Lela Chism
@theleelurship.bsky.social
Working-Class Champion. Progressive Firebrand. Housing is a Human Right. Workers Over Billionaires.
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August 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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Follow the Money: French Hill Banked $180K From Crypto Before Selling Us the CLARITY Act
#FrenchHill #CryptoWatch #ArkansasPolitics
#FrenchHill #CryptoWatch #ArkansasPolitics
French Hill’s CLARITY: Banking on your next bailout
In 1999, Congress repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, the Depression-era safeguard that had kept commercial banking separate from speculative finance for over 60 years. What followed was predictable: a d...
www.bentoncourier.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Follow the Money: French Hill Banked $180K From Crypto Before Selling Us the CLARITY Act
#FrenchHill #CryptoWatch #ArkansasPolitics
#FrenchHill #CryptoWatch #ArkansasPolitics
192 journalists have been killed in Gaza so far. 5 were killed when Israel BOMBED Nasser hospital TODAY. Striking once & then doubling back to get rescuers assisting after the first strike. Called a double tap & frequently done in Gaza. One journalist was a freelancer for the Associated Press.
August 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
192 journalists have been killed in Gaza so far. 5 were killed when Israel BOMBED Nasser hospital TODAY. Striking once & then doubling back to get rescuers assisting after the first strike. Called a double tap & frequently done in Gaza. One journalist was a freelancer for the Associated Press.
August 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I support a permanent ceasefire because every bomb that falls lands on someone’s home, school, or child. And I oppose Arkansas’s decision to tie our public funds to a government that blocks food, bombs civilians, and calls it security.
#FreePalestine #Gaza
#FreePalestine #Gaza
OPINION: Bonds for bombs, not bread
In Gaza, mothers are boiling weeds to feed their children. Refugee camps are rubble, hospitals are destroyed, and more than 61,000 people — many of them children — are dead.
www.bentoncourier.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I support a permanent ceasefire because every bomb that falls lands on someone’s home, school, or child. And I oppose Arkansas’s decision to tie our public funds to a government that blocks food, bombs civilians, and calls it security.
#FreePalestine #Gaza
#FreePalestine #Gaza
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Thousands of machinists who build fighter jets and munitions at Boeing’s defense hub went on strike at midnight Monday for the first time since the mid-1990s.
Boeing defense union goes on strike
Boeing defense union announces strike after machinists in Missouri and Illinois voted to reject the latest contract offer.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Thousands of machinists who build fighter jets and munitions at Boeing’s defense hub went on strike at midnight Monday for the first time since the mid-1990s.
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We have a dangerously weak labor market and Trump fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and accuse them of manipulating the recent jobs report data. They're talking about the 70s all over again - stagflation.
August 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
We have a dangerously weak labor market and Trump fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and accuse them of manipulating the recent jobs report data. They're talking about the 70s all over again - stagflation.
Latest OP-ED
"The U.S. has never been some tidy Anglo experiment. It’s stolen land, built by enslaved Africans, expanded by Chinese railroad workers, grown by Mexican farm laborers, and staffed every day by underpaid immigrants who get treated like intruders while holding up entire industries."
"The U.S. has never been some tidy Anglo experiment. It’s stolen land, built by enslaved Africans, expanded by Chinese railroad workers, grown by Mexican farm laborers, and staffed every day by underpaid immigrants who get treated like intruders while holding up entire industries."
OPINION: Welcome to Benton: Where you can eat a taco, just don’t fly the flag
Nothing says “freedom” quite like a racist billboard in a Walmart parking lot.
www.bentoncourier.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Latest OP-ED
"The U.S. has never been some tidy Anglo experiment. It’s stolen land, built by enslaved Africans, expanded by Chinese railroad workers, grown by Mexican farm laborers, and staffed every day by underpaid immigrants who get treated like intruders while holding up entire industries."
"The U.S. has never been some tidy Anglo experiment. It’s stolen land, built by enslaved Africans, expanded by Chinese railroad workers, grown by Mexican farm laborers, and staffed every day by underpaid immigrants who get treated like intruders while holding up entire industries."
Remember how repealing Glass-Steagall in the ’90s helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis? Well, Rep. French Hill is trying to top that with his so-called “CLARITY” Act. that guts SEC oversight, hands crypto regulation to the underpowered CFTC, and sets the stage for the next financial meltdown.
July 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Remember how repealing Glass-Steagall in the ’90s helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis? Well, Rep. French Hill is trying to top that with his so-called “CLARITY” Act. that guts SEC oversight, hands crypto regulation to the underpowered CFTC, and sets the stage for the next financial meltdown.
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I saw this on the street today. It's at a store named Vino. Shop there! vinosite.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I saw this on the street today. It's at a store named Vino. Shop there! vinosite.com
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This ain’t about abortion, it’s about punishing folks who can’t afford private care and women who dare to demand control over their own bodies.
Shutting down clinics means more undiagnosed cancer, more untreated STIs, and more folks left out here with nowhere to turn.
Shutting down clinics means more undiagnosed cancer, more untreated STIs, and more folks left out here with nowhere to turn.
thehill.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This ain’t about abortion, it’s about punishing folks who can’t afford private care and women who dare to demand control over their own bodies.
Shutting down clinics means more undiagnosed cancer, more untreated STIs, and more folks left out here with nowhere to turn.
Shutting down clinics means more undiagnosed cancer, more untreated STIs, and more folks left out here with nowhere to turn.
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If ICE has so much money, “why do they need the military?…My speculation is because it plays better on TV.”
Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges
"The use of military courts to hear civilian cases is the essential component of martial law."
www.motherjones.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If ICE has so much money, “why do they need the military?…My speculation is because it plays better on TV.”
Group of Microsoft shareholders is demanding a report of the company's complicity in the genocide happening in Palestine 🇵🇸
Microsoft shareholders demand report into the company's 'human rights due diligence' over allegations of war crime complicity in Gaza
A group of more than 60 Microsoft shareholders has filed a proposal that will be voted on at the company's next Annual General Meeting.
www.pcgamer.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Group of Microsoft shareholders is demanding a report of the company's complicity in the genocide happening in Palestine 🇵🇸
Only in Arkansas do we celebrate a 70% bump in Medicaid pay for maternity care after six rural delivery wards have already closed. Pregnant people are driving an hour for a checkup in a mobile van, because hospitals can’t stay open on the pennies we pay.
Future uncertain for mobile clinics that fill gaps for SW Arkansas moms | Arkansas Advocate
The program is expected to end next year, but the director said she hopes to receive an extension because she plans to have excess funds.
arkansasadvocate.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Only in Arkansas do we celebrate a 70% bump in Medicaid pay for maternity care after six rural delivery wards have already closed. Pregnant people are driving an hour for a checkup in a mobile van, because hospitals can’t stay open on the pennies we pay.
Latest Op-Ed in the Saline Courier:
Bootstraps don’t work when they’re tied around your neck.
www.bentoncourier.com/news/opinion...
#southernpolitics #progressivesouth #arnews #apolitics
Bootstraps don’t work when they’re tied around your neck.
www.bentoncourier.com/news/opinion...
#southernpolitics #progressivesouth #arnews #apolitics
OPINION: You must be this poor to qualify: The War on the Working Class
Let’s not sugarcoat it: Congress just voted to rob working people blind and funnel even more power and wealth to the billionaire class that already treats this country like their
www.bentoncourier.com
July 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Latest Op-Ed in the Saline Courier:
Bootstraps don’t work when they’re tied around your neck.
www.bentoncourier.com/news/opinion...
#southernpolitics #progressivesouth #arnews #apolitics
Bootstraps don’t work when they’re tied around your neck.
www.bentoncourier.com/news/opinion...
#southernpolitics #progressivesouth #arnews #apolitics
Just a reminder: DOGE gutted NOAA — fired scientists, closed forecasting offices, and cut vital tools. After the Texas floods, Republicans blame the National Weather Service for “not warning” and “being wrong.” The same agency they defunded.
They broke it — now blame it for the mess.
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They broke it — now blame it for the mess.
1/3
July 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Just a reminder: DOGE gutted NOAA — fired scientists, closed forecasting offices, and cut vital tools. After the Texas floods, Republicans blame the National Weather Service for “not warning” and “being wrong.” The same agency they defunded.
They broke it — now blame it for the mess.
1/3
They broke it — now blame it for the mess.
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#ARPolitics #grassroots
#ARPolitics #grassroots
OPINION: Why direct democracy in Arkansas is worth saving
Last summer, I spent countless hours collecting signatures across Arkansas for six statewide ballot initiatives — everything from expanding medical marijuana and removing the sales tax on period produ...
www.bentoncourier.com
June 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you'd like to sign up to volunteer, donate toward printing, or stay updated on signing locations, check out www.saveardemocracy.org
#ARPolitics #grassroots
#ARPolitics #grassroots
June 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
May 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This has always been the GOP's strategy:
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.
2) Explode the deficit.
3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.
4) Repeat.
They're trying to get away with it again.
New op-ed in the Saline Courier:
While French Hill plays PR games with ribbon cuttings and gas stations, Arkansans are still waiting for a real town hall. Buc-ee’s ain’t policy, and photo ops aren’t public service.
#ArkansasPolitics #ARPX #ARNews #FrenchHill #ProgressiveSouth #SouthernPolitics
While French Hill plays PR games with ribbon cuttings and gas stations, Arkansans are still waiting for a real town hall. Buc-ee’s ain’t policy, and photo ops aren’t public service.
#ArkansasPolitics #ARPX #ARNews #FrenchHill #ProgressiveSouth #SouthernPolitics
Opinion: Buc-ee’s, bankers, and more: French Hill’s greatest hits tour
Congressional recess is typically a time for representatives to return home and reconnect with the people they serve. Unless, of course, you’re French Hill—who seems to think “public service” means
www.bentoncourier.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
New op-ed in the Saline Courier:
While French Hill plays PR games with ribbon cuttings and gas stations, Arkansans are still waiting for a real town hall. Buc-ee’s ain’t policy, and photo ops aren’t public service.
#ArkansasPolitics #ARPX #ARNews #FrenchHill #ProgressiveSouth #SouthernPolitics
While French Hill plays PR games with ribbon cuttings and gas stations, Arkansans are still waiting for a real town hall. Buc-ee’s ain’t policy, and photo ops aren’t public service.
#ArkansasPolitics #ARPX #ARNews #FrenchHill #ProgressiveSouth #SouthernPolitics
I'm tired of seeing religion weaponized by politicians who don't actually care about faith, freedom, or our kids' education.
#ChristianNationalism #ArkansasPolitics #FirstAmendment #arleg #ArkansasEducation
#ChristianNationalism #ArkansasPolitics #FirstAmendment #arleg #ArkansasEducation
Opinion: Thou shalt not indoctrinate: Our latest culture war clown show
Once again, the Arkansas legislature and Governor Sanders have made it painfully clear where their loyalties lie—not with students, not with educators, and certainly not with the Constitution, but wit...
www.bentoncourier.com
April 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'm tired of seeing religion weaponized by politicians who don't actually care about faith, freedom, or our kids' education.
#ChristianNationalism #ArkansasPolitics #FirstAmendment #arleg #ArkansasEducation
#ChristianNationalism #ArkansasPolitics #FirstAmendment #arleg #ArkansasEducation
Passed the House committee and is up for vote this afternoon around 1 pm April 16th.
Call your house representative to vote YES on SB585
(501)682-6211
#arleg #Arkansaspolitics
Call your house representative to vote YES on SB585
(501)682-6211
#arleg #Arkansaspolitics
SB585 PASSED THE SENATE!
Now it's headed to the House Public Health, Welfare, & Labor Committee on Tuesday, April 15.
Call the House Reps on the committee and urge them to support this bill!
(501) 682-6211
Committee:
arkleg.state.ar.us/Committees/D...
#SB585 #ARLeg #ArkansasPolitics #CallToAction
Now it's headed to the House Public Health, Welfare, & Labor Committee on Tuesday, April 15.
Call the House Reps on the committee and urge them to support this bill!
(501) 682-6211
Committee:
arkleg.state.ar.us/Committees/D...
#SB585 #ARLeg #ArkansasPolitics #CallToAction
April 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Passed the House committee and is up for vote this afternoon around 1 pm April 16th.
Call your house representative to vote YES on SB585
(501)682-6211
#arleg #Arkansaspolitics
Call your house representative to vote YES on SB585
(501)682-6211
#arleg #Arkansaspolitics
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When everything gets overwhelming, I make a point to seek out the natural world.
The trees and mountains stand witness to the fact that every despot and petty tyrant is nothing to the grandness of it all.
It truly is healing to me.
Blue Mountain - Missoula, Montana
The trees and mountains stand witness to the fact that every despot and petty tyrant is nothing to the grandness of it all.
It truly is healing to me.
Blue Mountain - Missoula, Montana
April 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
When everything gets overwhelming, I make a point to seek out the natural world.
The trees and mountains stand witness to the fact that every despot and petty tyrant is nothing to the grandness of it all.
It truly is healing to me.
Blue Mountain - Missoula, Montana
The trees and mountains stand witness to the fact that every despot and petty tyrant is nothing to the grandness of it all.
It truly is healing to me.
Blue Mountain - Missoula, Montana