Velvet von Black
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Velvet von Black
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Scum sucking racist assholes.
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citizenship during immigration raids since Wednesday, according to Navajo Nation officials.
Navajo Nation leaders raise alarm over reports of Indigenous people being questioned and detained during immigration sweeps | CNN
At least 15 Indigenous people in Arizona and New Mexico have reported being stopped at their homes and workplaces, questioned or detained by federal law enforcement and asked to produce proof of citiz...
www.cnn.com
January 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.
Caroline Kennedy calls her cousin, RFK, Jr., a "predator" ahead of his confirmation hearings
In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Today is a solemn day of remembrance for the millions murdered in the Holocaust.
 
On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we look to our history as a warning against the dangers of antisemitism and intolerance and honor the promise: never again.
January 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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The flip side says “teach critical race theory.”

Standing ovation from all the adoptees in America raised by white Christian nationalists and denied our birth certificates. We get it. 🥚

#MLKDay march, Sacramento CA
January 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It's not that difficult to understand, some people are just that stupid.
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
As a staunch advocate of the American Library Association and a former library sciences major, I couldn't agree more!
We are about to enter an era of extreme and dangerous culture war in the United States. How do we protect our communities and work toward a cultural ceasefire? In this piece I wrote a couple months ago, I offer one possible path. wapo.st/40q1BDn
Opinion | Libraries can help end the culture wars. That’s why they’re under fire.
Nothing threatens authoritarianism like a free, quiet place to absorb a full range of information.
wapo.st
January 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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ABC White House correspondent just released ANOTHER anti-trans EO expected that we did not cover in our piece this morning:

A federal ban on funding to programs that acknowledge and affirm transgender people.
January 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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The only song I'm listening to all day. *stares at empty wall*
Body Count - No Lives Matter (official video)
YouTube video by bodycountVEVO
www.youtube.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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T-minus 4 hours until the end of democracy and freedom.
January 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Why is it that a startling amount of Americans think that nothing can exist without Americans? TikTok kept on tiking and toking while it was unavailable to US users. It's a very ignorant way of thinking, especially when people do it on the WORLD wide web. 🙄🙄
January 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Friends who have been here longer than me, does everyone get followed by people with OF info in their bio or am I special?
January 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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A new Indiana bill would require victims of rape to present doctors with a signed affidavit attesting to the truth of their assault in order to receive an abortion under the state's rape or incest abortion exception.
Indiana Bill Would Require Rape Victims to Sign Affidavit to Get an Abortion
Doctors say this will retraumatize sexual assault survivors
meidasnews.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Statement on National Security Staff Firings: Trump Implementing the "Vindman Rule"

President Trump’s NSA, Mike Waltz, announced a sweeping directive to terminate all national security staffers loaned from other departments and agencies who serve in apolitical, non-partisan senior staff roles.
January 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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The older you get the less it's like "falling down" and the more it's like "getting hit with a planet".
January 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Alright friends, bear with me, I'm probably going to fuck this up a bit, I'M LEARNING!
January 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM