Melissa Jo Peltier
Veteran film/TV/media maker; NYT bestselling author; storyteller; dog mom. Direct descendant John Alden & Priscilla Mullins 1620. My American ancestors were defending democracy since 1776. 🇺🇸 🇮🇪 & #Ally 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
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- Every small victory is a double shot of 100% proof hopium.
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- Reposted by Melissa Jo PeltierActivists showed up to fight for Medicaid. You can add to the pressure mounting on vulnerable GOP reps. 📱 202-224-3121 and tell you Rep. #NoMedicaidCuts‼️ Remind them that if they vote for cuts, you’ll vote them out!
- Reposted by Melissa Jo PeltierNEWS: Thanks to courageous West Virginia coal miner Harry Wiley and his brilliant attorney, Sam Petsonk, over 100 NIOSH workers in Morgantown, WV just got their jobs back and the crucial Coal Workers Surveillance Program will be restored. They took on RFK and the Trump admin—and won. Story soon.
- Reposted by Melissa Jo PeltierWith tonight's two big Dem showings in a pair of specials, the *average* Dem overperformance across 21 races this year has now ticked up to 12.0 points (it was 11.6 before tonight). In 2017-18, it was 10.6 for the full cycle.
- Several elections on tap tonight: • Omaha Mayor: Dem John Ewing up 54-46 in early vote. Would be a flip. • OK #SD08: GOP wins but another big Dem overperformance—around 20 pts • MA #HDEssex06: Dem win, double-digit Dem overperformance Special elections Big Board -->
- Couldn’t get through to #NY17 Mike Lawler’s office - no surprise, as he’s clearly not interested in our voices on @BlueSky.social, I’ll call again tomorrow & copy this on Twitter. But here is the email I sent this am. Please, EVERYONE even with a tone-deaf GOP rep, make your voices heard. 1/
- This is the America I grew up to believe in. We’re still out there.
- “Easily assimilated” means “as White & as racist as the current administration.”
