Lori Villarosa
@lvillarosa.bsky.social
Founder & ED, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) www.racialequity.org … just testing the waters before fully committing to a new platform
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🚨BREAKING: SCOTUS just ruled 6–3 to give Trump the power to move forward banning birthright citizenship.
Once again, giving him king-like powers and plunging immigration into sheer chaos.
Make no mistake, Trump will use this ruling as a blueprint to push more extreme policies.
Once again, giving him king-like powers and plunging immigration into sheer chaos.
Make no mistake, Trump will use this ruling as a blueprint to push more extreme policies.
June 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨BREAKING: SCOTUS just ruled 6–3 to give Trump the power to move forward banning birthright citizenship.
Once again, giving him king-like powers and plunging immigration into sheer chaos.
Make no mistake, Trump will use this ruling as a blueprint to push more extreme policies.
Once again, giving him king-like powers and plunging immigration into sheer chaos.
Make no mistake, Trump will use this ruling as a blueprint to push more extreme policies.
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Boston showed up for No Kings Day!
June 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Boston showed up for No Kings Day!
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🇺🇸 NO KINGS! Live in Madison, Wisconsin.
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June 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
🇺🇸 NO KINGS! Live in Madison, Wisconsin.
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We don’t bow to injustice! While tax dollars are wasted on parades and cuts to the programs our communities rely on - Social Security, SNAP, Medicaid, and more.
That’s not leadership. That’s a power grab. We’re standing up to say this country belongs to us. #WeFightBack #NOKings ✊🏾
That’s not leadership. That’s a power grab. We’re standing up to say this country belongs to us. #WeFightBack #NOKings ✊🏾
June 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
We don’t bow to injustice! While tax dollars are wasted on parades and cuts to the programs our communities rely on - Social Security, SNAP, Medicaid, and more.
That’s not leadership. That’s a power grab. We’re standing up to say this country belongs to us. #WeFightBack #NOKings ✊🏾
That’s not leadership. That’s a power grab. We’re standing up to say this country belongs to us. #WeFightBack #NOKings ✊🏾
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The May 2025 VISTA is live! Thanks to all who's work we drew inspiration from. @foushy.bsky.social @drreneelertzman.bsky.social @unite4vets.bsky.social @lvillarosa.bsky.social @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @gilduran.com @chenoweth.bsky.social @xriskology.bsky.social Rev. Otis Moss III
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May 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The May 2025 VISTA is live! Thanks to all who's work we drew inspiration from. @foushy.bsky.social @drreneelertzman.bsky.social @unite4vets.bsky.social @lvillarosa.bsky.social @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @gilduran.com @chenoweth.bsky.social @xriskology.bsky.social Rev. Otis Moss III
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📢 We can't wait until the midterms to act. As Aaron says, "If we want to ensure that every eligible American who wants to vote can do so and will have their vote counted, the time to invest is now."
🔗 Read the full article & see the data: http:// bit.ly/4hxzBnY
🔗 Read the full article & see the data: http:// bit.ly/4hxzBnY
Right-Wing Donors and Foundations Spent $1 Billion to Keep People From Voting Last Year
A new study documents the fortunes spent to suppress voting in 2024.
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March 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
📢 We can't wait until the midterms to act. As Aaron says, "If we want to ensure that every eligible American who wants to vote can do so and will have their vote counted, the time to invest is now."
🔗 Read the full article & see the data: http:// bit.ly/4hxzBnY
🔗 Read the full article & see the data: http:// bit.ly/4hxzBnY
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🚨 @theprospect.bsky.social🚨
This wasn't a bad election cycle—it was bought & paid for. NCRP's latest research, led by our CEO Aaron Dorfman, exposes how conservative foundations & wealthy donors funneled over $1 billion into nonprofits that purge voter rolls, restrict ballot access, &silence voters.
This wasn't a bad election cycle—it was bought & paid for. NCRP's latest research, led by our CEO Aaron Dorfman, exposes how conservative foundations & wealthy donors funneled over $1 billion into nonprofits that purge voter rolls, restrict ballot access, &silence voters.
Right-Wing Donors and Foundations Spent $1 Billion to Keep People From Voting Last Year
A new study documents the fortunes spent to suppress voting in 2024.
bit.ly
March 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🚨 @theprospect.bsky.social🚨
This wasn't a bad election cycle—it was bought & paid for. NCRP's latest research, led by our CEO Aaron Dorfman, exposes how conservative foundations & wealthy donors funneled over $1 billion into nonprofits that purge voter rolls, restrict ballot access, &silence voters.
This wasn't a bad election cycle—it was bought & paid for. NCRP's latest research, led by our CEO Aaron Dorfman, exposes how conservative foundations & wealthy donors funneled over $1 billion into nonprofits that purge voter rolls, restrict ballot access, &silence voters.
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It was originally started by the French and that’s when the vast majority of the workers died. Here’s a thread on the lies Trump tells about the Panama Canal.
I’ve crossed the Panama Canal 4 times (I’m weird, I know). This CNN report is dead on. More than 1/2 the revenue generated by the canal now comes from the NEW expanded parallel canal that the US did NOT pay for. Moreover, the treaty mandates EQUAL rates. US ships are NOT charged more. Trump lies.
March 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It was originally started by the French and that’s when the vast majority of the workers died. Here’s a thread on the lies Trump tells about the Panama Canal.
We need to see much more of this clarity & conviction from the largest foundations. Bravo to Public Welfare Foundation & its president Candice C. Jones. www.publicwelfare.org/thesilenceof...
... The Silence of Our Friends - Public Welfare
In times of plenty, the work we do can seem easy. Resources abound. Apathy seems at bay. The promise of a better future feels just within reach. Those times do not invite introspection about our choic...
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February 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We need to see much more of this clarity & conviction from the largest foundations. Bravo to Public Welfare Foundation & its president Candice C. Jones. www.publicwelfare.org/thesilenceof...
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“We are forced to ask ourselves if The Washington Post — a pillar of investigative journalism during Watergate — is unwilling to challenge those in power.” -Common Cause President & CEO @virginiaksolomon.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/m...
Washington Post opted not to publish anti-Musk ad campaign after initially being open | CNN Business
The Washington Post scrapped an upcoming print ad from a pair of advocacy groups calling for the firing of Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government and Efficiency.
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February 17, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“We are forced to ask ourselves if The Washington Post — a pillar of investigative journalism during Watergate — is unwilling to challenge those in power.” -Common Cause President & CEO @virginiaksolomon.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/m...
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Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post didn’t want you to see our ad questioning who’s in charge at the White House. We won't stop holding power accountable. thehill.com/media/514849...
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February 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post didn’t want you to see our ad questioning who’s in charge at the White House. We won't stop holding power accountable. thehill.com/media/514849...
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It’s not peace talks. It’s a colonization meeting. Deciding who gets to mine the rare earth minerals, who gets the oil who gets the wheat and who will control what part of the territory. Europe needs to wake the F up and defend itself from all the fascists, including Trump, Putin and the “New Axis”
Per President Zelenskyy, Ukraine has still not been invited to the upcoming “peace talks” between Russia & the USA in Saudi Arabia 🤔
So how are they peace talks, exactly?
So how are they peace talks, exactly?
February 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s not peace talks. It’s a colonization meeting. Deciding who gets to mine the rare earth minerals, who gets the oil who gets the wheat and who will control what part of the territory. Europe needs to wake the F up and defend itself from all the fascists, including Trump, Putin and the “New Axis”
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So on point.
🗣️ WILMORE: “a type of hypocrisy — hyperventilating over protecting middle class workers… unless they work for the government. Then they don't count. A different type of elitism on the right. Musk has been too flippant about this. These are people’s lives.”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGHftBA...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGHftBA...
February 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
So on point.
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“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
Yesterday many thousands of federal employees were terminated. This is a Reddit thread for federal employees that got laid off.
From the fednews community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the fednews community
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February 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer.”
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"Similar directives have come from leaders in China, Hungary, Russia, and the Soviet Union"
good on @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social for spotlighting the comparative context here. many in USA civil society have yet to wake out of an exceptionalist stupor (tocqueville tranq'd)
good on @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social for spotlighting the comparative context here. many in USA civil society have yet to wake out of an exceptionalist stupor (tocqueville tranq'd)
"Nearly 2/3 of nonprofits received at least one government grant or contract in 2023. ~20% receive more than half of their revenue from the government." www.philanthropy.com/article/trum... #nonprofitsky
Trump Orders a Review of Federal Support to ‘Nongovernmental Organizations’
The memo has already drawn opposition and concerns about potential First Amendment conflicts.
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February 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Similar directives have come from leaders in China, Hungary, Russia, and the Soviet Union"
good on @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social for spotlighting the comparative context here. many in USA civil society have yet to wake out of an exceptionalist stupor (tocqueville tranq'd)
good on @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social for spotlighting the comparative context here. many in USA civil society have yet to wake out of an exceptionalist stupor (tocqueville tranq'd)
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Insane how quickly the racist regression is happening in this country. Decades of progress being undone in weeks, without even any laws having to be passed. Just sheer intimidation from Trump and the right, and sheer cowardice from the corporations.
Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events
Company says listed holidays were not ‘sustainable’ for its model in latest move to roll back diversity efforts
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February 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Insane how quickly the racist regression is happening in this country. Decades of progress being undone in weeks, without even any laws having to be passed. Just sheer intimidation from Trump and the right, and sheer cowardice from the corporations.
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Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
February 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
The constant nightmare of Musk obviously makes us want to leave X, yet is anyone still over there trying to reach disturbed minds that think this is all acceptable (or great?!). www.ndtv.com/world-news/t...
"To Err Is Human": Elon Musk Re-Hires Employee Who Resigned Over Racist Posts
Elon Musk decided to rehire Marko Elez, a former DOGE employee, after an X poll showed overwhelming public support.
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February 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The constant nightmare of Musk obviously makes us want to leave X, yet is anyone still over there trying to reach disturbed minds that think this is all acceptable (or great?!). www.ndtv.com/world-news/t...