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Vanessa Warheit
@vwarheit.bsky.social
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Climate solutions policy advocate. MPA student @UCB. Artist. Connector. Documentary filmmaker. Project Director for Nat’l Charging Access Coalition. Nerding out on #economics & #policy. Defending #democracy & #equity. Occasionally making & posting #art.
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Oakland, CA #nokings. Huge crowd, very diverse. I recognized only one person there - a very good sign!!
October 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Either Republican Congresswoman Luna (FL-13) has had her account hacked, or she’s completely lost her mind.
October 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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“We’re in a teachable moment”

— understatement of the day by @rbreich.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Just saw The Last Class w @rbreich.bsky.social — great documentary, highly recommended. He’s now being interviewed by @wkamaubell.bsky.social & describes the film as “a love letter to #teaching”.
October 9, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Line of folks waiting to get #Covid vaccine at Kaiser Berkeley is wrapped around the lobby & out the door, w 3 nurses on duty. Evidently it’s been this way all week. The vaccine always makes me sick for a day - but it’s way better than Covid! #getvaxed now while you still can.
Crowded lobby filled with people
September 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Since May I’ve been immersed in the MPA program at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social Goldman School of Public Policy. I am part of an amazing cohort (this is about 1/4 of them) of amazing people - super diverse & all committed to framing a better future.
Group of twenty MPA students at UC Berkeley holding glasses and cheering
September 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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With a chaser of #art
July 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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With all the crazy bad news out there, I think it’s time for a palate cleanser.
Close up photo of succulent plants
July 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Great idea, courtesy of @jefftiedrich.bsky.social
here’s some good you can do, if you currently subscribe to the Paramount+ streaming service: cancel it, and take that $60/year and donate it to your local PBS station. Big Bird needs that cash more than the C-suite shitheads at CBS. Photo of Big Bird sitting on the Sesame Street stoop
July 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Thanks for doing this. Please add Oakland, CA! We had a huge, totally peaceful protest. 🤩
Crowd fills Oakland downtown plaza, sign reads “Deport Don”
June 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Soooo many people in Oakland today. And zero cops. #nokings, no tanks, just a lot of pissed-off, peaceful Americans standing up for decency and freedom.
Sign reads “Democracy not oligarchy” Handmade cardboard Sign reads “Where ICE melts flowers grow” American flags, crowds of people, and a sign that reads “Mr Rogers does not approve” in downtown Oakland Giant crowd of protestors in downtown Oakland with upside down US flag and sign reading “Deport Don”
June 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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#resistbot
TEXT SIGN PQKXLU TO 50409 TO JOIN VANESSA & TELL YOUR OFFICIALS Immediately restore funding for critical weather and climate research programs. - Vanessa SIGNER NO. 1,133
May 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Trump literally just admitted out loud that he won because the election was rigged. I am not making this up. Listen for yourself (13:49 start) www.youtube.com/live/vXQ6X1Z...

Kinda makes sense given what @electiontruthalliance has been finding… but still. Wtaf?

#verifythevote
Screen grab of video of Trump in front of US flags, with closed captions reading “interestingly, I had none of them, had I not had a rigged election,”
May 2, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Big turnout for #MayDay in Oakland, CA today.
#MayDayStrong
Hand holding a handmade sign that reads “Come for one, face us all” Street filled with protestors Street with protestors. Signs read “They’re eating the CHECKS! They’re eating the BALANCES!” “STOP ICE ABDUCTIONS”
May 2, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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A photo of the current US President playing golf, with “MS 13” photoshopped onto his bare midriff
May 1, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Map showing all the projects that the Majority's Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reconciliation bill would eliminate. (Most dots are in red states, majority are east of the Mississippi.)
April 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Ouch. (Poll is from @groundnews.bsky.social )
pie chart showing answer to the question: Do you have confidence in congressional Democratic leaders? (6,559 responses) Yes 12% No 79% Unsure 9%
April 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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People in a march carrying signs that read Thank you Mr. Trump for Uniting us And I will swap 1 Donald Trump for 10,000 Refugees
April 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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“It takes ~10 hours to get from San Francisco to LA — which is criminal, in the 5th largest economy in the world.” - Margaret Cederoth of @cahsra.bsky.social at #SFClimateWeek event “Moving San Francisco”
#hsr #CAhighspeedrail
Margaret Cederoth speaking at a conference table next to Egon Terplan, with a slide in background showing additional speakers Nila Gonzalez and Dave Vautin
April 24, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Just in case there was *any question* about what the Republicans in Congress are really after: tax cuts for the wealthy are the reason we can’t have nice things like healthcare, infrastructure, clean air & water, education, and good jobs.
H/T to @politico.com @progressivecaucus.bsky.social
Chart showing proposed spending & cuts to Congressional budget: House committee Amount to spend What this could mean Armed Services At most $100 billion More money for the Pentagon To Homeland Security At most $90 billion More money for border wall and border patrol agents spend Judiciary At most $110 billion More payments to law enforcement agencies aiding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Highlighted: Ways and Means At most $4.5 trillion More tax cuts for corporations and the ultra-wealthy House committee Amount to cut What this could mean Agriculture At least $230 billion Cuts to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Education and Workforce At least $330 billion Cuts to student loan programs, Pell grants, and school lunches To Energy and Commerce At least $880 billion Cuts to Medicaid cut Financial Services At least $1 billion Cuts to banking watchdogs Natural Resources At least $1 billion Cuts to climate resilience programs Oversight and Government Reform At least $50 billion Cuts to retirement benefits for federal workers Transportation and Infrastructure At least $10 billion Cuts to infrastructure programs Sources: H.Con.Res. 14; "GOP budget menu outlines sweeping spending cuts" (Politico, 1/17/2025).
April 22, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Aerial photo shows a human banner reading “Impeach and Remove!” with an upside-down US flag at Ocean Beach, SF.
April 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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A beautiful morning today in San Francisco, where several hundred people made a human banner reading “IMPEACH REMOVE”. I’m looking forward to seeing the drone footage! #HandsOff #April19
Panoramic photo of hundreds of people on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, lined up to spell “Impeach Remove”
April 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Yesterday, I attended one of the 174 US university 'teach-in' rallies held across the country to #defendeducation, at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. SO inspiring! And a good reminder that being in person with like-minded people - especially in times like these - is really good for mental health.
A crowd of people fill UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza holding signs. Two signs read "US Berkeley says Hell No!" and "Hell No!".
April 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Someone please share this with the current POTUS, and every member of the US Congress and Supreme Court.
#USConstitution
#FreeKilmarAbregoGarcia
NO PERSON SHALL BE ... DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW AMENDMENT V
April 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Page from a sketchbook, with six pencil sketches of portions of a nude woman wearing a face mask (knees, feet, face, etc) Chalk portrait of a young woman with black hair Charcoal sketch of a ballerina holding a fan
April 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM