Veronica Schnidrig
veronicaesq.bsky.social
Veronica Schnidrig
@veronicaesq.bsky.social
Inactive lawyer, life-long Portlander, love animals and dancing, concerned for the environment, . . . more to come

If you are afraid of trees blowing/falling down, do not come here and cut them down. Stay wherever you are.
I may be permanently off FB. This video selfie thing is too much and I cannot get back in.
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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This is an uninterrupted minute of Maruay the rescued tiger with his beloved ball..🥰😇 #bluesky
July 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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ICE arrests during the Trump administration have been catching a smaller share of criminals overall, and a smaller share of people convicted of violent and drug crimes, than the Biden administration did in the same time frame.

Via @stateline.or
Fewer than half of ICE arrests under Trump are convicted criminals | Arkansas Advocate
The Trump administration’s immigration arrests have been catching a smaller share of criminals overall, and a smaller share of people convicted of violent and drug crimes, than the Biden…
buff.ly
July 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The thrill of buying a politician never gets old.
NEW: In 2023, libertarian billionaire Peter Thiel vowed not to support political candidates in 2024, inc. Trump. But with his company Palantir raking in big money from Trump 2.0 & with Democrats threatening investigations, Thiel is back to bankrolling the GOP.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
As Palantir cashes in on Trump 2.0, Peter Thiel is bankrolling Republicans again
The quirky Silicon Valley billionaire's priority: retaining GOP control of the House.
www.motherjones.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Apparently Tesla isn't selling any cars which also means it's not selling carbon credits. It made 2.7 billion in carbon credits last year. Carbon credits is largely what has kept the company afloat
Tesla's Sales Are Falling So Much That the Cash It Rakes in for Carbon Credits Is Under Threat
An important source of carbon credit revenue could quickly dry up for Tesla. And the pressure is on, experts warn.
futurism.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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"Many federal resources that were commonly available are no longer viewable online...This guide provides alternate links to those sources as they are identified. In instances where alternate links to missing data cannot be provided, links to similar resources are."
libguides.wcsu.edu/c.php?g=1450...
Guides: Alternative Sources for Government Information: Home
Guides: Alternative Sources for Government Information: Home
libguides.wcsu.edu
March 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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In college, Laura Ingraham went to a Gay Students meeting. The next day, she published the names of everyone in attendance in the school newspaper, at a time when being outed was dangerous.

So, yeah, appointing a menace to gay people is a GREAT selection to lead our nation's [checks notes] arts.
March 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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For those outside Ukraine. The nightly attacks intensified simultaneously with Trump's pressure on Ukraine. I do not know whether the United States and russia agree on their actions, but such synchronicity leads to such conclusions.
#UkrainianView
March 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I'll be getting lacewing eggs tomorrow.

"What is the predator of lace bugs?
Natural enemies of lace bugs include parasitic wasps, predatory assassin bugs, lacewing larvae, lady beetles, jumping spiders, pirate bugs, and mites."
March 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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IT’S WORKING!!!! KEEP SHOWING UP, MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD!!!
March 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Per @rwpusa.bsky.social on another platform:

"Attention DOGE: When you mess around in the Treasury Department's records and payment systems, remember that since 1789, self dealing and conflicts of interest at the Treasury Department have been a criminal offense. See Section 8."
Act of Congress Establishing the Treasury Department
Chapter XII. An Act to Establish the Treasury Department. (a) Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there shal...
home.treasury.gov
March 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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"NO KINGS LIVE HERE"
March 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This was taken down on FB and the woman's profile deactivated (I understand she is appealing).
January 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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'The only dissenting voice to Donald Trump came from a woman, Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal bishop of Washington'
'The only dissenting voice to Donald Trump came from a woman, Mariann Edgar Budde, Episcopal bishop of Washington'
'This woman's intervention and her courage are a ray of hope in the face of the merciless world on which Trump wants to refound America,' wrote theologians Sylvaine Landrivon and Anne Soupa in this op-ed.
www.lemonde.fr
January 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Everyone was warned about this, and it’s happening just as we feared.
January 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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January 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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January 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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The CEO of the ASPCA, Matt
Bershadker makes $1,000,000+ a year.

He's made more than $7,000,000 since becoming CEO.

If you want your donations to help innocent animals instead of millionaires, give to your *local* shelter.
January 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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January 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM