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Bill Kopsky

@bkopsky.bsky.social
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Dir of AR Public Policy Panel & AR Citizens First Congress — nonprofits bringing people together to make Arkansas better. Dad. Soccer and cycling coach. Southerner. Cyclist

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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I think Republicans in Congress are proving, daily, that governing was never the point. They all just voted for a bill that’s horrendous for their constituents, but *amazing* for millionaires and billionaires. Politics over sane policy. The grift is on…
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
I wrote a thing about the disastrous Trump budget bill that will kick millions off health insurance, decimate AR' rural health system, and tons of other awful things. The fight is not over: Call our members of Congress at 202-224-3121 and tell them to change course. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
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So-called work requirements for Medicaid in Trump's bill threaten health care access for us all - Arkansas Times
The Republican plan saves money within Medicaid by denying people access to health care based on bureaucratic paperwork errors.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
I hope NW AR friends will join me & the League of Women Voters for drinks and discussion on July 2nd! We’ll talk about the Arkansas Legislature. Also ballot measure campaigns to improve education for ALL kids and to protect your FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT to sign, propose and advocate for ballot measures.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
This is professional wrestling 101. Of course they are going to make up. Meanwhile the world is watching the fake drama while the real bad stuff sneaks by unnoticed. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...
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Elon Musk and Donald Trump Are Splitsville, Until They Aren’t
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
The Three Huge Lies Trump is Telling Republican Senators about his Medicaid Cuts — to finance a big tax cut mostly for the wealthy robertreich.substack.com/p/the-thre…
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The Three Huge Lies Trump is Telling Republican Senators about his Medicaid Cuts — to finance a big tax cut mostly for the wealthy
Friends,
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This was expected. We have a remarkable legal team preparing a response. We remain 100% focused on protecting the fundamental right of Arkansas citizens to shape their own laws. Together we will win! arkansasadvocate.com/2025/06/02/s...
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Second Arkansas ballot measure rejected for failing to meet reading-level standard | Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin on Monday said he could not certify a proposed constitutional amendment related to direct democracy because it violates a new state law that prohibits ballot titl...
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Big news! We have to work together to stop politicians and special interests from stealing our rights to decide on ballot measures! arkansasadvocate.com/2025/05/14/a...
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Arkansas grassroots organizations seek to intervene in lawsuit challenging direct democracy laws  | Arkansas Advocate
Two Arkansas ballot question committees on Wednesday filed a motion to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging new direct democracy-related laws.
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Grant Smith @grant4arkansas.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
It’s Election Day for school board across the state. Local elections are so important. Go vote! Find your sample ballot as well as where to go to vote and times the polling locations are open at www.voterview.ar-nova.org/VoterView .
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Matt Campbell @bluehogreport.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Ok, so here's what I've heard so far re: negotiations on the prison funding bill (THREAD). Senate Dems, working under the assumption that Sanders will get the money for the prison eventually, somehow, even if SB354 dies, are trying to use their leverage to get something useful. (1/ )
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Phoenix Rising @62walterp.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
This is all I need to say !!! #Resist
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Making America Mean Again!
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Can no one hold this loser accountable? This should be career ending
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Musk Retweets ‘Hitler Didn’t Murder Millions’ Message Amid Ongoing Nazi Controversy
Musk and Tesla have faced heightened criticism since the billionaire made a gesture likened to a Nazi salute during an inaugural event in January.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
If you want a CASE STUDY in a journalist doing their job and holding a propagandist’s feet to the fire, listen to this @npr.org story by @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social this morning. We need a lot more journalism asking real questions and demanding real answers like this! Thank you!
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DHS official defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest, but offers few details on why it happened
Homeland Security deputy secretary Troy Edgar offered few details on the Trump administration's legal reasoning to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Wired has a story with same headline a week ago
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Ummm….
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Shop with us - or else!
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Trump’s message - Fuck the kids, and fuck the farmers they depend on. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Despicable and stupid.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Good grief - what could possibly go wrong? These tech bros seriously want to be exempt from all laws because they are better than the rest of us
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why. What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Trump is not asking Ukraine to negotiate. He’s telling them to surrender, or else. Big difference.
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a man in a tuxedo is saying i 'm going to make him an offer he can 't refuse .
ALT: a man in a tuxedo is saying i 'm going to make him an offer he can 't refuse .
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Imagine that. 💰
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Arkansas Blog @arkansasblog.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
40/29 notes Elon has terminated leases on 11 federal offices in Ark., including 4 Social Security offices. No word on job cuts associated with these closures, but the employees will NOT be working at home, per another Pres. Elon edict. www.4029tv.com/article/arka...
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DOGE shutters four Social Security offices in Arkansas
Arkansas is losing four Social Security offices, a Small Business Administration office, a National Parks Service site, and others.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“We’ve created a world - very, very quickly, in 4 or 5 weeks - in which the level of American strength is incomparably lower.” Trump is making America far more vulnerable by abandoning allies, embracing enemies & destroying our democratic infrastructure at home. youtu.be/11QBNJj_8gM?...
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Historian analyzes devolving relations between U.S. and Ukraine after Oval Office spat
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 28/02/2025
House Republicans approved a budget resolution calling for $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid. "There is no way that [Medicaid] will be cut without absolutely gutting benefits that go to households who really, really need it," said EPI President @hshierholz.bsky.social. www.epi.org/publication/...
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trump leaving the United States isolated and vulnerable. That’s not strength, it’s stupidity. It’s dishonorable. It’s dangerous. China and Russia and licking their chops. God help us.
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We just watched Trump & Vance do Putin’s bidding in the Oval Office & it was horrific. Not even two months into this administration & it’s a disaster for the free world.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The President is selling out and endangering all of our allies and the American people. Just mind blowing.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trump and Vance holding Ukraine at gunpoint like mafia bosses with a. deal they can't refuse. It's revolting, and dangerous
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Trump and Vice are not even trying to hide the fact that they are acting as Russian agents. Insane.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
RESIST
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Remember- they don’t want government to work for anyone but the billionaires www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
wired.com
The Incompetence of DOGE Is a Feature, Not a Bug
A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary and destructive this slash-and-burn strategy can get.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
He’s left as impotent as a blind, deaf dog barking in the yard at a snake coming up to bite him. He knows it’s coming and he can’t do anything to stop it. And he’s the one who’s allowed the snake off the hook time and time again.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Elect a Russian asset, expect your President to spout Kremlin talking points. Insane
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Politicians are grabbing your, the voter's, power. What are you going to do about it? Contact your lawmakers! We trust voters to make decisions on issues that impact them
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
The Arkansas House has a new tradition of not naming committee leadership until the first day of the session, which makes having the directory available before the session starts impossible, but we are making improvements to produce it faster in the future.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
This helps you id who else you know in those key districts -- as local calls is what moves lawmakers more than nearly anything else. Thanks to our team @arpanel1963.bsky.social who did a ton of detailed work to produce this - well done.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
So if there's a bill you're concerned about going to the Education committee, you can quickly see who is on the committee, where they are from & how to contact them. Let us know what you think!
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
AN ESSENTIAL ADVOCACY TOOL FOR YOU! Our new directory for the AR Legislature is now available on the Citizens First Congress website: www.citizensfirst.org/2025-arleg-d.... Unique is that it has a map of each legislative committee with the members' contact information embedded right in the map.
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2025 Arkansas Legislative Directory — Arkansas Citizens First Congress
Check out CFC's unique directory with all Arkansas legislators' information and maps for every senate and house committee.
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Arkansas lawmakers are making a massive power grab away from citizens. They are attacking the rights of citizens to decide on ballot measures. Call your lawmakers now and tell them HANDS OFF! @aprilreisma.bsky.social @arpanel1963.bsky.social
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Direct democracy bills stir passion, hours of discussion in Arkansas House committee • Arkansas Advocate
A divided House committee on Monday advanced two bills to regulate how signatures are gathered in Arkansas for citizen-led ballot initiatives after nearly six hours of debate that included at-times pa...
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Amen!
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Stop feeding the fascist oligarchs -
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
We don’t have a government right now. We have a cult.
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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Gosh, now why would a billionaire and a bunch of other oligarchs want to knee cap the government’s ability to collect taxes and prosecute tax fraud? It’s a mystery
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Bill Kopsky @bkopsky.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
MAGA is going full Nazi. Can not believe we elected these clowns www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Vance meets with leader of far-right German party, exports MAGA message
The vice president delivered a scolding speech advocating that Europe move over to accommodate the rising anti-migration, nationalist voices they have sought to block from power.
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Josh Cowen @joshcowenmi.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Find out how much federally funded education programs benefit students in **each congressional district** in the US In this crucial new dashboard tool @UmichPoverty poverty.umich.edu/federal-educ...
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» Federal Education Funding Data Dashboard
Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/02/2025
Senate Republicans have confirmed Trump’s least qualified Cabinet nominees—and given up their role as an independent check on the president. This will encourage Trump, @dgraham.bsky.social writes. And in bowing to him, senators may be defying voters’ preferences.
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The Great Surrender
Senate Republicans have confirmed Trump’s least qualified Cabinet nominees—and given up their role as an independent check on the president.
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