Rachel Vail @rachelvail.bsky.social · 25/08/2026May her memory be a blessing... and an inspiration 010
Reposted by Rachel VailTina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026When the Gatlinburg Wildfires happened in 2016, Dolly gave impacted families $1,000/month to help them get back on their feet. This included my father-in-law, who lost everything in the fire. Dolly gave children in TN free books each month, from birth to the age of five. She was a goddamn saint. 153512765
Rachel Vail @rachelvail.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A brilliant writer. Had the sweetest voice. Her humor was original, kind, unfailing. Gave away >300 million books to kids. Funded covid & cancer research. Loved with generosity and a twinkle in her eye. The family asks for donations to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: www.imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 010
Reposted by Rachel VailDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026From @timothysnyder.bsky.social: “The war began not with a plan, or… any sense of the national interest. The attack on Iran began with a longing--a subjective sense that violence is pleasurable and can bring a utopia in which desires become reality.” snyder.substack.com/p/utopias-of-vi… 311544
Reposted by Rachel VailWest Side Rag @westsiderag.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Liam Elkind, 26, is an UWS native and the lone announced candidate (so far) in the race to replace the retiring Jerrold Nadler. www.westsiderag.com/2025/09/04/i...westsiderag.comIn the Wake of Jerry Nadler’s Retirement, A Conversation With the Current Lone Candidate in the RaceLiam Elkind standing on Riverside Drive. Photo courtesy of Elkind's campaign. By Gus Saltonstall In the wake of longtime Rep. 131
Rachel Vail @rachelvail.bsky.social · 17/08/2025What could be better than life lessons from animal friends 020
Reposted by Rachel VailMona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 30/07/2025NEW CNN: House Dem Rep Jerry Nadler (NY-12) The "Dean of the NY Congressional delegation" Is being primaried Challenger is Liam Elkind A 26 yo who started a food/med delivery org during Covid www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/p...cnn.comNew York Rep. Jerry Nadler draws a 26-year-old Democratic primary challenger | CNN PoliticsRep. Jerry Nadler, the long-serving dean of the New York congressional delegation and the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is getting a primary challenger for next year — and it’s not fr... 151
Reposted by Rachel VailIsaac Dovere @isaacdovere.bsky.social · 30/07/2025NEW from me: Jerry Nadler, the dean of the New York congressional delegation, is getting a primary challenger for next year — and it’s not from the DSA. Enter Liam Elkind, a 26 year old who started a food/medicine delivery organization during COVID www.cnn.com/2025/07/30/p...cnn.comNew York Rep. Jerry Nadler draws a 26-year-old Democratic primary challenger | CNN PoliticsRep. Jerry Nadler, the long-serving dean of the New York congressional delegation and the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, is getting a primary challenger for next year — and it’s not fr... 168711
Rachel Vail @rachelvail.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Thanks to @kidsbookaday.bsky.social for choosing You and Me, Anemone! 020
Reposted by Rachel VailFReadom Fighter @qtpilibrarian.bsky.social · 12/06/2025#newbooksday part 1 - New kids and teen reads! 💙📚 (Good for adults, too!) #librarylife #ilovemyjob @laurenpaigeconrad.bsky.social @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social @dirtbagqueer.rocks @rachelvail.bsky.social @dkryland.bsky.social 2125
Rachel Vail @rachelvail.bsky.social · 11/02/2025I just emailed her -- fellow NYers, please join me. Contact her and suggest in the strongest terms that she should vote against RFK jr 14418
Rachel Vail @rachelvail.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Sarah McBride has more class, generosity, and courage than the lot of them. Brava. 110
Rachel Vail @rachelvail.bsky.social · 19/11/2024preorder an author's book from an independent bookstore 🥰 000
Rachel Vail @rachelvail.bsky.social · 18/11/2024thought for today: "You look ridiculous if you dance. You look ridiculous if you don't dance. So you might as well dance." - Gertrude Stein 000
Rachel Vail @rachelvail.bsky.social · 17/11/2024some days you just feel head down in a boot #tortwisdom 000
Rachel Vail @rachelvail.bsky.social · 15/11/2024They really do tally phone calls by issue and it matters Urge your rep to VOTE NO on hr 9495 06525
