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Viola Blue

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💙Mom, Deadhead, Cat Lady💙 Determined to Save Democracy "The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all." -- JFK

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/03/2025
Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
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Outspoken™️ @out5p0ken.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Everyone should be screaming like this! More of this, now please!
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Al Green's censure gave him a great opportunity to speak the truth for 30 minutes. youtu.be/CKRhFzVJKMc?...
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FULL SPEECH: Al Green Delivers Fiery Address On House Floor After After Being Censured
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Trump has ordered 280 million acres of America’s national forests and public lands be felled for timber, raising wildfire risks and evading rules to protect endangered species while doing so and razing some of the most ecologically important trees in the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber
President’s move to expand tree cutting across 280m acres evades rules to protect endangered species
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Trump's U.S. Attorney Ed Martin demoted senior leaders who supervised prosecutions involving fraud, public & civil rights, firearms, narcotics trafficking & child exploitation. Martin: "We will flood the federal district court with cases - to make our City safe." www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
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Top federal prosecutor in Washington says his office will pursue all gun cases, memo shows
Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., were ordered on Monday to pursue every firearms case referred to them and to seek pretrial detention against every person charged with such an offense, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters.
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Suzanne Bonamici @repbonamici.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Federal workers help keep the roads we drive on free from hazards and the food we buy safe. As I heard from an expert witness at a recent committee hearing, Trump and Musk are threatening the workers who run our country’s public services and contribute to a stable economy.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 03/03/2025
Standing with staff at NOAA — we just heard from a scientist who was illegally fired last week. We stand with you, we will fight for you, and we will spread the word about the lifesaving work of NOAA, the National Weather Service, and vital services you provide the country. Hands off NOAA!
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
We're being endangered right now to Russian cyber attacks. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Hegseth orders pause in offensive US cyber operations against Russia
The reported directive from the defence secretary comes during an American push to end the war in Ukraine.
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Elon Musk Floats Bizarre Conspiracy Theory That CNN Had a Hand in Attempted Trump Assassination Musk: “With this kid, we don’t know anything, right?" Is he trying to explain away why investigation details haven't been made public by pointing a finger at CNN? Deflection? ssnews.page.link/7B1cofZn7fJj
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The British prime minister insists the focus has to be a “lasting peace” in Ukraine, which he says is essential for the security of Europe. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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UK and France to work with Ukraine on peace plan to be presented to US, Starmer says, before major defence summit – live
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to join European, Canadian and Turkish leaders for summit on Ukraine
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com
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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
A grassroots movement is calling on all Americans to abstain from shopping with major retailers tomorrow, February 28, as part of an “economic blackout.” I encourage you to join. robertreich.substack.com/p/boycott
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots. The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC advisory committee was abruptly postponed. This is reckless endangerment! nbcwashington.app.link/1qOkuAy4jRb
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 26/02/2025
LFG people! Spread the word in response to the GOP’s cruel budget cuts. Join the millions of Americans who are not going to feed the corporations & wealthy on Friday. Starve the rich like they plan to starve us. Economic Blackout is Friday, February 28th, 2025.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The status of Trump-Russia collusion in 2016: REAL. In 2017: REAL. In 2018: REAL. In 2019: REAL. In 2020: REAL. In 2021: REAL. In 2022: REAL. In 2023: REAL. In 2024: REAL. In 2025 (let me check...): REAL.
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abel @abelwithatable.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽
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Gary R Simonds @garys79.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Time for We the People to restrain this runaway government. We the People serve NO KING #resist
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The rumors are true: The proposed SAVE Act, now considered a priority for Republicans in the House, will make it harder, if not practically impossible, for millions of women to vote.
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The Christian Nationalist Plot to Disenfranchise Women Voters
The SAVE Act, which purports to fend off the phantasmal threat of voter fraud, would throw millions of women off the voting rolls.
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This has just become a sick, twisted game at this point. Disgusting! apnews.com/article/elon...
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Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week.
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Yuri Shvets, former Soviet spy, claims USSR cultivated Trump since the 1970s, supporting his political ambitions & flattering him. Trump became a target of Soviet & Czechoslovak intelligence in 1977 after marrying Czech model Ivana, who worked w/ Czech surveillance bylinetimes.com/2025/02/21/d...
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Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief
A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Here we go. Certain generals must be removed before any martial law plan is put into action—as Trump and Hegseth are worried there may still be some generals out there who support the Constitution rather than his proposed dictatorship. This is a political purge intended as a precursor to far more.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 21/02/2025
Just offered an amendment that would block all cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA. Not a single one of you will be surprised to hear that Republicans blocked it.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 21/02/2025
Most people probably aren’t tracking this but Senate Republicans just started an all-night voting marathon that will allow them to gut Medicaid and increase child hunger while giving handouts to billionaires like Elon Musk.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 20/02/2025
Kash Patel, a vitriolic partisan, has been confirmed as FBI Director.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/02/2025
Chris Murphy: "My prediction is that if you vote for Kash Patel, more than any other confirmation vote you make, you will come to regret this one to your grave."
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
"Think about it, Donald Trump announces the External Revenue Service, and his goal is very simple ... his goal is to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and let all the outsiders pay," Lutnick replied. (I guess "outsider" means "not a billionaire") www.axios.com/2025/02/20/c...
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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says Trump's goal is to "abolish" the IRS
Trump wants to "let all the outsiders pay," Lutnick said on Fox News.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 20/02/2025
The US Internal Revenue Service is expected to fire about 6,700 employees, a person familiar with the matter said, eliminating roughly 7% of the tax-collecting agency's workforce in the midst of the critical tax-filing season reut.rs/4i7Rqe1
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US IRS expected to fire 6,700 employees on Thursday in Trump downsizing spree
The move would eliminate roughly 7% of the tax-collecting agency's workforce.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Arresting someone for calling you fascist seems an excellent approach to proving their point.
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
"With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making." www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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“They’re Scared Shitless”: The Threat of Political Violence Informing Trump’s Grip on Congress
With the president smashing norm after norm, even lawmakers within his party have feared for their personal safety, and at least one has told confidants that it has swayed his decision-making.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
European Parliament member 👇🏽
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
🚨Senator Tammy Baldwin: "Last night, the president said 'I'm not touching Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, I'm not touching them.' By this morning, he endorsed House budget resolution & paves the way for massive cuts to Medicaid." Medicaid affects 70M+ Americans. THIS WOULD BE DEVASTATING!🚨
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I don't know who needs to hear this, but the original American patriots fought a fucking Revolutionary War to liberate ourselves from the rule of a king. This ain't the flex he thinks it is.
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Zelensky says Trump is “trapped in this disinformation bubble” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Kyiv’s White House wooing implodes as Zelenskyy tells the truth about Trump | Julian Borger
All America’s allies know that Trump is trapped in a disinformation bubble, but Zelenskyy said it out loud
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Trump signed an EO that would allow the WH to control independent agencies that have long operated outside of its influence, claiming Presidential supervision and control of the entire executive branch, affecting independent agencies like the FEC, FCC, FTC & SEC ssnews.page.link/EKKbw6pZnfC4...
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Hours after RFK Jr. pledged that the HHS would not undergo a staff purge, it did.“The country is less safe,” said Dr. Anne Schuchat, alumna of the disease research program. “These are the deployable assets critical for investigating new threats, from anthrax to Zika.” newrepublic.com/post/191579/...
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RFK Jr. Just Kneecapped the CDC on His First Day
The purging of federal workers continues.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Remember what I said about paying attention to what your state is up to regarding vaccines? Montana is about to ban mRNA vaccines. A local family physician egregiously lied and said, “mRNA vaccines are the most destructive and lethal medical products that have ever been used in medical history”.
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Dictator for a day has gone full Napoleon.
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
What is happening right now in America is the beginning of a "soft coup," sometimes referred to as a "silent coup," which is an illegal overthrow of a government. Unlike a classical coup d'état, it is achieved without the use of force or violence. How far will this go? youtube.com/shorts/qHrsr...
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This is a Coup
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 15/02/2025
Zelenskyy: it’s time to create the forces of Europe, we can no longer rule out that we cannot rely on the US. Finally someone said it.. but also, 3 years into the war this is just becoming more obvious? Wake up, Europe.
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
🚨 A MUST WATCH 👇 PASS IT ON! 🇺🇸 youtu.be/FrHFFt5VZvI?...
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Malcolm Nance Declares a National Security Emergency
YouTube video by Malcolm Nance
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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
The Republican Tax Scam could take a machete to slash 230 billion from SNAP and 880 billion from Medicaid. #HandsOffMyMedicaid
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
JD Vance met with the leader of Germany’s far-right AfD party, breaking a taboo in German politics, continuing to promote far-right populist parties across Europe. He did not meet with Olaf Scholz, the German chancellor, who should be among the US’ key partners. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany’s far-right party
US vice-president meets with AfD leader Alice Weidel as Trump administration courts European populist parties
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Every American should read the speech JD Vance just gave in Munich. It is chilling. Every last word. Gaslighting to the highest, most smarmy degree. It is a threat to Europe. Full stop. www.spectator.co.uk/article/jd-v...
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Read: JD Vance’s full speech on the fall of Europe
Here’s a full transcript of the speech that JD Vance gave at the Munich Security Conference this afternoon. One of the things that I wanted to talk about today is, of course, our shared values. And, y...
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NAFO🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼ANTI-FASCIST ASSAULT BRIGADE @nafo-harris4prz.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
That's an awfully generous way to describe an illegal cyber attack and criminal conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act. WTF is wrong with @newsweek.com ?!?! "Elon Musk has been the instigator of some of President Donald Trump's most unconventional reforms" www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-cl...
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Elon Musk bemoans "too much information" being classified
The billionaire said he was given top secret clearance years ago, but that classified information makes communication within the government too hard.
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Viola Blue @violablue.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Judge Ali: Trump officials have not offered any explanation for why a blanket suspension of all congressionally appropriated foreign aid, which set off a shockwave and upended contracts w/ 1000s of nonprofit groups & businesses was rational precursor to reviewing program. apnews.com/article/usai...
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Judge orders Trump administration to temporarily allow funds for foreign aid to flow again
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift a three-week funding freeze that has shut down U.S. aid and development programs abroad.
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Congressman Don Beyer @beyer.house.gov · 12/02/2025
This is an absolute scandal. Trump and Marco Rubio abandoned American workers and their families abroad, delaying waivers to provide for their safe return to the United States. As these civil servants lost their possessions, housing, and money, Elon Musk was slandering them with bogus accusations.
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Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social · 13/02/2025
Sen. Richard Blumenthal stood tall outside VA HQ today, a rallying cry for our 9 million vets. His message was clear: Senate Dems won’t back down. They’ll fight Musk & Doge to protect those who served. Our veterans deserve leaders who stand up, not sell out. The battle is on, and they won’t waver.
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Andrea Love, PhD | Biomedical Scientist @drandrealove.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
RFK Jr is HHS Secretary. People who are supposed to represent US decided our lives are expendable. Read my promise to stand up for science & facts—and what YOU can do to fight against disinformation ⬇️ Science isn’t going anywhere. Neither am I. news.immunologic.org/p/rfk-jr-is-...
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RFK Jr. is HHS Secretary: Science, brace yourself.
My promise to stand up for science and health—and how you can join in the fight against disinformation that harms all of us.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 13/02/2025
Putting RFK Jr. in charge of the nation’s public health is a huge mistake. When dangerous diseases resurface and people can’t access lifesaving vaccines, all Americans will suffer — and RFK Jr.’s family could keep getting richer thanks to his serious conflicts of interest.
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