Tara Bennett
@tarabinkc.bsky.social
History is made by those who show up
Troost was the redline racial divide in Kansas City. It has taken generations of work to try to change that harm, but with the map drawn by the White House, MO GOP is bringing back Kansas City’s redline division #moleg
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Missouri gerrymander would split KC along its ‘deepest racial divide’: Troost Ave.
Under Missouri Republicans’ gerrymandered map, the so-called Troost Divide would carve up Kansas City again.
www.kansascity.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Troost was the redline racial divide in Kansas City. It has taken generations of work to try to change that harm, but with the map drawn by the White House, MO GOP is bringing back Kansas City’s redline division #moleg
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My notebook is goi g to get quite a workout. I may have to call @raygunsite.com to order a stack for my friends🤬🤬 #moleg
August 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My notebook is goi g to get quite a workout. I may have to call @raygunsite.com to order a stack for my friends🤬🤬 #moleg
Women are dropping out of the workforce in record numbers, due to child care and elder care deserts. “One expert put it bluntly: “The economy’s basically telling half its talent to stay home.” #UnitedWE
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Women dropping out of Missouri workforce is an economic red alert. Here's how to fix it • Missouri Independent
A recent drop in women’s workforce participation is a blinking red light for women and our economy. Missouri officials must take notice.
missouriindependent.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Women are dropping out of the workforce in record numbers, due to child care and elder care deserts. “One expert put it bluntly: “The economy’s basically telling half its talent to stay home.” #UnitedWE
missouriindependent.com/2025/08/19/w...
missouriindependent.com/2025/08/19/w...
As we approach Wear Orange weekend
@kansascity.com publishes this racist trash. We value all lives impacted by gun violence and mourn ALL the young lives lost
@momsdemand.bsky.social
#BeSmart #WearOrange
😡“If you erase black teen boys, this stat isn’t true.”
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@kansascity.com publishes this racist trash. We value all lives impacted by gun violence and mourn ALL the young lives lost
@momsdemand.bsky.social
#BeSmart #WearOrange
😡“If you erase black teen boys, this stat isn’t true.”
www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
The CDC says guns are the No. 1 killer of children. Here’s what’s really true | Opinion
The facts tell a different story than gun control groups. From David Mastio:
www.kansascity.com
June 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
As we approach Wear Orange weekend
@kansascity.com publishes this racist trash. We value all lives impacted by gun violence and mourn ALL the young lives lost
@momsdemand.bsky.social
#BeSmart #WearOrange
😡“If you erase black teen boys, this stat isn’t true.”
www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
@kansascity.com publishes this racist trash. We value all lives impacted by gun violence and mourn ALL the young lives lost
@momsdemand.bsky.social
#BeSmart #WearOrange
😡“If you erase black teen boys, this stat isn’t true.”
www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-...
MO is a uniquely stupid state and this disregards the voters who enshrined reproductive rights in our Constitution in Nov #moleg
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www.kcur.org/health/2025-...
Missouri Supreme Court puts state abortion ban back into effect for now
Two rulings from a Kansas City judge had allowed abortions in the state to resume while a challenge to its near-total ban proceeded to trial.
www.kcur.org
May 27, 2025 at 9:15 PM
MO is a uniquely stupid state and this disregards the voters who enshrined reproductive rights in our Constitution in Nov #moleg
www.kcur.org/health/2025-...
www.kcur.org/health/2025-...
These rallies were in 2019 when the abortion trigger law was signed, 2022 when Dobbs was released, and this week after we successfully got signatures, raised money, and got abortion rights in the state constitution with 52% of the vote and #moleg put it back on the ballot saying we were tricked 🤦♀️
Someday Missouri will figure out we mean what we say and we want our rights protected! Thanks @raygunsite.com for the sign inspiration for today #moleg
May 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
These rallies were in 2019 when the abortion trigger law was signed, 2022 when Dobbs was released, and this week after we successfully got signatures, raised money, and got abortion rights in the state constitution with 52% of the vote and #moleg put it back on the ballot saying we were tricked 🤦♀️
Someday Missouri will figure out we mean what we say and we want our rights protected! Thanks @raygunsite.com for the sign inspiration for today #moleg
May 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Someday Missouri will figure out we mean what we say and we want our rights protected! Thanks @raygunsite.com for the sign inspiration for today #moleg
Republicans in MO have now shown for the second and third time that the will of the voters doesn’t matter to them. First they decided they wouldn’t implement a tax for children’s mental health in my county, now the state legislature did this! #moleg We live in a truly stupid state
May 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Republicans in MO have now shown for the second and third time that the will of the voters doesn’t matter to them. First they decided they wouldn’t implement a tax for children’s mental health in my county, now the state legislature did this! #moleg We live in a truly stupid state
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Bishop Michael Hunn of the Rio Grande diocese “echoed the Episcopal Church’s presiding bishop, Sean Rowe, who said that in God’s kingdom, immigrants and refugees are not at the edges, fearful and alone, but are the very center of God’s story.”
“If the government suggests that feeding the hungry, welcoming the stranger, and loving our neighbor isn’t the practice of our faith, it’s time to stand up and remind people that Jesus calls us to this work and the Constitution protects our right to do so.”
Episcopal Diocese Defends Migrant Shelter, Citing ‘Jesus’ and ‘Constitution’
The Diocese of the Rio Grande responded to baseless insinuation from the Department of Homeland Security that their shelter may be engaged in human trafficking.
sojo.net
March 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Bishop Michael Hunn of the Rio Grande diocese “echoed the Episcopal Church’s presiding bishop, Sean Rowe, who said that in God’s kingdom, immigrants and refugees are not at the edges, fearful and alone, but are the very center of God’s story.”
Military spouse here. I second this
Military mom here: fire every one of the assholes who endangered the lives of American troops with a Signal chat.
March 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Military spouse here. I second this
Rep Sam Graves MO6 was a no-show for a Town Hall tonight. Over 100 constituents showed up wanting to talk to him, but he hasn't done a public town hall in our district since 2013. Thank you State Rep Ashley Aune for showing up when your federal counterpart refused #noshow #moleg
March 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Thank you to KCTV5 for highlighting the actions of the Platte County Commission to deny the will of 56% of the voters and our lawsuit to make them implement the Platte County Children’s Services Tax for mental health services for kids, www.kctv5.com/video/2025/0...
Lawsuit filed against Platte County Commission after blocking voter-approved youth mental health tax
www.kctv5.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Thank you to KCTV5 for highlighting the actions of the Platte County Commission to deny the will of 56% of the voters and our lawsuit to make them implement the Platte County Children’s Services Tax for mental health services for kids, www.kctv5.com/video/2025/0...
Says the man who has played golf 30% of his presidency so far
Trump: Show up to work in person like the rest of us. It doesn't work when you don't show up. They aren't working, they are playing tennis or golf or they have other jobs but they are not working, certainly not working hard.
February 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Says the man who has played golf 30% of his presidency so far
The financial press is reporting the plan to shift USAID funding from feeding the poor and providing medical care, to shift US AID funds to a hedge fund-run agency to use our tax dollars to help the hedge funds get a leg up on making strategic investments
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Trump Advisers Look to Shift US Foreign Aid to Wall Street Ally
President Donald Trump’s advisers have discussed shifting billions in funding from USAID to a government-run agency due to be headed up by the dealmaker son of Apollo Global Management co-founder Leon...
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The financial press is reporting the plan to shift USAID funding from feeding the poor and providing medical care, to shift US AID funds to a hedge fund-run agency to use our tax dollars to help the hedge funds get a leg up on making strategic investments
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Thanks for the laugh! The funniest thing I've read all week
funniest highlights of the philly police scanner, a thread
February 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Thanks for the laugh! The funniest thing I've read all week
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It's a little hard to hear but if you listen carefully you can hear this guy screaming "YOU'RE A FUCKING TRAITOR!!"
I'm kidding...Trump heard it too.
I'm kidding...Trump heard it too.
February 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It's a little hard to hear but if you listen carefully you can hear this guy screaming "YOU'RE A FUCKING TRAITOR!!"
I'm kidding...Trump heard it too.
I'm kidding...Trump heard it too.
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Trump promises to "eradicate anti-Christian bias" after his administration spent the first 2.5 weeks attacking Episcopalians, Catholics, & Lutherans (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/lutherans-...) & is being sued by Quakers & Baptists for wanting to raid churches. Heal thyself!
Suspect Guilty GIF
ALT: Suspect Guilty GIF
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February 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Trump promises to "eradicate anti-Christian bias" after his administration spent the first 2.5 weeks attacking Episcopalians, Catholics, & Lutherans (publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/lutherans-...) & is being sued by Quakers & Baptists for wanting to raid churches. Heal thyself!
Called Congressman Sam Graves' local office and had a good convo about why I'm alarmed at Musk's DOGE chaos, talked about accessibility to VA services for many in my family, asked him to stand up for the Legislative branch of our government's enumerated Constitutional authority. Response: Nope
February 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Called Congressman Sam Graves' local office and had a good convo about why I'm alarmed at Musk's DOGE chaos, talked about accessibility to VA services for many in my family, asked him to stand up for the Legislative branch of our government's enumerated Constitutional authority. Response: Nope
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@piperformissouri.bsky.social you’ve been calling this for months
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
@piperformissouri.bsky.social you’ve been calling this for months
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“Dry January” seemed overly ambitious
But “Yacht Rock February”… that might work!
But “Yacht Rock February”… that might work!
February 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“Dry January” seemed overly ambitious
But “Yacht Rock February”… that might work!
But “Yacht Rock February”… that might work!
Americans are responding. Democrats in the Senate are using their power and voices open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
Is Somebody Doing Something?!
Yes. Let me break it down for you.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Americans are responding. Democrats in the Senate are using their power and voices open.substack.com/pub/statusku...