vickilaessig
@vickilaessig.bsky.social
Grew up in Kansas City Missouri and currently live in Guadalajara México.
I recently moved to beautiful Mexico to escape the hate and division that’s destroying our nation.
I recently moved to beautiful Mexico to escape the hate and division that’s destroying our nation.
'Disgusting and depraved': White House flooded with backlash over new 'disturbing' video
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'Disgusting and depraved': White House flooded with backlash over new 'disturbing' video
On Tuesday, the White House social media accounts published a video of people in leg restraints and handcuffs being loaded onto a plane as part of a deportation operation. On the social media accounts...
www.rawstory.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
'Disgusting and depraved': White House flooded with backlash over new 'disturbing' video
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Beautiful, peaceful, wonderful, Mexico!
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Beautiful, peaceful, wonderful, Mexico!
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February 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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10% of NASA’s workforce has been laid off—guess that’ll be a boost for SpaceX.
February 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
10% of NASA’s workforce has been laid off—guess that’ll be a boost for SpaceX.
Things just keep getting scarier and scarier.
Curtis Yarvin’s Ideas Were Fringe. Now They’re Coursing Through Trump’s Washington.
“In almost every way, JD is perfect,” he says in a conversation about JD Vance, Trump’s second term and the end of democracy.
www.politico.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Things just keep getting scarier and scarier.
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The news from the longtime aides — Maria Torres-Springer, Anne Williams-Isom, Meera Joshi, and Chauncey Parker — comes after the Justice Department moved to drop corruption charges against Adams.
4 top aides to New York City Mayor Eric Adams resign
The news from the longtime aides — Maria Torres-Springer, Anne Williams-Isom, Meera Joshi, and Chauncey Parker — comes after the Justice Department moved to drop corruption charges against Adams.
www.npr.org
February 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The news from the longtime aides — Maria Torres-Springer, Anne Williams-Isom, Meera Joshi, and Chauncey Parker — comes after the Justice Department moved to drop corruption charges against Adams.
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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.
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The Washington Post scrapped an upcoming print ad from a pair of advocacy groups calling for the firing of Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government and Efficiency.
Washington Post opted not to publish anti-Musk ad campaign after initially being open | CNN Business
The Washington Post scrapped an upcoming print ad from a pair of advocacy groups calling for the firing of Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government and Efficiency.
www.cnn.com
February 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Washington Post scrapped an upcoming print ad from a pair of advocacy groups calling for the firing of Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government and Efficiency.
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We just want to say that we are in awe of all of you. You are the ones history will remember—a resistance rising against tyranny. From the moment Trump took office, laws have been broken left and right. We shouted from the rooftops, and it took relentless effort just to have our voices heard.
February 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We just want to say that we are in awe of all of you. You are the ones history will remember—a resistance rising against tyranny. From the moment Trump took office, laws have been broken left and right. We shouted from the rooftops, and it took relentless effort just to have our voices heard.
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It’s a few days old but a great long sit down interview with @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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“Democracy Is Fragile” and Trump’s Threat to Us All, With Heather Cox Richardson
YouTube video by Katie Couric
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February 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It’s a few days old but a great long sit down interview with @hcrichardson.bsky.social
youtu.be/f-78R0monV4?...
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Netanyahu seeks to draw Trump into future attack on Iranian nuclear sites
Netanyahu seeks to draw Trump into future attack on Iranian nuclear sites
Israeli PM urges US to help ‘finish the job’ as Washington makes early maximalist demand over Tehran’s programme
Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that, with Donald Trump’s support, his government will “finish the job” of neutralising the threat from Iran,…
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February 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Netanyahu seeks to draw Trump into future attack on Iranian nuclear sites
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“All autocracies attempt to control the past in order to control the future.”
The Trump Administration Just Deleted Part of American History. If They Get Away With It, We Could Be Headed to a Very Dark Place.
This is far more serious than the loss of a few letters.
slate.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
“All autocracies attempt to control the past in order to control the future.”
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February 16, 2025
February 16, 2025
The sixty-first Munich Security Conference, the world’s leading forum for talking about international security policy, took place from February 14 to February 16 this year.
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February 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
February 16, 2025
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Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.
February 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.
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February 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
@qjurecic.bsky.social discusses the potential constitutional crisis that the Trump Administration could trigger.
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@qjurecic.bsky.social discusses the potential constitutional crisis that the Trump Administration could trigger.
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youtu.be/Ak8hLat0_-Q?...
What if Trump Just Ignores the Courts?
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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February 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
@qjurecic.bsky.social discusses the potential constitutional crisis that the Trump Administration could trigger.
open.spotify.com/episode/5Qv8...
youtu.be/Ak8hLat0_-Q?...
@qjurecic.bsky.social discusses the potential constitutional crisis that the Trump Administration could trigger.
open.spotify.com/episode/5Qv8...
youtu.be/Ak8hLat0_-Q?...
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Worth listening to this interview with @karaswisher.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social ... Kara really has the smartest and what seems to me to be the most accurate take on Elon Musk that there is, because she has covered these tech bros for years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXL...
Kara Swisher on the Radicalization of Elon Musk | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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February 8, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Worth listening to this interview with @karaswisher.bsky.social and @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social ... Kara really has the smartest and what seems to me to be the most accurate take on Elon Musk that there is, because she has covered these tech bros for years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xXL...
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Scary stuff just ahead. This is serious…
We are in Deep Seek
Imagine the Manhattan Project figured out how to build a nuclear bomb out of old socks, string and a Coke bottle. Then imagine they published the formula on the front page of The New York Times.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Scary stuff just ahead. This is serious…