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KMJeezy @kmjeezy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Also, the American Experiment on Netflix should be required viewing in every school and university.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 19/04/2025
Former Missouri Congressman Billy Long received $137K in campaign contributions — just enough to pay off a personal loan to his campaign — soon after he was tapped to lead the IRS. Some of the donations are connected to companies policed by the agency Long has been nominated to run. #moleg #mogov
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Billy Long’s bid to lead IRS under scrutiny over donations that paid off personal debt • Missouri Independent
Former Missouri Congressman Billy Long received $137,000 soon after he was tapped to lead the Internal Revenue Service.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 21/04/2025
A fifth of Americans are on Medicaid. Some of them have no idea #moleg #mogov
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A fifth of Americans are on Medicaid. Some of them have no idea • Missouri Independent
Some Americans who rely on Medicaid to pay for their health care don’t realize their insurance is funded by that very program, which congressional Republicans are looking to shrink. One reason is that...
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 22/04/2025
In an opinion piece this morning, Carl Davis of the liberal think tank Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy argues that Missouri lawmakers are "debating a tax cut that will mostly benefit the wealthiest in the state, while relying on an unrealistic estimate of what it will cost." #moleg #mogov
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Missouri is sleepwalking into a half-billion dollar tax cut for the rich • Missouri Independent
Exempting capital gains would take an extra half-billion dollar bite out of Missouri's budget beyond what lawmakers have been told.
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Pat Noble @patsbluesky.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Definitely watch The Twister on Netflix. Powerful story of Joplin in 2011. It's #1 today. #twister #tornado #joplinmo #netflix
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 04/03/2025
Missouri GOP renew push to make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution #moleg #mogov
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Missouri GOP renew push to make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution • Missouri Independent
A Missouri Senate committee heard testimony once again on Monday about raising the bar on the process for passing initiative petitions.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 05/03/2025
A Republican push to bar transgender Missourians from changing the sex on their birth certificates was briefly debated Wednesday morning by a state Senate committee. #moleg #mogov via @anneliseh.bsky.social
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Legislation would prohibit transgender Missourians from changing birth certificates • Missouri Independent
A bill heard in a Missouri Senate committee would bar transgender people from changing the sex on their birth certificates.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 05/03/2025
A proposed constitutional amendment reinstating Missouri’s abortion ban cleared a Senate committee Wednesday after a GOP lawmaker who opposes the inclusion of rape and incest exceptions asked to be removed from the panel to avoid sinking the bill’s chances. #moleg #mogov
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Abortion ban advances in Missouri Senate after GOP critic leaves committee over exceptions • Missouri Independent
A constitutional amendment that would reinstate Missouri's abortion ban with exceptions for rape and incest cleared a Senate committee.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 06/03/2025
Missouri Senate once again overwhelmingly approves child marriage ban #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Senate once again overwhelmingly approves child marriage ban • Missouri Independent
Marriage would be banned for anyone under 18 under a law that advanced out of the Missouri Senate Thursday.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
A+++++++
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist. He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Never forget this day, February 28, 2025, when an American president abused and betrayed a democratic ally in the midst of a barbaric war with Russia. This grotesque stain will never wash away.
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Alan Fisher @redsox09.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Just posted by President Zelenskyy
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Steve and Dave's @steveanddaves1.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
William L. Shirer – a key correspondent for CBS Radio during the earliest months of WWII – was born today in 1904. Edward R. Murrow hired Shirer in 1937 & placed him in tumultuous Berlin. After the war, Shirer published several acclaimed histories about the Third Reich. Shirer passed in 1993.
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🏳️‍🌈🗽 @quinstep.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Missouri is canary in the coal mine . Watch this spread .
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Lori 🇺🇦🐸🌊 @coalsmom.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
In the daily edition of #FAFO "First-generation Missouri farmer Skylar Holden said he wishes he’d been more careful with his vote now that he faces financial ruin due to a freeze instituted by President Donald Trump on funding for key conservation programs." 😒 atlantablackstar.com/2025/02/12/i...
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‘Haven’t Been Paying Attention’: Missouri Farmer Who Used Online Quiz to Vote for President Now Faces Losing Family Farm After Funding Freeze
First-generation Missouri farmer Skylar Holden said he wishes he'd been more careful with his vote now that he faces financial ruin due to a freeze
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Laura Burkhardt @lauraannstl.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
🚨CALL TO ACTION🚨 This morning the Missouri General Laws Committee heard HB1175. This is a rewriting of SAPA law (essentially nullifies any federal gun laws that MO doesn’t have as state law), which was already ruled unconstitutional in federal courts.
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TransFemmeFatale @transfemmefatal.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Missouri AG faces pushback from lawmakers over $3M budget increase, Starbucks lawsuit missouriindependent.com/2025/02/12/m...
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Missouri AG faces pushback from lawmakers over $3M budget increase, Starbucks lawsuit • Missouri Independent
Missouri lawmakers on Wednesday made Attorney General Andrew Bailey defend his request for a budget increase and his decision to sue Starbucks.
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Betsy Nagler @betsynagler.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
One in eight people in Missouri lives in poverty and rank 45th in the U.S. in healthcare, so good thing this is where they’re spending taxpayer money.
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Missouri AG sues Starbucks, says workforce is ‘more female and less white’
Attorney General Andrew Bailey takes aim at the coffee giant’s diversity policies, accusing the company of racist and discriminatory hiring practices.
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Derrick ♎ 🟧 🟦#BLM 🏳️‍🌈 @spawn03.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This Super Bowl Sunday, here's a reminder of what real courage looks like.
Colin Kaepernick taking a knee.
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td12212.bsky.social @td12212.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Unbelievable....how fucked up is this....
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did.
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Brandon Cash @brandon.cash · 29/01/2025
As someone who went to Missouri State, it's very sad to see it crumble under poor leadership. This hurts Missourians and it hurts the United States. We can and should do better. #DEI #MissouriState #MOState #university #college www.ky3.com/2025/01/29/m...
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Missouri State University to get rid of DEI programs amid growing pressure from state leaders
Missouri State University will roll back on certain DEI programs due to increased pressure from state leaders.
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Springfield Daily Citizen @sgfcitizen.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Effective immediately, Missouri State University will stop diversity, equity and inclusion programs on campus and close its office of inclusive engagement. Here's what the school says went into the decision. Read it: sgfcitizen.org/schools/spri...
Carrington Hall at Missouri State University. (Photo by Dean Curtis)
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readbannedbooksnow.bsky.social @readbannedbooksnow.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
“…the little men of Germany who have made Nazism possible achieved the highest state of being the Germanic man knows: the shedding of their individual souls and minds…” Berlin Diary William Shirer -1934
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readbannedbooksnow.bsky.social @readbannedbooksnow.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
“…every word dropped by Hitler seemed like an inspired Word from on high. Man’s —or at least the German’s—critical faculty is swept away at such moments, and every lie is accepted as high truth itself.” Berlin Diary By William Shirer
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
CNN's Jim Acosta signing off: "I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too." I will not give in to the lies. I will not give into the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too. Pass it on.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 27/01/2025
An opinion submission this morning from Bonyen Lee-Gilmore and Erika A. Christensen that notes abortion remains inaccessible in Missouri despite passage of Amendment 3. #moleg #mogov
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A 'Wicked' reckoning in Missouri progressive politics • Missouri Independent
Missouri remains one of 41 states that bans abortion at some point in pregnancy, despite passage of Amendment 3 last year.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 28/01/2025
Missouri bill putting a bounty on undocumented immigrants faces fierce resistance #moleg #mogov via @rudikellermi.bsky.social
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Missouri bill putting a bounty on undocumented immigrants faces fierce resistance • Missouri Independent
A confrontational hearing on a Missouri bill that would pay a bounty for those willing to catch undocumented immigrants took place Monday.
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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 27/01/2025
Today, we remember all the victims murdered during the Holocaust. We mark the 80 years since the liberation of the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. This memory must be passed to future generations. #HolocaustRemembranceDay
An image of the railway tracks leading to the main gate of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration and extermination camp. The text reads, "80 years since the liberation of Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau." Below is the hashtag #WeRemember.
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Noel Wauchope @noelwauchope.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
‘High likelihood’ of radioactive waste in smoldering landfill, Missouri officials say. missouriindependent.com/2025/01/22/h...
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'High likelihood' of radioactive waste in smoldering landfill, Missouri officials say • Missouri Independent
Missouri Department of Natural Resources warns there may be radioactive waste in the Bridgeton Landfill next door to the West Lake Landfill.
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Mother Moth @thehippieviking.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Mississippi and Missouri have introduced identical bills that would imprison and enslave undocumented immigrants FOR LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE. billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20...
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Angie@blueangie.bsky.social @blueangie.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Bayer urges Missouri lawmakers to pass bill critics say shields it from Roundup lawsuits www.newsfromthestates.com/article/baye...
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Bayer urges Missouri lawmakers to pass bill critics say shields it from Roundup lawsuits
Bayer pleaded with Missouri lawmakers Thursday to pass legislation critics say would shield the company from lawsuits claiming its glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup causes cancer.
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Christine Brandt @wordbourne.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
🚨 ICE IMPERSONATION ASSAULT: Missouri man was arrested for impersonating an immigration officer, kidnapping a victim & assaulting her while demanding citizenship documents. He busted through the victim's door, put his hands around the victim's throat, and claimed he had a firearm.
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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 22/01/2025
Breaking News The US constitution has been removed from the US government website. Don't panic, he can't rewrite anything without a 2/3 majority in both the house and senate. The Orange Idiot in Orifice is posing for the Nazis again We urge everyone to post an image of the constitution today
The US constitution
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
What exactly does it say about a political party which will not speak out against the absolution of the men and women who only a few short years ago, tried to kill them where they sit at the behest of the madman they now serve?
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 22/01/2025
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde Hero.
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shawndra (she/her) @shawndra.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Reading Parable of the Talents now by Octavia E Butler. Found this passage relevant to our times. Actually this entire book is relevant to our dystopian reality. #booksky #booktok
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
HE DID IT Y'ALL! Joe Biden has declared The #ERA ratified and the law of the land! #28thAmendment #EqualRightsAmendment
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CNN @cnn.com · 17/01/2025
President Joe Biden announced the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution. The move is expected to draw swift legal challenges.
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Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions | CNN Politics
President Joe Biden announced a major opinion Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, enshrining its protections into the Constitution, a last-minute move that some believe could pave the ...
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jski2.bsky.social @jski2.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Missouri town rejects initial anti-abortion push to become ‘sanctuary city for the unborn’ missouriindependent.com/2025/01/07/r...
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Missouri town rejects initial anti-abortion push to become ‘sanctuary city for the unborn’ • Missouri Independent
Rolla rejected an initial proposal to create a Sanctuary City for the Unborn, which would allow citizens to sue medication abortion providers
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sjs67.bsky.social @sjs67.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Missouri Republicans making the bottom over each session
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auntie @auntieaut.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
ameren missouri customers…. you ready for a 15.77% price hike?
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Fred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
There are thousands of Mexican and Canadian firefighters descending on LA to fight the hurricane of destruction that continues to unfold while MAGA offers lies and hate. Watch and subscive to the ‘On Democracy Channel!’ youtu.be/gVLo6PTXbdo?...
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A Hurricane of Fire and a Firehose of BS
YouTube video by On Democracy Channel
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Yesterday Republican Congressman Warren Davidson had the temerity to go on Fox And not only suggest that California Democrats were to blame for the LA fires But argue that Republicans should withhold aid to the state because of its politics When-of course-it was the GOP all along
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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
And a favorite Boston bench honors her spirit… 🗃️
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The Seneca Project @senecaproject.us · 09/01/2025
Our hearts continue breaking for those in California experiencing the devastation of wildfires. It's impossible to fathom the devastation of losing your home, keepsakes, and in some cases, family. If you're looking for a way to help, click in below. time.com/7205547/los-...
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How to Help Victims of the LA Wildfires
Firefighters have struggled to contain several blazes that were fanned by strong winds that cold worsen.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I am one of the keynote speakers at this year’s Network for Public Education National Conference in Columbus, Ohio. Here is the link for tickets and I’d love to see you there 👇🏻 networkforpubliceducation.org/2025-nationa...
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