Jeff Person

My name is Jeff Person. I’m 🏳️‍🌈, ♿️, and a 🪧. I’m outraged! Help me fight back!RT & Follow me!

On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the brave men and women in uniform who gave their lives for this country that we love. It is a debt we can never fully repay, but we must never stop trying. I’ll always be grateful to our fallen heroes and their families, whose sacrifice reminds us of what it means to live for something greater than ourselves.

On the evening Barack Obama was elected President of the United States, he didn’t rush off to the loud celebrations. Instead, he stayed inside a hotel room in Chicago playing Scrabble with his daughters — Malia Obama and Sasha Obama. A simple moment. But it revealed a great deal about the man who entered history that night. While millions of Americans celebrated his victory, Obama wanted his daughters to remember the evening not as a political spectacle, but as time spent with family. On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama took the oath of office as the 44th President of the United States, placing his hand on the same Bible used by Abraham Lincoln in 1861. For the first time in American history, an African American became president. But Obama’s story was never only about grand speeches and historic ceremonies. During the campaign, he still made time to read Harry Potter to his daughters before bed. As a child growing up between Hawaii and Indonesia, the future president loved comic books and superhero stories. Even his political career began in an unconventional way: in 1996, he won his first seat in the Illinois Senate after a difficult legal battle over the signatures submitted by his opponents. Then came the White House. But even there, Obama refused to abandon simple habits. He personally read letters from ordinary Americans and often replied to them himself — sometimes late at night. He believed a president should hear people directly, not only through statistics and reports. Obama is left-handed — like only a handful of U.S. presidents before him. He wore nearly identical dark suits and the same style of shoes every day so he wouldn’t waste energy on unnecessary decisions. And he had one tradition he never broke: on Election Day, he always played basketball. The only election he had ever lost happened when he skipped it. Michelle Obama once shared that even in the White House, her husband made his own bed every morning — a habit taught to him by his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, whom he lovingly called “Toot.” Even while living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, he never forgot who he had been before becoming president. And perhaps that is why millions of people around the world saw in him not just a politician — but a human being. A man who, amid power, fame, and history-changing decisions, tried to preserve the things that mattered most: family, simplicity, humanity, and a connection to the people for whom all of it was meant to matter.

REPUBLICANS IN DISARRAY

I'm proud to endorse @turek4iowa for U.S. Senate in Iowa. The son of a Vietnam veteran, born with spina bifida, and a two-time Paralympic gold medalist, Josh ran for the Iowa legislature in a seat Trump won twice and won by six votes. He fights for working families, for healthcare, and for public education. Not for the donors. Iowa deserves that in the Senate.

We're ready.

‘Glee’ premiered 17 years ago today.

Cynthia Lummis riding on the back of Jim Justice’s scooter

This Senate passageway, one of the oldest U.S. Capitol spaces, has been restored to its original look and feel. Intricate frescoes are now visible in the arches, each shaded slightly differently to correspond to the amount of light it gets throughout the day. #PreservationMonth

Here’s ANOTHER sitting member of Congress who needs to resign. Not hiding the racism or xenophobia. Just blatant ignorance on display. Thank you, @SalimForVA for your leadership on this bill.

For those who can chip in to help my friends have set up a legal defense fund to help me stand up for my good name. You can use this link if you would like to support it. fnd.us/supportlucas?r…

On May 14, 1998, Frank Sinatra died at the age of 82

Final day of 2008 Democratic National convention where Obama would give his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination

Sen. Tom Harkin in the Storm Lake Times: "Josh Turek has the Iowa values, the Iowa work ethic, the Iowa “can do” spirit, and has won election and re-election to the Iowa House of Representatives in a very challenging area for Democrats." stormlake.com/stories/letter…

Turek building momentum here. And if he wins the June 2 primary, Iowa is absolutely a real race.

Thanks for the support, @PeteButtigieg! Iowa is ready to make history again this year.

Buttigieg, who won the Iowa Democratic caucuses in 2020, is backing state Rep. Josh Turek — a move that shows his willingness to wade into contested primaries ahead of another possible presidential campaign. politico.com/news/2026/05/1…

I am deeply honored to have Pete’s support in this race. His unique ability to connect with Iowans who feel forgotten and left behind is exactly why he won the caucuses in 2020, and it’s that same approach that will help us win Senator Harkin’s seat back.

The racist comments proudly endorsed today by Jen Kiggans warning House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to ‘Get your cotton-picking hands off of Virginia’ are disgusting and beneath any elected official. I grew up in the South. I know what these racist dog whistles mean.

☀️ Today in Utqiagvik (the northernmost city in the United States), the sun rose above the horizon at 2:57 AM and won’t set again for 84 straight days or until August 2nd! Here's a look at a timelapse showing the sunset and sunrise this morning. #akwx

Last month in Virginia, the people made their voices heard at the ballot box and voted for new Congressional maps. Today, the Virginia Supreme Court ignored the will of the people and overturned those democratically chosen maps. This ruling gives a boost to Donald Trump's effort to rig the 2026 elections and the Republicans' long game to attack voting rights. We are rightfully outraged, but we will not give up. We must continue our fight to restore the power of the people.