Scott Villery
@sv-the-leftist.bsky.social
Proud father, husband, cat dad. Louisiana native, Minnesota transplant. Lawyer. Leftist. I just want a better world for the working class.
Hard to be festive on the 4th given the state of things in this country, but, let’s focus on fighting for freedom for all and building a better country! #4thofJuly
July 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Hard to be festive on the 4th given the state of things in this country, but, let’s focus on fighting for freedom for all and building a better country! #4thofJuly
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This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
Happy #Juneteenth! Let’s work together to celebrate the liberation of black people from slavery, and continue to build a society that is truly values black lives
June 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Happy #Juneteenth! Let’s work together to celebrate the liberation of black people from slavery, and continue to build a society that is truly values black lives
I hope Iran flattens Israel for this. No war with Iran!
IDF says military operation against Iran is expected to last several days:
"At the end of the operation, there will be no nuclear threat"
"At the end of the operation, there will be no nuclear threat"
June 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I hope Iran flattens Israel for this. No war with Iran!
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I see there was money allocated for municipal water treatment facilities, hopefully some of that money goes to upgrade the one in my town
The state Legislature approved $700 million in state borrowing to fund infrastructure projects across the state. Here are the biggest-ticket items included in the bill: minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/10/h...
Here are some of the projects funded by the $700 million infrastructure deal • Minnesota Reformer
After bipartisan legislative leaders publicly pronounced an infrastructure bill dead for the year, they resurrected it during closed-door negotiations and shepherded the $700 million deal through the ...
minnesotareformer.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I see there was money allocated for municipal water treatment facilities, hopefully some of that money goes to upgrade the one in my town
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Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.
June 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.
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This is not a serious magazine, they serve as a mouthpiece for the establishment
“In today’s climate, a military parade could offer an opportunity to counter misperceptions about the armed forces. It could bring Americans closer to service members and juice military recruitment—all of which is sorely needed,” @kschake.bsky.social writes:
Sometimes a Parade Is Just a Parade
Not everything the Trump administration does is a threat to democracy.
bit.ly
June 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is not a serious magazine, they serve as a mouthpiece for the establishment
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For libs still insisting that Dem electoral failures are purely because voters are racist & not because Dems suck, I have questions:
Why did 200+ counties that voted for Obama twice then vote for Trump?
Why did Trump increase his support among people of color?
Why did 200+ counties that voted for Obama twice then vote for Trump?
Why did Trump increase his support among people of color?
How Trump won one-fifth of Black men and nearly half of Latino men
Hint: It’s in part thanks to Democrats’ messaging issues.
www.politico.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
For libs still insisting that Dem electoral failures are purely because voters are racist & not because Dems suck, I have questions:
Why did 200+ counties that voted for Obama twice then vote for Trump?
Why did Trump increase his support among people of color?
Why did 200+ counties that voted for Obama twice then vote for Trump?
Why did Trump increase his support among people of color?
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If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
June 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
If you are National Guard or Active Duty military and you are being ordered to violate the constitutional rights of US citizens then this is the number to the GI Rights Hotline.
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
There is support. You don’t have to go through with it. 877-447-4487
This reads like a passage from Heart of Darkness, which I enjoyed reading, I just wish it was in high school or college as opposed to junior high so I would remember it better. She makes excellent points
Ultimately it comes down to courage. Being brave enough to stare squarely at the horrors of Gaza. To face the harsh reality that we are ruled by monsters and our civilization is diseased. To bring our own inner darkness into the light of consciousness.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/a-truth-ba...
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/a-truth-ba...
A Truth-Based Relationship With Reality Requires Courage
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):
www.caitlinjohnst.one
June 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This reads like a passage from Heart of Darkness, which I enjoyed reading, I just wish it was in high school or college as opposed to junior high so I would remember it better. She makes excellent points
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So they have the authority to bring Garcia back for a fair trial…AND…there’s no “white genocide” in South Africa 🇿🇦 🤔 Interesting
June 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
So they have the authority to bring Garcia back for a fair trial…AND…there’s no “white genocide” in South Africa 🇿🇦 🤔 Interesting
This is accurate, a lot of them are in southern MN, including where I live, many of these people are disillusioned by the 2-party system and the failure of neoliberal economics, and many of them bore the cost of losing loved ones to forever wars
More than 200 counties voted for Obama twice and then voted for Trump, who has since increased his margins among working class people of color — and yet liberals somehow still argue that Dems lose elections mostly because of racism, not because they suck. ballotpedia.org/Pivot_Counti...
Pivot Counties: The counties that voted Obama-Obama-Trump from 2008-2016
Ballotpedia: The Encyclopedia of American Politics
ballotpedia.org
June 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This is accurate, a lot of them are in southern MN, including where I live, many of these people are disillusioned by the 2-party system and the failure of neoliberal economics, and many of them bore the cost of losing loved ones to forever wars
This is why we need to be anti-capitalist and not just reforming capitalism
June 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This is why we need to be anti-capitalist and not just reforming capitalism
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Happy Pride Month to everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community, let’s strive to build a world where they are treated equally and we honor the militant struggle they engaged in for their civil rights! #PrideMonth
June 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Happy Pride Month to everyone in the LGBTQIA+ community, let’s strive to build a world where they are treated equally and we honor the militant struggle they engaged in for their civil rights! #PrideMonth
Black people endured racism beyond Jim Crow in the 19th and into the 20th centuries
A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.
Skulls once subject to racist study in Germany are laid to rest in New Orleans
A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.
n.pr
June 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Black people endured racism beyond Jim Crow in the 19th and into the 20th centuries
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You know what absolutely IS illegal?
Israel establishing TWENTY TWO new settlements in the West Bank.
They're doing genocide there, too.
Israel establishing TWENTY TWO new settlements in the West Bank.
They're doing genocide there, too.
May 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
You know what absolutely IS illegal?
Israel establishing TWENTY TWO new settlements in the West Bank.
They're doing genocide there, too.
Israel establishing TWENTY TWO new settlements in the West Bank.
They're doing genocide there, too.
I’m tough on Walz at times, because I want him to be the best he can be (for example, he didn’t call Mayo’s bluff a couple years ago and he stepped in to sort of protect Uber and Lyft), but objectively, he’s a top 5 governor in this country at the moment
In addition to taking a swipe at Susan Collins, Tim Walz laid out a roadmap for Dems to regain control by...
...running on a bold set of policies:
youtu.be/MvWGS7zzPcM
...running on a bold set of policies:
youtu.be/MvWGS7zzPcM
Walz UNLOADS On Trump In This DEVASTATING Clip
YouTube video by The Insurgents News
youtu.be
May 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I’m tough on Walz at times, because I want him to be the best he can be (for example, he didn’t call Mayo’s bluff a couple years ago and he stepped in to sort of protect Uber and Lyft), but objectively, he’s a top 5 governor in this country at the moment
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“Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another."
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
May 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
“Nonviolence is absolute commitment to the way of love. Love is not emotional bash; it is not empty sentimentalism. It is the active outpouring of one's whole being into the being of another."
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
So much truth to this
You simply cannot give Israel sympathy. For anything. Ever. No matter what happens. Israel uses any sympathy it's given as a weapon to justify murdering people. If someone uses something as a weapon to hurt people, it's immoral to keep handing them weapons. You must disarm them.
May 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
So much truth to this
This is gonna get a lot of people killed
The FDA will permit Covid vaccines only for adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, according to new regulatory standards.
F.D.A. Poised to Restrict Access to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is gonna get a lot of people killed
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You can’t fight fascism without disability justice. Fascism creates more disability, which then sees us as replaceable and our deaths as excusable. You can’t fight for humanity without fighting for disabled people.
May 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
You can’t fight fascism without disability justice. Fascism creates more disability, which then sees us as replaceable and our deaths as excusable. You can’t fight for humanity without fighting for disabled people.