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Valkyrie

@valkyr101.bsky.social

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Turning stereotypes on their heads for 40 years. I post about politics. A lot. I have opinions, and I'm not afraid to share them. I punch Nazis. Safe space 🏳️‍🌈#M4A She/Her

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Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · Dec 10

Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 22h

They might have been, but they were still delicious.

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Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 1d

Across the Atlantic, history and current events in parallel. An amazing thread from @janefae.bsky.social

jane fae #facciamorete #antifa @janefae.bsky.social · 2d

Foregone conclusion?

Except. This was a fight for survival.

On one side, an elite with little empathy and few roots in the communities it claimed to represent.

On the other, tens of thousands of individuals who refuse to go quietly.

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jane fae #facciamorete #antifa @janefae.bsky.social · 2d

And six months on from what was supposed to be decisive knock out blow, there are signs the bigots are faltering.

Fraying at the edges.

The fight is nowhere near over.

But history teaches: when you come for a minority - any minority - you'd better succeed.

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goldmartin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 1d

This war is not about “drug trafficking.” It’s about overthrowing a socialist government so the U.S. can install a puppet regime & control Venezuela’s oil

#venezuela #oil

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Disability advocacy is not for the faint of heart.

You lose friends. People get upset that you’re not hiding your illness .

People expect things of you that you can’t give. There’s no grace when you get something wrong (which will happen).

Everyone doing this is a warrior!

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Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 1d

#breakfast

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.

That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.

Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.

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Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 2d

#happysamhain, y'all.

a happy samhain sign with a pumpkin face

ALT: a happy samhain sign with a pumpkin face

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Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 2d

Trying to teach her that "on" hurts, "next to" is fine. It's been a process. Much like herding cats...

Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 2d

We should be good because we are decent human beings. No more, no less.

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Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 2d

It means don't be fake, be real. Be what you present to the world. So many people utter meaningless platitudes and then stab you in the back. Don't do that. BE. REAL.

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Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 2d

My main words to live by are, "True worth is being, not seeming."

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Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 2d

NGL, I think a lot of us are worried about this.

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 2d

I maintain that every one of these people should be forced to live on SNAP for a month.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana blames SNAP recipients for not stockpiling a month's worth of food.

He ends his tweet with "stop smoking crack."

Rep. Clay Higgins:

There are 22 million American households receiving SNAP benefits for groceries, at $4200 per year on average.
Try to get your head wrapped around how many pantries you can stock with $4200 dollars in properly shopped groceries.
Any American who has been receiving $4200 dollars per year of free groceries and does NOT have at least 1 month of groceries stocked should never again receive SNAP, because wow, stop smoking crack.

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🚲5🇵🇸 @anyfishanytime.bsky.social · 2d

I am so concerned about this very thing! Yay for excellent journalism

Unbreaking @unbreaking.org · 2d

We have a new timeline up today on our Food Safety page, documenting how individual events continue to chip away at the personnel, regulations, and oversight mechanisms that make up our food safety systems:
unbreaking.org/issues/food-...

Food Safety: Timeline — Unbreaking

How the administration is breaking the government, and what that means for all of us.

unbreaking.org

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 2d

Swear her in. Release the Epstein Files.

Ettingermentum writes: “Actually what on earth is in those files bro.”
The image from Courier Newsroom headline reads: “Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is now the longest Rep-elect in history to not be sworn in. Mike Johnson still refuses to swear in Rep-elect Grijalva over fear of releasing the Epstein files.”
The picture shows Grijalva in a red jacket beside Speaker Mike Johnson.

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 2d

'liberals will just roll over and die because their principles say that they have to surrender.' hey why are they rolling that big cigar cutter out in front of the white house

Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 2d

I think fundamentally the problem with post liberal thinkers is that they seem to assume that vanquishing liberalism results in their enemies being converted or defeated and not becoming radicalized into enemies who no longer extend the mercies they once did.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

This is exactly why they’re dumbing down schools in red states…

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

An estimated 15.7 million workers use SNAP. It’s a lifeline for those in low-wage jobs.

Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.

Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.

Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.

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Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 2d

So tough.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

“They think that they’re tough. They have no idea how tough we are. They think that they’re hardcore. We are so much more hardcore than they are.”

--Stephen Miller speaking to Memphis police earlier this month.

Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 2d

Dear Virginia, at the very least, please give Democratic candidate Spanberger a massive landslide victory so she has a mandate. A Spears victory turns us into a dystopian trump wasteland.

God @thegodpodcast.com · 2d

Dear New York, at the very least, please give wonderful Democratic Socialist Mamdani a massive landslide victory so that he has a mandate.

Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 2d

I love this so hard.

Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 2d

#everydayiscaturday

Sleepy cow kitty impersonating a shrimp.

Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 3d

She's snoring and also emitting tiny prrrrrups when I pet her. Interesting.

Valkyrie @valkyr101.bsky.social · 3d

Fuck. Directly. Off. You're a fucking idiot, and I cannot wait until somebody takes one for the team and doesn't miss, you fucking orange moron.