JMV
@jesvalsilva.bsky.social
Violinist, mariachi, ethnomusicologist, public transit enthusiast, mediocre baker, average crocheter, and new to knitting and sewing
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Live, work or visit South Bay LA? Help us stop NIMBYs from blocking light-rail extension (and SB79 transit-oriented development) to Torrance, the 3rd largest job center in LA County. Click to send a personalized form letter
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Urge Metro and South Bay COG to Advance the C Line Extension to Torrance
We have a critical opportunity in the next week to help advance high-quality public transit in the South Bay.
On Monday, Dec 8, 2025, at 10:30 AM the South Bay Cities COG will discuss the Final Enviro...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Live, work or visit South Bay LA? Help us stop NIMBYs from blocking light-rail extension (and SB79 transit-oriented development) to Torrance, the 3rd largest job center in LA County. Click to send a personalized form letter
actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
actionnetwork.org/letters/urge...
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Silent Middle Child nails it. Again:
December 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Silent Middle Child nails it. Again:
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🤔 stephen a smith spouts Republican/billionaire talking points about Zohran : "Free buses, grocery stores, child care… Nothing's free in this world.”
Yes SAS, we pay taxes and it’s free when you use it. libraries, parks, etc. — You’re not helping minorities with this stuff, you’re hurting them.
Yes SAS, we pay taxes and it’s free when you use it. libraries, parks, etc. — You’re not helping minorities with this stuff, you’re hurting them.
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 AM
🤔 stephen a smith spouts Republican/billionaire talking points about Zohran : "Free buses, grocery stores, child care… Nothing's free in this world.”
Yes SAS, we pay taxes and it’s free when you use it. libraries, parks, etc. — You’re not helping minorities with this stuff, you’re hurting them.
Yes SAS, we pay taxes and it’s free when you use it. libraries, parks, etc. — You’re not helping minorities with this stuff, you’re hurting them.
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The Trump Administration granted asylum to the guy who just killed at least one member of the West Virginia National Guard in DC (the WV National Guard doesn't belong in DC, btw) while deporting a freshman college student who has lived in the USA since early childhood...
Winning.
Winning.
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The Trump Administration granted asylum to the guy who just killed at least one member of the West Virginia National Guard in DC (the WV National Guard doesn't belong in DC, btw) while deporting a freshman college student who has lived in the USA since early childhood...
Winning.
Winning.
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About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
About 40% of SNAP recipients are children. Around half of ALL children in the country are covered by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
And the so-called “party of family values” gutted both programs by billions of dollars.
Doesn’t sound very pro-family to me.
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How to get rid of Citizens United?
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way
robertreich.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
How to get rid of Citizens United?
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment.
There’s a far simpler way. Let me explain: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall
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You have to practice bravery every day.
You have to practice standing up to people every day. To challenging small bullies and people in power when you see them every day.
If you don’t, your habit will be to keep your mouth shut in times when you will wish you hadn’t.
You have to practice standing up to people every day. To challenging small bullies and people in power when you see them every day.
If you don’t, your habit will be to keep your mouth shut in times when you will wish you hadn’t.
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
You have to practice bravery every day.
You have to practice standing up to people every day. To challenging small bullies and people in power when you see them every day.
If you don’t, your habit will be to keep your mouth shut in times when you will wish you hadn’t.
You have to practice standing up to people every day. To challenging small bullies and people in power when you see them every day.
If you don’t, your habit will be to keep your mouth shut in times when you will wish you hadn’t.
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Our friend Peracca's Plump Toad is a very rare species of toad who lives in the Andes of southern Colombia and northern Ecuador! They are one of a few toads who are born directly as small toads and do not have a tadpole stage! (photo by Augustin Bussac)
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Our friend Peracca's Plump Toad is a very rare species of toad who lives in the Andes of southern Colombia and northern Ecuador! They are one of a few toads who are born directly as small toads and do not have a tadpole stage! (photo by Augustin Bussac)
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NEW: US airlines (Delta, United, American, etc) will shut down a program in which it sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to government agencies, including ICE, FBI, ATF, more. Comes after intense lawmaker-pressure and 404 Media's months-long reporting
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
Airlines Will Shut Down Program That Sold Your Flights Records to Government
The move comes after intense pressure from lawmakers and 404 Media’s months-long reporting about the airline industry's data selling practices.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NEW: US airlines (Delta, United, American, etc) will shut down a program in which it sold hundreds of millions of your flight records to government agencies, including ICE, FBI, ATF, more. Comes after intense lawmaker-pressure and 404 Media's months-long reporting
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
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Oh, I don’t know. Our rivers no longer catch on fire and our air is far less poisonous than it used to be, even in smog bowls like Los Angeles. And I think those are good things.
If there’s no shale gas then there’s no shale gas, but I still think environmentalism is basically bad and politicians should focus more on material prosperity.
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Oh, I don’t know. Our rivers no longer catch on fire and our air is far less poisonous than it used to be, even in smog bowls like Los Angeles. And I think those are good things.
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I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
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#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
Kristi Noem has told everyone that there are no U.S citizens being detained or deported & that’s a Blatant Lie like most of what comes out of her mouth. This is just a very short list of U.S. citizens that have been detained since January.
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#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#GVerse #KingResist #Unite #FBaRmy
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
An ICE Agent was BUSTED by Bloomington Police in "Operation Creep" trying to solicit sex from a minor. When arrested, he said "I'm ICE, boys."
That #FuckICE Agent is toast.
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Trump could release the files TODAY if he wanted to.
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trump could release the files TODAY if he wanted to.
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Epstein’s brother has said this repeatedly
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Epstein’s brother has said this repeatedly
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US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 white men in 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery
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US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 white men in 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago. The 11th U.S.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 white men in 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery
apnews.com/article/ahma...
apnews.com/article/ahma...
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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.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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You know what is the actual term for “underage women”? CHILDREN.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
November 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know what is the actual term for “underage women”? CHILDREN.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles