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Iowa Born, Scotland (Irn) Bru-d

[Jennifer Berkshire @BisforBerkshire]

I traveled all over Iowa last month, including to conservative rural areas, speaking to groups in which the 65+ females are overrepresented. I can tell you it isn't just abortion at play here but a reaction to Iowa's sharp shift to the right. See: school vouchers & book bans

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

In the weeks leading up to the most consequential election of my lifetime, there’s been a great deal of focus on Black men. But the group we should have been focusing on is white women — the nation’s largest electorate. White women are the only American women where the majority did not vote for Hillary Clinton. Had white women voted like the rest of women, women would still have their constitutional right to abortion and affirmative action would still be legal. Two of Trump’s own former generals have warned that he’s a fascist. Black women were credited with saving democracy in 2020, will white women step up and do the same in 2024? My latest essay revisits the fraught history of white women’s solidarity.

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@anitatoot Reason no. 346,778,678 why you are the daughter Suzy Card wishes she had 😂

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@oliviahabinck As a “megan” (technically), should I watch this or will it make me just hate the name more?

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@wormlk I recognize that sending weather updates is his form of love language so I do begrudgingly appreciate it. Stay warm and Merry Christmas!

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You can take the girl out of Iowa (and move nearly 4,000 miles away) but you cannot stop her dad from sending daily updates about the Arctic Blast Bomb Cyclone

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@JackieHendrySD Humble as always but incredible humans like yourself are the reason they make 30 under 30 lists ❤️

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Just unparalleled trolling of the English, I love it here

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In a pub in Glasgow and they just played “Born in the USA” instead of the UK anthem. Never felt more patriotic in my life 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇸 #USAvENG

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Brought the wee one to Glencoe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏔

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@JillCallison If there ever was a use for Twitter, it’s for healthy discussions like this! And also, I can totally commiserate, my brief time in journalism - though I loved the writing/editing bits - was punctuated with terrible working conditions, awful pay and nonexistent labor right.

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@JillCallison I’m currently researching teacher attrition/retention in IA & the severity of working conditions and likeliness of mid-career teachers considering to leave the profession - it’s unprecedented. What I’ve learned from this process: If a teacher tells you it’s bad, listen to them.

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@JillCallison I guess the point I’m trying to make is that this mindset that teacher pay (while we all agree is very low) is enough is dated. It isn’t enough. And when you have a state govt intentionally and systematically underfunding education, it’s downright negligent.

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@MenInBlazers Even with the miracles of modern medicine… no.

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@BenJAMMIN05 😂 😂

[Gary Lineker @GaryLineker]

Hearing there’s a food poisoning outbreak at @SpursOfficial. No, i am not joking.