Valerie Leavy @valeavy.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Feel good read of the day 🥰huffpost.comProtesters Hit JD Vance With A Frosty 'F**k Off' On Family Ski Trip After Zelenskyy ClashVermont residents melted the vice president's family vacation with a sea of signs leading to the ski resort. 020
Reposted by Valerie LeavySherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 23/02/2025jenniferschulze.substack.comLocal news deserves high marks for coverage of the doge falloutReporters are telling gripping human stories, connecting the dots from DC to main street, going beyond acronyms to explain what government agencies do & giving voice to concerns of regular people 171251218
Reposted by Valerie Leavy50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 22/02/2025MARCH 4TH: ORGANIZE & MOBILIZE! • Protest on March 4th, or if/when you are able to—let your voice be heard. • Find resources, local actions, and more: FiftyFifty.one. This is our country. This is our fight. This is The People’s Movement. @polrev.bsky.social #50501Movement #FiftyFiftyOne 20783273
Valerie Leavy @valeavy.bsky.social · 21/02/2025The trolls have descended upon Bluesky! You know why they’re here and what they want. Give trolls no quarter- block and move on with your happy life. Let them go back to Xitter 021
Valerie Leavy @valeavy.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Resistance made easy! Enter your zip code and the 5 Calls app will give you numbers for your house, senate, and local reps, and provide scripts for issues you’re concerned about. So easy you can call them every day! ✊🤳🗣️apps.apple.com5 Calls: Contact Your Congress**As seen on MSNBC...** 020
Reposted by Valerie Leavyunraveled @unraveledpress.com · 21/02/2025Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!" 757253994558
Valerie Leavy @valeavy.bsky.social · 20/02/2025YES ✊ makes me miss Lower Bottoms 💚💚💚capitalbnews.orgHow Black Communities Are Leading the Fight Against Climate ChangeFacing impending threats, Black activists are still fighting the fight. 010
Reposted by Valerie Leavyemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025I've read most of the analyses of the DOGE 2025 "receipts" site. This, from NPR, is the best I've read so far. Some of what they claim to have cut haven't been cut, other "cuts" will incur costs down the road. NPR says DOGE has made $2B of cuts, not $55B. www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...npr.orgDOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add upA new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up. 24962042458
Reposted by Valerie LeavyMichael F @michaelf617.bsky.social · 19/02/2025"Friends, I am just furious that Donald Trump has declared martial law and cancelled the 2026 midterms, but this means the stakes for 2028 couldn't be higher, and your $15 is vital to get all our Democratic candidates out of Guantanamo and back to work" 6470114
Valerie Leavy @valeavy.bsky.social · 19/02/2025The most dire, underreported threat happening now. This is the end of democracy. WAKE UP 010
Valerie Leavy @valeavy.bsky.social · 17/02/2025From SF city hall today, because I can’t just stay home for constitutional collapse 060
Reposted by Valerie Leavynaomi-writer1.bsky.social @naomi-writer1.bsky.social · 16/02/2025FIGHT THE COUP. NATIONAL PROTESTS ON FEB. 17TH. FIND ONE NEAR YOU: events.pol-rev.com 2375
Reposted by Valerie LeavyJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 16/02/2025time to dig up the @adamkotsko.bsky.social tweet 68101973730
Valerie Leavy @valeavy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Have you called your member of congress yet today? They work for you. 011
Reposted by Valerie LeavyJames Westonson @jameswestonson.bsky.social · 08/02/2025POSTERS PRINT THEM OUT HANG THEM UP BUY EYELET PUNCHERS FOR HANGING PURPOSES (OVERPASSES ETC) 48826
Reposted by Valerie LeavyJohn Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Every single right-wing thinker for the past decade: "Liberal democracy is over, when we get in power we're gonna try to do a dictatorship" Pundits: "I think we can agree Trump is a little unconventional, but perhaps this time he may surprise us" 251901369
Valerie Leavy @valeavy.bsky.social · 06/02/2025You don’t saygizmodo.comElon Musk's Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink's Contracts in UkraineThe agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's equipment at the time of Musk's assault. 020
Valerie Leavy @valeavy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Ideas? I manage several #Facebook Groups dedicated to sharing #genealogy research with my cousins. Each group is dedicated to descendants of a particular ancestor. It’s a great way to share files, stories, and images. I’m seeking a new platform. Substack? #metaexodus 340
