Valerie Friedlander
@unlimitedcoachval.bsky.social
She/her | ✨️Life/Business Alignment Coach | 🎙Host of the podcast, Unlimited | 🧠Sociologist | 🎨Artist | 💞Mom | 🦄Nerd
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Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.
Mapping Community Defense and Care in Our Neighborhoods
This worksheet can help us prepare for Trump's military interventions at the neighborhood level.
organizingmythoughts.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Last night, about 60 Chicago activists and organizers gathered to discuss Trump's threatened military occupation of our city. Our convo centered around a worksheet that some friends and I put together this week—a tool that can help us build and strengthen local networks of support and protection.
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These are very bad times.
But there are a lot of good people here.
We must continue to take care of one another and fight for one another.
That's always been the work, that's always the work.
But there are a lot of good people here.
We must continue to take care of one another and fight for one another.
That's always been the work, that's always the work.
June 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
These are very bad times.
But there are a lot of good people here.
We must continue to take care of one another and fight for one another.
That's always been the work, that's always the work.
But there are a lot of good people here.
We must continue to take care of one another and fight for one another.
That's always been the work, that's always the work.
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I wrote a very personal essay about two conversations—one with my father decades ago and one with a stranger a few weeks ago amid the upheaval of Trump 2.0.
Remembering My Father and Talking to Strangers on Planes
"I believe we're good enough to do better."
organizingmythoughts.org
June 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I wrote a very personal essay about two conversations—one with my father decades ago and one with a stranger a few weeks ago amid the upheaval of Trump 2.0.
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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
You are part of history. Right now.
It's not easy to act in the now, in uncertainty.
We want to know what will 'work' & be 'worth it.'
Remeber: People take action, stand up, sit in, march, help, risk, not because they know what they do will 'work' but because they know that the doing matters.
It's not easy to act in the now, in uncertainty.
We want to know what will 'work' & be 'worth it.'
Remeber: People take action, stand up, sit in, march, help, risk, not because they know what they do will 'work' but because they know that the doing matters.
June 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
You are part of history. Right now.
It's not easy to act in the now, in uncertainty.
We want to know what will 'work' & be 'worth it.'
Remeber: People take action, stand up, sit in, march, help, risk, not because they know what they do will 'work' but because they know that the doing matters.
It's not easy to act in the now, in uncertainty.
We want to know what will 'work' & be 'worth it.'
Remeber: People take action, stand up, sit in, march, help, risk, not because they know what they do will 'work' but because they know that the doing matters.
Assigned Reading podcast hosted by my friend @beckymollenkamp.bsky.social is officially out! 🎉 Feminist essays + deep convos about joy, rage, power, and more. A must-listen if you’re craving something real. Listen now: beckymollenkamp.com/assigned
Assigned Reading - Feminist Business Coach Becky Mollenkamp
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May 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Assigned Reading podcast hosted by my friend @beckymollenkamp.bsky.social is officially out! 🎉 Feminist essays + deep convos about joy, rage, power, and more. A must-listen if you’re craving something real. Listen now: beckymollenkamp.com/assigned
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April 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Federal workers: We understand you may be taking a risk in contacting us, and we take your confidentiality extremely seriously.
To collect tips, we use encrypted forms and apps, so messages cannot be read by anybody other than you and ProPublica.
➡️ Reach out here: propublica.org/tips
To collect tips, we use encrypted forms and apps, so messages cannot be read by anybody other than you and ProPublica.
➡️ Reach out here: propublica.org/tips
Absolutely monstrous. I have no words for the inhumanity of anyone who tries to justify this.
April 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Absolutely monstrous. I have no words for the inhumanity of anyone who tries to justify this.
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
- Desmond Tutu
- Desmond Tutu
April 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
- Desmond Tutu
- Desmond Tutu
A new episode of Mindset Unlimited is out and I'm talking all about Energy and Leadership and a resource to help you be more at choice with how you are showing up to this moment.
Tune in to learn more!
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April 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A new episode of Mindset Unlimited is out and I'm talking all about Energy and Leadership and a resource to help you be more at choice with how you are showing up to this moment.
Tune in to learn more!
Find it on your preferred listening platform here: unlimited.buzzsprout.com/1479082/epis...
Tune in to learn more!
Find it on your preferred listening platform here: unlimited.buzzsprout.com/1479082/epis...
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If you are not furious at what our government did to these people, there’s something wrong with you.
“Our client, who was in the middle of seeking asylum, just disappeared.”
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
Lindsay Toczylowski represents 31-year-old Andry, a gay makeup artist from Venezuela who was flown to a notorious prison by the Trump administration after seeking asylum in the U.S.
MORE: www.cbsnews.com/news/venezue...
April 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If you are not furious at what our government did to these people, there’s something wrong with you.
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The purpose of these tariffs is to be able to lift them to those who bow down to him and sacrifice their dignity. That is what he did to the GOP, the billionaires, and is doing now to Big Law. Those who stand up will be punished, those who bend a knee and humiliate themselves will be rewarded.
April 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The purpose of these tariffs is to be able to lift them to those who bow down to him and sacrifice their dignity. That is what he did to the GOP, the billionaires, and is doing now to Big Law. Those who stand up will be punished, those who bend a knee and humiliate themselves will be rewarded.
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It really is just all about respect isn't it? If I want to be called something, call me that. It's just that simple. It's not up to you to understand it or get it. It doesn't change anything about you to just be kind, to offer basic human dignity to someone you intend to talk to. That's it🖤
April 3, 2025 at 6:19 AM
It really is just all about respect isn't it? If I want to be called something, call me that. It's just that simple. It's not up to you to understand it or get it. It doesn't change anything about you to just be kind, to offer basic human dignity to someone you intend to talk to. That's it🖤
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Important. Either Trump is so far gone mentally he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or people are acting in his name without his knowledge. This was an order with enormous implications, and the President of the United States says he didn’t do it.
President Donald Trump downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn't signed the proclamation, even as he stood by his administration's move.
Trump says he didn’t sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, e...
cnn.it
March 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Important. Either Trump is so far gone mentally he doesn’t know what he’s doing, or people are acting in his name without his knowledge. This was an order with enormous implications, and the President of the United States says he didn’t do it.
What Israel is doing is unconscionable.
Nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed since the truce between Israel and Hamas was shattered on Tuesday.
Israel's defence minister orders troops to advance deeper into Gaza
Nearly 600 Palestinians have been killed since the truce between Israel and Hamas was shattered on Tuesday.
l.euronews.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What Israel is doing is unconscionable.
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The last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked, they put my elders - Japanese American citizens - in camps. Did you hear that? CAMPS. What do you think is next?
It’s extremely alarming that Trump openly defying a court order is being covered as “Trump decides to not follow it” and not “Trump illegally defies court.” Or in the Washington Post’s case, not even mentioned at all
March 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked, they put my elders - Japanese American citizens - in camps. Did you hear that? CAMPS. What do you think is next?
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March 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
using this mortifying infographic as a visual reminder that you can support bc our lil indie Black podcast and help push back against these exact red bubble narratives 🤚🏽 (also plz read the entire thread.)
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Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
snyder.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
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What the fascist, eugenics-ridden right is trying to root out because they believe it is a built-in blemish, empathy, is in fact the only feature that could have prevented its own crumbling.
March 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
What the fascist, eugenics-ridden right is trying to root out because they believe it is a built-in blemish, empathy, is in fact the only feature that could have prevented its own crumbling.
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The distance between a legal resident who's not a citizen being deported without due process and a citizen being deported without due process is a hell of a lot shorter than many folks seem to believe, and when it does happen to a citizen, just remember it started here and who was quiet in response.
March 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The distance between a legal resident who's not a citizen being deported without due process and a citizen being deported without due process is a hell of a lot shorter than many folks seem to believe, and when it does happen to a citizen, just remember it started here and who was quiet in response.
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
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Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
February 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Trump and Vance act as if the problem is that Ukraine is resisting an ongoing Russian invasion. The problem is the ongoing Russian invasion. If they want to use American power to stop the war, apply it to the aggressor. Abusing the victim is not going to end a war of aggression.
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American statements in the Oval Office indistinguishable from Russian propaganda and celebrated by Russian propagandists.
Russia's response to Trump's tantrum says it all really:
February 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
American statements in the Oval Office indistinguishable from Russian propaganda and celebrated by Russian propagandists.