ARS
@arsstl.bsky.social
Lifelong Democrat. Higher ed textbook developer. Freelance writer.
Mom of three. Wife to one.
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Learning ocarina; sound like a dying owl… 🤪
Mom of three. Wife to one.
Unitarian Universalist 🕯️
Learning ocarina; sound like a dying owl… 🤪
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As historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social noted yesterday the “chain of custody” to ensure election ballots integrity was broken yesterday with the FBI seizure of the ballots in Fulton, GA. IOW, we can’t trust what the Trump regime says about them.
www.youtube.com/live/V_cOm2P...
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Politics Chat, January 29, 2026
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:36 AM
As historian @hcrichardson.bsky.social noted yesterday the “chain of custody” to ensure election ballots integrity was broken yesterday with the FBI seizure of the ballots in Fulton, GA. IOW, we can’t trust what the Trump regime says about them.
www.youtube.com/live/V_cOm2P...
www.youtube.com/live/V_cOm2P...
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
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Humanely, you say?
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January 25, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Humanely, you say?
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Chelsea’s Fund, a Wyoming org that helps pay for abortions, said that Tuesday’s decision affirms “that abortion is essential health care, and Wyoming women have a constitutional right and the freedom to make their own health care decisions, and that should be without government interference.”
Abortion-rights advocates cheer Wyoming Supreme Court ruling; opponents plan constitutional amendment
As a plaintiff in the 2022 lawsuit that kicked off years of legal sparring over Wyoming abortion rights, Dr. Giovannina Anthony had waited a long time for Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision on the state...
www.newsfromthestates.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Chelsea’s Fund, a Wyoming org that helps pay for abortions, said that Tuesday’s decision affirms “that abortion is essential health care, and Wyoming women have a constitutional right and the freedom to make their own health care decisions, and that should be without government interference.”
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Drug runners are camouflaging their boats so they don’t get blown up.
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Drug runners are camouflaging their boats so they don’t get blown up.
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OMG: The signage behind Trump at his so-called affordability event today reads "LOWER PRICES" and "BIGGER PAYCHECKS"
Trump's strategy to counter his disastrous handling of the affordability crisis is to just...lie about it.
This is a gift to Democrats.
Trump's strategy to counter his disastrous handling of the affordability crisis is to just...lie about it.
This is a gift to Democrats.
December 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
OMG: The signage behind Trump at his so-called affordability event today reads "LOWER PRICES" and "BIGGER PAYCHECKS"
Trump's strategy to counter his disastrous handling of the affordability crisis is to just...lie about it.
This is a gift to Democrats.
Trump's strategy to counter his disastrous handling of the affordability crisis is to just...lie about it.
This is a gift to Democrats.
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"HOW ABOUT TELLING THE TRUTH?"
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"HOW ABOUT TELLING THE TRUTH?"
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"People Not Politicians" should be the battle cry of all Americans under this administration!
December 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
"People Not Politicians" should be the battle cry of all Americans under this administration!
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Colin Jost appeared as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the opening sketch of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted this week by Melissa McCarthy and featuring the musical guest Dijon. Here’s an episode recap.
Colin Jost Plays Pete Hegseth on ‘S.N.L.’ to Explain ‘Operation Kill Everybody’
Jost appeared as the defense secretary in a rare role away from the Weekend Update desk while Melissa McCarthy hosted for the first time since 2017.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Colin Jost appeared as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the opening sketch of “Saturday Night Live,” hosted this week by Melissa McCarthy and featuring the musical guest Dijon. Here’s an episode recap.
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Why take it up if not to rule in his favor” “And subject to the jurisdiction thereof” is going to be the worm hole they use to allow him to continue his racist agenda. #supremecourt
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Why take it up if not to rule in his favor” “And subject to the jurisdiction thereof” is going to be the worm hole they use to allow him to continue his racist agenda. #supremecourt
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This remains my opinion of the Supreme Court
December 5, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This remains my opinion of the Supreme Court
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BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
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"Just after Christmas, on his birthday, JJ found his mom draped over her bed, lifeless. An autopsy would later confirm what she had feared: Preeclampsia killed her at 20 weeks pregnant."
www.propublica.org/article/texa..., @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/texa..., @propublica.org
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"Just after Christmas, on his birthday, JJ found his mom draped over her bed, lifeless. An autopsy would later confirm what she had feared: Preeclampsia killed her at 20 weeks pregnant."
www.propublica.org/article/texa..., @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/texa..., @propublica.org
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
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Marjorie Taylor Greene fed and watered the beast that is now consuming her.
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene fed and watered the beast that is now consuming her.
