Rebecca Funke
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Rebecca Funke
@rebeccafunke.bsky.social
· Jan 21
My hope lies in the collective. Each of us bringing our own light forward, in big and small ways. All of it is important and necessary.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Iowa republicans want to take away same sex marriage 😡 www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
Iowa Legislature - BillBook
Information pertaining to the Iowa Legislature as well as the Executive and Judicial branch in as much as they relate to the legislative branch
www.legis.iowa.gov
May 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Iowa republicans want to take away same sex marriage 😡 www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/...
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"'Eliminating the Medicaid expansion would likely precipitate the biggest one-time increase in the number of people uninsured ever.'" ICYMI @citizencohn.bsky.social on the plan to do just that: www.thebulwark.com/p/health-ins...
Health Insurance for Millions Is Now on the Chopping Block
Republicans’ very quiet, very serious effort to go after Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion.
www.thebulwark.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"'Eliminating the Medicaid expansion would likely precipitate the biggest one-time increase in the number of people uninsured ever.'" ICYMI @citizencohn.bsky.social on the plan to do just that: www.thebulwark.com/p/health-ins...
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Don't let your inability to do everything interfere with your ability to do anything. The protests are having more of an effect than you think.
youtu.be/S_BG2Pubckg?...
youtu.be/S_BG2Pubckg?...
Democratic Town Hall Event In Arizona Interrupted By Protester—Then Cory Booker Responds
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
youtu.be
April 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Don't let your inability to do everything interfere with your ability to do anything. The protests are having more of an effect than you think.
youtu.be/S_BG2Pubckg?...
youtu.be/S_BG2Pubckg?...
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April 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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This is the entire basis of the anti-DEI movement.
April 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is the entire basis of the anti-DEI movement.
Yep, it is happening.
April 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Yep, it is happening.
Good on you, UP.
“Union Pacific's "We Are ONE" Employee Resource Group (ERG) Commemorative Locomotive debuted in 2021, celebrating UP's employee resource groups. No. 1979 is numbered for the year UP's first ERG, the Black Employee Network (BEN), was established.
“Union Pacific's "We Are ONE" Employee Resource Group (ERG) Commemorative Locomotive debuted in 2021, celebrating UP's employee resource groups. No. 1979 is numbered for the year UP's first ERG, the Black Employee Network (BEN), was established.
April 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Good on you, UP.
“Union Pacific's "We Are ONE" Employee Resource Group (ERG) Commemorative Locomotive debuted in 2021, celebrating UP's employee resource groups. No. 1979 is numbered for the year UP's first ERG, the Black Employee Network (BEN), was established.
“Union Pacific's "We Are ONE" Employee Resource Group (ERG) Commemorative Locomotive debuted in 2021, celebrating UP's employee resource groups. No. 1979 is numbered for the year UP's first ERG, the Black Employee Network (BEN), was established.
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Princeton also told them to kick rocks, along with a coalition with Rutgers. www.commondreams.org/news/rutgers...
Rutgers Senate Proposes Big Ten 'Mutual Defense Compact' to Block Trump's Campus Attacks | Common Dreams
Rutgers University Senate takes a stand against Trump's attacks on First Amendment rights, forming a mutual defense compact with other Big Ten schools. Will this bold move inspire other institutions t...
www.commondreams.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Princeton also told them to kick rocks, along with a coalition with Rutgers. www.commondreams.org/news/rutgers...
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MIT following Harvard's lead here
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
MIT following Harvard's lead here
Tip of the day: googling something online but want to exclude a particular term? Use the dash just before the word you want to exclude. Example:
Jeans -Amazon
Ear buds -Amazon
Garden flag -Amazon
You get the idea. In these examples, no Amazon items in your results.
You are welcome. 😊
Jeans -Amazon
Ear buds -Amazon
Garden flag -Amazon
You get the idea. In these examples, no Amazon items in your results.
You are welcome. 😊
March 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Tip of the day: googling something online but want to exclude a particular term? Use the dash just before the word you want to exclude. Example:
Jeans -Amazon
Ear buds -Amazon
Garden flag -Amazon
You get the idea. In these examples, no Amazon items in your results.
You are welcome. 😊
Jeans -Amazon
Ear buds -Amazon
Garden flag -Amazon
You get the idea. In these examples, no Amazon items in your results.
You are welcome. 😊
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This is a fantastic and essential piece from @janus.bsky.social www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is a fantastic and essential piece from @janus.bsky.social www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
Because in MAGA world, this makes sense. 🙄
"In addition to being the Secretary of State and the acting director of USAID, Marco Rubio is also the acting archivist of the United States, according to a high-level official." abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
Rubio acting director of the National Archives
abcnews.go.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Because in MAGA world, this makes sense. 🙄
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"'We’re going to have to suck it up, it’s really going to get tough,' she wrote, before deleting her comment. 'They will tug at our emotions. Stand strong, America! It’s for the greater good.'"
MAGA: Don't let your heart be moved.
MAGA: Don't let your heart be moved.
Inside Trump World’s Plans To Gloss Up Mass Deportations
Get ready for MAGA movies that put a gilded frame around enforcement actions. Democrats are scrambling to develop counternarratives.
www.thebulwark.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"'We’re going to have to suck it up, it’s really going to get tough,' she wrote, before deleting her comment. 'They will tug at our emotions. Stand strong, America! It’s for the greater good.'"
MAGA: Don't let your heart be moved.
MAGA: Don't let your heart be moved.
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Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed by email to cease much of their work. Bessent, a wealthy Wall Street investor, replaces Rohit Chopra, who was fired on Saturday.
Treasury Secretary Bessent, tapped to run CFPB, orders staff to halt work
Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed by email to cease much of their work. Bessent, a wealthy Wall Street investor, replaces Rohit Chopra, who was fired on Saturday.
www.npr.org
February 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were instructed by email to cease much of their work. Bessent, a wealthy Wall Street investor, replaces Rohit Chopra, who was fired on Saturday.
Good evening, Iowa.
February 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Good evening, Iowa.
I want to share this resource - helpful regardless of your citizen status. Links are provided for various languages and may be printed locally. Churches, schools, and other non-profits may be great places to distribute as needed.
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...
www.ilrc.org
January 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I want to share this resource - helpful regardless of your citizen status. Links are provided for various languages and may be printed locally. Churches, schools, and other non-profits may be great places to distribute as needed.
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
Worth a read and a contact to you senator.
Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.
January 29, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Worth a read and a contact to you senator.
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I know someone asked this earlier, but I can’t find it.
If you have multiple things to talk about with your electeds, you can definitely put it all in one call. It makes it easier for the staffer in the other end too
If you have multiple things to talk about with your electeds, you can definitely put it all in one call. It makes it easier for the staffer in the other end too
January 29, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I know someone asked this earlier, but I can’t find it.
If you have multiple things to talk about with your electeds, you can definitely put it all in one call. It makes it easier for the staffer in the other end too
If you have multiple things to talk about with your electeds, you can definitely put it all in one call. It makes it easier for the staffer in the other end too
Most agencies contacted will not help with ICE arrests .
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
What do Midwest law enforcement agencies say about helping ICE with deportations?
The Midwest Newsroom and its partners asked police departments and sheriff offices in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska to tell us whether they will cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcemen...
www.kcur.org
January 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Most agencies contacted will not help with ICE arrests .
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...
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My hope lies in the collective. Each of us bringing our own light forward, in big and small ways. All of it is important and necessary.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
January 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My hope lies in the collective. Each of us bringing our own light forward, in big and small ways. All of it is important and necessary.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”