Aspen Clemons
@aspenclemons.bsky.social
Public policy and shoestring catches.
Two things can be true at once: you don’t win basketball games turning the ball over 22 times and I’m so proud of my Pacers. This group is special and this team has been built piece by piece. Uptempo team ball still works.
June 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Two things can be true at once: you don’t win basketball games turning the ball over 22 times and I’m so proud of my Pacers. This group is special and this team has been built piece by piece. Uptempo team ball still works.
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Housing advocates ask Braun for dedicated task force in letter backed by nearly 700 signers
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Housing advocates ask Braun for dedicated task force in letter backed by nearly 700 signers • Indiana Capital Chronicle
The letter argues that the shortage of affordable housing creates instability that pushes Hoosiers into subpar — even deadly — units.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Housing advocates ask Braun for dedicated task force in letter backed by nearly 700 signers
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Federal funding uncertainty eliminates Indiana programs, threatens others
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Federal funding uncertainty eliminates Indiana programs, threatens others • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Federal funding uncertainty has eliminated several programs across Indiana and threatens other Hoosier priorities.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
June 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Federal funding uncertainty eliminates Indiana programs, threatens others
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Many of the federal workers being forced out by Trump are Black women who spent decades building a career of government service, only to see those careers shattered in a sudden purge.
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.
www.propublica.org
June 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Many of the federal workers being forced out by Trump are Black women who spent decades building a career of government service, only to see those careers shattered in a sudden purge.
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social
1/4. Welcome to the show. 🏀
June 6, 2025 at 3:08 AM
1/4. Welcome to the show. 🏀
“Capital is about profit, democracy is about votes.” -Derrick Johnson, President & CEO @NAACP #ConsumerAssembly @consumerfed.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“Capital is about profit, democracy is about votes.” -Derrick Johnson, President & CEO @NAACP #ConsumerAssembly @consumerfed.bsky.social
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You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
Regulations.gov
www.regulations.gov
May 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).
We need to remember to rebound the ball @Pacers
May 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We need to remember to rebound the ball @Pacers
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Emergency Dept. Nurse & UNAC/UHCP member Zachary Pritchett sprang into action when a man collapsed on Capitol Hill, providing care until EMS arrived.
Moments later, he was urging lawmakers to #ProtectMedicaid. Public service workers like Zachary deliver critical care AND fight for our communities.
Moments later, he was urging lawmakers to #ProtectMedicaid. Public service workers like Zachary deliver critical care AND fight for our communities.
April 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Emergency Dept. Nurse & UNAC/UHCP member Zachary Pritchett sprang into action when a man collapsed on Capitol Hill, providing care until EMS arrived.
Moments later, he was urging lawmakers to #ProtectMedicaid. Public service workers like Zachary deliver critical care AND fight for our communities.
Moments later, he was urging lawmakers to #ProtectMedicaid. Public service workers like Zachary deliver critical care AND fight for our communities.
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idk if there are softball accounts on here yet so 3 RUN SHOT FROM MAYA BLAND FROM THE NINE HOLE TO TAKE THE LEAD
April 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
idk if there are softball accounts on here yet so 3 RUN SHOT FROM MAYA BLAND FROM THE NINE HOLE TO TAKE THE LEAD
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No matter which state you live in, Trump’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau affects your ability to be protected from scams.
We want to understand the fallout that comes with gutting the government’s consumer watchdog. Here’s how you can help us report: propub.li/43EycsC
We want to understand the fallout that comes with gutting the government’s consumer watchdog. Here’s how you can help us report: propub.li/43EycsC
April 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
No matter which state you live in, Trump’s dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau affects your ability to be protected from scams.
We want to understand the fallout that comes with gutting the government’s consumer watchdog. Here’s how you can help us report: propub.li/43EycsC
We want to understand the fallout that comes with gutting the government’s consumer watchdog. Here’s how you can help us report: propub.li/43EycsC
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This shift for all public sector workers is an aspect of Project 2025/DOGE that we aren’t talking about often enough.
I'm sitting in my house drinking coffee, comfortably retired, because I had a union in the Postal Service and got good pay and benefits.
There are people doing essentially the same job for Amazon, with no union, and they are overworked and underpaid and will never retire if Jeff Bezos has his way.
There are people doing essentially the same job for Amazon, with no union, and they are overworked and underpaid and will never retire if Jeff Bezos has his way.
April 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This shift for all public sector workers is an aspect of Project 2025/DOGE that we aren’t talking about often enough.
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The last Black-owned bowling alley in Chicago will stay open after Chicagoans rallied to book out the bowling alley — everything from large company outings to birthday parties
Skyway Lanes Will Stay Open After Chicagoans Step Up To Save City's Last Black-Owned Bowling Alley
Skyway Lanes has raised over $16,000 and is now regularly booking out its alley as neighbors plan events to keep the Far South Side's last bowling alley open.
blockclubchicago.org
April 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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ICYMI: IndyGo will be offering free rides all weekend for the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday, July 19, 2025! Skip the traffic and Go IndyGo instead!
April 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
ICYMI: IndyGo will be offering free rides all weekend for the WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday, July 19, 2025! Skip the traffic and Go IndyGo instead!
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
“We (may) have a generation that’s technologically intelligent and constitutionally illiterate.”- Marc Morial #justeconomy
March 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“We (may) have a generation that’s technologically intelligent and constitutionally illiterate.”- Marc Morial #justeconomy
Alabama v. Maryland is quickly turning into a classic 🏀 #MarchMadness
March 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Alabama v. Maryland is quickly turning into a classic 🏀 #MarchMadness
We’ve got a game in Dayton!
March 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
We’ve got a game in Dayton!
What an incredible legacy
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
What an incredible legacy
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Cutting Dolly Parton’s program that helps kids learn how to read <<<<<<<
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February 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Cutting Dolly Parton’s program that helps kids learn how to read <<<<<<<
www.14news.com/2025/02/19/t...
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we are getting a national version of red state governance, where the people in charge do everything they can to impoverish the state under the view that the more wretched things get, the easier it is for them to stay in power
February 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
we are getting a national version of red state governance, where the people in charge do everything they can to impoverish the state under the view that the more wretched things get, the easier it is for them to stay in power
Just said to someone “That was back when AirTran U was still a thing” and proceeded to explain to them how college students used to be able to fly standby one-way for $30. I have never felt more Auntie than I do now.
February 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Just said to someone “That was back when AirTran U was still a thing” and proceeded to explain to them how college students used to be able to fly standby one-way for $30. I have never felt more Auntie than I do now.
Super Bowl LIX MVP: Vic Fangio
February 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Super Bowl LIX MVP: Vic Fangio
Hurts to Smith… touchdown! ROLL TIDE!!
February 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Hurts to Smith… touchdown! ROLL TIDE!!