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Wiry
@wiryarky.bsky.social
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Ret med tech, grammy and unrepentant “elderly white hippie”. Disappointed in my country. Fan of books, blues, science, dogs & the Hogs.🐗 Support PBS & NPR! Oh, and adopt, don’t shop.🐾 🔵 in AR
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · Jul 5
Feeling Sam Cooke-y today.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=wEBl...
Sam Cooke - A Change Is Gonna Come (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by SamCookeVEVO
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 6h
The New Mexico Raging Grannies are disgusted with the crime, incompetence, and greed of Trump & his chumps. (Video - 1:53)

♪♫ Mine ears have heard the smearing and the slander from the right ♫♪
Battle Hymn of the Donald
YouTube video by NM RagingGranny
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 8h
October 7, 2025
October 7, 2025
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.
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Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social · 15h
Thank you all so much. 💐
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 10h
Today in Politics Chat, I talked about how power sloshes around when a president is checked out, and noted that right now unelected officials like Stephen Miller are trying to grab it. But instead, We the People can take it back and create a better nation.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 14h
If you think I'm not alarmed, read this.

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 1d
Thugs
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 14h
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 12h
Amazing how she always has a camera crew following her around. You’d think that they would be embarrassed to call that a war zone, but you can’t shame the shameless.
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arknet @arknet.bsky.social · 15h
Useful
#arpx #arkansas #elections
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 15h
We rounded up all of the contested races in Arkansas's U.S. Congressional, state constitutional, and state legislative races for 2026 and wrote a little blurb about each. This will be updated if additional candidates emerge, too.
The race is (almost) on: A look at 2026 federal, constitutional and legislative elections - Arkansas Times
One-stop shopping for info on all of the contested U.S. Senate, U.S. House, state constitutional and state legislative races in 2026.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 14h
Truth!
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mella3.bsky.social @mella3.bsky.social · 15h
@hallieshoffner.bsky.social will be in Russellville on Wednesday! Stop by her Meet and Greet from 6–8 pm. #arpx
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 15h
Take note, Arkansas.
#arpx
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Save Our Schools Arizona @sosarizona.org · 1d
‼️ NEW OpEd: "Arizonans deserve the truth: It’s the vouchers… Vouchers are draining desperately needed funds from low-income schools and forcing school closures, while lining the pockets of the rich.” — SOSAZ Director Beth Lewis

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Neighborhood schools are closing across Arizona. It's because of vouchers.
OPINION: Arizona's $1 billion voucher program is forcing public school closures while subsidizing wealthy families
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 21h
Let me be clear: It’s ILLEGAL to deny federal workers back pay after a shutdown.

There’s a 2019 law that guarantees it, but Trump is once again trying to break the law.

You don’t get to punish people for doing their jobs just because you’re failing at yours.
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Wiry @wiryarky.bsky.social · 18h
As a matter of fact, Pam, he does have a law degree. From Harvard.
Jfc on a pogo stick, I’m so sick of her arrogant incompetence.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 19h
Schiff: "You were asked whether you were firing career prosecutors just because they worked on January 6 investigations. You refused to answer that question."
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Dauphne @dauphne.bsky.social · 19h
More reason to ❤️ her.
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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pammy Grapey. a version of my real name. @pammygrapey.bsky.social · 23h
youtu.be/DguEejdiE4Q?...

wow
We're Going to the City
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Laura Burkhardt @lauraannstl.bsky.social · 1d
Missouri’s controversial GOP-backed gun law that banned local police from enforcing federal gun laws was rejected by SCOTUS.

The law imposed $50K fines for officers who enforced federal gun laws, including possession of firearms by some domestic violence offenders & weapons registration/tracking.
U.S. Supreme Court won't revive Missouri gun law that banned enforcement of federal rules
Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act, passed in 2021 and signed by then-Gov. Mike Parson at a Kansas City gun shop, was criticized by local governments, local police and others. The U.S. Justi...
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 1d
October 5, 2025
October 6, 2025
If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administration’s deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget...
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Hallie Shoffner @hallieshoffner.bsky.social · 1d
There was a time in politics when Dems and Reps could sit down together and actually get things done. Governor Mike Beebe was a man who led with respect, reason, and results. We could use a little more of that spirit today.

#personoverparty #peoplefirst #arkansas
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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 1d
Daniel “Boxcar” Logan, a beloved member of the Little Rock music scene who has stage 4 liver and colon cancer, needs our help.
Benefit concert for Daniel 'Boxcar' Logan at Spectators on Thursday - Arkansas Times
Daniel “Boxcar” Logan, a beloved member of the Little Rock music scene who has stage 4 liver and colon cancer, needs our help.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d
Per @jonseidel.bsky.social, the judge did not immediately rule on Illinois' request for an order barring deployment of federalized troops to Chicago.

She set oral argument for Thursday, with a response from the government due Wednesday.
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d
Good afternoon. U.S. District Judge April Perry just took the bench for today's status hearing in Illinois v. Trump, over deployment of the National Guard.

A link to the complaint, for those who don't have it: t.co/yaknq55rr8
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 2d
If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2d
October 5, 2025
October 5, 2025
On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...
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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 2d
It goes without saying, of course, that if things were reversed, and Illinois troops were being sent into Texas by a Democratic president, Greg Abbott would be absolutely losing his shit.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d
​I call on Governor Abbott to immediately withdraw any support for this decision and refuse to coordinate. There is no reason a President should send military troops into a sovereign state without their knowledge, consent, or cooperation.
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a!v¡n 🎃 @enthusmiasma.bsky.social · 2d
Propaganda.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d
It appears that the federal agents occupying Portland have people embedded with them charged with the task of producing stories presenting the government’s version of events. Ironically, this was the sort of work JD Vance did in Iraq before he decided he was against that war.
Done opb.org Federal officers were flanked by videographers, toting professional equipment and wearing high-visibility vests. They filmed from behind the lines of officers, capturing the show of force. At least two drones swept over the scenes.
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