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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 6h

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 15h

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femiwonk.bsky.social @femiwonk.bsky.social · 16h

Republicans really are committed to destroying access to health care.

How very pro-life of them.

#momsky

STAT @statnews.com · 20h

#Breaking: Medicare payments to doctors paused as government shutdown drags on www.statnews.com/2025/10/15/c...

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 15h

#MeToo needed to be more 'violent'. Like Project 2025 is violent. Then again America hates women so that's fun.

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 15h

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 15h

White people have a kind of intra-white respectability politics about the level of racism that's considered permissible in polite company and I think a lot of polite racists are mad the gutter racists are tarnishing their good name.

I don't care for any kinda racist but I love myself, so. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 18h

it was late January and one day was definitely chilly/colder but nothing like where I live in MA in winter. I just wore light down coat and hat, no gloves. The light was beautiful. The trails we went on were fine. We then did Superstition Mountains outside Phoenix. Surreal place. Sedona is magical.

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 18h

I was just there in January (and went 6 years before that) isn't it so beautiful?? Hard to imagine it's real.

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 23h

the cruelty is the point (plus the stupidity)

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davidrlurie @davidrlurie.bsky.social · 23h

Trump's war within is failing. So he is going to expand it. Very Putinish.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23h

Trump: "We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 23h

why?

Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office

An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

www.politico.com

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

Gift link:

#whitesupremacy #assimilation

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

www.nytimes.com

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 2d

SOLUTIONS: "[T]he newsrooms I direct have rejected sensational, episodic, bleeds-it-leads crime coverage, instead committing to deep solutions reporting on evidence-based violence prevention,” Donna Ladd writes.

A Decade of Reporting on Violence Solutions

Donna Ladd writes about rejecting “sensational, episodic, bleeds-it-leads crime coverage” in favor of solutions.

buff.ly

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 4d

It's not just UNRWA, every organization has received a record amount of donations they haven't been able to give to Palestinians in Gaza
www.reuters.com/world/us/pal...

Palestinian Americans fundraise for Gaza, as aid groups receive record donations

Palestinian Americans and aid groups in the United States are raising funds for Gaza, which faces a deepening humanitarian crisis as the Israel-Hamas war enters its fourth week - but they have as yet limited ability to get supplies into the besieged enclave.

www.reuters.com

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

This is some good news. Australia banning her based on character. Wish they'd ban most of our talking heads/politicians.

apnews.com/article/aust...

Australia's highest court rejects Candace Owens' visa challenge

Australia’s highest court has rejected Candace Owens’ attempt to overturn a decision barring her from visiting the country.

apnews.com

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson, Trump, Miller, Vance, Noem, Hegseth have been the biggest propagandists in decades. Fear mongering works for them. Weaponizing divisiveness. Terrible role modeling. Relishing that people feel unsafe. They are all sadists.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Marc Andreessen is doing in Tennessee something similar to what Tanner is trying to do in Texas. Lawmakers here are fine with it, or course, because it’s a white Christian nationalist project.

Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social · 1d

Ken Paxton just filed for an injunction to prevent Malcom Tanner from letting people live on his property. What happened to Texas, a place where you could do what you wanted on your own property?
www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/defaul...

www.texasattorneygeneral.gov

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson is an obstructionist, a cult member, a liar, and the antithesis of anyone with integrity.

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

Yes

Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 2d

If men with guns and masks tried to pull me out of my car, I'd fight back. Courts should reject any claims by the government that this is aggression by the person being detained, resisting arrest, or that they're a flight risk.

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

Facts

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d

As I've noted, central to Stephen Miller's propaganda is the claim that the Chicago complex targeted by ICE was "filled" with Tren de Aragua "terrorists."

Now @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social reports that the number of TdA members netted in that raid is down to *one.*

newrepublic.com/article/2016...

Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

wow

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

She would have been better Sec than him.

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Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower @professorpash.bsky.social · 1d

Michael Eugene Archer aka D’Angelo 🖤🕊️

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Veronica R. MSW, LICSW @tahoeboulder.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so glad many airports refuse to show brunette Barbie’s fascist video.

Teri G @terilg.bsky.social · 1d

This administration keeps torching the Hatch Act—propaganda videos in airports, partisan emails on federal servers, even mass firings. It’s corruption with a flag pin. See something? Say something. Expose it through the whistleblower tip line.
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#HatchAct

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