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Jennifer Adams's avatar

Thank you!

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Sarah Meredith's avatar

❤️ How would we ever know the expanse of positive energy out in this wacky country without your diligence?? 💗

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Ariella Elm's avatar

you might not, and that really sucks, cause I shouldn’t be the only one spreading it.

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Sarah Meredith's avatar

How do we get the democratic structure to amplify and broadcast in a tiered local and national way? More resources need to go to getting the news to outlets that are not partisan-only distribution. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I’ve even sent things to my conservative tiny town supervisor because I know she is uninformed.

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Ariella Elm's avatar

Can you elaborate on what you mean?

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Sarah Meredith's avatar

I’ve been on a county Dem committee in red rural upstate NY where it feels like no news like this is accessible to the general public. If the Nat’l dems gave the state Dems templates and perhaps funding, maybe local papers could print weekly small ads that show this kind of energy… just a thot.

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Ariella Elm's avatar

Have you thought of writing a letter to the editor or an op ed or something?

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Sarah Meredith's avatar

I do it all the time. They publish me as often as policy allows in Times Journal (local Schoharie County paper) and Mountain Eagle (Delaware, Schoharie, Greene County).

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Laura Erny's avatar

Love this news. Love recess for kids!

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James Aldridge's avatar

Keep the fire burning Ariella...

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Michelle's avatar

Katie Hobbs' veto letter from February 18 is good reading. She writes, "Making it less convenient to vote is something I have consistently said I cannot support." https://mcusercontent.com/44a5186aac69c13c570fca36a/files/b0dc3bd5-7849-c4ef-3da2-3938d04b26b0/Scan_from_GOV9_Exec_Xerox8170_3_.pdf

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Michelle's avatar

Thanks, Ariella! Here's something I was reading: Arizona's democratic governor has been a bad-bill vetoing machine. The most recent veto I saw is from April 18.

https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2025-04-01/heres-a-list-of-all-the-arizona-bills-gov-katie-hobbs-vetoed-so-far-in-2025

Here is her letter from April 18th vetoing the Arizona ICE Act, SB 1164, which "would have prevented state agencies and local governments from adopting policies banning cooperation with federal immigration authorities." https://mcusercontent.com/44a5186aac69c13c570fca36a/files/43eb542e-d4bc-82a9-84eb-a9a017b75d40/04182025160327_0001.pdf

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Ariella Elm's avatar

yes! I saw this one, I couldn't find the source so I gave up, thanks for adding it!

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Patricia Fehrenbacher's avatar

Yes indeed great wins today!!! So love the recess one!! And at the same time women’s right to health care as we’ve seen and know that abortion is also health care for emergency pregnancy issues!

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Robert Palmer's avatar

Okay that bill in Tennessee is very much surprising. I mean yeah recess for the kids actually is a good idea especially if they actually can cut down on disciplinary issues later in the day and let the kids burn off that energy.

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