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Your Political Auntie who naps occasionally but stays WOKE. Standing on business. 👑Links, AKA, NAACP, LWV, FAMU, TCSYale. Creator of the original Pumps, Pearls and Politics®️.🇺🇸👠 There is always time for tea! 🫖 #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 10h

✨Day 266 of Trump 2.0
Every headline is a reminder that democracy is not self-cleaning. We either speak truth to power or live under its lies. Choose courage today.

#TruthBeTold #StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 4h

Good afternoon, pumpkin! Thank you. Peace and Abundant Blessings!🦋

Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 9h

He can finish his thought but he can't finish his statement. 😛 Poor little tink tink.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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🦋 Carmen G., PhD (🪖"Prima" to One)🌻 @tcrg2012.bsky.social · 1d

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

HE'S RE-RIGGING IT FOR HIMSELF!

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 9h

In plain sight…

Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 1d

It's wild that we've reached a point where the President openly admits to firing people for political reasons, and his OMB director tweets about it like it's a victory. This is page one of the authoritarian playbook, happening in plain sight.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 9h

Today’s sermon is courtesy of Bishop Talbert Swan.

Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 9h

⚠️ Daily Reminder ⚠️

🚨 Republicans control all three branches of our government. Don’t fall for their lies.
To stall the release of the Epstein files —featuring Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson won’t swear-in Adelita Grijalva. No shame in their game. Coveruption, plain and simple.

#StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 10h

Here we are, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. Day 12 of the #RepublicanGovernmentShutdown. Trump is cutting thousands more jobs. He could have stopped Jan. 6th and he can stop this too. Pray for America. 🇺🇸🙏🏽

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 10h

⬇️ DAILY REMINDER ⬇️
I post this every day so we never forget January 6, 2021. We saw the traitors in action. Never forget that Trump was their leader. Never forget that Trump could’ve stopped it but he didn’t. The world watched. History remembers. NEVER FORGET.

#Pinks 🌸

🎥 @mjfree.bsky.social

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 10h

And then there’s this…

furbabies.bsky.social @furbabies.bsky.social · 1d

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 1d

This is not funny. It seems to go beyond dementia and delusion. It is very disturbing. Even more disturbing is why corporate media isn’t reporting on that, ad nauseam,as they did when Joe Biden took a pause in a statement.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 Daily Reminder 🚨
Never forget Trump’s role in the coup attempt on Jan. 6, 2021. 🇺🇸

NEVER FORGET:
•The cops killed & injured
•The desecration of our Capitol
•The theft of government property
•Trump pardoned his fellow traitors
•Ashli Babbitt-$5M settlement & military funeral

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 2d

🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon who incites political violence, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🩸🩸🩸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 1d

And here we are, Saturday, October 11, 2025. Day 11 of the Republicans' #GovernmentShutdown.

The Republicans control all branches of government, yet they boldly repeat the lie that the Democrats are to blame for this disaster.

#StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️ Daily Reminder ⚠️

🚨 Stop the coveruption. The world knows Trump is in the Epstein files. We’ve seen photos and video of him with his best buddy. We saw that disgusting birthday card.

Shame on Mike Johnson. Stop stalling. Swear in Adelita Grijalva and #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles📂

#StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 1d

✨Day 265 - America feels like it’s being pushed toward chaos, a deliberate spark to ignite division and hate. Hero-worshipping those who despise Black people and disrespect women is not patriotism. It’s regression. Wake up. Stay woke.

#Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t fall for the lies. This economic disaster is squarely on the Republicans.

#StayWoke

Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 2d

The White House says it has begun laying off federal workers.

White House Signals Federal Layoffs Have Begun During Shutdown

www.nytimes.com

Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2d

It’s Day 10 of the Trumpublican Government Shutdown. More Americans are losing their jobs and the Republicans continue to not accept responsibility. This is sad. Very sad.

Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2d

⚠️ Daily Reminder ⚠️

🚨 It’s beyond embarrassing that the Republicans running our government are still fumbling to cover for Trump and his cronies. America deserves honesty and accountability — not this circus of corruption.

#StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2d

🚨DAILY REMINDER 🚨
America has a felon in The Oval Office. He led a coup attempt on our nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021. He could have stopped it but he didn't. Our White House was desecrated. People died. He pardoned the terrorists

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2d

✨Day 264 - Another day of chaos, confusion, corruption, hypocrisy, and inhumanity in America. Stay focused. Stay informed. Vote.

We did not elect a king.👑❌

Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2d

#TeamTish⚖️

Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2d

Class is in session. This will be the tipping point that takes down the Republicans in 2026 and 2028.

Abbi Lichtenstein @abbij1961.bsky.social · 2d

Reminder that this baseless indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James is part of Donald Trump’s corrupt weaponization of the criminal justice system against anyone who has sought to hold him accountable.

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, this is going to be delicious. Buckle up, Buttercup.

Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 2d

Trump hates Comey. He hates Letitia James more. She’s black. This strong black woman make an ass out of Trump.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 3d

It’s #BannedBooksWeek! Author Nikkolas Smith reminds us that when they ban books about justice and equality, they reveal their fear—not our failure.
The more they push back, the more creators will rise.
Art is resistance.
Stories are power.
Keep the fight alive.

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