Veronica
@vmcombs.bsky.social
Parent, partner, reader, writer, knitter.
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Five campaigns. All people funded. All challenging the same political mistake we keep repeating. I lay out the principles I use to decide who earns my support and why these races matter right now. One shared thread ties them all together. See if you catch it.
Tired of Corporate Sellouts? Back These People-Funded Fighters
The Democratic Party’s approval is at 26% because it keeps backing the status quo. These five campaigns show us another path—rooted in courage, humanity, and people.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long considered fluoridation of drinking water one of the 20th century's greatest public health achievements. But the City of Ridgeland, Mississippi, is now considering whether or not to end its water fluoridation program.
Ridgeland Could End Water Fluoridation. Experts Warn It Would Compromise Public Health
The City of Ridgeland, Mississippi, has joined a growing list of cities that could permanently end their water-fluoridation programs.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long considered fluoridation of drinking water one of the 20th century's greatest public health achievements. But the City of Ridgeland, Mississippi, is now considering whether or not to end its water fluoridation program.
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Marcela Rodriguez, co-executive director of Enlace Chicago (whose Little Village office hosted the presser) described Bovino visiting the office this morning in an "intimidation tactic."
She said agents then took two men near the office and disrupted another community group's holiday food giveaway.
She said agents then took two men near the office and disrupted another community group's holiday food giveaway.
December 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Marcela Rodriguez, co-executive director of Enlace Chicago (whose Little Village office hosted the presser) described Bovino visiting the office this morning in an "intimidation tactic."
She said agents then took two men near the office and disrupted another community group's holiday food giveaway.
She said agents then took two men near the office and disrupted another community group's holiday food giveaway.
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Here is the Department of Homeland Security touting this new ban by describing the (among others) spouses and children of U.S. citizens coming on visas as "foreign invaders."
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Here is the Department of Homeland Security touting this new ban by describing the (among others) spouses and children of U.S. citizens coming on visas as "foreign invaders."
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
It has never been about legal versus illegal. They hate legal immigration. They want to stop it. That's the story.
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Lol the Atlantic are pretending this is adherence to seem deep principle, but you guys only write this shit when it’s a white racist who gets fired. You ignore it when it’s a trans person, a person of color, etc.
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Lol the Atlantic are pretending this is adherence to seem deep principle, but you guys only write this shit when it’s a white racist who gets fired. You ignore it when it’s a trans person, a person of color, etc.
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"I support Trump's threats. I'm afraid of Trump. Standing up to Trump is scary and I'm a coward."
Jim Banks on Republicans from his own state of Indiana defying Trump: "I supported the president ... you don't want to be on the other side of Donald Trump."
December 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"I support Trump's threats. I'm afraid of Trump. Standing up to Trump is scary and I'm a coward."
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It really does bear repeating that with the cowardice of basically every institution this year, he probably could have consolidated power if he wasn’t a total moron and didn’t attempt to crash the economy for no reason
December 16, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It really does bear repeating that with the cowardice of basically every institution this year, he probably could have consolidated power if he wasn’t a total moron and didn’t attempt to crash the economy for no reason
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Resist the urge to return to normal at all costs. It is an illusion. And a dangerous one.
1. There is no living with MAGA.
2. We are now in the Anthropocene. The world we knew is gone. Climate change is here, now.
It’s time for America to grow the fuck up.
1. There is no living with MAGA.
2. We are now in the Anthropocene. The world we knew is gone. Climate change is here, now.
It’s time for America to grow the fuck up.
November 5, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Resist the urge to return to normal at all costs. It is an illusion. And a dangerous one.
1. There is no living with MAGA.
2. We are now in the Anthropocene. The world we knew is gone. Climate change is here, now.
It’s time for America to grow the fuck up.
1. There is no living with MAGA.
2. We are now in the Anthropocene. The world we knew is gone. Climate change is here, now.
It’s time for America to grow the fuck up.
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Not at ALL the point, but I feel like "their whirlwind courtship started more than a year ago" means either the writer or I really don't understand what a whirlwind courtship is.
December 16, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Not at ALL the point, but I feel like "their whirlwind courtship started more than a year ago" means either the writer or I really don't understand what a whirlwind courtship is.
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Imagine finding out you're the consolation prize for not landing Elon. I would drink battery acid
December 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Imagine finding out you're the consolation prize for not landing Elon. I would drink battery acid
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With 2026 just weeks away, it's never been more important to invest in developing long-term youth organizing infrastructure.
We lost last year because we couldn't compete with TurningPoint USA — with your help, we'll beat them and the GOP in 2026.
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We lost last year because we couldn't compete with TurningPoint USA — with your help, we'll beat them and the GOP in 2026.
secure.actblue.com/donate/futur...
I just gave to Voters of Tomorrow PAC
I just gave to Voters of Tomorrow PAC
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December 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
With 2026 just weeks away, it's never been more important to invest in developing long-term youth organizing infrastructure.
We lost last year because we couldn't compete with TurningPoint USA — with your help, we'll beat them and the GOP in 2026.
secure.actblue.com/donate/futur...
We lost last year because we couldn't compete with TurningPoint USA — with your help, we'll beat them and the GOP in 2026.
secure.actblue.com/donate/futur...
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I’m tired of this golden age.
Payrolls fell -105k in October and rose +64k in November. August and September payrolls were also revised down a total of 33k.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
These data suggest VIRTUALLY NO EMPLOYMENT GROWTH since April ("Liberation day").
Unemployment is now up to 4.6%.
This is a tricky report, so stay tuned.
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’m tired of this golden age.
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If you have a problem with this, and all the destruction currently being wrought by these billionaire assholes and their data centers…
Then there’s one very simple thing you can do to stop it… and it’s so obvious that I shouldn’t even have to say it…
STOP. USING. AI.
Then there’s one very simple thing you can do to stop it… and it’s so obvious that I shouldn’t even have to say it…
STOP. USING. AI.
ON XAI IN MEMPHIS: “There’s a horrible, sulfurous smell in the air… residents don’t want to open their windows… BOXTOWN is 90% Black… Musk did everything behind closed doors… environmental racism… not many jobs, no direct investment in BOXTOWN…”
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If you have a problem with this, and all the destruction currently being wrought by these billionaire assholes and their data centers…
Then there’s one very simple thing you can do to stop it… and it’s so obvious that I shouldn’t even have to say it…
STOP. USING. AI.
Then there’s one very simple thing you can do to stop it… and it’s so obvious that I shouldn’t even have to say it…
STOP. USING. AI.
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The most persistent quality of social media is its propensity to make me want to stay off social media.
December 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The most persistent quality of social media is its propensity to make me want to stay off social media.
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Susie Wiles is one of the most brilliant political operators in the business, having guided DeSantis and then Trump to significant victories, and the idea that she doesn't know how 'on the record' worked is like saying a pilot doesn't know how to land a plane.
CNN suggests Susie Wiles might not have known she was on the record 😆
December 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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And of course she now says she didn’t know she was being recorded.
That just reinforces the idea that she *was being truthful because she didn’t know she was speaking on the record*.
That just reinforces the idea that she *was being truthful because she didn’t know she was speaking on the record*.
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
And of course she now says she didn’t know she was being recorded.
That just reinforces the idea that she *was being truthful because she didn’t know she was speaking on the record*.
That just reinforces the idea that she *was being truthful because she didn’t know she was speaking on the record*.
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The administration calculated the other stuff (which is all stuff we already know) was worth suffering any blowback, simply to get this statement out in the media… and provide cover for not releasing the full files.
That’s why dozens of people immediately came out to testify on her “integrity”.
That’s why dozens of people immediately came out to testify on her “integrity”.
December 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The administration calculated the other stuff (which is all stuff we already know) was worth suffering any blowback, simply to get this statement out in the media… and provide cover for not releasing the full files.
That’s why dozens of people immediately came out to testify on her “integrity”.
That’s why dozens of people immediately came out to testify on her “integrity”.
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can not handle one more profile that describes a wealthy new yorker being “in exile” in LA as if the mayor had them banished
December 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
can not handle one more profile that describes a wealthy new yorker being “in exile” in LA as if the mayor had them banished
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I know I should just brush this aside as the having of opinions by a professional opinion-haver, but it is as offensive as it is ignorant to suggest that people in Poland, of all places, are in the grip of a delusion for fearing the very real possibility of Russian invasion.
What are you even talking about! I am saying it is a delusional fantasy to suggest Russia is going to invade European countries like Poland, Germany or indeed the UK, which is the insane drivel currently being promoted in support of a disastrous arms race.
December 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I know I should just brush this aside as the having of opinions by a professional opinion-haver, but it is as offensive as it is ignorant to suggest that people in Poland, of all places, are in the grip of a delusion for fearing the very real possibility of Russian invasion.
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This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
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The photos of Susie Wiles that Vanity Fair chose to publish to accompany its piece are interesting.
December 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The photos of Susie Wiles that Vanity Fair chose to publish to accompany its piece are interesting.
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not complaining is definitely something i see conservative men do a lot. Like you'd never see a total meltdown across the entire movement over something like a restaurant changing its logo
December 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
not complaining is definitely something i see conservative men do a lot. Like you'd never see a total meltdown across the entire movement over something like a restaurant changing its logo
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This holiday season, we ask you to take action. Shop at immigrant-owned businesses in Minneapolis: buy groceries, share a meal, purchase gifts, and spend time in our vibrant commercial corridors.
Your presence matters. Your support matters. 1/
Your presence matters. Your support matters. 1/
December 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This holiday season, we ask you to take action. Shop at immigrant-owned businesses in Minneapolis: buy groceries, share a meal, purchase gifts, and spend time in our vibrant commercial corridors.
Your presence matters. Your support matters. 1/
Your presence matters. Your support matters. 1/
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Ah it was the latter. Ah well nevertheless!
So far looking good for Team "I've Made a Huge Mistake" here
Susie Wiles Calls Explosive Vanity Fair Story A 'Disingenuously Framed Hit Piece'
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December 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ah it was the latter. Ah well nevertheless!