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VeronicaAG

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Blue 🔵 Cancer Survivor Avid Reader Grandma ✌️Use your Voice for Change 📣 Music Lover 🎶 Wife of Vet 🏉🏉🏉Bills & Bengals 🚫 No DM's, Sometimes laughter is the only way to survive

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · Sep 2

If you are here on Bluesky engaging in whatever capacity you can, you are making a difference. Engagement motivates people to action. Do not be silent. Silence is acquiescence!

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 2h

www.axios.com/2025/10/10/t...

These are the agencies Trump is purging during the shutdown

Thousands are being let go from agencies overseeing health care, the environment and education.

www.axios.com

VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 2h

I love the picture!

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eugeniat2.bsky.social @eugeniat2.bsky.social · 1d

Hate America?
Mike Johnson is now calling #NoKings a "hate America rally"

On October 18th there won’t be any signs that read “We hate America.”

NO KINGS will show the world that we don’t want a dictator, troops in our streets, ICE abductions and PEDOS in power.

This is our America

Emblem showing George Washington and saying No kings since 1776

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 2h

He's another one of those rich billionaires that doesn't give a damn about anybody but his own pockets

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 2h

I know, I put them in but they're really not effective at all. Kind of sucks because sometimes you want to search an a specific topic to see people's comments and the information that's out there

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 6h

Just a little Saturday humor 😂

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 6h

Very cool victory, wishing this dude the best!!!
talksport.com/tennis/36366...

'Next question' - Djokovic refuses to answer reporter after loss to world No.204

Novak Djokovic showed the class of a champion after a humbling defeat to world No.204 Valentin Vacherot. Monegasque Vacherot beat the Serbian legend 6-3, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Mast…

talksport.com

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 1d

And the lawsuits will follow promptly. Government shutdowns give presidents no additional authority to dismiss federal workers. We’ll fight these outrageous assaults on civil servants and public services.

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 6h

NOBODY is holding them in check. We are a train wreck now

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 6h

Not hearing much news on here about below, please share. Big RED FLAG:
Dominion Voting Systems was sold to a new company called Liberty Vote in October 2025. Liberty Vote is led by former Republican election official Scott Leiendecker, who also founded the election technology company

VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 6h

I just said that to someone this a.m. Trump was a creep but Fox made him into a living breathing monster creating irreparable damage.

VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 6h

Pet peeve: Ignorance that hurts others!

VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 6h

Finding it hysterical that old has been's also want to hang on to Trump's coattails to try to gain some popularity again...e.g. James Woods, Kid Rock, Chachi, etc.. to try to make themselves more relevant. LOL, it ain't working dudes!

VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 6h

When the federal lay-offs start, I think it will make an angry country even more angry. I still think this will land right on the Republicans as blame the more healthcare cuts are emphasized as an impasse @booker.senate.gov please stand strong and continue to use your voice for all!

VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 8h

This is for the self-absorbed folks that surround you and feel like they're safe staying in their own little bubble!

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 8h

Good post, thank you ✋

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pnwg69.bsky.social @pnwg69.bsky.social · 1d

Pay attention! They’re targeting:

Free speech
Voting rights
Legal status
History of slavery
Women’s rights
LGBTQ rights
Law firms
Media
Colleges
Books
Education
Political Opponents

They’re bringing religion into schools.

They’re are creating a police state.

What more proof do you need?

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 8h

The guy on the bike is the only one without a mask on. Even though he's running away, he's not the one that's a coward!

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Do they have a prize for blowing up boats in the Caribbean and then bragging that people who made their livelihood fishing there for generations are now afraid to go out on the water?

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 8h

Exactly. He's such a vindictive man!

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 21h

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 8h

Good question!

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

Only the military remains outside Trump’s grip. Despite the firing of several top officers—and his threat to fire more—the U.S. armed forces are still led by generals and admirals whose oath is to the Constitution, not the president. But for how long?
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The Civil-Military Crisis Is Here

The leaders of the U.S. military may soon face a terrible decision.

www.theatlantic.com

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