@chappamd.bsky.social
Brand new to this social media thing. Stumbling around trying to learn to walk.
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Our broken child care system can learn a lot from New Mexico - the state that is leading the way in guaranteeing free child care for all.
There is no better rate of return than investing in our children.
The rest of the country should follow New Mexico’s lead.
There is no better rate of return than investing in our children.
The rest of the country should follow New Mexico’s lead.
December 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Our broken child care system can learn a lot from New Mexico - the state that is leading the way in guaranteeing free child care for all.
There is no better rate of return than investing in our children.
The rest of the country should follow New Mexico’s lead.
There is no better rate of return than investing in our children.
The rest of the country should follow New Mexico’s lead.
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The Trump administration is once again unlawfully attacking essential health care for transgender youth.
www.wilx.com/2025/12/26/a...
www.wilx.com/2025/12/26/a...
AG Nessel joins 18 others in lawsuit against HHS for transgender care declaration
Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for its declaration to punish doctors, hospitals, and clinics that provide tr...
www.wilx.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Trump administration is once again unlawfully attacking essential health care for transgender youth.
www.wilx.com/2025/12/26/a...
www.wilx.com/2025/12/26/a...
The war on empathy.
"Controversial YouTube star Ms. Rachel named to Zohran Mamdani’s ‘inaugural committee" Imagine writing that Miss Rachel is "controversial" because she is concerned with children in Gaza.
nypost.com/2025/12/24/u...
nypost.com/2025/12/24/u...
Controversial YouTube star Ms. Rachel named to Zohran Mamdani’s ‘inaugural committee’
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s inaugural committee is raising more eyebrows — giving controversial children’s podcaster Ms. Rachel a place on his team.
nypost.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The war on empathy.
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Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
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The Lions have now lost five of seven since Amon-Ra St. Brown’s stupid Donald Trump dance.
Everything Trump Touches Dies.
Everything Trump Touches Dies.
December 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The Lions have now lost five of seven since Amon-Ra St. Brown’s stupid Donald Trump dance.
Everything Trump Touches Dies.
Everything Trump Touches Dies.
Where does billion dollar lawsuits fall in this??
"The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose."
They don't name the individuals.
They don't name the individuals.
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Where does billion dollar lawsuits fall in this??
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12,000 Americans are out of work days before Christmas because Donald Trump doesn’t like windmills.
They have to explain that to their children, wives, and husbands.
Trump’s culture wars are bad for America.
They have to explain that to their children, wives, and husbands.
Trump’s culture wars are bad for America.
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
12,000 Americans are out of work days before Christmas because Donald Trump doesn’t like windmills.
They have to explain that to their children, wives, and husbands.
Trump’s culture wars are bad for America.
They have to explain that to their children, wives, and husbands.
Trump’s culture wars are bad for America.
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As the affordability crisis worsens, Trump's base voters in Michigan are amongst the hardest Americans hit.
open.substack.com/pub/distills...
open.substack.com/pub/distills...
Trump Voters in Michigan Are Hitting a Breaking Point
“Maybe We Need a Change”
open.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As the affordability crisis worsens, Trump's base voters in Michigan are amongst the hardest Americans hit.
open.substack.com/pub/distills...
open.substack.com/pub/distills...
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Clearly RFK Jr. is not aware the individual pediatricians he thinks parents should discuss vaccines with are the same pediatricians who have been collectively calling out his bull$hit for decades.
Vaccines are safe and effective.
Pass it on.
Vaccines are safe and effective.
Pass it on.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Clearly RFK Jr. is not aware the individual pediatricians he thinks parents should discuss vaccines with are the same pediatricians who have been collectively calling out his bull$hit for decades.
Vaccines are safe and effective.
Pass it on.
Vaccines are safe and effective.
Pass it on.
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Wild — as the community note says, Trump’s DOJ released a publicly available pic of MJ & Clinton & Diana Ross with their own kids and implied it’s them with victims
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Wild — as the community note says, Trump’s DOJ released a publicly available pic of MJ & Clinton & Diana Ross with their own kids and implied it’s them with victims
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
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"What I want more than anything is for these cowards simply to acknowledge that this regime is so cartoonishly evil that, if we had described it to them a year ago, they would have insisted the thing they now defend was nothing but a malicious fantasy."
Trump, Hunger Games, and the Kennedy Center
The dystopia everyone said was impossible is already here.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"What I want more than anything is for these cowards simply to acknowledge that this regime is so cartoonishly evil that, if we had described it to them a year ago, they would have insisted the thing they now defend was nothing but a malicious fantasy."
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December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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The death of 56-year-old Nenko Stanev Gantchev at the newly reopened North Lake ICE detention center in Baldwin, Michigan exposes the dangerous lack of transparency and oversight ICE's detention system, where conditions have long been criticized for inadequate medical care.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The death of 56-year-old Nenko Stanev Gantchev at the newly reopened North Lake ICE detention center in Baldwin, Michigan exposes the dangerous lack of transparency and oversight ICE's detention system, where conditions have long been criticized for inadequate medical care.
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My latest interview with Mike Grisdale on 106.3 MAC FM Radio is now available on YouTube! Click the link to listen to the full episode here: youtu.be/aPC0ZdIF-KQ.
Don't forget to subscribe to my channel to be notified of new episodes!
#MI01 #Affordablelife #callieforcongress #1063macfm
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#MI01 #Affordablelife #callieforcongress #1063macfm
Meet Callie Barr: An Introduction to Her Campaign | Interview on 106.3 MAC-FM
YouTube video by Callie Barr
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December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My latest interview with Mike Grisdale on 106.3 MAC FM Radio is now available on YouTube! Click the link to listen to the full episode here: youtu.be/aPC0ZdIF-KQ.
Don't forget to subscribe to my channel to be notified of new episodes!
#MI01 #Affordablelife #callieforcongress #1063macfm
Don't forget to subscribe to my channel to be notified of new episodes!
#MI01 #Affordablelife #callieforcongress #1063macfm
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While Matt Hall and extremist House Republicans are pulling tricks to strip funding away from kids with cancer and hungry seniors, Michigan Democrats are fighting to keep the promises that our state made to the people of Michigan. www.michiganpublic.org/politics-gov...
Michigan Senate votes to restore hundreds of millions in state funding canceled by GOP-led committee
The Democratic-led Michigan Senate has voted to restore most of the $645 million in state funding that a Republican-led House committee unilaterally canceled last week.
www.michiganpublic.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
While Matt Hall and extremist House Republicans are pulling tricks to strip funding away from kids with cancer and hungry seniors, Michigan Democrats are fighting to keep the promises that our state made to the people of Michigan. www.michiganpublic.org/politics-gov...
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So, not a bonus. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, who are in this case the same person
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So, not a bonus. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, who are in this case the same person
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I'm fighting for Medicare for All because I want every single American to have healthcare when they need it.
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I'm fighting for Medicare for All because I want every single American to have healthcare when they need it.
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My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
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The best way to prevent a spill in the Straits of Mackinac is to not allow the Canadian company that owns the pipeline to go under the straits. No Line 5! #NoLine5 #StopLine5
Research funded through oil industry tax will validate spill-tracking tools used by responders in one of the most complex Great Lakes waterways.
Coast Guard to test oil spill tracking models in Straits of Mackinac
Research funded through oil industry tax will validate spill-tracking tools used by responders in one of the most complex Great Lakes waterways.
www.mlive.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The best way to prevent a spill in the Straits of Mackinac is to not allow the Canadian company that owns the pipeline to go under the straits. No Line 5! #NoLine5 #StopLine5
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"Even by Trump standards, that is pretty disgusting....It is insane in a real way."
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk Trump's, well, insane "Truth" post about the Reiner murders:
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk Trump's, well, insane "Truth" post about the Reiner murders:
December 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Even by Trump standards, that is pretty disgusting....It is insane in a real way."
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk Trump's, well, insane "Truth" post about the Reiner murders:
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk Trump's, well, insane "Truth" post about the Reiner murders:
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Early childhood educators make ALL careers possible — yet they’re vastly underpaid, including here in Michigan.
In this commentary, educator Emily Blunt says we need to lead the way in valuing and paying ECE professionals what they truly deserve.
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/14/l...
In this commentary, educator Emily Blunt says we need to lead the way in valuing and paying ECE professionals what they truly deserve.
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/14/l...
Let’s be the leaders and best when it comes to pay for early childhood education professionals • Michigan Advance
Teachers in early childhood education (ECE) make all other professions possible, both in teaching children during their most formative years and by caring for the children of working parents. But thei...
michiganadvance.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Early childhood educators make ALL careers possible — yet they’re vastly underpaid, including here in Michigan.
In this commentary, educator Emily Blunt says we need to lead the way in valuing and paying ECE professionals what they truly deserve.
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/14/l...
In this commentary, educator Emily Blunt says we need to lead the way in valuing and paying ECE professionals what they truly deserve.
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/14/l...
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December 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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