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Barb Martin

@BarbMartin5

Lover of books, politics, and wine. Retired Deputy Superintendent Kenton County Schools. Always an English/Language Teacher at heart.

Villa Hills, KY เข้าร่วม Temmuz 2012
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Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff@SenAdamSchiff·
Alcatraz has been a destination for tourists from across the world, and Trump’s continued push to reopen it as a federal prison is a wasteful exercise in futility. He should focus on lowering the cost of living for the American people, not raising the cost of our prisons. Alcatraz generates millions in revenue and reopening it as a prison would be prohibitively expensive.
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President Donald Trump is seeking $152 million to cover the first year of costs to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison as a secure facility. cnn.it/489qnfO

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Senator Mazie Hirono
Senator Mazie Hirono@maziehirono·
The "Make America Healthy Again" party is actively making it HARDER for Americans to stay healthy. This regime forced your premiums to skyrocket, and your deductibles are next. nytimes.com/2026/02/26/hea…
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Steve Schmidt
Steve Schmidt@SteveSchmidtSES·
How did government of, by and for the people in a nation governed by We the People become a regime governed by, of and for every penny ante whack job with a broken child inside? Subscribe to The Warning at steveschmidt.substack.com.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury
Rep. Melanie Stansbury@Rep_Stansbury·
Trump has requested the largest military budget in American history—paid for on the backs on the American people. I am a HELL NO!
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Trump is seeking to pay for his new $1.5 trillion military budget by cutting the following: $510 million - Grants for farmers and agricultural research $82 million - Loans for rural small businesses (Fully eliminated) $61 million - Support for farmers and food markets (Fully eliminated) $240 million - School meals and food education for children abroad (Fully eliminated) $659 million - Community building grants $47 million - Support for minority-owned businesses (Fully eliminated) $449 million - Economic development grants for communities $1.6 billion - Weather forecasting, fisheries, and coastal protection (NOAA) $993 million - Scientific research and technology standards $150 million - Support for American exports and trade $2.2 billion - Broadband and internet access programs $8.5 billion - Funding for public schools $1.5 billion - Vocational training and adult education (Fully eliminated) $2.7 billion - College access and higher education support $15.2 billion - Roads, bridges, and infrastructure projects $1.1 billion - Home energy efficiency and clean energy programs (Fully eliminated) $1.1 billion - Scientific research funding $386 million - Environmental cleanup programs $150 million - Cutting-edge clean energy research $4 billion - Help paying home heating and cooling bills for low-income families (Fully eliminated) $768 million - Refugee resettlement assistance $819 million - Care and shelter for migrant children $775 million - Local anti-poverty programs (Fully eliminated) $5 billion - Public health programs, mental health services, and disease prevention $5 billion - Medical research (NIH) $129 million - Healthcare quality and safety research $356 million - Emergency preparedness and disaster response $1.3 billion - FEMA community disaster preparedness grants $707 million - Cybersecurity protection for critical infrastructure $52 million - Airport and transportation security $40 million - Protection against chemical and biological weapons threats $53 million - Funding for homeland security operations $3.3 billion - Community development block grants for local neighborhoods (Fully eliminated) $1.3 billion - Affordable housing construction grants (Fully eliminated) $393 million - Programs to reduce homelessness $529 million - Housing assistance for people living with HIV/AIDS (Fully eliminated) $489 million - Housing and services for Native American communities $50 million - Grants to help communities build more housing (Fully eliminated) $60 million - Enforcement of fair housing and anti-discrimination laws $58 million - Homebuyer and renter counseling services (Fully eliminated) $45 million - Renewable energy development programs (Fully eliminated) $1.7 billion - Grants for local law enforcement and public safety $20 million - Civil rights mediation and legal access programs (Fully eliminated) $1.6 billion - Job training for at-risk youth (Fully eliminated) $395 million - Jobs program for low-income seniors (Fully eliminated) $234 million - Worker safety and labor protection programs $101 million - Enforcement of equal pay and workplace anti-discrimination laws $46 million - Programs to combat child labor and forced labor abroad $2 billion - International humanitarian aid $1.2 billion - Food aid for hungry families abroad (Fully eliminated) $4.3 billion - Global health and disease prevention programs $2.7 billion - Funding for the United Nations and international partnerships $642 million - International economic and treasury programs $315 million - Democracy and anti-corruption programs abroad $486 million - Grants for public transit projects $4.2 billion - Electric vehicle charging infrastructure $372 million - Airline service for rural and small communities $145 million - Grants for sustainable and equitable infrastructure $204 million - Loans and investment for underserved communities $1.4 billion - IRS taxpayer services and enforcement $100 million - Air pollution monitoring and reduction programs (Fully eliminated) $1 billion - EPA grants to states for environmental protection $2.5 billion - Clean drinking water and wastewater infrastructure funds $90 million - Grants to reduce diesel pollution (Fully eliminated) $3.4 billion - NASA space and earth science research $297 million - NASA technology innovation programs $1.1 billion - International Space Station operations $143 million - STEM education programs $309 million - Small business development and entrepreneurship programs $170 million - Small Business Administration operations $158 million - Loans for small businesses

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Rep. Melanie Stansbury
Rep. Melanie Stansbury@Rep_Stansbury·
Protect Chaco Canyon! Trump’s DOI has announced a proposal to revoke protections for the Greater Chaco Canyon Landscape to open it to oil and gas drilling—potentially destroying sites that have been sacred to Pueblo and Diné indigenous communities for generations. And, they have given only 7 days for public comment! We need your voices before April 7th—to say NO to drilling in the Greater Chaco Landscape and revoking protections for this sacred place. You can submit public comment here: eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home/?…
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BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️
TRUMP STARTED A DAMN WAR WITH IRAN SO HIS KIDS, ERIC AND DON JR, COULD GET RICH SELLING DRONES IN THE MIDDLE EAST!!! On top of that, he wants $1.5 trillion MORE taxpayer funds for his war, but nothing for American families. Y'all were mad about Hunter Biden selling a painting.
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Jon Cooper 🇺🇸
Jon Cooper 🇺🇸@joncoopertweets·
🇺🇸 Trump and Hegseth’s sheer incompetence has pushed America to the brink of LOSING its war with Iran — according to the very milestones Trump himself bragged about. Unqualified loyalists are wrecking our military edge and national security. Reckless. Dangerous. Self-inflicted.
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Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats@OccupyDemocrats·
BREAKING: ABSOLUTE ISOLATION! Trump is left out in the cold as the UK holds an emergency meeting with 30 other countries to resolve the Hormuz Crisis … and the US is completely excluded! More than 30 countries held a virtual meeting to figure out how to get oil tankers moving again through the Strait of Hormuz after Trump’s war shut it down. The meeting is being chaired by the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary, and the United States wasn't even invited! This is a stunning development. For decades, the U.S. Navy has been the guarantor of freedom of navigation in critical waterways like the Strait of Hormuz. Now, under Trump, America is sitting on the sidelines while allies try to clean up the mess he created. The illegal war Trump started has left the global economy reeling and shows no sign of abating as Marines prepare to deploy, the Iranians dig in, longstanding alliances that secured geopolitical stability crumble. Now, he’s so incensed America’s longstanding allies they don’t even want his minions at the table to help fix the crisis he caused. If Trump abandoning America’s traditional role as protector of freedom of navigation while allies scramble to reopen the Strait of Hormuz disgusts you, like and share to call it out: This isn’t America First, it’s America AWOL!
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Angry Staffer
Angry Staffer@Angry_Staffer·
There’s currently a frantic search taking place for two US pilots who were shot down in Iran, and this idiot is talking about taking the oil.
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Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈
What a mess we are in! Looks like Trump and Wiles are looking to position this to blame this war on Hegseth, who is busy firing generals in the middle of a war, and is so utterly incompetent. Trump is also taking his unpopularity out on other cabinet members, and considering firing more, which I am totally fine with, but this is complete chaos, and seems like a distraction to get the war off the front page. It’s so clear that he has been backed into a corner, has no idea what is really going on - reportedly Wiles is telling advisors to tell him the truth now - and exposing our country to so much danger and economic consequences for unclear objectives. 
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Ron Filipkowski
Ron Filipkowski@RonFilipkowski·
So far in the past year, Trump has either fired, pulled the nominations, or had resignations for the following positions: AG - twice (Gaetz & Bondi) DHS NSA FEMA UN Ambassador NASA Border Patrol BLS Surgeon General IRS CDC Dep FBI Dir Multiple US Attorneys Asst Sec of State
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Jonathan Lemire
Jonathan Lemire@JonLemire·
“Defense secretary Pete Hegseth fired the Army’s top officer, and the White House is discussing the potential departure of the Army secretary in what together would be the biggest wartime military shake-up in decades” theatlantic.com/national-secur…
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