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valerielat.bsky.social
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Personal liberty and free markets, amirite?

submitted 18 hours ago • 20 comments

If you voted for some pro-Russian goons to be President and vice president you don’t get to be “shocked” that they acted playground bullies with no home training while showing their whole ass in the White House.

submitted 20 hours ago • 89 comments

I'm just so tired of crosses hanging from the necks of women supporting cruelty, starvation, disease and fascism.

submitted 22 hours ago • 61 comments

submitted 1 day ago • 1542 comments

“Do you hear the people sing?” The US Army Chorus sending a message. youtu.be/pIQh_5dZUwI?...

submitted 5 days ago • 11 comments

I’m down for Al Sharpton’s boycott on Friday. If we want to be effective, we need to stop giving these people our money. Are you in?

submitted 3 days ago • 530 comments

@joyannreid.bsky.social Here's your moment of Joy! With @maddow.msnbc.com , @nicollewallace.bsky.social and @chrislhayes.bsky.social . Totally forgot about this video after the horrors of the evening unfolded. Hope you enjoy! You will be missed.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Works as advertised

submitted 10 days ago • 1208 comments

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

submitted 10 days ago • 2373 comments

Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.

submitted 19 days ago • 18394 comments

The National Press Club just sent out this statement on the White House blocking an AP reporter today: "Today’s action by the White House is a direct attack on press freedom....The role of the press is not to take orders from the government but rather to hold the government accountable."

submitted 17 days ago • 35 comments

Now it’s TWO DAYS. 🗳️👇🏾https://registertovoteflorida.gov/home

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Yaasss!!

submitted 24 days ago • 1139 comments

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

submitted 28 days ago • 1824 comments

"The free speech crisis hiding in plain sight isn’t about whether individuals can ever criticize powerful figures — it’s about whether institutions can withstand the pressure to self-censor in the face of legal and political intimidation..." www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

submitted 29 days ago • 272 comments

No lies told in this headline.

submitted 39 days ago • 1672 comments

I love this so much! At the inauguration, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wore a distinctive collar adorned with cowrie shells, which are believed to offer protection from evil in African traditions. This choice mirrors the late Justice Ginsburg’s practice of using collars to convey a message.

submitted 39 days ago • 1775 comments

among the many things Trump is not wasting time on — an effort to upend longstanding rules around the Census, that would pave the way for a totally different way of distributing power and drawing maps, likely after 2030. (hard to overstate how important this would be) www.npr.org/2025/01/20/n...

submitted 38 days ago • 12 comments

I am resharing my updated pro-democracy starter pack. It is followed by more than 1625 users. I hope it helps you on your Bluesky journey. go.bsky.app/JSLScTv

submitted 41 days ago • 131 comments

Not seeing anything on NYT or Washington Post about Trump’s utterly scammy $25 billion (on paper) memecoin windfall The traditional media is so ill-equipped to cover the broken modern world

submitted 41 days ago • 114 comments

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No better quote from Merrick Garland summarizes why he was the wrong man for the job than this from his farewell speech. From start to finish, he brought norms to a Trump fight and democracy suffered.

submitted 43 days ago • 1272 comments

While many of Trump’s picks represent a grave threat to democracy and the lives and freedoms of millions of Americans, a handful of his most important nominees could play a direct role in the future of voting rights and access to the ballot over the next four years.

submitted 43 days ago • 67 comments

The only thing that unites the GOP today is being Donald Trump's sycophants. Now it has spread to the billionaire class, legacy media and large corporations. They are throwing money at Trump. It is up to us to build and lead a new opposition movement.

submitted 49 days ago • 395 comments