Veronica Forand (she/her)
@veronicaforand.bsky.social
Writer. 📖 ⚔️ 🔥 🌈 🦋
Harlequin Fresh Pond Security Series
True Lies Series
Books may contain love and/or death and violence.
Any character's resemblance to my friends, family members, or my sworn enemies is purely coincidental.
www.veronicaforand.com
Harlequin Fresh Pond Security Series
True Lies Series
Books may contain love and/or death and violence.
Any character's resemblance to my friends, family members, or my sworn enemies is purely coincidental.
www.veronicaforand.com
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Can’t wait to read what really happened.
April 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Can’t wait to read what really happened.
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Please repeat over and over:
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
April 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Please repeat over and over:
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”
—Gov. JB Pritzker
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Uh guys? NBC just found out a DHS staffer accidentally added a journalist to an email thread about an ICE raid in Denver. Yeah, a completely separate incident.
THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???
THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???
March 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Uh guys? NBC just found out a DHS staffer accidentally added a journalist to an email thread about an ICE raid in Denver. Yeah, a completely separate incident.
THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???
THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???
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Calling something that definitely isn’t a hoax a hoax is helpful because it shows none of the other stuff they called a hoax was a hoax either
March 27, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Calling something that definitely isn’t a hoax a hoax is helpful because it shows none of the other stuff they called a hoax was a hoax either
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But while we worry about our health insurance or getting sick, paying for a vehicle AND insurance, and ONE home…. They’re worried about losing their yachts, second mansion, and 10th Bugatti.
We are not the same. And they won’t learn a damn thing from it cuz they’ll get their bailout somehow.
We are not the same. And they won’t learn a damn thing from it cuz they’ll get their bailout somehow.
March 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
But while we worry about our health insurance or getting sick, paying for a vehicle AND insurance, and ONE home…. They’re worried about losing their yachts, second mansion, and 10th Bugatti.
We are not the same. And they won’t learn a damn thing from it cuz they’ll get their bailout somehow.
We are not the same. And they won’t learn a damn thing from it cuz they’ll get their bailout somehow.
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Why am I feeling uncomfortable?
March 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Why am I feeling uncomfortable?
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No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.
March 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.
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If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
March 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.
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So it turns out Pete Hegseth lied. And Michael Waltz lied. And Tulsi Gabbard lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And John Ratliffe lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
March 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
So it turns out Pete Hegseth lied. And Michael Waltz lied. And Tulsi Gabbard lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And John Ratliffe lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
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2nd Lieutenant Elsie Ott-Part 2-
She was awarded the first Air Medal ever given to a woman. With no evacuation training and only a 24 hour notice, Elsie equipped with only a first aid kit, air evacuated soldiers. Her legacy lives on in service members today.
Women’s History Month
She was awarded the first Air Medal ever given to a woman. With no evacuation training and only a 24 hour notice, Elsie equipped with only a first aid kit, air evacuated soldiers. Her legacy lives on in service members today.
Women’s History Month
March 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
2nd Lieutenant Elsie Ott-Part 2-
She was awarded the first Air Medal ever given to a woman. With no evacuation training and only a 24 hour notice, Elsie equipped with only a first aid kit, air evacuated soldiers. Her legacy lives on in service members today.
Women’s History Month
She was awarded the first Air Medal ever given to a woman. With no evacuation training and only a 24 hour notice, Elsie equipped with only a first aid kit, air evacuated soldiers. Her legacy lives on in service members today.
Women’s History Month
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‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
March 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
Me in the national security team group chat
March 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Me in the national security team group chat
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If you think Pete Hegseth and the Trump Team shared too much highly classified information with The Atlantic JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TELLING PUTIN.
March 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
If you think Pete Hegseth and the Trump Team shared too much highly classified information with The Atlantic JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TELLING PUTIN.
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Obviously, Jeffrey Goldberg has the texts that Hegseth claims that he doesn’t have. The Senate or House Armed Services Chairs can easily and quickly verify who is lying about this. If Hegseth blatant lied about this on camera tonight, how in the world can he continue in this job?
March 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Obviously, Jeffrey Goldberg has the texts that Hegseth claims that he doesn’t have. The Senate or House Armed Services Chairs can easily and quickly verify who is lying about this. If Hegseth blatant lied about this on camera tonight, how in the world can he continue in this job?
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White privilege is unknowingly releasing sensitive U.S. intelligence to the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and not losing your job
March 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
White privilege is unknowingly releasing sensitive U.S. intelligence to the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and not losing your job
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This energy right here.
March 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This energy right here.
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Two things, NPR and PBS get very little funding from the federal government these days. If they were refunded, they would keep operating.
The other thing is the CBC is a great channel news in North America.
The other thing is the CBC is a great channel news in North America.
March 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Two things, NPR and PBS get very little funding from the federal government these days. If they were refunded, they would keep operating.
The other thing is the CBC is a great channel news in North America.
The other thing is the CBC is a great channel news in North America.
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BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime.
Keep sharing everywhere.
Keep sharing everywhere.
March 23, 2025 at 12:20 PM
BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime.
Keep sharing everywhere.
Keep sharing everywhere.
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When some people see a Black pilot or a woman astronaut, they think, “Oh, they aren’t qualified.”
When I see a Black pilot or a woman astronaut, I think, “Wow, they had to work their ass off twice as hard to get here —now that’s being more than qualified.”
When I see a Black pilot or a woman astronaut, I think, “Wow, they had to work their ass off twice as hard to get here —now that’s being more than qualified.”
March 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
When some people see a Black pilot or a woman astronaut, they think, “Oh, they aren’t qualified.”
When I see a Black pilot or a woman astronaut, I think, “Wow, they had to work their ass off twice as hard to get here —now that’s being more than qualified.”
When I see a Black pilot or a woman astronaut, I think, “Wow, they had to work their ass off twice as hard to get here —now that’s being more than qualified.”
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...