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VivianOfTheSierras

@vivianofthesierras.bsky.social

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Writer. #HealthCare Activist. Cyclist. #MS Fighter. #Latina. #Atheist. Ally to all kind humans. Columnist: https://muckrack.com/vivian-leal/articles

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VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · Nov 15

I'm powered by cafecito.

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VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 2h

What does a scaffold do?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

Am I reading this right? Did Trump say he took freedom of speech away?

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

Flagging Trump this afternoon:

"We took the freedom of speech away. Because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech — but what has happened is, when they burn a flag it, agitates and irritates crowds."

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 3h

U.N. Security Council members are concerned about tensions between the USA & Venezuela, with Russia accusing Washington of using a shoot-first "cowboy" principle in attacking alleged drug boats. tinyurl.com/ye6zzktd

“President of peace” & his drunk sidekick. 🙄

Department of war

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ATS OUTSIDE VENEZUELA.

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VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 2h

He was President.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 6h

Anyone come to mind?

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 6h

Last I checked the GOP controls all branches of our government.

Tweet from MeidasTouch: “Wow that’s crazy. Who’s running the federal government?”
Below, Acyn’s tweet quotes Rep. Mike Johnson: “If you look at polling, people’s faith in the federal government is at an all-time low. Why? Because they don’t see that it’s being done well.”
A C-SPAN screenshot shows Johnson speaking with another man standing beside him.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h

The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

Jeffries on Fox News Sunday: "My friends on other aisle seem to think believe healthcare is an extraneous issue. We don't believe it's an extraneous issue. It's a central issue...the states most affected are all ones Trump won...so this is not a partisan fight. We're fighting for everyday Americans"

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KittyAKAJody @kittywestmeow.bsky.social · 3h

Fun at the #TeslaTakedownDinerEdition #TeslaTakedown last night! Really cool having the bass player join in!
#BoycottTesla
#YesOn50
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

@teslatakedownla.bsky.social @tacomentarian.bsky.social @elonthecon.bsky.social @teslatakedown.com @teslatdcentinela.bsky.social

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Andrea Devon @andreadevon.bsky.social · 2h

Heartbreaking that the people who need the most care are the ones being abandoned.

It’s all about cruelty for them. 💔

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Rhuta Bhayga @rhutabhayga.bsky.social · 5h

Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn Bartholdy (November 14, 1805) was a prolific composer, producing over 450 works, including Lieder (art songs), piano pieces, chamber music, four cantatas, an orchestral overture, a piano trio and quartet, among others.

#GirlPower
#RadicalWomen

Fanny Cäcilie Mendelssohn Bartholdy (November 14, 1805) was born in Hamburg, Germany. She was the eldest child in a culturally affluent family. From a young age, Fanny received thorough musical instruction—first at home, then from teachers such as Ludwig Berger and Carl Friedrich Zelter; her younger brother Felix Mendelssohn shared much of her education.

Fanny was a prolific composer, producing over 450 works, including Lieder (art songs), piano pieces, chamber music, four cantatas, an orchestral overture, a piano trio and quartet, among others. Despite her talent, much of her music remained unpublished in her lifetime, and societal norms often constrained her public role as a musician. At times, works by her were published under her brother’s name.

In 1829, Fanny married Wilhelm Hensel, a court painter. The marriage did not curb her musical output—she continued to compose and also hosted “Sunday concerts” (Sonntagsmusiken) at her home in Berlin, inviting friends, extended family and musical peers.

She died from a stroke on May 14, 1847 in Berlin; she was 41. Her brother Felix died less than six months later.
After her death, much of her music was either unpublished or wrongly attributed, but in recent decades there has been growing scholarship and performance of her work. In 2018, the Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn Museum opened in Hamburg to honor both siblings and their musical contributions.

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DemCast USA @demcast.com · 6h

Via sirwinston.official (IG)-Millions of voices - from the album: Protect the future

Are you ready to use your voice on October 18? Go to nokings.org & find a location near you & join in unity to scream #NoKings!

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Kerri @kryanoutloud.bsky.social · 1d

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 1d

“Christian conservatives” (they’re neither) Republicans are getting exactly what they want.

Lower wages, less flexibility, and limited reproductive choice—all these push women back into financial insecurity, unpaid home work and out of the higher corporate and management jobs. #VoteLikeWitches!
🎁

Women were closing the pay gap with men. That’s now changing.

The gender wage gap is growing. RTO is one reason, new study suggests, Researchers found that women were about three times more likely than men to leave a job for more flexible working conditions.

wapo.st

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VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 23h

If the Epstein Files were not absolutely crushing, the Trump
Administration would not be working so hard to hide them.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

Your daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH.

#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Jaime Harrison @jaimeharrison.bsky.social · 1d

Government’s shut down. Federal workers aren’t getting paid — some even being fired.
MAGA Speaker Johnson just canceled House votes for yet another week.

And this guy’s out golfing.
You can’t make this 💩 up.

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VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 1d

DEI hire!

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 1d

Third generation actually.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

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VivianOfTheSierras @vivianofthesierras.bsky.social · 1d

Fortunately, we are good at that.

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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 1d

The patriarchy can’t stand smart, talented women.

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Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · 1d

🧵 No one believes Epstein killed himself. Not Trump, not his partner Ghislaine Maxwell, not his brother, not Dr Baden, etc. This thread covers them all bsky.app/profile/chri...

Chris⚖️Justice @chrisjustice01.bsky.social · Aug 26

#EpsteinFiles #Coverup #Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy: A closer look (2020) www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
Dr. Michael Baden rules suicide unlikely www.cbsnews.com/news/did-jef...

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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 1d

No fingerprint or DNA tests were conducted in Jeffrey Epstein's cell after his death. Sus AF.

Release the Epstein files. Now.

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JoeinNJfightsfordemocracy @progavalanche.bsky.social · 1d

The stakes are high & the time is now! Next Saturday join millions of Americans in 1000s of communities across the country.

The 47 regimes militarized crackdown on dissent is a threat to our very democracy. Be brave, speak out!

Oct 18 we stand against autocracy & we send a LOUD message: #NoKings

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