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Marta Poling Schmitt

@martapschmitt.bsky.social

I’m a retired ELCA pastor serving on two local boards: United Way of Southern Nevada and Planned Parenthood Votes Nevada. I’m a lifelong feminist and Democratic activist. I enjoy: grandchildren, travel, leading grief support groups, scrapbooking, etc.

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1 in 6 Nevadans use food stamps. GOP bill could force Nevada to pay $170M or make cuts. Read more from The Nevada Independent.
Note: One out of every five Nevada children live with food insecurity.

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Indeed.

10.05.2025 14:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Truth.

08.05.2025 03:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This.

07.05.2025 18:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This.

03.05.2025 05:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This explains why we are dealing with such incompetence.

01.05.2025 02:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Indivisible Las Vegas gathered last night, stepping away from the fight for democracy for a moment just to connect and engage with one another. We were joined b…
Stefan and I treasured hosting a gathering of Indivisible Las Vegas last Friday night at our home!

30.04.2025 02:59 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This explains much about America’s slide into “Trump First.” It is about a 15 minute read and well worth it.

28.04.2025 18:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bingo! This is an essential read.

08.04.2025 16:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

[Video] 🤦‍♂️ Elon Musk is dismantling our government , while giving himself major contracts within it. This is not simply a conflict of interest, but a scam! Donald Trump is perpetrating major fraud and abuse against the government if “we, the people.”

02.04.2025 08:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

[Video] An open letter published by nearly 2,000 doctors, scientists and researchers says the Trump administration is waging a "wholesale assault on U.S. science" that threatens the country’s health, economic development, national secu...
Source: PBS

The TRump Administration is anti-science!

02.04.2025 02:48 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Opinion | John Roberts made Trump’s authoritarianism possible. He could still save his own legacy - The Guardian

It all started in 2012 with Citizens United allowing individuals and corporations to pour huge sums into candidates running for office.

18.03.2025 16:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"A woman is like a child": MAGA quickly turns its sights on stripping Republican women of power
Source: Salon
There are very sinister forces at work through the maga forces in the Republican Party…

16.03.2025 16:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One Word Describes Trump A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.

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This is a VERY helpful read.

15.03.2025 11:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This is Donald Trump’s administration.

14.03.2025 01:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Republican Party has an historic precedent of exploiting the working and middle class for the sake of the rich!

05.03.2025 06:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Women… so wonderful!

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I stand with Planned Parenthood and all the medical services it provides to Americans!

04.03.2025 20:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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04.03.2025 19:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Upcoming vote on SAVE Act has Nevada voting rights advocates concerned
Source: knpr
SAVE ACT will affect rural & tribal voters, elderly, college students, active duty military, & married women whose last name doesn’t match their birth certificate. Kansas did this, and 30K citizen’s couldn’t vote!

04.03.2025 19:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Opinion | Oklahoma voters ― Is this the Trump you had in mind? | Opinion - The Oklahoman
This article is definitely worth the two minutes that it will take to read it!

03.03.2025 23:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Germans have a word for what’s happening in Trump’s America
Source: The Forward
We are experiencing exactly what Hitler did in Germany. Pay attention, Americans.

01.03.2025 02:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Married women could face new obstacles to vote. This is what conservatives want. | Opinion
Source: USA TODAY

The SAVE ACT will disenfranchise 69 million American women whose married last name doesn’t match the last name on their birth certificate. Republicans want to deny women the right to vote!

24.02.2025 11:20 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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Here Are Trump’s Major Moves on Reproductive Health Access - TIME

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Move On has a downloadable protest kit to help us prepare for civic engagement.

19.02.2025 15:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A quarter of US shoppers have dumped favorite stores over political stances
Source: The Guardian
We gave the list of companies that contributed to Trump’s campaign to our investment firm and divested our retirement funds from all of them. Now, we are doing the same thing with those abandoning DEI!

19.02.2025 03:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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What is happening? This is a great article explaining the roots and responses to Trump’s purge of our federal government!

17.02.2025 22:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Blue States Are Bailing Out Red States - TIME

Humm…maybe Republicans should look at the whole picture before threatening to defund our federal government.

15.02.2025 21:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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