Virginia B.
@vbe-banshee.bsky.social
Former federal prosecutor, health care lawyer, & compliance expert. Artist. Believer in the rule of law. Hopeful that justice will prevail.
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But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
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Many feel betrayal and frustration, and the feelings are hot right now.
I get it. I have my own feelings.
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I get it. I have my own feelings.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Many feel betrayal and frustration, and the feelings are hot right now.
I get it. I have my own feelings.
🧵
I get it. I have my own feelings.
🧵
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Whoop, Whoop
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Whoop, Whoop
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Tapper: You sell trump kneepads—
Newsom: Signature series. Sold out at the moment. Because people have sold out and because universities have been selling out, because law firms have been selling out, because corporate leaders have been selling out, people are selling out this country.
Newsom: Signature series. Sold out at the moment. Because people have sold out and because universities have been selling out, because law firms have been selling out, because corporate leaders have been selling out, people are selling out this country.
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Tapper: You sell trump kneepads—
Newsom: Signature series. Sold out at the moment. Because people have sold out and because universities have been selling out, because law firms have been selling out, because corporate leaders have been selling out, people are selling out this country.
Newsom: Signature series. Sold out at the moment. Because people have sold out and because universities have been selling out, because law firms have been selling out, because corporate leaders have been selling out, people are selling out this country.
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"It’s an indictment of mainstream media that this process keeps getting worse. There’s no learning curve. The operating principle seems to be: MAGA Republicans have lied to us for a decade, but we have to pretend they might be telling the truth this one time."
www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-news-c...
www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-news-c...
How news coverage eases us into tyranny
When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us
www.stopthepresses.news
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"It’s an indictment of mainstream media that this process keeps getting worse. There’s no learning curve. The operating principle seems to be: MAGA Republicans have lied to us for a decade, but we have to pretend they might be telling the truth this one time."
www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-news-c...
www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-news-c...
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Chris Jansing: Do you support him as leader going forward?
Mark Kelly: The Senate found ourselves in a situation we haven't been in before.
Jansing: Given two opportunities you didn't voice support for Schumer -
Kelly: Schumer and leadership are dealing with an incredibly complex situation.
Mark Kelly: The Senate found ourselves in a situation we haven't been in before.
Jansing: Given two opportunities you didn't voice support for Schumer -
Kelly: Schumer and leadership are dealing with an incredibly complex situation.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Chris Jansing: Do you support him as leader going forward?
Mark Kelly: The Senate found ourselves in a situation we haven't been in before.
Jansing: Given two opportunities you didn't voice support for Schumer -
Kelly: Schumer and leadership are dealing with an incredibly complex situation.
Mark Kelly: The Senate found ourselves in a situation we haven't been in before.
Jansing: Given two opportunities you didn't voice support for Schumer -
Kelly: Schumer and leadership are dealing with an incredibly complex situation.
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My husband planned to retire in December. I'm not eligible for Medicare until Aug so I planned to get an Obamacare policy. I found one in Oct that was $800/month. Now it's $2000/month.
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
My husband planned to retire in December. I'm not eligible for Medicare until Aug so I planned to get an Obamacare policy. I found one in Oct that was $800/month. Now it's $2000/month.
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
So now my husband isn't going to retire. I hate Trump & GOP so much.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"We’re done waiting for Dems to find their spine. We can’t afford a weak & cowardly Democratic Party while the authoritarians invade our cities, terrorize our communities, & threaten our democracy. We get the party we demand, & we intend to demand a Democratic Party that fights.” — @indivisible.org
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Let's review, shall we?
Republicans are taking the blame for the shutdown.
We cremated them on Tuesday.
ACA has never been more popular.
Rs own the famine by ending SNAP
EVERYONE wants the #EpsteinFiles released.
But it's the Dems that have to go groveling for a deal to end the shutdown?
Republicans are taking the blame for the shutdown.
We cremated them on Tuesday.
ACA has never been more popular.
Rs own the famine by ending SNAP
EVERYONE wants the #EpsteinFiles released.
But it's the Dems that have to go groveling for a deal to end the shutdown?
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Let's review, shall we?
Republicans are taking the blame for the shutdown.
We cremated them on Tuesday.
ACA has never been more popular.
Rs own the famine by ending SNAP
EVERYONE wants the #EpsteinFiles released.
But it's the Dems that have to go groveling for a deal to end the shutdown?
Republicans are taking the blame for the shutdown.
We cremated them on Tuesday.
ACA has never been more popular.
Rs own the famine by ending SNAP
EVERYONE wants the #EpsteinFiles released.
But it's the Dems that have to go groveling for a deal to end the shutdown?
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And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
And I'll say it again:
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
If we had believed children and women, none of this would be happening.
He'd be in jail, and she'd be President.
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Every viable fetus must be brought to term so they can be pepper-sprayed by stormtroopers.
A baby was pepper-sprayed by CPB here in Chicago this weekend. A BABY. DHS says it never happened but here's the video evidence. It shows: "a masked, helmeted man pointing a pepper-spray gun through his open window and firing into the car."
youtu.be/vfChp4E_bzk?...
youtu.be/vfChp4E_bzk?...
Pepper-sprayed Berwyn family rattled after getting caught up in federal ‘blitz’
YouTube video by Chicago Tribune
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November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Every viable fetus must be brought to term so they can be pepper-sprayed by stormtroopers.
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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
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#Resisters
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November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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The man who called out war dead "suckers and losers" is indeed pure trash, and the fact that pretends to support the military is the most disgraceful thing ever.
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The man who called out war dead "suckers and losers" is indeed pure trash, and the fact that pretends to support the military is the most disgraceful thing ever.
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Pathetic. This isn’t a deal. It’s a surrender. Don’t bend the knee!
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Pathetic. This isn’t a deal. It’s a surrender. Don’t bend the knee!
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@schumer.senate.gov
DO NOT CAVE & BETRAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE !!
The ACA subsidies MUST be restored. SNAP must be restored.
Nothing else is acceptable.
DO NOT CAVE & BETRAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE !!
The ACA subsidies MUST be restored. SNAP must be restored.
Nothing else is acceptable.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
@schumer.senate.gov
DO NOT CAVE & BETRAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE !!
The ACA subsidies MUST be restored. SNAP must be restored.
Nothing else is acceptable.
DO NOT CAVE & BETRAY THE AMERICAN PEOPLE !!
The ACA subsidies MUST be restored. SNAP must be restored.
Nothing else is acceptable.
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Tim Kaine is a fucking coward. There is no excuse to support a deal that gives Dems nothing but a promise of a vote on healthcare.
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Tim Kaine is a fucking coward. There is no excuse to support a deal that gives Dems nothing but a promise of a vote on healthcare.
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IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT THE HELL WAS THE POINT OF THE SHUTDOWN @schumer.senate.gov
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
November 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT THE HELL WAS THE POINT OF THE SHUTDOWN @schumer.senate.gov
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
A "PROMISE OF A VOTE ON HEALTHCARE" MEANS THAT PEOPLE WILL LOSE THEIR HEALTHCARE
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If these ten collaborators follow through on this, and all we get out of this are empty promises from a morally bankrupt party, I will make it my life goal to see that every single one of these guys are serving in the last term of this or any other elected position. Every. Damn. One.
Americans can’t afford this deal.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If these ten collaborators follow through on this, and all we get out of this are empty promises from a morally bankrupt party, I will make it my life goal to see that every single one of these guys are serving in the last term of this or any other elected position. Every. Damn. One.
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Americans can’t afford this deal.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Americans can’t afford this deal.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
Democrats can fight AND win — just like we did in our budget battle in Michigan.
A promise isn’t a deal. Don’t settle.
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Are you fucking kidding- vote to cave NOW???
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Are you fucking kidding- vote to cave NOW???
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They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) — One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet. And a fourth was a down-on-his-luck bus driver.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
They weren't terrorists. They weren't cartel members. They had no fentanyl. And they weren't coming here.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
They were transporting cocaine. To Trinidad.
Most importantly, they were human beings.
And they were murdered.
By the government of the United States of America.
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“When the raids hit, and I see my community out en masse, I feel myself transformed by the bravery, innovation and determination of my neighbors to keep each other safe and defend our shared belonging.”
I love Chicago.
I love Chicago.
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“When the raids hit, and I see my community out en masse, I feel myself transformed by the bravery, innovation and determination of my neighbors to keep each other safe and defend our shared belonging.”
I love Chicago.
I love Chicago.
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What is 34-felon going to do next... send ICE to break down your door & impound the carrots in frig fridge?
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Not one Republican will ever get elected again!
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Not one Republican will ever get elected again!
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
USDA orders states to stop issuing full SNAP benefits and “undo” benefits sent for November
The record-long government shutdown is affecting air travel and food stamp benefits. Follow here for the latest news updates.
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
What is 34-felon going to do next... send ICE to break down your door & impound the carrots in frig fridge?
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Not one Republican will ever get elected again!
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Not one Republican will ever get elected again!
www.cnn.com/politics/liv...