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“Offering a hand up is not a hand-out.” Clara Barton
ARC Volunteer disaster responser. Former science educator. Artist and avid gardener. 🪴
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Headline 1:

"Trump cuts to National Weather Service leave Kentucky offices understaffed"

Headline 2:

"At least 21 dead after tornado rips through southern Kentucky"
May 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Republicans are waging a war on Eastern Kentucky with cruel cuts to Medicaid and public health funds amid an ongoing opioid crisis.

The GOP's heartless attacks will cost lives and devastate communities.
Federal Funding Cuts to Medicaid and Public Health Will Worsen Kentucky’s Opioid Crisis - Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
Kentucky's success addressing its overdose crisis is at risk due to potential cuts to essential federal funding.
kypolicy.org
April 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Florence Kentucky today. Even in red states people are turning out to protest. Two miles of protesters shoulder to shoulder and most of the reaction from passersby was positive.
April 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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You have to see this.

PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
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March 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar
March 31, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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March 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did in J6!!!!
March 17, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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New cover of Time magazine. Trump must hate this so much.
February 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM