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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>Traveler | Author of “Slow Travel: Escape the Grind and Explore the World” | 💙 #resist #voteBLUE #bluecrew #liberal #blm #lgbtq+ #ally 🦋 | Wife, mom, daughter, sister | Exploring the world one adventure at a time. 🌍</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social</link><title>@jennifersparks.bsky.social - Jen Sparks 🦋🌍💙</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lky7oprjw22u</link><description>So proud to live in Colorado (and a former resident of Denver).&#xA;&#xA;Let&#39;s go!&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>22 Mar 2025 17:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lky7oprjw22u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3ljxt2dica22p</link><description>Need a pick-me-up? &#xA;&#xA;Definitely give this uplifting article a read...&#xA;&#xA;https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-progressive-wins-march-9</description><pubDate>09 Mar 2025 19:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljxt2dica22p</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3ljbevfnlsc2f</link><description>When are the Democrats going to step up and stop this?&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>28 Feb 2025 21:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljbevfnlsc2f</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lj2atbexhs2i</link><description>Time to hit the Muskrat where it hurts…&#xA;&#xA;“Dampening the positive sentiment around Tesla as a brand can have a huge impact on Tesla the stock.”&#xA;&#xA;https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/tesla-is-more-vulnerable-than-you</description><pubDate>26 Feb 2025 01:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj2atbexhs2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lizkuzqcms2y</link><description>YES!!! I&#39;m so happy to see some backbone here.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>25 Feb 2025 19:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizkuzqcms2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lizksmuhrs2y</link><description>Whoa!!! People are pushing back!&#xA;&#xA;https://www.npr.org/2025/02/25/nx-s1-5308095/doge-staff-resignations-elon-musk?utm_source=npr_newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=20250225&amp;utm_term=10005178&amp;utm_campaign=breaking-news&amp;utm_id=72118493&amp;orgid=192&amp;utm_att1=</description><pubDate>25 Feb 2025 19:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizksmuhrs2y</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3livmh3icik2i</link><description>The tide seems to be turning… &#xA;&#xA;“Voters seem to be waking up all across the country, even in red states.”&#xA;&#xA;https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/the-week-ahead-aed?r=4adn5&amp;utm_medium=ios</description><pubDate>24 Feb 2025 05:27 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3livmh3icik2i</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3likxw4fpg22x</link><description>🤦‍♀️🥚😖&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>19 Feb 2025 23:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3likxw4fpg22x</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lifmc6xg7c2t</link><description>“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”&#xA;— Nelson Mandela</description><pubDate>17 Feb 2025 20:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lifmc6xg7c2t</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3li5ufrfd7k2o</link><description>Block the SAVE Act!&#xA;&#xA;&#34;Fully 34 percent of American women don’t have government-issued ID with their current legal name on it, according to the Brennan Center, along with 25 percent of vote-eligible Blacks and 18 percent of Social Security-voting senior citizens.&#34; &#xA;&#xA;https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-gop-taliban-to-women-shut-up-450?r=4adn5&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=false</description><pubDate>14 Feb 2025 18:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5ufrfd7k2o</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lhhp55ogg22h</link><description>Please take a few minutes to watch this video to the end. He&#39;s not as strong as he wants us to think he is.&#xA;&#xA;&#34;Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-trump-column-read.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uk4.LNP0.1t_W4qaV4k_k&amp;smid=url-share</description><pubDate>05 Feb 2025 23:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhp55ogg22h</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lhffmstkuk2w</link><description>The time for action is NOW.&#xA;&#xA;&#34;It’s true that Trump is extremely powerful right now, chiefly because members of his party in Congress fear him. But his opponents also have enormous advantages, too.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;https://www.thebulwark.com/p/five-things-democrats-must-do-to-fight-donald-trump-now?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email</description><pubDate>05 Feb 2025 01:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhffmstkuk2w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lheos7ckak2w</link><description>Upset about the invasion of your privacy at the Treasury Dept?&#xA;&#xA;Here&#39;s a handy email template to make a civil liberties complaint...&#xA;&#xA;https://www.bookersquared.com/p/time-for-citizens-to-hit-elon-with?r=caecq&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;triedRedirect=true</description><pubDate>04 Feb 2025 18:29 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lheos7ckak2w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lgydnhuelk2w</link><description>Here is some perspective...&#xA;&#xA;&#34;Trump is dangerous. I am not dismissing the threat. It is very real, but he is not the political colossus he claims to be. Democrats can find comfort and develop courage by taking a realistic view of his many, many weaknesses.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;https://open.substack.com/pub/messagebox/p/what-everyone-is-getting-wrong-about?r=4adn5&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</description><pubDate>30 Jan 2025 20:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgydnhuelk2w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lgybulyrjk2w</link><description>They&#39;ve summoned a sleeping giant.&#xA;&#xA;It&#39;s so great to see people fired up to fight for their jobs and for our country.&#xA;&#xA;https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/how-to-push-back?r=4adn5&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</description><pubDate>30 Jan 2025 20:06 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgybulyrjk2w</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lgvvag6cyc2n</link><description>Looks like they&#39;ve figured out a way to avoid Habeas Corpus. This is wrong on so many levels.&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>29 Jan 2025 21:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvvag6cyc2n</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lgvlozfvg22e</link><description>Our voices are having an effect. Keep it up!&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>29 Jan 2025 18:24 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvlozfvg22e</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lgtx5d7fih2o</link><description>Well worth a watch…&#xA;&#xA;Please repost and share&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>29 Jan 2025 02:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtx5d7fih2o</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lgt5ymkmac2j</link><description>&#34;It is time for the institutions fighting for democracy to drop the niceties and begin calling Trump for what he is: a dictator.&#34; &#xA;&#xA;https://open.substack.com/pub/roberthubbell/p/trump-goes-full-dictator?r=4adn5&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</description><pubDate>28 Jan 2025 19:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgt5ymkmac2j</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lgo6pxgsps26</link><description>Some much needed wins from this first, very difficult week…&#xA;&#xA;https://open.substack.com/pub/thinkbigpicture/p/week-progressive-wins-january-26?r=4adn5&amp;utm_medium=ios</description><pubDate>26 Jan 2025 19:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgo6pxgsps26</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lgm2fhkkg22u</link><description>Excellent advice...&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>25 Jan 2025 23:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgm2fhkkg22u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lghd6gg5ss2c</link><description>Looking for ways to get your voice heard?&#xA;&#xA;Start by subscribing to this newsletter, which provides daily actions you can take to defend our democracy.&#xA;&#xA;chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com&#xA;https://chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/</description><pubDate>24 Jan 2025 02:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lghd6gg5ss2c</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lgbswhm45k2m</link><description>Let&#39;s remember how we got here...&#xA;&#xA;&#34;Don’t blame Garland. Blame Mitch McConnell and the Supreme Court.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;https://substack.com/home/post/p-155315907?source=queue</description><pubDate>21 Jan 2025 21:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbswhm45k2m</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lgbcqtad2s25</link><description>&#34;Oligarchy, after all, is usually a transitional form of government because people get so angry about the government doing everything for the rich and powerful and little to nothing for them that they demand change.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;https://hartmannreport.com/p/the-plantation-politics-of-maga-america-745</description><pubDate>21 Jan 2025 16:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbcqtad2s25</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lg7bsf5ots2u</link><description>&#34;Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.&#34;&#xA;— Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King</description><pubDate>20 Jan 2025 21:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg7bsf5ots2u</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lfnn6ov33c24</link><description>This is what we&#39;re up against... &#xA;&#xA;&#34;If Democrats want to slow this speeding train heading toward single-party rule of America, they must get with the program and begin to support existing and build out new and powerful policy think tanks and media operations.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/the-memo-that-hijacked-american-democracy-b4f?r=4adn5&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email</description><pubDate>13 Jan 2025 21:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfnn6ov33c24</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/jennifersparks.bsky.social/post/3lfdsjvnxd22q</link><description>So true... we could certainly use his strength now. ☮️&#xA;&#xA;[contains quote post or other embedded content]</description><pubDate>09 Jan 2025 23:13 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:vezaor27let5iowcj2fbmsqq/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdsjvnxd22q</guid></item></channel></rss>