s more interested in my sources of income than Abdul El-Sayed’s, the actual candidate in this race who hasn’t filed his personal financial disclosure.
SCOOP: @caitleg has been "terminated" from the Haley Stevens campaign after my inquiry to them about her dual role as a consultant for Palantir. Statement from the Stevens campaign to Drop Site:
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Today, we celebrate the spirit that has driven America for 250 years: courage, curiosity, and the determination to reach beyond every frontier. Here's to those who built our past and those who will carry us to the next horizon over the next 250 years. Happy Fourth of July!
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Exclusive: More than 100 former NASA astronauts are launching a nonpartisan nonprofit that will advocate for constitutional limits and bringing back civic responsibility on.wsj.com/4u028sP
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Jen Bluestein retweeted
4 people are in there with hopes, dreams, risk and the unknown. It makes me breathless, knowing how they're feeling and what they're facing. So exciting to see what we're capable of when we work together in common purpose, deciding to push back the edges of our collective ignorance. Have a great voyage, crew of @NASAArtemis!
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Jen Bluestein retweeted
The Artemis II astronauts, now suited up for launch, are headed to the launch pad. The crew includes NASA astronauts @Astro_Reid, @AstroVicGlover, and @Astro_Christina, and @CSA_ASC astronaut @Astro_Jeremy.
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Nothing but gratitude for the men and women of this great nation. It is time to fly.
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Name calling from a draft dodger doesn't bother me. What bothers me is a clueless commander in chief who took our country to war without a strategy because no one around him has the guts to tell him when he's wrong.
Trump: "Mark Kelly is not a smart man. He's terrible. What he said is terrible about leadership. Leadership. Follow him. You follow him into a grave. He's terrible. He's a pathetic guy. But they're pathetic."
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Renee was one of my students years ago. I held her baby. She was kind and talented, a working class mom who put herself through school despite circumstances that would’ve crumpled the pathetic rich boy politicians who sadistically abetted her murder God damn them all
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Jen Bluestein retweeted
PRIVATE GESTAPO
"The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension has just revealed that federal officials have 'reversed course,' and the investigation into the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent will be conducted by the FBI without assistance from the BCA." startribune.com/ice-raids-mi…
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Jen Bluestein retweeted
I'm a former defense attorney and currently a civil liberties attorney with no political dog in this fight. I watched the video at least 10 times from different angles and at different speeds and waited to offer an opinion, which I still reserve the right to change if additional information changes the calculus. It is very clear that the officers instigated the confrontation. The woman initially tried to wave them past her. ICE officers have no authority to search a US citizen or arrest her (unless there's probable cause to believe she's harboring undocumented individuals, not a contention here). A woman surrounded by masked, armed men who have no law enforcement authority over her has every right to try to escape. Video shows her steering wheel is turned to the right, clearly an attempt to leave WITHOUT hitting anyone and steer clear of the officer standing towards the front of her car. That officer had time to step to the side, which is where he was when he shot her. Even a real police officer would not have the right to shoot at her for trying to flee. This is well-established in the case law; deadly force may not be used simply to prevent someone from getting away. Given that the ICE officers had no law enforcement authority to begin with, AND the video footage shows she was trying to escape a perceived threat, not to kill anyone, the crime is all the more inexcusable. I'm praying for the victim's family, especially her children. I'm also praying for all the conservatives who are so unprincipled and lost they're excusing this terrible crime, and gloating over a death that will leave three young children motherless, because of the victim's politics.
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Jen Bluestein retweeted
This is just an execution by this ICE officer
A witness shared this video with me showing an ICE officer shooting a driver in an SUV in south Minneapolis. DHS says the woman is dead.
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Jen Bluestein retweeted
To all of the MAGA Republicans and ICE defenders who are claiming that this woman in Minneapolis, Minnesota, tried to run ICE officers over with her car before they shot and killed her, here is the actual video. As you can clearly see, there are three ICE officers to the side of her car, and she slowly pulls away as they shoot her in the face. This is Trump‘s America.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey to ICE: “Get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”
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Over twenty-five years in the U.S. Navy, thirty-nine combat missions, and four missions to space, I risked my life for this country and to defend our Constitution – including the First Amendment rights of every American to speak out. I never expected that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Defense would attack me for doing exactly that. My rank and retirement are things that I earned through my service and sacrifice for this country. I got shot at. I missed holidays and birthdays. I commanded a space shuttle mission while my wife Gabby recovered from a gunshot wound to the head– all while proudly wearing the American flag on my shoulder. Generations of servicemembers have made these same patriotic sacrifices for this country, earning the respect, appreciation, and rank they deserve. Pete Hegseth wants to send the message to every single retired servicemember that if they say something he or Donald Trump doesn’t like, they will come after them the same way. It’s outrageous and it is wrong. There is nothing more un-American than that. If Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified Secretary of Defense in our country’s history, thinks he can intimidate me with a censure or threats to demote me or prosecute me, he still doesn’t get it. I will fight this with everything I’ve got — not for myself, but to send a message back that Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump don’t get to decide what Americans in this country get to say about their government.
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Jen Bluestein retweeted
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) could ride this horse right into the White House, courtesy of Trump’s unquenchable thirst for retribution. Pentagon moves to punish senator for anti-Trump video - POLITICO politico.com/news/2026/01/05…
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Powerful words from the Mayor of Minneapolis “And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.” Action, not talk. Absolutely heartbreaking.
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This bill could have passed in the middle of the night. By speaking this long, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries guarantees that this bill will be voted on in broad daylight.
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Lawmakers were assassinated and wounded by a right-wing, religious extremist pretending to be a police officer and yet this story has completely faded from the national media.
Melissa, Mark, and their Golden Retriever Gilbert will lie in state on Friday, June 27 from 12-5pm. The Capitol will be open for members of the public to pay their respects. A private funeral for Melissa and Mark will be held on Saturday, June 28 at 10:30am.
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