Jo M. Holt
@jomholt.bsky.social
Biochemist (molecular biophysics), former Democratic County Chair and former State Senate Candidate in AZ, still fighting the fight in KCMO with League of Women Voters. Chiefs fan, still.
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“If you haven’t been poor, don’t legislate for the poor.” - Rep Lateefah Simon, CA-12
May 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“If you haven’t been poor, don’t legislate for the poor.” - Rep Lateefah Simon, CA-12
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Democrats for Education Reform, the front operation for billionaire privateering of public education, has gone all-in for right-wing policies. New story by @masspolprofmo.bsky.social on Public Voices for Public Schools pv4ps.org/declining-...
May 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Democrats for Education Reform, the front operation for billionaire privateering of public education, has gone all-in for right-wing policies. New story by @masspolprofmo.bsky.social on Public Voices for Public Schools pv4ps.org/declining-...
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Juan Ciscomani said he had a spine when he signed letters to protect Medicaid, but his vote proves he never had one in the first place.
He didn’t just turn his back on #AZ06 families, he looked us in the eye, lied, and took a victory lap with his vote.
My statement 🔽
He didn’t just turn his back on #AZ06 families, he looked us in the eye, lied, and took a victory lap with his vote.
My statement 🔽
May 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Juan Ciscomani said he had a spine when he signed letters to protect Medicaid, but his vote proves he never had one in the first place.
He didn’t just turn his back on #AZ06 families, he looked us in the eye, lied, and took a victory lap with his vote.
My statement 🔽
He didn’t just turn his back on #AZ06 families, he looked us in the eye, lied, and took a victory lap with his vote.
My statement 🔽
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Moms hold our country together, often invisibly. It's time we start recognizing motherhood for what it truly is: raising the next generation and shaping our country's future.
This Mother's Day, don't just say thanks, join us in demanding better.
This Mother's Day, don't just say thanks, join us in demanding better.
May 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Moms hold our country together, often invisibly. It's time we start recognizing motherhood for what it truly is: raising the next generation and shaping our country's future.
This Mother's Day, don't just say thanks, join us in demanding better.
This Mother's Day, don't just say thanks, join us in demanding better.
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💡 Studies show ripple effects through local economies when higher quantities of local food are purchased. A 2010 study found that for every dollar spent on local food products, there is between 32 cents and 90 cents in additional local economic activity.
After the Trump administration canceled funding for schools to buy local produce, Missouri farmers hope the relationships continue
Farmers say the program guaranteed fair prices and encouraged them to scale production.
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May 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
💡 Studies show ripple effects through local economies when higher quantities of local food are purchased. A 2010 study found that for every dollar spent on local food products, there is between 32 cents and 90 cents in additional local economic activity.
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June 14 is No Kings Day.
While Trump hosts his birthday parade in DC, we’ll be rising up everywhere else with nationwide protests to send him one message: NO KINGS!
Find an event near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
While Trump hosts his birthday parade in DC, we’ll be rising up everywhere else with nationwide protests to send him one message: NO KINGS!
Find an event near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
June 14 is No Kings Day.
While Trump hosts his birthday parade in DC, we’ll be rising up everywhere else with nationwide protests to send him one message: NO KINGS!
Find an event near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
While Trump hosts his birthday parade in DC, we’ll be rising up everywhere else with nationwide protests to send him one message: NO KINGS!
Find an event near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Critics say Missouri GOP law fighting abortion is a ‘Let Politicians Lie Act’
From @kacen.bsky.social
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From @kacen.bsky.social
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Critics say Missouri GOP law fighting abortion is a ‘Let Politicians Lie Act’
The law represents a relatively new target for Missouri Republican lawmakers and officials: judges who rule against them.
www.kansascity.com
May 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Critics say Missouri GOP law fighting abortion is a ‘Let Politicians Lie Act’
From @kacen.bsky.social
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Kahlenber promotes the abuser’s theory of authoritarianism. “Look what you made me do” is the victim-blaming excuse of psychopaths. Authoritarians *everywhere* target higher education to destroy independent centers of information and resistance, not because of affirmative action. “DEI” is pretext.
Kahlenberg has always been an ‘anything but racism’ & politically palatable ‘race neutral’ alternatives grifter. Joining SFFA as a witness was unsurprising. He saw his moment & now blames higher ed for trying any small way to combat racial segregation & inequality. www.chronicle.com/article/high...
Opinion | Higher Ed Brought This on Itself
The university made itself a target by embracing affirmative action.
www.chronicle.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Kahlenber promotes the abuser’s theory of authoritarianism. “Look what you made me do” is the victim-blaming excuse of psychopaths. Authoritarians *everywhere* target higher education to destroy independent centers of information and resistance, not because of affirmative action. “DEI” is pretext.
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This. Is. How. You. Do. It.
After his release from federal custody today, Mohsen Mahdawi delivered a bold message to Donald Trump and his Cabinet: “Let me make this clear—I am not afraid of you.
April 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
This. Is. How. You. Do. It.
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The CFPB has delivered $21B in relief to 205 million+ Americans by taking on junk fees, scammers, megabanks, and predatory lenders.
So why are Republicans trying to defund the agency?
They’re NOT fighting for the people—they're fighting for Wall Street & the ultra wealthy.
So why are Republicans trying to defund the agency?
They’re NOT fighting for the people—they're fighting for Wall Street & the ultra wealthy.
April 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The CFPB has delivered $21B in relief to 205 million+ Americans by taking on junk fees, scammers, megabanks, and predatory lenders.
So why are Republicans trying to defund the agency?
They’re NOT fighting for the people—they're fighting for Wall Street & the ultra wealthy.
So why are Republicans trying to defund the agency?
They’re NOT fighting for the people—they're fighting for Wall Street & the ultra wealthy.
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"Don't undermine the citizen initiative petition process," LWVMO President Marilyn McLeod told a Senate Committee on April 28. Testifying against HB 507, she said the process is already cumbersome for the people to get something on the ballot and "extra rules are unnecessary."
April 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Don't undermine the citizen initiative petition process," LWVMO President Marilyn McLeod told a Senate Committee on April 28. Testifying against HB 507, she said the process is already cumbersome for the people to get something on the ballot and "extra rules are unnecessary."
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More recklessness and incompetence from the Defense Secretary that undermines America’s national security.
He should resign or be fired before an entirely avoidable catastrophe occurs.
He should resign or be fired before an entirely avoidable catastrophe occurs.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared detailed information about strikes in Yemen to a second unclassified Signal group chat that included his wife and brother, people familiar with the matter said. nyti.ms/4jBQ1wV
April 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
More recklessness and incompetence from the Defense Secretary that undermines America’s national security.
He should resign or be fired before an entirely avoidable catastrophe occurs.
He should resign or be fired before an entirely avoidable catastrophe occurs.
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Trump's plan for an "Iron Dome" for the U.S. would give Elon Musk a license to steal from taxpayers cepr.net/publications...
Iron Dome Technology: Elon Musk’s License to Steal Taxpayer Dollars
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are using government power to funnel public money into private profit, exemplified by a needless projects that would enrich Musk through a lucrative licensing deals.
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April 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Trump's plan for an "Iron Dome" for the U.S. would give Elon Musk a license to steal from taxpayers cepr.net/publications...
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A friend of mine has coined the term “Pinocheting” to describe what the government is doing to these prisoners.
Stop calling it deporting, so MAYBE more Americans will get it. "Deporting" is sending someone back, after due process, to the country they came from, where they arrive a free person. This is human trafficking to a foreign torture prison for the rest of their lives. GET THE LANGUAGE RIGHT.
April 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A friend of mine has coined the term “Pinocheting” to describe what the government is doing to these prisoners.
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and the administration is out there taking credit for BIDENS WORK! good job, guy!
April 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
and the administration is out there taking credit for BIDENS WORK! good job, guy!
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All but seven Missouri counties have shortages of primary care providers. Those mostly rural counties that lack providers see higher rates of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer or kidney problems, as well as higher rates of tobacco usage.
Primary care shortage has an outsized impact on rural Missouri
Rural Missourians tend to be older and have more chronic health conditions. It makes a consistent primary care provider more important, but rural patients have the least access to them.
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April 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
All but seven Missouri counties have shortages of primary care providers. Those mostly rural counties that lack providers see higher rates of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer or kidney problems, as well as higher rates of tobacco usage.
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Head Start has played a pivotal role in providing childcare and early childhood education to working class families in #MO05 and communities across the country for decades.
Congressional Republicans must stand up to protect these vital services.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Congressional Republicans must stand up to protect these vital services.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Exclusive: Trump budget proposal would fully eliminate Head Start
The White House's budget proposes eliminating Head Start, an early childhood education program that provides services to low-income families.
www.usatoday.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Head Start has played a pivotal role in providing childcare and early childhood education to working class families in #MO05 and communities across the country for decades.
Congressional Republicans must stand up to protect these vital services.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Congressional Republicans must stand up to protect these vital services.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
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America has a long & righteous history of providing safe harbor for those fleeing persecution abroad.
As the Trump Administration continues its work to decimate avenues for legal immigration, I’m proud to join @repyassansari.bsky.social in the fight to reinstate the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
As the Trump Administration continues its work to decimate avenues for legal immigration, I’m proud to join @repyassansari.bsky.social in the fight to reinstate the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
Proud to lead 40+ of my colleagues in calling on Sec. Rubio to reinstate the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
Refugees fleeing violence and persecution deserve to be welcomed— that's the promise of America. I'm fighting to make that happen.
Refugees fleeing violence and persecution deserve to be welcomed— that's the promise of America. I'm fighting to make that happen.
April 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
America has a long & righteous history of providing safe harbor for those fleeing persecution abroad.
As the Trump Administration continues its work to decimate avenues for legal immigration, I’m proud to join @repyassansari.bsky.social in the fight to reinstate the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
As the Trump Administration continues its work to decimate avenues for legal immigration, I’m proud to join @repyassansari.bsky.social in the fight to reinstate the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
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President Trump’s reckless trade war and tariff taxes, implemented with the permission of congressional Republicans, continue to devastate the retirement portfolios and pensions of seniors across the country.
At what point will the GOP end this self-inflicted crisis?
At what point will the GOP end this self-inflicted crisis?
Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq smoked as Powell warns of 'challenging' tariff impact, Nvidia plunges
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April 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
President Trump’s reckless trade war and tariff taxes, implemented with the permission of congressional Republicans, continue to devastate the retirement portfolios and pensions of seniors across the country.
At what point will the GOP end this self-inflicted crisis?
At what point will the GOP end this self-inflicted crisis?
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Steve Kerr: "I believe in academic freedom. I think it's crucial for all of our institutions to be able to handle their own business the way they want to. And they should not be shaken down and told what to teach, what to say, by our government. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard."
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”
April 16, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Steve Kerr: "I believe in academic freedom. I think it's crucial for all of our institutions to be able to handle their own business the way they want to. And they should not be shaken down and told what to teach, what to say, by our government. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard."
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The US Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) is critical in coordinating the federal response to homelessness.
The President’s assault on USICH and Housing First will only exacerbate America’s unacceptable homelessness crisis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
The President’s assault on USICH and Housing First will only exacerbate America’s unacceptable homelessness crisis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
Trump’s Targeting of Homeless Agency Signals Sharp Shift in Policy
The president has all but shut down the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, but his real goal appears to be a fundamental change of approach for getting people off the streets.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The US Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) is critical in coordinating the federal response to homelessness.
The President’s assault on USICH and Housing First will only exacerbate America’s unacceptable homelessness crisis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
The President’s assault on USICH and Housing First will only exacerbate America’s unacceptable homelessness crisis.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/u...
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Rep. Cleaver Co-introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Ban Stock Trading Among Members of Congress
(Washington, D.C.) – This week, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Reps.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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