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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 08/10/2026

Head Start plays a pivotal role in communities across #MO05. That’s why I joined nearly 200 lawmakers in demanding the Trump administration end its assault on this program that countless families and children depend on. abcnews.com/Politics/dem...

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Democrats push back on Trump administration's 'brazen' attempt to roll back education standards

Democrats are urging HHS Secretary Kennedy to stop proposed changes to Head Start, calling the reforms illegal and "antithetical" to the mission of Head Start.

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The Rational Dispatch @rationaldispatch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In 1967, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Kuwait, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan, Libya, and the PLO, supported by the Soviet Union, mobilized their militaries with the explicit goal of annihilating Israel. #History #SixDayWar #MiddleEastHistory #IsraelHistory #ArabHistory

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EktaShahMD @ektashahmd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

www.instagram.com/p/Dd3ubM3EV0... Thread 🧵 1/

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Ruth Zardo @celizwh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mother Jones' whole family (husband, all her children) was wiped out by yellow fever in the 1867 epidemic in Memphis.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵

A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.

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Ruth Zardo @celizwh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We had so many inactives (what they call it in MO) in the August primary. It really slows down the process. Take care of it NOW.

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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1904: A train filled with white, Catholic orphans pulls into Clifton, Ariz. Enraged that the children are being adopted by Mexican American families, a white mob abducts the children from their new homes at gunpoint and redistributes them to white families. /1

Some of the Irish Catholic orphans who arrived by train in Clifton, Ariz., in 1904. The Arizona Orphan Abduction of 1904 remains one of the most explosive and revealing chapters in the history of race relations and family law. The aftermath permanently altered the trajectory of child welfare. The Supreme Court ruling codified race as the most critical factor in child placement, cementing the doctrine that non-white parents had no legal right to raise a white child. The case normalized a practice in which social workers matched children to parents based on racial categories, a standard that lasted into the late 20th century. Eastern charities drastically scaled back sending children to western territories, shifting instead to localized, legally sterile foster systems. The children stolen in Arizona never returned to New York and never saw their Mexican mothers again. They grew up as white Protestants, their identities rewritten by a flashpoint of frontier racial panic.

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Kat4Obama @kat4obama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

America was ready for a white woman president in 2016 when Hillary crushed Trump in the popular vote. America came within 1.5 points of electing a Black woman president in 2024 after only 107 days of campaigning. We are very close to getting it right.

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 30/09/2026

Two years ago, I was proud to secure $1 million for MOCSA's new location, which triples the organization's physical capacity. I'll continue fighting for federal funding that supports critical local projects like this that benefit our communities.

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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

bsky.app/profile/cand... 👇 🗳️ #Vote

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Ruth Zardo @celizwh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Entryism. It's a feature not a bug en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entryism

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Entryism - Wikipedia

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Ruth Zardo @celizwh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Senator Alsobrooks was one of the few silver linings to come out of the 2024 election.

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Jason Rosenbaum @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

. @cleaver.house.gov to me: “The joy I feel now is generated by the fact that the people won this battle.” Missourians used the referendum process to foil Donald Trump's effort to redraw the state's congressional districts. Full @stlpublicradio.bsky.social coverage:

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U.S. Supreme Court again blocks Missouri from using Trump-backed congressional map

This is the third time the high court has stymied efforts to implement a map aimed at ousting Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.

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Author Glenn Hall 🏳️‍🌈💙 🪷🍌🟦 @tallmisterhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

With so many valid life paths to follow, why do so many choose the sociopath?

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Spiked Doormat @spikeddoormat.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The American public has an attitude of entitlement when it comes to Democrats repairing Republican damage. Reality shows that it's more like cleaning up an oil spill. But the American public wants it done in 30 minutes or less like Domino's Pizza, or they get pissy and let the Republicans back in.

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Laura Lorson @lauralorson.net · 21/09/2026

Related: people often ask "how much did you really lose when the CPB was dissolved?" and the answer is: about $375K annually. So, we have to figure out how to replace that, on top of what we normally had to raise to keep the lights on. It's a challenge.

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Laura Lorson @lauralorson.net · 21/09/2026

Coincidentally, the KPR member stations (the flagship KANU frequency was one of the first to sign on as a member station of NPR) are having a pledge drive right now. We're raising money to continue local and regional reporting, augmented by the national & international resorces of NPR.

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Susan La Flesche Picotte: the first #NativeAmerican woman to earn a medical degree in the US. Living in an era when Native Americans were denied citizenship & women couldn't vote, she became an indispensable physician & fierce defender of her people's sovereignty. Died #OTD in 1915. #WomenInSTEM 🧵

A black-and-white studio portrait of Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915), the historic reformer celebrated as the first Native American woman to earn a medical degree in the United States. In a bust-up composition against a dark, textured backdrop, she is positioned slightly turned to the side while facing the camera directly. She looks forward with an intelligent, steady, and composed expression, her dark hair neatly swept up away from her face into a soft bun. She wears a Victorian-era garment featuring a high-necked collar made of a contrasting, intricately patterned light fabric with fine floral or geometric motifs. This collared section is framed by a square, dark lace trim on her darker, structured bodice, which has modest pleating and slight puffing at the shoulders. The soft studio lighting emphasizes her prominent cheekbones and the calm, dignified mood of the portrait, embodying her historic legacy as an enduring pioneer of Indigenous health and civil rights.

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Eamon Javers @eamonjavers.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is a subhed for the ages in the WSJ this morning: “Talk of heading off artificial intelligence’s potential role in destroying humanity hurt some stocks and helped others”

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

#OTD in 1992, Dr. Mae Jemison launched into orbit as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour making her the first Black woman to travel into space. An incredible life: + Physician (M.D., Cornell 1981) + Peace Corps Area Medical Officer in Sierra Leone & Liberia #WomenInSTEM 🧵

A color portrait of Dr. Mae Carol Jemison, the first Black woman to travel into space and a pioneering engineer, physician, and advocate for science education. In this warm, studio-lit photograph from 2013, she appears as a confident woman with short, stylishly layered dark hair, smiling directly at the camera with a bright, engaging expression that radiates warmth, intelligence, and approachability. She wears a soft blue V-neck top, large silver hoop earrings, and a striking black cord necklace featuring a prominent circular turquoise pendant that rests at her collarbone. The background is a smooth, neutral gradient, keeping the focus entirely on her poised and professional presence. The overall composition is intimate and celebratory, conveying quiet strength and accomplishment while highlighting her enduring role as an inspirational figure in STEM and in women’s history.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

#BREAKING: Over *no* public dissents, #SCOTUS *stays* the federal district court’s TRO in the Missouri redistricting case, effectively restoring the Missouri Supreme Court ruling from last week (and the 2022 map that it requires the state to use in November).

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES Missouri’s emergency stay application leaving the 2022 congressional map protecting Black voters in Kansas City in place for the midterms. A victory for Elias Law Group, its client and voters of Missouri! www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...

democracydocket.com

🚨 von Glahn v. Hoskins

Learn more here.

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 08/09/2026

The administration’s reckless tariff taxes have instigated a trade war with our Canadian allies—which will only drive-up costs, kill jobs, and slow our economy. A self-inflicted crisis when families are already struggling to stay afloat.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Populations, in a genetic sense, are not "races" in the racialist sense, no matter how much the new scientific racists try to elide the two. That's the most important thing to remember when they start in on the topic.

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The Great Pumpkin Papers 🎃🎃🎃 @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’m really sorry to say this but institutions are people, my friend, and if you elect people of poor virtue and limited emotional regulation then you get a government of vice that operates rashly

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Vibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I think everyone on the left needs to decide once and for all whether or not spending months screaming about how evil and awful the candidate is hurts their chances or not. If it does, then great - you are to blame for 2024. Own up to it. If it doesn't, then stop whining about Hasan/El-Sayed.

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💥LazarTagWolf💥 @lazartagwolf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Friends, can we get Crawley over the 1000 follower mark today? He’s been too busy serving the people as Milwaukee’s County executive to care about this shit, but it matters. Like, follow and repost, please!

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Alissa McLean @alissakmclean.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I should not have more followers on here than the Democratic candidate for Governor of Wisconsin. Please follow and share 👇🏼

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Ruth Zardo @celizwh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

They really made *Troost* the dividing line between the new gerrymandered 4th and 5th districts! www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6PC...

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Truth vs. Troost: Kansas City, gerrymandering and the fight for representation

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Eric Lee @ericleeacts.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Thinking of Joe and the Biden family. Wishing them comfort, peace, and love. Thank you for all you’ve done, Joe. Thank you for your service to this country. Thank you for your faith in us. We’ll keep it up. #ShareTheFaith

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Wonder Woman 🐝 Demands Justice @alsowonderwoman.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Meanwhile, the people actually making progress are now typically labeled "centrists" as a pejorative. When the people now typically labeled "progressive" get nothing done and worse, bring hatred and antisemitism and racism and misogyny. That's not progressive.

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Author Myron J. Clifton @deardean22.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

When trump says he like stupid people it’s not only maga he’s talking about

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icookfood2023.bsky.social @icookfood2023.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

For the last time “Stay out of Black peoples face screaming AIPAC” AIPAC IS A MANUFACTURED BOOGEYMAN TO SCAPEGOAT JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE US.

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Howard ✡🟦🎗 @howarda-atlaw.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Exactly. They run in districts bluer than a hypoxic Smurf (that’s oxygen deprived, kids), ginny up a bunch of trust fund Brooklyn socialists, then pretend that middle America is ready to welcome stalinism

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

One night, after trying to write about this troubled world, after crossing out pages and pages of what I'd written, I fell asleep, dreamt of being visited by the great poet Rumi, and woke with this poem.

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Rep. Emanuel Cleaver @cleaver.house.gov · 09/07/2026

The 14th Amendment changed America. It guaranteed birthright citizenship, enshrined equal protection, and laid the legal foundation for generations of civil rights victories. Today, 158 years later, that promise is under siege.

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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The media in general and the GOP in particular will conflate Platner with Dems, when Platner was the product of leftists who hate Dems. So make sure you're clear in your circles because Americans are lazy. 1/ www.ms.now/opinion/grah...

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Opinion | The foreseeability of Graham Platner’s downfall

Some on the left blinded themselves with ends-justify-the-means thinking. That backfired.

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Polycule of One, Hive of K #🟦 @polyculeofone.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Co-signed. #🟦✡️🇮🇱📎!

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ShellsTheMerryZionist @stayscathed.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I’m not Jewish. I’m not Black. I’m not a member of the LGBTQIA community. Or the disabled community. I’m a woman. A survivor of SA. So while I’m glad that people are revoking their support for Platner, I can’t imagine the gut-punch it is to those other groups that he was accepted for this long.

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Kristin Reid @kristinmreid.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Bravo, Sam Harris 👏

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