Martha VG
@grannymartha.bsky.social
Engineer with economics, equality, and many other hobbies including grandchildren. Trying to educate with facts.
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Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
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Lady Gaga performing "Won't you be my neighbor" for Rocket Mortgage Super Bowl commercial.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga
YouTube video by Rocket
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January 27, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Lady Gaga performing "Won't you be my neighbor" for Rocket Mortgage Super Bowl commercial.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5...
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A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:54 PM
A major newspaper publishing guide to help people identify the munitions their government is using against them is a real "Late Republic America" timepeice that future historians will comment on.
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Direct the vitriol at congressional Republicans in power refusing to stop this. bsky.app/profile/gell...
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Direct the vitriol at congressional Republicans in power refusing to stop this. bsky.app/profile/gell...
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Republicans are raising the stakes of enacting a new voter suppression law this year. Today, I lay out how the SAVE Act will only save Trump's ability to exercise authoritarian power.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Republicans are raising the stakes of enacting a new voter suppression law this year. Today, I lay out how the SAVE Act will only save Trump's ability to exercise authoritarian power.
Democracy Docket members can access this and all premium content while also supporting its work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Democracy Docket members can access this and all premium content while also supporting its work. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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MORE: Putin appears to be trying to negotiate the unfreezing of Russian assets not only to fund Trump’s Board of Peace but also to rebuild the areas that Russian forces have damaged in Russia’s full-scale invasion. ⤵️
January 23, 2026 at 4:31 PM
MORE: Putin appears to be trying to negotiate the unfreezing of Russian assets not only to fund Trump’s Board of Peace but also to rebuild the areas that Russian forces have damaged in Russia’s full-scale invasion. ⤵️
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This is a direct consequence of the power grab in December 2024 that saw the GOP flip control of the election board despite election results: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
In a meeting earlier this month, the North Carolina Board of Elections approved a plan that did not include an early voting site on several university campuses, reports NC Newsline.
Amid protests, NC elections board rejects campus voting sites and Sunday voting in several counties • NC Newsline
The GOP majority on the NC Board of Elections rejected requests for polling places on college campuses and proposals for Sunday voting hours.
ncnewsline.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:10 PM
This is a direct consequence of the power grab in December 2024 that saw the GOP flip control of the election board despite election results: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
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A must read👇
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.
www.democracydocket.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:12 PM
A must read👇
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
After a sweeping, Republican-led review of more than 2 million voter registrations, Utah election officials identified just one apparent noncitizen in their voter rolls — who never voted. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
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Gavin Newsom just announced that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
January 23, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Gavin Newsom just announced that California will be the first state to join the World Health Organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
This is in direct defiance of Donald Trump, who just pulled the United States out of the organization.
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Gary Kasparov, as usual, perfectly understands what's going on.
January 23, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Gary Kasparov, as usual, perfectly understands what's going on.
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Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued
An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 21, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued
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As with any of @hcrichardson.bsky.social's newsletters, the whole thing is worth your time, but this quote alone (see image) was enough to stop me cold for a few seconds. Let it sink in.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-19...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-19...
![Text in image reads: “We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done,” journalist Garrett Graff wrote: “A superpower is [dying by] suicide because the [Republican] Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tlh5xrlfjhlu3gcwduhbwunb/bafkreihzeapdzuncje44qmt2vm6lcjvea746wi3ohxz5riq7rbms5w66ga@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 6:14 PM
As with any of @hcrichardson.bsky.social's newsletters, the whole thing is worth your time, but this quote alone (see image) was enough to stop me cold for a few seconds. Let it sink in.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-19...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-19...
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"Many presidents have pushed at the limits of their powers to achieve some particular goal.
What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
January 19, 2026 at 12:31 PM
"Many presidents have pushed at the limits of their powers to achieve some particular goal.
What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
What makes Mr. Trump’s claims to expanded executive authority unprecedented is not just his aggressiveness, but the sheer volume of the ways he is consolidating power."
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Small government. Minimal interference. I hope all the libertarians are paying attention.
January 18, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Small government. Minimal interference. I hope all the libertarians are paying attention.
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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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NEW: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
gift link 🎁: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
gift link 🎁: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 PM
NEW: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
gift link 🎁: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
gift link 🎁: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
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BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
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