Jim V
@jrandomv.bsky.social
My primary social media is Mastodon. Find me at https://union.place/@jimv
Member and Unit Representative of CWA 9119 (UPTE, University Professional and Technical Employees) at UC Davis.
Member and Unit Representative of CWA 9119 (UPTE, University Professional and Technical Employees) at UC Davis.
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Liberal Rocks was designed for a regime like Trumps. When protesting becomes more dangerous & people are afraid of speaking out, we need to spread our messages while remaining anonymous.
That's what I exist to do. Go to www.liberalrocks.com, choose you messages, and start protesting on the DL!
That's what I exist to do. Go to www.liberalrocks.com, choose you messages, and start protesting on the DL!
January 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Liberal Rocks was designed for a regime like Trumps. When protesting becomes more dangerous & people are afraid of speaking out, we need to spread our messages while remaining anonymous.
That's what I exist to do. Go to www.liberalrocks.com, choose you messages, and start protesting on the DL!
That's what I exist to do. Go to www.liberalrocks.com, choose you messages, and start protesting on the DL!
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Maduro was a brutal ruler, it’s true. So is Putin—who Trump supports. So was Bolsonaro, who Trump supports. So was the drug-trafficking former head of Honduras, who Trump just pardoned. So is Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. MBS. Bibi.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
January 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Maduro was a brutal ruler, it’s true. So is Putin—who Trump supports. So was Bolsonaro, who Trump supports. So was the drug-trafficking former head of Honduras, who Trump just pardoned. So is Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. MBS. Bibi.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Seventeen months of bargaining. Years of organizing. No longer tentative, now ratified by 98 percent of UPTE members! #UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
UPTE-CWA 9119 and UC reach tentative contract agreement
The University of California and labor union University Professional and Technical Employees CWA 9119 announced a tentative agreement on terms for a new contract on Nov. 8, after 17 months of bargaini...
ucsdguardian.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Seventeen months of bargaining. Years of organizing. No longer tentative, now ratified by 98 percent of UPTE members! #UC #ResetUCPriorities #UnionStrong
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“Courage is contagious and it’s spreading all over the country right now.”
@ezralevin.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social discuss the growing backlash to Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
We will see you in the streets again on Saturday to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
@ezralevin.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social discuss the growing backlash to Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
We will see you in the streets again on Saturday to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
October 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“Courage is contagious and it’s spreading all over the country right now.”
@ezralevin.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social discuss the growing backlash to Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
We will see you in the streets again on Saturday to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
@ezralevin.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social discuss the growing backlash to Trump’s authoritarian agenda.
We will see you in the streets again on Saturday to say NO KINGS: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
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Andrew Cuomo: taxpayers should pay for $60 million in legal bills for my sexual harassment allegations
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Andrew Cuomo: taxpayers should pay for $60 million in legal bills for my sexual harassment allegations
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
Also Andrew Cuomo: $60 million is too much money to spend on a pilot program to deliver cheaper groceries
I can sympathize, Brandon!
I don’t know if this helps you, but I just listened to your episode from July of this year on the @theurbanistagenda.com podcast. It was fantastic!
I don’t know if this helps you, but I just listened to your episode from July of this year on the @theurbanistagenda.com podcast. It was fantastic!
American Fietser isn't here. It's just me, Brandon.
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I can sympathize, Brandon!
I don’t know if this helps you, but I just listened to your episode from July of this year on the @theurbanistagenda.com podcast. It was fantastic!
I don’t know if this helps you, but I just listened to your episode from July of this year on the @theurbanistagenda.com podcast. It was fantastic!
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Kudos to Toronto Chief Planner @jasonthorne.bsky.social for getting the Planning Department on Bluesky. Is it the first planning department to establish a presence here? If so, hopefully the first of many. And how many City Halls are here? No reason why they wouldn’t be. #UrbanistShoutOut
We're kicking off our presence on Bluesky with a busy week leading up to what our Chief Planner @jasonthorne.bsky.social has dubbed "Housing Day" at Planning & Housing Committee. 1/
June 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Kudos to Toronto Chief Planner @jasonthorne.bsky.social for getting the Planning Department on Bluesky. Is it the first planning department to establish a presence here? If so, hopefully the first of many. And how many City Halls are here? No reason why they wouldn’t be. #UrbanistShoutOut
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Democrats, where are you in joining @repilhan.bsky.social in submitting bills to protect the First Amendment rights of your constituents from the fascist Republicans? We need you doing everything to prevent the suppression of Constitutionally-protected dissent.
I went through all the protest bills in Congress this session. Most are brought by GOP & increase penalties for protest - save one named for a Jan 6 rioter that bars detention for political protesters. Only 2 Democratic bills protect protesters - both from Ilhan Omar theintercept.com/2025/06/11/p...
As 75 Democrats Vote to Praise ICE, Ilhan Omar Wants to Hold Police Accountable for Protest Abuses
Trying to pass laws to defend protesters’ rights is a lonely battle on Capitol Hill.
theintercept.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Democrats, where are you in joining @repilhan.bsky.social in submitting bills to protect the First Amendment rights of your constituents from the fascist Republicans? We need you doing everything to prevent the suppression of Constitutionally-protected dissent.
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leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
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UPTE members are standing shoulder to shoulder with the LA labor movement today in calling for the immediate release of @seiuca.bsky.social President & USWW leader David Huerta ✊
June 9, 2025 at 7:53 PM
UPTE members are standing shoulder to shoulder with the LA labor movement today in calling for the immediate release of @seiuca.bsky.social President & USWW leader David Huerta ✊
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"The only way to stop these attacks for good is to build a much larger, stronger workers' movement: one that can take on the billionaires and win.” Read the full statement from UPTE President Dan Russell at upte.org/freedavidendraids #FreeDavidHuerta #FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"The only way to stop these attacks for good is to build a much larger, stronger workers' movement: one that can take on the billionaires and win.” Read the full statement from UPTE President Dan Russell at upte.org/freedavidendraids #FreeDavidHuerta #FreeDavidEndRaids
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Per Politico, DNC chair Ken Martin is doubting his own ability to lead and nearly crying on calls over David Hogg’s push to primary Democratic incumbents. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
June 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Per Politico, DNC chair Ken Martin is doubting his own ability to lead and nearly crying on calls over David Hogg’s push to primary Democratic incumbents. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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30 minutes after Trump declared the National Guard had been deployed and did a "great job" in LA, the Mayor of LA, Karen Bass, posted and clarified that the National Guard was not deployed in LA.
All Trump and his administration do is lie, twist the narrative and claim a win.
All Trump and his administration do is lie, twist the narrative and claim a win.
June 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
30 minutes after Trump declared the National Guard had been deployed and did a "great job" in LA, the Mayor of LA, Karen Bass, posted and clarified that the National Guard was not deployed in LA.
All Trump and his administration do is lie, twist the narrative and claim a win.
All Trump and his administration do is lie, twist the narrative and claim a win.
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What we’re seeing in L.A. isn’t an insurrection—so why federalize the National Guard? Why the threat of using the U.S. military against civilians?
We’re not there yet—but we’re closer than we think.
Watch this Project 2025 reminder until the end. Then view everything happening through that lens.
We’re not there yet—but we’re closer than we think.
Watch this Project 2025 reminder until the end. Then view everything happening through that lens.
June 8, 2025 at 12:28 PM
What we’re seeing in L.A. isn’t an insurrection—so why federalize the National Guard? Why the threat of using the U.S. military against civilians?
We’re not there yet—but we’re closer than we think.
Watch this Project 2025 reminder until the end. Then view everything happening through that lens.
We’re not there yet—but we’re closer than we think.
Watch this Project 2025 reminder until the end. Then view everything happening through that lens.
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The hypocrisy…
“Also, from now on, MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests. What do these people have to hide, and why???“ -Trump
“Also, from now on, MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests. What do these people have to hide, and why???“ -Trump
June 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The hypocrisy…
“Also, from now on, MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests. What do these people have to hide, and why???“ -Trump
“Also, from now on, MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests. What do these people have to hide, and why???“ -Trump
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Because if she disappears, how will anyone know where she is?
This is real. This is happening. And there is no acceptable scenario where “law enforcement” hides behind masks, unidentified. If you’re following the law, what are you hiding?
And don’t forget—there’s fake ICE out there too.
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This is real. This is happening. And there is no acceptable scenario where “law enforcement” hides behind masks, unidentified. If you’re following the law, what are you hiding?
And don’t forget—there’s fake ICE out there too.
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May 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Because if she disappears, how will anyone know where she is?
This is real. This is happening. And there is no acceptable scenario where “law enforcement” hides behind masks, unidentified. If you’re following the law, what are you hiding?
And don’t forget—there’s fake ICE out there too.
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This is real. This is happening. And there is no acceptable scenario where “law enforcement” hides behind masks, unidentified. If you’re following the law, what are you hiding?
And don’t forget—there’s fake ICE out there too.
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I didn't realize that today is "bike day", the middle of #MayIsBikeMonth -- happy coincidence that I was finally able to ride today!
Join me in the biking challenge on Love to Ride! You can register here:
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May 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I didn't realize that today is "bike day", the middle of #MayIsBikeMonth -- happy coincidence that I was finally able to ride today!
Join me in the biking challenge on Love to Ride! You can register here:
www.lovetoride.net/sacregion?ic...
Join me in the biking challenge on Love to Ride! You can register here:
www.lovetoride.net/sacregion?ic...
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I guarantee y’all that he’s never read the Constitution and has no idea what it says. Our founding fathers would be appalled that this vile, sociopathic idiot is the president.
May 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I guarantee y’all that he’s never read the Constitution and has no idea what it says. Our founding fathers would be appalled that this vile, sociopathic idiot is the president.
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Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
April 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Once you disregard the legal rights of immigrants, everything is on the table
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
Today, they are arresting judges
Tomorrow it could be Democratic members of Congress
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The Trump Administration is openly taking pages directly from the dictator playbook.
Disappearing people for political speech. Attacking universities and law firms. Defying the courts. And now, arresting judges.
The Constitutional Crisis is here. Judge Dugan's arrest must be expunged.
Disappearing people for political speech. Attacking universities and law firms. Defying the courts. And now, arresting judges.
The Constitutional Crisis is here. Judge Dugan's arrest must be expunged.
NEW: AG Pam Bondi warned that the arrest of Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan is a warning to other judges: "we will prosecute you"
Trump AG warns Hannah Dugan arrest is warning to other judges: "we will prosecute you"
The FBI arrested a Milwaukee judge who allegedly tried to help an undocumented defendant avoid arrest.
www.axios.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Trump Administration is openly taking pages directly from the dictator playbook.
Disappearing people for political speech. Attacking universities and law firms. Defying the courts. And now, arresting judges.
The Constitutional Crisis is here. Judge Dugan's arrest must be expunged.
Disappearing people for political speech. Attacking universities and law firms. Defying the courts. And now, arresting judges.
The Constitutional Crisis is here. Judge Dugan's arrest must be expunged.
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As I posted earlier, arresting judges is usually an authoritarian endgame move. The arrest of Judge Dugan here in the US is happening while courts are still pushing back, which is deeply concerning. I dig into the data & implications in my latest.
When Judges Become Targets: Judicial Resistance Meets Authoritarian Escalation
An endgame tactic arrives early? A judge's arrest signals a dangerous new phase.
open.substack.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As I posted earlier, arresting judges is usually an authoritarian endgame move. The arrest of Judge Dugan here in the US is happening while courts are still pushing back, which is deeply concerning. I dig into the data & implications in my latest.
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The state relies on us creating a dichotomy between "good protesters" and "bad protesters" and it relies on a misinterpretation of nonviolence in order to get us to do it. When we resist a fascist state, we must resist the fascist state's logic.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/without-th...
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/without-th...
Without the Awful Roar of Its Many Waters
or: False Nonviolence Won't Save You
margaretkilljoy.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The state relies on us creating a dichotomy between "good protesters" and "bad protesters" and it relies on a misinterpretation of nonviolence in order to get us to do it. When we resist a fascist state, we must resist the fascist state's logic.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/without-th...
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/without-th...
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As racist groups start showing up at these protests, the folks who are organizing them need to plug in with local anti-fascists and learn about community self defense.
#TeslaTakedown Protests Grow as Proud Boys and White Supremacists Fail to Intimidate Demonstrators off the Streets
Protests against billionaire Elon Musk and his growing attacks on federal workers, veterans, and social programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, continued to gain momentum on Saturday, a...
itsgoingdown.org
March 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
As racist groups start showing up at these protests, the folks who are organizing them need to plug in with local anti-fascists and learn about community self defense.