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Valerie Burnham

@val43b.bsky.social

Blue Dot in Ohio, Progressive, Ally & Civil Rights Advocate, Data Nerd, Pro-Choice, Pro-Science, Reads Banned Books, Buckeye Alum, Boy Mom, Columbus til I Die (Go Crew!) Lifelong Learner, Pro-Laughter. πŸ’― Opinions are my own. 🚫 No Unsolicited DMs

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How did they redact abusers but not the victims? And they expect us to believe 40 nude photos went unnoticed?

That’s exactly why people think the DOJ did this on purpose, to shame these women for coming forward.

03.02.2026 06:42 β€” πŸ‘ 12865    πŸ” 5045    πŸ’¬ 797    πŸ“Œ 296
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Trump wants to take over voting. Mike Johnson is willing to help Trump raised the threat to the 2026 midterm elections to an entirely new level.

We need to listen carefully and listen closely. Trump is telegraphing his playbook to steal the 2026 elections. Here’s how he will do it. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

03.02.2026 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1503    πŸ” 749    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 37
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They told us there was no money for healthcare.
No money for kids.
No money for families drowning in medical bills.

But there’s always money for ICE. More cages. More raids. More cruelty.

That’s not a budget problem. That’s a values problem.

Fund care, not punishment.
#FundHealthcareOverICE

03.02.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4537    πŸ” 2165    πŸ’¬ 174    πŸ“Œ 73
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ICE agent: β€œI fired 5 shots. She had 7 holes. Put that in your book, boys.” 😳

03.02.2026 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6172    πŸ” 3198    πŸ’¬ 236    πŸ“Œ 236
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Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article) Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.

Here’s a useful reminder of what our federal courts SHOULD be doing to uphold our constitutional traditions:

03.02.2026 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8207    πŸ” 2882    πŸ’¬ 238    πŸ“Œ 101
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Walz demands DHS stop detaining Minnesota children In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Walz demanded details about how many Minnesota kids are in detention facilities.

They’re taking children from Minnesota and locking them up like criminals in detention camps in Texas.

For the love of God, send our kids home and bring an end to this nightmare.

www.startribune.com/walz-demands...

04.02.2026 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 18321    πŸ” 5771    πŸ’¬ 852    πŸ“Œ 307

What the hell happened to us?

24.01.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.

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Agree πŸ’― With This Statement......

29.11.2025 11:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1149    πŸ” 457    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 29
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Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits Contact Congress today!

Mike Johnson, whose claim to fame is a ridiculous selfie with Kid Rock, is furious that we’re pushing to force a vote on extending tax credits. You know what to do:

29.11.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 11268    πŸ” 4060    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 136
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The deranged madman now threatens to blow up commercial airliners flying in and out of Venezuela.

29.11.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 15804    πŸ” 5675    πŸ’¬ 2178    πŸ“Œ 812
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Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

YIKES! So disturbing! Trump, Witkoff and Kushner tried to sell out Ukraine, Europe and the US for their own enrichment. There is no bottom. Disgusting!
I gifted this so you can read it
www.wsj.com/world/russia... ir

29.11.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 7

Our convicted felon president, who pardoned Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy, wants to charge Mark Kelly, a decorated war veteran and astronaut, with seditious conspiracy.

That’s some next-level banana republic shit right there.

26.11.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 13166    πŸ” 3964    πŸ’¬ 277    πŸ“Œ 123

BREAKING: new emails CONFIRM my reporting that there are TRAINING VIDEOS instructing FBI personnel on how to review the Epstein Files. Plus, a lot more…

25.11.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 13256    πŸ” 5694    πŸ’¬ 436    πŸ“Œ 217

Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.

Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.

20.11.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 32730    πŸ” 10602    πŸ’¬ 603    πŸ“Œ 675

The House takes 2 months off & finally reports back to work & promptly spends the next week filing censure motions against each other & attending black tie dinners w/Saudis while the clock counts down for 24 million people to have their health insurance premiums spike in 42 days.

20.11.2025 01:39 β€” πŸ‘ 11460    πŸ” 3785    πŸ’¬ 344    πŸ“Œ 139

The only way to for the public to see complete Epstein files is to leak it. Do it. Now. Anything else is complicit.

19.11.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 12437    πŸ” 3091    πŸ’¬ 334    πŸ“Œ 116
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The US is on track to lose its measles elimination status in months. RFK needs to go. Canada has lost its measles elimination status and the U.S. is likely to be next. These failures are the result of the anti-vaccination movement, bolstered by the appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ...

β€œAs the anti-vaccine movement continues to be nurtured by Kennedy and his followers, this threat will only continue to expand and grow more severe”.

You can read more of the piece I wrote with @jimalwine.bsky.social for @livescience.com below.

19.11.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 11

BREAKING: Prosecutors in the Comey case just told the judge that they’re under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether career prosecutors wrote a memo recommending *against* indicting Comey prior to Halligan going to the grand jury.

19.11.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 11411    πŸ” 3354    πŸ’¬ 647    πŸ“Œ 379
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"Quiet, piggy!"

19.11.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 31241    πŸ” 7706    πŸ’¬ 1110    πŸ“Œ 363
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18 days before Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell, he was found unresponsive in his cell.
He claimed his cell mate tried to kill him.
His then cell mate, a corrupt cop charged with four time murder is now seeking a presidential pardon.

15.11.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 248    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 6
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Not great!

15.11.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3759    πŸ” 1484    πŸ’¬ 128    πŸ“Œ 72
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🎯

15.11.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 24143    πŸ” 7826    πŸ’¬ 349    πŸ“Œ 238
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a cheerleader is yawning while sitting in a car and saying `` i 'm tired '' . ALT: a cheerleader is yawning while sitting in a car and saying `` i 'm tired '' .

So much stupid shit happens every day... How did we ever get past the fact he was taxing the fucking penguins!!?!?!!?!

Not to mention the leaked war plans .... What the fuck America? 🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬🀬

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What a photograph.

β€œNearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”

Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

15.11.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 22854    πŸ” 9912    πŸ’¬ 866    πŸ“Œ 674

Odd that the DoJ is opening an investigation into the Epstein files since they said in July that there was no client list and nothing to release.

15.11.2025 00:33 β€” πŸ‘ 27863    πŸ” 6979    πŸ’¬ 923    πŸ“Œ 304
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Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.

15.11.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 16594    πŸ” 4743    πŸ’¬ 439    πŸ“Œ 176
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Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

15.11.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 23225    πŸ” 8221    πŸ’¬ 624    πŸ“Œ 351

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