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The inspiring journey of Mon Rovîa: From refugee to rising music star | The IRC
Afro-Appalachian folk artist Mon Rovîa's latest single, "Winter Wash 24," draws inspiration from the work done by the International Rescue Committee.
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November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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The question of "why do people vote against their self-interest" is pretty self-explanatory when you look up the literacy rate in local schools.

We have high schools with a literacy rate of 32%.

Thirty-two percent...
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Rep. Ben Cline says Trump deploying troops to Chicago is "a reasonable act"
September 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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BREAKING: Merrick Garland has released volume one of the Jack Smith report

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Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025
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January 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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mcuban.bsky.social
It's an old song. But I think it has a vibe for today's stress.

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Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth 1967
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January 14, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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johnales.bsky.social
This is beautiful.
Help guidance for your friends in California.
January 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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sinnu1.bsky.social
Might as well keep the Flag at Half Staff for the next 4 years.
December 31, 2024 at 1:49 AM
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jamiedemarco.bsky.social
The world installed 510 Gigawatts of solar in 2023, and that could never have happened if Carter hadn't invested heavily in solar research

His decision to invest in solar R&D may end up being the most impactful policy decision for the climate of all time

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Jimmy Carter: America's Greatest Environmental President
President Carter had a visionary understanding of the climate change crisis ahead, which only grows more profound with each passing year.
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December 30, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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This is the Jimmy Carter piece you want to read today. @hcrichardson.bsky.social has a full look at the former President from his humble beginnings to his remarkable post-White House work on democracy & human rights.
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In his Farewell Address on January 14, 1981, President Jimmy Carter worried about the direction of the country. He noted that the American people had begun to lose faith in the government’s ability to deal with problems and were turning to “single-issue groups and special interest organizations to ensure that whatever else happens, our own personal views and our own private interests are protected.” This focus on individualism, he warned, distorts the nation’s purpose because “the national interest is not always the sum of all our single or special interests. We are all Americans together, and we must not forget that the common good is our common interest and our individual responsibility.” Carter urged Americans to protect our “most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the land which sustains us,” and to advance the basic human rights that had, after all, “invented America.” “Our common vision of a free and just society,” he said, “is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater even than the bounty of our material blessings.”
December 30, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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The alleviation of women's abuse "is made less likely by the mandated subservience of women by Christian fundamentalists. What is especially disappointing...is the docile acceptance by so many strong Christian women of their subjugation & restricted role." - Jimmy Carter (RIP)
December 29, 2024 at 11:27 PM