Judy
@virginialady16.bsky.social
The truth has many enemies, but its murderers are always the ones who stand to benefit most from the funeral.
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”—B. Franklin
“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”—B. Franklin
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When Joy Becomes Defiance: Music, Celebration, and the Shadows We Live In
From the Super Bowl halftime show to Bad Bunny, a meditation on how rhythm, celebration, and marginalized voices reveal more than haters can permit
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Is joy treasonous? To listen to the Super Bowl halftime critics, you have to believe they think so, and with good reason—joy can obliterate hate, which is the currency of their lives. Read my essay below. virginialady.substack.com/p/when-joy-b...
One of the more distasteful things I have ever had to consider: who is the government protecting by hiding the Epstein files? open.substack.com/pub/virginia...
The Epstein Files: Why Is the Information Coming Out in Dribs and Drabs?
The library was designed to protect the guilty and deceive the public. Who are governments, intelligence agencies, law enforcement, Congress and the administration protecting, and why?
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February 15, 2026 at 12:22 PM
One of the more distasteful things I have ever had to consider: who is the government protecting by hiding the Epstein files? open.substack.com/pub/virginia...
Coming soon: Watching the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files. An old tale of lies, deception, and “doubling down.” The perps are terrified. So are their protectors. The pattern is unmistakable: protect up, expose down.
What’s missing from the middle of the curve tells you everything.
What’s missing from the middle of the curve tells you everything.
February 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Coming soon: Watching the DOJ’s handling of the Epstein files. An old tale of lies, deception, and “doubling down.” The perps are terrified. So are their protectors. The pattern is unmistakable: protect up, expose down.
What’s missing from the middle of the curve tells you everything.
What’s missing from the middle of the curve tells you everything.
Do you hear the shredders? Smell the smoke. Detect the clatter of a “delete” key being pounded endlessly? What If Trump and DOJ Delete All The Files? Can They?
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What If They Deleted All The Files? Can They?
The truth will outlive the bonfires—and the operatives who light them. Finding all the Epstein files won’t be easy, but it certainly is possible. All we have to do is follow the breadcrumbs.
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February 15, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Do you hear the shredders? Smell the smoke. Detect the clatter of a “delete” key being pounded endlessly? What If Trump and DOJ Delete All The Files? Can They?
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"The fact that a sitting member of Congress has to say this is bone-chilling. Thomas Massie has shown us what can happen when you stand up to Donald Trump." - @DisavowTrump20 bluevirginia.us/2026/02/satu...
February 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
"The fact that a sitting member of Congress has to say this is bone-chilling. Thomas Massie has shown us what can happen when you stand up to Donald Trump." - @DisavowTrump20 bluevirginia.us/2026/02/satu...
She’s right BUT… Counterpoint: Making AI images or even using it as a search/text tool sucks oomph—and oomph costs $$$. Almost no private citizen pays for ChatGPT; once money’s required, I’m gone, as is everyone I know. Free users exploit the system, making us a net cost, not a benefit.
February 14, 2026 at 12:31 PM
She’s right BUT… Counterpoint: Making AI images or even using it as a search/text tool sucks oomph—and oomph costs $$$. Almost no private citizen pays for ChatGPT; once money’s required, I’m gone, as is everyone I know. Free users exploit the system, making us a net cost, not a benefit.
Coming on Sunday: Amazon is throwing in the towel on its grocery store experience. And leaving behind an entire cohort of disgusted customers.
February 14, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Coming on Sunday: Amazon is throwing in the towel on its grocery store experience. And leaving behind an entire cohort of disgusted customers.
The Data Always Survives.
They can disappear paper, torch offices, fire staff, smash drives—but the trail lives on.
In a federal bureaucracy, nothing truly vanishes: not the backups, not the memories, not the originals they can’t reach.
Can the truth be recovered?
Oh yes. And it will be.
They can disappear paper, torch offices, fire staff, smash drives—but the trail lives on.
In a federal bureaucracy, nothing truly vanishes: not the backups, not the memories, not the originals they can’t reach.
Can the truth be recovered?
Oh yes. And it will be.
What If They Deleted All The Files? Can They?
The truth will outlive the bonfires—and the operatives who light them. Finding all the Epstein files won’t be easy, but it certainly is possible. All we have to do is follow the breadcrumbs.
open.substack.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:58 AM
The Data Always Survives.
They can disappear paper, torch offices, fire staff, smash drives—but the trail lives on.
In a federal bureaucracy, nothing truly vanishes: not the backups, not the memories, not the originals they can’t reach.
Can the truth be recovered?
Oh yes. And it will be.
They can disappear paper, torch offices, fire staff, smash drives—but the trail lives on.
In a federal bureaucracy, nothing truly vanishes: not the backups, not the memories, not the originals they can’t reach.
Can the truth be recovered?
Oh yes. And it will be.
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Hey, Propaganda Barbie:
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
February 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Hey, Propaganda Barbie:
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
We aren’t moving on from people trafficking 10-year-old children and this administration covering it up.
Ever.
They’ve given up on Virginia, which showed fake USA Lindsay Halligan the door. This is more than one embarrassing DC fail. They may give up there as well.
Being stupid and persistent—deadly combo—they’ll try again, likely FL, home of their favorite seditionist protecting judge.
Being stupid and persistent—deadly combo—they’ll try again, likely FL, home of their favorite seditionist protecting judge.
February 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
They’ve given up on Virginia, which showed fake USA Lindsay Halligan the door. This is more than one embarrassing DC fail. They may give up there as well.
Being stupid and persistent—deadly combo—they’ll try again, likely FL, home of their favorite seditionist protecting judge.
Being stupid and persistent—deadly combo—they’ll try again, likely FL, home of their favorite seditionist protecting judge.
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Gift article: "We won’t get anything resembling democracy until we clear that widespread debris, and that means sending a bunch of these liars to prison, because they are the real criminals. America desperately needs truth and consequences."
The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison. | Will Bunch
The outrageous lies of the Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a commerce secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Gift article: "We won’t get anything resembling democracy until we clear that widespread debris, and that means sending a bunch of these liars to prison, because they are the real criminals. America desperately needs truth and consequences."
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Video: Fmr. Rep. @BarbaraComstock (R-VA10)- "we all need to speak out more, b/c one of the most thuggish features of this administration from the very top is to silence critics. I mean, when you’re hearing that from Marjorie Taylor Greene of all people..." bluevirginia.us/2026/02/vide...
February 13, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Video: Fmr. Rep. @BarbaraComstock (R-VA10)- "we all need to speak out more, b/c one of the most thuggish features of this administration from the very top is to silence critics. I mean, when you’re hearing that from Marjorie Taylor Greene of all people..." bluevirginia.us/2026/02/vide...
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This is why people are being detained instead of released with court dates to return. Trump's friends are getting richer every day.
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Owner of Michigan ICE detention center reported $254M profit last year
GEO Group's profits soared last year as it opened four new immigration detention centers, including a largescale 1,800-bed facility in Northern Michigan.
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February 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is why people are being detained instead of released with court dates to return. Trump's friends are getting richer every day.
www.mlive.com/news/2026/02...
www.mlive.com/news/2026/02...
Is joy treasonous? To listen to the Super Bowl halftime critics, you have to believe they think so, and with good reason—joy can obliterate hate, which is the currency of their lives. Read my essay below. virginialady.substack.com/p/when-joy-b...
When Joy Becomes Defiance: Music, Celebration, and the Shadows We Live In
From the Super Bowl halftime show to Bad Bunny, a meditation on how rhythm, celebration, and marginalized voices reveal more than haters can permit
virginialady.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Is joy treasonous? To listen to the Super Bowl halftime critics, you have to believe they think so, and with good reason—joy can obliterate hate, which is the currency of their lives. Read my essay below. virginialady.substack.com/p/when-joy-b...
Watch what they do and who they protect, not what they say. With them, truth is always optional
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Watch what they do and who they protect, not what they say. With them, truth is always optional
JudyChuckle™. Whenever I note our oh-so-stellar Sec of Homeland Security, I call her Kristi #Gnome, #puppymurderer. She now sanctions murder.
This AM news captions labeled her “Kristi Gnome.” Same spelling. Perfect. Use it every time until accountability finally emerges w/her in jail for life.
This AM news captions labeled her “Kristi Gnome.” Same spelling. Perfect. Use it every time until accountability finally emerges w/her in jail for life.
February 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM
JudyChuckle™. Whenever I note our oh-so-stellar Sec of Homeland Security, I call her Kristi #Gnome, #puppymurderer. She now sanctions murder.
This AM news captions labeled her “Kristi Gnome.” Same spelling. Perfect. Use it every time until accountability finally emerges w/her in jail for life.
This AM news captions labeled her “Kristi Gnome.” Same spelling. Perfect. Use it every time until accountability finally emerges w/her in jail for life.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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A righteous victory.
February 11, 2026 at 2:00 AM
A righteous victory.
In other words, a Trumper.
Because perverts of a feather flock together.
Because perverts of a feather flock together.
ALERT: Former Jan 6 riot defendant is convicted in criminal case in Florida
Andrew Johnson was found guilty of Lewd/Lascivious Molestation, two counts of Lewd/Lascivious Exhibition, and Transmission of Material Harmful to a Minor by Electronic Device
He faces 25 years-to-life
Andrew Johnson was found guilty of Lewd/Lascivious Molestation, two counts of Lewd/Lascivious Exhibition, and Transmission of Material Harmful to a Minor by Electronic Device
He faces 25 years-to-life
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 PM
In other words, a Trumper.
Because perverts of a feather flock together.
Because perverts of a feather flock together.
Useless acts accompanied by a preening, self promoting post advertising a personal “glow up” now that the voters are screaming their heads off loudly enough that even Kaine can no longer afford to ignore us.
The House vote to demand a vote last night passed, with three defecting Republicans.
The House vote to demand a vote last night passed, with three defecting Republicans.
My bipartisan resolutions to repeal Trump's deeply unpopular tariffs have passed the Senate. But the House has been using procedural tricks to hide from similar votes. Today, House members will go on the record about whether this trickery should end.
February 11, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Useless acts accompanied by a preening, self promoting post advertising a personal “glow up” now that the voters are screaming their heads off loudly enough that even Kaine can no longer afford to ignore us.
The House vote to demand a vote last night passed, with three defecting Republicans.
The House vote to demand a vote last night passed, with three defecting Republicans.
James Walkinshaw. VA CD-11. A freshman but was Gerry Connolly’s COS (12 years) and a Fairfax County VA supervisor (the supes make the fractiousness of Congress look like tiddly-winks, not an amateur. He knows the rules. He also knows where all the damned bodies are buried.
The Siren (@thesirennetwork)
This is beyond heartbreaking. Congressman Walkinshaw read aloud letters from dozens of children being held captive by ICE today. Some of them read, “All I feel is sadness. The water makes us sick.”
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February 10, 2026 at 10:46 PM
James Walkinshaw. VA CD-11. A freshman but was Gerry Connolly’s COS (12 years) and a Fairfax County VA supervisor (the supes make the fractiousness of Congress look like tiddly-winks, not an amateur. He knows the rules. He also knows where all the damned bodies are buried.
Transformer blows in freezing Vladivostok. 48,000 Russians go dark.
Whodunnit?
Naturally, Ukraine gets the credit.
Meanwhile, the Ghost of Kyiv looms, Ukraine stays silent, and Russia’s own propaganda does the heavy lifting. Sometimes winning is just letting your opponent talk.
Read more here:
Whodunnit?
Naturally, Ukraine gets the credit.
Meanwhile, the Ghost of Kyiv looms, Ukraine stays silent, and Russia’s own propaganda does the heavy lifting. Sometimes winning is just letting your opponent talk.
Read more here:
Will the Ghost of Kiev Fly Again?
Sometimes the best defense is to stand mute
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February 10, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Transformer blows in freezing Vladivostok. 48,000 Russians go dark.
Whodunnit?
Naturally, Ukraine gets the credit.
Meanwhile, the Ghost of Kyiv looms, Ukraine stays silent, and Russia’s own propaganda does the heavy lifting. Sometimes winning is just letting your opponent talk.
Read more here:
Whodunnit?
Naturally, Ukraine gets the credit.
Meanwhile, the Ghost of Kyiv looms, Ukraine stays silent, and Russia’s own propaganda does the heavy lifting. Sometimes winning is just letting your opponent talk.
Read more here:
Just posted a new essay: “Hope Springs Eternal.”
A gardener’s-eye view of the D.C. deep freeze, snowcrete, heroic plow crews, and the parka I’ve worn more in 3 weeks than in 10 years.
If you’ve been living through this winter too… you’ll feel seen. ❄️🌱
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A gardener’s-eye view of the D.C. deep freeze, snowcrete, heroic plow crews, and the parka I’ve worn more in 3 weeks than in 10 years.
If you’ve been living through this winter too… you’ll feel seen. ❄️🌱
open.substack.com/pub/virginia...
Hope Springs Eternal
Do I Dare Hope for a Spring Thaw? Or Is Mother Nature About to Hit Me Upside the Head—Again?
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February 10, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Just posted a new essay: “Hope Springs Eternal.”
A gardener’s-eye view of the D.C. deep freeze, snowcrete, heroic plow crews, and the parka I’ve worn more in 3 weeks than in 10 years.
If you’ve been living through this winter too… you’ll feel seen. ❄️🌱
open.substack.com/pub/virginia...
A gardener’s-eye view of the D.C. deep freeze, snowcrete, heroic plow crews, and the parka I’ve worn more in 3 weeks than in 10 years.
If you’ve been living through this winter too… you’ll feel seen. ❄️🌱
open.substack.com/pub/virginia...
Wow. Drafts. Edits would be even better but let’s grab our victories where we can!
February 10, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Wow. Drafts. Edits would be even better but let’s grab our victories where we can!
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Rep. Walkinshaw on Trump: “He could rule out clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, the monster. He could rule out a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the monster. The question for all of us today is: Why hasn't he done that, and why won't he do that?”
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Rep. Walkinshaw on Trump: “He could rule out clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, the monster. He could rule out a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the monster. The question for all of us today is: Why hasn't he done that, and why won't he do that?”