Amber
@forktailfarmer.bsky.social
living the life
Iowa politics, regenerative farming, equitable land access, rural revitalization, They Might Be Giants, and possibly MORE!
Iowa politics, regenerative farming, equitable land access, rural revitalization, They Might Be Giants, and possibly MORE!
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The psychology that twists coverage in Trump’s favor is transparent, once you accept that psychology plays a role. They want to be perceived as neutral by their peers, and they know their peers suspect them of anti-Trump bias. So they demonstrate independence by scrutinizing Dems and praising Trump.
There were at least two ceasefires under Biden! In which more than five times as many living Israeli hostages were released in exchange for 240 Palestinians! Has everyone forgotten this?
Also, ceasefires have happened under prior Presidents! The day he gets Palestine their own country he can be told he's the most special boy deserving of a shiny prize.
October 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The psychology that twists coverage in Trump’s favor is transparent, once you accept that psychology plays a role. They want to be perceived as neutral by their peers, and they know their peers suspect them of anti-Trump bias. So they demonstrate independence by scrutinizing Dems and praising Trump.
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Your local library is full of media that the president hates but can't use his regulatory power to get rid of.
September 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Your local library is full of media that the president hates but can't use his regulatory power to get rid of.
@austinfrerick.bsky.social new paprback edition chapter features Milk & Honey restaurant in Harlan, Iowa.
August 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
@austinfrerick.bsky.social new paprback edition chapter features Milk & Honey restaurant in Harlan, Iowa.
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Wow what an ad.
I was born an underdog. 21 surgeries by the age of 12 for spina bifida. A kid wearing goodwill hand-me-downs. I knew nothing would come easy, but I never doubted my right to the American dream.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
Now, I'm running for the U.S. Senate to make sure all Iowans have a shot at theirs.
August 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Wow what an ad.
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Today is my annual reminder that you know someone who has had a birth outcome Republicans across the country are attempting or have succeeded in criminalizing. Six years ago today, I lost a pregnancy late in the second trimester. You might not know that you know me or a person like me, but you do!
What a GOP Abortion Bill Would Have Forced Me to Do
Just short of 23 weeks, I awoke to find I was having contractions. This was nightmare enough. A Republican bill would compound the nightmare for every woman in my position.
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August 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Today is my annual reminder that you know someone who has had a birth outcome Republicans across the country are attempting or have succeeded in criminalizing. Six years ago today, I lost a pregnancy late in the second trimester. You might not know that you know me or a person like me, but you do!
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The wildest thing about this era is watching so many institutions say out loud yeah, we’re done committing ourselves to excellence, we’re going to specialize in the coddling of mediocre white men
August 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The wildest thing about this era is watching so many institutions say out loud yeah, we’re done committing ourselves to excellence, we’re going to specialize in the coddling of mediocre white men
I recruit local candidates, phone bank for all districts, set recurring donations,etc. BUT If you scapegoat ANY human rights, I will never fight for you. I may apologize for you after your success (OBAMA GAY MARRIAGE). Prepare your volunteers for the consequences of your words and lack of action.
July 31, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I recruit local candidates, phone bank for all districts, set recurring donations,etc. BUT If you scapegoat ANY human rights, I will never fight for you. I may apologize for you after your success (OBAMA GAY MARRIAGE). Prepare your volunteers for the consequences of your words and lack of action.
These are my standards:
1) You have enough friends that you have at least 5 people you can call at any time if you've had a flat tire (not a romantic partner), and they'll show up.
2) You have done enough community work that you can arrange a performance of "Hey Big Spender" within 7 days' notice.
1) You have enough friends that you have at least 5 people you can call at any time if you've had a flat tire (not a romantic partner), and they'll show up.
2) You have done enough community work that you can arrange a performance of "Hey Big Spender" within 7 days' notice.
July 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
These are my standards:
1) You have enough friends that you have at least 5 people you can call at any time if you've had a flat tire (not a romantic partner), and they'll show up.
2) You have done enough community work that you can arrange a performance of "Hey Big Spender" within 7 days' notice.
1) You have enough friends that you have at least 5 people you can call at any time if you've had a flat tire (not a romantic partner), and they'll show up.
2) You have done enough community work that you can arrange a performance of "Hey Big Spender" within 7 days' notice.
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"Grave offenses are going to happen. They are already underway, but each person who is released, each person who is returned, each person who is never arrested or detained in the first place is its own worthwhile outcome."
Interrupting the concentration camp machine | The Same Damn Thing But Worse | Andrea Pitzer
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
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July 20, 2025 at 10:04 AM
"Grave offenses are going to happen. They are already underway, but each person who is released, each person who is returned, each person who is never arrested or detained in the first place is its own worthwhile outcome."
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ACA insurers propose biggest premium hikes since 2018 as Trump policies take hold - Tami Luhby / CNN
“Insurers are asking for a typical rate increase of 15% with more than a quarter proposing hikes of 20% or more.”
www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/p...
“Insurers are asking for a typical rate increase of 15% with more than a quarter proposing hikes of 20% or more.”
www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/p...
ACA insurers propose biggest premium hikes since 2018 as Trump policies take hold | CNN Politics
Affordable Care Act insurers are proposing their steepest premium increases since 2018, driven in part by the looming expiration of Biden-era enhanced premium subsidies and by the Trump administration...
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July 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
ACA insurers propose biggest premium hikes since 2018 as Trump policies take hold - Tami Luhby / CNN
“Insurers are asking for a typical rate increase of 15% with more than a quarter proposing hikes of 20% or more.”
www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/p...
“Insurers are asking for a typical rate increase of 15% with more than a quarter proposing hikes of 20% or more.”
www.cnn.com/2025/07/18/p...
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64% of Medicaid recipients under age 65 work, per KFF. As for the rest, see below. There are not 34m potential agricultural workers on Medicaid just raring to go pick vegetables.
July 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
64% of Medicaid recipients under age 65 work, per KFF. As for the rest, see below. There are not 34m potential agricultural workers on Medicaid just raring to go pick vegetables.
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I was admonished. My reputation, besmirched. My good name, dragged through the mud. They said I fell for fake news.
Well look upon the truth and weep, cowards!
Well look upon the truth and weep, cowards!
June 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I was admonished. My reputation, besmirched. My good name, dragged through the mud. They said I fell for fake news.
Well look upon the truth and weep, cowards!
Well look upon the truth and weep, cowards!
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Because Black people know that there is no such thing as “identification” or “identifying yourself”. They aren’t saying Padilla didn’t identify himself as a U.S. Senator. They are saying that there is only one acceptable identity — credential — being white and, in these times, being pro-Trump.
June 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Because Black people know that there is no such thing as “identification” or “identifying yourself”. They aren’t saying Padilla didn’t identify himself as a U.S. Senator. They are saying that there is only one acceptable identity — credential — being white and, in these times, being pro-Trump.
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This part!
There are a lot of people claiming to fight "fascism" that are trying to reinvent the wheel
They're new to this and don't realize many of us have been doing it for decades
If you don't know WHY they like to call everything "Communism" then it's time to be quiet & learn
There are a lot of people claiming to fight "fascism" that are trying to reinvent the wheel
They're new to this and don't realize many of us have been doing it for decades
If you don't know WHY they like to call everything "Communism" then it's time to be quiet & learn
May 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This part!
There are a lot of people claiming to fight "fascism" that are trying to reinvent the wheel
They're new to this and don't realize many of us have been doing it for decades
If you don't know WHY they like to call everything "Communism" then it's time to be quiet & learn
There are a lot of people claiming to fight "fascism" that are trying to reinvent the wheel
They're new to this and don't realize many of us have been doing it for decades
If you don't know WHY they like to call everything "Communism" then it's time to be quiet & learn
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abolish ice is the moderate position
When he showed up to an immigration meeting in Memphis, Kasper Eriksen thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen.
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
Then ICE arrested the Mississippi father of four, not even giving him a chance to say goodbye to his wife, whisking him away to a prison.
@nickjudin.bsky.social reports:
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing
ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a Mississippi father, at his citizenship hearing, imprisoning him and threatening him with deportation.
www.mississippifreepress.org
May 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
abolish ice is the moderate position
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On this episode of At Liberty, ACLU experts join host W. Kamau Bell to discuss how protecting our data can help protect our freedom of speech and expression.
Know Your Digital Privacy Rights with Esha Bhandari and Daniel Kahn Gillmor
End-to-end encryption. Burner phones. Biometric authentication. Our technology is more advanced than ever, but what does that mean for our digital footprints—and how our data is tracked, whether we’re...
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May 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
On this episode of At Liberty, ACLU experts join host W. Kamau Bell to discuss how protecting our data can help protect our freedom of speech and expression.
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Love to see these initiatives. Profs whose courses have been canceled by universities bowing to the Feds, starting their own courses. People of a certain age may recall the 70s, under Reagan, Thatcher, Mulroney and Pinochet, when free universities became a resistance thing. History is never linear.
Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.
This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.
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April 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Love to see these initiatives. Profs whose courses have been canceled by universities bowing to the Feds, starting their own courses. People of a certain age may recall the 70s, under Reagan, Thatcher, Mulroney and Pinochet, when free universities became a resistance thing. History is never linear.
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just a reminder that alito predates all this maga shit
he is on scotus because of george w bush, one of the worst people to have ever lived
and i am sick about liberals and democrats making goo-goo eyes at bush
he is on scotus because of george w bush, one of the worst people to have ever lived
and i am sick about liberals and democrats making goo-goo eyes at bush
I'm listening to argument in Mahmoud v. Taylor, the conservative Christian attack on books with LGBTQ characters in elementary schools, and it is impossible to overstate how contemptuous Sam Alito is of the idea of treating LGBTQ people with respect. He is a rank homophobe. Nancy Mace in a robe.
April 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
just a reminder that alito predates all this maga shit
he is on scotus because of george w bush, one of the worst people to have ever lived
and i am sick about liberals and democrats making goo-goo eyes at bush
he is on scotus because of george w bush, one of the worst people to have ever lived
and i am sick about liberals and democrats making goo-goo eyes at bush
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The sheer fucking arrogance here is just something else...
April 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The sheer fucking arrogance here is just something else...
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I was just reminded that this administration had no problem facilitating Andrew Tate's release from custody in Romania.
April 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I was just reminded that this administration had no problem facilitating Andrew Tate's release from custody in Romania.
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"But there would always be a question mark in the client’s head: Is my lawyer saying this because he believes it—or is the lawyer saying this because he’s trying to preserve his law firm’s settlement with the government?" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why My Firm Is Standing Up for the Constitution
Big Law should remain independent rather than have the government dictate who it represents.
www.theatlantic.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"But there would always be a question mark in the client’s head: Is my lawyer saying this because he believes it—or is the lawyer saying this because he’s trying to preserve his law firm’s settlement with the government?" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.
April 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We've reached the point in our descent into fascism where the Jewish governor's house getting firebombed on Passover by a guy trying to bash his head in with a sledgehammer is overshadowed by the story of the President saying he wants to build foreign gulags for US citizens.
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Over the last nine Presidential elections, men vote red by about 10 points, and women are the opposite. So, MAGAs Are Banning Women From Voting Because Women Vote Blue
If your path to ‘win’ is voter suppression, it isn’t democracy you support, it’s dictatorship.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/magas-are-...
If your path to ‘win’ is voter suppression, it isn’t democracy you support, it’s dictatorship.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/magas-are-...
MAGAs Are Punishing Women For Taking Their Husband's Names
Here's how my wife Ayesha responded when I asked if she would change her last name to Rashid
www.qasimrashid.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Over the last nine Presidential elections, men vote red by about 10 points, and women are the opposite. So, MAGAs Are Banning Women From Voting Because Women Vote Blue
If your path to ‘win’ is voter suppression, it isn’t democracy you support, it’s dictatorship.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/magas-are-...
If your path to ‘win’ is voter suppression, it isn’t democracy you support, it’s dictatorship.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/magas-are-...
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Stephen Miller, a white nationalist and racist, is the mastermind behind all this anti-immigrant cruelty and he's found the perfect vessel in Donald Trump, another racist, who seems mostly checked out during his second Administration. But, he's golfing on your tax payer dollar.
April 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Stephen Miller, a white nationalist and racist, is the mastermind behind all this anti-immigrant cruelty and he's found the perfect vessel in Donald Trump, another racist, who seems mostly checked out during his second Administration. But, he's golfing on your tax payer dollar.
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Some reading material on a general strike.
1) Jeremy Brecher's recent piece on what a general/social strike in response to Trump might look like
1) Jeremy Brecher's recent piece on what a general/social strike in response to Trump might look like
What would a general strike in the US actually look like?
General strikes have been the final means to overcome tyrants around the world. What can be done to lay the groundwork for one in the US?
wagingnonviolence.org
April 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Some reading material on a general strike.
1) Jeremy Brecher's recent piece on what a general/social strike in response to Trump might look like
1) Jeremy Brecher's recent piece on what a general/social strike in response to Trump might look like