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Lela Chism

@theleelurship.bsky.social
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Working-Class Champion. Progressive Firebrand. Housing is a Human Right. Workers Over Billionaires.

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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
So today is Religious Freedom Day and I would like to thank all of the politicians that know what and still support the separation of church and state. Unfortunately our state legislature does not so I have some suggestions on how to better honor the day here in Arkansas.
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Good night 🌙 and….
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Follow the Money: French Hill Banked $180K From Crypto Before Selling Us the CLARITY Act #FrenchHill #CryptoWatch #ArkansasPolitics
bentoncourier.com
French Hill’s CLARITY: Banking on your next bailout
In 1999, Congress repealed the Glass-Steagall Act, the Depression-era safeguard that had kept commercial banking separate from speculative finance for over 60 years. What followed was predictable: a d...
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
192 journalists have been killed in Gaza so far. 5 were killed when Israel BOMBED Nasser hospital TODAY. Striking once & then doubling back to get rescuers assisting after the first strike. Called a double tap & frequently done in Gaza. One journalist was a freelancer for the Associated Press.
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
#FreePalestine #Arkansas
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I support a permanent ceasefire because every bomb that falls lands on someone’s home, school, or child. And I oppose Arkansas’s decision to tie our public funds to a government that blocks food, bombs civilians, and calls it security. #FreePalestine #Gaza
bentoncourier.com
OPINION: Bonds for bombs, not bread
In Gaza, mothers are boiling weeds to feed their children. Refugee camps are rubble, hospitals are destroyed, and more than 61,000 people — many of them children — are dead.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 04/08/2025
Thousands of machinists who build fighter jets and munitions at Boeing’s defense hub went on strike at midnight Monday for the first time since the mid-1990s.
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Boeing defense union goes on strike
Boeing defense union announces strike after machinists in Missouri and Illinois voted to reject the latest contract offer.
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Cortney McKee @cortneymckee.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
@theleelurship.bsky.social #GoodTroubleLivesOn #arpx #arbluedots
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
We have a dangerously weak labor market and Trump fired Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and accuse them of manipulating the recent jobs report data. They're talking about the 70s all over again - stagflation.
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Latest OP-ED "The U.S. has never been some tidy Anglo experiment. It’s stolen land, built by enslaved Africans, expanded by Chinese railroad workers, grown by Mexican farm laborers, and staffed every day by underpaid immigrants who get treated like intruders while holding up entire industries."
bentoncourier.com
OPINION: Welcome to Benton: Where you can eat a taco, just don’t fly the flag
Nothing says “freedom” quite like a racist billboard in a Walmart parking lot.
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Remember how repealing Glass-Steagall in the ’90s helped trigger the 2008 financial crisis? Well, Rep. French Hill is trying to top that with his so-called “CLARITY” Act. that guts SEC oversight, hands crypto regulation to the underpowered CFTC, and sets the stage for the next financial meltdown.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 14/07/2025
This ain’t about abortion, it’s about punishing folks who can’t afford private care and women who dare to demand control over their own bodies. Shutting down clinics means more undiagnosed cancer, more untreated STIs, and more folks left out here with nowhere to turn.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/07/2025
If ICE has so much money, “why do they need the military?…My speculation is because it plays better on TV.”
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Experts question the legality of deploying National Guard officials as immigration judges
"The use of military courts to hear civilian cases is the essential component of martial law."
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Group of Microsoft shareholders is demanding a report of the company's complicity in the genocide happening in Palestine 🇵🇸
pcgamer.com
Microsoft shareholders demand report into the company's 'human rights due diligence' over allegations of war crime complicity in Gaza
A group of more than 60 Microsoft shareholders has filed a proposal that will be voted on at the company's next Annual General Meeting.
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Only in Arkansas do we celebrate a 70% bump in Medicaid pay for maternity care after six rural delivery wards have already closed. Pregnant people are driving an hour for a checkup in a mobile van, because hospitals can’t stay open on the pennies we pay.
arkansasadvocate.com
Future uncertain for mobile clinics that fill gaps for SW Arkansas moms | Arkansas Advocate
The program is expected to end next year, but the director said she hopes to receive an extension because she plans to have excess funds.
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Latest Op-Ed in the Saline Courier: Bootstraps don’t work when they’re tied around your neck. www.bentoncourier.com/news/opinion... #southernpolitics #progressivesouth #arnews #apolitics
bentoncourier.com
OPINION: You must be this poor to qualify: The War on the Working Class
Let’s not sugarcoat it: Congress just voted to rob working people blind and funnel even more power and wealth to the billionaire class that already treats this country like their
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Just a reminder: DOGE gutted NOAA — fired scientists, closed forecasting offices, and cut vital tools. After the Texas floods, Republicans blame the National Weather Service for “not warning” and “being wrong.” The same agency they defunded. They broke it — now blame it for the mess. 1/3
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
If you'd like to sign up to volunteer, donate toward printing, or stay updated on signing locations, check out www.saveardemocracy.org #ARPolitics #grassroots
bentoncourier.com
OPINION: Why direct democracy in Arkansas is worth saving
Last summer, I spent countless hours collecting signatures across Arkansas for six statewide ballot initiatives — everything from expanding medical marijuana and removing the sales tax on period produ...
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#nokingsmarch #Arkansas
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
This has always been the GOP's strategy: 1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves. 2) Explode the deficit. 3) Demand cuts to vital programs that help millions. 4) Repeat. They're trying to get away with it again.
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
New op-ed in the Saline Courier: While French Hill plays PR games with ribbon cuttings and gas stations, Arkansans are still waiting for a real town hall. Buc-ee’s ain’t policy, and photo ops aren’t public service. #ArkansasPolitics #ARPX #ARNews #FrenchHill #ProgressiveSouth #SouthernPolitics
bentoncourier.com
Opinion: Buc-ee’s, bankers, and more: French Hill’s greatest hits tour
Congressional recess is typically a time for representatives to return home and reconnect with the people they serve. Unless, of course, you’re French Hill—who seems to think “public service” means
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
I'm tired of seeing religion weaponized by politicians who don't actually care about faith, freedom, or our kids' education. #ChristianNationalism #ArkansasPolitics #FirstAmendment #arleg #ArkansasEducation
bentoncourier.com
Opinion: Thou shalt not indoctrinate: Our latest culture war clown show
Once again, the Arkansas legislature and Governor Sanders have made it painfully clear where their loyalties lie—not with students, not with educators, and certainly not with the Constitution, but wit...
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Passed the House committee and is up for vote this afternoon around 1 pm April 16th. Call your house representative to vote YES on SB585 (501)682-6211 #arleg #Arkansaspolitics
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 13/04/2025
When everything gets overwhelming, I make a point to seek out the natural world. The trees and mountains stand witness to the fact that every despot and petty tyrant is nothing to the grandness of it all. It truly is healing to me. Blue Mountain - Missoula, Montana
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
SB585 PASSED THE SENATE! Now it's headed to the House Public Health, Welfare, & Labor Committee on Tuesday, April 15. Call the House Reps on the committee and urge them to support this bill! (501) 682-6211 Committee: arkleg.state.ar.us/Committees/D... #SB585 #ARLeg #ArkansasPolitics #CallToAction
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NPR @npr.org · 11/04/2025
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
While Arkansas faces a doctor shortage, crumbling infrastructure, and underfunded schools, our Governor wants to drop $1 billion on a prison Franklin County doesn’t even want. I wrote in the Courier about why we should kill this plan—for good. #arpx #NoNewPrisons #arleg #arnews #MassIncarceration
bentoncourier.com
OPINION: A special session for a billion dollar prison?
Arkansas doesn’t need another prison.
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
SB585 in Arkansas has made it out of committee and is headed for a Senate vote likely on Monday! Make sure your AR Senator knows you support SB585, ensuring minor workers receive pay stubs. Transparency is a right, especially for our most vulnerable workers. #ARLeg #SB585
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Arkansas! SB 585 ensures young workers get clear, itemized pay stubs—basic transparency every worker deserves. Call 501-682-290 & tell the Senate Public Health Committee to vote YES! On the Agenda 4/2. Email them here: arkleg.state.ar.us/Committees/D... #workersrights #FairPay #Arkansas #arkleg
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Mrs. Misty @mrs-misty-479.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
It seems like the right time to share—IMLS staff booted today? SB536 is in committee tomorrow at 10 AM…this is feeling a little too close to home. Who supports rural & small libraries that lack resources? That’s right—IMLS & the State Library! 🤔 #arpx #arleg #arnews
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 30/03/2025
🚨 Trump threatens to use military action to annex Greenland, says he hopes automakers raise prices, pretends he's never heard of Signal and more in a deranged interview with NBC News. Watch:
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Trump has AWFUL INTERVIEW that Instantly GOES SIDEWAYS
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
The workings of the most pro-union president there ever was 👏 🤡
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Lela Chism @theleelurship.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
They’re raising utility rates, gutting worker protections, polluting our water, and rigging elections to keep power. This isn’t incompetence. It’s corruption. Check out my Op-Ed, get mad, and fight back. www.bentoncourier.com/opinion/the-... #Arkansas #EatTheRich #BuffaloRiver #FightBack
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OPINION: The real radicals are in the Arkansas legislature
As the 2025 legislative session pauses, it’s clear that Arkansas lawmakers are waging a coordinated assault on the working people of this state. Many of these lawmakers serve the interests
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/03/2025
Have you said thank you once?
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
NEWS: The United States faces economic turmoil as Trump announces massive tariffs set to go into effect tomorrow, Trump is on the verge of cutting Ukraine off, and the FAA is investigating another incident. Lot's to cover. Check it out and consider subscribing! open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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The United States Faces Economic Meltdown Amid Trump's Tariffs | Evening Rundown
The United States faces economic turmoil as Trump announces massive tariffs set to go into effect tomorrow, Trump is on the verge of cutting Ukraine off, and the FAA is investigating another incident.
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