Annaliisa Vilppu

I miss being a constitutional republic.

Or—please hear me out, as I know this may come as a shock to everyone—J.D. Vance knows the truth and is a calculating, habitual liar who will say absolutely, positively anything he thinks is politically expedient?

Kristi Noem says foreign drivers are dangerous. 🤔 From 1989 to 2010, she collected 20 speeding tickets, three stop-sign violations, a citation for driving without a license, and six failure-to-appear notices. If anyone knows dangerous driving, it's Kristi.

Oralè Resister
LICE assaults
12 year olds Mom.
#StopLICE #USDemocracy #DondeEstan

South Korea gave Trump ketchup and a crown Like he was a 6-year-old at Burger King.

@lebassett.bsky.social Had to laugh reading this tonight. I *literally* said something nearly identical to @jodyhamilton.bsky.social at @thepoliticsbar.bsky.social tonight. #GreatMinds FWIW, we agree in thinking the ROK was trolling Trump.
www.laura-bassett.com/p/south-kore...

There was no reason given for the ban, but Soyinka thinks it might be down to him saying Trump resembled a white Idi Amin, the Ugandan dictator who massacred 300,00 civilians.

www.thedailybeast.com/actual-nobel...

Pelosi Is Now Calling for The Arrest of ICE Agents Nancy Pelosi calls for the arrest of ICE agents in California, escalating tensions over immigration enforcement and state laws.

In a sharp escalation of the long-simmering clash between federal immigration enforcers and state officials, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for local law enforcement in California to arrest ICE agents if they violate state laws during upcoming raids in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Great idea. And it must piss off ICE so much.😈

Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack A new analysis adds to the research about the link between viral infections and heart disease.

A number of viral infections, including flu, Covid-19 and shingles, are linked to an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, a new study affirmed.

I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

Then release the federal emergency funds that are intended to be used to fund programs like SNAP during a shut down. Refusing to do so is a choice by the president to intentionally starve Americans.

Happening now: ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard who targeted criminals is out...replaced by Border Patrol loyalists and Bovino’s “Midway Blitz” crew. This isn’t reform. It’s a power grab. Shit just got more real.

Interviewer: how do you feel about your performance

Ohtani: Fuck off I have to pitch tomorrow don't you have a family to go home to

*pause*

Interpreter: I feel great

I have a very bad feeling about this...

Wow. Based on the comments, a lot of people saw me on Maddow tonight!

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Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.

BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Let the Trump admin argue in court the legal technicalities on why people should starve. Great optics for them.

Maybe hospitalizing a FOOTBALL player will get the attention of right wing Texans.

There’s also a category of family caregivers who are providing care for disabled veterans.

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

They’re monsters, and we already know that it can happen to any woman because since Roe vs Wade was overturned women have been dying of sepsis in hospital parking lots. I know ICE’s inhumanity and violence is directed towards WOC, but these men fundamentally don’t care about the life of any woman.

Tomorrow we are joined by the co-author of Virginia Giuffre's book and her family. In a powerful interview we hear the voices who helped share her tragic story at the hands of Epstein and Maxwell. Catch it on YouTube tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/@TheLincolnProject

He doesn’t have a Bluesky account for me to tag him, and I’m loathe to share a IG or FB profile, so shared his website instead, which apparently just links to his online academy. Sorry, didn’t intend to be spammy or promoting something. Apparently I was tasked with setting up his Bluesky account 😂

Vilppu Academy Online School for Drawing Vilppu Academy is the online version of the internationally renowned drawing courses taught around the world by Glenn Vilppu at Animation, Game and Film studios as well as Universities, Art Schools an...

Tippi’s always wants my dad Glenn Vilppu to come sketch “her kitties.” He was brought in to Disney to teach their animators how to draw lions, and he wanted to bring them, but the zoo was closer. When he was head of the character animation dept at CalArts, I’d ride my pony in. vilppuacademy.com

Her sanctuary is in the canyon we use to get to and from our little town if we’re heading towards LA. When I was growing up here (I reluctantly moved back here during Covid), she had a couple elephants that lived in the wash, so you could see them every time you were driving by.

Amazing! Thanks for sharing. She lives down the canyon from me in our little mountain town at her large cat preserve, which was inspired by her experience filming in Africa. shambala.org

While we’re on the subject of Ronald Reagan.

"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."