Mary Valente
@maryv422.bsky.social
Retired teacher, lifelong Progressive
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“We were beaten, we were tear-gassed.
I thought I was going to die on this bridge.
But somehow and some way, God almighty helped me here.
We cannot give up now.
We cannot give in.
We must keep the faith, keep our eyes on the prize.”
- John Lewis
#RadioFreeAmerica
I thought I was going to die on this bridge.
But somehow and some way, God almighty helped me here.
We cannot give up now.
We cannot give in.
We must keep the faith, keep our eyes on the prize.”
- John Lewis
#RadioFreeAmerica
December 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“We were beaten, we were tear-gassed.
I thought I was going to die on this bridge.
But somehow and some way, God almighty helped me here.
We cannot give up now.
We cannot give in.
We must keep the faith, keep our eyes on the prize.”
- John Lewis
#RadioFreeAmerica
I thought I was going to die on this bridge.
But somehow and some way, God almighty helped me here.
We cannot give up now.
We cannot give in.
We must keep the faith, keep our eyes on the prize.”
- John Lewis
#RadioFreeAmerica
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Shame on dog
Killer and this evilvile regime!
UnAmericanz!
Killer and this evilvile regime!
UnAmericanz!
December 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Shame on dog
Killer and this evilvile regime!
UnAmericanz!
Killer and this evilvile regime!
UnAmericanz!
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Trump lackey Mike Johnson is super pissed that we were able to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits.
Imagine how mad he’ll be when we get it passed. Make your voice heard and demand that Congress vote yes on this as soon as they come back:
Imagine how mad he’ll be when we get it passed. Make your voice heard and demand that Congress vote yes on this as soon as they come back:
Tell Congress: Demand Speaker Johnson hold a vote IMMEDIATELY on the ACA tax credit extension
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Trump lackey Mike Johnson is super pissed that we were able to force a vote on extending ACA tax credits.
Imagine how mad he’ll be when we get it passed. Make your voice heard and demand that Congress vote yes on this as soon as they come back:
Imagine how mad he’ll be when we get it passed. Make your voice heard and demand that Congress vote yes on this as soon as they come back:
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“Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other.
It's a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what is in fact their own incompetence
as the rationale for giving them yet more power.”
-Josh Marshall
#RadioFreeAmerica
It's a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what is in fact their own incompetence
as the rationale for giving them yet more power.”
-Josh Marshall
#RadioFreeAmerica
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Authoritarianism and secrecy breed incompetence; the two feed on each other.
It's a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what is in fact their own incompetence
as the rationale for giving them yet more power.”
-Josh Marshall
#RadioFreeAmerica
It's a vicious cycle. Governments with authoritarian tendencies point to what is in fact their own incompetence
as the rationale for giving them yet more power.”
-Josh Marshall
#RadioFreeAmerica
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While people (rightly) point to Trump-Musk-Hegseth and that crowd, MAGA is made possibly by a cadre of Mini-Me tyrants.
They will scurry for the shadows when Trump is gone…but we know who they are.
#RadioFreeAmerica
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
They will scurry for the shadows when Trump is gone…but we know who they are.
#RadioFreeAmerica
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Man sues cops who jailed him for 37 days for trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil
Cops may be fined for jailing a man over his Facebook posts.
arstechnica.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
While people (rightly) point to Trump-Musk-Hegseth and that crowd, MAGA is made possibly by a cadre of Mini-Me tyrants.
They will scurry for the shadows when Trump is gone…but we know who they are.
#RadioFreeAmerica
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
They will scurry for the shadows when Trump is gone…but we know who they are.
#RadioFreeAmerica
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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National Review is as conventionally conservative as they come.
“The president of the United States is a hateful raging lunatic with all the empathy of Jeffrey Dahmer.”
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
“The president of the United States is a hateful raging lunatic with all the empathy of Jeffrey Dahmer.”
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
Trump’s Appalling Reiner Reaction Is a Sign of Something Deeply Wrong | National Review
Yes, we must talk about what President Trump posted on Truth Social about the brutal murders of the Reiners.
www.nationalreview.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
National Review is as conventionally conservative as they come.
“The president of the United States is a hateful raging lunatic with all the empathy of Jeffrey Dahmer.”
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
“The president of the United States is a hateful raging lunatic with all the empathy of Jeffrey Dahmer.”
#RadioFreeAmerica
www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-...
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It will always be sad and embarrassing that the felon got away with this.
December 18, 2025 at 12:56 AM
It will always be sad and embarrassing that the felon got away with this.
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Straight up, this is what Adderall sounds like. The motherfucker just repeatedly lied to the American people. It was just a bunch of Truth Social posts, with the loathsome piece of shit reading one after another until he exhausted himself. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Straight up, this is what Adderall sounds like. The motherfucker just repeatedly lied to the American people. It was just a bunch of Truth Social posts, with the loathsome piece of shit reading one after another until he exhausted himself. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣👇
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Warner Bros. Discovery told shareholders Netflix’s deal was better than Paramount’s offer, urging them to reject the latter.
Warner Bros. Urges Shareholders To Reject Paramount’s Hostile Takeover Bid—Netflix Shares Up In Premarket
Warner Bros. Discovery told shareholders Netflix’s deal was better than Paramount’s offer, urging them to reject the latter.
www.forbes.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Warner Bros. Discovery told shareholders Netflix’s deal was better than Paramount’s offer, urging them to reject the latter.
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I spent some time on Musk's hellsite recently. It's just obscene how much MAGAts lie and spread hate toward their fellow Americans, let alone humans.
December 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I spent some time on Musk's hellsite recently. It's just obscene how much MAGAts lie and spread hate toward their fellow Americans, let alone humans.
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(WSJ) Trump is now BACK on the topic of HIM running for a third term. His former lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, has written a book and it trying to convince Trump and others that Trump can run for a third term. MORE AND MORE BULLSHIT. He'll be totally demented by 2028.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
Exclusive | Trump Told by Alan Dershowitz Constitutionality of Third Term Is Unclear
Trump’s former lawyer presented him with his forthcoming book that concludes the Constitution is ambiguous on the question.
www.wsj.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
(WSJ) Trump is now BACK on the topic of HIM running for a third term. His former lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, has written a book and it trying to convince Trump and others that Trump can run for a third term. MORE AND MORE BULLSHIT. He'll be totally demented by 2028.
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
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Jack Smith testified today behind closed doors because Jim Jordan was a COWARD to allowed a public hearing. Jack Smith said that there were concrete evidence about January 6, 2021 & the stealing of Top Secret Files to file charges against the Convicted FElon.
youtu.be/PeXhkF88K-8?...
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Defiant Jack Smith testifies regarding the ‘powerful evidence’ that led him to prosecute Trump
YouTube video by MS NOW
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December 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Jack Smith testified today behind closed doors because Jim Jordan was a COWARD to allowed a public hearing. Jack Smith said that there were concrete evidence about January 6, 2021 & the stealing of Top Secret Files to file charges against the Convicted FElon.
youtu.be/PeXhkF88K-8?...
youtu.be/PeXhkF88K-8?...
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We all see it. He wanders around, not knowing what to do. This man isn’t running the country, he’s just a puppet, no different than Cookie Monster or Elmo.
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue #Resist #ResistTrump #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #ImpeachTrumpNOW
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue #Resist #ResistTrump #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #ImpeachTrumpNOW
December 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We all see it. He wanders around, not knowing what to do. This man isn’t running the country, he’s just a puppet, no different than Cookie Monster or Elmo.
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue #Resist #ResistTrump #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #ImpeachTrumpNOW
#BlueCrew #ProudBlue #Resist #ResistTrump #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #ImpeachTrumpNOW
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December 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Tonight the Convicted FElon gave a Primetime speech which I'm so glad I didn't watch or listen to. From what I have heard so far it was a total disaster. Massive lies, racism & rambling throughout. When will people wake up & get this FElon out?
December 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Tonight the Convicted FElon gave a Primetime speech which I'm so glad I didn't watch or listen to. From what I have heard so far it was a total disaster. Massive lies, racism & rambling throughout. When will people wake up & get this FElon out?
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Friends!!! You know how obsessed I have become with Common Sense.
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The Pamphlet That Has Roused Americans to Action for 250 Years
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Friends!!! You know how obsessed I have become with Common Sense.
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Tom Paine published that pamphlet 250 years ago this January. I published an essay about it TODAY, in the New York Times. Common Sense remains relevant as ever.
I hope you enjoy it. Gift article ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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I wonder if this is the best time to make such significant structural changes to a program that has helped the Democratic Party train and elect candidates. But what do I know? I'm just a voter.
Emerge Vermont to Shut Down Amid National Restructuring www.sevendaysvt.com/news/politic...
Emerge Vermont to Shut Down Amid National Restructuring www.sevendaysvt.com/news/politic...
Emerge Vermont to Shut Down Amid National Restructuring | Seven Days
The political training group for Democratic women will fold into a new regional model as Emerge America eliminates state affiliates.
www.sevendaysvt.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I wonder if this is the best time to make such significant structural changes to a program that has helped the Democratic Party train and elect candidates. But what do I know? I'm just a voter.
Emerge Vermont to Shut Down Amid National Restructuring www.sevendaysvt.com/news/politic...
Emerge Vermont to Shut Down Amid National Restructuring www.sevendaysvt.com/news/politic...
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(The Contrarian: Tim Dickinson) I HOPE YOU CAN READ THIS. Summary points regarding the Trump Chief of Staff from the interview in Vanity Fair (Chris Whipple). Extraordinary and worth your time. Susie Wiles is the person who makes Trump's trains run on time.
contrarian.substack.com/p/the-five-w...
contrarian.substack.com/p/the-five-w...
The Five Worst Things We Learned About Susie Wiles
Vanity Fair threw back the curtain on Trump’s ultimate enabler
contrarian.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
(The Contrarian: Tim Dickinson) I HOPE YOU CAN READ THIS. Summary points regarding the Trump Chief of Staff from the interview in Vanity Fair (Chris Whipple). Extraordinary and worth your time. Susie Wiles is the person who makes Trump's trains run on time.
contrarian.substack.com/p/the-five-w...
contrarian.substack.com/p/the-five-w...
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So Hard To Lie, When We Always Bring In The Receipts...
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
So Hard To Lie, When We Always Bring In The Receipts...
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Wow, just marvelous!! This bright lady has real talent and is whip-smart, but you already knew that. Thank you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Wow, just marvelous!! This bright lady has real talent and is whip-smart, but you already knew that. Thank you.
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First it was "we have to blow up dozens of people on boats because of fetnanyl." But obviously it wasn't fentanyl being trafficked so then: narco terrorists are shipping cocaine! But then Wiles tells a reporter it's all about regime change and today it's bc US oil companies got kicked out in 2007?
December 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
First it was "we have to blow up dozens of people on boats because of fetnanyl." But obviously it wasn't fentanyl being trafficked so then: narco terrorists are shipping cocaine! But then Wiles tells a reporter it's all about regime change and today it's bc US oil companies got kicked out in 2007?
Time for a Sunday rant: thank you, Zuckerberg. I just up loaded my phone to 26.1. I hate it. Why does every update mess everything up?
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Time for a Sunday rant: thank you, Zuckerberg. I just up loaded my phone to 26.1. I hate it. Why does every update mess everything up?
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New York will always be a city of immigrants. When we protect the communities who keep this city running and uphold our sanctuary laws, we create a future that’s safer for every New Yorker.
November 22, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New York will always be a city of immigrants. When we protect the communities who keep this city running and uphold our sanctuary laws, we create a future that’s safer for every New Yorker.
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Just like all of the defendants in the Nuremberg trial claimed. “Just followed orders”
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Just like all of the defendants in the Nuremberg trial claimed. “Just followed orders”