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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author

@victoriamyoung.bsky.social
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United we will prevail #EPluribusUnum #SpreadTruth Activist for #EdReform #PublicEducation #EqualEducationalOpportunity #CommunityEducation #MakeLawRight

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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The push 4 patriotic education...began under the 1st Trump administration, when...Trump launched a 1776 Commission..." #Idaho Know WHO was on the 1776 Commission? Hillsdale College's Larry P. Arnn & Charlie Kirk. thecrucialvoice.com/2022/04/23/h... How many Hillsdale Charters do we have now? #IdEdu
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Agree. They've rolling back every step we've taken towards advancing equal educational opportunity & fighting discrimination & are killing R & D. Where's congressional OVERSIGHT? The gutless #Republicans have got to go! #Idaho step up. #Vote @kayleeforcongress.bsky.social & @achillesid.bsky.social
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It'll take more people showing up to candidate forums just like they have the protests. Only difference is it may give more people the encouragement to DO more. #Idaho idahocapitalsun.com/2026/09/28/l...
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Please don't miss this opportunity to come & do some listening and visiting In Caldwell #Idaho Wednesday night 5 to 6:30 at City Hall, 205 S. Sixth Avenue along Indian Creek. idahocapitalsun.com/2026/09/28/l...
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League of Women Voters of Idaho announces candidate forums for state's governor, US Senate races • Idaho Capital Sun
The Leauge of Women Voters of Idaho will work in partnership with other local groups to host public forums for Idahoans to hear from candidates in the state's U.S. Senate race and governor's race.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Wed. Sept. 30 5-6:30 P.M. Caldwell City Hall, 205 S. Sixth Avenue. PLAN to attend a candidate forum for those seeking your vote for #Idaho U.S. Senate seat 🇺🇸 Independents Todd Achilles & Natalie Fleming, Libertarian Matt Loesby, will participate in the forum. Sen. Risch has not yet responded.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Feelin' the same here in #Idaho
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Tents assembled, never used Warehouses cost more than $1B No idea of long-term cost #TrumpOnTheBallot idahocapitalsun.com/2026/09/24/r...
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Millions of dollars of waste found in Trump administration push for immigration detention • Idaho Capital Sun
The Government and Accountability Office found detention efforts wasted millions by using facilities that were high in cost or impractical.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#VoterData #DataPrivacy ?????? This is not okay. We are not OKAY. #EPluribusUnum The Many need to come together as One.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"... lifted a lower-court order that found the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) modification and use of the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlement (SAVE) system 'trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote.'” #DataSecurity ?
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Concern? How about arrest the f*cker?? Cripes. If you or I hacked Medicare, the AFP would bash down our doors. AI does it? Oopsies! I am concerned! www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare and he expressed ‘extreme concern’ to Sam Altman
Prime minister says he told chief executive he was disappointed it had taken company ‘way too long’ to inform government of breach
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Funny how one incident can lead to another. A friend was posting about a slippery slope & it triggered my memory of this. "Education content should not be subjected to our politicized lawmaking process." thecrucialvoice.com/2017/07/11/t... It was science in 2018; it's the content of the Bible now.
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The Slippery Slope of Standards-Based Education
A science standards standoff in Idaho revealed the slippery slope of Standards-Based Reform & the legislative overstepping that put us there.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Good for PBS! Glad to hear my donations to them is being put to good use. Hope others are able to support this worthy and trustworthy news source. So the Trump regime finally got to the point of government-controlled media. #Enough already!?! Step 1 #Vote Trump is on the ballot. Step 2 Prepare.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A huge thank you to CNN, MS NOW, Politico, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Fox News, PBS News, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, the Associated Press, Reuters, Getty Images, and AFP for standing together in defense of a free press.
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Carole with an e @crwright.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Having lived through those years, I remember the fear many reporters faced but carried on despite all. Thank you.
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AgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
People need to encourage other people to #GetOutTheVote Speaker of the House says people have more money in their pockets. Facts say otherwise. Speaker says, "The war isn't continuing." Facts on the spending says it's costing us like a war. Trump is on the ballot. We know how he "functions" now.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The agency “will continue our work to return education to the states and improve outcomes for our nation’s students.” That's a bunch of BULL."Return education to the states."? What does that even mean? Public schools have always been a state responsibility. #CONGRESS wrote bad ed laws.NO oversight
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Past secretaries, union leader call for probe into Education Department slashing • Idaho Capital Sun
Three former U.S. Education Department secretaries and the union representing agency workers urged the department’s top watchdog to investigate the cost and impact of mass firings.
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Courthouse News @courthousenews.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Judge nixes latest plan to put Trump name on Kennedy Center www.courthousenews.com/judge-nixes-...
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Judge nixes latest plan to put Trump name on Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center board of trustees argues the cultural center faces bankruptcy and can only acquire the necessary funds from President Trump if it restores his name to the building’s facade.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm with Nils here and I have no idea who this person is but I have long been watching what this presidents ventures into crypto and other escapades were doing to the dollar. 😡
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#LaborDay2026 I never had the type of job where I was presented with the choice to join a union. But that hasn't stopped me from sincerely appreciating the efforts of union members. I support all the efforts of those still struggling to keep this country #UnionStrong ❤️🤍💙 #InSolidarity ✊
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I can't believe Zabel hasn't withdrawn her name from the District 1 race. #Idaho #IdPol A three way race favors a Republican win — I've never seen an exception. Today is the last day to withdrawal. Maybe it will still happen. Country above self? ... This would be the time to prove that.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This edifice will be the perfect symbol for welcoming visitors to Trump's America: Where we cannot afford to provide SNAP benefits for hungry children, yet we can spend $500 million to erect an unwanted arch and an unnecessary ballroom THAT, my friends, is the #CostOfCorruption
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
CALDWELL #Idaho I took action with Peterson, Kaylee (Congress). Will you join me? Use this link to sign up: www.mobilize.us/kayleeforcon... Please let other supporters in Caldwell know that if we all sign up NOW it will make it easier on the volunteers!!!!!! Let's DO THIS 4 Kaylee & for District 1
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Yard Sign Delivery Request! · Peterson, Kaylee (Congress)
# Show Your Support for Kaylee Across Idaho’s 1st District! The most impactful conversations happen in our neighborhoods, with the people that we know. From the quiet streets of Wallace to the vibran...
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Gotta go with this. The situation is getting more dire by the day and it is ALL on Republicans. NOW, it's ALL on #Voters ... yes folks, even in #Idaho, especially when we have a chance to send Achilles 4 senate, Kaylee Peterson 4 D1 & Gilbreath 4 D2 #GetOutTheVote 4 independents & Democrats. 👇
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
USPS whistleblower alleges rushed mail ballot systems could disenfranchise voters. From @npr.org ⬇️ www.npr.org/2026/09/01/n...
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Whistleblower claims USPS plan for Trump's mail voting order could 'derail' midterms
A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
THIS, this 👇is what must be understood. #fight4undwerstanding Support #publiceducation #SaveOurSchools
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How much proof do Americans need that OUR #PublicSchools are under attack by those pushing #SchoolChoice down the throats of ALL we taxpayers? Three things made the #USA a 1st World Country — #publiceducation #healthcare and our natural resources... ALL are dependent on #WeThePeople
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
THIS, this 👇is what must be understood. #fight4undwerstanding Support #publiceducation #SaveOurSchools
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
How much proof do Americans need that OUR #PublicSchools are under attack by those pushing #SchoolChoice down the throats of ALL we taxpayers? Three things made the #USA a 1st World Country — #publiceducation #healthcare and our natural resources... ALL we dependent on our people #WeThePeople
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are projected to spend $268 BILLION on deportations — costing the average American taxpayer about $2,358 (according to @epi.org). But somehow we “can’t afford” to make sure hungry children can eat or ensure everyone, no matter their income, can access healthcare. Priorities.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Over the years, Kaylee Peterson has grown as a candidate while remaining the principled person I first met years ago. I hope others will see her as I do, ready to serve the people of #Idaho District 1. www.kayleeforcongress.com She accepts no corporate PAC money. She wants to represent YOU.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Register here publicschoolstrong.controlshift.app/events/state... Public School Strong is a national organization aimed at "promoting, protecting and strengthening your local public schools." #Idaho soooo needs all that right now. Plan to attend this Thursday, August 20, 2026.
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Statewide ZOOM Call Idaho
You’re Invited! One of our biggest goals at Public School Strong Idaho is to connect community members from every corner of Idaho. Whether you live in Boise, Bonners Ferry, Salmon, Pocatello, or anyw...
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Good Morning, #America Polling report is good news;people are waking up to reality. @50501movement.bsky.social Bad news, so is the #Project2025 regime. We've seen how the man-baby reacts to losing #J6 so it appears to be time again to prepare the People. wagingnonviolence.org/2020/09/10-t...
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Have you heard about this? It is a private LLC ID.me — not even listing a number to call. Previously,my experience with government programs was that you could count on them to have a person that could find you answers or point you in the right direction. NOT so now tipswatch.com/2026/08/17/t...
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TreasuryDirect is launching a controversial login system
And it will be mandatory after October 28 By David Enna, Tipswatch.com Over the weekend, TreasuryDirect began sending out emails alerting investors it is changing its login system to ID.me, a gover…
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Idaho Gov. Brad Little and U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz said Friday that firefighting resources are stretched thin ..." yeah Thanks to all the volunteers near the border 👏 idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/crews... They "helped protect an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 acres of land. "
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Crews building transmission line use equipment to help fight wildfires near Oregon-Idaho order • Idaho Capital Sun
Crews cleared land, cut access roads, and used aircraft to move equipment for wildland firefighters working near the Oregon-Idaho border.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Decline was predicted back about the same time Terry Ryan was applying for federal money to assist in accelerating the replication of #CharterSchools that #Idaho didn't "NEED." NOTE the decline began in 2020. Predictable results #IdEdu: traditional under-supported schools ↓ "CHOICE" ↑ as planned
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Can this call for impeachment happen? Can we make it happen?
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Bulldozers tearing up Big Bend National Park, just downriver from Santa Elena Canyon. This is a crime scene. IG: @ laiken_jordahl
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains. We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors. We don't need to desecrate this sacred land. We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I don't think #Idaho people specifically & #Republican "party voters" across the country realize what this guys money-making PRODUCT is — it's MICRO TARGETING campaign propaganda. Data collection including voting records make this possible "precisely." PRIVACY should never have been breached.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Wow! 👍👍 Listened to Peterson & Pickens www.kayleeforcongress.com/platform & www.youtube.com/@terriforidaho They're 2 impressive knowledgeable, reasonable, smart women. If U haven't decided to vote for them, go look again. Think again. If U do plan to vote for them, do what U can to help them win!
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Kaylee Peterson's Platform - A Government That Works — Kaylee Peterson for US House | Idaho District 1
Kaylee's platform priorities including public accountability, supporting workers, protecting public lands, and advocating for all of Idaho's communities
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Being logical & practical about money is what 1st cemented my vote 4 Kaylee Peterson — #Idaho District 1 House Rep. PLUS she gets US..."We need a representative who understands what government is actually for – protecting people & communities in moments no family or small town can handle alone."
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
When former TN Gov →Sec of #Education →Senator Lamar Alexander first got seriously political in the #EdReform arena — which was all a pretense of reform — he went after the teacher's union, intentionally to undermine trust in the #PublicSchools Teachers have been scapegoats ever since. #NationMisled
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"National Guard deployments across the country cost nearly $500 million in 2025, ... In general, the office estimated, deploying 1,000 National Guard troops to a U.S. city costs between $18 million and $21 million each month." idahocapitalsun.com/2026/08/05/p...
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
TODAY www.npr.org/2026/08/04/n...
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5 states have primary elections on Tuesday. These are the races to watch
From Michigan's Senate and governor primary to Missouri's 1st Congressional District, a number of key races in primary elections Tuesday could signal the future for Democrats and Republicans.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
And we have to encourage NON-USE of AI. Sorry, people, the AI generated images might be fun, but running out of land and water is not healthy for Mother Earth and humans.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Facts are facts. Crooks & liars "represent" the USA... do better America. #Idaho where have "our" #Republican congressional representatives been all this time their thus-far "untouchable" leader has been destroying the economy & our national treasures? Boot them out #Vote in Achilles and Peterson.
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Look 4 Todd Achilles at the Bonneville County Fair. Sounds like he is there wandering the fairgrounds doing what he enjoys, listening & talking. Look 4 him #Idaho #IdPol It's how an independent campaigns when there is no Party Machine behind him. www.achillesforidaho.com @achillesid.bsky.social
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Victoria M. Young, retired DVM & author @victoriamyoung.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
TONIGHT Todd's in Preston, #Idaho ! If you know anyone in the surrounding areas, let them know they should make an effort to attend. Who doesn't love a night-time parade? TOMORROW, a morning event in Idaho Falls..... Pancakes at Smitty's — make sure you RSVP for that one! www.achillesforidaho.com
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