Brenda Velez
@bvhome.bsky.social
Retired fed. Dog lover and all other kinds of animals and birds. Interest in polisci. Hanging on to my sanity while we live thru the age of idiocy. When I was in my 30s I thought I knew everything. Now that I am 82, I realize I really don’t know anything.
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings
No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
www.mobilize.us
October 19, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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I just held a rally in Plano, TX — a red part of the state — and 1,000 people showed up.
Many said it was their first political rally ever.
There’s something happening in Texas…
Many said it was their first political rally ever.
There’s something happening in Texas…
July 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I just held a rally in Plano, TX — a red part of the state — and 1,000 people showed up.
Many said it was their first political rally ever.
There’s something happening in Texas…
Many said it was their first political rally ever.
There’s something happening in Texas…
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Thank You President Joe Biden! You are a True Leader & President. A man of HONOR, & INTEGRITY. Thank You for showing true leadership
Happy 4th of July everyone! Today we celebrate our Independence Day, Freedom, Democracy & Liberty! 🫡🇺🇸🗽 ! #happy4thofjuly
#independenceday #HappyIndependenceDay
Happy 4th of July everyone! Today we celebrate our Independence Day, Freedom, Democracy & Liberty! 🫡🇺🇸🗽 ! #happy4thofjuly
#independenceday #HappyIndependenceDay
July 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Thank You President Joe Biden! You are a True Leader & President. A man of HONOR, & INTEGRITY. Thank You for showing true leadership
Happy 4th of July everyone! Today we celebrate our Independence Day, Freedom, Democracy & Liberty! 🫡🇺🇸🗽 ! #happy4thofjuly
#independenceday #HappyIndependenceDay
Happy 4th of July everyone! Today we celebrate our Independence Day, Freedom, Democracy & Liberty! 🫡🇺🇸🗽 ! #happy4thofjuly
#independenceday #HappyIndependenceDay
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"I was this pedophile's biggest supporter until he was personally mean to me" seems like a bit of an own goal.
Musk says Trump is in the Epstein files and it is being covered up. This escalated quickly.
June 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"I was this pedophile's biggest supporter until he was personally mean to me" seems like a bit of an own goal.
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Elons taken a chainsaw to the federal government effecting everything from food safety to bank regulation to cancer research. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure we’re about to see why it’s cheaper to have regulators rather than to have actual catastrophes.
April 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Elons taken a chainsaw to the federal government effecting everything from food safety to bank regulation to cancer research. I hope I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure we’re about to see why it’s cheaper to have regulators rather than to have actual catastrophes.
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“Illegal immigrant” was their first success.
Now comes
“Illegal boycott”
“Illegal protest”
“Illegal votes”
“Illegal posts”
Until the “illegal” is you. #3E
Now comes
“Illegal boycott”
“Illegal protest”
“Illegal votes”
“Illegal posts”
Until the “illegal” is you. #3E
March 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“Illegal immigrant” was their first success.
Now comes
“Illegal boycott”
“Illegal protest”
“Illegal votes”
“Illegal posts”
Until the “illegal” is you. #3E
Now comes
“Illegal boycott”
“Illegal protest”
“Illegal votes”
“Illegal posts”
Until the “illegal” is you. #3E
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New Trump party line: Joe Biden got the stock market too high.
March 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
New Trump party line: Joe Biden got the stock market too high.
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The Statue of Liberty, rising above New York Harbor, was a gift from France and originally known as “Liberty Enlightening the World.” While Trump is betraying Ukraine & splintering our western alliances, let’s remember our profound relationship with Europe. www.americaamerica.news/p/how-is-eur...
How is Europe Part of Your American Experience?
A Saturday Prompt as the U.S.-Europe relationship splinters
www.americaamerica.news
March 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Statue of Liberty, rising above New York Harbor, was a gift from France and originally known as “Liberty Enlightening the World.” While Trump is betraying Ukraine & splintering our western alliances, let’s remember our profound relationship with Europe. www.americaamerica.news/p/how-is-eur...
If they are deleting the Enola Gay from the vocabulary, are they also going to remove the actual plane from the Smithsonian? Dear lord help us from these fools!
March 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
If they are deleting the Enola Gay from the vocabulary, are they also going to remove the actual plane from the Smithsonian? Dear lord help us from these fools!
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Here’s the pitch:
They hire back the accidentally-fired bird flu folks *and* the accidentally-fired nuclear security guys BUT they put them in each other’s jobs — also by accident!
It’s TRADING PLACES meets FAILSAFE meets CONTAGION — and maybe also FREAKY FRIDAY!
Need a title.
They hire back the accidentally-fired bird flu folks *and* the accidentally-fired nuclear security guys BUT they put them in each other’s jobs — also by accident!
It’s TRADING PLACES meets FAILSAFE meets CONTAGION — and maybe also FREAKY FRIDAY!
Need a title.
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Here’s the pitch:
They hire back the accidentally-fired bird flu folks *and* the accidentally-fired nuclear security guys BUT they put them in each other’s jobs — also by accident!
It’s TRADING PLACES meets FAILSAFE meets CONTAGION — and maybe also FREAKY FRIDAY!
Need a title.
They hire back the accidentally-fired bird flu folks *and* the accidentally-fired nuclear security guys BUT they put them in each other’s jobs — also by accident!
It’s TRADING PLACES meets FAILSAFE meets CONTAGION — and maybe also FREAKY FRIDAY!
Need a title.
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“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
February 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
Albert Camus
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Find your happy place. In a garden, or under a tree, watching waves or clouds, or talking to the moon Listening to children play or feeling a breeze ..... find a happy place and make sure to feel joy. in hard times, in cruel times it is part of fighting back ... keep the energy of joy going ...
February 3, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Find your happy place. In a garden, or under a tree, watching waves or clouds, or talking to the moon Listening to children play or feeling a breeze ..... find a happy place and make sure to feel joy. in hard times, in cruel times it is part of fighting back ... keep the energy of joy going ...
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3/But Trump does not have the huge mandate he claims. He won with 49.8% of the popular vote. The election was not a romp for Trump. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Relay Race of Democracy
I keep returning to one core thought: civics education really matters.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
3/But Trump does not have the huge mandate he claims. He won with 49.8% of the popular vote. The election was not a romp for Trump. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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"Western experts filling the op-ed pages with ideas for securing a post-settlement Ukraine have been negotiating with themselves. Putin has never agreed to the establishment of a demilitarized zone, foreign troops on Ukrainian soil, or a continuing Ukrainian military relationship with the West"
Bob Kagan is right: the Russians don't want to negotiate, they want to destroy Ukraine
"Trump must now choose between accepting a humiliating strategic defeat on the global stage and immediately redoubling American support for Ukraine while there’s still time"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
"Trump must now choose between accepting a humiliating strategic defeat on the global stage and immediately redoubling American support for Ukraine while there’s still time"
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trump Is Facing a Catastrophic Defeat in Ukraine
If Ukraine falls, it will be hard to spin as anything but a debacle for the United States, and for its president.
www.theatlantic.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
"Western experts filling the op-ed pages with ideas for securing a post-settlement Ukraine have been negotiating with themselves. Putin has never agreed to the establishment of a demilitarized zone, foreign troops on Ukrainian soil, or a continuing Ukrainian military relationship with the West"