Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19/04/2025April 18, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comApril 18, 2025Tonight I had the extraordinary privilege of speaking at the anniversary of the lighting of the lanterns in Boston’s Old North Church, which happened 250 years ago tonight. 1232550602
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/04/2025April 3, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comApril 3, 2025Trump’s announcement last night that he was placing high tariffs on countries around the world came after the stock market closed, but it drove stock futures dramatically downward. 601928455
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025April 2, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comApril 2, 2025 (Wednesday)Just five months ago, on October 19, 2024, The Economist ran a special report on America’s economy. 482503622
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Today I am proud to be an American.. proud of Wisconsin, proud of the efforts in Florida.. and proud of Corey Booker for making “good trouble “. 010
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Not satisfied with purchasing a Presidential Election to become co-President, Sissy SpaceX now wants to buy himself a Supreme Court judge in Wisconsin. You can end his shopping spree, Wisconsinites! 🚫 💰 #VoteForJudgeSusanCrawford 🗳️ ✅ 👍 This is super important. 30525668916457
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Greenland says "No thanks!" 2463794678
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 27/03/2025So, you’re telling me that my federal tax dollars are funding a federal contract with Elon’s Space X to, among other things, develop satellite spyware while selling shares to Chinese investors through offshore accounts? And we don’t even know by what percentage?? What could possibly go wrong. 021
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Who exactly is running our country? We cannot let this event be drowned out by the next round of political crazy. 010
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Having read the full article released by the Atlantic, it was clear to me that Jeff Goldberg maintained the highest level of integrity throughout the ordeal. 000
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 23/03/2025March 22, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 22, 2025Perhaps in response to the growing outcry over last weekend’s rendition of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador under a legal justification a federal judge has found questionable, President Donald Trump... 441731438
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialAuthors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Good news out of Colorado! A Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries. Good work! www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...denverpost.comFederal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school librariesThe order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.” 7978251591
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialUnder The Desk News @underthedesknews.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Are they able to diminish or nullify Gay Marriage rights? Yes.. here’s how - and what my wife Natalie and I did to prepare. youtu.be/hOhIHdmnBM0?...youtu.beHow To Save Gay MarriageYouTube video by Under The Desk News 17651147
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back. This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008. Also bigger than the 2024 DNC. And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too). 331810587017796
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 22/03/2025March 21, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 21, 2025These days, I keep coming back to the quotation recorded by journalist Ron Suskind in a New York Times Magazine article in 2004. 552537634
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 21/03/2025March 20, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 20, 2025It seems as if the Trump administration is rushing to tear apart as much as it can as opponents of its wholesale destruction of the United States government organize to stop them. 541648482
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025March 19, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 19, 2025On the Fox News Channel’s The Five yesterday, the panel of Fox personalities expressed outrage that federal judge James Boasberg had ordered the Trump administration to stop its deportation of migrant... 481663427
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/03/2025www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comI’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnappedI was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky 640123774454
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 19/03/2025March 18, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 18, 2025On Saturday, U.S. 392163546
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025March 17, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 17, 2025From 1942 to 1945, the Code Talkers were key to every major operation of the Marine Corps in the Pacific Theater. 762773803
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 17/03/2025March 16, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 16, 2025Yesterday, President Donald Trump reached back to 1798 for authority to expel five people he claims are members of a Venezuelan gang. 381485403
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Our country is steeped in history of how ordinary people fought against the tyranny of the times. 010
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 14/03/2025March 13, 2025:heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 13, 2025Stocks fell again today. 351885477
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I heard similar sentiments from John Fetterman. I find that kind of logic counterproductive. Resistance comes in many different forms. 000
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 12/03/2025It’s the question of the century. Clearly related to firm but misguided beliefs and source of information. 000
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 11/03/2025March 10, 2025:heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 10, 2025Last week’s dramatically dropping stock market prompted Fox News Channel personality Maria Bartiromo to ask Trump in an interview that aired yesterday if he was expecting a recession. 301856426
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Now the question remains, will this regime abide by the decision? 000
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I’m happy about the decision but the 5-4 vote is deeply concerning. 010
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025He’s just itching to enact martial law when we all take to protest against this coup. 1320
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025March 3, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 3, 2025As seemed evident even at the time, the ambush of Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday was a setup to provide justification for cutting off congressionally approved aid to... 511975502
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Donald Trump is a Russian asset and doing a very poor job (given all the evidence of Russian cyber attacks in the past) of convincing us otherwise. Kompromat. 010
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 02/03/2025We (Vermonters) got word on Monday of his pending arrival. This was not just local residents as people from all over the state showed up loud and clear. It proves to show just how out of touch JD is by daring to show his face here. 000
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 02/03/2025It’s not the end Alina. And, the end doesn’t look very promising for you. 000
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Here I react to the shameful behavior of American leaders and media toward the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share. snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...snyder.substack.comFive Failures in the Oval Office (video)America hurt itself badly today. 382142864409
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialJohn Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org18f.orgWe're not done yet | 18F 31689270030851
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 02/03/2025And now we’re supposed to believe that the Russian journalist simply walked into the Oval Office… that there is no process for gaining access? 000
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Do not attend. The alternative is to attend and be disrupted (as Republicans have in past States of the Union), but, that would place us at their level. 000
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 01/03/2025My wish is that every American can recognize this simple fact.. for the sake of our country and global peace. 000
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialFred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 28/02/2025"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for." 301312727234111
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Attempts to rehire fired federal employees is like a battered wife going back to her abusive husband. 000
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/02/2025TOMORROW- Friday, February 28th is BLACKOUT FRIDAY! If you believe we are in danger of losing our Democracy forever, FIGHT BACK! Let's make our voices heard in numbers too big to ignore. JOIN US if you've had it with Comrade Krasnov. 🤬 🇷🇺 #24HourEconomicBlackout 21866634322947
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 27/02/2025I canceled my subscription (despite the fact that their journalists are top notch) when they backed out of endorsing a presidential candidate. 000
Reposted by @vtskon.bsky.socialHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 26/02/2025February 25, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comFebruary 25, 2025On Friday, February 21, former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg posted: “A defining policy battle is about to come to a head in this country. 422439590
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 25/02/2025This is voter suppression.. targeting trans people and women. This is crazy. 000
vtskon.bsky.social @vtskon.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Yes!! Do not be afraid. Do not comply in advance. 000
