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Digital raconteur posting about politics, news & media, with a focus on Arkansas. Educator, author, scholar. Слава Україні

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New Educational Freedom Account rules would allow some spending on team sports | Arkansas Democrat Gazette Proposed changes to Arkansas' Educational Freedom Account program would make fees for certain community or homeschool athletics leagues reimbursable while restricting other expenditures -- a marked…

TAXPAYER-FUNDED FRISBEE: Arkansas Dept. of Ed. backs away from ban on using school voucher subsidies for team sports, after lobbying from homeschool parents.
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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11.03.2026 15:33 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0

🐑🐑🐑

11.03.2026 14:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Or that the farmers who grow our food don't need diesel at all.

11.03.2026 14:44 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Because no one could have anticipated that the Strait of Hormuz might become a problem if we started dropping bombs on Iran ...

11.03.2026 13:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When your administration is so odious that the people running it have to live out of sight on military bases ...

11.03.2026 13:32 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1

This, all day ...

11.03.2026 13:27 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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So, zombies? 🤔

10.03.2026 22:02 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Junior Senator from the State of Sweeping Generalization ...

10.03.2026 22:01 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Shit" being the operative word ...

10.03.2026 21:59 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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So far, 10 No Kings protests planned in Arkansas, including march across Broadway Bridge in Little Rock.
#arpx #arnews
www.nokings.org

10.03.2026 19:23 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

#ProofreadingGood

10.03.2026 19:13 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Trump administration is feeding us bullshit to hide info that makes them look bad? I haven't been this shocked since I learned windmills cause cancer!

10.03.2026 19:12 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So a woman gets married, changes her name, shows up with ID with her new name that doesn't match the registration under her old name, and she's going to be able to vote, easy peasy, without any problems?

10.03.2026 19:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Talks Trump and the GOP — Over a Plate of Ribs In the debut of a new series, Jonathan Martin sits down in Little Rock with Sanders for a wide-ranging conversation about Arkansas, ambition and her party’s future.

Yeesh, @politico.com. Enough marshmallows in this interview for an entire Boy Scout Jamboree.
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews
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10.03.2026 16:33 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0
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Hallie Shoffner for Senate 2026 | Support Arkansans Today Join Hallie Shoffner’s campaign for Senate 2026, fighting for Arkansas families, farmers, and workers against a rigged economic system. Get involved now.

A clear sign that Republicans are worried about @hallieshoffner.bsky.social getting traction in Arkansas US Senate race against Tom Cotton: Dark money group launches attack ad accusing her of - surprise - being a radical leftist who supports "transgender ideology."
#arpx #arnews

10.03.2026 16:06 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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Gov. Sanders goes all in on Donald Trump's illegal war in Iran during Politico interview.
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#Arkansas #arpx #arnews

10.03.2026 15:30 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Or we might see an outbreak of bone spurs ...

10.03.2026 11:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Damn, Marge. You gotta stop making me agree with you. It's upsetting my equilibrium ...

10.03.2026 11:37 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

The voice inside his head ...

10.03.2026 11:33 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Habba Dabba Dunce ...

10.03.2026 11:29 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

This is not just driving the fake news crazy. It's also driving Math crazy ...

10.03.2026 11:28 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Fruit basket stands? Can't a fruit basket stand on its own? It's a basket ...

10.03.2026 11:26 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A little excursion. Some bombs, a few missiles. We put out a spread and made it nice ...

10.03.2026 11:25 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Governor, Erika Kirk to announce Turning Point USA partnership with state | Arkansas Democrat Gazette Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders will announce a statewide partnership with the conservative advocacy group Turning Point USA at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion on Wednesday alongside the organization's CE...

State-sanctioned Christian nationalist political indoctrination has no place in Arkansas high schools. But I can't wait to see how students at Little Rock Central (Gov. Sanders' alma mater) react. Do your thing, kids! 🍿
#arpx #arnews
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09.03.2026 20:30 👍 17 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0

And I can't wait to watch how this will be received at Little Rock Central ... 🍿

09.03.2026 17:10 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

I love it when a plan comes together ...

09.03.2026 17:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This should be the easiest no vote in the history of no votes ...

09.03.2026 17:04 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Two words: Prairie skirt!

09.03.2026 16:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lawdamercy, what fresh hell is this ...
#Arkansas #arpx #arnews

09.03.2026 16:38 👍 16 🔁 8 💬 9 📌 0
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As Arkansas embraces vouchers, public school funding lags behind national, regional norms - Arkansas Times Arkansas's per-student funding trails behind both the national average and regional peers, and students of color are shortchanged the most, a new report says.

New report shows that compared to other states, Arkansas woefully underfunds its public schools, which serve 95% of our students, while we're wasting more than $300M a year on voucher subsidies that benefit fewer than 50,000 families. #MisplacedPriorities
#arpx #arnews

09.03.2026 15:39 👍 23 🔁 19 💬 5 📌 0