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A.F. Williams
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I live in Iowa. I like cats. I’m a labor activist. Also, I have an artificial heart valve!
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Rose Girone, who was believed to be the oldest survivor of the Holocaust, died this week at 113.

She fled Nazi Germany in 1939 with her husband and baby only to be forced into a Jewish ghetto in Shanghai. Still, she would often say, "Aren’t we lucky?"

Read more: nyti.ms/3Xlk3fM
February 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Caldwell 33 and 34
December 17, 2024 at 6:08 AM
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A lightning bolt.

Seen from orbit.

On Jupiter.
December 9, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Just wanted to say: today is 7 weeks post open-heart surgery, and I still have another week off work because my union has a sick leave bank I could use.

If you have a union, join.

If you don’t have a union, get one.

Life is better with a union.

#union
November 22, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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Coach is on Bluesky. I believe he's part of the Notary Public Starter Pack
November 15, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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I don’t think it will all fit in there.
November 20, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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Today, Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez proposed a new task for to look at electoral reforms which could break up the two party system in Congress, expand the number of House districts, and move the House to a form of proportional representation.

It's a very, very good idea.
Blue Dogs Propose New Task Force to Look at ‘Winner-Take-All’ Election System
The bipartisan task force would investigate structural reforms like multimember districts and adding more House members in an effort to address growing polarization and distrust of Congress.
www.notus.org
November 19, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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CA news has been full of the #MountainFire & evacuations that occurred , school closures and bad air quality.

Oxnard area farm workers have been laboring in the fields to put food on our table despite the air quality index being in the poor range for the last week. #WeFeedYou
November 11, 2024 at 9:00 PM