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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yep.
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Political Humor (@politicalhumor)
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
“I voted for Trump,” he said, adding, “They are picking up law-abiding citizens. They’re destroying families, jobs.”
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Tearful Trump Voter Says He Feels ‘Totally Betrayed’ After Fiancée Was ‘Swarmed’ by ICE and Taken Away: ‘This Is Like the Gestapo’
John Gannon, a 75-year-old Republican and businessman in Texas, previously voted for President Donald Trump but is now expressing his disappointment in the current administration after claiming his fi...
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🙂
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
“The brilliant cartoonist Ann Telnaes nails Pam Bondi.”
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Yes.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
“ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live…” stateline.org/2026/01/20/i...
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ICE is using Medicaid data to find out where immigrants live • Stateline
In a win for President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, a recent court ruling has cleared the way for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to resume using states’ Medicaid data to find people...
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Yes.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
“President Donald Trump is seemingly trying to redefine what counts as an American citizen.”
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Trump Threatens to Denaturalize Some U.S. Citizens
Trump is factoring in denaturalization as part of his immigration crackdown.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
You can read it for free without a subscription.
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Opinion | I’m the Mayor of Minneapolis. Trump Is Lying to You.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
“The correspondent on the story, Sharyn Alfonsi, condemned the decision in an email to 60 Minutes colleagues on Sunday evening, saying she believed it was ‘not an editorial decision, it is a political one.’
npr.org
CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls '60 Minutes' story, sparking outcry
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pulled a 60 Minutes segment on allegations of abuses at an El Salvador detention center where the Trump administration sent hundreds of Venezuelan migrants.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
“While ICE is detaining more and more individuals, targeting has shifted sharply to individuals without any criminal convictions,” the TRAC said.
kansasreflector.com
An ever-larger share of ICE’s arrested immigrants have no criminal record • Kansas Reflector
Immigration arrests under the Trump administration continued to increase through mid-October, reaching rates of more than 30,000 a month. But, rather than the convicted criminals the administration ha...
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
“By using this shadowy process, known as third-country removal, the Administration has found a way to sidestep that obligation; what happens to deportees abroad is out of the U.S. government’s hands.”
newyorker.com
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
“The moves to fire or sideline generals and admirals are without precedent in recent decades and have rattled the top brass.” Article is free without subscription.
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Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
“More than 2,700 ‘No Kings’ rallies were due to be held in all 50 states in what is thought to be the largest mobilization against the Trump Administration over the president's two terms. Organizers estimated some 7 million people protested…”
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‘No Kings’ Protests Draw Millions Across U.S.
Organizers estimate that 7 million people took part in more than 2,700 "No Kings" rallies across the country.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
“Following a series of announcements about new federal priorities, the Trump administration removed data tools crucial to state and local governments.”
governing.com
Local Governments Could Be Flying Blind as Federal Data Disappears
State and local governments depend on federal data for everything from community planning to disaster response. What happens if it goes away?
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
“More than $1 billion in USDA funding meant to support purchases from local farmers for school lunch programs and food banks has been cancelled.”
governing.com
Schools, Food Banks and Farmers Feel the Sting of Federal Cuts
Groups focused on food security are scrambling following the cancellation of federal programs supporting purchases from local farmers.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/07/2025
President Trump’s proposal to eliminate federal funding for public broadcasters threatens scores of radio and TV stations across the U.S. Here is where the cuts threaten access to PBS and NPR.
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Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR
The loss of federal funding threatens scores of public TV and radio stations across the United States.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
From the New Yorker magazine…
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
“Where’s the tipping point?” Great question.
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Office Hours: Where’s the tipping point?
What will it take for most Americans to demand an end to Trump’s dictatorship?
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
“Trump’s religious liberty commission might be the end of religious freedom for all.”
kansasreflector.com
Trump’s religious liberty commission might be the end of religious freedom for all • Kansas Reflector
If religious freedom is something you value, you need to add the newly formed Religious Liberty Commission to your list of things to follow,
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
The impact is delayed, but on its way…
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Yep.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
“During budget downturns, higher ed is always a primary target for state lawmakers since tuition gives schools a separate source of revenue. Red state lawmakers have also challenged academic freedom, limiting teaching of race and gender while requiring instruction of certain core civics documents.”
governing.com
Higher Education Faces Its Greatest Challenges in Decades
Universities were already facing a grim future due to demographic changes. Then along came Trump.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
“Even as the president suggested that he was open to negotiations, he had already made up his mind. “
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Trump’s Two-Week Window for Diplomacy Was a Smoke Screen
Even as the president suggested that he was open to negotiations, he had already made up his mind.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
(🚨) BREAKING: Trump-Netanyahu War of Choice in Middle East Has Now Officially Endangered You and Your Family, As Major U.S. Cities Go on High Alert
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Major US cities on high alert following airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities
Law enforcement in NYC and DC coordinate with federal partners to enhance security at sensitive locations following Iranian airstrikes, implementing patrols and cyber monitoring
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Yep.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
“California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next. Democracy is next.”
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Newsom Warns ‘Other States Are Next’ in Speech Against Trump
The California Governor addressed the nation as he pushed back against Trump’s response to unrest in L.A.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
“Douglas Keith of the Brennan Center for Justice warned that Trump’s courthouse arrest policy will lead to ‘more chaos … in courthouses around the country.’”
governing.com
How a Judge’s Arrest Undermines Access to Justice
What happened in a Milwaukee courthouse is an escalation of the Trump administration’s assault on the rule of law. And it won’t keep us safer.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 18/04/2025
🚨Here’s a list of just a few of the major pieces of misinformation Kennedy shared about autism🚨
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RFK Jr. knows amazingly little about autism
For someone who's been talking about it for so long, the HHS secretary got many basic facts wrong.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
“The letter threatening Harvard’s authorization to host international students, which was signed by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, accused Harvard of creating a ‘hostile learning environment’ for Jewish students.”
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DHS Threatens To Revoke Harvard’s Eligibility To Host International Students Unless It Turns Over Disciplinary Records | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Department of Homeland Security sent Harvard a letter on Wednesday threatening to revoke its eligibility to enroll international students unless it submits information on international students’ d...
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
“PBS CEO Paula Kerger said in a statement that the loss of funding ‘would devastate PBS member stations and the essential role they play in communities, particularly smaller and rural stations who rely on federal funding for a larger portion of their budgets.’”
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Trump administration plans to ask Congress to defund PBS, NPR
PBS CEO Paula Kerger said that the loss of funding would devastate local stations, "particularly smaller and rural stations who rely on federal funding for a larger portion of their budgets.”
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Let’s send Trump to El Salvador.
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Trump 'All For' Imprisoning Americans in El Salvador
The President escalated a fight with the Supreme Court over a wrongfully deported man, proposing to send U.S. citizens to El Salvador next.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
“Anyone who knows Susman Godfrey knows we believe in the rule of law, and we take seriously our duty to uphold it,” the statement said. “This principle guides us now. There is no question that we will fight this unconstitutional order.”
abajournal.com
'There is no question that we will fight,' says latest law firm targeted in Trump executive order
The latest law firm targeted by the Trump administration, Susman Godfrey, won’t be the last, President Donald Trump said Wednesday.
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
You might have missed this news because Senate Republicans did their best to keep it under the radar: last week, they voted to let big banks charge higher overdraft fees. It’s part of their agenda: bigger profits for big corporations, higher costs for working people.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“The impact of the Trump Administration's job cuts has reverberated across the federal workforce, where veterans make up nearly 30 percent of civilian employees.”
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For Veterans Fired by Trump, Sense of Betrayal Runs Deep
Donald Trump's cuts across the federal workforce include many veterans—some of whom were later rehired—sowing outrage and anger.
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NPR @npr.org · 21/03/2025
The New York Times reported Musk would be getting a briefing on U.S. plans for any potential war against China. The Trump administration is pushing back, saying this is false.
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Elon Musk heads to the Pentagon, sparking controversy
The New York Times reported Musk would be getting a briefing on U.S. plans for any potential war against China. The Trump administration is pushing back, saying this is false.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
“The proposed standards seem to echo President Trump’s false claims about his 2020 defeat. They ask students to examine factors such as ‘the sudden halting of ballot-counting in select cities in key battleground states” and “the security risks of mail-in balloting.’
nytimes.com
Oklahoma Proposes Teaching 2020 Election ‘Discrepancies’ in U.S. History
The Oklahoma Board of Education recently approved a new, more conservative social studies agenda that has irked even some Republicans.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
“Five Minnesota Senate Republicans are seeking to dub ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ (TDS), a term coined to describe a form of criticism of President Donald Trump, as an official mental illness recognized under state statute.”
startribune.com
GOP Minnesota Senators introduce bill that defines ‘Trump derangement syndrome’ as mental illness
The invented term is en vogue again after making the rounds during Trump’s first term.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
“26,000 images flagged for removal…”
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War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorities are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts m...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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The universities are next
Friends,
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
“Lawmakers in at least eight states have considered bills this year that would punish women who get abortions by changing state criminal codes to grant an “unborn child” the same protections as newborns.”
stateline.org
GOP lawmakers push to charge women with homicide for seeking abortions • Stateline
As state legislative sessions grind on, conservative lawmakers have filed a new batch of bills that would grant legal rights to fetuses and fertilized embryos.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
“While F.D.R. set a modern standard for the revitalization of a society, Trump seems determined to prove how quickly he can spark its undoing.”
newyorker.com
Trump’s Disgrace
David Remnick on the temper of Trump’s Presidency—the threats and firings, the multiple DOGE fiascoes, the proposal to cleanse the Gaza Strip of two million Palestinians, and his showdown with Volodym...
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
“‘If they don’t kick DEI out of their schools, they’re going to get a lot less,’ Patrick said to applause at the Texas Public Policy Foundation Summit.”
governing.com
Texas Legislature to Propose $400 Million Cut to Higher Education if DEI Isn’t Eliminated
The Legislature and lieutenant governor threaten to cut $400 million if colleges and universities do not end diversity initiatives.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
“The letter — signed by William Perry, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel, Jim Mattis and Lloyd Austin — said there were no real justifications for the firings because several of the officers had been nominated by Trump for previous positions.”
militarytimes.com
Former Pentagon chiefs call for hearings on military leaders’ firings
Five former defense chiefs are calling on Congress to hold immediate hearings on Trump's firings of the Joint Chiefs chairman and other senior leaders.
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VirtuallyHer @virtuallyher.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
“The governor also suggested the department would eliminate what he called ‘ideological’ curriculum and programming.”
highereddive.com
DeSantis moves to create Florida’s own DOGE to target college spending
The governor also suggested the department would eliminate what he called “ideological” curriculum and programming.
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