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@vtmama.bsky.social
Learning, flaw-filled, joy grabbing, mildly panicked, flame-throwing, firewall building, dog walking, clumsy, hope clinging, keeps trying ally.
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I lost a job for calling Charlie Kirk a Nazi, but this is cool.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If they vote to release the Epstein files, are there some people/reps/former WH staff that have seen them to know whether they've been altered or scrubbed?
#EpsteinFiles
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
TAX THE RICH.
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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What does freedom mean to you?

Have you asked your low info voter friends that?

Have you told them what it means to you? Does it mean masked men brutalizing random people—guns in your face—tear gas on your street?

Have you ever shared a video about #ICELawlessness?

Silence is complicity.
Link⬇️
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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TW: video showcasing a violent display of force by federal agents

From Charlotte, NC. Seen it shared on a few NC based IG pages. Based on this video, federal agents using the same tactics we’ve seen the last few months in Chicago.
November 16, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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JUST IN: Judge orders ICE to release 300+ detained immigrants
Judge demands ICE release 313 people held without warrants
The detainees are to be released on bond into a monitoring program by Nov. 21.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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@sanders.senate.gov: "We have already had 15 Republicans in the Senate defy Trump and say, 'Release the SNAP funds.' So I think that if we had held firm, it would be the Republicans who would yield. That was not the position of these 8 Democrats."
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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ICE agents in Chicago violently detain a non verbal autistic man for being “non compliant”

He couldn’t “comply” because of his disability…they don’t care

This is not the first time they’ve gone after a disabled person

They target the most vulnerable because it’s an easy way to meet their quota
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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In case you’re wondering how bad things are, we are getting calls from food pantries on military bases asking if we have any food we can share because they’re hungry.
November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US.

Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.

He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
October 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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Anybody have any actual knowledge about what has become of Alligator Alcatraz and all the kidnappers, many of whom at last word had simply disappeared. Haven’t seen an update yet.
October 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The same at our small food pantry in #Vermont.
Donation items that aren't often thought of:
Personal hygiene
Diapers
Cleaning/laundry
Pet food
Spices
YOUR TIME! Volunteering has helped keep me sane - that we make an immediate, positive impact while building community is addictively soul-quenching.
At the food pantry I volunteer at we were absolutely swamped today and by many first timers. We ran out of whole categories of food. Please donate cash to your local organization if you at all can.
October 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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I'm always very open about the fact that I received SNAP benefits and Medicaid for a bit after I fled my abusive husband with my little kid in tow. I used it to help me start over in a new state and go back to school to get my BA. I now have a PhD.
SNAP benefits saved my life.
October 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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I'm so disgusted that @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co represents me in Congress. It's appalling that he cannot endorse the Democratic nominee for NYC mayor. He *must* have a primary challenger next year -- I'll do it myself if necessary.
Daniel Goldman went onto CNN earlier *TODAY* and said

1) He isn't sure if he'll vote for Andrew Cuomo
2) And that he won't endorse Mamdani because Mamdnai has not done enough condemnations of anti-Israel violence
October 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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I am completely awestruck by the ease with which Mike Johnson lies on a daily basis. I'll never understand how such a transparently fraudulent "man of faith" can live with themselves. Life is too short to be that phony.
October 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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October 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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This probably makes me sound really radical, but:

I would really like to just be able to enjoy my life.

I'd also love that for you, too.
July 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
How do they manage to swarm out of the woodwork on Facebook posts for ICE protests? Is there some sort of MAGA alert system?
October 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I went out and saw the Violent Femmes in my home zone of Burlington, #Vermont. It was a packed room full of dancing, mesmerized people breathing in the joy that gifted musical artists can create. Don't forget to pause for the joy.
#ArtistsKeepMeSane #BTV #BreatheJoy
October 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Presented without comment, the current scene outside Union Station in DC as I got off the train.
October 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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AG Bondi, here’s that correction you requested.
October 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM