Valerie Schmidt
@valeriefalmouth.bsky.social
I continue to be utterly baffled how the President of the U.S. gets away with petulant disrespectful nasty behavior towards dignitaries, allies, reporters, etc. not to mention all the illegal activity. WTF? Where is the outrage from Repubs who would NEVER tolerate the same from a Dem leader?
May 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I continue to be utterly baffled how the President of the U.S. gets away with petulant disrespectful nasty behavior towards dignitaries, allies, reporters, etc. not to mention all the illegal activity. WTF? Where is the outrage from Repubs who would NEVER tolerate the same from a Dem leader?
Thank you @senangusking.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a great “Paul Revere” discussion that should have everyone paying attention
American Conversations: Senator Angus King (I-ME), on Paul Revere's Ride
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Thank you @senangusking.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a great “Paul Revere” discussion that should have everyone paying attention
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So… this was supposed to be about Paul Revere’s ride, but the Senator just unloaded about the Trump administration and its Republican enablers. Far more newsworthy than I expected. (You can probably see me shifting to “crap, this was not the interview I prepped!” but the result was memorable.)
April 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
So… this was supposed to be about Paul Revere’s ride, but the Senator just unloaded about the Trump administration and its Republican enablers. Far more newsworthy than I expected. (You can probably see me shifting to “crap, this was not the interview I prepped!” but the result was memorable.)
Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov for being a leader with guts. We don’t have enough of those right now…
April 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Thank you @vanhollen.senate.gov for being a leader with guts. We don’t have enough of those right now…
3 months of the Trump-Musk administration and the U.S. of A. is already FUBAR. Cannot imagine what it will look like in another 3 months…
April 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
3 months of the Trump-Musk administration and the U.S. of A. is already FUBAR. Cannot imagine what it will look like in another 3 months…
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UPDATE: Sen. Cory Booker has been speaking for more than 22 hours.
It's now the 2nd longest floor speech in the history of the Senate, according to MSNBC.
It's now the 2nd longest floor speech in the history of the Senate, according to MSNBC.
Sen. Cory Booker has been speaking on the Senate floor for more than 13 hours — taking aim at Trump, Musk, and America's 'moral moment'.
Just after hitting the 12-hour mark, Booker said, "I am standing here because of a national crisis that is growing."
Just after hitting the 12-hour mark, Booker said, "I am standing here because of a national crisis that is growing."
April 1, 2025 at 10:10 PM
UPDATE: Sen. Cory Booker has been speaking for more than 22 hours.
It's now the 2nd longest floor speech in the history of the Senate, according to MSNBC.
It's now the 2nd longest floor speech in the history of the Senate, according to MSNBC.
Our country is such a dumpster fire right now, I want to repost everything, the entire shite show that’s happening, but this platform is just an echo chamber so what’s the point?
March 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Our country is such a dumpster fire right now, I want to repost everything, the entire shite show that’s happening, but this platform is just an echo chamber so what’s the point?
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Here rn. Check the thread for updates
"🚨BREAKING🚨
On March 25th Tufts PhD grad worker Rumeysa Ozturk, a Fulbright scholar, was ambushed by ICE on her way to an Iftar dinner with friends ...first known abduction of a student activist in Boston. We must stand together against the deportation machine."
www.instagram.com/p/DHpqYVIgl3I/
On March 25th Tufts PhD grad worker Rumeysa Ozturk, a Fulbright scholar, was ambushed by ICE on her way to an Iftar dinner with friends ...first known abduction of a student activist in Boston. We must stand together against the deportation machine."
www.instagram.com/p/DHpqYVIgl3I/
March 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Here rn. Check the thread for updates
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The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.
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📢 SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, April 5.
Together with progressive partners, we’re planning a massive mobilization in the streets to translate the anger with Trump’s power grab into a nationwide show of defiance.
Find a Hands Off! event near you or plan one: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Together with progressive partners, we’re planning a massive mobilization in the streets to translate the anger with Trump’s power grab into a nationwide show of defiance.
Find a Hands Off! event near you or plan one: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
March 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
📢 SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, April 5.
Together with progressive partners, we’re planning a massive mobilization in the streets to translate the anger with Trump’s power grab into a nationwide show of defiance.
Find a Hands Off! event near you or plan one: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
Together with progressive partners, we’re planning a massive mobilization in the streets to translate the anger with Trump’s power grab into a nationwide show of defiance.
Find a Hands Off! event near you or plan one: handsoff2025.com?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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This is good advice we should all try to follow. Messaging is vital when you're battling an authoritarian government.
Call the tariffs the Trump Tax, always.
January 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is good advice we should all try to follow. Messaging is vital when you're battling an authoritarian government.
If you are still using Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and/or Threads, this is the Tom-fuckery you are supporting
January 29, 2025 at 11:17 PM
If you are still using Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and/or Threads, this is the Tom-fuckery you are supporting
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November 16, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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Apparently America First = Call on the Worst
Gaetz, Hegseth, Gabbard, RFK Jr., etc. - he’s draining the swamp right into his administration. These people can’t even pass basic FBI background checks to qualify for a security clearance, so they’re completely bypassing that process! What a shite show.
Gaetz, Hegseth, Gabbard, RFK Jr., etc. - he’s draining the swamp right into his administration. These people can’t even pass basic FBI background checks to qualify for a security clearance, so they’re completely bypassing that process! What a shite show.
November 16, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Apparently America First = Call on the Worst
Gaetz, Hegseth, Gabbard, RFK Jr., etc. - he’s draining the swamp right into his administration. These people can’t even pass basic FBI background checks to qualify for a security clearance, so they’re completely bypassing that process! What a shite show.
Gaetz, Hegseth, Gabbard, RFK Jr., etc. - he’s draining the swamp right into his administration. These people can’t even pass basic FBI background checks to qualify for a security clearance, so they’re completely bypassing that process! What a shite show.
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In Baghdad in 2008 some of the most squared away patrols I ever went on were lead by female MPs (another victory for the roy model #EconSky).
Women have been in combat jobs (formally / informally) for 20 years now and we still have the greatest military on earth. Why would anyone want to go back?
Women have been in combat jobs (formally / informally) for 20 years now and we still have the greatest military on earth. Why would anyone want to go back?
“Where do you think I lost my legs? In a bar fight?” Tammy Duckworth on CNN is not having this “no women in combat” thing from Sec of Defense pick and war crimes enthusiast Pete Hegseth
November 14, 2024 at 2:14 PM
In Baghdad in 2008 some of the most squared away patrols I ever went on were lead by female MPs (another victory for the roy model #EconSky).
Women have been in combat jobs (formally / informally) for 20 years now and we still have the greatest military on earth. Why would anyone want to go back?
Women have been in combat jobs (formally / informally) for 20 years now and we still have the greatest military on earth. Why would anyone want to go back?