V. G.
@valeriegrabiel.bsky.social
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Literally all they've got any more is KKK-style nativism, directed specifically at Latinos. Every single GOP message collapses back to this. They've become the Klan
Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."
October 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Literally all they've got any more is KKK-style nativism, directed specifically at Latinos. Every single GOP message collapses back to this. They've become the Klan
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Lies, lies, and more lies. Trump's sham climate report is nothing more than a work of fiction. Shame on this administration's refusal to tell the truth to Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...
Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report
www.nytimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Lies, lies, and more lies. Trump's sham climate report is nothing more than a work of fiction. Shame on this administration's refusal to tell the truth to Americans.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...
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Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
September 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Concern over low birth rates was what the theocracy in Margaret Atwood’s Handmaid’s Tale used to come to power.
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I have long advocated that the ability to manage one's own body, including making decisions as to what substances to ingest, is a key pillar of liberty. Denying people access to vaccines and other substances is an immoral denial of liberty and dignity. IMHO
September 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I have long advocated that the ability to manage one's own body, including making decisions as to what substances to ingest, is a key pillar of liberty. Denying people access to vaccines and other substances is an immoral denial of liberty and dignity. IMHO
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Every resident of Maine showed up for the guy running to unseat Susan Collins
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
September 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Every resident of Maine showed up for the guy running to unseat Susan Collins
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We should be doing what Japan and Denmark are doing, but instead we're killing every "green" energy program we can. Which means we're even LESS competitive on the world stage.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant – so what is it and how does it work?
The site in Fukuoka is only the second power plant of its type in the world, harnessing the power of osmosis to run a desalination plant in the city
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
We should be doing what Japan and Denmark are doing, but instead we're killing every "green" energy program we can. Which means we're even LESS competitive on the world stage.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker
August 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
“This is about the President of the United States and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.” – Gov. J.B. Pritzker
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These two a friends. Period. End of story.
I’ve covered a variety of summits. And I know what admiration looks like.
That’s the end of the world order as we knew it. A sad day for everyone.
I’ve covered a variety of summits. And I know what admiration looks like.
That’s the end of the world order as we knew it. A sad day for everyone.
August 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
These two a friends. Period. End of story.
I’ve covered a variety of summits. And I know what admiration looks like.
That’s the end of the world order as we knew it. A sad day for everyone.
I’ve covered a variety of summits. And I know what admiration looks like.
That’s the end of the world order as we knew it. A sad day for everyone.
@jtkantor.bsky.social im visiting from Oregon and loving this! If you can't do "give it all you got" maybe give us "rise" by herb alpert in honor of mangione
July 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
@jtkantor.bsky.social im visiting from Oregon and loving this! If you can't do "give it all you got" maybe give us "rise" by herb alpert in honor of mangione
jtkantor.bsky.social love the chuck mangione "feels so good"!!! Can I make a request for another mangione..."give it all you got". Go Sox!!!
Josh Kantor (@jtkantor.bsky.social)
Organist for Boston Red Sox games at Fenway Park. I also do a bunch of other music stuff.
jtkantor.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
jtkantor.bsky.social love the chuck mangione "feels so good"!!! Can I make a request for another mangione..."give it all you got". Go Sox!!!
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Mamdani: "I've already had to start get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, ultimately bc he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for. I'm fighting for the the very working people he ran a campaign to empower that he has since betrayed."
June 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mamdani: "I've already had to start get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, ultimately bc he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for. I'm fighting for the the very working people he ran a campaign to empower that he has since betrayed."
The man literally has a book written about him titled: Hatemonger
June 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The man literally has a book written about him titled: Hatemonger
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Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Rep. Julie Johnson to Noem: "Are you aware that ICE agent jackets are available on Etsy for $20? Anybody can throw a mask on and run around and terrorize people of color without any regard for the law because your agency does not have proper protocols to make sure your agents are clearly identified"
This.
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This.
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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First off, what the heck is that even supposed to mean? It's just smashing together two unrelated things.
Second, this stuff is insulting to Ms. Riley's memory. Mr. Abrego's case has nothing to do with her, why invoke her name except to use it as a weapon; an emotional cudgel.
Second, this stuff is insulting to Ms. Riley's memory. Mr. Abrego's case has nothing to do with her, why invoke her name except to use it as a weapon; an emotional cudgel.
Homan on Abrego Garcia: "He got more due process than Laken Riley got."
April 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
First off, what the heck is that even supposed to mean? It's just smashing together two unrelated things.
Second, this stuff is insulting to Ms. Riley's memory. Mr. Abrego's case has nothing to do with her, why invoke her name except to use it as a weapon; an emotional cudgel.
Second, this stuff is insulting to Ms. Riley's memory. Mr. Abrego's case has nothing to do with her, why invoke her name except to use it as a weapon; an emotional cudgel.
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Really need journalists to push back on this bullshit. When they say this, just ask them point blank: "Are you saying that because one Latino man committed a murder, another Latino man deserves a life sentence? Do you think all Latino men interchangeable?"
Homan on Abrego Garcia: "He got more due process than Laken Riley got."
April 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Really need journalists to push back on this bullshit. When they say this, just ask them point blank: "Are you saying that because one Latino man committed a murder, another Latino man deserves a life sentence? Do you think all Latino men interchangeable?"
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Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
U.S. says it is now monitoring immigrants' social media for antisemitism
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
www.npr.org
April 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.
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"Do you want a good government or a country that's in ruins?"
This interview was too good not to share in its entirety. So meet Grant, a 15-year-old student from Princeton, New Jersey, who spoke to our reporter at the #HandsOff rally there.
He has some thoughts.
This interview was too good not to share in its entirety. So meet Grant, a 15-year-old student from Princeton, New Jersey, who spoke to our reporter at the #HandsOff rally there.
He has some thoughts.
April 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Do you want a good government or a country that's in ruins?"
This interview was too good not to share in its entirety. So meet Grant, a 15-year-old student from Princeton, New Jersey, who spoke to our reporter at the #HandsOff rally there.
He has some thoughts.
This interview was too good not to share in its entirety. So meet Grant, a 15-year-old student from Princeton, New Jersey, who spoke to our reporter at the #HandsOff rally there.
He has some thoughts.
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This is a phenomenal list of specific, actionable things you can do right now. Pick one and start there--I guarantee it will feel better than doing nothing. 👇
The Egyptian pro-democracy activist Wael Ghonim said,
"The power of the people is greater than the people in power."
This is a checklist of things you can do, probably should do, resources, ideas, ways to move forward.
“I just don’t know what to do!!” shouldn’t be something you say now.
Here:
"The power of the people is greater than the people in power."
This is a checklist of things you can do, probably should do, resources, ideas, ways to move forward.
“I just don’t know what to do!!” shouldn’t be something you say now.
Here:
THE GOOD TROUBLE CHECKLIST
keep all your shenanigans in one place
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This is a phenomenal list of specific, actionable things you can do right now. Pick one and start there--I guarantee it will feel better than doing nothing. 👇
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California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
April 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas): "there are currently more kids with measles in Texas than there are transgender athletes in the NCAA. That's the epidemic we should all be worried about."
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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
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Forget that the deportation was illegal, or that habeas corpus rights were ignored.
The U.S. government asserting it can't get the dude back from our new best buds in El Salvador is some ultra weak shit.
The U.S. government asserting it can't get the dude back from our new best buds in El Salvador is some ultra weak shit.
April 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Forget that the deportation was illegal, or that habeas corpus rights were ignored.
The U.S. government asserting it can't get the dude back from our new best buds in El Salvador is some ultra weak shit.
The U.S. government asserting it can't get the dude back from our new best buds in El Salvador is some ultra weak shit.
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Tonight, between Booker and the Florida results, is a night to remember that the unraveling of American democracy is not inevitable. Trumpism’s vision for the future is not inevitable. We have a voice—and a vote too.
April 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Tonight, between Booker and the Florida results, is a night to remember that the unraveling of American democracy is not inevitable. Trumpism’s vision for the future is not inevitable. We have a voice—and a vote too.
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If you were a halfway decent human being and you knew an innocent man was rotting in foreign prison—likely suffering nightmarish conditions—because your administration screwed up and send him there, you’d do something about it immediately instead of shitposting lies all day.
April 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you were a halfway decent human being and you knew an innocent man was rotting in foreign prison—likely suffering nightmarish conditions—because your administration screwed up and send him there, you’d do something about it immediately instead of shitposting lies all day.