@lpearce11.bsky.social
Supporter, advocate, educator, optimistrealist 🌈🌻
“Non nobis solum nati sumus.
(Not for ourselves alone are we born.)” - Cicero
“Non nobis solum nati sumus.
(Not for ourselves alone are we born.)” - Cicero
I’m in!! #SupportOurVeterans
It’s not enough to simply thank our veterans for their service.
Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA.
Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services.
Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.
Millions of them rely on SNAP and the ACA.
Many struggle with PTSD and worry about access to mental health services.
Today, on Veterans Day, let’s renew our commitment to keep fighting for those who fought for us.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m in!! #SupportOurVeterans
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
People who need food ARE NOT lazy. They are working hard every day to stay alive. If they have a minimum wage job, or even two jobs, the math just doesn’t work right. Check the MIT Living Wage calculator and see how much money you need to live in your town. livingwage.mit.edu
Living Wage Calculator
livingwage.mit.edu
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
People who need food ARE NOT lazy. They are working hard every day to stay alive. If they have a minimum wage job, or even two jobs, the math just doesn’t work right. Check the MIT Living Wage calculator and see how much money you need to live in your town. livingwage.mit.edu
Truth
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Truth
If our president is so concerned with how Portland is “on fire” why doesn’t he visit to check it out?
October 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
If our president is so concerned with how Portland is “on fire” why doesn’t he visit to check it out?
Thank you for your piece. This needs to be read daily . @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
If you’ve ever wondered whether quiet resistance still matters...this story will remind you why it does. The video got grounded...but something much bigger...took off.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thank you for your piece. This needs to be read daily . @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
Exactly
You know what was weird last week? I didn’t see anyone fired for quoting words actually spoken by Jane Goodall.
October 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Exactly
We all need to keep tapping @bencollins.bsky.social
Just gonna keep tapping the sign*
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October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
We all need to keep tapping @bencollins.bsky.social
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September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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It shouldn’t be considered far left to believe in decency & democracy.
September 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Reposted
Just like during COVID when they tried to hide the spread of disease, Trump's administration is working to ensure we won't notice how many more people are going hungry under his regime.
#MomSky
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#MomSky
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After cuts to food stamps, Trump administration ends government's annual report on hunger in America
The Trump administration is ending the federal government’s annual report on hunger in America, saying it had become “overly politicized″ and ”rife with inaccuracies.″ The decision comes two and a hal...
apnews.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Just like during COVID when they tried to hide the spread of disease, Trump's administration is working to ensure we won't notice how many more people are going hungry under his regime.
#MomSky
apnews.com/article/trum...
#MomSky
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Thank you @matthewjdowd.bsky.social for continuing to offer us beauty, understanding and reason with your morning quotes. This one is spot on.
A bit of James Baldwin today:
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"
"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain"
September 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Thank you @matthewjdowd.bsky.social for continuing to offer us beauty, understanding and reason with your morning quotes. This one is spot on.
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Ida B. Wells. She reminds me every day when I open my laptop. Thank you Ms. Wells!
September 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Ida B. Wells. She reminds me every day when I open my laptop. Thank you Ms. Wells!
I feel like I’m watching two arguments on social media about the exact same topic, happening simultaneously, with two vastly different sets of facts.
September 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I feel like I’m watching two arguments on social media about the exact same topic, happening simultaneously, with two vastly different sets of facts.
Thank you @adamsmith.house.gov
"The transgender community has been targeted & discriminated against aggressively. ... None of these amndts are remotely necessary. They're an effort to take advantage of a culture war partisan issue to drive a wedge into this bill."
- HASC RM @adamsmith.house.gov
youtu.be/SxkL9gOTMM8
- HASC RM @adamsmith.house.gov
youtu.be/SxkL9gOTMM8
Ranking Member Smith: Transgender Attacks Have No Place in Defense Authorization Bill
YouTube video by Armed Services
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September 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Thank you @adamsmith.house.gov
“They also, to an enormous extent, go to lining the pockets of shareholders and investors and fossil fuel executives.”
September 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
“They also, to an enormous extent, go to lining the pockets of shareholders and investors and fossil fuel executives.”
100% agreed. Montreal is lovely, welcoming and safe! I’ve been there 4 times this year and planing more trips this fall!
WATCH: “My standing piece of advice for those in North America who pine to see the best-practice streets & places in Europe or want to educate colleagues/friends on what’s possible: go to Montreal. It’s much closer. They really have it all.” Via @streetfilms.bsky.social & @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social.
Montreal Makes People Feel Welcome With Safe Streets, Happy Places & Green Spaces — Streetfilms
My standing piece of advice for those who live in North America who pine to see the best-practice streets of dozens of places in Europe or want to educate colleague/friends what’s possible: just go to...
www.streetfilms.org
September 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
100% agreed. Montreal is lovely, welcoming and safe! I’ve been there 4 times this year and planing more trips this fall!
Surprised, anyone??
“They’re taking our jobs” was always a lie. Alabama proved it.
Alabama tried a “tough” immigration law, and it backfired hard. Immigrants fled, crops rotted, and farms collapsed. Americans tried to step in but couldn’t last a day.
They’re not taking your jobs; they’re doing the jobs you won’t do.
Alabama tried a “tough” immigration law, and it backfired hard. Immigrants fled, crops rotted, and farms collapsed. Americans tried to step in but couldn’t last a day.
They’re not taking your jobs; they’re doing the jobs you won’t do.
September 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Surprised, anyone??
The waste and abuse continues
Changing the name of the Department of Defense will cost billions.We could build units for all unhoused veterans. Or give service members a pay raise so 35K active duty members wouldn’t have to rely on food stamps. Or… or… or…
September 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The waste and abuse continues
Spontaneous trip to DC today with a stop at The Library of Congress, the halls of Congress, and a mini- walking tour around the Capitol and Penn Quarter. The vibe was typical DC - staffers, lobbyists and tour groups on a hot September day.
September 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Spontaneous trip to DC today with a stop at The Library of Congress, the halls of Congress, and a mini- walking tour around the Capitol and Penn Quarter. The vibe was typical DC - staffers, lobbyists and tour groups on a hot September day.
Amidst the insanity, it’s nice to see humanity
September 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Amidst the insanity, it’s nice to see humanity
Yes!
A comfortable life used to be the American Dream. Not being a financial mogul. Not fighting for the top spot on the food chain. Working to get your share of the pie with the whip cream on top. Grabbing enough food to fill your plate, but leaving plenty on the table for others. Let’s do that again.
September 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Yes!
😞 sigh. Indeed.
Never forget that the reason we're all here is because roughly a third were 'cool' with the idea, and roughly a third were too 'cool' to bother participating.
August 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
😞 sigh. Indeed.