arealmccoy
@rmccoy27.bsky.social
trying to help save our democracy, farm kid, snow lover, nurse
Reposted by arealmccoy
November 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Reposted by arealmccoy
Missed this by a few days (oops!) - but still want to highlight.
"Make life a little better - for the people and places around you - just like USAID did. 🕊️🌍"
Try it anytime this week. No deadline for acts of kindness!
🫶
@altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
"Make life a little better - for the people and places around you - just like USAID did. 🕊️🌍"
Try it anytime this week. No deadline for acts of kindness!
🫶
@altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
#USAIDDay
FriendsofUSAID
@friendsofusaid.bsky.social
"🗓️ Why 11/3? It was USAID’s birthday 🎂🎈the day JFK created USAID in 1961
💁 All you gotta do is do is take a moment to make life a little bit better—for the people and places around you—just like USAID did 🕊️🌍
FriendsofUSAID
@friendsofusaid.bsky.social
"🗓️ Why 11/3? It was USAID’s birthday 🎂🎈the day JFK created USAID in 1961
💁 All you gotta do is do is take a moment to make life a little bit better—for the people and places around you—just like USAID did 🕊️🌍
November 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Missed this by a few days (oops!) - but still want to highlight.
"Make life a little better - for the people and places around you - just like USAID did. 🕊️🌍"
Try it anytime this week. No deadline for acts of kindness!
🫶
@altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
"Make life a little better - for the people and places around you - just like USAID did. 🕊️🌍"
Try it anytime this week. No deadline for acts of kindness!
🫶
@altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
Reposted by arealmccoy
We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
We’re giving $40 billion to Argentina.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
This is $5 billion MORE that the entire USAID budget that DOGE cut.
Reposted by arealmccoy
🔥⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰🔥 NEED YOUR COMMENT BY TOMORROW: 10/20/25! The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) published a Federal Register seeking to ADD proof of citizenship (DPOC) to the federal voter registration form. This WOULD disproportionately affect vulnerable groups.
LINK: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA...
LINK: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA...
October 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🔥⏰⏰⏰⏰⏰🔥 NEED YOUR COMMENT BY TOMORROW: 10/20/25! The Election Assistance Commission (EAC) published a Federal Register seeking to ADD proof of citizenship (DPOC) to the federal voter registration form. This WOULD disproportionately affect vulnerable groups.
LINK: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA...
LINK: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EA...
Reposted by arealmccoy
@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."
October 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
@sanders.senate.gov: "No, Speaker Johnson, the #NoKings Rally on October 18th is not a 'hate America' rally. ... It’s a rally of millions of people who believe in American freedom and are not going to allow you and President Trump to turn us into an authoritarian country."
Reposted by arealmccoy
"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...
'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
Chicago Heights priest begins walk for immigrant children from Pope Leo’s childhood home in Dolton
Gary Graf, a Chicago Heights Catholic priest, began a 50-day justice walk from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton to New York.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"A Chicago Heights Catholic priest began a 50-day pilgrimage in support of immigrant children, from Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Dolton, IL to New York ...
'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
'This is not only a physical act of endurance, but a spiritual act of solidarity, a prayer in motion'..."
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/c...
Reposted by arealmccoy
More than eight months after President Trump cut U.S. foreign assistance to Africa, health officials are reporting a rise in deadly infections brought on by a shortage of medical supplies, including a new Ebola outbreak in the Congo that has already killed several dozen people.
U.S. aid cuts are being felt across Africa. Here’s where.
How the abrupt withdrawal of U.S. aid has affected disease preparedness and response in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
More than eight months after President Trump cut U.S. foreign assistance to Africa, health officials are reporting a rise in deadly infections brought on by a shortage of medical supplies, including a new Ebola outbreak in the Congo that has already killed several dozen people.
Reposted by arealmccoy
The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”
People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
apnews.com/article/myan...
People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”
People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
apnews.com/article/myan...
People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
apnews.com/article/myan...
Reposted by arealmccoy
I'll say his name... David Rose, HERO!
RIP 🩵💔
@cwabadger.bsky.social
@chantingcrow.bsky.social
@jillyelli.bsky.social
@habsmtlcanadiens.bsky.social
@oceanlvr4ever.bsky.social
@mimiwegs.bsky.social
@docent1.bsky.social
@chaserbaybe.bsky.social
@stretch18.bsky.social
@notdontrmp.bsky.social
RIP 🩵💔
@cwabadger.bsky.social
@chantingcrow.bsky.social
@jillyelli.bsky.social
@habsmtlcanadiens.bsky.social
@oceanlvr4ever.bsky.social
@mimiwegs.bsky.social
@docent1.bsky.social
@chaserbaybe.bsky.social
@stretch18.bsky.social
@notdontrmp.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Reposted by arealmccoy
As a result of President Trump’s suspension of foreign aid, hundreds of USAID shipments of antimalarial and HIV medical supplies arrived late at regional warehouses in dozens of countries.
Many did not arrive at all. The consequences were deadly. https://wapo.st/4mEo6NZ
Many did not arrive at all. The consequences were deadly. https://wapo.st/4mEo6NZ
October 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
As a result of President Trump’s suspension of foreign aid, hundreds of USAID shipments of antimalarial and HIV medical supplies arrived late at regional warehouses in dozens of countries.
Many did not arrive at all. The consequences were deadly. https://wapo.st/4mEo6NZ
Many did not arrive at all. The consequences were deadly. https://wapo.st/4mEo6NZ
Reposted by arealmccoy
September 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Reposted by arealmccoy
Cool story on the preservation and moving of the viking ships at the museum in Oslo. We were watching the boat move live the other day - it was much slower... www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/oseb...
A Feat of Engineering Transports the World's Best-Preserved Viking Ship to Its New Home
The 1,200-year-old Oseberg Viking Ship relocates within the newly expanded Museum of the Viking Age at the University of Oslo.
www.thisiscolossal.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Cool story on the preservation and moving of the viking ships at the museum in Oslo. We were watching the boat move live the other day - it was much slower... www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/oseb...
Reposted by arealmccoy
"Christianity must stop being abused as an ideological instrument for power."
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
MAGA Christians Have a Right to Practice Their Faith — But So Do I
President Donald Trump's anti-Christian bias task force only recognizes one very narrow type of Christianity.
sojo.net
September 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Christianity must stop being abused as an ideological instrument for power."
sojo.net/articles/opi...
sojo.net/articles/opi...
Yes! But often not supported by orgs unfortunately.
"I think the advice I would offer is to remember that leadership is a service role. Your job as a leader is to support the people who work for you, to protect them, to listen to them, & prioritize them."
John Unsworth, UVA University Librarian
"I think the advice I would offer is to remember that leadership is a service role. Your job as a leader is to support the people who work for you, to protect them, to listen to them, & prioritize them."
John Unsworth, UVA University Librarian
September 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Yes! But often not supported by orgs unfortunately.
"I think the advice I would offer is to remember that leadership is a service role. Your job as a leader is to support the people who work for you, to protect them, to listen to them, & prioritize them."
John Unsworth, UVA University Librarian
"I think the advice I would offer is to remember that leadership is a service role. Your job as a leader is to support the people who work for you, to protect them, to listen to them, & prioritize them."
John Unsworth, UVA University Librarian
Reposted by arealmccoy
"The groups that sued over the cuts argued that an administrative stay could effectively decide the case in the government’s favor, allowing the administration to run out the clock and never spend the money at issue."
What do they say about justice delayed?
What do they say about justice delayed?
Supreme Court temporarily allows Trump to pause billions in foreign aid | CNN Politics
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday allowed the Trump administration to freeze billions in foreign aid payments for now, putting on hold a lower court ruling that required officials to spend $4 bill...
www.cnn.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"The groups that sued over the cuts argued that an administrative stay could effectively decide the case in the government’s favor, allowing the administration to run out the clock and never spend the money at issue."
What do they say about justice delayed?
What do they say about justice delayed?
Reposted by arealmccoy
Nature detox after yesterday’s news cycle.
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Nature detox after yesterday’s news cycle.
Reposted by arealmccoy
And why are they clawing back aid? So Trump can spend it on stuff Congress never authorized and taxpayers don't care about, like a 34 million dollar parade. Hope it rains.
www.devex.com/news/house-a...
www.devex.com/news/house-a...
House approves Trump's $8.3 billion clawback of US foreign aid | Devex
www.devex.com
June 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And why are they clawing back aid? So Trump can spend it on stuff Congress never authorized and taxpayers don't care about, like a 34 million dollar parade. Hope it rains.
www.devex.com/news/house-a...
www.devex.com/news/house-a...
Reposted by arealmccoy
Shadow hearing on how foreign aid supports American farmers.
Shaheen and Klobuchar Host Spotlight Forum on the Role of Foreign Assistance in U.S. Agriculture
YouTube video by SenatorShaheen
www.youtube.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Shadow hearing on how foreign aid supports American farmers.
Reposted by arealmccoy
What's a recission: the White House steals money Congress and taxpayers already approved. It's a heist and needs to die. It will only take two minutes to leave a voicemail. #resist #AltCitizen
June 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
What's a recission: the White House steals money Congress and taxpayers already approved. It's a heist and needs to die. It will only take two minutes to leave a voicemail. #resist #AltCitizen
Reposted by arealmccoy
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Reposted by arealmccoy
“I don’t even recognize you, Secretary Rubio.” This is so well done. Respectfully calling out a colleague who so pathetically sold his soul. Take a moment, listen, and share.👇
Rosen to Rubio: "I'm not even mad anymore about your complicity in this administration's destruction of US global leadership. I'm simply disappointed. And I wonder if your proud of yourself in this moment when you go home to your family ... I know you know this in your heart."
May 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“I don’t even recognize you, Secretary Rubio.” This is so well done. Respectfully calling out a colleague who so pathetically sold his soul. Take a moment, listen, and share.👇
10 seconds of peepers for deep breaths and some sanity
May 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
10 seconds of peepers for deep breaths and some sanity