Debra Foss Varva
@dfv2die4.bsky.social
Our voices are our declaration. Our votes are our weapons. Our goal is a free and fair democracy.
#writer #reader #humanist #liberal
#writer #reader #humanist #liberal
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So the Epstein vote isn't the only reason Mike Johnson should fear Rep. Yassamin Ansari. More of this, please.
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
So the Epstein vote isn't the only reason Mike Johnson should fear Rep. Yassamin Ansari. More of this, please.
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Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center.
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center.
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
“They are coming for all our children!”
#immigration
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⚡️Ukrainian strikes disrupt around 17% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, Reuters reports.
The attacks have disrupted Russia’s ability to process and export oil and created gasoline shortages in some Russian regions, as well as in occupied Crimea.
The attacks have disrupted Russia’s ability to process and export oil and created gasoline shortages in some Russian regions, as well as in occupied Crimea.
Ukrainian strikes disrupt around 17% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, Reuters reports
The attacks have disrupted Russia’s ability to process and export oil and created gasoline shortages in some Russian regions, as well as in occupied Crimea.
kyivindependent.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:57 AM
⚡️Ukrainian strikes disrupt around 17% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, Reuters reports.
The attacks have disrupted Russia’s ability to process and export oil and created gasoline shortages in some Russian regions, as well as in occupied Crimea.
The attacks have disrupted Russia’s ability to process and export oil and created gasoline shortages in some Russian regions, as well as in occupied Crimea.
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The election tampering begins. Trump announced on his social media that he would push to eliminate mail-in ballots and sign an executive order to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.”
August 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The election tampering begins. Trump announced on his social media that he would push to eliminate mail-in ballots and sign an executive order to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.”
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He's a wartime president. He's the head of a war party. War on women. War on voting rights. War on Hispanics. A war on this state. War on institutions. Now he wants war on history."
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "This guy is trying to get a Nobel Peace Prize? When he's bringing war to the American people? He sent the United States Marines into the United States of America."
August 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He's a wartime president. He's the head of a war party. War on women. War on voting rights. War on Hispanics. A war on this state. War on institutions. Now he wants war on history."
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🔥 “Respectfully, he’s making up some shit.”
Rep. jolanda jones, a lawyer, says Gov. Abbott threatening House @texasdemocrats.bsky.social with felonies is “smoke and mirrors”
Rep. jolanda jones, a lawyer, says Gov. Abbott threatening House @texasdemocrats.bsky.social with felonies is “smoke and mirrors”
August 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🔥 “Respectfully, he’s making up some shit.”
Rep. jolanda jones, a lawyer, says Gov. Abbott threatening House @texasdemocrats.bsky.social with felonies is “smoke and mirrors”
Rep. jolanda jones, a lawyer, says Gov. Abbott threatening House @texasdemocrats.bsky.social with felonies is “smoke and mirrors”
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Texas State Rep James Talarico said it best, “We are not fighting for the Democratic Party, we are fighting for the democratic process.”
Texas MAGAs are igniting a national crisis of apartheid by ballot. And TX Dems are setting the example on how to fight back.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/texas-dems...
Texas MAGAs are igniting a national crisis of apartheid by ballot. And TX Dems are setting the example on how to fight back.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/texas-dems...
Texas Dems Give America a Blueprint to Save Democracy
The Democratic Party needs to stop trying to save itself and start trying to save democracy itself—TX Dems show the way
www.qasimrashid.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Texas State Rep James Talarico said it best, “We are not fighting for the Democratic Party, we are fighting for the democratic process.”
Texas MAGAs are igniting a national crisis of apartheid by ballot. And TX Dems are setting the example on how to fight back.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/texas-dems...
Texas MAGAs are igniting a national crisis of apartheid by ballot. And TX Dems are setting the example on how to fight back.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/texas-dems...
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Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.
July 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.
Pride month is almost over. But the fear of coming out is alwaysl there, especially for underage teens still dependent on their parents'
#ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
#Booksky💙📚
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#ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
#Booksky💙📚
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Precipice
PRECIPICE Carlos stood on the topmost rock overlooking a vast ocean. He was so close to the edge that if his feet had been bare, he could have curled his toes around the lip. A cool breeze rocked h…
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June 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pride month is almost over. But the fear of coming out is alwaysl there, especially for underage teens still dependent on their parents'
#ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
#Booksky💙📚
debravarvasblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/p...
#ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
#Booksky💙📚
debravarvasblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/p...
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I wrote this years ago on MySpace (ok, decades lol) for a friend who struggled with family vs his truth.
#story
#ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
#Booksky💙📚
#Poetry
#pridemonth
#comingout
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#story
#ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
#Booksky💙📚
#Poetry
#pridemonth
#comingout
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Who Would Choose This?
Who Would Choose This? “Thomas!” Tom looked up to see his father standing in the doorway of his room. His fuck-buddy, Steve, pulled from Tom’s embrace and scrambled to the far sid…
debravarvasblog.wordpress.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I wrote this years ago on MySpace (ok, decades lol) for a friend who struggled with family vs his truth.
#story
#ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
#Booksky💙📚
#Poetry
#pridemonth
#comingout
debravarvasblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/w...
#story
#ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
#Booksky💙📚
#Poetry
#pridemonth
#comingout
debravarvasblog.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/w...
Oklahoma GOP legislators ask Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage. Oklahoma isn't the only one.
May 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Oklahoma GOP legislators ask Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage. Oklahoma isn't the only one.
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Felonious Donald Trump’s DOGE slashes vital grants for women in trades; programs training construction and IT careers and shielding against workplace violence vanish under fascist “efficiency” mania; women’s futures and safety abandoned.
www.motherjones.com/...
www.motherjones.com/...
DOGE killed dozens of grants that supported women workers
Advocates say the cancellations will lock women out of construction and manufacturing jobs—and may violate the law.
www.motherjones.com
May 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Felonious Donald Trump’s DOGE slashes vital grants for women in trades; programs training construction and IT careers and shielding against workplace violence vanish under fascist “efficiency” mania; women’s futures and safety abandoned.
www.motherjones.com/...
www.motherjones.com/...
Nov 2026
Local and state elections install the people who write the laws that can either make it easier to vote for your choice or NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE as has happened in most Southern states.
Local and state elections install the people who write the laws that can either make it easier to vote for your choice or NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE as has happened in most Southern states.
May 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Nov 2026
Local and state elections install the people who write the laws that can either make it easier to vote for your choice or NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE as has happened in most Southern states.
Local and state elections install the people who write the laws that can either make it easier to vote for your choice or NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE as has happened in most Southern states.
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Nobody can in good faith recommend Ukraine to take the ”deal” proposed by the US.
Simple as that
Simple as that
Trump’s peace deal is terrible. Ukraine should still accept it
Hard as it will be for President Zelensky to accept terms so generous to the invader, Russia may find it’s a tainted triumph
www.thetimes.com
April 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Nobody can in good faith recommend Ukraine to take the ”deal” proposed by the US.
Simple as that
Simple as that
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Canada as you vote, here is a reminder of who the Trump, Musk, Netanyahu and Modi ally Pierre Poilievre really is. #cdnpoli
Pierre Poilievre has been in politics for 20 years, he's written 0 legislation; has one of the highest pensions in government. He's voted against the environment & climate nearly 400 times, derailed legislation to benefit workers, and voted against affordable housing initiatives.
April 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Canada as you vote, here is a reminder of who the Trump, Musk, Netanyahu and Modi ally Pierre Poilievre really is. #cdnpoli
Due process the law. Period.
Trump: "We're having a really hard time with judges, no other President has had this issue about Due Process, these are millions of really bad people, And you have a judge that wants every single one of them to have a trial, and how long does a trial take, weeks? We're not gonna take weeks."
April 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Due process the law. Period.
The fundamental rights of everyone in the US begin with due process. Everyone.
Arrested without a court order. Denied legal representation. Incarcerated without trial.
All are in violation of our constitution and the rule of law.
#resist
Arrested without a court order. Denied legal representation. Incarcerated without trial.
All are in violation of our constitution and the rule of law.
#resist
April 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The fundamental rights of everyone in the US begin with due process. Everyone.
Arrested without a court order. Denied legal representation. Incarcerated without trial.
All are in violation of our constitution and the rule of law.
#resist
Arrested without a court order. Denied legal representation. Incarcerated without trial.
All are in violation of our constitution and the rule of law.
#resist
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"The security of the world is at stake." Well worth watching President Zelenskyy's interview on 60 Minutes www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview transcript
As Russia's war with Ukraine continues, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits down with Scott Pelley to discuss U.S. support for Ukraine, the war, the Oval Office meeting, and the latest attacks on civil...
www.cbsnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"The security of the world is at stake." Well worth watching President Zelenskyy's interview on 60 Minutes www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine...
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
Being born was a good day for me. My mom told me I slept through it and the doctor had to slap my ass three times because he got no response the first two. I finally yawned.
He told Mom, "Good enough."
I haven't changed much, to be honest.
He told Mom, "Good enough."
I haven't changed much, to be honest.
April 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Being born was a good day for me. My mom told me I slept through it and the doctor had to slap my ass three times because he got no response the first two. I finally yawned.
He told Mom, "Good enough."
I haven't changed much, to be honest.
He told Mom, "Good enough."
I haven't changed much, to be honest.
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A win for truth and history: A National Park Service page(removed by Musk) on the Underground Railroad has been restored to prominently feature Harriet Tubman, after her image and quote were removed earlier this year. Now, her legacy as a fearless champion for freedom has rightfully been restored. ✊
April 8, 2025 at 1:52 AM
A win for truth and history: A National Park Service page(removed by Musk) on the Underground Railroad has been restored to prominently feature Harriet Tubman, after her image and quote were removed earlier this year. Now, her legacy as a fearless champion for freedom has rightfully been restored. ✊
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Something remarkable is happening on 5th Ave right now.
100s of 1000s of people, a spontaneous outpouring of anger, demanding Trump/Musk keep their hands off our healthcare, our schools, our democracy.
This is a turning point in the fight back against the Trump presidency.
100s of 1000s of people, a spontaneous outpouring of anger, demanding Trump/Musk keep their hands off our healthcare, our schools, our democracy.
This is a turning point in the fight back against the Trump presidency.
April 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Something remarkable is happening on 5th Ave right now.
100s of 1000s of people, a spontaneous outpouring of anger, demanding Trump/Musk keep their hands off our healthcare, our schools, our democracy.
This is a turning point in the fight back against the Trump presidency.
100s of 1000s of people, a spontaneous outpouring of anger, demanding Trump/Musk keep their hands off our healthcare, our schools, our democracy.
This is a turning point in the fight back against the Trump presidency.
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New York says: HANDS OFF!
April 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
New York says: HANDS OFF!