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C. Vargas McPherson
@vargasmcpherson.bsky.social
author — Inheriting Our Names: a memoir of Spain’s Pact of Forgetting
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“Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling.”
~ Spanish Philosopher, Miguel de Unamuno
Thank you to Lisa Wolf and others who nudged me to make testimony! I’m so dang proud of #PortlandOregon
October 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Leveling up and unlocking new characters! Onward through the fog!
October 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s a beautiful day to find our way through the corn maze and get to “Human Rights For All” at Bella Farms in Sauvie Island!
October 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is me under my personal page
Thanks to Jeff for sharing my middle of the night musings. I’m still new to BlueSky and appreciate those who can navigate!
This heartfelt and meaningful statement by Portland resident and author Cristina Breshears on another social media platform bears reposting here. I don't think the intent is to idealize Portland but to remind all of us what is important and why. (Posted here with permission.)
October 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening.

People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book.

Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"
February 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Is this what they meant by peak government efficiency?
February 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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He’s not making up: news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

Is this really what y’all voted for? 🫤 💰
February 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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The AP must refuse this but more importantly the rest of the White House Correspondents Association should back them.

Boycott the press briefings until they relent, and if they refuse, walk out. There is no real use to them in any case.

Trump craves attention. Deny him that and he’ll cave.
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office."
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
AP statement on Oval Office access | The Associated Press
The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs
www.ap.org
February 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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We could’ve had Tim 😭
February 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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NEW: A federal judge has blocked Trump's executive order requiring transgender women to be housed in male prisons. Another victory in the courts!
February 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
“Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling.”
~ Spanish Philosopher, Miguel de Unamuno
January 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Now more than ever.
January 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
January 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." Dr. Martin Luther King, jr.

(trying)
January 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM