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Somehow if feels like someone finally cut through the miasma we’ve been living under. Like @booker.senate.gov may have snapped us out of the daze we’ve been in since November & brought us back to reality. Maybe that’s overly optimistic, but I choose to hope this is a beginning & act accordingly.

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The anti-vax movement did this. www.kait8.com/2025/02/26/f...

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We will absolutely get through this moment in our history and make better days come after. It will be hard and painful; it will get worse before it gets better; but this country will get through it and come out stronger and better so long as we persist.

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This pains me to see. We fought so hard to protect this wonderful right our state constitution guarantees us in 2020. Now Republicans in this state are stripping that right away to protect their power.

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This is also part of why conservation-even for the creatures we find unpleasant-is important.

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Tonight it was my great honor to be elected chairman of the Democratic Party of Craighead County. We’ve got a lot of work ahead of us, and we are facing dire, unprecedented times in America, but make no mistake-we will get through this and we will turn things around for the better.

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Donald Trump’s policies are already hurting our community here in Jonesboro. www.kait8.com/2025/01/28/a...

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The Buffalo River is one of our greatest treasures in Arkansas. Republicans in the legislature want to prevent the state from protecting it & let big hog farms flood it with pig crap. You can use this link to email the state senators on the committee: buffaloriveralliance.org/SB84?fbclid=...

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I hope that this law is upheld. Victims of child abuse who can’t stand up to their abusers as children, who may take years of working through the pain inflicted on them before they can face what was done, deserve this chance to hold those that hurt them accountable. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

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What he said. Keep fighting. Keep working. Rest as need be then get back in there. Win whatever we can because it matters.

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Police officers have every reason to be angry. Trump pardoning people that assaulted cops is a spit in the face. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

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This. And Democrats need to stop having knee jerk reactions when people note that. We’ve got to do better.

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Pardoned a man who beat a police officer with a flag pole on his first day…Shameful and horrific. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

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This, to my mind, is the campaign model Democrats ought to emulate going forward. And Gallego should seriously consider being a presidential candidate in 2028. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gallego...

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The lack of transparency & accountability from vouchers is going to make a mess in Arkansas like it has in other states, all with lots of public funds. Kids that get shortchanged on their education because of a scam are ultimately going to be the ones hurt the most. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

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Instead of building a new prison, expanding jails, and doubling down on what isn’t working, let’s reduce recidivism by helping folks get back on their feet and stop overcrowding our jails by treating poverty, mental illness, and addiction like crimes. arkansasadvocate.com/2025/01/08/a...

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Just a thought but maybe using social media sites like these as our go to sources of information is a bad idea?

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This is ridiculous.

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What the Arkansas legislature is prioritizing:

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Arkansas’s tax code is regressive-regular folks, probably including yourself and your family, pay more than rich people and big businesses. Governor Sanders and the Republican led legislature are making that problem worse. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

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Anne Telnaes, Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post, has resigned. The paper censored a cartoon that criticized billionaires. Democracy dies in broad daylight, too. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

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The vouchers in the LEARNS Act are going to break the state’s budget. Most of them will go to wealthy families already paying for private schools and that will be at the expense of our public schools and the education of most kids in Arkansas. At some point, they’ll have to be repealed.

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One more way our state is at the bottom. One more thing we need to be prioritizing instead of wasting money on private school vouchers and tax giveaways to the rich and big business.

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I’m damn near evangelistic about the need for Democrats to utilize the teachings of @georgelakoff.bsky.social It’s a good way to start the new year off right.

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Most disinformation and propaganda strategies are based on a "kernel" of truth. That's what makes them dangerous and effective. We don't need to praise malicious sources like RFK Jr. for their "kernels." Instead, we must point out how they distort facts to create lies.

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Exactly. Certain kinds of Democrats believe it is strategic to deal earnestly with these men and meet them “halfway.” They lose by accepting the frame. And since there is no political “middle ground,” it has gotten us to a point where Democratic leaders are now pandering to madmen for progress.

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Donald Trump was for sale, and Elon Musk bought him and thus the presidency. We have to end this kind of corruption in our politics. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u...

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Governor Sanders runs the state with indifference to our communities and blatant dishonesty. Our state deserves so much better than what we’re getting from her.

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Arguably one of Jimmy Carter's greatest achievement is bringing the world to the brink of eradicating the Guinea Worm. From 3.5m cases a year in the 80s to less than 15 the last few years. It's an astounding public health achievement.

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Jimmy Carter showed us what goodness and humanity were. As his light leaves this world, let’s take the torches he lit for us and follow his example in how we do for our fellow man. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

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This feels a lot like the tail end of 2004 did. It wont be long before Republicans realize Trump’s a lame duck already and start jockeying for 2028 as well. youtu.be/964lAFHTzvU?...

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Merry Christmas!

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The most salient part of the Gaetz report is that Trump wanted him as AG.

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Gov Sanders is looking to go after the Freedom of Information Act again. More government secrecy, more corruption and abuse of power on the way. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

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A shutdown is going to do everything from cut off pay to active duty soldiers to nutritional benefits for poor kids. It’s their Christmas present from Donald Trump, Republicans, and their owner, Elon Musk.

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Gov Sanders, Sen Boozman etc had been rightly calling for Congress to support our farmers. Are they going to stand up to Trump and his owner, Elon Musk, now that Musk has told him to kill it with this shutdown threat? Or are they going to betray Arkansas with silence & obedience?

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Elon Musk wanted to control the US government. So he bought Donald Trump.

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The Freedom of Information Act matters. That’s why Sarah Sanders and Arkansas Republicans cut it and will likely try to do so again. They want to govern in the shadows without public accountability. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...

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