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Victoria Starnes

@rockmomma.bsky.social

Retired United Methodist Pastor, and Gigi to 3 grandsons, progressive and proud

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All of these new rulings don’t just affect today, they rewrite precedent. Trump still has three years left, and whatever expanded powers the Court hands him now will automatically pass to the next president as well.

09.12.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2230    πŸ” 699    πŸ’¬ 160    πŸ“Œ 50

Oh my god

08.12.2025 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œ.. I believe these threats are a result of the redistricting pressure on Indiana," state Sen. Jean Leising said Monday in a statement, saying that she was the target of a pipe bomb threat over the weekend.

@nbcnews.com #redistrict
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

01.12.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 619    πŸ” 265    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 30
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So @polgreen.bsky.social and I talked about the survivors and #metoo

23.11.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 813    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1
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Thousands of protesters are marching in the streets of DC demanding the resignation of President Trump today.
#EpsteinFiles #Trump

15.11.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5224    πŸ” 1334    πŸ’¬ 127    πŸ“Œ 59
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At least seven faith leaders arrested at Broadview ICE facility protest (RNS) β€” 'I've got bruises all over my body,' the Rev. Michael Woolf, who was thrown to the ground and arrested by police, told RNS.

religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

17.11.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2443    πŸ” 1033    πŸ’¬ 106    πŸ“Œ 46
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.

After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.

Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI

05.11.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6111    πŸ” 1544    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 230

Good news

05.11.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bucks County ousts ALL Republicans from the Central Bucks and Pennridge school boards after both school boards were ground zero for anti-trans policies in 2021.

The wave is receding.

05.11.2025 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3262    πŸ” 540    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 17

The Billionaire class gets massive tax breaks & subsidies.

Working class Americans on unlivable wages get SNAP assistance, so they can afford necessities like food.

Guess which program is getting cut?

An administration of billionaires will always look out for their own.

Learn & vote accordingly.

28.10.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1527    πŸ” 528    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 4

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚just read

28.10.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.

In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.

21.10.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 15152    πŸ” 5828    πŸ’¬ 607    πŸ“Œ 405
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

21.10.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 30207    πŸ” 16400    πŸ’¬ 2405    πŸ“Œ 1711

Yep

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Amazing

21.10.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

MAYBE THE NATIONAL GUARD SHOULD BE STOPPING TRUMP FROM LITERALLY TEARING DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE?!?

20.10.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3939    πŸ” 777    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 17

I love the spotlights on artists

20.10.2025 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m absolutely exhausted in the best possible way. I love us. We did it! #NoKings

19.10.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 34831    πŸ” 7987    πŸ’¬ 944    πŸ“Œ 367
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U.S. support for Argentina could hit $40 billion Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an additional $20 billion in private-sector loans for Argentina could effectively double the value of a U.S. rescue plan.

$40 billion could provide more than a year of affordable health care for millions of Americans.

Instead, Trump uses your taxpayer dollars to bail out his β€œfavorite president” in Argentina.

17.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 513    πŸ” 240    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 9
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Federal Funds Make Up Half of West Virginia's Budget; Cuts Would Shift Hundreds of Millions in Costs to State - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy Federal dollars support a wide array of public services and systems that touch the lives of all West Virginians β€” from health care and food assistance to child care and public schools. Under both the ...

seriously, people do not understand just how much we subsidize the existence of rural America

remember when people criticized USAID for making up huge chunks of poor countries' government budgets?

anyways: wvpolicy.org/federal-fund...

14.10.2025 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 514    πŸ” 155    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 5

Exactly

13.10.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It is unconscionable that this is what β€œ going to church” has become, especially since all the Republicans do is preach at us!! - signed retired United Methodist pastor

13.10.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Actually one of the most salient quotes I've seen today, and reminding of the fact that there always be good people being very brave.

11.10.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 881    πŸ” 253    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 4
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Steve Rattner warns the GOP: Health care cuts will hit red states the hardest The former Treasury official said the data, which shows GOP-led states use ACA subsidies at a higher rate, has put Republicans under pressure.

At least there's a silver lining to this toxic, gaseous Taco cloud.

www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

11.10.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 460    πŸ” 153    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 8
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Opinion | Trump’s Louis XIV Moment

Trump’s Louis XIV Moment www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/

03.10.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Priorities.

01.10.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 17466    πŸ” 8511    πŸ’¬ 1293    πŸ“Œ 843

Bless her memory

01.10.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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White House targets Democratic states in shutdown fight The Office of Management and Budget is withholding billions in energy and infrastructure money in more than a dozen states that voted against Trump.

The White House is targeting blue states with its first wave of cuts to federal projects following the government shutdown.

The Office of Management and Budget is withholding billions in energy and infrastructure money in more than a dozen states that voted against Trump.

01.10.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 490    πŸ” 280    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 31
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01.10.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2623    πŸ” 1011    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 56

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