Jessica

(she/her) Dimension 20 obsessed! Critter, ASOIAF fan, and manga lover . ~If you are reading this, you are wonderful~ Politics: To the left, to the left🎼

[Peter Sterne @petersterne]

NYT reports that WFP, MoveOn and Indivisible are behind Van Hollen and threatening to primary any Senate Dems up for reelection next year who continue backing Schumer: https://t.co/dXEcckY7ob

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

Senator Van Hollen: “We shouldn't take any AIPAC money at the DSCC.”

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

In this election, Americans called on us to unrig an economy rigged against working people & fueled by political corruption.

To deliver, we need new leadership. This isn't about any one person – it’s about answering that call.

That's why I’m running for Senate Majority Leader.

[Jessica @PinkWhalePJs]

@AP I’m starting to believe!

[Julian Andreone @JulianAndreone]

Democrats fail to call for a recorded vote and GOP passes its bill that cuts veteran disability benefits and forces veterans to pay more to use VA home loan benefits … on Veterans Day

This is the type of thing that would ideally be paid attention to and handled by party leadership. In this case, that would be Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Whip Katherine Clark.

This is less than 24 hours after they failed to whip members on a vote to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, which failed by a 210-204 vote margin with 11 absent Dem members.

[Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI]

“I was stuck in traffic after attending an event for an AIPAC front group so I couldn’t (accidentally, and in good faith) vote to impeach the person prosecuting the war AIPAC enthusiastically supports” ok if you say so

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🗳️ A Change (dot) org petition to make Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) speaker instead of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has passed 6,300 signatures Tuesday night just moments after Saikat Chakrabarti, former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, shared it on X.

“Ayanna is an incredible leader," Chakrabarti wrote. "She would be incredibly effective in this role." Political streamer Hasan Piker has also amplified the petition and called for her to be Speaker on his livestream. Pressley has not publicly commented on the petition thus far.

A member of the progressive "Squad," Pressley co-sponsored Rep. Rashida Tlaib's 2025 resolution "recognizing the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza." In July, she was among 103 House Democrats who voted to cut $3 billion in military aid to Israel. Jeffries voted no, calling the measure "overly broad."

After last week's landslide, Pressley told Democrats: "Please don't tell me about a majority—SHOW me what a majority can do."

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

It has never been more clear that Dems need new leadership. This is unacceptable

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

More question dodging and wishy washy responses. We have to do SO much better

[charles r. davis @charizardavis]

some of the embarrassing failures of hakeem jeffries this last year alone.

1) multiple war powers resolutions that failed by one or two democrats not voting or flipping
2) mgp and golden voting for gop house rules
3) couldn't whip votes to impeach hegseth

is this leadership?

[barbarism critic @barbarismcrit]

Can’t even whip a fucking vote lmao. Fire Jeffries.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

California governor commutes death sentences for all 548 people on death row https://t.co/flUokd6oPj

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

Sign this petition if you want a new speaker of the house.

https://t.co/G88VLySjsQ

[something in the light 🦭 ︎ @isilanorien]

Democrats theoretically now hold enough trifectas to ratify the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact and effectively abolish the Electoral College

[Nathan J Robinson @NathanJRobinson]

DSA now more popular than both the Democratic and Republican party

[Rep. Pramila Jayapal @RepJayapal]

This is good news and an important step!

Arresting people at immigration courthouses turns legal proceedings into traps — and makes people following the rules and trying to do everything right scared to show up for required hearings.

[Name @Dontskylertalk]

Democrats should refuse to sit the Florida house members if the FL supreme court doesnt overturn the illegal map.

[Jamesetta Williams 💕 @jamesetta_w]

What Clyburn is saying here is actually very important. The court found a way to rule that a 75% white district (higher than SC’s total non Hispanic white pop.) is legal if you call it a political gerrymander, but a 40 or 45% Black district is an illegal racial gerrymander.

[westerosies @westerosies]

‘GAME OF THRONES: THE MAD KING’ Stage Play will premiere in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre this summer!

Synopsis: Taking place over a decade before the events of Game of Thrones, this powerful drama reveals a legendary chapter of Westerosi history. Audiences will come face to face with familiar characters from the houses Targaryen, Stark, Lannister, Baratheon and Martell and witness the events that set the stage for the world’s most critically acclaimed series.

The play follows the infamous Tourney at Harrenhal, an event that set off the chain of events that led to Robert’s Rebellion.

A prequel to George R.R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire,’ adapted by Duncan Macmillan and directed by Dominic Cooke.

(source: https://t.co/JikSidf4eo)

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

As of today, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.

Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX