I really appreciate the work that @heyjohnrussell.bsky.social and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social are doing to reach poor white voters in red states. I’ve always thought that getting Bernie Sanders in front of Trump voters would be fruitful and it was. 👏👏👏 (Longer mini-doc is on YouTube.)

Flash flooding has killed at least six people, including a 3-year-old, in West Virginia. In the middle of it all people are stepping up to help one another. With the state's capacity limited, and Trump making severe cuts to FEMA, neighbors are helping neighbors. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRvb...

If you're able to help the folks on the front lines helping one another recover from these latest floods, here's a mutual aid link: secure.actblue.com/donate/ohio-....

Love seeing @heyjohnrussell.bsky.social and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social go to my hometown of Parkersburg and actually talk to people there instead of just making assumptions about hem from afar. youtu.be/KuZBd9Bd6Fk?...

Trump’s FBI arrested a judge. Steve Bannon is selling fascism in camo cosplay calling it populism. And the Democratic Party’s big plan? Take out David Hogg for being mildly effective. A new substack about the latest episode of What the Hell is Going on in America? 🧵

✨ my new YR book ‘Fight to Win! Heroes of American Labor’ comes out in one week! ✨ if you’re a parent, educator, librarian, or someone else who has kids in their life, and you want to teach them about labor and working class history, this book is for you: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Fight-...

And it's also nuts that the national news coverage of what has happened to West Virginia, which is similar to what happened to Puerto Rico back in the first Trump presidency, is being left to @moreperfectunion.bsky.social and @heyjohnrussell.bsky.social: youtu.be/gRvbdidqAhs

Four years ago this week, I was in West Blocton, Alabama with a group of striking coal miners’ wives, talking about how their husbands’ brutal working conditions impact their families. @therealnews.com let me do a whole mini-documentary on their story: therealnews.com/dont-mess-wi...

NEWS: West Virginia coal miner Harry Wiley, who is suffering from the early stages of black lung disease, is suing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over the admin’s misguided and harmful gutting of the NIOSH facility in Morgantown, WV westvirginiawatch.com/2025/04/23/j...

34,000 people showed up in Denver to see Bernie and AOC. It was Bernie’s biggest rally ever—until LA topped it a few days later. But the size isn’t the story. It’s who’s showing up — and what we do with this moment. 🧵

This moment, with all its immense difficulties, presents an opening to build a massive coalition and take down oligarchy. It’s an opportunity we can’t afford to pass up. My latest: www.jphilll.com/p/this-is-a-....

The markets opened in free fall. Find each other.

My guts after housing a whole bag of dragon sweet chili Takis

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

Geriatric Justice League

"What are we supposed to do, we don't control Congress" "What are we supposed to do, we don't have a supermajority" "What are we supposed to do, our supermajority has moderate democrats"

New episode of the @jessandjohnpod.bsky.social with @kaburbank.bsky.social and @heyjohnrussell.bsky.social is up!

In case you missed it, @kaburbank.bsky.social and John Russell started a pod and had a recent episode where they talked about Elon Musk, facism in America (past and present), and how to organize moving forward

Follow on substack: Catch the episode here: youtu.be/sNDS2P-K3Xs

Hello

And read Jess's full report on @dropsitenews.com here: www.dropsitenews.com/p/why-we-sho...

Full convo here: open.substack.com/pub/jessjohn...

"We do have some pretty damning emails and text messages that show the security breaches happened," @kaburbank.bsky.social on why we should audit the 2024 election (and every election)

Subscribe to our substack so you don't miss any Jess & John pod: jessjohnpod.substack.com

Watch John's latest work with @moreperfectunion.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI66...

"What if the same rich people that lied to you about why you were gonna fight a war are now lying about Haitian migrants," @heyjohnrussell.bsky.social

Gerry Connolly says his failed motion to subpoena Elon Musk actually "achieved our goal" because it "changed the tenor" of the hearing

Germany's Left Party has a new goal of cutting the wealth of billionaires in half within a decade. Ultimately, they "believe there should not be any billionaires." They aim to implement a wealth tax and raise inheritance and income taxes on the rich. www.dw.com/en/germanys-...

Hey y’all, if you enjoy talking about nature, art, West Virginia/Appalachia, music, old horror movies, books, screenprinting, and how we’re all being crushed by the ruling class, then we’ll probably hit it off! Andddd here’s a sampling of my illustration work