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BethLo

@bethlo.bsky.social
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Big fan of cats, dogs, Kansas City sports and democracy.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: Organizers in Montana and Missouri have faced years of attacks against popular initiatives. So they're going on the offense—they've qualified 2 measures for November that would amend their state constitutions and significantly strengthen direct democracy. Fascinating pro-voter maneuver:
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To Protect Direct Democracy, Two States Are Mulling a New Approach: Name It As a Right - Bolts
After years of attacks on voters’ power to take matters into their own hands, democracy advocates are going on the offensive in Montana and Missouri. They’ve placed constitutional amendments on... Rea...
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 04/09/2026
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Alt: "No photos, please" a man in sunglasses walks while surrounded by paparazzi with cameras flashing
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 04/09/2026
Amendment 6 protects Missouri’s 118-year tradition of citizen-led initiatives, makes it harder for politicians to overturn voter-approved laws, safeguards the initiative petition process, and requires clear and fair ballot language.
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 04/09/2026
Today’s Missouri Supreme Court decision is a victory for Missouri voters. More than 367,000 Missourians signed petitions to put Amendment 6 on the ballot, and now voters will have the final say.
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It's been a long road, but there's more to do! Over 367k signatures gathered!
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 04/09/2026
🎊 The Missouri Supreme Court has cleared the way and Amendment 6 (the Respect MO Voters amendment) will be on our ballots on November 3rd! 🎊 Head to respectMOvoters.org/voterpledge to let everyone know you're voting YES ON 6 in 2026!!
The Missouri Supreme Court has cleared the way! Coming to your ballot November 3, 2026: Amendment 6 (the Respect MO Voters amendment)! Vote YES ON 6 to protect your vote. Visit respectMOvoters.org/voterpledge to let everyone know you're voting YES ON 6 in 2026!
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Judge promises fast ruling on ballot status of Missouri amendment to protect initiatives • Missouri Independent
A Cole County judge will decide whether a proposed Missouri constitutional amendment goes too far or if it should go to a November vote.
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Secretary of State Makes Unprecedented Illegal Power Grab — Respect MO Voters
Bipartisan campaign planning legal action to ensure ballot access after gathering more than 367,000 signatures.
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
KC Baby! Hup Holland Hup!
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Missouri courts keep rewriting ballot language as fights over direct democracy intensify missouriindependent.com/2026/06/12/m...
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Missouri courts keep rewriting ballot language as fights over direct democracy intensify • Missouri Independent
Missouri courts have repeatedly rejected ballot language as unfair or misleading, turning direct democracy into a growing political battleground.
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Mike Wiser @drmikewiser.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I know I post and/or repost a lot about SNAP and WIC and other supplemental food programs. And in some ways this might be strange, as I've never been on them. But. The US is in the top handful of wealthiest societies to ever exist. If we can't even feed people, what is even the point of society?
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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Never give up . 😍
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Missouri cut aid for fruit and vegetable purchases after SNAP junk food push missouriindependent.com/2026/05/26/m...
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Missouri cut aid for fruit and vegetable purchases after SNAP junk food push • Missouri Independent
State lawmakers passed a budget without funding for Double Up Food Bucks, which helps low-income families afford more fresh produce.
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Stardust 🌏🎬 @stardustbluepr.com · 20/05/2026
Incredible performance by David Byrne on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert! Dance, Stephen, Dance!
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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Kate Bush's first appearance on "Top of the Pops" was on 16th Feb 1978, where she performed "Wuthering Heights". She would later appear on the show several more times in 1978 and 1979. She was the first woman to have a self-penned song make No 1 in the UK chart; she was just 19 years old. #KateBush
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
💊 Americans are dying in waiting rooms — forced to skip life-saving care — while we pour billions into endless wars. This is the brutal reality. It’s time to choose: Our people or their bombs. Fund healthcare. Save American lives. 👉 Please share if you agree. #HealthcareNotWarfare
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 03/05/2026
Signatures are turned in!! Now let's pass this thing!! via @kfvs12.com
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Campaign turns in record number of signatures to make it harder for politicians to change voter-approved measures in Missouri
A campaign turned in a record-number of signatures to the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office on Sunday to put a constitutional amendment on the ballot this year.
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LA Blue Dot in GA 🌊🐸 @namwella1961.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Winston Churchill sums Trump and Republicans up quite nicely. #ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed #VoteOutRepublicans
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
We need a full investigation into the school bombing in Iran, which took the lives of 175 civilians, most of whom were children. Americans deserve answers about this unconscionable tragedy.
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
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Hegseth's Crabs
Make sure you get Pete's good side
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
How many MAGAs does it take to change a light bulb? None. Trump just says that it's fixed, and they sit in the dark and applaud.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
This is true in rougly the same sense that a guy on the subway reeking of urine, screaming, and waving a knife around is “feared.”
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Beth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Some thoughts on the role of the artist in the struggle against oppression open.substack.com/pub/braggb/p...
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How and Why I Wrote 'City of Heroes'
What role can artists play in the struggle against the forces of oppression?
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Every single time a story like this is reported, we must assume that there are many many more that do not.
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Kansas City developers halt sale of warehouse for ICE detention center as public pressure mounts
Federal officials first toured the building in January, sparking speculation over whether the owners had sold the building to the U.S. government. Media reports suggested the sale was part of a push t...
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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Kansas City developers halt sale of warehouse for ICE detention center as public pressure mounts
Federal officials first toured the building in January, sparking speculation over whether the owners had sold the building to the U.S. government. Media reports suggested the sale was part of a push t...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
FACT 👇........
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Gabe (disdainful) @gabelacques.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
He retired without a single career home run, not even an RBI. Yet Terrance Gore's impact with the game will last forever. Truly one of the last of his kind on a #Royals team that seemed teleported from the 1980s, Gore passes away at 34. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...
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Former Kansas City Royals speedster Terrance Gore dies at age 34
Terrance Gore, one of the last major leaguers to make an impact solely with breathtaking speed died Feb. 6, after complications during surgery.
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Honest☘️Larry @honestlarry.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
RIP Terrance Gore. Wheels. One of only four players to have more stolen bases than plate appearances. You will be missed. Gone too soon.
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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The Coolest Person I'll Never Meet
Rest in peace, Queen.
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Renee Good and Alex Pretti were murdered twice by the Trump Administration. First, it destroyed their bodies, then it assassinated their characters. Decent Americans cannot stand for it.
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
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Congress Must Act Now
More constitutional outrage in Minnesota.
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
She’s just waiting for me to drop something!
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Dean says hi on #caturday
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Legend
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Respect MO Voters @respectmovoters.org · 05/01/2026
Town Halls are back! We're kicking off a new round in Springfield with 3 events starting this week. Please join us to learn more about our movement to stop Missouri politicians from attacking the will of the people, sign the petition, and more! respectMOvoters.org/townhalls
Respect MO Voters Town Halls in Springfield: Thursday, January 8th at 5:30 pm at the Library Center; Saturday, January 10th at 3:00 pm at the Schweitzer Brentwood Branch Library; and Tuesday, January 13th at 5:30 pm at The Library Station.
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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
J6ers: Where Are They Now? essential recap of recitivists open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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J6ers: Where Are They Now?
Catching up with notorious insurrection offenders a year after Trump’s pardon spree
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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
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Jlou @wehearvoices.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
JAN 6 Y’all know what you saw.
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BethLo @bethlo.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
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Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair (2025 audio #6)
Labors of Destruction and Creation
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Dorian @flvillager.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
I found the founding fathers
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The Fighting Liberal Texan🌈🌊💙🦋Congress Switchboard 202-224-3121 @fightingliberal.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Organizers submit enough signatures to block gerrymandered Missouri map www.yahoo.com/news/articles/organiz…
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Organizers submit enough signatures to block gerrymandered Missouri map
More than 300,000 signatures delivered to secretary of state to force referendum on Republican-drawn map
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -FDR, 1937
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I'm well known for doing the Irish Hello, which is basically just staying home & skipping the party
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Nicky Schwenzer @nickyschwenzer.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
“Hey Megyn Kelly, I'm Eloise & I'm 14y” “kids my age aren't supposed to be the ones correcting you. We're not supposed to be the moral compass in a room full of adults who should have known better. But here we are“ ”You're protecting the predator! & you shouldn't need a freshman to tell you that.”
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/11/2025
The SNAP contingency fund holds around $6 billion. Trump refuses to spend it on the American people. The same guy who just fast-tracked $40 billion to Argentina. Trump thinks Argentina deserves our money while he lets Americans starve.
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 06/11/2025
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 06/11/2025
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
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