Debra Foss Varva

So the Epstein vote isn't the only reason Mike Johnson should fear Rep. Yassamin Ansari. More of this, please.

Mother speaks out after ICE raids #Chicago day care center.

“They are coming for all our children!”

#immigration

Ukrainian strikes disrupt around 17% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, Reuters reports The attacks have disrupted Russia’s ability to process and export oil and created gasoline shortages in some Russian regions, as well as in occupied Crimea.

⚡️Ukrainian strikes disrupt around 17% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, Reuters reports.

The attacks have disrupted Russia’s ability to process and export oil and created gasoline shortages in some Russian regions, as well as in occupied Crimea.

The election tampering begins. Trump announced on his social media that he would push to eliminate mail-in ballots and sign an executive order to “help bring HONESTY to the 2026 Midterm Elections.”

@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "He's a wartime president. He's the head of a war party. War on women. War on voting rights. War on Hispanics. A war on this state. War on institutions. Now he wants war on history."

🔥 “Respectfully, he’s making up some shit.”

Rep. jolanda jones, a lawyer, says Gov. Abbott threatening House @texasdemocrats.bsky.social with felonies is “smoke and mirrors”

Texas Dems Give America a Blueprint to Save Democracy The Democratic Party needs to stop trying to save itself and start trying to save democracy itself—TX Dems show the way

Texas State Rep James Talarico said it best, “We are not fighting for the Democratic Party, we are fighting for the democratic process.”

Texas MAGAs are igniting a national crisis of apartheid by ballot. And TX Dems are setting the example on how to fight back.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/texas-dems...

Sixty years ago today, Medicare and Medicaid were signed into law - securing health care for millions and saving countless lives. As GOP politicians try to tear them down, it's up to us to protect and expand these programs for Americans who rely on them today and for future generations.

Someday, our children won't be afraid to show their true selves to us. They will simply be accepted for the precious gifts they are.

Precipice PRECIPICE Carlos stood on the topmost rock overlooking a vast ocean. He was so close to the edge that if his feet had been bare, he could have curled his toes around the lip. A cool breeze rocked h…

Pride month is almost over. But the fear of coming out is alwaysl there, especially for underage teens still dependent on their parents'

#ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
#Booksky💙📚

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Who Would Choose This? Who Would Choose This? “Thomas!” Tom looked up to see his father standing in the doorway of his room. His fuck-buddy, Steve, pulled from Tom’s embrace and scrambled to the far sid…

I wrote this years ago on MySpace (ok, decades lol) for a friend who struggled with family vs his truth.
#story
#ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
#Booksky💙📚
#Poetry
#pridemonth
#comingout

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It isn't really "same-sex marriage".
It's marriage.
And "mixed-race marriage" used to be illegal too. Will that be next?

Oh, but marrying under age children is OK now.

Oklahoma GOP legislators ask Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage. Oklahoma isn't the only one.

DOGE killed dozens of grants that supported women workers Advocates say the cancellations will lock women out of construction and manufacturing jobs—and may violate the law.

Felonious Donald Trump’s DOGE slashes vital grants for women in trades; programs training construction and IT careers and shielding against workplace violence vanish under fascist “efficiency” mania; women’s futures and safety abandoned.
www.motherjones.com/...

But we need everyone to vote. Everyone. We need to make it impossible for anyone to claim it was rigged.

Or we will never have a free and fair election.

Nov 2026

Local and state elections install the people who write the laws that can either make it easier to vote for your choice or NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE as has happened in most Southern states.

Trump’s peace deal is terrible. Ukraine should still accept it Hard as it will be for President Zelensky to accept terms so generous to the invader, Russia may find it’s a tainted triumph

Nobody can in good faith recommend Ukraine to take the ”deal” proposed by the US.

Simple as that

Canada as you vote, here is a reminder of who the Trump, Musk, Netanyahu and Modi ally Pierre Poilievre really is. #cdnpoli

Due process the law. Period.

U.S.-born man held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, was being held in the Leon County Jail Thursday, charged with illegally entering Florida as an “unauthorized alien” — even as a supporter waved his...

www.yahoo.com/news/u-born-...

The president can say a person is a criminal and it's meaningless until it goes to trial. In cour,t both sides can produce evidence and a lawful decision is made. Without their day in court, all these people are just the victims of a deranged man.

The real criminal is sitting in the White House.

The fundamental rights of everyone in the US begin with due process. Everyone.

Arrested without a court order. Denied legal representation. Incarcerated without trial.
All are in violation of our constitution and the rule of law.
#resist

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The 2025 60 Minutes Interview transcript As Russia's war with Ukraine continues, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sits down with Scott Pelley to discuss U.S. support for Ukraine, the war, the Oval Office meeting, and the latest attacks on civil...

"The security of the world is at stake." Well worth watching President Zelenskyy's interview on 60 Minutes www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine...

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

Being born was a good day for me. My mom told me I slept through it and the doctor had to slap my ass three times because he got no response the first two. I finally yawned.
He told Mom, "Good enough."
I haven't changed much, to be honest.

A win for truth and history: A National Park Service page(removed by Musk) on the Underground Railroad has been restored to prominently feature Harriet Tubman, after her image and quote were removed earlier this year. Now, her legacy as a fearless champion for freedom has rightfully been restored. ✊

Something remarkable is happening on 5th Ave right now.

100s of 1000s of people, a spontaneous outpouring of anger, demanding Trump/Musk keep their hands off our healthcare, our schools, our democracy.

This is a turning point in the fight back against the Trump presidency.

New York says: HANDS OFF!