NJ Knitwit
@njknitwit.bsky.social
Mother, teacher, knitter. I ❤️ public schools and democracy. Feminism benefits everyone. BLM. LGBTQIA+ ally. Here for The Resistance and your pet pics.
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social The 1st amendment exists everywhere, not in zones. So disappointed and disgusted that you used NJSP to support fascists instead of protecting peaceful citizens at Delaney Hall. Do the job we elected you to do! Get a backbone! ICE out of NJ!
May 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
@mikiesherrill.bsky.social The 1st amendment exists everywhere, not in zones. So disappointed and disgusted that you used NJSP to support fascists instead of protecting peaceful citizens at Delaney Hall. Do the job we elected you to do! Get a backbone! ICE out of NJ!
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Stop the Charter School Money Grab. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop the Charter School Money Grab
Charter schools get the same federal funding as public schools. But they are pushing for more-to create a half billion dollar a year slush fund of the federal Charter School Programs. It is not only u...
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April 29, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Stop the Charter School Money Grab. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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real soul of the nation stuff do you want a state made up of masked guys doing murder in the street or civil servants researching cancer at the va
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
real soul of the nation stuff do you want a state made up of masked guys doing murder in the street or civil servants researching cancer at the va
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Any one of us could be detained for hours by ICE despite being a U.S. citizen.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be the next to be brutalized by ICE for speaking out.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
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School vouchers are a scam that further divides children between the haves and have nots, and in so doing, miseducate us all to be more selfish against each other and ignorant about each other.
December 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
School vouchers are a scam that further divides children between the haves and have nots, and in so doing, miseducate us all to be more selfish against each other and ignorant about each other.
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When the Wampanoag first fed the Pilgrims
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
When the Wampanoag first fed the Pilgrims
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
they didn't realize
they'd just invented Socialism
for undocumented refugee immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving.
I have a complicated relationship with the Catholic church, but Popes Leo and Francis give me hope for what we could be.
In a world where Trump punches down, be like Pope Leo and lift people up.
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I have a complicated relationship with the Catholic church, but Popes Leo and Francis give me hope for what we could be.
Did Women Ruin the Workplace? www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
No, but guys like this did.
For real @nytimes.com ?
No, but guys like this did.
For real @nytimes.com ?
Video: Opinion | Did Women Ruin the Workplace?
And can conservative feminism fix it?
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Did Women Ruin the Workplace? www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...
No, but guys like this did.
For real @nytimes.com ?
No, but guys like this did.
For real @nytimes.com ?
Hell yeah!
There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
November 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Hell yeah!
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Tonight should be a good reminder to Senate Democrats they better not cave.
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Tonight should be a good reminder to Senate Democrats they better not cave.
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If you’re ok with vouchers being used for ski trips or piano lessons but not ok with SNAP benefits being used for pizza or cupcakes, it’s not the use of public money you have a problem with.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
November 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you’re ok with vouchers being used for ski trips or piano lessons but not ok with SNAP benefits being used for pizza or cupcakes, it’s not the use of public money you have a problem with.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
It’s that you think wealthy people deserve perks and poor people deserve to be poor.
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New post: Dear NJ Teachers and Their Families: You MUST Not Vote For Jack Ciattarelli jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2025/11/dear... If you do, YOU will feel the damage to your salary, your pension, and your health care. What issue could possibly be more important than that?
Dear NJ Teachers and Their Families: You MUST Not Vote For Jack Ciattarelli
To all NJ public school staff and their families: You must not vote for Jack Ciattarelli. He will do serious, lasting damages to you person...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New post: Dear NJ Teachers and Their Families: You MUST Not Vote For Jack Ciattarelli jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com/2025/11/dear... If you do, YOU will feel the damage to your salary, your pension, and your health care. What issue could possibly be more important than that?
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but:
A vote is not a love letter for the perfect candidate. A vote is a chess move to win a world you want to live in.
A vote is not a love letter for the perfect candidate. A vote is a chess move to win a world you want to live in.
October 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but:
A vote is not a love letter for the perfect candidate. A vote is a chess move to win a world you want to live in.
A vote is not a love letter for the perfect candidate. A vote is a chess move to win a world you want to live in.
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I can't find her on here but Mary Mack from the band Kissing Practice has just pulled my brain into focus like a dolly zoom.
"AI is a thneed"
#TheLorax #AI #LazyBabies
"AI is a thneed"
#TheLorax #AI #LazyBabies
October 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I can't find her on here but Mary Mack from the band Kissing Practice has just pulled my brain into focus like a dolly zoom.
"AI is a thneed"
#TheLorax #AI #LazyBabies
"AI is a thneed"
#TheLorax #AI #LazyBabies
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No Kings protesters in NJ & VA get to take all that energy to the polls now in very important elections in their states 2 weeks from now. Make your voices heard in the streets & at the ballot box. Vote against all Trump allies/enablers & send a message to the rest of them for us.
October 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
No Kings protesters in NJ & VA get to take all that energy to the polls now in very important elections in their states 2 weeks from now. Make your voices heard in the streets & at the ballot box. Vote against all Trump allies/enablers & send a message to the rest of them for us.
Thousands of people who love America at the #NoKings rally in #Princeton this afternoon
October 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Thousands of people who love America at the #NoKings rally in #Princeton this afternoon
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If you’re too afraid to do your job, you should quit your job. If you’re too afraid to report on what’s going on because you’re afraid of MAGA death threats, you should stop being a reporter.
if you’re too afraid to vote against honoring a white nationalist due to death threats, you should resign.
if you’re too afraid to vote against honoring a white nationalist due to death threats, you should resign.
September 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If you’re too afraid to do your job, you should quit your job. If you’re too afraid to report on what’s going on because you’re afraid of MAGA death threats, you should stop being a reporter.
if you’re too afraid to vote against honoring a white nationalist due to death threats, you should resign.
if you’re too afraid to vote against honoring a white nationalist due to death threats, you should resign.
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Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
July 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which is about to get cut.
If Bezos can spend $50M on a wedding, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.
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You guys are doing it again.
Yes, NOAA is important because of the National Weather Service, but that is not all they do and you should stop saying it is.
I wrote this for the Union of Concerned Scientists. Read it and adjust your messaging accordingly. 🧪🦑🌎🐟
blog.ucs.org/science-blog...
Yes, NOAA is important because of the National Weather Service, but that is not all they do and you should stop saying it is.
I wrote this for the Union of Concerned Scientists. Read it and adjust your messaging accordingly. 🧪🦑🌎🐟
blog.ucs.org/science-blog...
Ten Vital Services Provided by NOAA (Beyond the National Weather Service)
Far too much of the media coverage supporting NOAA only mentions one of many things they do: here are 10 more.
blog.ucs.org
June 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You guys are doing it again.
Yes, NOAA is important because of the National Weather Service, but that is not all they do and you should stop saying it is.
I wrote this for the Union of Concerned Scientists. Read it and adjust your messaging accordingly. 🧪🦑🌎🐟
blog.ucs.org/science-blog...
Yes, NOAA is important because of the National Weather Service, but that is not all they do and you should stop saying it is.
I wrote this for the Union of Concerned Scientists. Read it and adjust your messaging accordingly. 🧪🦑🌎🐟
blog.ucs.org/science-blog...
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Rob Sand, Dem candidate running for Governor in Iowa on school choice.
June 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Rob Sand, Dem candidate running for Governor in Iowa on school choice.
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I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
June 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Sound familiar?
Sound familiar?
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If there's a masculinity crisis in America, Ground Zero is the cowardly wusses who work for ICE and HSI, covering their faces with masks, fearful of an 80-year-old congresswoman, and reeking of panic
What are the consequences for a U.S. secret police? My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
What are the consequences for a U.S. secret police? My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Why are ICE agents such cowardly wusses? | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, how the Trump-Leo divide was born in the ‘80s.
www.inquirer.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
If there's a masculinity crisis in America, Ground Zero is the cowardly wusses who work for ICE and HSI, covering their faces with masks, fearful of an 80-year-old congresswoman, and reeking of panic
What are the consequences for a U.S. secret police? My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
What are the consequences for a U.S. secret police? My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...