Jim Ballengee
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Jim Ballengee
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Retired educator still working to remediate poverty, food insecurity and inequality. Very involved in The Presbytery of Philadelphia.
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“.. would also mark the first time in the history of SNAP that the federal government would no longer ensure children in every state have access to food benefits ..”

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May 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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If the old saying is true, that you are known by who your friends are, then Trump may be telling the world something about who he plans to be in this second term. The friends he teamed up with this week? Russia, North Korea, Belarus, Syria and Sudan. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
Under Trump, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus
When it comes to the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds common cause with the world’s outlier states and stands against traditional U.S. allies like Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Ital...
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM