Virginia B
@thrice-virginia-v6.bsky.social
Former #expat 🇫🇷. Bilingual, #nonviolence, #progressive, #data nerd. Love #JohnLewis. Currently in gradschool. Empty nester, 🩰-mom emeritus. Struggling w/ ‘16 & ‘24 election results. Hoping honest politicians reconnect w/ real people. Read 📖s. Kill your 📺.
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Let me say this clearly. The tariffs are a money grab. Less money in the hands of the American people due to the new 25% tax on goods. More money to distribute to his cronies in the form of tax cuts.
See how it works?
See how it works?
January 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Let me say this clearly. The tariffs are a money grab. Less money in the hands of the American people due to the new 25% tax on goods. More money to distribute to his cronies in the form of tax cuts.
See how it works?
See how it works?
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Not today, Satan
January 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Not today, Satan
January 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Sen. Joni Ernst could've torpedoed Hegseth's nomination for defense secretary. She's a military veteran and survivor of sexual assault. Hegseth was credibly accused of abuse of women, including rape.
Joni Ernst's "yes" vote will make women less likely to come forward. She voted for sexual assault.
Joni Ernst's "yes" vote will make women less likely to come forward. She voted for sexual assault.
January 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sen. Joni Ernst could've torpedoed Hegseth's nomination for defense secretary. She's a military veteran and survivor of sexual assault. Hegseth was credibly accused of abuse of women, including rape.
Joni Ernst's "yes" vote will make women less likely to come forward. She voted for sexual assault.
Joni Ernst's "yes" vote will make women less likely to come forward. She voted for sexual assault.
Logged back on to Instagram today to a barrage of terrible posts. I guess I’d been pacing myself; social media is a glut.
Here’s my take on what’s happening: *this was inevitable*. Not Trump, per se, but this slide to the religious right. I’m a survivor of that upbringing, so I can tell you…
Here’s my take on what’s happening: *this was inevitable*. Not Trump, per se, but this slide to the religious right. I’m a survivor of that upbringing, so I can tell you…
January 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Logged back on to Instagram today to a barrage of terrible posts. I guess I’d been pacing myself; social media is a glut.
Here’s my take on what’s happening: *this was inevitable*. Not Trump, per se, but this slide to the religious right. I’m a survivor of that upbringing, so I can tell you…
Here’s my take on what’s happening: *this was inevitable*. Not Trump, per se, but this slide to the religious right. I’m a survivor of that upbringing, so I can tell you…
Brilliant. 💯
January 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Brilliant. 💯
This feels major.
If they just start *doing* things… how many fires can we realistically put out without exhausting our resources??
I suppose that is the idea.
bsky.app/profile/pete...
If they just start *doing* things… how many fires can we realistically put out without exhausting our resources??
I suppose that is the idea.
bsky.app/profile/pete...
The White House Financial Disclosure page has been WIPED. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics mandates public financial disclosures for high-level federal officials through the OGE Form 278e promoting transparency and ensuring compliance with the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
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January 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This feels major.
If they just start *doing* things… how many fires can we realistically put out without exhausting our resources??
I suppose that is the idea.
bsky.app/profile/pete...
If they just start *doing* things… how many fires can we realistically put out without exhausting our resources??
I suppose that is the idea.
bsky.app/profile/pete...
I’d like to believe this is true…
I think some of the people around him are much “smarter” than he is and manipulating him, sometimes from the shadows. Bannon is the one that scares me the most.
bsky.app/profile/thea...
I think some of the people around him are much “smarter” than he is and manipulating him, sometimes from the shadows. Bannon is the one that scares me the most.
bsky.app/profile/thea...
Trump's inauguration "was a display of mastery, a sign that none will dare defy his wishes. But a leader surrounded by sycophants cannot receive the advice he needs to avoid catastrophic error,” Jonathan Chait writes:
Trump’s Second Term Might Have Already Peaked
As far as policy accomplishments are concerned, it could very well turn out to be as underwhelming as the first.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I’d like to believe this is true…
I think some of the people around him are much “smarter” than he is and manipulating him, sometimes from the shadows. Bannon is the one that scares me the most.
bsky.app/profile/thea...
I think some of the people around him are much “smarter” than he is and manipulating him, sometimes from the shadows. Bannon is the one that scares me the most.
bsky.app/profile/thea...
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“Make good trouble.”
~ John Lewis
~ John Lewis
January 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
“Make good trouble.”
~ John Lewis
~ John Lewis
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As best you can, ignore him.
January 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
As best you can, ignore him.
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Started the new year waking up with a sparrow singing outside my window.
There will be two futures one we cannot control, one we did not ask for, one that is part of a past that is ugly and hateful.
There will be two futures one we cannot control, one we did not ask for, one that is part of a past that is ugly and hateful.
January 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Started the new year waking up with a sparrow singing outside my window.
There will be two futures one we cannot control, one we did not ask for, one that is part of a past that is ugly and hateful.
There will be two futures one we cannot control, one we did not ask for, one that is part of a past that is ugly and hateful.
January 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
When it feels like power isn’t listening… maybe it’s not power she was actually addressing. Maybe she was speaking to US, reminding US to preserve our humanity, to love each other...
Everywhere I see the capitulation... We need to stay in love, seek #justice, some #goodtrouble... #resist
Everywhere I see the capitulation... We need to stay in love, seek #justice, some #goodtrouble... #resist
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is a perfect role model for all of us. #Resist
January 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
When it feels like power isn’t listening… maybe it’s not power she was actually addressing. Maybe she was speaking to US, reminding US to preserve our humanity, to love each other...
Everywhere I see the capitulation... We need to stay in love, seek #justice, some #goodtrouble... #resist
Everywhere I see the capitulation... We need to stay in love, seek #justice, some #goodtrouble... #resist
This hits very close to home…
We are heading into a darker period for many… including women. How far will they go? How far will we let them go? 💔
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
We are heading into a darker period for many… including women. How far will they go? How far will we let them go? 💔
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Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law made a sworn statement to senators that the secretary of defense nominee was abusive toward his second wife. nyti.ms/4hol9z8
January 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This hits very close to home…
We are heading into a darker period for many… including women. How far will they go? How far will we let them go? 💔
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
We are heading into a darker period for many… including women. How far will they go? How far will we let them go? 💔
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
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Can you imagine the courage it took to preach this message directly to the president? This is what a follower of Jesus looks like. (Partial transcript below.)
1.21.25 Homily by The Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
YouTube video by Washington National Cathedral
youtu.be
January 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Can you imagine the courage it took to preach this message directly to the president? This is what a follower of Jesus looks like. (Partial transcript below.)
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Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.
Each defendant assaulted him.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
(1/3)
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.
With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.
You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.
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There isn’t one English word to sum up what I feel about the downward slide we’re witnessing in our humanity: horrific, revolting, terrifying, demoralizing… bullies, scared-children, base, shameful, primitive… #darwinian
Pete Hegseth has promised to bring warrior culture back to the Department of Defense. “Warriors are people who exult in killing” and “who obsess about honor,” Eliot A. Cohen writes. “Soldiers are different. They are servants of the state.”
The U.S. Needs Soldiers, Not Warriors
Pete Hegseth has vowed to bring a warrior culture back to the Department of Defense. It’s a terrible idea.
www.theatlantic.com
January 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
There isn’t one English word to sum up what I feel about the downward slide we’re witnessing in our humanity: horrific, revolting, terrifying, demoralizing… bullies, scared-children, base, shameful, primitive… #darwinian
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To my friends who have recently left Meta: I just remembered WhatsApp is a Meta tool! Zapping it today. Signal and Telegram are suggested as alternatives.
Any feedback on which is preferable?
Any feedback on which is preferable?
January 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Unapologetically posting a photo of my cat. Her name is Penny Lane and she was an emergency surrender from a domestic violence situation. More on that later, but she and I are healing together. #companion #singlecatlady
January 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Unapologetically posting a photo of my cat. Her name is Penny Lane and she was an emergency surrender from a domestic violence situation. More on that later, but she and I are healing together. #companion #singlecatlady