Vicki Shu
@vickishu.bsky.social
Issues: affordable housing, reproductive rights, immigrant rights, transgender rights, education, and more
Interests: swimming, cooking, and my cat
Interests: swimming, cooking, and my cat
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Our viral front page today was very simple. We told the facts about Donald Trump, a man who doesn't like the facts 👇
'Is this real?!': America reacts to The National's viral front page
www.thenational.scot
July 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Our viral front page today was very simple. We told the facts about Donald Trump, a man who doesn't like the facts 👇
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
As we head out today to march for the protection of democracy, watch this video as just one of many examples of what is possible when we have an inclusive society.
The Local Legend Behind NYC Chinatown’s Favorite Sponge Cakes | Secret’s Out | NYT Cooking
YouTube video by NYT Cooking
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April 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
As we head out today to march for the protection of democracy, watch this video as just one of many examples of what is possible when we have an inclusive society.
So disappointing.
2. Catherine Cortez Masto
Dick Durbin
John Fetterman
Kirsten Gillibrand
Maggie Hassan
Angus King (I)
Gary Peters
Chuck Schumer
Brian Schatz
Jeanne Shaheen
Dick Durbin
John Fetterman
Kirsten Gillibrand
Maggie Hassan
Angus King (I)
Gary Peters
Chuck Schumer
Brian Schatz
Jeanne Shaheen
March 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So disappointing.
It's not an age divide. It's a Democratic Fascist divide.
Schumer’s Retreat From a Government Shutdown Has Young Democrats Fuming
A generational divide, seen in newer lawmakers’ impatience with bipartisanship and for colleagues who don’t understand new media, has emerged as one of the deepest rifts within the party.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It's not an age divide. It's a Democratic Fascist divide.
DEI for white men 🤔
After JD Vance booed, Kennedy Center head urges ‘diversity and inclusion’
After JD Vance booed, Kennedy Center head urges ‘diversity and inclusion’
After JD Vance booed, Kennedy Center head urges ‘diversity and inclusion’
Interim president Richard Grenell, a Trump ally, in a staff email condemned a chorus of boos that met the vice president and his wife at a concert Thursday night.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
DEI for white men 🤔
After JD Vance booed, Kennedy Center head urges ‘diversity and inclusion’
After JD Vance booed, Kennedy Center head urges ‘diversity and inclusion’
French Senator Claude Malhuret telling it like it is.
Claude Malhuret, Senator of the French Republic, speaks the truth about what is happening in the US
YouTube video by Gregory Mullins
youtube.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
French Senator Claude Malhuret telling it like it is.
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Mayor Wu's opening statement to Congressional committee: "A land ruled by fear is not the land of the free"
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March 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Mayor Wu's opening statement to Congressional committee: "A land ruled by fear is not the land of the free"
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Every House Republican just voted to defund Medicaid. Reminder: there are no moderate Republicans in Congress, and stop pretending there are.
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Every House Republican just voted to defund Medicaid. Reminder: there are no moderate Republicans in Congress, and stop pretending there are.
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WTG Philadelphia! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
The Philadelphia School District plans to defy state/Trump orders to allow transgender students to play sports matching their identity.
Philly is the City of Brotherly Love and Transgender Rights are Human Rights
The Philadelphia School District plans to defy state/Trump orders to allow transgender students to play sports matching their identity.
Philly is the City of Brotherly Love and Transgender Rights are Human Rights
February 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
WTG Philadelphia! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
The Philadelphia School District plans to defy state/Trump orders to allow transgender students to play sports matching their identity.
Philly is the City of Brotherly Love and Transgender Rights are Human Rights
The Philadelphia School District plans to defy state/Trump orders to allow transgender students to play sports matching their identity.
Philly is the City of Brotherly Love and Transgender Rights are Human Rights
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This is our city. We’re going to continue following & enforcing the laws to keep all Bostonians safe. And it goes without saying that our police commissioner has my complete confidence & support.
Homan: "The police commission of Boston -- you said you doubled down on not helping the law enforcement office of ICE. I'm coming to Boston. I'm bringing hell with me."
February 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This is our city. We’re going to continue following & enforcing the laws to keep all Bostonians safe. And it goes without saying that our police commissioner has my complete confidence & support.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
My Open Letter to Elon Musk
From Marc | Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” This is my response.
www.democracydocket.com
February 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.
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EXCLUSIVE: DOGE Cancels Contract That Enables Farmer Payments, Despite $0 Savings
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ https://buff.ly/3QpKjBR
Was your organization working with the Clark Group? Let us know by emailing us at tracker@civileats.com.
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ https://buff.ly/3QpKjBR
Was your organization working with the Clark Group? Let us know by emailing us at tracker@civileats.com.
February 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
EXCLUSIVE: DOGE Cancels Contract That Enables Farmer Payments, Despite $0 Savings
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ https://buff.ly/3QpKjBR
Was your organization working with the Clark Group? Let us know by emailing us at tracker@civileats.com.
Read more from the Food Policy Tracker ➡️ https://buff.ly/3QpKjBR
Was your organization working with the Clark Group? Let us know by emailing us at tracker@civileats.com.
And there are people ok with this murderous, hateful reality for our transgender friends because...sports and my precious records, scholarship possibilities
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"While all this is happening, I have seen numerous friends and colleagues in politics and media look the other way or seemingly and quietly deem this relentless onslaught against trans people unworthy of their concern."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/you-ask-me...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/you-ask-me...
You Ask Me How I'm Doing
Here's an answer.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
And there are people ok with this murderous, hateful reality for our transgender friends because...sports and my precious records, scholarship possibilities
..
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At our town hall last week, our National Legal Director Cecillia Wang made one thing clear:
Through executive orders that aim to destroy birthright citizenship and ending civil rights laws meant to mitigate decades of systemic racism, President Trump seeks to take us back to pre-Civil War times.
Through executive orders that aim to destroy birthright citizenship and ending civil rights laws meant to mitigate decades of systemic racism, President Trump seeks to take us back to pre-Civil War times.
February 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
At our town hall last week, our National Legal Director Cecillia Wang made one thing clear:
Through executive orders that aim to destroy birthright citizenship and ending civil rights laws meant to mitigate decades of systemic racism, President Trump seeks to take us back to pre-Civil War times.
Through executive orders that aim to destroy birthright citizenship and ending civil rights laws meant to mitigate decades of systemic racism, President Trump seeks to take us back to pre-Civil War times.
Join us! It will be delicioussssssss!
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February 12, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Join us! It will be delicioussssssss!
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Here is a quick guide by our outstanding graphics team. Malika Khurana; Andrew Wilson and Lily Boyce.
February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Here is a quick guide by our outstanding graphics team. Malika Khurana; Andrew Wilson and Lily Boyce.
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THIS is why Elon Musk and his DOGE cabal should be hauled before Congress to answer questions:
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE’s Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn’t exist.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
THIS is why Elon Musk and his DOGE cabal should be hauled before Congress to answer questions:
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
www.wired.com/story/treasu...
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Trumps signs order banning trans athletes from women’s sports.
“Kids should be able to play, make friends, find joy and challenge through sports - and have fun.”
Transgender athlete and advocate Chris Mosier on CNN.
“Kids should be able to play, make friends, find joy and challenge through sports - and have fun.”
Transgender athlete and advocate Chris Mosier on CNN.
February 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Trumps signs order banning trans athletes from women’s sports.
“Kids should be able to play, make friends, find joy and challenge through sports - and have fun.”
Transgender athlete and advocate Chris Mosier on CNN.
“Kids should be able to play, make friends, find joy and challenge through sports - and have fun.”
Transgender athlete and advocate Chris Mosier on CNN.
Behold this copycat Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Walnut cookie. Recipe by Stella Parks.
February 6, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Behold this copycat Levain Bakery Chocolate Chip Walnut cookie. Recipe by Stella Parks.
Do you have a routine to start your day that, when done efficiently, you think, "It's going to be a great day!"? & if not, "Let's make it a great day!"
Today: mini in less than a min, wordle in 3 & under 2 mins, a great swim practice, a smooth commute to work & rain in the Bay Area.
#howtokeepsane
Today: mini in less than a min, wordle in 3 & under 2 mins, a great swim practice, a smooth commute to work & rain in the Bay Area.
#howtokeepsane
February 1, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Do you have a routine to start your day that, when done efficiently, you think, "It's going to be a great day!"? & if not, "Let's make it a great day!"
Today: mini in less than a min, wordle in 3 & under 2 mins, a great swim practice, a smooth commute to work & rain in the Bay Area.
#howtokeepsane
Today: mini in less than a min, wordle in 3 & under 2 mins, a great swim practice, a smooth commute to work & rain in the Bay Area.
#howtokeepsane
Now, more than ever,we need fighters on the Hill. Thank you Congresswoman @lateefahsimon.bsky.social !
Thank you, Rep. @lateefahsimon.bsky.social for your support as we face uncertainty regarding a critical $2MM DOT grant for safer, more accessible underpasses in Oakland Chinatown. As you and our CEO Janelle Chan stated: creating healthy, safe, and vibrant communities is a non-partisan issue.
January 31, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Now, more than ever,we need fighters on the Hill. Thank you Congresswoman @lateefahsimon.bsky.social !
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The unions are saying hang back on this.
The buyouts email sent by OPM uses the same headline as what Elon Musk sent to Twitter employees when he took over the company — “Fork in the Road.” It also has a similar “click yes or no” form at the end of the email.
www.opm.gov/fork
www.opm.gov/fork
January 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The unions are saying hang back on this.
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All the "merit" talk has always been BS... www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Study finds 43 percent of Harvard's white students are legacy, athletes, related to donors or staff
The number drops dramatically for black, Latino and Asian American students with less than 16 percent each coming from those categories, the study said.
www.nbcnews.com
January 29, 2025 at 5:02 AM
All the "merit" talk has always been BS... www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...