Joanne in Boston
@vtgal.bsky.social
Secular Humanist/Environmentalist/Liberal 🌎🇺🇦💙
Compassion & Empathy
🚫Toxic religiosity
Can humanity save itself?
“There’s some good in this world Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for”
Love my husband, my coffee and a good bourbon Manhattan.
Compassion & Empathy
🚫Toxic religiosity
Can humanity save itself?
“There’s some good in this world Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for”
Love my husband, my coffee and a good bourbon Manhattan.
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Joanne in Boston
@vtgal.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Dark thoughts this morning…how must it feel to be Europe right now with Russian aggression ascending and Trump back in power. There will be no USA to storm the beaches this time…they will stand with the enemy. What has America done?
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Not about one racist post. It’s about who gets to be called American
Decades long, housing discrimination, Central Park Five, birtherism. When he says Make America Great Again, I hear make America white again
And Bad Bunny’s halftime show gets labeled unAmerican
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
Decades long, housing discrimination, Central Park Five, birtherism. When he says Make America Great Again, I hear make America white again
And Bad Bunny’s halftime show gets labeled unAmerican
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
February 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Not about one racist post. It’s about who gets to be called American
Decades long, housing discrimination, Central Park Five, birtherism. When he says Make America Great Again, I hear make America white again
And Bad Bunny’s halftime show gets labeled unAmerican
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
Decades long, housing discrimination, Central Park Five, birtherism. When he says Make America Great Again, I hear make America white again
And Bad Bunny’s halftime show gets labeled unAmerican
open.substack.com/pub/cwebbstu...
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FLORIDA: “A handyman pardoned by Trump for his involvement in the Jan. 6 US Capitol riot was found guilty on Tuesday of multiple child sex abuse charges…”
nypost.com/2026/02/11/u...
nypost.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 6:46 PM
FLORIDA: “A handyman pardoned by Trump for his involvement in the Jan. 6 US Capitol riot was found guilty on Tuesday of multiple child sex abuse charges…”
nypost.com/2026/02/11/u...
nypost.com/2026/02/11/u...
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SLOTKIN: Do you believe that ICE has the authority to be deployed to polling places?
LYONS: There's no reason for it
S: So if the president says he needs you to go and physically deploy around polling places, you'll say no?
L: There's no reason for us to deploy, but we do investigate voter fraud
LYONS: There's no reason for it
S: So if the president says he needs you to go and physically deploy around polling places, you'll say no?
L: There's no reason for us to deploy, but we do investigate voter fraud
February 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Trump: widening inequality and the unchecked power of billionaires.
There's no "center" anymore between a takeover of the government by oligarchs and true freedom.
Dems need to learn this.
There's no "center" anymore between a takeover of the government by oligarchs and true freedom.
Dems need to learn this.
February 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
By moving to the “center,” Democrats have failed to fight the forces that led us to Trump: widening inequality and the unchecked power of billionaires.
There's no "center" anymore between a takeover of the government by oligarchs and true freedom.
Dems need to learn this.
There's no "center" anymore between a takeover of the government by oligarchs and true freedom.
Dems need to learn this.
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Howard Lutnick misled the American people about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein because he didn't want to admit he continued interacting with Epstein even AFTER Epstein was convicted of soliciting a minor.
It's a disgrace. Lutnick needs to resign as Secretary of Commerce.
It's a disgrace. Lutnick needs to resign as Secretary of Commerce.
February 12, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Howard Lutnick misled the American people about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein because he didn't want to admit he continued interacting with Epstein even AFTER Epstein was convicted of soliciting a minor.
It's a disgrace. Lutnick needs to resign as Secretary of Commerce.
It's a disgrace. Lutnick needs to resign as Secretary of Commerce.
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BREAKING: Multiple Epstein victims tell NBC News that Pam Bondi intentionally un-redacted their names and other victims' names as a way to threaten them into silence!
“I think we all realize now that [the DOJ] really wanted to silence us, and thought that could scare us by putting our names out.”
“I think we all realize now that [the DOJ] really wanted to silence us, and thought that could scare us by putting our names out.”
February 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
BREAKING: Multiple Epstein victims tell NBC News that Pam Bondi intentionally un-redacted their names and other victims' names as a way to threaten them into silence!
“I think we all realize now that [the DOJ] really wanted to silence us, and thought that could scare us by putting our names out.”
“I think we all realize now that [the DOJ] really wanted to silence us, and thought that could scare us by putting our names out.”
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The FBI seizure of 2020 election records last month was “a serious attempt to overturn and to take control of elections in Fulton County, Georgia,” Robb Pitts, the chair of the county board, said Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Fulton County chair: FBI raid was ‘a serious attempt to overturn and to take control of elections’
“If they're successful here in Fulton County, in taking over our election, it's going to spread,” Pitts said.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The FBI seizure of 2020 election records last month was “a serious attempt to overturn and to take control of elections in Fulton County, Georgia,” Robb Pitts, the chair of the county board, said Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Just a great job by Senator Hassan of boxing in and exposing these craven liars.
Bravo.
Bravo.
HASSAN: You said you don't want to comment on these ongoing investigations because you don't want to bias them. So did Noem and Stephen Miller bias the investigation when they called Pretti a domestic terrorist?
LYONS: I don't want to comment. That's their comments
H: That doesn't make any sense
LYONS: I don't want to comment. That's their comments
H: That doesn't make any sense
February 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Just a great job by Senator Hassan of boxing in and exposing these craven liars.
Bravo.
Bravo.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment rights by moving to strip him of his retired military rank for reminding troops in a video last year that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders, a federal judge ruled Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Horsefeathers!’: Judge blasts Hegseth’s attempt to demote Sen. Kelly over video to U.S. troops
The fiery decision against Hegseth included 15 exclamation points.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated Sen. Mark Kelly’s First Amendment rights by moving to strip him of his retired military rank for reminding troops in a video last year that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders, a federal judge ruled Thursday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Just wait till Melania finds out about this.
She's gonna be all: "Bad man, I vant another cocktails ring!"
She's gonna be all: "Bad man, I vant another cocktails ring!"
February 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Just wait till Melania finds out about this.
She's gonna be all: "Bad man, I vant another cocktails ring!"
She's gonna be all: "Bad man, I vant another cocktails ring!"
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Your American health chief, folks! 🙃🇺🇸
February 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Your American health chief, folks! 🙃🇺🇸
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Rand Paul to ICE officials on moments before Pretti's killing: "No one in America believes that shoving that woman's face in the snow was deescalation."
Note that ICE officials then confirm it was improper for her to be thrown down.
Note that ICE officials then confirm it was improper for her to be thrown down.
February 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Rand Paul to ICE officials on moments before Pretti's killing: "No one in America believes that shoving that woman's face in the snow was deescalation."
Note that ICE officials then confirm it was improper for her to be thrown down.
Note that ICE officials then confirm it was improper for her to be thrown down.
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Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
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Not only is this what you would do if you were trying to kill a technology and a company developing it ….
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
February 12, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Not only is this what you would do if you were trying to kill a technology and a company developing it ….
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.
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Rand Paul to ICE officials on Pretti's killing: "Because people within the government made conclusions immediately that he was a terrorist and an assassin, people aren't believing that it's gonna be an honest investigation ... there has to ultimately be repercussions ... it's inexcusable."
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Rand Paul to ICE officials on Pretti's killing: "Because people within the government made conclusions immediately that he was a terrorist and an assassin, people aren't believing that it's gonna be an honest investigation ... there has to ultimately be repercussions ... it's inexcusable."
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Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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Google gave ICE the sensitive personal data of a student journalist, including his bank account and credit card info, without even letting him know.
The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.
Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.
Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Google gave ICE the sensitive personal data of a student journalist, including his bank account and credit card info, without even letting him know.
The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.
Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
The company is also helping bankroll Trump’s vanity ballroom project.
Google is enabling fascism — all to protect its bottom line.
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This morning Tom Homan announced operation metro surge would end soon. I’ll believe it when I see it. We still need people out and staying vigilant until every last agent is gone and everyone wrongly taken to Texas or anyone else is back home.
February 12, 2026 at 3:28 PM
This morning Tom Homan announced operation metro surge would end soon. I’ll believe it when I see it. We still need people out and staying vigilant until every last agent is gone and everyone wrongly taken to Texas or anyone else is back home.
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin
202-224-4721
www.mullin.senate.gov
Sen. James Lankford
202-224-5754
www.lankford.senate.gov
202-224-4721
www.mullin.senate.gov
Sen. James Lankford
202-224-5754
www.lankford.senate.gov
The SAVE ACT is a Republican attempt to disenfranchise women from voting. 🤨 #HandsOffHerVote
February 12, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Sen. Markwayne Mullin
202-224-4721
www.mullin.senate.gov
Sen. James Lankford
202-224-5754
www.lankford.senate.gov
202-224-4721
www.mullin.senate.gov
Sen. James Lankford
202-224-5754
www.lankford.senate.gov
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I read that email and it stopped me in my tracks. Why would this information be germane for ANY reason, unless to get a lunch discount? Since that's definitely not it, WHY?
If justice doesn't start moving, the people will.
If justice doesn't start moving, the people will.
Doesn’t anyone else think it’s odd that #Lutnick disclosed the ages of the children that would be attending lunch on the island? Like, why did he feel compelled to disclose that there would be 2-16 year olds, 2-14 year olds, 1-13 yo, 1-12 yo, 1-11 yo, and a 7 yo? @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I read that email and it stopped me in my tracks. Why would this information be germane for ANY reason, unless to get a lunch discount? Since that's definitely not it, WHY?
If justice doesn't start moving, the people will.
If justice doesn't start moving, the people will.
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This is not and has never been about immigration. It’s intimidation and fear mongering aimed at white people together with ethnic cleansing aimed at anyone not white. White people it’s up to us to fix this fuckery!
February 12, 2026 at 9:22 PM
This is not and has never been about immigration. It’s intimidation and fear mongering aimed at white people together with ethnic cleansing aimed at anyone not white. White people it’s up to us to fix this fuckery!
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People were warned this was coming. Nobody believed it. So now what change your name back to your maiden name or you will never be able to vote again.
Not a single one of ID representatives can articulate how women are supposed to vote in the election.
"Read the SAVE Act to find out what documentation is accepted"
Guess what? Marriage certs are not one of the docs.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO VOTE?
"Read the SAVE Act to find out what documentation is accepted"
Guess what? Marriage certs are not one of the docs.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO VOTE?
February 12, 2026 at 9:14 PM
People were warned this was coming. Nobody believed it. So now what change your name back to your maiden name or you will never be able to vote again.
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MAGA = unAmerican:
The American experiment is the effort to establish & sustain a self-governing republic based on liberty, equality & unalienable rights. It tests whether a nation founded on Enlightenment ideals—rather than monarchy or hereditary power—can survive & provide its citizens freedom.
The American experiment is the effort to establish & sustain a self-governing republic based on liberty, equality & unalienable rights. It tests whether a nation founded on Enlightenment ideals—rather than monarchy or hereditary power—can survive & provide its citizens freedom.
February 12, 2026 at 1:05 PM
MAGA = unAmerican:
The American experiment is the effort to establish & sustain a self-governing republic based on liberty, equality & unalienable rights. It tests whether a nation founded on Enlightenment ideals—rather than monarchy or hereditary power—can survive & provide its citizens freedom.
The American experiment is the effort to establish & sustain a self-governing republic based on liberty, equality & unalienable rights. It tests whether a nation founded on Enlightenment ideals—rather than monarchy or hereditary power—can survive & provide its citizens freedom.
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I somehow missed this but have always loved Ed Norton
February 12, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I somehow missed this but have always loved Ed Norton