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@travellikevalarie.bsky.social

Mom/Grandma from CA now living in MD. Restrictions on guns, not books. Love is Love. Vote Blue. Traveler of the world.

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The America First guy has brought in 566 foreign workers during his 5 years in office to work at his companies instead of hiring Americans. And counting.

13.11.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 12175    πŸ” 5976    πŸ’¬ 609    πŸ“Œ 317

Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.

10.11.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3604    πŸ” 1661    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 38
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Donate to Support Betty's Fight to Keep Her Home, organized by Patricia Winter Betty is an 86-year-old widow who has always been proud of her independence. A… Patricia Winter needs your support for Support Betty's Fight to Keep Her Home

I’ve only posted one GFM, and it’s my intention never to post another. But this one is close to my heart. I know the family personally and have visited with them countless times. If you can help out, it would be great. If not, I completely understand - but a retweet is free.
gofund.me/e44538b52

10.11.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1002    πŸ” 973    πŸ’¬ 77    πŸ“Œ 35
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🚨 I pledge to NEVER step foot in a Walmart again. If I cannot afford it or find it elsewhere, I do not need it. White people MUST take a stand. This openly hostile contempt for black people cannot be tolerated or dismissed. I am not waiting for a national strike - I am DONE. Who will join me?

10.11.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3540    πŸ” 1625    πŸ’¬ 396    πŸ“Œ 61
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This is so insane. #MedicareForAllNOW

10.11.2025 04:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5961    πŸ” 2807    πŸ’¬ 328    πŸ“Œ 231
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The β€œI-don’t-want-to-hear-about-the-affordability” line (like the ballroom renderings, the Gatsby party, the feces/fighter jet video) must be like catnip for the oppo research archivists.

09.11.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2137    πŸ” 663    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 21
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Flood the phones:
(202) 224-3121

Tell Chuck Schumer to grow a spine and hold the line…

There should be no deal that leaves working families behind.

10.11.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1893    πŸ” 1033    πŸ’¬ 145    πŸ“Œ 82
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So @therickwilson.bsky.social had some thoughts about @schumer.senate.gov caving

10.11.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1780    πŸ” 484    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 38

Thank you?

10.11.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This isn’t very hard, folks.

10.11.2025 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8493    πŸ” 2278    πŸ’¬ 87    πŸ“Œ 78
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thehill.com Jeffries opposes Senate moves to end shutdown

Jeffries opposes Senate moves to end shutdown

10.11.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4
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Trump is building himself a fucking ballroom while suing to make sure people starve. If the Dems cave on this shit right now… 🀬

09.11.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2741    πŸ” 676    πŸ’¬ 143    πŸ“Œ 34
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LIVE: Trump COVER UP of DARK PAST BACKFIRES…GOP PANICS!! YouTube video by MeidasTouch

One source witnessed an FBI analyst have a breakdown while viewing the Epstein files. The analyst has kids the same age as the girls in the videos they were reviewing. I’ll cover this and more today at 3:30 PT / 6:30 PM ET here: youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...

09.11.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3743    πŸ” 1729    πŸ’¬ 142    πŸ“Œ 56
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A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to β€œlook up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.

09.11.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7049    πŸ” 3298    πŸ’¬ 388    πŸ“Œ 327
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US citizen George Retes speaks out about his unlawful detainment by ICE.

Institute for Justice website: ij.org

09.11.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2022    πŸ” 1093    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 53
Don’t cave for a promise (in the Zohran Font, with props to forge.coop for their original design)

Don’t cave for a promise (in the Zohran Font, with props to forge.coop for their original design)

Don’t Cave for a Promise.

09.11.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 365    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 10

The Dems who are caving are doing so not because their base wants them to,

not because the voters want them to,

not because the fed workers and SNAP recipients want them to…

they are caving because their DONORS want them to.

And that’s really all that ever matters to the corrupt

09.11.2025 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5488    πŸ” 2258    πŸ’¬ 285    πŸ“Œ 188

Following up on this. This remains a β€˜cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.

09.11.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3413    πŸ” 1639    πŸ’¬ 184    πŸ“Œ 163

So let me get this straight; the Senate Democrats are going to vote to re-open the government,with a β€œI’ll surely pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today” approach. Won’t work
The Richest country in the world has the worst healthcare. @schumer.senate.gov @alsobrooks.senate.gov @vanhollen.senate.gov

09.11.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.

Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again.

An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next.

Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

β€œI want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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09.11.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 14183    πŸ” 6858    πŸ’¬ 325    πŸ“Œ 389

Please hold out for ACA renewal! It is a crime that the β€œrichest β€œ country in the world doesn’t have universal healthcare.

Don’t trust the GOP!

09.11.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@alsobrooks.senate.gov please hold out for ACA renewal WITH the Government opening. DO NOT trust the Administration or Republicans in general!

09.11.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜This is fantastic!’ Ghislaine Maxwell gushes over special treatment in prison Convicted sex offender and Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell gushed over her special privileges in prison recently in a series of letters to her family and attorney, NBC News reported Saturd...

'This is fantastic!' Rapist and child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell gushes over the special treatment she's getting from America's pedophile president. Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend is thrilled with VIP prison benefits provided by Epstein pedo bro Trump. tinyurl.com/4625tywj

08.11.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded β€œany future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.”

The result was β€œinstitutionalized hunger.”

@kristencrowell.bsky.social
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07.11.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11220    πŸ” 5521    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 242

Not ICE. Border Patrol. They’re wearing Border Patrol uniforms with clear Border Patrol patches on them.

There are many videos of ICE officers doing outrageous stuff but a lot of the absolute worst videos are of Border Patrol, who are basically Bovino and Miller’s most aggressive tool right now.

08.11.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6895    πŸ” 3197    πŸ’¬ 338    πŸ“Œ 152
CNN Headline: β€œTrump admin asks appeals court to pause judge’s requirement that it make full November SNAP payments”

CNN Headline: β€œTrump admin asks appeals court to pause judge’s requirement that it make full November SNAP payments”

Just when you thought the Trump Administration couldn’t go any lower. They are doing everything they can to delay and stop food assistance to Americans in need.

The Administration must follow the law, fully pay benefits, and stop weaponizing hunger during a Republican shutdown.

07.11.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 9

The "2024 Walmart Thanksgiving Cost" vs. "2025 Walmart Thanksgiving Cost" comparison is apples and oranges. It's fraud to present them as direct comparisons of the costs of the same foods.

07.11.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1403    πŸ” 443    πŸ’¬ 173    πŸ“Œ 45

This is the facility that I and many others have been protesting. We’ve been hit, thrown, gassed, and shot with pepper bullets but none of that holds a candle to what is being done to people *in* the actual facility.

Read this thread. Don’t look away. Keep your eyes and the pressure on Broadview.

07.11.2025 15:29 β€” πŸ‘ 10913    πŸ” 4155    πŸ’¬ 131    πŸ“Œ 93
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Lawless goons. Racial profiling isn’t just something they do, it’s all they do.

www.instagram.com/p/DQu5q2pkc_...

07.11.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2533    πŸ” 1095    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 48
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Border Patrol Agent Bragged in Texts About Shooting U.S. Citizen β€œI fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”

Border Patrol rammed US citizen's car after she was warning the neighborhood’s residents about the presence of federal immigrant agents.
Then Border Patrol Agent bragged in texts about shooting her. newrepublic.com/post/202824/... @newrepublic.com

07.11.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 369    πŸ” 251    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 27

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