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Lori Villarosa

@lvillarosa.bsky.social
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Founder & ED, Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE) www.racialequity.org … just testing the waters before fully committing to a new platform

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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Compounding the problems -with the lack of investment & then blaming those same community organizations if they can't reach or turnout all their folks -& then further blaming progressives for trying to advance positions that actually could improve lives for majority. apnews.com/article/midt...
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Voting groups sound alarm on funding shortfalls that they say could affect midterm turnout
Several of the nation’s largest left-leaning voter engagement and racial justice organizations are facing steep funding shortfalls and staffing cutbacks.
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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
ICE Says Detainees Are ‘Worst of the Worst.’ Government Data Disagrees. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/n...
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ICE Says Detainees Are ‘Worst of the Worst.’ Government Data Disagrees.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 25/03/2026
Trump’s illegal war with Iran, the DHS funding fight, No Kings Day and what’s next after Saturday’s historic protests are on the agenda for tomorrow’s edition of our weekly chat. Plus, your top-ranked questions and our friend @ashdashlee.bsky.social stops by. Join us: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
(around images of Leah Greenberg, Ezra Levin, and Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson) WHAT’S THE PLAN?
with Leah Greenberg & Ezra Levin

WITH SPECIAL GUEST ASH-LEE WOODARD HENDERSON
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/03/2026
Saturday could be the largest anti-war protest in the history of our country. #NoKings
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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
www.youtube.com/live/uax8jmJ...
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LIVE State Of The People Marathon
YouTube video by State of the People
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United For Democracy @weareufd.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
🚨BREAKING: SCOTUS just ruled 6–3 to give Trump the power to move forward banning birthright citizenship. Once again, giving him king-like powers and plunging immigration into sheer chaos. Make no mistake, Trump will use this ruling as a blueprint to push more extreme policies.
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Art Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Boston showed up for No Kings Day!
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
🇺🇸 NO KINGS! Live in Madison, Wisconsin. ✊
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Chicago #NoKings
Protesters carry a banner that says “No Kings!”A protester holds a mock guillotine.
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Ranaman @ranaman004.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Back at the Capitol in Olympia, WA #NoKings
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Black Voters Matter Fund @blackvotersmatterfund.org · 14/06/2025
We don’t bow to injustice! While tax dollars are wasted on parades and cuts to the programs our communities rely on - Social Security, SNAP, Medicaid, and more. That’s not leadership. That’s a power grab. We’re standing up to say this country belongs to us. #WeFightBack #NOKings ✊🏾
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Heather M. Collins🗽 @heathersdesk.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Do you know how badly you have to screw up as a Republican to get this kind of turnout in IDAHO? #NOKINGS
View of the No Kings protest from the 4th floor of the Boise Capitol Building
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The Horizons Project @horizonsprjt.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The May 2025 VISTA is live! Thanks to all who's work we drew inspiration from. @foushy.bsky.social @drreneelertzman.bsky.social @unite4vets.bsky.social @lvillarosa.bsky.social @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @gilduran.com @chenoweth.bsky.social @xriskology.bsky.social Rev. Otis Moss III Link in Comments
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National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) @ncrpcommunity.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
📢 We can't wait until the midterms to act. As Aaron says, "If we want to ensure that every eligible American who wants to vote can do so and will have their vote counted, the time to invest is now." 🔗 Read the full article & see the data: http:// bit.ly/4hxzBnY
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Right-Wing Donors and Foundations Spent $1 Billion to Keep People From Voting Last Year
A new study documents the fortunes spent to suppress voting in 2024.
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National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) @ncrpcommunity.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
🚨 @theprospect.bsky.social🚨 This wasn't a bad election cycle—it was bought & paid for. NCRP's latest research, led by our CEO Aaron Dorfman, exposes how conservative foundations & wealthy donors funneled over $1 billion into nonprofits that purge voter rolls, restrict ballot access, &silence voters.
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Right-Wing Donors and Foundations Spent $1 Billion to Keep People From Voting Last Year
A new study documents the fortunes spent to suppress voting in 2024.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
It was originally started by the French and that’s when the vast majority of the workers died. Here’s a thread on the lies Trump tells about the Panama Canal.
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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
We need to see much more of this clarity & conviction from the largest foundations. Bravo to Public Welfare Foundation & its president Candice C. Jones. www.publicwelfare.org/thesilenceof...
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... The Silence of Our Friends - Public Welfare
In times of plenty, the work we do can seem easy. Resources abound. Apathy seems at bay. The promise of a better future feels just within reach. Those times do not invite introspection about our choic...
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Common Cause @commoncause.org · 17/02/2025
“We are forced to ask ourselves if The Washington Post — a pillar of investigative journalism during Watergate — is unwilling to challenge those in power.” -Common Cause President & CEO @virginiaksolomon.bsky.social www.cnn.com/2025/02/17/m...
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Washington Post opted not to publish anti-Musk ad campaign after initially being open | CNN Business
The Washington Post scrapped an upcoming print ad from a pair of advocacy groups calling for the firing of Elon Musk as head of the Department of Government and Efficiency.
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Common Cause @commoncause.org · 17/02/2025
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post didn’t want you to see our ad questioning who’s in charge at the White House. We won't stop holding power accountable. thehill.com/media/514849...
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tajjames.bsky.social @tajjames.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
It’s not peace talks. It’s a colonization meeting. Deciding who gets to mine the rare earth minerals, who gets the oil who gets the wheat and who will control what part of the territory. Europe needs to wake the F up and defend itself from all the fascists, including Trump, Putin and the “New Axis”
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Elon Musk and Donald Trump are mass firing veterans. apnews.com/live/trump-p...
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Federal workers face mass layoffs
Federal workers are grappling with President Donald Trump’s aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay off probationary employees who have yet to qualify...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
So on point.
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ryan schlegel @rjschlegel.info · 13/02/2025
"Similar directives have come from leaders in China, Hungary, Russia, and the Soviet Union" good on @chronphilanthropy.bsky.social for spotlighting the comparative context here. many in USA civil society have yet to wake out of an exceptionalist stupor (tocqueville tranq'd)
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Insane how quickly the racist regression is happening in this country. Decades of progress being undone in weeks, without even any laws having to be passed. Just sheer intimidation from Trump and the right, and sheer cowardice from the corporations.
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Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events
Company says listed holidays were not ‘sustainable’ for its model in latest move to roll back diversity efforts
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The constant nightmare of Musk obviously makes us want to leave X, yet is anyone still over there trying to reach disturbed minds that think this is all acceptable (or great?!). www.ndtv.com/world-news/t...
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"To Err Is Human": Elon Musk Re-Hires Employee Who Resigned Over Racist Posts
Elon Musk decided to rehire Marko Elez, a former DOGE employee, after an X poll showed overwhelming public support.
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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
From @mskellymhayes.bsky.social — why it’s truly a coup, with analysis, cautions & some sense of how to respond- including this: “The first thing I would advise is to speak clearly about what’s happening. This is not merely a crisis, it is a coup.” organizingmythoughts.org/must-reads-a...
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Must-Reads and Yes, It's a Coup
Why would a billionaire raid the National Treasury? To get richer.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 03/02/2025
Elon Musk's wrecking ball now swings at USAID, vaporizing humanitarian assistance, putting countless lives at risk, threatening to topple America's economic and moral standing and emboldening autocrats around the world. Stand strong for our top humanitarian aid agency.
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USAID headquarters in Washington are blocked after Musk says Trump agrees to close the aid agency
The developments come after Elon Musk said that he had spoken with President Donald Trump about the aid and development agency and “he agreed we should shut it down.”
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 03/02/2025
Our people across #MD08 are rightly demanding answers about President Trump's systematic destruction of federal programs and the civil service. Federal workers—I'm convening a webinar on the latest developments and resources to fight back. Sign up to gain access upon its release:
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BE NOTIFIED: Rep. Raskin's Webinar for Federal Workers
Congressman Jamie Raskin will convene and release a webinar sharing up-to-date information and resources for federal workers. Panelists will share advice, resources and their expertise following mou...
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
This would be the same Darren Beattie who was fired by the Trump White House after it was revealed that he attended a white nationalist conference. (Those were the days, eh?) He was then hired by Matt Gaetz as a speechwriter, then went on to be a key creator of the "J6 was an FBI op" story.
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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
So appreciate NCN being on this immediately & thoroughly!
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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Yes. Finally, some meaningful pushback against these constitutional outlaws. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...
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Lawyers for Justice Dept. employees threaten to sue, saying dismissals violate the law.
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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Folks in the DMV, ck out @vanessapriyadaniel.bsky.social & Gloria Walton as they dive into the strengths, challenges & lessons of women of color leaders advancing our movements. & pre-order book here-https://www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/books/#preorder (or join in other cities, w/these fierce leaders)
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
some reporters have been too loose with phrasing like DEI. makes it sound like it's all abt post-George Floyd murder stuff. As he notes, they're ditching anti-discrimination policies that go back to LBJ.
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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Nat’l Council of Nonprofits’ helpful chart of EOs w/impacts on nonprofits -incl DEI; gov grants & contracts; voting/civic engagement; immigration; Census & more (+ other attacks on communities/issues of sector’s concern not listed, but chk back for update www.councilofnonprofits.org/files/media/...
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Gene Takagi @gtak.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
As Trump Takes Office, Philanthropy Should Adopt a Pandemic-Like Crisis Response www.philanthropy.com/article/as-t...
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As Trump Takes Office, Philanthropy Should Adopt a Pandemic-Like Crisis Response
Lessons learned in 2020 can serve the field well as it faces another period of uncertainty and upheaval, writes Lisa Pilar Cowan in the first in a series of dispatches on Trump’s initial 100 days in o...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2025
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
“Trump and his team of oligarchs, including techno-fascists like Musk, want us to believe that the enactment of their political vision is inevitable, and they will exploit your sense of inevitability above all else. In these daunting hours, we must refuse to surrender to the right's edicts….”
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21/01/2025
I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
“On Day 1, Trump Declares War on Migrants, Mexico, and the Constitution” Trump, writes Zeteo’s @premthakker.bsky.social, marked being ‘dictator-for-a-day’ flanked by four of the richest people on Earth – one of whom appeared to do a Nazi salute.
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On Day 1, Trump Declares War on Migrants, Mexico, and the Constitution
Trump marked being ‘dictator-for-a-day’ flanked by four of the richest people on Earth – one of whom appeared to do a Nazi salute.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 20/01/2025
"It was a Roman salute" is an updated version of "actually, the Buddhists also used swastikas." If you are using it post-1945, you know very well that the association has changed.
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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Musk’s maternal grandfather moved to South Africa FROM CANADA because of Afrikaaners being a continuation of Hitler’s policies & people want to act like he wasn’t knowingly doing Nazi salute? x.com/jimstewartso...
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Lori Villarosa @lvillarosa.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Finally!!!!!
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Laura Flanders @gritlaura.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Hi all. TikTok may not be available right now but these good independent media sources are! Let’s keep it that way! go.bsky.app/432r6dr
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Truthout @truthout.org · 09/01/2025
If you've noted the massive failure to mention climate change in mainstream coverage about the LA fires, here is a piece that specifically discusses how climate change has exacerbated wildfires in California in the last decade. The current fires will likely go down as among the most destructive.
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15 of the Most Destructive 20 Wildfires in California Have Occurred in the Past Decade
The effects of the climate crisis appear to be making California wildfires more destructive.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Good.
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