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Jazz drummer & composer. Project Manager, Louden Studio (artist, Sharon Louden). Squarespace website designer. Activist & swimmer. History teaches us so much about today. —> VinsonValega.com

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ICE detains reporter Estefany Rodríguez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 — 👍 12233    🔁 7396    💬 292    📌 337
Quote from Washington Times editorial board

"[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Quote from Washington Times editorial board "[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

02.03.2026 11:57 — 👍 43894    🔁 6863    💬 4763    📌 1830

The US & Israel have a major problem where they overestimate their own influence & underestimate just how much the rest of the world loathes them. Imagine North Korea and Russia openly supported the protests against Trump and bombed New York in solidarity with the protests, same deal.

28.02.2026 08:33 — 👍 155    🔁 44    💬 7    📌 1

BREAKING: Israel has preemptively bombed Iran in a joint attack with USA.

This is illegal. Trump has 0 authority to wage war. It violates US Constitution & UN Charter. Iran says it will retaliate.

Impeach & prosecute Trump & end this criminal’s reign of terror. Further delay invites nuclear war.

28.02.2026 08:33 — 👍 1020    🔁 366    💬 54    📌 20

It was sent to us on the east coast of the States. Unfortunately....

25.02.2026 15:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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How on earth does our City Comptroller make this mistake AND leave it up? IT'S MONDAY - TOMORROW - AT NOON. NOT TUESDAY, YOU IDIOT!

22.02.2026 18:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What problem is Trump's new global 10% tariff meant to solve?

If it's about leverage, ask: How much leverage do you get from a tariff that disappears in 150 days?

If it's onshoring: Who builds new factories based on tariff that disappear before the factory is built?

It's a tax. That's all it is.

20.02.2026 20:00 — 👍 8924    🔁 2645    💬 540    📌 138

Watching this petulant child whine that SCOTUS spanked him is showing us how acclimated he’s become to absolute power. To me, this confirms that he’s going to try to never leave…

20.02.2026 18:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump acknowledges that Democrats would be better off packing the court.

YES THEY WOULD. IF DEMS WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ME ABOIT THIS, I HAVE EXTENSIVE NOTES

20.02.2026 18:34 — 👍 2330    🔁 407    💬 31    📌 12
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Opinion | One Man Stole $660 Million. He’ll Never Pay It Back.

“Illiberal governments tend to live or die by their ability to sustain corruption. They rely for support on a network of oligarchs, who in turn are tied to the administration’s success. It happened in Hungary, Turkey, Russia and increasingly, it is happening here.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...

19.02.2026 05:31 — 👍 6869    🔁 2786    💬 231    📌 107

Every single win is a big deal, and we should celebrate and uplift them no matter how bleak things may feel. We need to realize how huge of a deal it is to win battles against fascists with such immense power.

18.02.2026 20:44 — 👍 468    🔁 106    💬 2    📌 1
photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

11.02.2026 17:15 — 👍 40535    🔁 13810    💬 1373    📌 892

Did you know that Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, and José Carreras performed "Nessun Dorma” at the Dodgers Stadium in 1994. It captivated 1.3 billion viewers worldwide the night before the US World Cup final.

They didn’t sing in English.

10.02.2026 18:49 — 👍 1525    🔁 326    💬 65    📌 10
Line graph showing both revenues and spending falling behind old projections.

Line graph showing both revenues and spending falling behind old projections.

The most important thing to understand about the debt:

Yes, spending is rising – due to demographics & health care cost growth

But taxes used to be on pace to match that rising spending

Then we cut taxes and now it isn't

Spending is rising slower than expected, so tax cuts bear 100% of the blame

11.02.2026 16:29 — 👍 568    🔁 178    💬 8    📌 10

Get in losers we’re doing central planning without the planning

11.02.2026 03:59 — 👍 2009    🔁 373    💬 38    📌 13
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Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions On Friday night, Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.

Tonight was wonderful, but don’t miss this —>

On Friday night, two Fifth Circuit judges gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions. Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's new, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.

09.02.2026 05:18 — 👍 314    🔁 113    💬 5    📌 4
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“.. It does set a precedent, and we will follow it ... Donald Trump, all of his kids. Everybody," Frost said.

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

05.02.2026 19:19 — 👍 3375    🔁 915    💬 141    📌 59

Dude failed to mention the WHITE Minnesota Wild hockey game which was NOT cancelled. Beyond egregious of this sports writer. Makes you wonder why he failed to mention it, doesn’t it?

28.01.2026 06:58 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

26.01.2026 18:28 — 👍 10276    🔁 2075    💬 65    📌 71

give us what we want or we kill another hostage

25.01.2026 04:49 — 👍 1109    🔁 213    💬 4    📌 4

Pew Research Institute (2023):

• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants

• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants

• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.

And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."

It's *not* about immigration.

18.01.2026 21:03 — 👍 47890    🔁 20539    💬 1508    📌 1072

New Yorkers are kind. Not surprised with this outcome and happy for your wife. Thanks for sharing!

(NYer since 1987).

16.01.2026 16:38 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

10.01.2026 09:15 — 👍 40318    🔁 9971    💬 1399    📌 726

Chernow’s bio a must-read.

02.01.2026 17:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You and @sharonlouden.bsky.social lol

31.12.2025 18:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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23.12.2025 15:22 — 👍 6035    🔁 2266    💬 210    📌 103

Is this the first Melania movie you don’t have to go to the back room of the video store to find?

17.12.2025 16:31 — 👍 2465    🔁 413    💬 200    📌 42

Using AI to monitor schools for thoughtcrime bsky.app/profile/chad...

15.12.2025 13:57 — 👍 711    🔁 280    💬 19    📌 4

Not sticking up for them, but to compare to Heil Musk just makes no sense. Not to mention that our fellow Americans got us into this mess, not media. Not to mention they are still doing the work journalists do. WashPo & WSJ breaking huge news about Dump’s regime, etc. but I understand your point. ☺️

15.12.2025 15:24 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0