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Sue Gibson

@suegibson.bsky.social
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Activist: Feminist, anti racism, pro democracy. Native Texan, current Missourian. ACT*UP, ExpectUs

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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 4h
Just be a good person. Don’t try to set a trap for Jack Smith, ERIC. #WhatsEasyWhatsHard
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Sopranos: Sharp as a Cue Ball
Alt: Sopranos: “Sharp as a fucking Cue Ball”
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 6h
In case you slept through the entire last week of September, here’s an explainer. youtu.be/DfgEYBxiDpg?...
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Jack Smith Testimony! Gotcha Backfires! & Gov. Huckabee Sanders Welfare Ad Offends Who? |HIGNFY S5E3
YouTube video by Have I Got News For You US
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 10h
I heartily endorse this message ✊
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 15h
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Disability rights WEAKENED on your watch!
Why the hell haven’t you talked the president out of taking his sledgehammer to home- and community-based care for people living with disabilities??? Sure, you....
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tucker is completely baffled by morality.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Take all the necessary precautions. We’re on our own. missouriindependent.com/2026/10/02/r...
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Community groups lose HIV-prevention money as feds redirect dollars to states • Missouri Independent
Nearly 100 community-based organizations have lost their federal HIV-prevention grants this week as the Trump administration redirects dollars to state and local health departments. The funding change...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 02/10/2026
Film-makers Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s new short is an unvarnished portrait of ICE-occupied Minneapolis
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The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Each election year, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) takes extra steps to ensure ballots sent through the mail arrive at election offices on time. This year, it’s delaying those efforts. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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USPS pushes back measures that ensure mail ballots arrive on time
“The shorter timeframe is noteworthy and I don’t know why they’re doing this,” Steve Hutkins, who writes for Save the Post Office, told Democracy Docket.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Missourians, vote #NoOnPropA by November 3rd. youtu.be/MyNToWeUmuA?...
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Missouri friends, you’re among the first to see this ad before you go to the polls to vote #NoOnPropA youtu.be/SLJ77U8Mpcs?...
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#ImNotAPerfectionistBut I’m a damn lot closer to it than ERIC.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 02/10/2026
Pete Hegseth wants to inject more religion into the military, starting with his favorite Bible verse: no fatties, no beardos, no wimps, no weirdos
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For all who observe… nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations...
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NATIONAL PRODUCE MISTING DAY
National Produce Misting Day on October 2 recognizes the innovation of keeping fruits and vegetables fresh. Misted fingertips rest assured that produce remains crisp, plump, hydrated and nutrient-dens...
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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On Eric Schmitt | Joohn Choe
Oh, haha, the silly Senator made a gaffe. The late-night talk show hosts riff, the engagement farmers bellow into their echo chambers, and w
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“In Missouri, mental health conditions are among the leading causes of death during pregnancy and in the year after giving birth.” www.newstribune.com/news/2026/oc...
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Missouri doesn’t require asking pregnant patients about their mental health: New moms keep dying | Jefferson City News-Tribune
When a doctor starts asking a new mother about feelings of depression, therapist Haley Walker said the patient may be thinking about more than her actual symptoms.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Overall, it is a woman’s ambition on the chopping block. Not a man’s job, degree or young adulthood. Hers.” msmagazine.com/2026/09/14/m...
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Marry Young, Skip the Career Ladder: Conservatives' Pitch to Gen Z Women
Live Action Young Leaders Summit, Turning Point USA Young Women’s Leadership Summit, Conservative Political Action Conference Women Warriors Summit.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#NotBeingPerfectIs your only consolation, ERIC.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Oppose HR 7008
H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act, would restrict members of Congress, their spouses, and their children from buying new individual stocks while in office...
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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On the flimsy “Ratepayer Protection Act”
The Ratepayer Protection Act directs states to *consider* mirroring federal rules that would make tech companies — instead of consumers — cover data centers’ en...
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Senate Republicans continued to vote against any effort to force an end to the war.“ www.govtrack.us/posts/626/20...
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Senate Sets Up A Vote - GovTrack.us
Original reporting and other news from GovTrack.us
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“If the administration was serious about assisting state and local election officials, they shouldn’t have dismantled all of the federal government’s election cybersecurity capacity and fired all their experts in early 2025.” apnews.com/article/nsa-...
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Hegseth says national security, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms
The U.S. National Security Agency and military intelligence forces are set to guard election systems during the November midterms.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Trump has made it clear that he has complete authority over the funds, although such direct control is prohibited by law.” open.substack.com/pub/populari...
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How MAGA Inc. raised so much money
Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump, who is constitutionally prohibited from running for president again, has raised over $400 million through his super PAC, MAGA Inc.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hot off the press 🔥 mailchi.mp/missouridems...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Missouri Democrats Call On All Missourians to Continue Fight to Protect Voter Power
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 25/09/2026
Yes, you, the person reading this post right now.
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You're paying for Donald Trump's new ad
Love me, love me, love me.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The damage these two men have done and will continue to do is without parallel in American history.…Russell Vought and RFK Jr. are out-of-control zealots with no rational policy goals. To treat them otherwise is to invest their deep sociopathy with credibility.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Trump Is Destroying Public Health. Democrats Need to Fight Back.
If they win in the midterms, the party must move quickly and aggressively to undo the harm Trump and his cronies have caused.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“According to multiple GI rights organizations, service members are inquiring in unprecedented numbers about seeking conscientious objector status.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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As Morale Sags, More Military Service Members Are Having a Crisis of Conscience
According to multiple GI rights organizations, service members are inquiring in unprecedented numbers about seeking conscientious objector status.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Defend VPNs from government bans!
VPNs make it safer to use the Internet. Governments are trying to ban them. Sign to renew your commitment and tell world leaders: using the Internet safely and privately is a human right. Don’t ban VP...
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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House Republicans Pitch a Plan to Cut Social Security to Billionaire Donor Harlan Crow | Common Dreams
If Republicans want to cut our earned benefits, the American people deserve for them to tell us that to our faces, rather than weaseling around the job they were elected to do, and for which they earn...
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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US environment agency let Bayer pick regulations for destructive weedkiller, documents show
Environmental Protection Agency asked firm to choose rules it wanted for dicamba, then put the choices in a proposed federal rule
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Missouri’s Republican-led government is unfit. www.kttn.com/state-audit-...
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State audit finds repeated issues in Missouri federal fund use
Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick has released a review examining how state agencies managed and spent approximately $20.5 billion in federal
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Buckle up indeed. www.newstribune.com/news/2026/se...
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COMMENTARY: The ‘super’ El Niño is here. Trump chose to be unprepared | Jefferson City News-Tribune
El Niño is coming! El Niño is coming!
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Complicit cowards.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*you’re #WhatTheGrammarPoliceSaid
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Your vs You're Grammar Meme
Alt: A man breaking out in a sweat, choosing between “your” and “you’re”.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Remember, kids, always use violence to manage your emotions. www.newstribune.com/news/2026/se...
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Lincoln University students smash cars during annual Homecoming event | Jefferson City News-Tribune
Broken shards of glass splashed Wednesday across Lincoln University's campus as students swung a sledgehammer at old vehicles.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Want something to do this weekend? Canvass with #PeopleNotPoliticians! Your community needs to know to VOTE NO ON PROP A! Sign up 👉 www.mobilize.us/pnpmo/ #NoOnA
Weekend plans? Canvass for NO on Prop A!
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s certainly not surprising that Josh Hawley hired a misogynist, and🤷🏼‍♀️maybe not that surprising that the guy is a hitler-lover as well. youtube.com/shorts/veF5d...
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Trump’s media ban gets even more disturbing
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
An Amazon worker died in one of Amazon's warehouses. As he lay on the floor dying, management told the other workers: "Just turn around and don't look. Get back to work." That was a human being. A child of God. Sacrificed on the altar of corporate greed.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
May this endorsement be his downfall. Also, “Make D.C. listen”? 😂
Bob Onder’s website touting Trump’s endorsement. Also, hasn’t been updated since before the primary election.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Yes on Six. The rest are tricks." www.newstribune.com/news/2026/se...
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PERSPECTIVE: The welfare of the people | Jefferson City News-Tribune
I had planned for this column to be about Hurricane Donna, the most important link in my chain about how I got to Missouri.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I love knowing this story! youtube.com/shorts/RP5md...
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How did Charlie Brown get a black friend?
YouTube video by Global Mind Apparel
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Speak up! An easy letter link is in the thread.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 22/09/2026
UPDATE: I just listened to the press conference with Oz & Vance...and sure enough, just as I suspected, they're apparently relying heavily on AN AI MODEL to "decide" which ACA enrollees meet the financial eligibility standards and which ones don't.
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Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
💪Humanitarian Protests continue for another night in Austin, Texas after the ICE shooting of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez🇺🇸
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 22/09/2026
I'm going to collect reports like this of staunch Republicans running away from Trump in this thread:
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trump's remarks to the UN General Assembly this morning amount to a series of confessions to war crimes for which he could now easily be put on trial in The Hague. This makes clear why he wants to tear down the ICC. It's to protect his friends Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu, and himself.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Diversify All the President's Men #RightThingToDoInASongOrMovie
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Augsburg Vielfalt: Buntes Design
Alt: DIVERSITY
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
She accidentally did a good thing — just not for the right reason. www.newstribune.com/news/2026/se...
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Missouri AG orders Kalshi, Polymarket to stop operating prediction markets here | Jefferson City News-Tribune
The Missouri Attorney General's office is cracking down on prediction markets that compete with the state's licensed sports betting operators -- and don't pay state taxes on the bets.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#WhatCheersMeUpIs Trump running his mouth with no audio.
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Sue Gibson @suegibson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fueled by Trump’s war on homelessness & drug use, local harm reduction programs were shuttered & a homeless encampment was cleared. Massive federal budget cuts further hampered efforts to combat the growing outbreak. Maine sought help from the CDC that never came through. www.poz.com/article/main...
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Maine’s HIV and Hepatitis C Outbreak Continues to Grow
UPDATE: The outbreak in Penobscot County, Maine, now includes 46 confirmed cases of HIV, including 41 with hep C coinfection.
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