Kristin McFetters
@kristin-is-reading.bsky.social
GenX mom, compulsive reader, coffee lover, wanderer, Janeite. 📚💙☕💙
Voters have absolutely no power to advance legislation in their own interest.
Democratic and Republican Lawmakers Work to Undermine Voter-Backed Wage and Sick Leave Laws
From @capitalandmain.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/04/13/d...
From @capitalandmain.bsky.social
michiganadvance.com/2025/04/13/d...
Democratic and Republican Lawmakers Work to Undermine Voter-Backed Wage and Sick Leave Laws • Michigan Advance
This story was originally published by Capital & Main Where legislatures have refused to boost pay and benefits for workers, advocates have often taken the fight straight to voters. In recent years vo...
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April 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Voters have absolutely no power to advance legislation in their own interest.
If you can, funds are needed to build an entrance on the Canada side.
HASKELL FREE LIBRARY & OPERA HOUSE
We need your help! The City of Stanstead and the Haskell Free Library and Opera House are calling on the public and media to stand with us against the U.S. government’s unilateral decision to...
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March 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If you can, funds are needed to build an entrance on the Canada side.
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Imagine leading your country at war for three years because your neighbor invaded you and JD Vance of all people tells you that you should say thank you more.
February 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Imagine leading your country at war for three years because your neighbor invaded you and JD Vance of all people tells you that you should say thank you more.
Reposted by Kristin McFetters
A website has been started in response to the orders to take down references to women’s accomplishments in government offices. We are not going to let them erase us this time. womenrefusingtobeerased.org
Women Refusing to Be Erased
Join us to inspire, educate, and uplift women/womxn.
womenrefusingtobeerased.org
February 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
A website has been started in response to the orders to take down references to women’s accomplishments in government offices. We are not going to let them erase us this time. womenrefusingtobeerased.org
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How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
How much Elon Musk makes from the government a day: $8 million.
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
How much a senior on Social Security gets a day: $65
Guess which budget Musk and Trump want to cut?
Reposted by Kristin McFetters
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Trudeau: Canada will retaliate with 25% tariffs on $155B of U.S. goods
YouTube video by CBC News
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February 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.
Reposted by Kristin McFetters
Have you or a loved one been treated for cancer? Ever have a vaccine? Had someone you love revived by chest compressions? If so, then you have benefited from NIH-funded research, which has just been effectively shut down by the cancellation of NIH study sections. No new research allowed.
January 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Have you or a loved one been treated for cancer? Ever have a vaccine? Had someone you love revived by chest compressions? If so, then you have benefited from NIH-funded research, which has just been effectively shut down by the cancellation of NIH study sections. No new research allowed.
Don't know why I waited so long, but I'm reading Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. Maybe not the best day to start, but it feels important. 📚💙 #booksky
January 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Don't know why I waited so long, but I'm reading Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. Maybe not the best day to start, but it feels important. 📚💙 #booksky