Kristin Bowen
@kristinbowencomo.bsky.social
editor. Hickman High School PTSA president, 2023-24. Missouri volunteer for Moms Demand Action. my posts are mine.
According to Rep. Bob Onder's online Government Shutdown Resource Guide, air travel is normal. Surely the people in his mid-Missouri office have heard the news?? Seems unlikely that as a pilot he wouldn't know that airports in his district aren't working: www.kbia.org/missouri-new...
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
According to Rep. Bob Onder's online Government Shutdown Resource Guide, air travel is normal. Surely the people in his mid-Missouri office have heard the news?? Seems unlikely that as a pilot he wouldn't know that airports in his district aren't working: www.kbia.org/missouri-new...
Missouri @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteers attended Rep. Kathy Steinhoff's campaign kickoff. When she launched her 1st #moleg campaign gun violence was 1 of 2 issues she ran on. With this issue MUCH discussed in Columbia now I'm glad to know she'll continue the work on commonsense gun safety policy
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Missouri @momsdemand.bsky.social volunteers attended Rep. Kathy Steinhoff's campaign kickoff. When she launched her 1st #moleg campaign gun violence was 1 of 2 issues she ran on. With this issue MUCH discussed in Columbia now I'm glad to know she'll continue the work on commonsense gun safety policy
"While armchair diagnoses of Trump’s mental state have long been something of a fool’s game (an ethically dubious one at that), we’ve nevertheless reached a point where even the most casually tuned-in observer can see a president in obvious decline."
Today in @thenation.com, the one and only @therafischwartz.bsky.social asks a pertinent question: isn't it time we started paying more attention to the fact that Trump's brain appears to constantly be oozing out of his ears into a puddle on the floor?
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
We Have to Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain
Are we just going to sit around and pretend that the president isn’t having a lot of… questionable moments these days?
www.thenation.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"While armchair diagnoses of Trump’s mental state have long been something of a fool’s game (an ethically dubious one at that), we’ve nevertheless reached a point where even the most casually tuned-in observer can see a president in obvious decline."
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I'd need to know more about whether the minister shot in the face with a chemical agent from point-blank range before weighing in on it. Maybe it was good that it happened.
Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
October 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I'd need to know more about whether the minister shot in the face with a chemical agent from point-blank range before weighing in on it. Maybe it was good that it happened.
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Educators & parents:
• Are public schools in your area losing funding or changing curriculum?
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• Are more families in your area sending students to private schools?
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October 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Educators & parents:
• Are public schools in your area losing funding or changing curriculum?
• Are low-income, ESL or disabled students losing access to programs?
• Are more families in your area sending students to private schools?
Help us report ⬇️
• Are public schools in your area losing funding or changing curriculum?
• Are low-income, ESL or disabled students losing access to programs?
• Are more families in your area sending students to private schools?
Help us report ⬇️
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lede of the year from angela williams
October 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
lede of the year from angela williams
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Great news: Extremists found someone to hold accountable for childhood harm.
Bad news: it’s not the gun industry that is killing our kids, it’s Tylenol.
While the gun industry celebrates their Congressional handout, PLCAA, gun violence is the #1 cause of death for American children.
Priorities…
Bad news: it’s not the gun industry that is killing our kids, it’s Tylenol.
While the gun industry celebrates their Congressional handout, PLCAA, gun violence is the #1 cause of death for American children.
Priorities…
Texas Sues Tylenol Makers, Claiming They Hid Autism Risks
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Great news: Extremists found someone to hold accountable for childhood harm.
Bad news: it’s not the gun industry that is killing our kids, it’s Tylenol.
While the gun industry celebrates their Congressional handout, PLCAA, gun violence is the #1 cause of death for American children.
Priorities…
Bad news: it’s not the gun industry that is killing our kids, it’s Tylenol.
While the gun industry celebrates their Congressional handout, PLCAA, gun violence is the #1 cause of death for American children.
Priorities…
🎯 @comissourian.bsky.social’s Darko doesn’t miss.
October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
🎯 @comissourian.bsky.social’s Darko doesn’t miss.
"recent polling found that 53 percent of Indiana voters opposed mid‑cycle redistricting, with only 34 percent in support"
[attn: #moleg]
[attn: #moleg]
'The votes aren't there': Red state lawmakers give up on Trump's push for more House seats
www.alternet.org/gop-redistri...
www.alternet.org/gop-redistri...
'The votes aren't there': GOP lawmakers giving up on Trump's push for more House seats
Republican leaders in the Indiana Senate Republican Caucus announced Wednesday they currently do not have sufficient votes to proceed with a plan to redraw congressional districts mid‑decade. In a sta...
www.alternet.org
October 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"recent polling found that 53 percent of Indiana voters opposed mid‑cycle redistricting, with only 34 percent in support"
[attn: #moleg]
[attn: #moleg]
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Obamacare Enrollment by State:
Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Most Americans Who Rely on Obamacare Live in Republican Areas
Millions of Americans depend on Obamacare. Here's where they live.
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Obamacare Enrollment by State:
Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Most Enrollees Live in Republican Areas
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Illinois State Rep. Hoan Huynh (D), who is also running for Congress, got stopped and harassed by armed Border Control agents while in a car in Chicago's Northwest Side on Tuesday, according to video he shared. Huynh says one of the agents pointed a weapon at him.
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Illinois State Rep. Hoan Huynh (D), who is also running for Congress, got stopped and harassed by armed Border Control agents while in a car in Chicago's Northwest Side on Tuesday, according to video he shared. Huynh says one of the agents pointed a weapon at him.
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Stop saying “renovation.”
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Stop saying “renovation.”
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
Better words:
Desecration
Violation
Demolition
Destruction
Retribution
Vanity-wrecking-ball
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TUNE IN: I’m STILL on the Senate floor exposing Trump’s attempts to trample on the Constitution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...
Merkley STILL Holding the Senate Floor to Protest Trump’s Threats to Democracy
YouTube video by Senator Jeff Merkley
www.youtube.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
TUNE IN: I’m STILL on the Senate floor exposing Trump’s attempts to trample on the Constitution.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymDt...
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The President responded to peaceful protesters across this country with a video of himself wearing a crown, driving a fighter jet, and bombing peaceful protestors with human waste.
Are you kidding me? Republicans don't say anything about this? It's a total disgrace.
Are you kidding me? Republicans don't say anything about this? It's a total disgrace.
October 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The President responded to peaceful protesters across this country with a video of himself wearing a crown, driving a fighter jet, and bombing peaceful protestors with human waste.
Are you kidding me? Republicans don't say anything about this? It's a total disgrace.
Are you kidding me? Republicans don't say anything about this? It's a total disgrace.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Helicopter parenting is out of control. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
Embattled Trump Nominee Paul Ingrassia’s Mom Tried to Meet With Lawmakers Who Criticized Her Son
Donna Gallo Ingrassia demanded meetings at the Capitol Hill office of Reps. Jamie Raskin and Robert Garcia in late June to defend her son.
www.notus.org
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Helicopter parenting is out of control. www.notus.org/trump-white-...
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An important read this Domestic Violence Awareness Month:
“Guns amplify the inherent power and control dynamics characteristic of abusive intimate relationships, whether as lethal weapons to injure and kill or as a tool to inflict emotional abuse without ever firing a bullet.”
“Guns amplify the inherent power and control dynamics characteristic of abusive intimate relationships, whether as lethal weapons to injure and kill or as a tool to inflict emotional abuse without ever firing a bullet.”
America Is an Increasingly Dangerous Place for Women and Girls
In America's hyper-macho, gun-drenched culture, growing up female has never been safe. But under the Trump administration, America is becoming a much more dangerous place for women and girls.
America is dangerous for women and girls because our leaders...
msmagazine.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
An important read this Domestic Violence Awareness Month:
“Guns amplify the inherent power and control dynamics characteristic of abusive intimate relationships, whether as lethal weapons to injure and kill or as a tool to inflict emotional abuse without ever firing a bullet.”
“Guns amplify the inherent power and control dynamics characteristic of abusive intimate relationships, whether as lethal weapons to injure and kill or as a tool to inflict emotional abuse without ever firing a bullet.”
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I know it's cliche to yell about it at this point, but it remains true that the asymmetries in how the parties are treated by US political & media institutions is at the root of everything. Dems have standards so they are held to standards. Rs don't, so they aren't.
October 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I know it's cliche to yell about it at this point, but it remains true that the asymmetries in how the parties are treated by US political & media institutions is at the root of everything. Dems have standards so they are held to standards. Rs don't, so they aren't.
for sure the voting rights act belongs in a distant past because racism has been solved you guys
Republican leaders in New York voted on Friday to disband the state’s young Republican group after racist texts among group members became public.
After Racist Texts, New York G.O.P. Disbands Young Republican Group
State party leaders eliminated the New York State Young Republicans’ charter, allowing them to reconstitute the organization with new leaders.
nyti.ms
October 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
for sure the voting rights act belongs in a distant past because racism has been solved you guys
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"The Voting Rights Act was passed back when America was a far more racist country. These days, race only ever comes up in fun, joking ways. Like when the president shares a meme of the Speaker of the House wearing a sombrero."
We Don’t Need the Voting Rights Act Anymore, and You Can Tell by How Great Race Relations Are in America Right Now
“The U.S. Supreme Court, hearing arguments Wednesday over a core provision of the Voting Rights Act, appeared inclined to limit the use of the land...
buff.ly
October 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"The Voting Rights Act was passed back when America was a far more racist country. These days, race only ever comes up in fun, joking ways. Like when the president shares a meme of the Speaker of the House wearing a sombrero."
“The Secretary of State knows better.”
October 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“The Secretary of State knows better.”
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Section 2 of the 15th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to decide how to enforce Black voting rights. That's what the text says. And that's the original intent of the framers.
October 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Section 2 of the 15th Amendment explicitly delegates to Congress the right to decide how to enforce Black voting rights. That's what the text says. And that's the original intent of the framers.
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Rural Northern Missouri will be well represented on No Kings day.
October 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Rural Northern Missouri will be well represented on No Kings day.
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“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.
October 15, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments
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"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing
October 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
"This is supposed to be an oversight hearing" -- Schiff helpfully ticks through all of the incriminating questions -- and there are many of them -- that Bondi refused to answer during today's hearing