Pope County Dems
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Democratic Party of Pope County Arkansas
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Today’s Joyful Resistance act: pause and honor yourself.
Take a moment to reflect on every act of care, courage, and community you offered.
You made Good Trouble and it mattered.
It always matters.
Be proud of the light you brought into this year.
✊💙
#25DaysOfJoyfulResistance
Take a moment to reflect on every act of care, courage, and community you offered.
You made Good Trouble and it mattered.
It always matters.
Be proud of the light you brought into this year.
✊💙
#25DaysOfJoyfulResistance
December 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today’s Joyful Resistance act: pause and honor yourself.
Take a moment to reflect on every act of care, courage, and community you offered.
You made Good Trouble and it mattered.
It always matters.
Be proud of the light you brought into this year.
✊💙
#25DaysOfJoyfulResistance
Take a moment to reflect on every act of care, courage, and community you offered.
You made Good Trouble and it mattered.
It always matters.
Be proud of the light you brought into this year.
✊💙
#25DaysOfJoyfulResistance
Russellville’s Jackson House joins the Latimore House as recognized Green Book locations:
December 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Russellville’s Jackson House joins the Latimore House as recognized Green Book locations:
arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/22/r.... “Neff said four states with Republican secretaries of state — Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas and Wyoming — have “complied voluntarily” with the Justice Department’s demand without memoranda of understanding.” @stevegrappe.bsky.social #arpx
Trump’s DOJ offers states confidential deal to remove voters flagged by feds | Arkansas Advocate
The U.S. Department of Justice has sent confidential draft agreements on voter data sharing to more than a dozen states, part of the Trump administration’s effort to obtain unredacted voter rolls, wit...
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December 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
arkansasadvocate.com/2025/12/22/r.... “Neff said four states with Republican secretaries of state — Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas and Wyoming — have “complied voluntarily” with the Justice Department’s demand without memoranda of understanding.” @stevegrappe.bsky.social #arpx
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Ridiculous consequence of Carlton Wing's bone-headed decision to disaffiliate Arkansas PBS from national network: Donors who now use the PBS Passport app to stream content will need to donate to stations in surrounding states to keep access.
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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Arkansas PBS explains passport access, streaming after disaffiliation
Arkansas PBS says Passport access will continue through June 2026, after which viewers must join another station to retain benefits and PBS streaming.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Ridiculous consequence of Carlton Wing's bone-headed decision to disaffiliate Arkansas PBS from national network: Donors who now use the PBS Passport app to stream content will need to donate to stations in surrounding states to keep access.
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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Growing soybeans has become less profitable over the last decade as input costs rose and the Trump administration’s tariff negotiations in 2018 and 2025 destabilized trade and strained farmers’ incomes.
✍️: Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
✍️: Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
December 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Growing soybeans has become less profitable over the last decade as input costs rose and the Trump administration’s tariff negotiations in 2018 and 2025 destabilized trade and strained farmers’ incomes.
✍️: Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
✍️: Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk
Medicaid cuts affecting autism therapy availability for low income families: www.npr.org/sections/sho...
December 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Medicaid cuts affecting autism therapy availability for low income families: www.npr.org/sections/sho...
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Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate?
Arkansas Senator Hattie Ophelia Caraway.
Caraway first assumed her husband's Senate seat after his death in 1931. Most thought she would step aside at election time. She didn't. She ran & was elected. She died #OTD in 1950. #history #UShistory
Arkansas Senator Hattie Ophelia Caraway.
Caraway first assumed her husband's Senate seat after his death in 1931. Most thought she would step aside at election time. She didn't. She ran & was elected. She died #OTD in 1950. #history #UShistory
December 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Who was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate?
Arkansas Senator Hattie Ophelia Caraway.
Caraway first assumed her husband's Senate seat after his death in 1931. Most thought she would step aside at election time. She didn't. She ran & was elected. She died #OTD in 1950. #history #UShistory
Arkansas Senator Hattie Ophelia Caraway.
Caraway first assumed her husband's Senate seat after his death in 1931. Most thought she would step aside at election time. She didn't. She ran & was elected. She died #OTD in 1950. #history #UShistory
Sustainability programs in Fayetteville featured in NYT’s 50 States, 50 Fixes series: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
This Arkansas City Shows How to Slash Emissions and Save Money, Too
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December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sustainability programs in Fayetteville featured in NYT’s 50 States, 50 Fixes series: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/c...
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BIG TECH, BIGGER BILLS: Entergy unveils plan to boost electricity generation over the next 5 years to serve Big Tech data centers that state officials are trying to lure to Arkansas, which could raise average bill for residential customers by $20 a month, or $240 a year.
#Arkansas #arpx
#Arkansas #arpx
Entergy Arkansas pitches plan to increase power, reliability | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Entergy Arkansas plans to add about 2,600 megawatts of new, more fuel-efficient power generation and will re-power about 1,600 megawatts of existing generation over the next five years, the utility…
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December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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PBS officials dispute Carlton Wing's assertion that internal deadline justified sudden & antediluvian decision to disaffiliate Arkansas PBS. Network also has enough money to fund PBS programming until 2028, allowing time to find solutions for loss of federal funds.
#Arkansas #arpx
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#Arkansas #arpx
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Arkansas Educational Television commissioner criticizes vote to sever ties with PBS | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
An Arkansas Educational Television commissioner is taking issue with the commission's decision to sever ties with the Public Broadcasting Service.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
PBS officials dispute Carlton Wing's assertion that internal deadline justified sudden & antediluvian decision to disaffiliate Arkansas PBS. Network also has enough money to fund PBS programming until 2028, allowing time to find solutions for loss of federal funds.
#Arkansas #arpx
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#Arkansas #arpx
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MASS INCARCERATION IS A POLICY CHOICE: How Gov. Sanders' lock-em-up-for-longer approach to criminal justice will drive prison overcrowding for the next decade. @ainsleyplatt.bsky.social continues @arkansasadvocate.com's excellent "Overcrowded" series.
#Arkansas #arpx #arleg
#Arkansas #arpx #arleg
Overcrowded: Protect Arkansas Act to drive continued prison population growth for at least a decade | Arkansas Advocate
Over the next decade, the Protect Arkansas Act will increase the demand for prison beds, likely adding 2,902 offenders by 2036.
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December 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
MASS INCARCERATION IS A POLICY CHOICE: How Gov. Sanders' lock-em-up-for-longer approach to criminal justice will drive prison overcrowding for the next decade. @ainsleyplatt.bsky.social continues @arkansasadvocate.com's excellent "Overcrowded" series.
#Arkansas #arpx #arleg
#Arkansas #arpx #arleg
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Arkansas Republicans seem careful to avoid criticizing Trump’s pardon for a man who cheated and mistreated elder Arkansans and their caregivers, even as they make the case for convicted felon Joseph Schwartz to face his rightful punishment.
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Nursing home cheat pardoned by Trump still owes hard time in Arkansas, judge says - Arkansas Times
Arkansas Republicans seem careful to avoid criticizing Trump's pardon for a man who cheated and mistreated elder Arkansans and their caregivers, even as they make the case for Schwartz to face his…
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December 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Arkansas Republicans seem careful to avoid criticizing Trump’s pardon for a man who cheated and mistreated elder Arkansans and their caregivers, even as they make the case for convicted felon Joseph Schwartz to face his rightful punishment.
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Host: Government data shows there are now a million more people unemployed than there were in January of this year when Trump took office.
December 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Host: Government data shows there are now a million more people unemployed than there were in January of this year when Trump took office.
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Public safety ≠ mass incarceration. Arkansas’s prison crisis is the result of bad policy — not safer communities. In 2026, lawmakers can choose evidence-based solutions that protect people without punishing poverty or illness.
Read more from @arkansasadvocate.com: ow.ly/4CWw50XKARo
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Overcrowded: Tighter parole, probation rules set stage for Arkansas prison population increases | Arkansas Advocate
Housing convicted offenders is an active source of consternation for legislators, counties and state corrections officials as Arkansas continues to grapple with a growing prison population, fueled by ...
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December 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Public safety ≠ mass incarceration. Arkansas’s prison crisis is the result of bad policy — not safer communities. In 2026, lawmakers can choose evidence-based solutions that protect people without punishing poverty or illness.
Read more from @arkansasadvocate.com: ow.ly/4CWw50XKARo
Read more from @arkansasadvocate.com: ow.ly/4CWw50XKARo
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This week's newsletter: Arkansas ends its almost 60-year relationship with @pbs.org, and our state supreme court overturns a 74-year-old ruling.
#ARleg Update: PBS SOS
Arkansas becomes the first state to cut ties with the Public Broadcasting Service.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This week's newsletter: Arkansas ends its almost 60-year relationship with @pbs.org, and our state supreme court overturns a 74-year-old ruling.
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Q: In the interview Susie Wiles gave to Vanity Fair, she's quoted as referring to you as, 'a conspiracy theorist.' I'd like to give you the chance to respond to that.
Vance: Sometimes I am a conspiracy theorist, but I only believe in the conspiracy theories that are true.
Vance: Sometimes I am a conspiracy theorist, but I only believe in the conspiracy theories that are true.
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Q: In the interview Susie Wiles gave to Vanity Fair, she's quoted as referring to you as, 'a conspiracy theorist.' I'd like to give you the chance to respond to that.
Vance: Sometimes I am a conspiracy theorist, but I only believe in the conspiracy theories that are true.
Vance: Sometimes I am a conspiracy theorist, but I only believe in the conspiracy theories that are true.
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Today is the last day to purchase an ACA insurance plan if you want coverage by January 1st. Got sticker shock? Make sure to shop around for different plans before deciding whether or not to renew your current plan. www.healthcare.gov
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Today is the last day to purchase an ACA insurance plan if you want coverage by January 1st. Got sticker shock? Make sure to shop around for different plans before deciding whether or not to renew your current plan. www.healthcare.gov
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On “Arkansas Week,” which airs again this morning at 10, I discussed the state’s high prison recidivism rate and the latest on the proposed Franklin County prison with state Sen. Ben Gilmore and Jim Bell, owner of a Little Rock prison reentry facility. Watch on Arkansas PBS, the PBS app or YouTube.
November 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On “Arkansas Week,” which airs again this morning at 10, I discussed the state’s high prison recidivism rate and the latest on the proposed Franklin County prison with state Sen. Ben Gilmore and Jim Bell, owner of a Little Rock prison reentry facility. Watch on Arkansas PBS, the PBS app or YouTube.
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Amid the turmoil that is Arkansas PBS or Arkansas TV or whatever, Steve Barnes remains calm and delivers an “Arkansas Week.” The ultimate pro, who next month marks 58 continuous years on Little Rock television doing news or public affairs.
December 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Amid the turmoil that is Arkansas PBS or Arkansas TV or whatever, Steve Barnes remains calm and delivers an “Arkansas Week.” The ultimate pro, who next month marks 58 continuous years on Little Rock television doing news or public affairs.
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Arkansas' embarrassing, troglodytic behavior getting national attention ...
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS
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December 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Arkansas' embarrassing, troglodytic behavior getting national attention ...
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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TODAY, Senators John Boozman & Tom Cotton voted to make health care even more expensive for Arkansas families.
Disappointed, but not surprised…
We deserve so much better, y’all.
Disappointed, but not surprised…
We deserve so much better, y’all.
December 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
TODAY, Senators John Boozman & Tom Cotton voted to make health care even more expensive for Arkansas families.
Disappointed, but not surprised…
We deserve so much better, y’all.
Disappointed, but not surprised…
We deserve so much better, y’all.
Chat with Kelly Grappe for AR Secretary of State this Saturday in Russellville! @stevegrappe.bsky.social @arkdems.org #arpx
December 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Chat with Kelly Grappe for AR Secretary of State this Saturday in Russellville! @stevegrappe.bsky.social @arkdems.org #arpx
Arkansas soybean farmers negatively affected by tariffs during both Trump administrations. Soybean prices went up during Biden years. #TradeNotAid @hallieshoffner.bsky.social #arpx
Arkansas soybean farmer on bailouts:
I want trade, not aid. I need a place to sell this stuff. I can work hard enough and make a product. They've painted us in a corner with this China deal and China not buying soybeans. They've tore a market in half.
I want trade, not aid. I need a place to sell this stuff. I can work hard enough and make a product. They've painted us in a corner with this China deal and China not buying soybeans. They've tore a market in half.
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Arkansas soybean farmers negatively affected by tariffs during both Trump administrations. Soybean prices went up during Biden years. #TradeNotAid @hallieshoffner.bsky.social #arpx
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AND WE FOOT THE BILL: Entergy customers across Arkansas will pay higher bills so utility can finance new power plant to serve Google's massive data center in W. Memphis, under plan approved by PSC. Google lured to W. Memphis with tax breaks.
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
Public Service Commission approves Google, Entergy power contract | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
The Arkansas Public Service Commission has approved Entergy Arkansas Inc.'s special rate contract with Google to help power the tech giant's $4 billion West Memphis data center, but has asked the…
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December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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The ACA subsidies expire in 26 days, leaving families across Arkansas without an option for affordable healthcare. Democrats have been fighting to extend these subsidies all year, while out-of-touch MAGA politicians like French Hill refuse to lift a finger to help everyday Americans.
December 5, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The ACA subsidies expire in 26 days, leaving families across Arkansas without an option for affordable healthcare. Democrats have been fighting to extend these subsidies all year, while out-of-touch MAGA politicians like French Hill refuse to lift a finger to help everyday Americans.