Kristin Bowen
@kristinbowencomo.bsky.social
editor. Hickman High School PTSA president, 2023-24. Missouri volunteer for Moms Demand Action. my posts are mine.
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Since federal agents arrived in Chicago, many violence intervention groups have shifted their resources to cover more immigration justice work, using their networks of street outreach workers to be vigilant of government violence and adding more immigrant-specific services.
They've Protected Residents From Gunfire. Now, They're Defending Neighbors Against ICE.
As immigration raids spread fear in Chicago, violence intervention groups are broadening their mission.
www.thetrace.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Since federal agents arrived in Chicago, many violence intervention groups have shifted their resources to cover more immigration justice work, using their networks of street outreach workers to be vigilant of government violence and adding more immigrant-specific services.
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AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
AOC on MTG retiring: "She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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The stark acknowledgment has drawn parallels to neighboring Kansas, which experienced a budget disaster roughly a decade ago.
Missouri governor wants to eliminate income taxes. Some fear KS-like budget crisis
The stark acknowledgment has drawn parallels to neighboring Kansas, which experienced a budget disaster roughly a decade ago.
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The stark acknowledgment has drawn parallels to neighboring Kansas, which experienced a budget disaster roughly a decade ago.
What can we understand about someone who writes about "moral superiority" as a criticism of others, as a result of being confronted with information that they don't agree with or to? Are such people unable to find out they're wrong? (Because sometimes we're all going to be wrong.) Serious question.
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
What can we understand about someone who writes about "moral superiority" as a criticism of others, as a result of being confronted with information that they don't agree with or to? Are such people unable to find out they're wrong? (Because sometimes we're all going to be wrong.) Serious question.
Columbia's Office of Violence Prevention is poised to offer a contract to Powerhouse Community Development for 2 liaisons for public transit--to keep city bus riders safe. They'd be trained in deescalation, with understanding of services individuals can access: abc17news.com/news/columbi...
Columbia's Office of Violence Prevention looks to offer bus liaison contract to nonprofit
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia's leader of the Office of Violence Prevention D'Markus Thomas-Brown is hoping to offer a contract aimed at deescalating situations on public transit in the city to a nonp...
abc17news.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Columbia's Office of Violence Prevention is poised to offer a contract to Powerhouse Community Development for 2 liaisons for public transit--to keep city bus riders safe. They'd be trained in deescalation, with understanding of services individuals can access: abc17news.com/news/columbi...
Guest on my local NPR station shilling for Hobby Lobby this morning in a segment about “tablescapes” is making my head hurt.
Literally the last place in Columbia we should be shopping.
www.themarysue.com/the-hobby-lo...
Literally the last place in Columbia we should be shopping.
www.themarysue.com/the-hobby-lo...
A Brief Timeline of Hobby Lobby's Many Controversies
"Can you point me toward the Discrimination aisle, please?"
www.themarysue.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Guest on my local NPR station shilling for Hobby Lobby this morning in a segment about “tablescapes” is making my head hurt.
Literally the last place in Columbia we should be shopping.
www.themarysue.com/the-hobby-lo...
Literally the last place in Columbia we should be shopping.
www.themarysue.com/the-hobby-lo...
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This is the most glamorous opening to an article about a white supremacist flattering journalist who lied to her readers and editors while having an affair with narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior that I've ever read.
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is the most glamorous opening to an article about a white supremacist flattering journalist who lied to her readers and editors while having an affair with narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior that I've ever read.
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The Republican shutdown—the longest ever—is over, but let's recap how Trump spent the last 40+ days:
- Suing to force 42 million kids & families who rely on SNAP to go hungry
- Bailing out Argentina
- Jetting around the globe having fancy dinners
- Demolishing the East Wing to build a ballroom
- Suing to force 42 million kids & families who rely on SNAP to go hungry
- Bailing out Argentina
- Jetting around the globe having fancy dinners
- Demolishing the East Wing to build a ballroom
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The Republican shutdown—the longest ever—is over, but let's recap how Trump spent the last 40+ days:
- Suing to force 42 million kids & families who rely on SNAP to go hungry
- Bailing out Argentina
- Jetting around the globe having fancy dinners
- Demolishing the East Wing to build a ballroom
- Suing to force 42 million kids & families who rely on SNAP to go hungry
- Bailing out Argentina
- Jetting around the globe having fancy dinners
- Demolishing the East Wing to build a ballroom
According to Rep. Bob Onder's online Government Shutdown Resource Guide, air travel is normal. Surely the people in his mid-Missouri office have heard the news?? Seems unlikely that as a pilot he wouldn't know that airports in his district aren't working: www.kbia.org/missouri-new...
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
According to Rep. Bob Onder's online Government Shutdown Resource Guide, air travel is normal. Surely the people in his mid-Missouri office have heard the news?? Seems unlikely that as a pilot he wouldn't know that airports in his district aren't working: www.kbia.org/missouri-new...
Missouri @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteers attended Rep. Kathy Steinhoff's campaign kickoff. When she launched her 1st #moleg campaign gun violence was 1 of 2 issues she ran on. With this issue MUCH discussed in Columbia now I'm glad to know she'll continue the work on commonsense gun safety policy
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Missouri @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteers attended Rep. Kathy Steinhoff's campaign kickoff. When she launched her 1st #moleg campaign gun violence was 1 of 2 issues she ran on. With this issue MUCH discussed in Columbia now I'm glad to know she'll continue the work on commonsense gun safety policy
"While armchair diagnoses of Trump’s mental state have long been something of a fool’s game (an ethically dubious one at that), we’ve nevertheless reached a point where even the most casually tuned-in observer can see a president in obvious decline."
Today in @thenation.com, the one and only @therafischwartz.bsky.social asks a pertinent question: isn't it time we started paying more attention to the fact that Trump's brain appears to constantly be oozing out of his ears into a puddle on the floor?
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
We Have to Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain
Are we just going to sit around and pretend that the president isn’t having a lot of… questionable moments these days?
www.thenation.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"While armchair diagnoses of Trump’s mental state have long been something of a fool’s game (an ethically dubious one at that), we’ve nevertheless reached a point where even the most casually tuned-in observer can see a president in obvious decline."
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I'd need to know more about whether the minister shot in the face with a chemical agent from point-blank range before weighing in on it. Maybe it was good that it happened.
Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'd need to know more about whether the minister shot in the face with a chemical agent from point-blank range before weighing in on it. Maybe it was good that it happened.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Educators & parents:
• Are public schools in your area losing funding or changing curriculum?
• Are low-income, ESL or disabled students losing access to programs?
• Are more families in your area sending students to private schools?
Help us report ⬇️
• Are public schools in your area losing funding or changing curriculum?
• Are low-income, ESL or disabled students losing access to programs?
• Are more families in your area sending students to private schools?
Help us report ⬇️
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lede of the year from angela williams
October 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
lede of the year from angela williams
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Great news: Extremists found someone to hold accountable for childhood harm.
Bad news: it’s not the gun industry that is killing our kids, it’s Tylenol.
While the gun industry celebrates their Congressional handout, PLCAA, gun violence is the #1 cause of death for American children.
Priorities…
Bad news: it’s not the gun industry that is killing our kids, it’s Tylenol.
While the gun industry celebrates their Congressional handout, PLCAA, gun violence is the #1 cause of death for American children.
Priorities…
Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Great news: Extremists found someone to hold accountable for childhood harm.
Bad news: it’s not the gun industry that is killing our kids, it’s Tylenol.
While the gun industry celebrates their Congressional handout, PLCAA, gun violence is the #1 cause of death for American children.
Priorities…
Bad news: it’s not the gun industry that is killing our kids, it’s Tylenol.
While the gun industry celebrates their Congressional handout, PLCAA, gun violence is the #1 cause of death for American children.
Priorities…
🎯 @comissourian.bsky.social’s Darko doesn’t miss.
October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🎯 @comissourian.bsky.social’s Darko doesn’t miss.
"recent polling found that 53 percent of Indiana voters opposed mid‑cycle redistricting, with only 34 percent in support"
[attn: #moleg]
[attn: #moleg]
'The votes aren't there': Red state lawmakers give up on Trump's push for more House seats
www.alternet.org/gop-redistri...
www.alternet.org/gop-redistri...
'The votes aren't there': GOP lawmakers giving up on Trump's push for more House seats
Republican leaders in the Indiana Senate Republican Caucus announced Wednesday they currently do not have sufficient votes to proceed with a plan to redraw congressional districts mid‑decade. In a sta...
www.alternet.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"recent polling found that 53 percent of Indiana voters opposed mid‑cycle redistricting, with only 34 percent in support"
[attn: #moleg]
[attn: #moleg]
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Obamacare Enrollment by State:
Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Most Americans Who Rely on Obamacare Live in Republican Areas
Millions of Americans depend on Obamacare. Here's where they live.
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Obamacare Enrollment by State:
Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Illinois State Rep. Hoan Huynh (D), who is also running for Congress, got stopped and harassed by armed Border Control agents while in a car in Chicago's Northwest Side on Tuesday, according to video he shared. Huynh says one of the agents pointed a weapon at him.
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Illinois State Rep. Hoan Huynh (D), who is also running for Congress, got stopped and harassed by armed Border Control agents while in a car in Chicago's Northwest Side on Tuesday, according to video he shared. Huynh says one of the agents pointed a weapon at him.
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Stop saying “renovation.”
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Stop saying “renovation.”
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
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TUNE IN: I’m STILL on the Senate floor exposing Trump’s attempts to trample on the Constitution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...
Merkley STILL Holding the Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy
YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
TUNE IN: I’m STILL on the Senate floor exposing Trump’s attempts to trample on the Constitution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...
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The President responded to peaceful protesters across this country with a video of himself wearing a crown, driving a fighter jet, and bombing peaceful protestors with human waste.
Are you kidding me? Republicans don't say anything about this? It's a total disgrace.
Are you kidding me? Republicans don't say anything about this? It's a total disgrace.
October 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The President responded to peaceful protesters across this country with a video of himself wearing a crown, driving a fighter jet, and bombing peaceful protestors with human waste.
Are you kidding me? Republicans don't say anything about this? It's a total disgrace.
Are you kidding me? Republicans don't say anything about this? It's a total disgrace.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Helicopter parenting is out of control. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
Embattled Trump Nominee Paul Ingrassia’s Mom Tried to Meet With Lawmakers Who Criticized Her Son
Donna Gallo Ingrassia demanded meetings at the Capitol Hill office of Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia in late June to defend her son.
www.notus.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Helicopter parenting is out of control. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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An important read this Domestic Violence Awareness Month:
“Guns amplify the inherent power and control dynamics characteristic of abusive intimate relationships, whether as lethal weapons to injure and kill or as a tool to inflict emotional abuse without ever firing a bullet.”
“Guns amplify the inherent power and control dynamics characteristic of abusive intimate relationships, whether as lethal weapons to injure and kill or as a tool to inflict emotional abuse without ever firing a bullet.”
America Is an Increasingly Dangerous Place for Women and Girls
In America's hyper-macho, gun-drenched culture, growing up female has never been safe. But under the Trump administration, America is becoming a much more dangerous place for women and girls.
America is dangerous for women and girls because our leaders...
msmagazine.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
An important read this Domestic Violence Awareness Month:
“Guns amplify the inherent power and control dynamics characteristic of abusive intimate relationships, whether as lethal weapons to injure and kill or as a tool to inflict emotional abuse without ever firing a bullet.”
“Guns amplify the inherent power and control dynamics characteristic of abusive intimate relationships, whether as lethal weapons to injure and kill or as a tool to inflict emotional abuse without ever firing a bullet.”