Proud 30 yr public school Social Studies educator, mom of 3, married to my college sweet💛. Lifelong KC Royals💙 & Chiefs❤️ fan. Long time Swiftie.
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Students from NC A&T (the largest HBCU) marching back from going to vote. The county closed the polling place on campus. Students marched to town to vote anyway. A&T is where @RevJJackson went to school. His legacy lives on. linkedin.com/posts/todd-simm…
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Breaking: The U.S. Supreme Court rules Missouri's 2022 map will be in effect during the general election, blocking use of the gerrymandered map drawn last year.
story coming soon at missouriindependent.com. #moleg #mogov
"I dont know why you Americans are angry all the time. You have Texas Roadhouse. You should just be walking around wanting to hug everybody."
Thats the power of good bread and honey butter spread!
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More than 40 years ago, I arrived in Chicago in search of an idea. I was a young man looking for purpose, who believed deeply in America, was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, and wanted to be a part of something larger. The America I believed in was one where everyone has opportunity, everyone is seen, everyone belongs—because that was an America that had a place for me, too.
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Going forward, we can't have Obama AND Mamdani giving speeches in the same week or we'll start to get spoiled by literacy.
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We are announcing today that The American Revolution will stream for free in its entirety on all PBS platforms from May 25th through July 12. Hope you have a chance to watch, ideally with friends and family, as you think about our 250th anniversary this July 4th. pbs.org/kenburns/the-america…
Great idea!
@MissouriWestern you should invite
@SethMacFarlane to speak at graduation, December 2026 (my kid). Show him all the new art rooms, digital animation facilities, & film production rooms. Maybe honor him with a Doctorate while your at it...
Make him an Honorable Griffon!
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Absolute bombshell. Tucker Carlson publicly urges the US military and Pentagon officials to actively defy Donald Trump and refuse orders if he attempts to launch nuclear weapons against Iran. The administration is completely out of control.
Looking forward to seeing @MissouriWestern digital animators & other artists at
@PlanetComicon! What an opportunity to put MO West on the map!
#prouddad
Joy Bess 🟧 retweeted
Looking forward to seeing @MissouriWestern digital animators & other artists at
@PlanetComicon! What an opportunity to put MO West on the map!
#prouddad
Joy Bess 🟧 retweeted
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life fighting for equity and justice. He taught us that even in the face of intimidation and discrimination, we must never stop working towards a better future – a lesson that feels especially relevant today.
Change has never been easy. It takes persistence and determination, and requires all of us to speak out and stand up for what we believe in. As we honor Dr. King today, let’s draw strength from his example, and do our part to build on his legacy.
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from Epstein + skyrocketing healthcare costs.
Joy Bess 🟧 retweeted
Several contradictory things are simultaneously true:
1. Maduro was an oppressive, unpopular and illegitimate ruler, disastrous for his country and the region.
2. Using the US to remove him may have been equally illegitimate.
3. Venezuela would be better off with a new government under the opposition's Edmundo Gonzalez (who probably won the presidential election but is now exiled).
4. It's not clear that Maduro will be replaced by Gonzalez. Maduro's VP is still apparently in power, as are other regime figures and the Cubans who back them.
5. As we've seen in Iraq and Libya, it can be easier to topple a leader than to establish a new government; sometimes you get a worse leader, or Somalia-style chaos.
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NEW NEWS!!!!
RT to win a @newheightshow hat signed by @tkelce and to help him win the #WPMOYChallenge
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“When democracy deteriorates, you need more and better civic education. If there is a pandemic, you need to send in the nurses and the doctors. It’s the same thing with a democracy crisis — civic educators are the nurses.” - @LouisaSlavkova at @THECIVICS nytimes.com/2025/10/07/world…
