Alana Wilson
@grantwriter.bsky.social
Grant writer securing funds from USDA, NGOs, public investors and others to assist limited resource farmers and rural communities.
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Praying for the two soldiers attacked yesterday in DC and for calm and compassion toward the tens of thousands of Afghan refugees making this country better each day.
Let us not react in a way that causes them to live in fear.
Let us not react in a way that causes them to live in fear.
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Praying for the two soldiers attacked yesterday in DC and for calm and compassion toward the tens of thousands of Afghan refugees making this country better each day.
Let us not react in a way that causes them to live in fear.
Let us not react in a way that causes them to live in fear.
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Many of us struggle with a critical voice in our head that sabotages us in 3 main ways: by finding fault with ourselves, by judging others, and by negatively shaping how we interpret circumstances and events. Here's what we can do about it.
How I Learned to Silence My Inner Judge
For much of my life, I’ve been tormented by a relentless inner voice insisting I’m never enough—no matter my many great successes. Only recently did I discover it’s not truly mine.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Many of us struggle with a critical voice in our head that sabotages us in 3 main ways: by finding fault with ourselves, by judging others, and by negatively shaping how we interpret circumstances and events. Here's what we can do about it.
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If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
If you receive an illegal order, you have a duty to disobey.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
This isn’t controversial.
A President calling for the execution of anyone who reminds service members of this oath is showing us why the duty to disobey illegal orders is so important in the first place.
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At Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social we are by definition older Americans. We've seen more stuff than most people.
But we've never seen the president demand the execution of members of Congress.
But we've never seen the president demand the execution of members of Congress.
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
At Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social we are by definition older Americans. We've seen more stuff than most people.
But we've never seen the president demand the execution of members of Congress.
But we've never seen the president demand the execution of members of Congress.
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Chasing Fog – the science and spirituality of nature's grounded cloud, lovely read: www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/18/c...
Chasing Fog: The Science and Spirituality of Nature’s Grounded Cloud
One day not long after I moved to New York, I looked up from my writing desk at a shared studio space on the Brooklyn waterfront and saw the Manhattan Bridge halved, only the Brooklyn side remainin…
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November 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Chasing Fog – the science and spirituality of nature's grounded cloud, lovely read: www.themarginalian.org/2025/11/18/c...
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Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
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“Night flight to San Francisco; chase the moon across America …Nothing’s lost forever. In this world, there’s a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we’ve left behind, and dreaming ahead. At least I think that’s so.” — Tony Kushner with an assist from the amazing night sky last night omw home.
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“Night flight to San Francisco; chase the moon across America …Nothing’s lost forever. In this world, there’s a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we’ve left behind, and dreaming ahead. At least I think that’s so.” — Tony Kushner with an assist from the amazing night sky last night omw home.
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Thank you to everyone who helped my wife and I raise over $100,000 in 11 days for Veterans Community Project. Happy #VeteransDay Y’all. If you wanna add to the total: secure.givelively.org/donate/veter...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Thank you to everyone who helped my wife and I raise over $100,000 in 11 days for Veterans Community Project. Happy #VeteransDay Y’all. If you wanna add to the total: secure.givelively.org/donate/veter...
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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When big food doesn’t want to talk about cutting emissions — by shifting diets, ending corn ethanol, reducing food waste, protecting forests, or managing fertilizers — they try to distract you.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
When big food doesn’t want to talk about cutting emissions — by shifting diets, ending corn ethanol, reducing food waste, protecting forests, or managing fertilizers — they try to distract you.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
They say methane “doesn’t count”.
They try to sell “regenerative grazing”.
They try to greenwash.
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Kevin Curry, a food influencer and a former SNAP recipient, explains where SNAP recipients can get the most up-to-date information on their benefits, and how anyone can find free or affordable food. n.pr/47Awavd
9 strategies to find free or low-cost food when money is tight
Kevin Curry, a food influencer and a former SNAP recipient, explains where SNAP recipients can get the most up-to-date information on their benefits, and how anyone can find free or affordable food.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Kevin Curry, a food influencer and a former SNAP recipient, explains where SNAP recipients can get the most up-to-date information on their benefits, and how anyone can find free or affordable food. n.pr/47Awavd
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"This is a White House that is very focused on making sure the top end of town is doing okay. We do know that they've passed a budget that helps the rich. We do know that tariffs hurt the poor. We do know that when an economy slows down, that hurts working and middle class families the most."
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"This is a White House that is very focused on making sure the top end of town is doing okay. We do know that they've passed a budget that helps the rich. We do know that tariffs hurt the poor. We do know that when an economy slows down, that hurts working and middle class families the most."
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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So many people think it's normal to spend huge amounts of money on cars and vacations and house luxuries, and then think it's the world's fault they're broke.
Americans spent 13 BILLION dollars on sports betting last year. |(Let's not even talk about porn or lotteries.)
Americans spent 13 BILLION dollars on sports betting last year. |(Let's not even talk about porn or lotteries.)
So many people with comfortable positions are not living the reality of everyday folks. See here:
Housing in metro areas is a real problem. But Will has a point about "affordability," which is really about "affording what you *want*," not what you might need.
Health care and housing? Yes, problems. The rest, not so much.
Health care and housing? Yes, problems. The rest, not so much.
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
So many people think it's normal to spend huge amounts of money on cars and vacations and house luxuries, and then think it's the world's fault they're broke.
Americans spent 13 BILLION dollars on sports betting last year. |(Let's not even talk about porn or lotteries.)
Americans spent 13 BILLION dollars on sports betting last year. |(Let's not even talk about porn or lotteries.)
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When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
When prices rise because *demand* is hot, wages usually follow. When prices rise because tariffs raise costs -- a *supply* shock -- there’s no reason paychecks catch up. That’s why tariff inflation hurts a whole heckuva lot more. It's a permanent reduction in living standards.
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It is the responsibility of all of us to return the nation to a path that is morally sustainable.
Trump is threatening the basic needs of poor Americans. How low he has sunk | Robert Reich
The president has put Snap benefits in jeopardy amid a fight over Medicaid. The nation has lost its moral authority
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It is the responsibility of all of us to return the nation to a path that is morally sustainable.
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The redwoods don’t burn, they remember. Every leaf a secret the forest never told.
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The redwoods don’t burn, they remember. Every leaf a secret the forest never told.
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Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
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What questions do you have about the results of the 2025 general elections?
Submit it here, and we may answer it during our live Q&A at 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday: https://bit.ly/4oQhQEw
Submit it here, and we may answer it during our live Q&A at 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday: https://bit.ly/4oQhQEw
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
What questions do you have about the results of the 2025 general elections?
Submit it here, and we may answer it during our live Q&A at 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday: https://bit.ly/4oQhQEw
Submit it here, and we may answer it during our live Q&A at 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday: https://bit.ly/4oQhQEw
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I listened to several younger Democrats running for office in Iowa last weekend, and I’m telling you, Iowa and other states in the heartland have had enough.
2026 is going to be hard on Republicans, which is why they are going to try to limit voting. Pay attention.
2026 is going to be hard on Republicans, which is why they are going to try to limit voting. Pay attention.
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I listened to several younger Democrats running for office in Iowa last weekend, and I’m telling you, Iowa and other states in the heartland have had enough.
2026 is going to be hard on Republicans, which is why they are going to try to limit voting. Pay attention.
2026 is going to be hard on Republicans, which is why they are going to try to limit voting. Pay attention.
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Inexplicably, the pro-ballroom vote failed to materialize last night
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Inexplicably, the pro-ballroom vote failed to materialize last night
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
November 5, 2025 at 5:28 AM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
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Government brief finally discloses its theory in Comey case. Alleged FBI leaker is Prof Daniel Richman. But he was not employed at FBI at time of alleged leak, AND it occurred AFTER Comey’s testimony. I’ll discuss on @MSNBC at 11:30 am ET.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
www.courtlistener.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Government brief finally discloses its theory in Comey case. Alleged FBI leaker is Prof Daniel Richman. But he was not employed at FBI at time of alleged leak, AND it occurred AFTER Comey’s testimony. I’ll discuss on @MSNBC at 11:30 am ET.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
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My take on the jobless boom we are riding is here.
A rising tide fails to lift all boats…
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A rising tide fails to lift all boats…
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Rising tide fails to lift all boats
A jobless boom
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November 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
My take on the jobless boom we are riding is here.
A rising tide fails to lift all boats…
kpmg.com/us/en/articl...
A rising tide fails to lift all boats…
kpmg.com/us/en/articl...