@monica-rdn.bsky.social
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We talk a lot about health & wellness, but for many, it’s more survival than self-care.
Read my latest Substack post→ Health Is a System, Not Just a Lifestyle Choice
Why smoothies & self-care can’t replace safe housing, living wages, & public health systems open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Read my latest Substack post→ Health Is a System, Not Just a Lifestyle Choice
Why smoothies & self-care can’t replace safe housing, living wages, & public health systems open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
August 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We talk a lot about health & wellness, but for many, it’s more survival than self-care.
Read my latest Substack post→ Health Is a System, Not Just a Lifestyle Choice
Why smoothies & self-care can’t replace safe housing, living wages, & public health systems open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
Read my latest Substack post→ Health Is a System, Not Just a Lifestyle Choice
Why smoothies & self-care can’t replace safe housing, living wages, & public health systems open.substack.com/pub/juliefra...
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Mamdani has won, and I’m just loving it.
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Mamdani has won, and I’m just loving it.
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Ghazala Hashmi will win Virginia lieutenant governor's race, becoming the nation's first Muslim woman elected to a statewide office, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4qILgGn
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Ghazala Hashmi will win Virginia lieutenant governor's race, becoming the nation's first Muslim woman elected to a statewide office, CNN projects. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/4qILgGn
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Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval won reelection, the AP projects, defeating pastor Cory Bowman, Vice President JD Vance’s half brother.
Bowman was the first Republican in more than 15 years to appear on the city’s mayoral ballot.
Bowman was the first Republican in more than 15 years to appear on the city’s mayoral ballot.
Election 2025 live updates: Va. elects Spanberger governor; NYC mayor, N.J. governor and Prop 50 to be decided
Voters in states across the country head to the ballot box in the first election since President Donald Trump returned to the White House.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval won reelection, the AP projects, defeating pastor Cory Bowman, Vice President JD Vance’s half brother.
Bowman was the first Republican in more than 15 years to appear on the city’s mayoral ballot.
Bowman was the first Republican in more than 15 years to appear on the city’s mayoral ballot.
Yes! Go Virginia! You get a smart, powerful leader & yes a woman!
Democrat Abigail Spanberger was elected governor of Virginia, the first woman to hold the office.
The race, one of only two gubernatorial contests this year with New Jersey’s, offered Democrats a test ground for rebuilding ahead of the 2026 midterms.
The race, one of only two gubernatorial contests this year with New Jersey’s, offered Democrats a test ground for rebuilding ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Virginia elects Spanberger as first female governor, in rebuke of Trump
Democrat Abigail Spanberger has won the Virginia governor’s race, the Associated Press projects, after campaigning on the economy and promises to stand up to Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Yes! Go Virginia! You get a smart, powerful leader & yes a woman!
Love when a smart, powerful woman gets the win.
Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill will win New Jersey governor's race over Jack Ciattarelli, CNN projects, succeeding term-limited Gov. Phil Murphy. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3WBApQT
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Love when a smart, powerful woman gets the win.
I listened to this and it was such a great conversation!
The discussion about remembering those that have gone 'beyond the veil' was beautiful. I needed to hear this. 🩵
The discussion about remembering those that have gone 'beyond the veil' was beautiful. I needed to hear this. 🩵
If you missed me and @simonmoyasmith.bsky.social last week, you can listen free 🎧👇
We joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for a spooky-season convo. We also tackled J.D. Vance’s harmful claim about “child sacrifice” and why that myth is dangerous.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
We joined @johnfugelsang.bsky.social for a spooky-season convo. We also tackled J.D. Vance’s harmful claim about “child sacrifice” and why that myth is dangerous.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...
We're Still Here with Simon and Julie
Podcast Episode · The John Fugelsang Podcast · 2025-11-01 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I listened to this and it was such a great conversation!
The discussion about remembering those that have gone 'beyond the veil' was beautiful. I needed to hear this. 🩵
The discussion about remembering those that have gone 'beyond the veil' was beautiful. I needed to hear this. 🩵
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11/2 LR, AR
🚀 Week in Action! Stood with CADSA to #EndIceTerror ✈️💔, protested with Pax Christi LR 🕊️, & showed solidarity with migrants 🌎.
🚫🩺 TOMORROW: NEW weekly action! Join us at Asher & University to protect healthcare/SNAP.
👀 LR, watch for an overpass action near you soon!
#50501Arkansas
🚀 Week in Action! Stood with CADSA to #EndIceTerror ✈️💔, protested with Pax Christi LR 🕊️, & showed solidarity with migrants 🌎.
🚫🩺 TOMORROW: NEW weekly action! Join us at Asher & University to protect healthcare/SNAP.
👀 LR, watch for an overpass action near you soon!
#50501Arkansas
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
11/2 LR, AR
🚀 Week in Action! Stood with CADSA to #EndIceTerror ✈️💔, protested with Pax Christi LR 🕊️, & showed solidarity with migrants 🌎.
🚫🩺 TOMORROW: NEW weekly action! Join us at Asher & University to protect healthcare/SNAP.
👀 LR, watch for an overpass action near you soon!
#50501Arkansas
🚀 Week in Action! Stood with CADSA to #EndIceTerror ✈️💔, protested with Pax Christi LR 🕊️, & showed solidarity with migrants 🌎.
🚫🩺 TOMORROW: NEW weekly action! Join us at Asher & University to protect healthcare/SNAP.
👀 LR, watch for an overpass action near you soon!
#50501Arkansas
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Seems like the Mean siblings should be added here as well
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Seems like the Mean siblings should be added here as well
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2009-2014 foodie tropes weve see rearing their heads as anti vaccine tropes since COVID
'if you can't pronounce it dont eat it'
'if your grandmother wouldnt recognize it don't put it in your body'
*Listing off ingredients scaremongering about their source and where else they are found*
'if you can't pronounce it dont eat it'
'if your grandmother wouldnt recognize it don't put it in your body'
*Listing off ingredients scaremongering about their source and where else they are found*
November 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
2009-2014 foodie tropes weve see rearing their heads as anti vaccine tropes since COVID
'if you can't pronounce it dont eat it'
'if your grandmother wouldnt recognize it don't put it in your body'
*Listing off ingredients scaremongering about their source and where else they are found*
'if you can't pronounce it dont eat it'
'if your grandmother wouldnt recognize it don't put it in your body'
*Listing off ingredients scaremongering about their source and where else they are found*
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Conservative education activists such as Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice have access to the top levers of the government.
“If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica.
@megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica.
@megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Conservative education activists such as Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice have access to the top levers of the government.
“If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica.
@megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
“If America’s public schools cease to exist tomorrow, America would be a better place,” Justice told ProPublica.
@megomatz.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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School board members in N. Little Rock should really talk to their colleagues in Conway about the folly of plunging into anti-LGBTQ culture wars -- some of whom ended up losing their seats due to the turmoil they created. And NLR has more people likely to raise hell.
#Arkansas #arpx
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#Arkansas #arpx
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October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
School board members in N. Little Rock should really talk to their colleagues in Conway about the folly of plunging into anti-LGBTQ culture wars -- some of whom ended up losing their seats due to the turmoil they created. And NLR has more people likely to raise hell.
#Arkansas #arpx
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#Arkansas #arpx
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#AR #ARleg
This really should be a big loud effing deal statewide (and maybe country-wide.) in Huckabee Hell, she is trying to build an unwanted prison in Franklin County AR. The Franklin County State Senator died in office. The Huckster is trying to push the special election off until AFTER 1/2
This really should be a big loud effing deal statewide (and maybe country-wide.) in Huckabee Hell, she is trying to build an unwanted prison in Franklin County AR. The Franklin County State Senator died in office. The Huckster is trying to push the special election off until AFTER 1/2
‘Far-reaching ramifications’: Judge says special election dates violate constitutional rights
A Pulaski County Circuit judge ruled in favor of a Franklin County resident Wednesday and said a June 2026 special election to fill a vacant state Senate seat unconstitutionally deprives voters of a v...
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social I saw your discussion with Cory Booker regarding farmers. Please interview Hallie Shoffner, Democratic candidate for US Senate. She is running against Tom Cotton. She is a 6th generation farmer who had to close her farm in Arkansas.
October 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social I saw your discussion with Cory Booker regarding farmers. Please interview Hallie Shoffner, Democratic candidate for US Senate. She is running against Tom Cotton. She is a 6th generation farmer who had to close her farm in Arkansas.
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ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
October 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.
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“A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll revealed that a whopping 78 percent of Americans say Congress should EXTEND enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits due to expire at the end of the year, including … are you ready for this … 57 percent of MAGA.”
~ @dearlstephens.bsky.social
~ @dearlstephens.bsky.social
SHUTDOWN SHOWDOWN
Don't look now, but revitalized Democrats have the wind in their sails, and are finally taking the fight to the anti-American Republicans ...
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
“A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll revealed that a whopping 78 percent of Americans say Congress should EXTEND enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits due to expire at the end of the year, including … are you ready for this … 57 percent of MAGA.”
~ @dearlstephens.bsky.social
~ @dearlstephens.bsky.social
I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:Fort Smith AR march to courthouse” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:Fort smith AR march to courthouse · John Lewis Actions
We will.meet on Garrison ave by Bass reeves monument (200 Garrison) and march and protest along Garrison to the courthouse... we have more planned but still working and confirming details.
Expect spe...
www.mobilize.us
July 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:Fort Smith AR march to courthouse” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...
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#OPINION: All four Arkansas Republicans in the U.S. House praised their chamber's approval of a budget reconciliation bill last week. But columnist @theshumater.bsky.social says the bill's significant changes to Medicaid and SNAP are not to be celebrated. #arpx
The potential fallout from GOP Medicaid cuts is nothing to crow about | Arkansas Advocate
It's neither “big” nor “beautiful” to support policies that threaten health care and food assistance and could close local hospitals.
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May 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#OPINION: All four Arkansas Republicans in the U.S. House praised their chamber's approval of a budget reconciliation bill last week. But columnist @theshumater.bsky.social says the bill's significant changes to Medicaid and SNAP are not to be celebrated. #arpx
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She is an American citizen, the daughter of a U.S. Navy service member from Illinois, who was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War.
This is fascism, plain and simple.
This is fascism, plain and simple.
Veteran's daughter living in US 48 years locked up by ICE
Certain legal provisions allow for extending citizenship to family members of individuals who have served in the U.S. military.
www.newsweek.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
She is an American citizen, the daughter of a U.S. Navy service member from Illinois, who was stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War.
This is fascism, plain and simple.
This is fascism, plain and simple.
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Big brother is watching us🤔
Where are all the One World Government prophecy freaks and why aren’t they freaking out about Palantir compiling a master list of our data?
May 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Big brother is watching us🤔
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There are certainly more MAHA concerns. Even when papers exist, some claims are not supported: "analysis found industry spent >$60 billion on nutrition science"? Paper exists, but the data do not.
Good luck sifting through - maybe this is why they won't publish in Nature, Science, NEJM or Lancet. 🧪
Good luck sifting through - maybe this is why they won't publish in Nature, Science, NEJM or Lancet. 🧪
NEW: Citations in the MAHA Report have telltale signs of AI chatbot use -- we reviewed all 522 of the listed citations, and at least 37 of the footnotes appear multiple times in the citations with another 21 having dead links
w/ @laurenweberhp.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
w/ @laurenweberhp.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say
The report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 30, 2025 at 4:47 AM
There are certainly more MAHA concerns. Even when papers exist, some claims are not supported: "analysis found industry spent >$60 billion on nutrition science"? Paper exists, but the data do not.
Good luck sifting through - maybe this is why they won't publish in Nature, Science, NEJM or Lancet. 🧪
Good luck sifting through - maybe this is why they won't publish in Nature, Science, NEJM or Lancet. 🧪
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When it comes to rice and pasta, dieticians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.
There's a secret superfood in white rice and pasta: Here's how to unlock it
When it comes to rice and pasta, dietitians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.
www.npr.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
When it comes to rice and pasta, dieticians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.