Ashlee
@irbknitting.bsky.social
Knitting, gardening, collector of collections, politics
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Michigan Republicans are driving us closer and closer to a state government shutdown—and our new polling indicates that most Michiganders still don't know about it!
Our full statement: progressmichigan.org/2025/09/new-... #mileg
Our full statement: progressmichigan.org/2025/09/new-... #mileg
NEW POLL: Most Michiganders Still in the Dark Over Looming Government Shutdown
Press release from Progress Michigan discusses the results of poll questions about the state budget.
progressmichigan.org
September 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Michigan Republicans are driving us closer and closer to a state government shutdown—and our new polling indicates that most Michiganders still don't know about it!
Our full statement: progressmichigan.org/2025/09/new-... #mileg
Our full statement: progressmichigan.org/2025/09/new-... #mileg
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Just your periodic reminder that House Republicans' budget would wreak havoc on our communities. Michiganders deserve so much better than this.
September 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just your periodic reminder that House Republicans' budget would wreak havoc on our communities. Michiganders deserve so much better than this.
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Constituents have thoughts to share and Tom can't Bear-It.
Barrett stays silent as pressure mounts for a town hall - City Pulse
“Town hall now,” chanted a crowd of nearly 250 Monday outside the office of U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett R-Charlotte.
www.lansingcitypulse.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Constituents have thoughts to share and Tom can't Bear-It.
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‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson
Bartered with a friend to do some repairs on her sweater. I got some of her herbed salt out of it 😋😋😋
February 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Bartered with a friend to do some repairs on her sweater. I got some of her herbed salt out of it 😋😋😋
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FYI, this is straight-up eugenics. There were lots of programs like this proposed in the 1930s that offered incentives and rewards to “good” (i.e. white and economically advantaged) communities to promote population growth among those groups and suppress it in others deemed less desirable.
NEW: Yesterday, the Department of Transportation issued a memo that says DOT and DOT-supported programs should "give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average." www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...
www.transportation.gov
January 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
FYI, this is straight-up eugenics. There were lots of programs like this proposed in the 1930s that offered incentives and rewards to “good” (i.e. white and economically advantaged) communities to promote population growth among those groups and suppress it in others deemed less desirable.
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Sorry America but after Jan 31 no industrial size Kirkland Signature for you if the workers don't get their due
Costco's unionized workers vote to authorize nationwide strike
The Teamsters union released the results of the strike vote on Sunday evening.
abcnews.go.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Sorry America but after Jan 31 no industrial size Kirkland Signature for you if the workers don't get their due
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When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Billionaires Should Not Exist
Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
www.teenvogue.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
I guess my first post will be a knitting one
January 24, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I guess my first post will be a knitting one