Paula Varin
@estlee.bsky.social
Mom. Humanist. Progressive. Lover of nature, dogs, a cozy fire on a winter day, a great cocktail.
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Reports and videos show ICE agents asking American citizens whether they’ve “learned their lesson over the last few days” are deeply troubling. Language like this implies intent and raises serious questions about premeditation and mindset on the scene.
January 10, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Reports and videos show ICE agents asking American citizens whether they’ve “learned their lesson over the last few days” are deeply troubling. Language like this implies intent and raises serious questions about premeditation and mindset on the scene.
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Absolutely proud of you all! HUG! So far, 3.1 million protesters counted today — that’s nearly 1% of the U.S. population! Photos are flooding social media everywhere. Still waiting on more numbers to come in.
April 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Absolutely proud of you all! HUG! So far, 3.1 million protesters counted today — that’s nearly 1% of the U.S. population! Photos are flooding social media everywhere. Still waiting on more numbers to come in.
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President Trump and Republicans’ national sales tax is the largest middle-class tax increase in a generation. All while they cut taxes for the wealthy.
This will increase costs by more than $5,000 a year for the average family. We need smart trade policies, not reckless ones.
This will increase costs by more than $5,000 a year for the average family. We need smart trade policies, not reckless ones.
April 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
President Trump and Republicans’ national sales tax is the largest middle-class tax increase in a generation. All while they cut taxes for the wealthy.
This will increase costs by more than $5,000 a year for the average family. We need smart trade policies, not reckless ones.
This will increase costs by more than $5,000 a year for the average family. We need smart trade policies, not reckless ones.
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EVERY SCIENTIST IN THE WORLD: vaccines are the safest and best way to prevent disease
RFK JR: I recommend rubbing dog poop in your eyes while doing the Macarena
RFK JR: I recommend rubbing dog poop in your eyes while doing the Macarena
March 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
EVERY SCIENTIST IN THE WORLD: vaccines are the safest and best way to prevent disease
RFK JR: I recommend rubbing dog poop in your eyes while doing the Macarena
RFK JR: I recommend rubbing dog poop in your eyes while doing the Macarena
500 protesters at Tesla dealership in MN today. Getting bigger every week.
March 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
500 protesters at Tesla dealership in MN today. Getting bigger every week.
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Today, thousands of openly-transgender service members will put on their uniform and do what needs to be done because they honor their oath to our country, while Pete Hegseth denigrates their service and violates his oath by brazenly sharing classified intel in text groups.
Just a reminder.
Just a reminder.
March 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today, thousands of openly-transgender service members will put on their uniform and do what needs to be done because they honor their oath to our country, while Pete Hegseth denigrates their service and violates his oath by brazenly sharing classified intel in text groups.
Just a reminder.
Just a reminder.
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
March 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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GOP lawmakers aim to cut $880 billion from #Medicaid over a decade. The program covers 1 in 5 people in the US, including 1 in 3 with disabilities, and it already does so more cheaply than private insurance.
Paul Shafer, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University #ACA #healthcare
Paul Shafer, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University #ACA #healthcare
GOP lawmakers commit to big spending cuts, putting Medicaid under a spotlight – but trimming the low-income health insurance program would be hard
Two health law scholars explain how the public health insurance program for low-income people and people with disabilities works, and why cutting its cost would be hard to pull off.
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March 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
GOP lawmakers aim to cut $880 billion from #Medicaid over a decade. The program covers 1 in 5 people in the US, including 1 in 3 with disabilities, and it already does so more cheaply than private insurance.
Paul Shafer, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University #ACA #healthcare
Paul Shafer, Boston University and Nicole Huberfeld, Boston University #ACA #healthcare
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The biggest threat to high school sports right now is the $330B cut to the federal education budget moving through Congress -- not trans athletes. If these cuts pass, the question won't be 𝘄𝗵𝗼 is playing sports, but 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 there will be sports to play. #mnleg
March 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The biggest threat to high school sports right now is the $330B cut to the federal education budget moving through Congress -- not trans athletes. If these cuts pass, the question won't be 𝘄𝗵𝗼 is playing sports, but 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 there will be sports to play. #mnleg
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Answer to Vance: Zelenskyy has thanked our country over and over again both privately and publicly.
And our country thanks HIM and the Ukrainian patriots who have stood up to a dictator, buried their own & stopped Putin from marching right into the rest of Europe. Shame on you.
And our country thanks HIM and the Ukrainian patriots who have stood up to a dictator, buried their own & stopped Putin from marching right into the rest of Europe. Shame on you.
February 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Answer to Vance: Zelenskyy has thanked our country over and over again both privately and publicly.
And our country thanks HIM and the Ukrainian patriots who have stood up to a dictator, buried their own & stopped Putin from marching right into the rest of Europe. Shame on you.
And our country thanks HIM and the Ukrainian patriots who have stood up to a dictator, buried their own & stopped Putin from marching right into the rest of Europe. Shame on you.
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Trump is "unleashing American energy" by trying to ban cheap and reliable American energy. Make it make sense.
Record-breaking growth in renewable energy in US threatened by Trump
Surge in solar, wind and battery capacity comes as president pledges to halt federal support for clean power
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Trump is "unleashing American energy" by trying to ban cheap and reliable American energy. Make it make sense.
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Five Former Treasury Secretaries: Our Democracy Is Under Siege
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Opinion | Robert Rubin, Lawrence Summers, Timothy Geithner, Jacob Lew, Janet Yellen: DOGE Is a Threat to U.S. Democracy.
Former Secretaries Rubin, Summers, Geithner, Lew and Yellen argue that DOGE is a threat to America.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Five Former Treasury Secretaries: Our Democracy Is Under Siege
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/o...
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Another deep wound inflicted against American medicine, science and health by Musk’s juvenile night crew of data thieves following the Project 2025 playbook, which Trump disavowed in the campaign.
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Another deep wound inflicted against American medicine, science and health by Musk’s juvenile night crew of data thieves following the Project 2025 playbook, which Trump disavowed in the campaign.
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Great News! In response to our motion, the court has restricted access to the Treasury Department payment system, barring sharing of sensitive data with Elon Musk’s DOGE.
February 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Great News! In response to our motion, the court has restricted access to the Treasury Department payment system, barring sharing of sensitive data with Elon Musk’s DOGE.
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U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans purchased as food aid.
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House Democrats made an unsuccessful attempt to subpoena billionaire Elon Musk to testify about his efforts to radically reshape the federal government, only to be blocked by Republicans.
February 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
House Democrats made an unsuccessful attempt to subpoena billionaire Elon Musk to testify about his efforts to radically reshape the federal government, only to be blocked by Republicans.
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At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
February 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
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Youth incarceration in Georgia is more than triple the cost of a full year attending the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech and educating a child in Georgia’s K-12 public schools combined.
Learn more about Georgia’s youth legal system: www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
Learn more about Georgia’s youth legal system: www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
February 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Youth incarceration in Georgia is more than triple the cost of a full year attending the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech and educating a child in Georgia’s K-12 public schools combined.
Learn more about Georgia’s youth legal system: www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
Learn more about Georgia’s youth legal system: www.splcenter.org/resources/re...
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Trump's wind energy ban will hurt his own voters first and foremost.
Over 64% of the offshore wind manufacturing and supply-chain investments made or announced are in Republican districts.
Trump's personal vendetta against wind turbines and desire to appease rich Big Oil CEOs will hurt us all.
Over 64% of the offshore wind manufacturing and supply-chain investments made or announced are in Republican districts.
Trump's personal vendetta against wind turbines and desire to appease rich Big Oil CEOs will hurt us all.
Trump’s offshore wind assault threatens factory jobs in GOP districts
Over 64% of manufacturing and supply-chain investment supporting the emerging industry is in Republican districts, per new data.
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February 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Trump's wind energy ban will hurt his own voters first and foremost.
Over 64% of the offshore wind manufacturing and supply-chain investments made or announced are in Republican districts.
Trump's personal vendetta against wind turbines and desire to appease rich Big Oil CEOs will hurt us all.
Over 64% of the offshore wind manufacturing and supply-chain investments made or announced are in Republican districts.
Trump's personal vendetta against wind turbines and desire to appease rich Big Oil CEOs will hurt us all.
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Trump’s tariffs are a tax increase for Minnesota families, plain and simple.
While Trump raises prices, I’m proposing the first sales tax rate cut in our state’s history to help Minnesotans weather the storm.
While Trump raises prices, I’m proposing the first sales tax rate cut in our state’s history to help Minnesotans weather the storm.
February 2, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Trump’s tariffs are a tax increase for Minnesota families, plain and simple.
While Trump raises prices, I’m proposing the first sales tax rate cut in our state’s history to help Minnesotans weather the storm.
While Trump raises prices, I’m proposing the first sales tax rate cut in our state’s history to help Minnesotans weather the storm.
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BREAKING: Ken Martin will be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Martin was the longtime leader of the state Democratic Party organization in Minnesota. nbcnews.to/3EdW5fJ
Martin was the longtime leader of the state Democratic Party organization in Minnesota. nbcnews.to/3EdW5fJ
February 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
BREAKING: Ken Martin will be the next chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Martin was the longtime leader of the state Democratic Party organization in Minnesota. nbcnews.to/3EdW5fJ
Martin was the longtime leader of the state Democratic Party organization in Minnesota. nbcnews.to/3EdW5fJ
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The Trump administration wants us to feel so overwhelmed and exhausted that we give up entirely.
But we're not powerless. We've come too far to go back now.
REPOST if you're not going to stop fighting no matter what!
But we're not powerless. We've come too far to go back now.
REPOST if you're not going to stop fighting no matter what!
February 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Trump administration wants us to feel so overwhelmed and exhausted that we give up entirely.
But we're not powerless. We've come too far to go back now.
REPOST if you're not going to stop fighting no matter what!
But we're not powerless. We've come too far to go back now.
REPOST if you're not going to stop fighting no matter what!