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LaVonne Ellis

@bornfamous.bsky.social
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Radio News Director, author, progressive prepper. #UBI supporter. No DMs please. lavonne.substack.com #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath

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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
What If the Real Safety Net Is Next Door? open.substack.com/pub/thenewwh...
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What If the Real Safety Net Is Next Door?
Finding resilience in local farms, co-ops, and commons
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
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Catastrophic Flooding in Texas
Here's where to get help, and where to give it
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
substack.com/@callinginto...
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Calling Into Creation on Substack
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Watch this kid. #talent
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Calling out the POOR #folk #singersongwriter #country #money
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Are you ready for hard times? The Complete Tightwad Gazette can help.
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Review: The Complete Tightwad Gazette
For when the economy collapses
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This isn't hypothetical. The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/05/2025
The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.
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If you're a military veteran at risk of foreclosure, NPR wants to hear from you
The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
What if Trump Starts a War? And What if That's the Disaster We Need? open.substack.com/pub/theresis...
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What if Trump Starts a War? And What if That's the Disaster We Need?
It appears that military action is not only possible, but likely. But it's not all bad news.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’
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ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system • Washington State Standard
Trump immigration officials tout expanding the Alien Enemies Act while courting private contractors for mass removals.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944: “America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
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ShalamarrAO3 - owner of ‘alf ze pyramid! @shalamarr.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This is so wonderful, I could cry. Everyone associated with this auction is a superstar who deserves nothing but good things happening to them for the rest of their lives. #OFMD #OurFlagMeansDeath
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
I love the smell of petrichor in the morning.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Yay, Katie!
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I'm running for Governor
I just launched my campaign to be California’s next governor.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
I'm getting a divorce.
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My love affair with Amazon is over
I'm getting a divorce
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
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NPR @npr.org · 15/03/2025
JUST IN: Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
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'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
Federal officials placed 1,000 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
SICKENING—Trump’s DHS just deported a surgeon from Brown—who is here legally on an H1B visa that doesn’t expire until 2027, & committed no crimes. Trained in the U.S. at Ohio State, University of Washington, and Yale as a **transplant surgeon**, she is a highly trained doctor on kidney transplants.
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Stephanie Kennedy @wordswithsteph.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
As of today, a new term has entered our language. A “rubio” is a spineless lump of nothing. Example: Don’t be such a rubio.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Stuart worked on 5 Republican presidential campaigns.
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.
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Derek (Part 2) @derekneverfails.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Two special elections in April can shut down Trump’s control on Congress. Let’s Fucking Do This
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JennYFromHR @jennyfromhr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Awwww 1 4 1
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Atli @atlip.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
#freeluigi
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Dana Goldberg @dgcomedy.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
True then. True now. Thank you, Willem Arondeus.
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Atli @atlip.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
www.wired.com/story/doge-u...
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US Funding Cuts Are Helping Criminals Get Away With Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
Services supporting victims of online child exploitation and trafficking around the world have faced USAID and State Department cuts—and children are suffering as a result, sources tell WIRED.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
investigatewest.org
She was raped and relentlessly demanded answers — until the city took her to court for harassment
In a small Seattle suburb, a rape investigation sparks a war over speech and power
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
@aoc.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Just a thought, but why doesn't everybody get cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) every year? Minimum wages should go up automatically like Social Security does... and everybody else's wages. Right. Like that will ever happen... but AOC and Bernie need to put on their to-do lists.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
What's your impossible dream? How are you changing to make it happen?
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The One With All the Quotes
There is TOO try, Yoda
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Should Kieran Culkin have been nominated for best actor? My understanding of the definition of a protagonist is that the character changes. I don’t think either character changed, but I do think Culkin should’ve been nominated for best actor instead of supporting. Did you see it? What did you think?
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I Streamed A Real Pain On Hulu, But There’s One Aspect Of Kieran Culkin’s Outstanding Performance That’s Bothering Me
Hear me out.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Idaho woman in Capitol riot rejects Trump pardon, condemns ‘trying to rewrite history’ www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
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Idaho woman in Capitol riot rejects Trump pardon, condemns ‘trying to rewrite history’
“Accepting the pardon would be an insult to the Capitol Police officers, to the rule of law, to our nation,” said a woman who served time for the Jan. 6 riot.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
What Democrats need to do and won’t.
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Step Outside Your Comfort Zone – Life Begins Where Fear Ends
YouTube video by Andy Albright
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
SEC files an action against Elon Musk www.sec.gov/enforcement-...
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SEC.gov | Elon R. MuskLock
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NPR @npr.org · 14/01/2025
The FDA wants front-of-package nutrition labels required on packaged foods. The labels would tell consumers if the product has Low, Medium or High levels of saturated fat, sodium and added sugar.
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The FDA calls for at-a-glance nutrition labels on the front of packaged foods
The FDA wants front-of-package nutrition labels required on packaged foods. The labels would tell consumers if the product has Low, Medium or High levels of saturated fat, sodium and added sugar.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Here are some nice mushrooms
A colony of robust splitgill mushrooms with gills which flow like the tributaries of a river grow on the bottom of an upturned branch above the forest floor 

All photos by me
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
one night I had an uber driver who was new to san francisco. he refused to turn down a street the gps told him to bc it went straight downhill and he was legit afraid his car would go end over end. my lighthearted “don’t worry, that almost never happens” did not persuade him.
photo (via @steve_durgin on threads) of a steep street in san francisco with a yellow sign that says HILL, onto which someone called out the obvious by spray painting NO SHIT on the bottom.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
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Lilith Helstrom on Substack
Stories like this are everywhere in America.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
We were lucky to be fed by World Central Kitchen during Helene recovery.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Back in 1988 when Bush dad was running for president, I remember asking a colleague at ABC News, “When did liberal become a dirty word?“ He couldn’t answer. It just came out of the blue during that campaign.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
I had fun with Foodsaver and my new Instant Pot yesterday. Now, where to put it all?!
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Day Two: Start Where You Are
Lessons learned
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
A gang of glee
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normalize skipping #ShengWang
YouTube video by Netflix Is A Joke
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Please pass this along, thank you.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Hi, LaVonne!
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
This is so spot-on it’s scary.
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Two very different views of Jimmy Carter's presidency. Can both be true? Heather Cox Richardson: substack.com/home/post/p-... Chris Hedges: Don't Diefy Jimmy Carter chrishedges.substack.com/p/dont-deify...
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LaVonne Ellis @bornfamous.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
63 days.
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YAY YIPPE HAPPY FUN TIME I LOVE IT HEREEEEEEEEE (this is not meant to incite v¡olence!! this is simply a comparison that is worth making. billionaires are the only protected minority. )
TikTok video by Opradea
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