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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 1d

A group of influential Republican officials & staff make horrific racist remarks and praise the Nazis and the Vice President refuses to condemn them. I guess we still have a “race” problem. Would someone please warn the Supreme Court before they gut the Voting Rights Act? www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 1d

Joined Katy Tur to talk about how Republican leaders give Donald Trump whatever he wants. If the government is shut down and people are losing their jobs, it's because Donald Trump wants it.
www.msnbc.com/katy-tur/wat...

Judge blocks layoffs of federal workers after OMB Director Vought said they would lay off 10,000+

A U.S. district judge has blocked the layoffs of federal workers after Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said the administration may lay off more than 10,000. Staff Writer at The...

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 3d

Good to see airports refuse to blatantly violate the Hatch Act by playing a political video created by the Secretary of “Homeland Security,” Kristi Noem. Madam Secretary, your job is to keep us safe, not fight illegal partisan battles. Open the government.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/u...

Multiple airports refuse to play Kristi Noem video that blames Democrats for government shutdown | CNN

Several major US airports - including Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International, Portland International, Seattle-Tacoma International, and three in New York - are refusing to play a video of Secretary of Ho...

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 8d

She spoke with authority, worked with unwavering purpose, and wasn’t afraid to blaze new trails. Learn from the best so you can be the best.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 8d

I join the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. from around the world in mourning the passing of our beloved 25th National President, Dr. Paulette C. Walker. President Walker was a bold visionary who touched my life in so many ways.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 15d

On Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, we pray for the families of those killed in a terrorist attack in Manchester, England. Good men and women must come together and never let hate win.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 16d

POTUS does not have the authority to do this. Will Republican House Members from New York stand up to the President and fight for New Yorkers? www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/t...

Trump administration freezes $18 billion in New York City infrastructure projects, Vought says

The funding freeze for New York City came on the first day of the shutdown of the federal government after Congress failed to pass a stop-gap spending bill/

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 17d

Don’t believe anything POTUS and his enablers in congress tell you. They have proven in the “Big Bill” that they will take from working families and give to their rich friends. If the government shuts down, it’s clearly on those in charge. The con game is over.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 18d

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 22d

Former FBI Director Jim Comey indicted, even after career prosecutors thought there wasn’t enough evidence to move forward. A president ordering prosecution of whomever he perceives as his political enemies is a dark turning point in America. Pray for your children.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 22d

He will never stop bullying and threatening, unless Dems and some good republicans stop him. Hold the line.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 22d

Donald Trump gave trillions of dollars in tax breaks to his rich friends and will now shut the government down because dems will not agree to cutting funds for everyday Americans. Don’t fall for this con man’s con.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 24d

I am not a psychologist but like every police officer I played one on the street.

There is something seriously wrong with POTUS. He is broken, angry, vindictive, destructive, dark, isolated.

America's beauty must be our belief in hope - in a fair and free future. Let's win it.

Live Updates: After Meeting With Zelensky at U.N., Trump Shifts Stance on Russia

www.nytimes.com

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · 25d

No police chief would hire someone who'd taken a bribe to be an officer. Yet the man who now serves as border czar took a bag of money as a bribe for favors. That’s what criminals do. Administration says nothing to see here. There’s a tape. Release it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...

Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash

www.nytimes.com

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · Sep 15

We can’t begin to explain how much we will miss her, but we are so grateful for a life well lived.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · Sep 15

Commissioner Mable Butler was a force to reckon with. When she saw a good fight, she did not run away. Sometimes, she started the fight. Orlando and Orange County are better off because of her unwavering commitment to making her community a better place for all people.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · Sep 12

We can and do condemn this week's vicious assassination. But let's not whitewash history in the process. We can reject violence and also reject hateful ideologies. We can do both.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · Sep 12

Let's not pretend we were born yesterday. President Trump has made it clear that he will enthusiastically endorse and materially support brutal, deadly political violence for his own benefit.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · Sep 12

When a vicious assassination targeted Democrats this year, the president said, "why waste time?" expressing sympathies. Let's condemn ALL violence.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · Sep 12

Trump now says rhetoric causes violence? He's right. But he's suspect #1. This is a man who divides America into supporters and enemies and there can be no disagreement. This rhetoric hurts every American. If a disagreement means death, you're not free.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · Sep 11

Today we pause to remember the 2977 loved ones killed on September 11, 2001. Let us honor their memory by standing strong as one, indivisible nation.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · Sep 11

Political violence is never acceptable. Gun violence is never tolerable. America, we deserve better.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · Sep 3

Anyone who compares lifesaving vaccinations to slavery has something truly wrong with them.

I would be careful taking medical advice from any surgeon general who makes such a wild statement. People will clearly do and say anything when blinded by political ambition. SMH.

Florida to end vaccine mandates for children as state’s surgeon general likens them to ‘slavery’

Joseph Ladapo, a long-time vaccine skeptic, says that every state vaccine requirement would be repealed

www.theguardian.com

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · Sep 3

Today we heard from survivors of sexual abuse by Epstein and his “power friends.”

Yet, within minutes, President Trump called it a “hoax.” Why?

When children are sexually abused, the American people are not so willing to fall for his usual con game.

No lie can live forever.

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Val Butler Demings @valdemings.bsky.social · Aug 28

Children being gunned down in school and lawmakers doing nothing is not normal. America’s children deserve better. Concerned about violent crime Mr. President? Demand that YOUR congress pass gun safety legislation.

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