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Vanessa22

@wewillnotgoquietly.bsky.social
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I am a renaissance woman. I have a passion for finding the truth in the sludge of American politics- yearning for a more free and just society.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 5m
This right here is the Trump/Republican agenda👇🏽 Tax cuts for them, while regular folks struggle. The super rich are laughing.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 21h
The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2026 is Navi Pillay, a brave extraordinary woman who has served at the International Criminal Court prosecuting genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Immediately after being notified she had won, she mocked the orange felon on video. Love her. 💙👊
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Miss Aja @brat2381.bsky.social · 22h
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Americans' debt problems are flashing a warning not seen since the Great Recession
Researchers found that while wealth disparities narrowed somewhat, the ability to meet debt payments deteriorated significantly.
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 16h
I can’t tell you how much I needed this message of hope from the great President Barack Obama. 💙👊
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 13h
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 18h
Food is too damn expensive, and corporate monopolies are making it worse. The Greedy Few are destroying local food systems, squeezing family farmers, and taking control of what ends up on our dinner tables. It's time to take back control of our food and make it local again.
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KMJeezy @kmjeezy.bsky.social · 23h
Please just go vote in person if possible.
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404 Media @404media.co · 08/10/2026
Iowa man kicks off controversy over religious freedom in the small town of Ottumwa by opening a city council meeting with a prayer to Satan, which then kicked off a debate about the proper time in the meeting agenda to undo the “curse @mjgault.bsky.social story: www.404media.co/it-is-done-h...
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The pro-lifers are livestreaming a public execution.
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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
No words.
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Nancy @plaintanjane.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oct 8, 2026 Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social holds press Q&A on midterms from the Shirley Chisholm State Office in Brooklyn to call out Republicans for making life more expensive for the American people. I’ll 🧵a few of the most interesting Q&A’s below. www.youtube.com/live/-seJryz...
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 09/10/2026
In a startling revelation, an insider from President Donald Trump’s first administration has exposed significant misconduct surrounding the recent prosecution of a former Olympic athlete, shedding light on the administration's willingness to weaponize the justice system for political revenge....
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Explosive Leaks Uncover Dark Threat Behind Trumps Reflecting Pool Investigation
In a startling revelation, an insider from President Donald Trump’s first administration has exposed significant misconduct surrounding the recent prosecution of a former Olympic athlete, shedding light on the administration's willingness to weaponize the justice system for political revenge. Miles Taylor, who served as Deputy Chief of Staff at the Department of Homeland Security, provided details about the case involving David Hearn, a canoeist who was prosecuted after an incident at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Headquarters @headquartersnews.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Leaked audio of Ken Paxton revealing he wants to cut programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid: “Making some reasonable cuts to mandatory spending… Suck it up.”
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
> @cnn.com $SPCX www.cnn.com/2026/10/08/i...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“There was a child in the car” Abolish ICE. theintercept.com/2026/10/08/i...
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Precisely.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
While the 911 calls we obtained may be difficult to listen to, they offer a glimpse into a place reporters cannot access. And they show failures in responding to mental health and medical emergencies in a place where three people died over six weeks.
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Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A man in the Bronx was shot by ICE agents this afternoon. They appear to show the victim in handcuffs, held on the floor, screaming for help. ICE agent Brandon Cuni can be clearly seen holding a gun in the air. Several witnesses say he fired the shot. This agent has a violent past.
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Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Let me make it a little bigger for the folks in the back… VOTE FOR ME NOV 3RD! Make your plan to vote today at AngieNixon.com/vote. Change can’t wait, Florida! LET’S GO! #AngieForFlorida
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Mortgage rates have increased now for *7 weeks in a row* They're at the highest levels in almost *3 years* This is EXACTLY what Donald Trump said he wants to do Can't afford to buy a home or even rent an apartment? Now you know why It's the #CostOfTrumpsCorruption And we're ALL paying for it
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A list of things Rebecca Good says USG has never returned after seizing the car she owned with Renee. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A list of items including last year's Halloween costume, 12-foot jumper cables, and a metal dog kennel.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 09/10/2026
Remember when Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale called for public executions? www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
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Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
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Lauren McGaughy @lmcgaughy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Scoop: In 2014, Ken Paxton sat for a deposition where federal lawyers quizzed him about his growing wealth and investment tactics. The depo has never been made public. We got a copy. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
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Inside Ken Paxton’s Private Testimony About His Money
A leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s growing wealth and his tactics for defending himself.
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News to Remember @moments2remember.link · 09/10/2026
This how Elon Musk apparently rigged the 2024 elections. Just listen to the end America, don’t let him get away with it You already have an illegitimate president sitting in the White House, get him out of there
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Republican candidate for Congress on Texas Brandon Herrera on women voting: “I’m not saying the 19th amendment was a mistake, I’m just saying the country went to shit after.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
🔥 @jumaane.bsky.social : “They’re going to try to make the gentleman they shot the worst human you’ve ever heard of… a father picking up his child was shot by a rogue agency controlled by Trump. That’s what occurred. He represents evil. He is doing the Devil’s work.” #AbolishICE
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Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If you plan to watch a livestreamed public execution, chances are you would have attended a lynching 100 years ago. This is no different. Shame on you—whoever you are. #ProudBlue #ResistanceUnited #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth...
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Pete Hegseth pushes for public firing squad execution for Fort Hood shooter
Hegseth says Hasan's firing-squad execution should be public, potentially the first U.S. public execution in nearly 90 years.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/10/2026
“There was zero plan, except causing pain,” said one U.N. official about the Trump administration’s decision to stop funding the group with no notice or communication. “And that is not forgivable.” (Published Dec. 2025)
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After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My oldest daughter, who is also an attorney, has said these things to me as well. When your life is built around the law, all of these blatant criminal acts must be even more frustrating.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think in reality what socialism actually means in the American context is that trillionaire Elon Musk got $38 billion from the U.S. government and you got rejected trying to buy a $1 soda on SNAP benefits.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Stephen "Miller did not want the facilities that were comfortable. He did not want facilities that were humane. We were told point-blank that that was not what the administration wanted." www.npr.org/2026/10/08/n...
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ICE has quietly used this warehouse as a detention facility all summer, neighbors say
Throughout the summer, rumors have been bubbling in North New Jersey that ICE has quietly been using a warehouse as a detention center. NPR investigated.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hours later, Trump posts that the US has just had “productive talks” with Iran and announced the US will not attack Iran before the midterms.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They think we’re all idiots As Jon Stewart says — if the goal is guaranteed income and jobs, why wait? Why is it only “socialism” if we don’t hand them trillions of dollars first?
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Devastating 💔 Abolish ice www.instagram.com/reel/DePkMcN...
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 07/10/2026
NEW: CONTENT WARNING FOR SA: Democratic candidate for Arizona's 8th Congressional district Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by two men while repairing campaign signs according to a sheriff's report. www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/congres...
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. A Phoenix New Times exclusive.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If they’re admitting 81 planes, drones and helicopters worth $3.3 billion have been lost in Iran, imagine what they’re not telling us. The real cost is likely far higher, and our grandchildren will be paying for this unnecessary war and his reckless spending. www.businesstoday.in/amp/world/st...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/10/2026
In Wisconsin alone, there were 39 private schools where every student used tuition vouchers during the most recent school year. Together, these schools educated 7,923 children and took in roughly $87 million from the voucher program. (Published August)
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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.
Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The alarmists have yet to be wrong 😕🇺🇸
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Clayton Tucker @claytontuckertx.com · 07/10/2026
This is a residential neighborhood, not an industrial park. Yet right behind me in Tyler, they’re planning to turn this site into a Bitcoin mine.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Truth 👇 Bomb 💣.........
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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AW Sylwester @aw-sylwester.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Over a dozen states have important voter registration deadlines today. Check your registration and make a plan to vote at IWillVote.com. Then ask friends and neighbors to do the same.
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
New Mexico, it’s time! Early voting is OPEN all across the state. 🗳️   Check your voter registration, find your polling place, make a plan, and LET’S GET OUT THE VOTE!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And now we find that Russia is cultivating pneumonic plague in test tubes.
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Putin warns West that Russia is ready to use every weapon to protect Kaliningrad
The Russian leader insists Moscow is "not threatening anyone" and is merely responding to statements by Western leaders.
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Lupus Yonderboy - Spectre at the Feast @novasolis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just imagine the fury from rich white men if Kamala Harris had invited Iran to bomb Mar-a-Lago.
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State Rep. Gene Wu @genefortexas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Texans!! It’s the last day to register to vote! Check your voter registration & make sure you are set for this November! Let’s go!! #txlege
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