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American Woman in Arlington

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Mom of two teenage boys. Pro-market, pro-democracy, pro-thinking, pro-voting. Catholic. Don’t need to identify with a political party. Reasoned deliberative solutions are superior to knee-jerk reactions or nonaction.

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American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · Nov 12

First post since leaving Twitter…

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country." ~ Theodore Roosevelt

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American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 6h

What is the societal cost of “dramatically expedited regulatory review?” And how will that happen with fewer employees at the FDA?

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 7h

Good point. Dumb billionaires or shakedowns could have funded it. Who knows, maybe some “ballroom funds” paid for it.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 7h

5) wasted educational resources on his culture war ambitions;

6) shows no support for Federal Employees;

7) did not join the SNAP lawsuit against the Federal Government; and

8) is unlikely to sue the Trump Administration should it further withhold resources from Virginia.

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American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 7h

2) probably voted for Trump despite Trump’s violent threats against his political enemies;

3) accused Jones of being a political partisan despite his actions in 1 and 2 showing his own blatant partisanship;

4) removed Virginia from the ERA lawsuit as one of his first acts as AG;

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American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 7h

I generally agree. I voted before the texts came out and was disgusted by them.

While Jones lost support afterwards, it was still a race against someone who:

1) asked Jones to drop out despite not asking Trump to drop out after Trump publicly called for the execution of his political enemies;

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American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 8h

The party was clearly in poor taste and tone deaf, but whether the party was paid for by tax payers is unsubstantiated.

On the other hand, the transportation could have cost that much and I wonder if $3.4 million is an underestimate for the cost of that party.

www.snopes.com/news/2025/11...

Investigating rumor Trump spent $3.4M in taxpayer money on 'Great Gatsby' Halloween party

The U.S. president hosted a party at his Mar-a-Lago club in 2025 as millions of Americans feared losing food stamp benefits.

www.snopes.com

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American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 10h

Maybe this is the MAGA establishment punishing Youngkin for coming up with a plan to feed Virginians in the absence of SNAP.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 10h

In a fleece vest.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

I love ranked choice voting, even if it means having a poll worker ask me if I need it explained to me for the thirtieth time. (Exaggeration, I think I’ve only voted this way three or four times with only one or two poll workers asking each time.)

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

I think what they need is to believe that the individual elements of fascism are wrong. They don’t actually believe they are fascists so they agree that fascism is wrong while continuing to practice it unknowingly.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

And they are a dead party if they do.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it […] The eyeless creature at the other table swallowed it fanatically, passionately, and with a furious desire to track down, denounce, and vaporize anyone who should suggest last week the ration had been thirty grams.”

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American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

1984–“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday […] it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that after only

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American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

And it doesn’t prevent the White House from lying.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

Denial.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

Agreed.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

I fear the immediate retribution coming from the administration, but also think that such revenge could loosen Trump’s grip on his base.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

I generally agree. I would not drop the culture war stuff entirely, but I would turn the messaging around. Miyares spent four years as AG wasting money going down culture war rabbit holes. It was pathetic. The culture war is a distraction from solving everyday problems and Dems need to say that.

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American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how many Virginia Delegates thought they were in safe districts but lost anyway.

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American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

Would you trust him with your ballot?

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans today were saying that the Dems were using the shutdown for today’s elections and that they will try to open tomorrow.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 2d

I hope so.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 2d

2021 was 62%.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 2d

The Kalshi prediction market has flipped within the last hour and the probability of a Jones win now > than a Miyares win. Much closer race than before the day started.

American Woman in Arlington @iluvamerica0704.bsky.social · 2d

Jay Jones is a tough one to get behind, especially for someone who doesn’t live in Virginia. If your only data point is Jones’ texts, you likely don’t know about Miyares’ wasteful culture war crusade and that Miyares will let Trump do anything illegal to Virginians without recourse.