Joanne in Boston
@vtgal.bsky.social
Secular Humanist/Environmentalist/Liberal 🌎🇺🇦💙
Compassion & Empathy
🚫Toxic religiosity
Can humanity save itself?
“There’s some good in this world Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for”
Love my husband, my coffee and a good bourbon Manhattan.
Compassion & Empathy
🚫Toxic religiosity
Can humanity save itself?
“There’s some good in this world Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for”
Love my husband, my coffee and a good bourbon Manhattan.
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Joanne in Boston
@vtgal.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Dark thoughts this morning…how must it feel to be Europe right now with Russian aggression ascending and Trump back in power. There will be no USA to storm the beaches this time…they will stand with the enemy. What has America done?
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This has been a completely random 45 minutes of slushy mumbling. If this were any other president, networks would be cutting *in* and covering this with doctors and experts trying to explain what they're seeing.
January 20, 2026 at 7:35 PM
This has been a completely random 45 minutes of slushy mumbling. If this were any other president, networks would be cutting *in* and covering this with doctors and experts trying to explain what they're seeing.
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this is good
more cops saying stuff like this please
more cops saying stuff like this please
Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"
January 20, 2026 at 6:28 PM
this is good
more cops saying stuff like this please
more cops saying stuff like this please
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The moment it was crystal clear we were in the worse case scenario, was exactly a year ago when Trump pardoned every single Jan 6 perpetrator, including the ones that beat the crap out of cops and were convicted of seditious conspiracy.
January 20, 2026 at 8:07 PM
The moment it was crystal clear we were in the worse case scenario, was exactly a year ago when Trump pardoned every single Jan 6 perpetrator, including the ones that beat the crap out of cops and were convicted of seditious conspiracy.
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"If great powers abandon even the pretense of rules & values for the unhindered pursuit of their power & interest, the gains from transactionalism will become harder to replicate" -- Carney's speech at Davos is an extended criticism of the damage Trump is doing (though he's not mentioning his name)
January 20, 2026 at 3:52 PM
"If great powers abandon even the pretense of rules & values for the unhindered pursuit of their power & interest, the gains from transactionalism will become harder to replicate" -- Carney's speech at Davos is an extended criticism of the damage Trump is doing (though he's not mentioning his name)
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Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :”Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off.”
January 20, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :”Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off.”
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She nailed Jennings to the wall with this. Good for her.
January 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM
She nailed Jennings to the wall with this. Good for her.
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NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
NEWS: The Social Security Administration has referred two DOGE employees for Hatch Act violations after discovering contacts with a political group seeking SSA data to overturn election results. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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Sherrill: "We see a POTUS illegally usurping power. He's unconstitutionally enacted a tariff regime to make billions for himself while everyone else's costs go higher. Here we demand people in public service actually serve the public instead of extorting money to benefit themselves & their cronies."
January 20, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Sherrill: "We see a POTUS illegally usurping power. He's unconstitutionally enacted a tariff regime to make billions for himself while everyone else's costs go higher. Here we demand people in public service actually serve the public instead of extorting money to benefit themselves & their cronies."
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Are we watching a real-time mental health crisis with Trump? Seriously
January 20, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Are we watching a real-time mental health crisis with Trump? Seriously
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I keep seeing posts stating that ICE cannot enter your home or a private business without a judicial warrant. While that is legally correct, in reality ICE routinely violates the law by forcing their way in, often by smashing down doors, before violently assaulting people.
Trumpism is fascism.
Trumpism is fascism.
January 20, 2026 at 8:41 AM
I keep seeing posts stating that ICE cannot enter your home or a private business without a judicial warrant. While that is legally correct, in reality ICE routinely violates the law by forcing their way in, often by smashing down doors, before violently assaulting people.
Trumpism is fascism.
Trumpism is fascism.
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Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
January 20, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Jennings: Let's not get our knickers in a twist here
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's insane. Your attitude is just horrifying…
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
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Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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So basically Trump’s argument is that he only bothered talking about how much he supposedly wanted peace and performed substance-free publicity stunts to win a prize, but since that didn’t fool anyone he’s not going to bother with that charade anymore and will just invade Europe.
January 19, 2026 at 1:29 PM
So basically Trump’s argument is that he only bothered talking about how much he supposedly wanted peace and performed substance-free publicity stunts to win a prize, but since that didn’t fool anyone he’s not going to bother with that charade anymore and will just invade Europe.
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Protecting people is my job. No one—not this administration, not ICE—will keep me from doing it.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
January 19, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Protecting people is my job. No one—not this administration, not ICE—will keep me from doing it.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
I sat down with @newyorker.com to talk about why I’m not backing down in the face of political intimidation.
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Turns out the real threat isn’t immigrants - it’s blue zip codes.
January 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Turns out the real threat isn’t immigrants - it’s blue zip codes.
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A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
January 19, 2026 at 3:52 PM
A woman left a comment on Facebook criticizing the Mayor of Miami Beach,.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
The Mayor of Miami Beach then sent the cops to her home.
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1/Who’s going to explain the Constitution & the reservation of police powers to the states to the non-lawyer? The rule of law is being severely tested but…
January 19, 2026 at 5:17 PM
1/Who’s going to explain the Constitution & the reservation of police powers to the states to the non-lawyer? The rule of law is being severely tested but…
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If protesters were getting paid, there's be a massive chain of solicitations, emails that would easily prove the case. There is none
Any TV interviewer needs to demand proof when this claim is made and end the interview when it's not provided
Any TV interviewer needs to demand proof when this claim is made and end the interview when it's not provided
Rep. Byron Donalds: "These agitators -- who by the way are paid, folks. America, they are paid to do this kind of mess."
January 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
If protesters were getting paid, there's be a massive chain of solicitations, emails that would easily prove the case. There is none
Any TV interviewer needs to demand proof when this claim is made and end the interview when it's not provided
Any TV interviewer needs to demand proof when this claim is made and end the interview when it's not provided
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Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Gosh, if only there were a constitutional mechanism for removing a president who is mentally ill and unfit to hold office.
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Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
January 19, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Senior White House official says local and state police in Minneapolis “have been ordered to stand down and surrender.”
What?
What?
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"They seem unprepared for what they are facing. They have misjudged the ground beneath their feet: a state full of ordinary people — real estate agents, high school students — who’ve decided that watching their neighbors being dragged away is an intolerable sin..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"They seem unprepared for what they are facing. They have misjudged the ground beneath their feet: a state full of ordinary people — real estate agents, high school students — who’ve decided that watching their neighbors being dragged away is an intolerable sin..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
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Trump: I need to take over Greenland now, because if I don’t, Russia will.
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?
January 19, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Trump: I need to take over Greenland now, because if I don’t, Russia will.
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?
Also Trump: Vladimir will you please join my Board of Peace?