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Progressive California Grandma. I love learning from experts in their fields. Yoga and SUP enthusiast.

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notwittyvicki.bsky.social @notwittyvicki.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Gorgeous sunset at the Martinez shoreline tonight
Sunset with water, shoreline, hills, log and wild flowers
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World Business Academy @worldbusiness.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In May, solar generated over half of California's electricity, a global first for a major economy. Rapid growth in battery storage made this milestone possible. www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
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California was mostly solar-powered in May — a global first
No major economy had previously received over half its electricity from solar across an entire month. Thank the mild, sunny spring weather, and batteries.
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 28/05/2026
I want you to hear straight from me about what happened at Delaney Hall on Monday and what I saw inside the facility. ICE out of control. GEO Group profiting off of human misery. People living in inhumane conditions. Let me walk you through it.
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What I Saw Inside Delaney Hall Detention Facility
YouTube video by Senator Andy Kim
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Again, please share. In every aspect of American history you will run smack dab into the critical contributions of Black people. It’s not Black history. It’s American history. Trying to erase it is a fool’s errand. We live it every day. time.com/5836444/blac...
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The Forgotten Black History of How Memorial Day Started
Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865
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Will Saletan @saletan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
"He puts his face on coins. He puts his name on buildings. He rejects the constitutional separation of powers. He says he doesn’t have to follow the laws." "He’s doing to our capital what a dog does to a tree." This is why we say: No Kings. My video on Trump's schemes to become America's monarch.
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As Millions Protested “No Kings,” Trump Did This
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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Pod Save America @podsaveamerica.crooked.com · 30/01/2026
The Trump administration is yet to apologize for smearing Alex Pretti, and plenty of MAGA influencers are doubling down on their vile attacks.
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
For me, the real lesson of Frank Capra’s delightful holiday film “It’s a Wonderful Life” was never as powerful as it is this year. Some thoughts. ⬇️ robertreich.substack.com/p/its-a-wo…
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It’s a Wonderful Life
We can create kindness and decency, despite Trump
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 24/12/2025
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
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There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
When I worked for Obama, I advised him on how to talk to Russian leaders. I never gave the Kremlin advice on how to talk to Obama (and I talked to Ushakov many times!).
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IamSami @iamsammi.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Okay, I just finished this video, it shocked me, it woke me up, so to speak, to some things I never thought about before. We are more alike folks than we are not alike! #BernieSandersKicksButt www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8O...
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I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over?
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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Ben Rhodes @rhodesben.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Rodrigo Dueterte is literally in The Hague for this headline. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
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Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Trump isn’t just axing the Constitution. He’s axing something we all love. Watch. youtu.be/HS7IJaB5NDc?feature=shared
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Donald Trump’s New Enemy? Our National Parks
Robert Reich
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notwittyvicki.bsky.social @notwittyvicki.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Excellent insights into who Gavin Newsom really is
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Trump Comes for the Fed, The Redistricting Wars, and Guest Co-Host Gov. Gavin Newsom
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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
I’m going live with California governor Gavin Newsom at 5:00 p.m. ET. Link is here:
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LIVE SOON: Live with Heather Cox Richardson
Starting Aug 14 at 5:00 PM EDT
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notwittyvicki.bsky.social @notwittyvicki.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!
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Leia🇨🇴🇺🇸 @theswprincess.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Democrats are doing everything they can think of to get the word out about how Republicans want to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, which we've all paid into. Please SHARE this on all your social media platforms! People need to know these details. www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...
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Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Live on the steps of the Capitol
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst. Every dictator in history has lied. Donald Trump is no different.
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Listen to Dr. Rubin, not RFKjr's propaganda and manipulation. www.youtube.com/shorts/ySVcN...
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Autism is not a disease. #autism #doctor #shorts
YouTube video by Dr. Zachary Rubin
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps. This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped" snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
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State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him. He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons. He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him. He’s defying the Supreme Court. Don’t you see what’s happening here?
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Donna Schwartz Mills @socalmom.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
One of my favorite signs at yesterday's #HandsOn events stated that this regime was committing too many crimes to fit on one poster. I know I ran out of space when I made mine. I also know that it is a strategy. We must not forget ICE & ALL the regime's victims. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
They told me if I voted for Kamala the market would crash, and then we’d probably have a recession. They were right.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
“The truth is that a tattoo identifying Tren de Aragua does not exist,” she told me. “Tren de Aragua does not use any tattoos as a form of gang identification; no Venezuelan gang does.”
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
It may be breaking, but @booker.senate.gov's voice has never been more powerful. Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.
Sen. Cory Booker putting his hand over his heart as he beats Strom Thurmond's floor address record
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Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Retweet this if Cory Booker is making you cry with pride and hope right now.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/03/2025
"It is evil, and anyone that is involved with it is evil." Trump and his cronies sent Andrys, a gay Venezuelan man, to an El Salvador prison camp to be beaten with no due process. @timmiller.bsky.social responds with a message of action and fury.
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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.
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Recently engaged, beloved barber arrested by ICE | How his immigration story is questioning the system
Rodney Taylor, a Georgia barber, has been pursuing permanent residency for years. Now, he faces deportation to Liberia despite being in the U.S. since childhood.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest “Stop resisting” “He’s not resisting” Agents seen continuing to ignore Mahmoud’s wife as she asks basic questions
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Savage... but Donald and Elon were asking for it.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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Sarah Longwell @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
This is effective.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 07/03/2025
NEW: Tim talks with Caolan Robertson about the latest wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine, the impact of the U.S. halting intelligence sharing, and what it is like on the ground in Kyiv:
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🚨🚨Death And Destruction In Ukraine After Trump BETRAYAL (w/ Caolan Robertson)
Tim Miller talks with Caolan Robertson about the latest wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine, the impact of the U.S. halting intelligence sharing, and what it is like on the ground in Kyiv as they endure relentless missile strikes. Caolan also shares his experience of being sanctioned by Russia and his insights into the broader strategy behind these attacks. Follow Caolan: https://linktr.ee/CaolanRobertson Become a Bulwark Youtube Plus Member here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG4Hp1KbGw4e02N7FpPXDgQ/join
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/03/2025
Kaine: "You can talk about sending education back to the states. Yeah, that's where we were before Brown v. Board of Education. The states got to decide, and the states made a hell of a lot of decisions that were really awful."
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 07/03/2025
Trump and Musk are going after Social Security, Medicaid, the VA, and public education. In what universe, in what world, in what religion is it morally acceptable to cut programs for hungry children in order to reward the wealthy?
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Rep. Sean Casten @casten.house.gov · 06/03/2025
You can change the laws of the United States, but you can't change the laws of nature. Limiting the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions would have lasting and devastating impacts on our planet.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“My GOP colleagues must look at what is right in front of them – from nominees who won’t follow court orders to the firing of dedicated FBI agents. They need to act, not continue to acquiesce to the President.” Thank you @amyklobuchar.com for this strong #CupOfJoe! More of this please!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I want the t-shirts, the posters, the sepia prints, the velvet portrait, the trapper keepers, the lunch boxes, the I-phone covers. Rep @algreen.house.gov is an American patriot.
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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This morning, enjoy a strong #CupOfJoe courtesy of @algreen.house.gov! "I'll accept the punishment. It's worth it to let people know that there's some of us who are going to stand up" Rise up! Let’s get in some #GoodTrouble!
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 05/03/2025
According to a respected military analyst, the United States is now evolving into a "Network State." The goal: To replace democratic structures with Elon AI government. Expect significant turbulence and "bursts of authoritarianism," he warns. www.thenerdreich.com/network-stat...
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Is a Tech-Led Network State Taking Over the U.S. Government?
The United States is currently evolving into a Network State, says a military analyst who writes regularly on the subject.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 05/03/2025
Well... the State of the DisUnion will begin, shortly. I'm gonna be in attendance 😳😏. DO NOT WATCH!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Obviously this should be investigated by the governm— … oh wait
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
What happened to Little Marco?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/02/2025
I've said it before and will say it again -- the Trump administration is not acting like one that fears democratic accountability next year or in 2028. Draw your own conclusions.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/03/2025
Texas officials and RFK Jr have portrayed the outbreak in Texas as isolated to a religious community. This is a way to both evade blame and claim it’s a problem of “others”. This is a lie. The antivax sentiment driving this is not a feature of Mennonite beliefs.
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Mennonites 'greatly disappointed' by blame for West Texas measles outbreak
After Mennonites in Gaines County were singled out in discourse about the spread of measles in Texas, local pastor Jake Fehr hopes to set the record straight.
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Oh come on….
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 26/02/2025
Federal workers choose public service to serve our people, but the Trump administration wants to traumatize them. We need cancer researchers, forest service firefighters, nuclear safety experts, VA nurses and food safety inspectors. We don’t need Elon Musk, whatever his job is.
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