Kelly Smith

#NoKings #NoKingsLex

I think there is room for both. That being said, because our entire system is built around a 2 party system, I think the only way to change the Dem Party is to get involved and change it (like the Tea Party) people did to Republicans. For example, Democratic Socialists should run as Democrats. My 2c

"Societies start to reflect the culture of their dominant form of communication." @micahloewinger.bsky.social quoting @jay.bsky.team on this excellent On the Media Episode

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

Stupid, surreal & clearly illegal — especially the part about the messages set to disappear www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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Rejecting the Predicate BOLO (Be On the Lookout) •Look for framing, language, and correlations that can push the conversation, explanations, meaning in a particular direction •Watch out for thought-terminating cliches •Review terminology, conversation, emails, and documents critically •Don't be afraid to reject the predicate, the framing, the facts being put forward REQUEST, REFRAME, RESTATE, REDEFINE •Ask for more information, statements of intent, clarification •Repeat what you heard back, mirroring •gets the person to say the same thing in different words •Move beyond the headline, the big bold letters, and into the substance •Most people can't defend their position once they face some questions PIVOT •Change the narrative •If you are looking to get into the conversation, look for opportunities to provide your perspective, apply your expertise •Focus on what you agree on ~everylibraryinstitute.org

"We are being tested right now and it is a tactic." They are "rage farming" and "we are the crop."

Resist taking the bait. If we know the above, we can get beyond our emotion and focus on what is happening. Kathleen McEvoy, Senior Policy Fellow, The EveryLibrary Institute
#ERL2025

Who Is Your Syllabus For? Two faculty developers share their perspectives on how instructors can streamline an often-overburdened document.

Course syllabi are increasingly expected to serve multiple audiences. How can instructors help students catch the key points? chroni.cl/41O5pPx

Tim Walz (@timwalz) on Threads Teachers want to teach. But Trump’s cuts are leaving teachers without the resources they need to ensure every student receives a quality education.

Thank god I was included in school and wasn't warehoused. I even ended up giving one of the speeches at my high school graduation using my communication device. Protect special education! #Disability #IDEA www.threads.net/@timwalz/pos...

Indivisible Calls on Schumer to Step Aside

Following an emergency consultation with Indivisible leaders nationwide, Indivisible is calling on Chuck Schumer to step aside as Senate Minority Leader. indivisible.org/statements/i...

1) Advocacy matters because there is no other way for policymakers to learn about the impact of their actions on the people they represent — and you are the people they represent! 2) You cannot assume that someone else will say what YOU believe needs to be said 3) Nobody else has your lived experiences and nobody else can tell your story as well as you can

Some inspiration from the graduate Education Policy class I'm in this semester. When you advocate to legislators, remember to tell a STORY. You don't change minds based on facts. You *may* change minds when they can visualize why a policy is good or bad by connecting with your story. #indivisible

Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.

This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.

This is a manifesto against disability.

This is the language of eugenics.

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Living through the fall of a civilization is confusing, stressful, and upsetting for someone like me with my many privileges. For my friends in the disability and LGBTQAI+ communities, it is abso-fucking-lutely terrifying.

Disappointed that @governorwalz.mn.gov would propose cuts to disability services, especially since he is on a first name basis with my nephew, @justinsmithwrites.bsky.social.

Central KY friends. If you want to get engaged in local actions again, the BGAA board is getting things organized. Follow our new Bluesky account. Thanks! #bgaa #indivisible

Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

This is fascism.

Déjà vu all over again.

this is just the dumbest possible way for an empire to collapse

Kelly posted expanded thoughts on this on FB last night. This is so important right now to focus your energy. "Deescalate all conflict that isn't with the enemy." My mantra going forward and what I will be encouraging.

The inability of the national media to understand this basic point ABOUT AMERICAN CIVICS is simply wild

Okay, pardon us, but F this. America, you’ve got to stand up.

Front page of the nyt

In 2016 the NYT ran multiple front page stories page about the grave national security risk of Hillary Clinton's server.

Today's front page, and nary a mention of the successful "plutocratic coup" (said by a sitting House member) or "constitutional crisis (said by a sitting Senator) unfolding

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

if your senator or reps have full voicemails I highly recommend faxing them

There are literally not enough journalists employed in the US to cover the bad shit that is happening right now. We are now going to experience the social consequences of a weakened news industry--which are the same as the benefits of a weakened news industry, to those who weakened it.

It's the superpower of being a pathological liar. People hear what they want to hear.

The degenerate fascist in our White House has made enemies of our dearest friends.

I'm so sorry, Canada. There's a resistance here. Remember us.

Idgaf I’m still fighting for guaranteed healthcare.

Aspiration is the answer. Not just “we’re not the bad guys.”

We need something more meaningful than that. I want a future worth fighting for. They have no vision. We do. Lean into our strengths and knock them out. 👊🏽

Happy Black History Month. Listen to, support, fund, and uplift Black people. #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth

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