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Pamela Van Houten

@pamvh.bsky.social

Mom, wife, childhood sexual assault survivor and advocate. Healing from PTSD. Retired comms professional with MSW degree. I love democracy, morals, values, civility, & naming, shaming and shunning sexual predators. Vote D at every possible level!

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If this is winning, we should go back to losing.

11.04.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For most of us that comes naturally, but when you are married to Vance, I guess it's a struggle.

09.04.2025 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery WASHINGTONโ€”Lambasting the current program as wasteful, bloated, and entirely unnecessary, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for steep cuts Monday to the number of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous recovery model. โ€œWe must cut through the red tape bogging down what could be a far more efficient AA,โ€ said Hegseth, who slammed the 12-step program as [โ€ฆ]

Pete Hegseth Calls For Steep Cuts To Number Of Steps In AA Recovery
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05.04.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9727    ๐Ÿ” 1412    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 344    ๐Ÿ“Œ 94

At least the viper pit is filled with cannibals.

04.04.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(2/4) One of the most important lessons Iโ€™ve learned from 60 years of business is to accept when Iโ€™m wrong and change course. The US governmentโ€™s sweeping tariffs are taking the worldโ€™s economy in a dangerous direction. They will make people everywhere worse off โ€“ especially in America.

04.04.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 955    ๐Ÿ” 102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Jeffries: The notion that everyday Americans need to absorb pain brought on by Donald Trump and his group of MAGA billionaires is ridiculous. Every single House and Senate Republican supporting this needs to be thrown out of office.

03.04.2025 18:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9126    ๐Ÿ” 2304    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 263    ๐Ÿ“Œ 116
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This is what happens when people speak up.

03.04.2025 01:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41068    ๐Ÿ” 8029    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1361    ๐Ÿ“Œ 444

Welcome, Canada! bsky.app/profile/datd...

03.04.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thanks for sharing. I have a cockroach phobia, but I'm opening up and this helped. Fascinating creatures and vital to our planet.

02.04.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rock the vote

01.04.2025 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

First we called him a DUI hire, but I'm going with DUH hire.

29.03.2025 02:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The irony. It hurts.

29.03.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excellent approach! Great for consumers. I hope it's successful.

29.03.2025 01:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We've reached a point in time where we're living a mash-up of The Handmaid's Tale and 1984. Could we sprinkle in a little Logan's Run?

26.03.2025 03:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The US dropped to its lowest-ever ranking in the global list of happiest countries to live The US fell to 24th in the 2025 World Happiness Report, which highlighted issues like Americans eating alone and rising 'deaths of despair.'

The US fell to 24th in the 2025 World Happiness Report, which highlighted issues like Americans eating alone and rising 'deaths of despair.'

20.03.2025 12:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 43    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Diplomatic row erupts after French researcher expelled from US for expressing 'a personal opinion' on Trump A diplomatic row has erupted between France and the US after a French researcher was expelled from the country for expressing "a personal opinion" on Trump.

Read this and then read it again.
The Felon is now labeling opinions as terrorism.
If we let this go unnoticed & unanswered, we will be kissing goodbye to our 1st Amendment.
WAKE UP, AMERICA!
#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue

www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/d...

20.03.2025 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 380    ๐Ÿ” 222    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 13

I will cry tears of relief, freedom, joy, and sadness for the people who died or suffered lifelong injuries and trauma from Jan. 6, COVID mismanagement, and so on. His death will make the world a better place.

19.03.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

These guys are really good and they are extremely prolific.

19.03.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm sure it is. Trump was best friends with Epstein for at least a few years. He admires men who are sexual predators because he is one too.

17.03.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I stopped over on Twitter this morning and broke the bad news to all of the insurrectionists. ๐Ÿ˜†

17.03.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3592    ๐Ÿ” 1049    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 119    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56

The Trump Recession is already upon us.

17.03.2025 19:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mexicans had the spine to vote for a woman. In fact, the two top candidates in the election were both women. Pres. Scheinbaum is a Jewish scientist. I wish women had the same opportunities in the US as they do in Mexico.

10.03.2025 20:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow--who had March on their bingo card for when he really tanks the economy?

10.03.2025 19:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Yup. Tesla is going to need a new CEO.

10.03.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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08.03.2025 03:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 127    ๐Ÿ” 43    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Vacation outside of the US. Much less expensive, and no MAGA Kool-Aid drinkers. Just pretend you come from Canada.

04.03.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Perhaps not, but every single post my Rep. Congressman, Tom Kean, makes on Facebook includes this photo and the explanation: US Taxpayer money to Musk to Tom Kean's campaign.

03.03.2025 20:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

lol there werent democrats in the room ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜’

03.03.2025 17:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why are American taxpayers going to bail out scam artists losing money in the crypto markets?

We are going to borrow more money to pump it into the crypto market to enrich scammers and leeches who produce nothing of value for humanity?

03.03.2025 12:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25932    ๐Ÿ” 6749    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1330    ๐Ÿ“Œ 344

@pamvh is following 20 prominent accounts