🇵🇸 Justpepper ❌️👑🇺🇸
@justpepper.bsky.social
(They/them/y'all)
🌱Behavioral ecologist and 📚 educator. #Arkansas. CPTSD/neuro🌶. 🏳️🌈/NB. #Exvangelical and #ChurchAbuseSurvivors. Decolonizing. Knowledge gremlin (I read a lot of news). Justice KBJ fan. Bloom where you are planted. ✊️
🌱Behavioral ecologist and 📚 educator. #Arkansas. CPTSD/neuro🌶. 🏳️🌈/NB. #Exvangelical and #ChurchAbuseSurvivors. Decolonizing. Knowledge gremlin (I read a lot of news). Justice KBJ fan. Bloom where you are planted. ✊️
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U.S. Senate Republicans announced Tuesday they will hold a vote on their own health care proposal later this week to counter a Democratic bill that would extend enhanced tax credits for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans for three more years.
US Senate GOP rolls out health care plan that fails to extend premium subsidies | Arkansas Advocate
U.S. Senate Republicans announced Tuesday they will hold a vote on their own health care proposal later this week to counter a Democratic bill that would extend enhanced tax credits for Affordable…
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December 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
U.S. Senate Republicans announced Tuesday they will hold a vote on their own health care proposal later this week to counter a Democratic bill that would extend enhanced tax credits for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans for three more years.
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A Northeast Arkansas hospital system will expand a program for pregnant patients on Medicaid a year after launching it, according to a Monday news release from St. Bernards Medical Center.
Jonesboro health system will expand Medicaid services for high-risk pregnancies in Paragould | Arkansas Advocate
The program for low-income women with high-risk pregnancies aims to meet not only their medical needs but also their “health-related social needs” such as food security and housing, according to a…
arkansasadvocate.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A Northeast Arkansas hospital system will expand a program for pregnant patients on Medicaid a year after launching it, according to a Monday news release from St. Bernards Medical Center.
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“I didn’t expect so many people would be so risk-averse.”
We asked activists from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Activists from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
“I didn’t expect so many people would be so risk-averse.”
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Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
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This is going to be a lawsuit to watch. www.npr.org/2025/12/08/n...
ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats'
The app lets people anonymously share the locations of immigration agents but Apple removed it from its app store under pressure from the Trump administration. Now, the app's developer is suing.
www.npr.org
December 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
This is going to be a lawsuit to watch. www.npr.org/2025/12/08/n...
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Yup.
Teaching is a two-way street. Student and teacher. It’s a process. It’s personal. A conversation of sorts.
Believing this isn’t “romantic.”
It’s true.
It’s good teaching.
Period.
Teaching is a two-way street. Student and teacher. It’s a process. It’s personal. A conversation of sorts.
Believing this isn’t “romantic.”
It’s true.
It’s good teaching.
Period.
YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Yup.
Teaching is a two-way street. Student and teacher. It’s a process. It’s personal. A conversation of sorts.
Believing this isn’t “romantic.”
It’s true.
It’s good teaching.
Period.
Teaching is a two-way street. Student and teacher. It’s a process. It’s personal. A conversation of sorts.
Believing this isn’t “romantic.”
It’s true.
It’s good teaching.
Period.
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🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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They sure do love lying.
ICE(ERO) just told me it has no body camera footage from operation midway blitz in Chicago in response to my FOIA request.
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
They sure do love lying.
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It's less than a month until the special primary in Senate District 26. Let's take a look at the candidates and where they stand on various issues like, say, a 3,000-bed mega prison.
Handicapping the upcoming special election in Senate District 26 - Arkansas Times
With less than a month until the January 6 special primary, this seems like a good time to recap how we got to this point and take a look at the six people who currently aspire to the seat.
arktimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
It's less than a month until the special primary in Senate District 26. Let's take a look at the candidates and where they stand on various issues like, say, a 3,000-bed mega prison.
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Trump has finally revealed his plan to bail out the farmers amidst deteriorating economic conditions. But longstanding challenges remain.
Trump announces $12 billion bailout for farmers, but long-term woes remain - Arkansas Times
The Arkansas farm economy needs far more than a fraction of a $11 billion bailout to thrive.
arktimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump has finally revealed his plan to bail out the farmers amidst deteriorating economic conditions. But longstanding challenges remain.
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The Georgia developer who financed the renovation of a former veterans’ hospital into luxury apartments is taking on another Little Rock redevelopment project. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
Georgia developer responsible for VA hospital renovation launches another Little Rock project - Arkansas Times
The Georgia developer who financed the renovation of a former veterans’ hospital into luxury apartments is hoping to do the same to the old AT&T building in downtown Little Rock.
arktimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Georgia developer who financed the renovation of a former veterans’ hospital into luxury apartments is taking on another Little Rock redevelopment project. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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NEW: "Striking baristas are not merely up against the executives of a coffee store behemoth, but a broader constellation of corporate power fully networked into Starbucks’s top leadership."
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
Why Walmart Wants to See the Starbucks Barista Strike Fail
Corporations far beyond Starbucks want to keep baristas out of unions.
truthout.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
NEW: "Striking baristas are not merely up against the executives of a coffee store behemoth, but a broader constellation of corporate power fully networked into Starbucks’s top leadership."
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
On the corporate interlocks + alliances at the heights of SBUX's management + governance.
For @truthout.org.
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For outgoing SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw, Trump’s deregulation of Wall Street feels a little too similar to the runup to the Great Depression.
Inside her parting warning about crypto, transparency rollbacks and an understaffed SEC.
Inside her parting warning about crypto, transparency rollbacks and an understaffed SEC.
‘I Worry People Are Going to Get Hurt in the Short Term’
Outgoing SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw lets loose in a new interview.
www.politico.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
For outgoing SEC Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw, Trump’s deregulation of Wall Street feels a little too similar to the runup to the Great Depression.
Inside her parting warning about crypto, transparency rollbacks and an understaffed SEC.
Inside her parting warning about crypto, transparency rollbacks and an understaffed SEC.
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I'm looking to speak with people who receive their health care through the ACA marketplace and are worried about their premiums rising next year, for a story for @theintercept.com please email me at [email protected]
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm looking to speak with people who receive their health care through the ACA marketplace and are worried about their premiums rising next year, for a story for @theintercept.com please email me at [email protected]
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CINCINNATI: “ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges for for alleged assault, strangulation”
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
CINCINNATI: “ICE agent arrested on domestic violence charges for for alleged assault, strangulation”
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
www.wlwt.com/article/ice-...
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Jimmy Fallon: And does it taste good? I bet it's great.
CEO of Company That Made Lemonade That Kills You: I don't know Jimmy, it kills you when you drink it, so I haven't, you know, I haven't had it. Yet!
Jimmy Fallon: That's amazing, that's amazing. We have some if - if the audience wants to try?
CEO of Company That Made Lemonade That Kills You: I don't know Jimmy, it kills you when you drink it, so I haven't, you know, I haven't had it. Yet!
Jimmy Fallon: That's amazing, that's amazing. We have some if - if the audience wants to try?
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Jimmy Fallon: And does it taste good? I bet it's great.
CEO of Company That Made Lemonade That Kills You: I don't know Jimmy, it kills you when you drink it, so I haven't, you know, I haven't had it. Yet!
Jimmy Fallon: That's amazing, that's amazing. We have some if - if the audience wants to try?
CEO of Company That Made Lemonade That Kills You: I don't know Jimmy, it kills you when you drink it, so I haven't, you know, I haven't had it. Yet!
Jimmy Fallon: That's amazing, that's amazing. We have some if - if the audience wants to try?
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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LRSD tracks enrollment trends as it gets to work on next year's budget. The district has fewer students and fewer campuses than in years past, but it also has fewer revenue sources.
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Little Rock School District crafts calendars and budgets for 2026-27 - Arkansas Times
The Little Rock School Board has a few things on their plates as 2025 winds down, including setting calendar dates and launching the budget planning process for the 2026-27 academic year.
arktimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
LRSD tracks enrollment trends as it gets to work on next year's budget. The district has fewer students and fewer campuses than in years past, but it also has fewer revenue sources.
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Overrated: sitting on Santa’s lap. Underrated: getting buzzed on eggnog samples at a local museum, perusing the pottery and portraits in the “Collecting Arkansas Made” exhibit, then strolling the grounds with warm pecans in hand.
Get your nog on at Historic Arkansas Museum's 21st Ever Nog-off on Friday - Arkansas Times
Overrated: sitting on Santa’s lap. Underrated: getting buzzed on eggnog samples at a local museum, perusing the pottery and portraits in the “Collecting Arkansas Made” exhibit, then strolling the grou...
arktimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Overrated: sitting on Santa’s lap. Underrated: getting buzzed on eggnog samples at a local museum, perusing the pottery and portraits in the “Collecting Arkansas Made” exhibit, then strolling the grounds with warm pecans in hand.
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Gov. Sarah Sanders and state Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary Shea Lewis have signed an MOU with the U.S. Forest Service to begin redesignating Blanchard Springs Cavern as Arkansas's 53rd state park.
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Arkansas’s Blanchard Springs Caverns set to become state park - Arkansas Times
Blanchard Springs Caverns is in the process of becoming the state's 53rd state park, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Monday.
arktimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Gov. Sarah Sanders and state Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary Shea Lewis have signed an MOU with the U.S. Forest Service to begin redesignating Blanchard Springs Cavern as Arkansas's 53rd state park.
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🚨 MAJOR WIN: A federal judge has ruled that Ghislaine Maxwell's grand jury records can be unsealed.
We're one step closer to delivering justice for the survivors. Pam Bondi and the DOJ must comply with the law and turn these files over to our Committee IMMEDIATELY.
We're one step closer to delivering justice for the survivors. Pam Bondi and the DOJ must comply with the law and turn these files over to our Committee IMMEDIATELY.
December 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🚨 MAJOR WIN: A federal judge has ruled that Ghislaine Maxwell's grand jury records can be unsealed.
We're one step closer to delivering justice for the survivors. Pam Bondi and the DOJ must comply with the law and turn these files over to our Committee IMMEDIATELY.
We're one step closer to delivering justice for the survivors. Pam Bondi and the DOJ must comply with the law and turn these files over to our Committee IMMEDIATELY.
The journey isn't over, but such a huge win for her. 🥳
My writeup of yesterday's Özturk decision for @cambridgeday.com
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/12/09/t...
Özturk's SEVIS database record is ordered restored in a preliminary injunction, so she can teach classes and do research for her graduate degree again, 8 months after her initial arrest by ICE.
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/12/09/t...
Özturk's SEVIS database record is ordered restored in a preliminary injunction, so she can teach classes and do research for her graduate degree again, 8 months after her initial arrest by ICE.
Tufts student taken by ICE is free to teach - Cambridge Day
Federal judge issues preliminary injunction ordering government to restore Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk's right to teach and work.
www.cambridgeday.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The journey isn't over, but such a huge win for her. 🥳
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Rep. Crockett officially filed paperwork to run for Senate in TX!
She is the people’s champ; she’s pragmatic, a strategic thinker that has raised the national profile of the Democratic Party and is able to fill the coiffures. She is tough, brilliant and honest. She is uniquely built for this! 🫶🏽🇺🇸
She is the people’s champ; she’s pragmatic, a strategic thinker that has raised the national profile of the Democratic Party and is able to fill the coiffures. She is tough, brilliant and honest. She is uniquely built for this! 🫶🏽🇺🇸
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Rep. Crockett officially filed paperwork to run for Senate in TX!
She is the people’s champ; she’s pragmatic, a strategic thinker that has raised the national profile of the Democratic Party and is able to fill the coiffures. She is tough, brilliant and honest. She is uniquely built for this! 🫶🏽🇺🇸
She is the people’s champ; she’s pragmatic, a strategic thinker that has raised the national profile of the Democratic Party and is able to fill the coiffures. She is tough, brilliant and honest. She is uniquely built for this! 🫶🏽🇺🇸
Time to GTFO of Meta.
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on.
This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices...
This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices...
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Time to GTFO of Meta.