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Kelly W
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PhD Candidate in Molecular Cell Biology at WashU studying neurometabolism - foster dog mom - she/her 🏳️‍🌈
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Ask your doctor what treatment the supreme court decided is right for you.
June 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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The anguish of gay Americans who were called “sexual psychopaths” in Congress and fired from their jobs fueled the first public demonstrations for gay rights in the nation. The fight for dignity continued through the AIDS epidemic and the battle for marriage equality.
Gay history was made in D.C. At times, it was dispiriting — but also uplifting.
D.C. is the place for monuments to the thinkers, warriors and leaders who shook and shaped the country. Memorials of LGBTQ history may be less well known, but are key to understanding the place of g...
www.washingtonpost.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Even if the FEMA aid comes, some St. Louisans worry that it won't come fast enough.

Deep dive by @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.socialwww.stlpr.org/government-p...
St. Louis residents want quick federal tornado relief and worry when it will arrive
Few expect President Donald Trump to deny Gov. Mike Kehoe’s request for aid from the May 16 tornado. But some are concerned that the help for disaster victims will be too slow.
www.stlpr.org
May 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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People are starving to death in local jails across the U.S., even as for-profit providers are often paid millions for their care. Who is dying, and why?
Starved for Care
People are starving to death in local jails across the U.S., even as for-profit providers are often paid millions for their care. Who is dying, and why?
starvedforcare.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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This is how our government has been corrupted: 

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. 
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor. 
3) Donors make a huge profit. 
4) Repeat.

For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.
March 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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February 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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We had 100 people at Rick Scott’s office in West Palm Beach today
February 13, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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👇🦋💪
February 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Resettlement agencies and immigrant and refugee service providers in the St. Louis region are scaling back services due to Trump’s executive order to pause federal funding.
St. Louis-area immigrant agencies scramble to provide services after federal funding pause
Resettlement agencies and immigrant and refugee service providers in the St. Louis region have begun to scale back services for immigrants and refugees due to Trump’s executive order to pause federal ...
www.stlpr.org
February 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
#BookSky #BlackBookSky
February 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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The Ritenour School District says it is unable to pay for electric school buses and charging infrastructure the federal government promised.
Trump clean energy pause puts St. Louis school district's electric buses in limbo
The Ritenour School District says it is unable to pay for electric school buses and charging infrastructure the federal government promised.
www.stlpr.org
February 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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right now we are at "first they came for transgender people"
January 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.

Constantly reevaluating and learning.
February 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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The International Institute of St. Louis furloughed staff and paused preparations for its popular annual Festival of Nations because of uncertainty over federal funding under the Trump administration.
St. Louis International Institute furloughs 60% of staff, pauses Festival of Nations prep
The International Institute of St. Louis furloughed staff and paused preparations for its popular annual Festival of Nations because of uncertainty over federal funding under the Trump administration.
www.stlpr.org
February 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Missouri House Speaker Jon Patterson said he sees no appetite in his chamber for a Senate bill that would place $1000 bounties on people in the country without legal status.
Missouri House speaker sees little interest in immigration bounty bill
One bill being discussed in the Senate would include life imprisonment without parole as a punishment for immigration violations and would allow Missourians to collect $1,000 bounties for reporting pe...
www.stlpr.org
January 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.
January 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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January 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM