Valerie LaRobardier
valarobardier.bsky.social
Valerie LaRobardier
@valarobardier.bsky.social
Professional genealogist and local historian. Tribal genealogist and member of Schaghticoke First Nations, as Valerie Wohsumonk Mbei Kesos LaRobardier.
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VanMetter went to the office first thing in the morning and told the security guard, “Hi, I’m dead.”

“Another one,” he recalled the guard saying.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
When government thinks you’re dead, it upends lives. DOGE may make it worse.
Elon Musk’s team has moved millions of Social Security numbers into the agency’s deaths database, potentially raising the risk of errors.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Great local coverage from WFMJ on Tim Walz's huge event in Republican Congressman Mike Rulli's district in Youngstown Ohio last night:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH6a...
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz Holds Town Hall
YouTube video by WFMJ
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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here's the incredible interview that @chrislhayes.bsky.social did tonight with the woman who was just fired as the pardon attorney at DOJ, liz oyer.

really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
'So frightening': DOJ official fired over Mel Gibson gun rights request speaks out
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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US protestors waved the largest Ukrainian flag in the world in D.C. #3E #USprotests #EndImpunity
March 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org I am extremely concerned about the firing of JAG heads, what it could mean for our national security, and that it clears the way for the administration to ignore the rule of law.
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
5calls.org
February 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Thanks to George Conway for posting Caroline Kennedy's letter so everyone is informed about RFK Jr. Please repost far and wide.
January 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin
January 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Sounds like the Hegseth vote is going to be close, so tomorrow morning would be a really good time to call your senators and ask them to vote against someone so reprehensible and unqualified. Ask them to please put the good of the country ahead of the desire of Donald Trump.
January 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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NIE WIEDER
(Never again)
January 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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A copy of the DOJ memo
January 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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when did a president START with less than 50% approval?
January 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Under Trump, it will be legal to bribe politicians again, the revolving door of Washington will continue to swing, and calls to “drain the swamp” will fade into nothing more than a dull murmur.
Trump Just Made Bribing Politicians Legal Again
Donald Trump issued an executive order regarding receiving gifts from lobbyists.
newrepublic.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM