Valerie Schultz🌻🟧🫘🏳️⚧️🩵
@vsschultz.bsky.social
Writer on the Oregon Coast, Mother, #Leguminati, Left-hander, Vegetarian, Venn Diagram lover, she/her
Latest Book: "Till the Moon Be No More"
I’m new on substack: ‘Boomer Mode’
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Latest Book: "Till the Moon Be No More"
I’m new on substack: ‘Boomer Mode’
**Get your library card**
Pinned
“You’re not allowed to give up.”
- Alexei Navalny
- Alexei Navalny
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Shame. Shame on us. This is heartbreaking. And stupid.
November 12, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Shame. Shame on us. This is heartbreaking. And stupid.
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Nyet.
The Trump admin has unveiled plans to open California’s coastline to offshore oil drilling for the first time in decades, a move that has sparked swift and fierce backlash from state leaders. The proposal, which outlines up to six federal lease sales between 2027 and 2030, would mark the first
November 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nyet.
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NOW DO PORTLAND
GET OUT!
GET OUT!
U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents expected to leave Chicago soon
chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...
chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...
U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents expected to leave Chicago soon
Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin insists “we aren’t leaving Chicago,” but the feds' immigration campaign is expected to begin winding down.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NOW DO PORTLAND
GET OUT!
GET OUT!
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a bit of Hafiz for this Wednesday:
“And still, after all this time,
The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe Me."
Look what happens with
A love like that,
It lights the Whole Sky.”
“And still, after all this time,
The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe Me."
Look what happens with
A love like that,
It lights the Whole Sky.”
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
a bit of Hafiz for this Wednesday:
“And still, after all this time,
The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe Me."
Look what happens with
A love like that,
It lights the Whole Sky.”
“And still, after all this time,
The sun never says to the earth,
"You owe Me."
Look what happens with
A love like that,
It lights the Whole Sky.”
Reposted by Valerie Schultz🌻🟧🫘🏳️⚧️🩵
‘You can’t imitate gold, there’s no paint that imitates gold…’
Except, you know…gold f’n paint.
Except, you know…gold f’n paint.
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
‘You can’t imitate gold, there’s no paint that imitates gold…’
Except, you know…gold f’n paint.
Except, you know…gold f’n paint.
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Perfect by @dccartoonist.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Perfect by @dccartoonist.bsky.social
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"Last week’s elections made that crystal clear. And the Republican response to voters being incredibly concerned about the cost of living was to raise people’s health care costs."
Make magas pay for this cruelty
How Democrats Can Get Past the Shutdown Debacle
www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-democr...
Make magas pay for this cruelty
How Democrats Can Get Past the Shutdown Debacle
www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-democr...
How Democrats Can Get Past the Shutdown Debacle
The end of the shutdown was a disaster, but we have to put it behind us and move forward.
www.messageboxnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"Last week’s elections made that crystal clear. And the Republican response to voters being incredibly concerned about the cost of living was to raise people’s health care costs."
Make magas pay for this cruelty
How Democrats Can Get Past the Shutdown Debacle
www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-democr...
Make magas pay for this cruelty
How Democrats Can Get Past the Shutdown Debacle
www.messageboxnews.com/p/how-democr...
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happy bday writer Kurt Vonnegut, b.1922, Indianapolis.
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
November 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
happy bday writer Kurt Vonnegut, b.1922, Indianapolis.
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”
This old gasbag is ready for the home.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This old gasbag is ready for the home.
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From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
From street marches to court battles to the ballot box - we’ve challenged the power of this exceptionally unpopular president.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
The lesson from each success we've had is that we need to ramp the political pressure up, always up, not back down, now more than ever.
what country is this again
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
what country is this again
"Democrats said they wouldn’t vote to open the government unless Republicans agreed to extend the Obamacare tax credits.
"Last night, they voted to reopen the government, and the tax credits were not extended."
WTF!
Thoughts on Democrats' Shutdown Surrender
www.messageboxnews.com/p/thoughts-o...
"Last night, they voted to reopen the government, and the tax credits were not extended."
WTF!
Thoughts on Democrats' Shutdown Surrender
www.messageboxnews.com/p/thoughts-o...
Thoughts on Democrats' Shutdown Surrender
Democrats lost the battle, but they may win the war
www.messageboxnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"Democrats said they wouldn’t vote to open the government unless Republicans agreed to extend the Obamacare tax credits.
"Last night, they voted to reopen the government, and the tax credits were not extended."
WTF!
Thoughts on Democrats' Shutdown Surrender
www.messageboxnews.com/p/thoughts-o...
"Last night, they voted to reopen the government, and the tax credits were not extended."
WTF!
Thoughts on Democrats' Shutdown Surrender
www.messageboxnews.com/p/thoughts-o...
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
Spot of good news
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Spot of good news
Reposted by Valerie Schultz🌻🟧🫘🏳️⚧️🩵
This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
Unbelievable. What has all this pain been for?
People are still suffering.
People are still suffering.
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Unbelievable. What has all this pain been for?
People are still suffering.
People are still suffering.
Thank you! Now tell your peers
No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Thank you! Now tell your peers
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Thou Shalt Never Again Complain About Egg Prices If You Voted For The Guy Who Canceled Food.
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thou Shalt Never Again Complain About Egg Prices If You Voted For The Guy Who Canceled Food.
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Art by Mike Lukovich
November 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Art by Mike Lukovich
Um, no, I don’t miss my library job, I tell the other grandmother, as I catalog our granddaughters’ toys into Paw Patrols, Little People, Sea Creatures, and Other.
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Um, no, I don’t miss my library job, I tell the other grandmother, as I catalog our granddaughters’ toys into Paw Patrols, Little People, Sea Creatures, and Other.