Margaret McCurdy
@margaretmaggiemc.bsky.social
She/Her
Hiker. Organizer. Optimist... somehow.
LEGISLATE CHANGE
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Hiker. Organizer. Optimist... somehow.
LEGISLATE CHANGE
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All Eyes On Iowa
An initiative I am very proud to contribute to and would love to see you keep up with. 🙌💙
Our mission is to increase civic engagement and make getting involved a little less daunting.
Find us @all_eyes_on_iowa on Instagram.
#iowapolitics #iowadistrict3 #iowadems #bluedot
An initiative I am very proud to contribute to and would love to see you keep up with. 🙌💙
Our mission is to increase civic engagement and make getting involved a little less daunting.
Find us @all_eyes_on_iowa on Instagram.
#iowapolitics #iowadistrict3 #iowadems #bluedot
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“Iowa school districts should take note of this decision and revert any changes they have made to comply with these unconstitutional mandates from the state," said ACLU of Iowa's Thomas Story, declaring "the worst aspects of SF 496" had been blocked.
Foreseeing 'irreparable harm,' federal judge blocks most of Iowa's 'Don't Say Gay' law with preliminary injunction - Little Village
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction late on Thursday, blocking parts of the anti-LGBTQ education bill signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds in May 2023. SF 496 attracted […]
littlevillagemag.com
May 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“Iowa school districts should take note of this decision and revert any changes they have made to comply with these unconstitutional mandates from the state," said ACLU of Iowa's Thomas Story, declaring "the worst aspects of SF 496" had been blocked.
100% in the same position... maybe 4 redeemable lines
So I have now read the Big Three Ayn Rand Books, atlas shrugged, the fountainhead, and anthem. And I have this to say: she’s bad at writing books, so bad, in fact, that I find her popularity genuinely strange
May 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
100% in the same position... maybe 4 redeemable lines
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Happiness was once understood as a communal project tied to justice and shared flourishing, our Ethicist columnist writes, but over time, it evolved into something individual and small.
Our Idea of Happiness Has Gotten Shallow. Here’s How to Deepen It.
We used to have a very different understanding of what it means to live well.
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Happiness was once understood as a communal project tied to justice and shared flourishing, our Ethicist columnist writes, but over time, it evolved into something individual and small.
Thinking about the grievances section of the Declaration of Independence today... looking all too familiar...
"For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world... For depriving us of the benefits of Trial by Jury... For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses."
Tyranny
"For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world... For depriving us of the benefits of Trial by Jury... For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses."
Tyranny
May 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thinking about the grievances section of the Declaration of Independence today... looking all too familiar...
"For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world... For depriving us of the benefits of Trial by Jury... For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses."
Tyranny
"For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world... For depriving us of the benefits of Trial by Jury... For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offenses."
Tyranny
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Angel Ramirez won Tuesday’s special election in #Iowa House District 78 in a landslide. The Cedar Rapids Democrat won 2,742 of the 3,470 votes cast in the district.
littlevillagemag.com/angel-ramire...
littlevillagemag.com/angel-ramire...
Democrat Angel Ramirez wins special election for Iowa House seat in a landslide - Little Village
Angel Ramirez won Tuesday’s special election in Iowa House District 78 in a landslide. The Cedar Rapids Democrat won 2,742 of the 3,470 votes cast in the district, according to […]
littlevillagemag.com
April 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Angel Ramirez won Tuesday’s special election in #Iowa House District 78 in a landslide. The Cedar Rapids Democrat won 2,742 of the 3,470 votes cast in the district.
littlevillagemag.com/angel-ramire...
littlevillagemag.com/angel-ramire...
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it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
April 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months
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If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
April 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
If Jesus had focused more on kitchen table issues and less on unpopular outcasts like lepers and prostitutes, he might have won more support from white working-class Judeans.
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We are way past impeachment time
April 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We are way past impeachment time
Currently sitting down with frazzled hair, a cup of tea, and my glasses on to finish up Everything is Tuberculosis. Mind you, I'm a Christian obsessive-compulsive from the Midwest who also has an odd fixation on infectious disease. Feeling very @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Currently sitting down with frazzled hair, a cup of tea, and my glasses on to finish up Everything is Tuberculosis. Mind you, I'm a Christian obsessive-compulsive from the Midwest who also has an odd fixation on infectious disease. Feeling very @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
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Friday marked the end of the second legislative funnel week. Here's a quick look at where some key bills stand:
April 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Friday marked the end of the second legislative funnel week. Here's a quick look at where some key bills stand:
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Ohh "America First" was a hit list
April 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ohh "America First" was a hit list
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Today's stock market crash was the worst since the Spring of 2020.
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!
April 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Today's stock market crash was the worst since the Spring of 2020.
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!
Can you guess who was president during *both* crashes? I bet you can!
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The Iowa Senate Education Committee advanced a number of bills impacting both K-12 and higher education on Thursday, ensuring they will remain active as the session’s second funnel deadline looms, Brooklyn Draisley reports via @reportforamerica.bsky.social. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/03/i...
Iowa Senate Education Committee moves several bills ahead of funnel deadline • Iowa Capital Dispatch
The Iowa Senate Education Committee advanced a number of bills focused on K-12 and higher education Thursday.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The Iowa Senate Education Committee advanced a number of bills impacting both K-12 and higher education on Thursday, ensuring they will remain active as the session’s second funnel deadline looms, Brooklyn Draisley reports via @reportforamerica.bsky.social. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/03/i...
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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
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An untitled poem for spring (and this administration)
April 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
An untitled poem for spring (and this administration)
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The ISU protest and funeral for the LGBTQIA+ Center for Student Success was held to mourn what students called a safe space on campus, which was restructured to comply with legislation barring state universities from opening or maintaining most DEI offices. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/02/i...
ISU students, community mourn restructured LGBTQ+ center • Iowa Capital Dispatch
Iowa State University students and community members mourned the ISU LGBTQ+ student success center Wednesday in the wake of its restructuring.
iowacapitaldispatch.com
April 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The ISU protest and funeral for the LGBTQIA+ Center for Student Success was held to mourn what students called a safe space on campus, which was restructured to comply with legislation barring state universities from opening or maintaining most DEI offices. iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/02/i...
All Eyes On Iowa
An initiative I am very proud to contribute to and would love to see you keep up with. 🙌💙
Our mission is to increase civic engagement and make getting involved a little less daunting.
Find us @all_eyes_on_iowa on Instagram.
#iowapolitics #iowadistrict3 #iowadems #bluedot
An initiative I am very proud to contribute to and would love to see you keep up with. 🙌💙
Our mission is to increase civic engagement and make getting involved a little less daunting.
Find us @all_eyes_on_iowa on Instagram.
#iowapolitics #iowadistrict3 #iowadems #bluedot
April 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
All Eyes On Iowa
An initiative I am very proud to contribute to and would love to see you keep up with. 🙌💙
Our mission is to increase civic engagement and make getting involved a little less daunting.
Find us @all_eyes_on_iowa on Instagram.
#iowapolitics #iowadistrict3 #iowadems #bluedot
An initiative I am very proud to contribute to and would love to see you keep up with. 🙌💙
Our mission is to increase civic engagement and make getting involved a little less daunting.
Find us @all_eyes_on_iowa on Instagram.
#iowapolitics #iowadistrict3 #iowadems #bluedot
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"RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM DIDN'T BEAT THE NAZIS"
Sen Corey Booker
And it won't do it this time, either
Sen Corey Booker
And it won't do it this time, either
April 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM DIDN'T BEAT THE NAZIS"
Sen Corey Booker
And it won't do it this time, either
Sen Corey Booker
And it won't do it this time, either
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This #TransDayOfVisibility, we remind you that supporting transgender people is suicide prevention.
Artwork by SJ Devon Moecker
Artwork by SJ Devon Moecker
March 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This #TransDayOfVisibility, we remind you that supporting transgender people is suicide prevention.
Artwork by SJ Devon Moecker
Artwork by SJ Devon Moecker
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It should be the medical profession that establishes the standard of care, not Christian nationalist anti-abortion advocates.
March 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It should be the medical profession that establishes the standard of care, not Christian nationalist anti-abortion advocates.
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Abolish ICE is not an absurdity statement. ICE was created in 2003 as a response to 9/11 - we do not need it. We already established that following orders isn't an excuse.
March 29, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Abolish ICE is not an absurdity statement. ICE was created in 2003 as a response to 9/11 - we do not need it. We already established that following orders isn't an excuse.
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Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
March 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
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I've always hated the misattribution of the question, "Should I kill myself or have a cup of coffee?" But it does make a good prompt.
#albertcamus #stay
#albertcamus #stay
March 29, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I've always hated the misattribution of the question, "Should I kill myself or have a cup of coffee?" But it does make a good prompt.
#albertcamus #stay
#albertcamus #stay
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I have been anxious for so long. It is like I am trying to break the world record for how long you can consecutively be anxious.
March 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I have been anxious for so long. It is like I am trying to break the world record for how long you can consecutively be anxious.