Laura A. Van Vleet
@lauravanvleet.bsky.social
I tweet, therefore I am insufferable
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I follow everyone unless you vote for dictators, racist or unkind.
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These strikes are highly illegal & should stop. The tribunal to prosecute & convict for it should begin ASAP!
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
These strikes are highly illegal & should stop. The tribunal to prosecute & convict for it should begin ASAP!
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Trump is America’s Netanyahu.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Trump is America’s Netanyahu.
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
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🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Utah Judge Strikes Down GOP Gerrymander, Restores Voter-Approved Fair Map
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources."
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Protesters lay outside the #COP30 climate summit in Brazil covered in white sheets, to call attention to the deaths of activists and journalists killed while "defending land, territories and natural resources."
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🚨This 16 year old was living a normal life until this administration took over the country. ICE is the enemy of humanity, decency, integrity, and all that used to represent this country. Meanwhile, Trump is building a private army, one that will be more ruthless and violent. 1/2
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🚨This 16 year old was living a normal life until this administration took over the country. ICE is the enemy of humanity, decency, integrity, and all that used to represent this country. Meanwhile, Trump is building a private army, one that will be more ruthless and violent. 1/2
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What is the world coming to when drug dealers swing IV poles at nurses...
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
What is the world coming to when drug dealers swing IV poles at nurses...
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Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Tapper: Angus King said standing up to Donald Trump didn't work.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
Sanders: Maybe Angus didn't notice the elections on Tuesday. I thought that they worked pretty well.
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Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
FAA Bans Most Private Jets At 12 Major Airports—But Some Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Hundreds of American millionaires say the FAA should have grounded private jets before cutting flights for commercial airliners.
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Reposting this because the crimes against humanity by this fascist regime are mounting up on the daily!
If you agree like many others, please repost as well!
If you agree like many others, please repost as well!
October 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Reposting this because the crimes against humanity by this fascist regime are mounting up on the daily!
If you agree like many others, please repost as well!
If you agree like many others, please repost as well!
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late to this but i feel like an underrated part of the musk meltdown over joyce carol oates accusing him of not reading is this musk reply that makes it clear he has never read anything by joyce carol oates
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
late to this but i feel like an underrated part of the musk meltdown over joyce carol oates accusing him of not reading is this musk reply that makes it clear he has never read anything by joyce carol oates
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Literary Hub's news article on Joyce Carol Oates has a very important headline photo.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Literary Hub's news article on Joyce Carol Oates has a very important headline photo.
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Thanks for the inclusion Allie 💙
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thanks for the inclusion Allie 💙
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The Dangerous Ones (@thedangerousones)
The eight TURNCOATS and SCHUMER need to GO.
substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Tiny urban forests can help #rewild urban settings and help fight #climatechange. The brainchild of the Japanese botanist Miyawaki is taking his idea global.
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #forests #nature #biodiversity
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #forests #nature #biodiversity
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tiny urban forests can help #rewild urban settings and help fight #climatechange. The brainchild of the Japanese botanist Miyawaki is taking his idea global.
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #forests #nature #biodiversity
We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate
#climate #forests #nature #biodiversity
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Corrupt as Russia now
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Corrupt as Russia now
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The President pardoned members of his private militia after they failed to overturn an election; they, in turn, pledge their support to him and urge him to use them to police civil society.
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The President pardoned members of his private militia after they failed to overturn an election; they, in turn, pledge their support to him and urge him to use them to police civil society.
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This is FUCKING DISGUSTING!
Every fucking one of them needs to be IN PRISON. 🤬🤬
Every fucking one of them needs to be IN PRISON. 🤬🤬
- @hrw.org @amnesty.org @aclu.org @unicefusa.org @unicef.org @govpritzker.illinois.gov @warren.senate.gov @ @markey.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @maddow.msnbc.com @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
#HumanRightsViolations #CrimesAgainstHumanity
#HumanRightsViolations #CrimesAgainstHumanity
ICE pours large canister of pepper spray directly into family car, hitting 1-year-old baby.
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said Matt, who filmed this video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside, where their baby and 16-year-old sister sat."
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said Matt, who filmed this video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside, where their baby and 16-year-old sister sat."
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This is FUCKING DISGUSTING!
Every fucking one of them needs to be IN PRISON. 🤬🤬
Every fucking one of them needs to be IN PRISON. 🤬🤬
- @hrw.org @amnesty.org @aclu.org @unicefusa.org @unicef.org @govpritzker.illinois.gov @warren.senate.gov @ @markey.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @duckworth.senate.gov @maddow.msnbc.com @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
#HumanRightsViolations #CrimesAgainstHumanity
#HumanRightsViolations #CrimesAgainstHumanity
ICE pours large canister of pepper spray directly into family car, hitting 1-year-old baby.
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said Matt, who filmed this video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside, where their baby and 16-year-old sister sat."
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said Matt, who filmed this video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside, where their baby and 16-year-old sister sat."
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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"We got the family to Lawndale Christian Health Center for care and support."
The incident occurred outside Sam's Club near 26th Street and Ogden Avenue in Cicero, Illinois.
#TruthWarriors #Resist #ResistTrump #JusticeForAll #ICE #AbolishICE
The incident occurred outside Sam's Club near 26th Street and Ogden Avenue in Cicero, Illinois.
#TruthWarriors #Resist #ResistTrump #JusticeForAll #ICE #AbolishICE
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
"We got the family to Lawndale Christian Health Center for care and support."
The incident occurred outside Sam's Club near 26th Street and Ogden Avenue in Cicero, Illinois.
#TruthWarriors #Resist #ResistTrump #JusticeForAll #ICE #AbolishICE
The incident occurred outside Sam's Club near 26th Street and Ogden Avenue in Cicero, Illinois.
#TruthWarriors #Resist #ResistTrump #JusticeForAll #ICE #AbolishICE
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ICE pours large canister of pepper spray directly into family car, hitting 1-year-old baby.
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said Matt, who filmed this video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside, where their baby and 16-year-old sister sat."
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said Matt, who filmed this video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside, where their baby and 16-year-old sister sat."
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
ICE pours large canister of pepper spray directly into family car, hitting 1-year-old baby.
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said Matt, who filmed this video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside, where their baby and 16-year-old sister sat."
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue
"They were simply shopping at Sam's Club," said Matt, who filmed this video.
"ICE agents drove by and sprayed pepper spray directly inside, where their baby and 16-year-old sister sat."
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue
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ICE is building a 24/7 social media monitoring program that would scan Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and dozens of other platforms. Private contractors would turn public posts into enforcement leads fed directly into government databases, potentially sweeping up millions of people.
Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation
ICE’s dragnet is expanding across social media, putting everyone’s digital lives into the realm of border and immigration enforcement.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
ICE is building a 24/7 social media monitoring program that would scan Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and dozens of other platforms. Private contractors would turn public posts into enforcement leads fed directly into government databases, potentially sweeping up millions of people.