Lydia Pernia
@lydiapernia.bsky.social
Retired teacher with many passions! Democracy for all! Dog mom! Truth devotee! News junkie! Photography!
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What arrogance. What narcissism.
I will be introducing legislation prohibiting the naming of federal buildings after sitting presidents.
I will be introducing legislation prohibiting the naming of federal buildings after sitting presidents.
The Kennedy Center is adding 'Trump' to its name, White House says reut.rs/4qhpKaI
The Kennedy Center is adding 'Trump' to its name, White House says
The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which President Donald Trump filled with allies during a broad takeover earlier this year, has decided to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday.
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December 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What arrogance. What narcissism.
I will be introducing legislation prohibiting the naming of federal buildings after sitting presidents.
I will be introducing legislation prohibiting the naming of federal buildings after sitting presidents.
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As we come to the end of a very difficult year I wanted to say a few words about *some* of the issues that, with your help, I will focus on next year.
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
Our Focus for the New Year 2026 | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
As we come to the end of a very difficult year I wanted to say a few words about *some* of the issues that, with your help, I will focus on next year.
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
At the top of my list:
- Campaign finance reform
- Income & wealth inequality
- The rapid deployment of AI
- Medicare for All
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While in Chicago, I took a tour around the Obama Presidential Center. I can’t wait for you all to visit in June 2026. Here’s a sneak peek:
December 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
While in Chicago, I took a tour around the Obama Presidential Center. I can’t wait for you all to visit in June 2026. Here’s a sneak peek:
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Donald Trump lives in a completely different reality than the rest of America.
He's totally lost it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
He's totally lost it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
Has Donald Trump Finally Lost It?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Donald Trump lives in a completely different reality than the rest of America.
He's totally lost it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
He's totally lost it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQHL...
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The news coming out of Brown University is horrific. Praying for the victims, their families, and the community during this tragedy. Grateful for the first responders who rushed to the scene.
December 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The news coming out of Brown University is horrific. Praying for the victims, their families, and the community during this tragedy. Grateful for the first responders who rushed to the scene.
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4 former Alabama Supreme Court Justices
2 former State Governors
1 former State Attorney General
1 former Alabama Senator
The District Attorney
The Original Trial Prosecutor
are all calling for a new trial for Toforest Johnson
Why is Alabama still trying to execute him?
www.toforestjohnson.com
2 former State Governors
1 former State Attorney General
1 former Alabama Senator
The District Attorney
The Original Trial Prosecutor
are all calling for a new trial for Toforest Johnson
Why is Alabama still trying to execute him?
www.toforestjohnson.com
Justice For Toforest Johnson
For 24 years, Toforest Johnson has been on Alabama’s death row for a crime he did not commit. The State’s lawyers continue to seek his execution.
www.toforestjohnson.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
4 former Alabama Supreme Court Justices
2 former State Governors
1 former State Attorney General
1 former Alabama Senator
The District Attorney
The Original Trial Prosecutor
are all calling for a new trial for Toforest Johnson
Why is Alabama still trying to execute him?
www.toforestjohnson.com
2 former State Governors
1 former State Attorney General
1 former Alabama Senator
The District Attorney
The Original Trial Prosecutor
are all calling for a new trial for Toforest Johnson
Why is Alabama still trying to execute him?
www.toforestjohnson.com
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I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
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Congratulations to Eileen Higgins on a monumental victory in the Miami mayor's race!
✅Won by 19 points.
✅First Democrat elected in nearly 30 years.
✅First woman to lead the city of Miami.
Miami voters have spoken!
#democratsabroad #votefromabroad #miami #FL #eileenhiggins
✅Won by 19 points.
✅First Democrat elected in nearly 30 years.
✅First woman to lead the city of Miami.
Miami voters have spoken!
#democratsabroad #votefromabroad #miami #FL #eileenhiggins
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Congratulations to Eileen Higgins on a monumental victory in the Miami mayor's race!
✅Won by 19 points.
✅First Democrat elected in nearly 30 years.
✅First woman to lead the city of Miami.
Miami voters have spoken!
#democratsabroad #votefromabroad #miami #FL #eileenhiggins
✅Won by 19 points.
✅First Democrat elected in nearly 30 years.
✅First woman to lead the city of Miami.
Miami voters have spoken!
#democratsabroad #votefromabroad #miami #FL #eileenhiggins
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Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump hates Europe’s democracies because they have universal health care, a strong social welfare system and heavy unionization.
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
He prefers MBS’s Saudi Arabia, where one trillionaire family runs a brutal dictatorship.
What a betrayal of American values!
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Yes. We must extend the ACA tax credits so that over 20 million Americans don't see a doubling in their health premiums, on average. But we must do more. We cannot remain the only major country not to guarantee health care for all as a human right.
We must pass Medicare for All.
We must pass Medicare for All.
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Yes. We must extend the ACA tax credits so that over 20 million Americans don't see a doubling in their health premiums, on average. But we must do more. We cannot remain the only major country not to guarantee health care for all as a human right.
We must pass Medicare for All.
We must pass Medicare for All.
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Imbued with absolute power by a right-wing extremist SCOTUS and an unprincipled, power-hungry, donor-bought Republican Party, Trump is not only an enemy of the state and an enemy of America, he's an enemy of the entire planet.
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Imbued with absolute power by a right-wing extremist SCOTUS and an unprincipled, power-hungry, donor-bought Republican Party, Trump is not only an enemy of the state and an enemy of America, he's an enemy of the entire planet.
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Trump has done so many things to upset Americans and the World, that if any other President in the past had done just one of them, they would have been impeached immediately.
What is wrong with this country that this destruction of America is allowed to continue?
Supreme Court? HA
Congress? HA HA
What is wrong with this country that this destruction of America is allowed to continue?
Supreme Court? HA
Congress? HA HA
December 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Trump has done so many things to upset Americans and the World, that if any other President in the past had done just one of them, they would have been impeached immediately.
What is wrong with this country that this destruction of America is allowed to continue?
Supreme Court? HA
Congress? HA HA
What is wrong with this country that this destruction of America is allowed to continue?
Supreme Court? HA
Congress? HA HA
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This Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for so much - above all, for loved ones who are with us in our best and worst moments, and who remind us who we really are.
From our family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!
From our family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This Thanksgiving, I’m grateful for so much - above all, for loved ones who are with us in our best and worst moments, and who remind us who we really are.
From our family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!
From our family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!
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The White House says their peace plan didn’t come from Russia — the problem is it reads like Putin’s wishlist. We need a deal to end the war that actually protects Ukraine and doesn’t reward the war criminal who started this.
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The White House says their peace plan didn’t come from Russia — the problem is it reads like Putin’s wishlist. We need a deal to end the war that actually protects Ukraine and doesn’t reward the war criminal who started this.
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Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are not serious people. I won't let them stop me from holding this Administration accountable.
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are not serious people. I won't let them stop me from holding this Administration accountable.
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The Trump regime granted asylum to the alleged DC shooter in April. Kristi Noem lies that the Biden administration did not vet him. But if that were true, why didn't the Trump regime vet him? Is Noem saying they trusted Biden, whom they blame for everything bad that's happened since Trump took over?
WELKER: What vetting did the Trump administration do before giving this suspect asylum?
KRISTI NOEM: The vetting process happens when the person comes into the country and Joe Biden completely did not vet any of these individuals
KRISTI NOEM: The vetting process happens when the person comes into the country and Joe Biden completely did not vet any of these individuals
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Trump regime granted asylum to the alleged DC shooter in April. Kristi Noem lies that the Biden administration did not vet him. But if that were true, why didn't the Trump regime vet him? Is Noem saying they trusted Biden, whom they blame for everything bad that's happened since Trump took over?
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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New in PN: Trump's ugly Thanksgiving meltdown
"Trump is always vile & erratic, but spewing slurs on Thanksgiving feels like an escalation even for him. It suggests he’s desperate to find his Reichstag Fire — a violent incident he can use to rally his supporters & as an excuse to target his foes."
"Trump is always vile & erratic, but spewing slurs on Thanksgiving feels like an escalation even for him. It suggests he’s desperate to find his Reichstag Fire — a violent incident he can use to rally his supporters & as an excuse to target his foes."
Trump's ugly Thanksgiving meltdown
It's getting so bad that even Republicans are starting to notice.
www.publicnotice.co
December 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New in PN: Trump's ugly Thanksgiving meltdown
"Trump is always vile & erratic, but spewing slurs on Thanksgiving feels like an escalation even for him. It suggests he’s desperate to find his Reichstag Fire — a violent incident he can use to rally his supporters & as an excuse to target his foes."
"Trump is always vile & erratic, but spewing slurs on Thanksgiving feels like an escalation even for him. It suggests he’s desperate to find his Reichstag Fire — a violent incident he can use to rally his supporters & as an excuse to target his foes."
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"Trump has been functioning as a dictator...but it’s a vulnerable dictatorship. Virtually none of these abuses are popular with the American people...and it’s coming home to roost for Trump."
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Trump’s Fury at NYT Explodes amid Fresh Concerns about Mental Decline
As Trump’s rage at the paper of record reveals too much, the author of piece on Trump as “lame duck dictator” explains how devastating it is for him that his carefully-cultivated illusion of strength ...
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Trump has been functioning as a dictator...but it’s a vulnerable dictatorship. Virtually none of these abuses are popular with the American people...and it’s coming home to roost for Trump."
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
On the pod, @davidrlurie.com is good on Trump as weak, failing autocrat:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
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During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
November 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We now have an unprecedented level of income & wealth inequality.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
It isn’t acceptable that the top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%, while a majority of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.
We must stand together & create an economy that works for all, not just the few.
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The Trump administration's corruption has extended to selling out Ukraine—and America's interests—to Russia so that the Trump family and their friends can make a few bucks.
Must-read reporting from @wsj.com this weekend. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Must-read reporting from @wsj.com this weekend. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
December 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The Trump administration's corruption has extended to selling out Ukraine—and America's interests—to Russia so that the Trump family and their friends can make a few bucks.
Must-read reporting from @wsj.com this weekend. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Must-read reporting from @wsj.com this weekend. www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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The man from Afghanistan who shot the two National Guardsmen was vetted by the Trump regime earlier this year.
When a reporter asks why he is blaming the Biden administration. Trump asked the reporter if she is stupid.
When reporters state the facts, why does Trump always resort to insults?
When a reporter asks why he is blaming the Biden administration. Trump asked the reporter if she is stupid.
When reporters state the facts, why does Trump always resort to insults?
November 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The man from Afghanistan who shot the two National Guardsmen was vetted by the Trump regime earlier this year.
When a reporter asks why he is blaming the Biden administration. Trump asked the reporter if she is stupid.
When reporters state the facts, why does Trump always resort to insults?
When a reporter asks why he is blaming the Biden administration. Trump asked the reporter if she is stupid.
When reporters state the facts, why does Trump always resort to insults?