Vinnie Lainson
@ceridwen3.bsky.social
Episcopal priest. Rector - Christ Church, Brandy Station, VA. Mother of sons, steeped in a fabulous grandmother addiction. I have lots of thoughts.
Nothing good comes this way.
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
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March 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Nothing good comes this way.
If the administration reads the poem attached to the Statue of Liberty, I’m betting Lady Liberty will be deported.
Well that’s a headline I did not except to see. Ever.
March 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If the administration reads the poem attached to the Statue of Liberty, I’m betting Lady Liberty will be deported.
Imagine if your town, your county, was invaded, bombed. Imagine trying to shield your babies from being blown apart. Imagine having this conversation. It’s staggering to realize this kind of cold, heartless, cruelty is being carried out in the name of we the people. I can barely stand to read this 💔
March 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Imagine if your town, your county, was invaded, bombed. Imagine trying to shield your babies from being blown apart. Imagine having this conversation. It’s staggering to realize this kind of cold, heartless, cruelty is being carried out in the name of we the people. I can barely stand to read this 💔
Loss of empathy is a leading indicator of a deep psychological wound and an early sign of danger. We the people can stand with empathy as our guide and strength. They. Work. For. Us. 🇺🇸 #showup
March 9, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Loss of empathy is a leading indicator of a deep psychological wound and an early sign of danger. We the people can stand with empathy as our guide and strength. They. Work. For. Us. 🇺🇸 #showup
This is so important. We the people MUST show up! You showing up matters. Go to School Board, city Council, county board of supervisors, library board, any authority group gathering, you show up too! Be ready to say, “That’s not true here’s the truth…” We change hearts & minds one truth at a time!
The corruption is so blatant and frequent as to anesthetize us against seeing it as problematic and demanding that it stop. Do not be dulled into thinking it’s okay. Great speech by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social youtu.be/hycoCYenXls?...
Murphy: Six Weeks In, This White House Is On Its Way To Being The Most Corrupt In U.S. History
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
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March 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This is so important. We the people MUST show up! You showing up matters. Go to School Board, city Council, county board of supervisors, library board, any authority group gathering, you show up too! Be ready to say, “That’s not true here’s the truth…” We change hearts & minds one truth at a time!
Resources will be scant after the wrecking ball “audits” are done. Imagine the money we the people will have to give up to fund this idiotic, already proven to be not a thing, “research.” Waste and fraud right here, look no further. Remember: They. Work. For. Us.🇺🇸 #showup
Just ridiculous. Sometimes it’s hard to separate the malevolence from the stupidity with this administration, but this is definitely the latter.
The CDC is planning a large study into potential connections between vaccines and autism despite extensive scientific research that has disproven or failed to find evidence of such links reut.rs/4kAhlgi
March 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Resources will be scant after the wrecking ball “audits” are done. Imagine the money we the people will have to give up to fund this idiotic, already proven to be not a thing, “research.” Waste and fraud right here, look no further. Remember: They. Work. For. Us.🇺🇸 #showup
Attend every single local event where anything of substance might be discussed - library board, School Board, city Council, county board of supervisors, representative’s Townhall meetings - and be prepared to say: “Here is the truth…” We the people HAVE to show up. They. Work. For. Us. 🇺🇸
March 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Attend every single local event where anything of substance might be discussed - library board, School Board, city Council, county board of supervisors, representative’s Townhall meetings - and be prepared to say: “Here is the truth…” We the people HAVE to show up. They. Work. For. Us. 🇺🇸
Do we the people allow our actual history to be edited, removed, banned, censored? Please remember: They. Work. For. Us! 🇺🇸⚓️
“Murray's biography page was removed altogether . . .” ⚓️
Pauli Murray Center denounces removal of queer, transgender references from Murray's federal website
A directive from the Trump administration has led to the removal of references to Pauli Murray's queer and transgender identities on the federal U.S. National Park Service website.
www.wunc.org
March 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Do we the people allow our actual history to be edited, removed, banned, censored? Please remember: They. Work. For. Us! 🇺🇸⚓️
Do we the people allow our actual history to be edited out, removed, banned, censored? Please remember: They. Work. For. Us. 🇺🇸
“Murray's biography page was removed altogether . . .” ⚓️
Pauli Murray Center denounces removal of queer, transgender references from Murray's federal website
A directive from the Trump administration has led to the removal of references to Pauli Murray's queer and transgender identities on the federal U.S. National Park Service website.
www.wunc.org
March 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Do we the people allow our actual history to be edited out, removed, banned, censored? Please remember: They. Work. For. Us. 🇺🇸
Best friends of my parents refused the polio vaccine for their 3 children. My father begged them to vaccinate those children (who were playmates of ours) and they refused. All three got polio. All three…..😔
"In the 19th century, it was incredibly dangerous to be a child.
As of 1900, about 18 percent, or nearly one in five, American children died before their fifth birthday. ..."
What changed? Better sanitation, medical advances - and vaccines. www.vox.com/health/40268...
As of 1900, about 18 percent, or nearly one in five, American children died before their fifth birthday. ..."
What changed? Better sanitation, medical advances - and vaccines. www.vox.com/health/40268...
What was childhood like before vaccines?
The anti-vax movement has gone mainstream, but before these shots, grief and loss marked the lives of children.
www.vox.com
March 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Best friends of my parents refused the polio vaccine for their 3 children. My father begged them to vaccinate those children (who were playmates of ours) and they refused. All three got polio. All three…..😔
Is this ok? Is this freedom of the press? Sure, he owns it. But will that mean #washingtonpost is simply his personal enews letter? This is not ok.
Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
Amazon executive and newspaper owner says in letter that ‘viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others’
* US politics live – latest updates
Jeff Bezos, the self-proclaimed “hands-off” owner of the Washington Post, emailed…
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February 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Is this ok? Is this freedom of the press? Sure, he owns it. But will that mean #washingtonpost is simply his personal enews letter? This is not ok.
Have we become the ones who hurt others? Who will stand against this? At every local level. That’s where we make our stand - in our own communities. I will. They. Work. For. Us. 🇺🇸
Finally got around to this from @rickpaulas.bsky.social.
In a country that made sense, we’d just house people.
In a country that at least believed its own hype, bills that criminalize helping unhoused people would raise general outcry.
But here we are.
www.welcometohellworld.com/hurt-the-hel...
In a country that made sense, we’d just house people.
In a country that at least believed its own hype, bills that criminalize helping unhoused people would raise general outcry.
But here we are.
www.welcometohellworld.com/hurt-the-hel...
Hurt the helpers
What hope do the rest of us have?
www.welcometohellworld.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Have we become the ones who hurt others? Who will stand against this? At every local level. That’s where we make our stand - in our own communities. I will. They. Work. For. Us. 🇺🇸
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You have to be a pretty severe kind of broken to criminalize helping people.
“People are stepping up to fill a void that the government has created, and now the government is going to punish them for it.”
“People are stepping up to fill a void that the government has created, and now the government is going to punish them for it.”
Today @rickpaulas.bsky.social writes about a spate of bills being passed in CA and elsewhere meant to criminalize “aiding or abetting” the homeless. Does that mean you'll be fined for giving someone on the street change? Tossed in jail for setting up food aid? I guess we'll find out soon enough.
Hurt the helpers
What hope do the rest of us have?
www.welcometohellworld.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
You have to be a pretty severe kind of broken to criminalize helping people.
“People are stepping up to fill a void that the government has created, and now the government is going to punish them for it.”
“People are stepping up to fill a void that the government has created, and now the government is going to punish them for it.”
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Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
February 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Just heard from a friend who is a true hero veteran. His company was destroyed in 30 days by the VA when they canceled 5 contracts without notice. 23 Americans mostly veterans out of work and a veteran owned small business destroyed. For nothing. They're dismantling the VA not "reforming" it.
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Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
February 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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Keep going. No matter how bad things may seem. No matter how many tears you’ve cried. No matter how hopeless it seems. Keep going. You are worth it. You are able. We are here. We won’t let you fail. Keep going
February 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Keep going. No matter how bad things may seem. No matter how many tears you’ve cried. No matter how hopeless it seems. Keep going. You are worth it. You are able. We are here. We won’t let you fail. Keep going
Our service men and women deserve far better than this. Shame on this administration.
The men and women of our military have endured many hardships and even many shameful humiliations at the hands of their country but surely they don’t deserve being put in Cybertrucks.
After reports circulated Wednesday night of the State Department's intent to purchase Tesla vehicles, the document was edited, at 9:12 p.m., and now says the federal contract is for $400 million worth of "armored electric vehicles," but the word "Tesla" was removed.
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
www.npr.org/2025/02/13/g...
February 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Our service men and women deserve far better than this. Shame on this administration.
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We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.
Venezuelan Migrant Sent to Guantánamo Bay Is ‘Not a Criminal,’ Family Pleads (Gift Article)
Luis Alberto Castillo arrived in the United States so that he could “give everything to his son,” said his sister. Then, while scrolling on TikTok, she found out he was headed to Guantánamo.
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We only know this man is in Gitmo because Noem tweeted a propaganda photo that included him and his sister saw it. He has no criminal record. He entered the US in January and immediately made an appointment with CBP to claim asylum. They sent him to a concentration camp bc of his basketball tattoo.
How do we respond to criminals? We name them in the public square, for one. Say it. Speak it. Everywhere. In the grocery check out, “Wow, crazy stuff…did you see…?” At the dr office, “Turn off Fox, it cause heart palpitations..” At the gym, “Can you believe….?” Relentlessly speak up. ⚡️💥⚡️
The DOJ is now a criminal operation
Pam Bondi announces the DOJ has "filed charges against the state of New York, Kathy Hochul, Letitia James, and Mark Schroeder"
February 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
How do we respond to criminals? We name them in the public square, for one. Say it. Speak it. Everywhere. In the grocery check out, “Wow, crazy stuff…did you see…?” At the dr office, “Turn off Fox, it cause heart palpitations..” At the gym, “Can you believe….?” Relentlessly speak up. ⚡️💥⚡️
Were we to be time traveled back to 1890 or 1910 or 1940, we would recognize the structure and form of the United States government. I fear that in a very short period of time, a year from now……maybe only six months, we literally will not recognize the shape and form of our own government.
February 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Were we to be time traveled back to 1890 or 1910 or 1940, we would recognize the structure and form of the United States government. I fear that in a very short period of time, a year from now……maybe only six months, we literally will not recognize the shape and form of our own government.
When I was about 11 my older brother told me it was time I read The Stranger by Camus. It was oddly formative 🫣Camus’ observations were devastating back then. Still are. substack.com/@tylerhamilt...
Tyler Hamilton on Substack
“Be careful. When a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health.”
Albert Camus
substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 1:08 PM
When I was about 11 my older brother told me it was time I read The Stranger by Camus. It was oddly formative 🫣Camus’ observations were devastating back then. Still are. substack.com/@tylerhamilt...
Whatever we do, don’t believe him! This is hopeful and true! @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s
Don't Believe Him | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
February 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Whatever we do, don’t believe him! This is hopeful and true! @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social youtu.be/K8QLgLfqh6s
“The Messiah is one of you…” Powerful sermon by our Presiding Bishop. youtu.be/Lu0Xrjzkmhg?...
2.2.25 Sermon by The Most Reverend Sean Walter Rowe
YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral
youtu.be
February 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“The Messiah is one of you…” Powerful sermon by our Presiding Bishop. youtu.be/Lu0Xrjzkmhg?...
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It had been 12 days since the Right Rev. Mariann E. Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, pleaded with President Trump to “have mercy” on immigrants, LGBTQ children and others.
She returned to Washington National Cathedral on Sunday for her first public service since her viral sermon.
She returned to Washington National Cathedral on Sunday for her first public service since her viral sermon.
What happens after you ask Trump to ‘have mercy’? Threats, praise and hope.
It had been 12 days since the Episcopal bishop of Washington pleaded with President Donald Trump to “have mercy” on immigrants, LGBTQ children and others.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It had been 12 days since the Right Rev. Mariann E. Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, pleaded with President Trump to “have mercy” on immigrants, LGBTQ children and others.
She returned to Washington National Cathedral on Sunday for her first public service since her viral sermon.
She returned to Washington National Cathedral on Sunday for her first public service since her viral sermon.