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@gailvr.bsky.social

Retired educator, cat friend, liberal

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Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."

20.11.2025 01:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6988    ๐Ÿ” 1948    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 144    ๐Ÿ“Œ 94

Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:

โ€œToday we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.โ€

18.11.2025 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38509    ๐Ÿ” 9992    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 439    ๐Ÿ“Œ 320
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๐Ÿคฌ๐Ÿคฌ

14.11.2025 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10224    ๐Ÿ” 4050    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 191    ๐Ÿ“Œ 116
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๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿ‘‡

14.11.2025 15:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29579    ๐Ÿ” 7028    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1603    ๐Ÿ“Œ 449
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#BelieveTheVictims

13.11.2025 19:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3236    ๐Ÿ” 1375    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 122    ๐Ÿ“Œ 56
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Fact-check: true ๐Ÿ˜•

13.11.2025 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17648    ๐Ÿ” 5702    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1002    ๐Ÿ“Œ 374
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Great idea!!

13.11.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25822    ๐Ÿ” 8168    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 698    ๐Ÿ“Œ 422
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Until we have replicators, we will need wealth redistribution.

12.11.2025 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7347    ๐Ÿ” 2174    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 243    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67
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Is this bad? I mean, offhand, I'd say it kind of seems bad.

{gift link}

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

12.11.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5471    ๐Ÿ” 1957    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 404    ๐Ÿ“Œ 117
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What happened to the money?!?!?

12.11.2025 00:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107.

12 days of work in 107 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

07.11.2025 12:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19564    ๐Ÿ” 7120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 696    ๐Ÿ“Œ 347
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 94th day out of the last 106.

12 days of work in 106 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

06.11.2025 13:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25196    ๐Ÿ” 9449    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 887    ๐Ÿ“Œ 459
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Like shoppers aren't going to notice that this is a blatant lie. He must think we're as stupid as he is.

06.11.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10544    ๐Ÿ” 2561    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1654    ๐Ÿ“Œ 341

All the pearl-clutching about Zohran Mamdani--by right-wingers who elected a half-senile old TV star president--is very amusing. For once the shoe is on the other foot.

05.11.2025 17:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26002    ๐Ÿ” 4069    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 580    ๐Ÿ“Œ 127

This is the kind of thing which makes me think better things are possible.

05.11.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10971    ๐Ÿ” 1921    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 278    ๐Ÿ“Œ 78
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This is how a real President is supposed to act

05.11.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22966    ๐Ÿ” 4025    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1085    ๐Ÿ“Œ 330

Iโ€™m rereading Liz Cheneyโ€™s book Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning. It occurs to me that Moses Mike Johnson is clearly guilty of treason. It also provides valuable insight on why he committed it. So he could personally benefit.

02.11.2025 18:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3463    ๐Ÿ” 1003    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 116    ๐Ÿ“Œ 35

Johnson is such a #LiarLiarPantsOnFire

03.11.2025 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system.

Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now itโ€™s collapsing.

03.11.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16030    ๐Ÿ” 3675    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 638    ๐Ÿ“Œ 230

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.

The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.

They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.

Wanna fix fraud and abuse?

Fix that.

03.11.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26261    ๐Ÿ” 10406    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 689    ๐Ÿ“Œ 489

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

03.11.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 44374    ๐Ÿ” 12441    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1396    ๐Ÿ“Œ 734
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This is an excellent idea!!!

03.11.2025 19:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29893    ๐Ÿ” 9749    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1063    ๐Ÿ“Œ 975

With all these extrajudicial boat murders, we have a president who is not only an adjudicated rapist, but also an unapprehended serial killer.

03.11.2025 20:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17513    ๐Ÿ” 5134    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 569    ๐Ÿ“Œ 216

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 91st day out of the last 103.

12 days of work in 103 days.

With full pay and benefits.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

03.11.2025 10:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21811    ๐Ÿ” 8399    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 764    ๐Ÿ“Œ 444

Let them eat cake while people
Who rely on SNAP go without food.

02.11.2025 03:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pritzker: "Imagine it. Children who woke up that morning, expectant with joy & excitement to put on their costumes & celebrate with their neighbors in what they thought was a safe place at their homes. Armed, masked agents, terrorizing innocent people, especially children, is unconscionable."

30.10.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24668    ๐Ÿ” 8598    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 641    ๐Ÿ“Œ 347

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