@bkopsky.bsky.social
Dir of AR Public Policy Panel & AR Citizens First Congress — nonprofits bringing people together to make Arkansas better. Dad. Soccer and cycling coach. Southerner. Cyclist
I think Republicans in Congress are proving, daily, that governing was never the point. They all just voted for a bill that’s horrendous for their constituents, but *amazing* for millionaires and billionaires. Politics over sane policy. The grift is on…
01.07.2025 22:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I wrote a thing about the disastrous Trump budget bill that will kick millions off health insurance, decimate AR' rural health system, and tons of other awful things. The fight is not over: Call our members of Congress at 202-224-3121 and tell them to change course. arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...
01.07.2025 19:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I hope NW AR friends will join me & the League of Women Voters for drinks and discussion on July 2nd! We’ll talk about the Arkansas Legislature. Also ballot measure campaigns to improve education for ALL kids and to protect your FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT to sign, propose and advocate for ballot measures.
28.06.2025 18:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is professional wrestling 101. Of course they are going to make up. Meanwhile the world is watching the fake drama while the real bad stuff sneaks by unnoticed. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/t...
06.06.2025 19:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Three Huge Lies Trump is Telling Republican Senators about his Medicaid Cuts — to finance a big tax cut mostly for the wealthy https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-three-huge-lies-trump-is-telling
03.06.2025 23:01 — 👍 873 🔁 258 💬 37 📌 10This was expected. We have a remarkable legal team preparing a response. We remain 100% focused on protecting the fundamental right of Arkansas citizens to shape their own laws. Together we will win! arkansasadvocate.com/2025/06/02/s...
03.06.2025 13:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Big news! We have to work together to stop politicians and special interests from stealing our rights to decide on ballot measures! arkansasadvocate.com/2025/05/14/a...
15.05.2025 02:04 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1It’s Election Day for school board across the state. Local elections are so important. Go vote!
Find your sample ballot as well as where to go to vote and times the polling locations are open at
www.voterview.ar-nova.org/VoterView .
Ok, so here's what I've heard so far re: negotiations on the prison funding bill (THREAD).
Senate Dems, working under the assumption that Sanders will get the money for the prison eventually, somehow, even if SB354 dies, are trying to use their leverage to get something useful. (1/ )
This is all I need to say !!!
#Resist
Making America Mean Again!
18.03.2025 12:49 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Can no one hold this loser accountable? This should be career ending
14.03.2025 17:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you want a CASE STUDY in a journalist doing their job and holding a propagandist’s feet to the fire, listen to this @npr.org story by @michelmartinnpr.bsky.social this morning. We need a lot more journalism asking real questions and demanding real answers like this! Thank you!
14.03.2025 02:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wired has a story with same headline a week ago
14.03.2025 01:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ummm….
13.03.2025 15:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Shop with us - or else!
11.03.2025 12:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Trump’s message - Fuck the kids, and fuck the farmers they depend on. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
11.03.2025 02:14 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Despicable and stupid.
08.03.2025 03:40 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Good grief - what could possibly go wrong? These tech bros seriously want to be exempt from all laws because they are better than the rest of us
07.03.2025 20:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0What he said about Social Security payments has been repeatedly debunked - so the question isn’t whether he’s lying about this, the question is why.
What is this a pretext for? He and the GOP have long shown interest in going after Social Security. What are they going to try?
Trump is not asking Ukraine to negotiate. He’s telling them to surrender, or else. Big difference.
05.03.2025 00:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Imagine that. 💰
03.03.2025 19:27 — 👍 17936 🔁 7490 💬 1006 📌 70740/29 notes Elon has terminated leases on 11 federal offices in Ark., including 4 Social Security offices. No word on job cuts associated with these closures, but the employees will NOT be working at home, per another Pres. Elon edict.
www.4029tv.com/article/arka...
“We’ve created a world - very, very quickly, in 4 or 5 weeks - in which the level of American strength is incomparably lower.” Trump is making America far more vulnerable by abandoning allies, embracing enemies & destroying our democratic infrastructure at home. youtu.be/11QBNJj_8gM?...
01.03.2025 12:36 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0House Republicans approved a budget resolution calling for $880 billion in cuts to Medicaid.
"There is no way that [Medicaid] will be cut without absolutely gutting benefits that go to households who really, really need it," said EPI President @hshierholz.bsky.social.
www.epi.org/publication/...
Trump leaving the United States isolated and vulnerable. That’s not strength, it’s stupidity. It’s dishonorable. It’s dangerous. China and Russia and licking their chops. God help us.
28.02.2025 21:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We just watched Trump & Vance do Putin’s bidding in the Oval Office & it was horrific. Not even two months into this administration & it’s a disaster for the free world.
28.02.2025 18:47 — 👍 20473 🔁 4507 💬 830 📌 146The President is selling out and endangering all of our allies and the American people. Just mind blowing.
28.02.2025 19:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0