Political Scientist, community educator, labor organizer, activist. Culture lover, foodie, nerd to the 10th power. Here to be love, make noise, and fight for justice.https://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3lty5lexfpc22https://apnews.com/article/boys-girls-club-trump-grant-freeze-6f5bd3204d2973784d466e3f0fdb38b4 More than 20 states sue Trump administration over frozen after-school and summer funding #news #info #trump15 Jul 2025 05:16 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lty5lexfpc22https://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3ltt2nk635k2gState Department starts firing more than 1,350 workers - https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/state-department-says-it-will-fire-more-than-1350-workers-trumps-shake-up-2025-07-11/ #news #statedepartment #nokings13 Jul 2025 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltt2nk635k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3ltqigtetek2phttps://open.substack.com/pub/thiswillhold/p/she-won-part-v-why-the-missing-votes?r=47rhta @thiswillhold.bsky.social @commoncoalitionmw.bsky.social12 Jul 2025 04:09 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltqigtetek2phttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3ltpycklxy22tNew gallup poll shows big positive swing in attitudes about immigration #news #stopice #immigration https://apnews.com/article/immigration-polling-trump-deportation-d138992f803e2d0b5b399aa9eaa3658111 Jul 2025 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltpycklxy22thttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3ltlge6jo422nHow flesh-eating screwworms in cattle could raise US beef prices - https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/how-flesh-eating-screwworms-cattle-could-raise-us-beef-prices-2025-06-02/ #news10 Jul 2025 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltlge6jo422nhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3ltlg72vw5s2nHow federal cuts harm local communities https://apnews.com/article/public-health-measles-rfk-maha-trump-d863f53a5d370413de8d165d5ab96e65 Deep cuts erode the foundations of US public health system, end progress, threaten worse to come #news10 Jul 2025 03:46 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltlg72vw5s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3ltlg4nfi522nThe Weather Coordinating Meteorologist for the Austin/San Antonio office of the National Weather Service (that warns of dangerous conditions) took the Trump buyout months ago and had not been replaced https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5388436-texas-flooding-flash-flood-camp-mystic-trump-cuts-noaa-nws-fema-national-weather-service/ #news #texasflood #texas10 Jul 2025 03:45 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltlg4nfi522nhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3ltcx4grcfc2iYour dollars are as important as your vote. I challenge everyone to see what they can change; stop shopping at walmart/sams, spend more dollars locally, cancel some subscriptions. #nokings #resist #politics06 Jul 2025 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltcx4grcfc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3lt5z4hiwgs2nHappy 4th of July to We the People who chart their own destiny. #4thofjuly #resist #nokings #holiday04 Jul 2025 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt5z4hiwgs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3lt5u6i24ik2awww.tiktok.com/t/ZP8h8GT2q/ from my tic tok @nationalparks.bsky.social #july4th #America #nationalpark https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8h8GT2q/04 Jul 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt5u6i24ik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3lt43e5s6ps2jhttps://substack.com/@10minhistorylessons/note/c-131701756?r=47rhta04 Jul 2025 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt43e5s6ps2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3lsxc7qeijk2o60sec Civics Lesson - We the People is about more than a vote. We own this country and we’re going to have to work a little harder to make sure it reflects our values. #politics #nokings #vote #shewon02 Jul 2025 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsxc7qeijk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3lsw4xvuo622kIt now goes back to The House US Senate passes Trump's sweeping tax-cut, spending bill, sends to House - https://www.reuters.com/world/us/senate-vote-a-rama-pass-trumps-33-trillion-bill-extends-into-second-day-2025-07-01/01 Jul 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsw4xvuo622khttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3lslxt46h5s2zThis #scotus is trash Parents can opt kids out of classes with LGBT storybooks, court rules - https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-set-rule-dispute-over-lgbt-storybooks-school-classes-2025-06-27/27 Jun 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lslxt46h5s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/philosofire.bsky.social/post/3lsluncogik2zAgain, I’ve had burritos more supreme than this court US Supreme Court limits power of judges to block Trump's birthright citizenship order - https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-may-rule-allowing-enforcement-trump-birthright-citizenship-2025-06-27/ #news #scotus #nokings #immigration27 Jun 2025 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:av27apocmp6gflipiwyffrbx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsluncogik2z