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Vincent Desjardins

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🏳️‍🌈 🎨 🌱 No DMs. NO MAGAs Will not follow if you have no posts Illustrator, surface pattern designer, reader, children's books, classic movie lover and a gardener with an interest in native plants www.vincentdesjardins.com

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Liana @liana51.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
They occupy the white house and they are allowed to destroy everything!
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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
A new form of intimidation targets federal judges: hundreds of unsolicited pizzas sent to judges and their children across the country. It’s an innocuous delivery with an ominous message: “We know where you live.” cbsn.ws/4l4PoOC
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Support frontline organizers demanding justice and shutting down ICE in Minnesota chuffed.org/project/supp...
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Support frontline organizers demanding justice and shutting down ICE in Minnesota
ICE killed a mother and legal observer during a raid in Minneapolis. Community organizers are rising up to demand justice and shut ICE down. Join us in our fight!
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Priorities.
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
indivisible.org/cancel-spotify
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Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡 I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
In Indiana? Send a letter to your legislators and Gov. Braun and demand they oppose mid-decade gerrymandering: act.standupamerica.com/letters/lett...
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Stop Trump from Gerrymandering Indiana!
Indiana deserves leaders who listen to and prioritize their communities—not leaders willing to do the dirty work of politicians in D.C. Send a letter to your lawmakers and make sure they’re standing u...
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Today's No Kings protest in Bloomington, Indiana.
A panoramic view of a No Kings protest in Bloomington, Indiana with a crowd of protestors standing along Walnut Street on the Courthouse square. A No Kings banner is hanging in the background on the left side of the photo.
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Bloomington, IN” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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NO KINGS Bloomington, IN · No Kings
**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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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game. The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
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Support Democracy @supportdemocracy.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Why, for the first time, do I not feel in a celebratory mood today?
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Dittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 02/06/2025
Today, we’re gonna talk Peter Theil. If you think the heritage foundation is bad, you haven’t met Peter Theil. Catch you after the video.
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Tris @trisresists.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The true meaning of ‘We Are Stronger Together’. 💙
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
63% of Americans did not know that 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. They undoubtedly know little of the shocking conditions of the ghettos, restricted travel, the violence, the torture, death camps & the fact that Trump is following Hitler's playbook. www.nbcnews.com/news/world/s...
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Survey finds 'shocking' lack of Holocaust knowledge in people under 40
Sixty-three percent of those surveyed did not know 6 million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. Over half of those thought the toll was under 2 million.
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Noelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Intimidation is key to authoritarian regimes. Their cruelty and inhumanity knows no bounds. Absolutely despicable. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia moves to safe house after DHS posts address online
Homeland Security shared copy of protective order from 2021 revealing family’s address on social media
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/04/2025
This is some scary shit—and everyone needs to pay attention because it could affect any one of us. Rachel Maddow & NPR just blew the lid off Musk’s DOGE team. A whistleblower at the NLRB says they accessed data without authorization and breached security. The potential motive is pretty shocking. 🧵
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
The first two statewide elections of the Trump era have underscored a vital truth: Libraries are not red or blue, liberal or conservative, left or right—they are essential. www.everylibrary.org/first_librar... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Results of the First Library Ballot Initiatives in the Trump Era
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Jlou @wehearvoices.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 Car prices will go up $6,000 (per abc news) because of Trump’s tariffs! And, he lied to our face. I watched his press conference. He said egg prices were 50 cents and gas below $3 a gallon. I think he meant eggs were 50 cents for one and gas just went over $3 a gal.
A cartoon. Woman with ball and chain on her ankle that says “tariffs”. Trump next to her saying “Happy Liberation Day”
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
More protesters in Bloomington, Indiana on the Courthouse Square. #handsoff #indivisible #indivisiblesci #resist #saveourdemocracy
Protesters in Bloomington, Indiana on the Courthouse Square. The people in the photograph are facing a speaker who is under a tent by the corner of the courthouse building. A man in a black, hooded rain jacket holds a protest sign that reads "Crybaby Musk." Another person holds up a piece of crumpled cardboard with the words "End the Police State" written on it.
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Protesters at today's "Hands Off" protest in Bloomington, Indiana. #handsoff #indivisible #indivisiblesci #resist #bloomington #saveourdemocracy
A photograph of protesters holding up signs in Courthouse Square in Bloomington, Indiana. In the foreground, a person in a gray hooded jacket holds up a sign that says "Hands Off! Free Speech, Our Bodies, Social Security, Our Jobs, Medicaid Medicare, Our Public Lands, LGBTQ+ Rights, Clean Air, Clean Energy. In the background another protester holds up a sign that says "Elect a Clown Expect a Circus. A multi-colored peace symbol decorates a sign on the right edge of the photograph. Bloomington's courthouse building rises up in the background.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
I am enjoying seeing all these #handsoff protests springing up around the country in towns both big and small. It's a hopeful thing to witness in such dark, scary times. And I love these DC protest signs.
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Today's "Hands Off" protest in Bloomington, Indiana. There were probably 500 to 600 people present, maybe more, all willing to protest Drump's agenda, even if it meant standing in the rain. #handsoff #indivisible #indivisiblesci
A large "Hands Off" protest scene in Bloomington, Indiana photographed looking across a rainy, wet Walnut street toward the Courthouse square. Hundred of people holding signs milling around to protest Trump's agenda.
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 03/04/2025
Everyone wants there to be a grand scheme behind all of this but the terrible truth is that extremely stupid people are in charge and they have a fanatical devotion to wrong, childlike concepts of society and economics cooked up by right wing radio hosts in order to sell tainted dietary supplements
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 03/04/2025
America, you f**ked up! She warned us. She had a plan that would have benefited everyday Americans. But too many ignored her—because it was never really about the economy. Now folks are scared, struggling—and we’re cooked.
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
IMLS staff were placed on administrative leave following the Trump Administration’s Executive Order, which eliminated federal funding for libraries. Take action today! www.everylibrary.org/statement_im... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
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Statement on IMLS Staff Administrative Leave
IMLS is responsible for distributing Federal Funding for libraries. This action will interrupt IMLS's vital, congressionally funded work. We cannot allow IMLS to be dismantled by executive action.
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
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5 Calls
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/m...
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We Are All Living in George Orwell’s World Now (Gift Article)
He is easy to quote, but what would the iconoclastic British socialist really have thought about politics today?
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Musk’s AI Grok calculates that Elon's DOGE cuts will kill at least 3.88 million people worldwide and 520,000 USians. #3E
Grok calculates that Elon's DOGE CUTS will
KILL 3.88 Million people worldwide and 520,000 Americans.
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DOGE claims they have cut $130 billion, this is less than the $170 billion in unpaid taxes that millionaires/billionaires evade EACH YEAR. Biden reinstated the Non-Filer Program to collect these evaded taxes but Trump immediately shut it down. There have been 25K millionaire/billionaire non-filers since 2017. The rich could save 4M lives if they just paid their taxes.Estimated Maximum Deaths Linked to DOGE Funding Cuts
1. Veterans Services: DOGE Cut: Reduced VA staff by tens of thousands, cut Veterans Crisis Line funding Impact: 2,000 (2025); 10,000 (decade) from suicides/health decline
2. AIDS Relief (Global): DOGE Cut: Slashed 90% of USAID contracts, targeting $4 billion in PEPFAR funds Impact: 200,000 (2025); 3 million (decade) from untreated HIV
3. Food Assistance: DOGE Cut: Eliminated $1 billion from USDA (TEFAP/LFPA), $4 billion from USAID food aid
Impact: 11,000 (2025); 20,000 (decade) from starvation/malnutrition
4. Healthcare (Global): DOGE Cut: Axed $8.5 billion in USAID health programs (vaccines, maternal care)
Impact: 15,000 (2025); 100,000 (decade) from disease/loss of care
5. Healthcare (U.S.): DOGE Cut: Cut 20,000 HHS jobs, $11 billion from state/local health budgets
Impact: 5,000 (2025); 25,000 (decade) from reduced services
6. Environmental Protections: DOGE Cut: Slashed thousands of EPA jobs, rolled back regulations Impact: 1,000 (2025); 10,000 (decade) from pollution deaths
7. Homelessness Assistance: DOGE Cut: Reduced VA housing aid, impacted HUD-VASH for 35,000+ veterans
Impact: 1,800 (2025); 18,000 (decade) from homelessness deaths
8. Pandemic Prevention: DOGE Cut: Cut $500 million USAID, $1 billion NIH/CDC pathogen research
Impact: 15,000 (2025); 200,000 (decade) from outbreaks
9. Mental Health/Substance Abuse: DOGE Cut: Eliminated $300 million SAMHSA grants
Impact: 7,000 (2025); 70,000 (decade) from overdoses/suicides
10. Cancer Research: DOGE Cut: Terminated S600 million NIH cancer grants
Impact: 1,000 (2025); 15,000 (decade) from delayed treatments
11. Violence Prevention: DOGE Cut: Froze $50 million DOJ/DHS violence prevention grants
Impact: 1,500 (2025); 15,000 (decade) from shootings/terrorism
12. Aviation Safety: DOGE Cut: Cut $200 million FAA budget, 1,000+ jobs
Impact: 200 (2025); 2,000 (decade) from crashes
13. Social Security Access: DOGE Cut: Slashed $500 million SSA admin, ended phone services…
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Karen (Harris/Walz Alaskan Democrat) @danceswithseagulls.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Trump, Musk and Republicans in Congress are gutting services, raising prices, and racing towards slashing Medicaid, Social Security, and other life-saving programs. It’s time to fight back. app.sosha.ai/s/zOgjQojz
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Join me on April 5th
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A Blue View @ablueview.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Trump & Musk Wield The Doge Axe With All The Care & Nuance You'd Expect From Such Loving, Compassionate Souls #ABlueView🧵1/5
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Collaborators with the fascists.
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
GOP politicians passed a bill to defund Medicare & Medicaid by hundreds of billions of dollars. But don't worry about them - they'll get to keep their precious taxpayer-funded healthcare coverage. And Republican Sugar Daddy Elon Musk will get his tax cuts…
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Larry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
There is absolutely NO EVIDENCE of wide scale fraud in voting or Social Security benefits by undocumented immigrants or dead people NONE! Trump & Musk are lying about this to erode faith & trust in the government & advance their radical agendas to upend free & fair elections & gut Social Security
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
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Block Donald Trump’s Attempts to Abolish the Department of Education
Public education in this country is under attack. And Trump has already made clear his intentions to undermine public education even further at every turn—including the extreme proposal to completely ...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
👋 Hey Kids!!! Get ready to either laugh uproariously or sob inconsolably, cuz it's time for either the SUNDAY FUNNIES or the TRUTHFUL TRAGEDIES, depending on your own personal point-of-view. #Enjoy 🤣 (or) #Despair 😩
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
It’s borderline criminal.
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KellyK🌺 @azkellyk.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
A new executive order allows the Departments of Interior and Agriculture to bypass Endangered Species Act protections, to ramp up timber sales, resulting in the clear-cutting of massive tracts of federal forests. No surprise—former Idaho timber executive,Tom Schulz, serves as U.S. Forest Chief.
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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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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Emergency Video: The Ukraine Disgrace open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Emergency Video: The Ukraine Disgrace
I’m ashamed today, and I know you feel the same way.
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TruBlu 🌊🌊🌊 @trublu268.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
 This is an attack on Medicaid, & ANYONE who votes on this budget this week is voting to cut Medicaid in America, and voting to gut healthcare for Medicare recipients in America. As a recipient of Medicare and Medicaid, I PLEAD with you to call your member of Congress at 202-224-3121 & say NO CUTS!
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
I just called my reps with @5calls.org, you should too: 5calls.org
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5 Calls
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Two works of historical fiction, based on true stories with themes of resistance and both by Mary Doria Russell. "A Thread of Grace," set in Italy during WWII and "The Women of the Copper Country," about Annie Clements who led a strike against the largest copper mining co. in the world. #resist
A photograph of two books sitting side by side, both books written by Mary Doria Russell. The book on the left is "A Thread of Grace," and the book on the right is "The Women of Copper Country."
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The Pushcart War by Jean Merrill is a great way to introduce your kids to nonviolent civil disobedience. It's also a fun David vs. Goliath story. Perfect for our times when resistance is more important than ever. #booksforkids #childrensclassics #booksaboutresistance #civildisobedience
A photograph showing my left hand holding the book, "The Pushcart War," by Jean Merrill with illustrations by Ronni Solbert. The book, which has a primarily yellow cover, has an illustration of a pushcart vendor using a pea shooter to shoot a tack at a truck tire.
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Vincent Desjardins @vinpauld.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important thewhitepages.net/p/thirty-lon...
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Thirty lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now which probably won't magically catalyze a mass movement against Trump but that are still wildly important
Why? Because others will see you do them, and it will make it easier for them to take their own (slightly less lonely but equally beautiful) action by your side
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