Tom sent us Arkansans a valentine

People in power tend to not want to be bothered with people power. Too bad, a judge said Friday, with an order that state legislators cannot make it harder for Arkansans to exercise their constitutionally guaranteed direct democracy rights. https://t.co/jh8Ki973ie

Roughly 70% of Little Rock area students are not reading at grade level, he said. In some parts of southeast Arkansas, that rate reaches 90%, according to Barger. https://t.co/LpS9xmOrlN

New Hampshire is the #2 state in the overall rankings, ranking BEST in the country in terms of poverty rate, child well-being, teen birth rate, infant mortality, food insecurity, murder rate, and overall health.

Voting: A Right, Not A Privilege, For Now. Republicans want to suppress votes with egfectively a poll tax. Details here. (Darkansas Six support this vote suppression.)

The SAVE America Act would require Americans to prove their citizenship when registering to vote, mostly through a valid passport or birth certificate. It would also require a valid photo identification before voters can cast ballots, which some states already demand.

On the one hand you have to admire the audacity to proudly proclaim that "Arkansas is Number One" on your campaign website. On the other hand it begs the question "Just how stupid does Sarah Sanders think Arkansans are?" https://t.co/YTBGS6nWjC

Revised stats from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that in 2025 the U.S. economy averaged just 15,000 jobs added per month, a dramatic decrease from the monthly average of 125,000 the year before Trump took office.

On the https://t.co/ExIarNAGNV website, we've collected a number of quality-of-life statistics on all 50 states and made it really easy to compare them. Today let's look at the report card for the #1 state in the overall rankings: Massachusetts.

Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Join @RedistrictAct and tell your member of Congress to vote no: https://t.co/Cc4JHKr73Q

In California, the right-wing tech billionaires behind Trump are funding Matt Mahan for governor. Leading the pack: Joe Lonsdale, the Palantir co-founder who says the USA should resume public hangings. Why is a Trump oligarch funding a Democrat? https://t.co/x62rKow3yC

Joe Lonsdale, the Peter Thiel mini-me and Trump supporter who recently called for public executions, is supporting Matt Mahan for California governor. That tells you everything you need to know about Matt Mahan.

Don’t look away from Minnesota. ICE is still wreaking havoc across the state - changing their tactics to deceive Minnesotans - pretending to be construction workers or folks delivering groceries. There’s still over 2,000 ICE agents in the state. They’re not going anywhere, your

Well, damn, I ruffled some D.C. feathers today. There seem to be quite a few political operatives afraid of an Arkansas farmer telling the truth as the agricultural economy collapses around our ears. Y’all go on wallowing around in the swamp while Arkansas farms go under. Why

A UALR professor will resign the history department chairmanship after clashing with campus leaders over two now-canceled lectures that touched on the increasingly off-limits topics of racial inequity and white privilege.

On Minneapolis

To be clear about what this depicts: An immigration officer threw a woman onto the ground. Alex Pretti, a registered nurse on scene as a legal observer, is filming and goes to help the woman up. He is then pepper sprayed and thrown to the ground for no discernible reason. Many

Hope is what keeps me going when fear and anger are so prevalent. Let's make the choice to be people who are motivated by hope.

One reason vibe coding is so addictive is that you are always *almost* there but not 100% there. The agent implements an amazing feature and got maybe 10% of the thing wrong, and you are like "hey I can fix this if i just prompt it for 5 more mins" And that was 5 hrs ago

It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰