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@veletapa.bsky.social
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True blue living in the bluest state. Artist of object arrangement and squiggles. Knitter when my shoulder will allow it. 🧶🩵 Slava Ukraini! 🌻

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/10/2026
🚨 OCTOBER 5 DEADLINE #BlueWaveIn30Days If you live in one of these states, Monday is the voter registration deadline: • Arizona • Arkansas • Florida • Georgia • Indiana • Kentucky • Louisiana • Mississippi • Montana • Ohio • Tennessee • Texas Check your registration. IWillVote.com
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New records released today tell us Rudy Giuliani knew the air at Ground Zero was dangerous but lied to New Yorkers. People died because of this. Yet no right wing media outlet will ask him about it abcnews.com/US/nyc-mayor...
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NYC Mayor Mamdani releases thousands of long-sought city documents on 9/11 air quality
First responders who rushed to the World Trade Center on and immediately after the 9/11 attacks were likely exposed to dangerous toxins, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
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CatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In America, most of us believe voters should pick our leaders, but this regime wants to keep people from voting so they can control our elections and seize more power. We need to vote in numbers so big that no one can rig the election.
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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When a President with his own plane claims it's too hard for him to vote in person, would GOP politicians and Fox News like to explain why, for example, a working mother or someone working two jobs to pay the rent should have no problem waiting in line on election day?
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God @thegodshow.com · 09/08/2026
Can I get an amen?
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 06/08/2026
Headline from....the Daily Mail.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The truth in a nutshell!💥🔥
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
It should be a no-brainer:  No stock trading for members of Congress, the vice president, or the president. No billionaires buying elections through super PACs. The government should work for the American people—not wealthy donors and corporate interests.
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
👇 And get rid of the electoral college. One big reason why people don’t think their votes count.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Effective tax rate paid by Jeff Bezos from 2014 to 2018: 0.98% Effective 2025 federal tax rate paid by Amazon: 1.4% Typical tax rate paid by the average American: 14.5% Just thought I should point that out.
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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
In a sane world, we'd be discussing giving a million dollars to Jeffrey Epstein's victims and not to the traitors on January 6.
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The goats!
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 14/05/2026
NEW: Oregon lawmakers passed a law they said would stop multibillion-dollar deals from reducing care and increasing costs. Five years later, the state hasn’t blocked a single transaction or issued any fines.
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A Unique Oregon Law Allows It to Block Healthcare Deals. In Five Years, the State Hasn’t Done So Once.
Lawmakers said that giving the state oversight would stop multibillion-dollar deals from reducing care and increasing costs. Some who supported the law say it hasn’t been nearly as effective as they h...
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
The even bigger story is why the f*k do people believe anything they say. The gullibility is mind boggling!
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michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 21/03/2026
Robert Mueller earned his place in history; Donald Trump just proved he belongs in a comment section. Character can’t be faked, and integrity can’t be bought. No matter how many buildings you put your name on. — Rest in peace to a true public servant.
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Afra Kroon 🇳🇱 @afrakroon.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/03/2026
Tennessee teenagers are suing Elon Musk’s company xAI over allegations that its artificial intelligence tool Grok undressed photos of them as minors—the latest challenge against the wealthiest living person’s chatbot.
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Tennessee teens sue Elon Musk's xAI over child sexual abuse images
It’s the latest legal challenge against the Grok chatbot’s mass creation of nonconsensual sexual imagery of women and girls.
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Some spring color to brighten your day. 🌞 #bulbshow #smithcollege
Spring bulbs at Smith College 
Tulips and daffodilsTulips in a green house
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.
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ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony
Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Nailed it.
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/me...
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Medicare for All!
Since taking office this term, Trump and Republicans have spent the past year terrorizing our communities and cutting health care for millions across the country. At the same time, billions of dollars...
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Living in a snow globe. #blizzard26
Looking out snowy windowSnow storm outsideSnow daySnowy backporch
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 15/02/2026
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is the absolute truth!
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
A reminder: The Attorney General of the United States should be the people's lawyer, not the president's personal attorney. The Department of Justice should act to protect the public, not the occupant of the Oval Office and his political allies.
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Right!
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Nate @nateduty.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
YES!
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
It's obvious but still striking to consider that we have a United States government driven solely by one man's emotional dysregulation and dysfunction.
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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)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
He didn't shoot her in the head at point blank range because he felt like he was in danger. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he was furious that she wasn't afraid of him. He shot her in the head at point blank range because he felt emasculated.
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Definitely Danny @semperwry.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
AP writer Mary Clare Jalonick has a book coming out next month about January 6th. There are interviews with myself and some of my colleagues you wouldn't have heard from before. apnews.com/article/capi...
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EXCERPT: In 'Storm at the Capitol,' police officers detail a brutal assault on Jan. 6, 2021
In the 4 p.m. hour on Jan. 6, 2021, at the height of the fighting that day outside the U.S. Capitol, hundreds of rioters loyal to President Donald Trump had already breached several entrances and forc...
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WBUR @wbur.org · 23/12/2025
Immigration arrests and deportations have shot up in New England, with the participation of federal, regional and local institutions.
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Map: How mass deportation happens in New England
Immigration arrests and deportations have shot up in New England, with the participation of federal, regional and local institutions.
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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
No surprise.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
With just 17 days until Obamacare tax credits expire, it’s now clear: Congress—and the country—are headed over the Obamacare cliff. Even if the House acts, the Senate won’t move in time. It’s outrageous that all members of Congress have great, taxpayer-funded healthcare! Screw regular Americans!!
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Caring is an act of resistance in a system that thrives on indifference.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed seven straight audits. This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
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Annie M Leonard @anniemleonard.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
It’s not a great deal if you don’t need it. And especially this year, others really need support. So for all of us who have enough, let’s refuse to get sucked into the holiday shopping frenzy and share instead of shop. We don’t need more stuff, we need communities where all our neighbors are safe.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/11/2025
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I finally put together a website about my artistic pursuits. Take a look, I’m interested in your thoughts. #artist #printmaking paulaveleta.com
Printmaking paper collection
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Absolutely!
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The most important thing you’ll read today. Don’t skip it! www.facebook.com/share/p/18t5...
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Despicable. I’m sure I had relatives that agreed with these people. Grew up as a midwesterner in the 1960’s. They taught their children to be just as ignorant and hateful!
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Truth 👊
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veletapa.bsky.social @veletapa.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Northampton” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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NO KINGS Northampton · Mobilize
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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