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.
Pinned
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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The benefit is collective security, as it has been for decades.
The Trump policy is to threaten, pillage, plunder, and destroy alliances.
The Trump policy is to threaten, pillage, plunder, and destroy alliances.
February 10, 2026 at 10:51 PM
The benefit is collective security, as it has been for decades.
The Trump policy is to threaten, pillage, plunder, and destroy alliances.
The Trump policy is to threaten, pillage, plunder, and destroy alliances.
Was he introducing the president?
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Was he introducing the president?
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Yeah, I’m with you…
February 10, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Yeah, I’m with you…
Well I’m sure the FDA is up to the task of protecting the public even though there staffing has been decimated…
February 10, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Well I’m sure the FDA is up to the task of protecting the public even though there staffing has been decimated…
Thank you Rep. Jayapal. I really appreciate your concern for ensuring justice for these long-suffering victims and their families.
February 10, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Thank you Rep. Jayapal. I really appreciate your concern for ensuring justice for these long-suffering victims and their families.
I truly despise this soulless monster…
February 10, 2026 at 11:27 PM
I truly despise this soulless monster…
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"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Appeals Court Lets Trump Revoke Deportation Protections for 60,000 More Migrants
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:51 PM
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration and an Idaho Police Task Force for an unlawful immigration raid at a family event in Wilder, Idaho.
Masked agents zip-tied people at gunpoint, used flash-bang grenades, shot rubber bullets, and detained over 400 people, including children and citizens.
Masked agents zip-tied people at gunpoint, used flash-bang grenades, shot rubber bullets, and detained over 400 people, including children and citizens.
February 10, 2026 at 9:10 PM
BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration and an Idaho Police Task Force for an unlawful immigration raid at a family event in Wilder, Idaho.
Masked agents zip-tied people at gunpoint, used flash-bang grenades, shot rubber bullets, and detained over 400 people, including children and citizens.
Masked agents zip-tied people at gunpoint, used flash-bang grenades, shot rubber bullets, and detained over 400 people, including children and citizens.
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ICE is thug trash.
ICE just indiscriminately stopped a citizen at a bus stop in front of the co-op. If this is how they treat the President of the Minneapolis City Council who is legally observing, just think of what they’re doing to everyone else in our City.
February 10, 2026 at 9:56 PM
ICE is thug trash.
Yep…that was the last straw for tens of thousands of us…
Nothing but independent journalism for me now.
Nothing but independent journalism for me now.
February 10, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Yep…that was the last straw for tens of thousands of us…
Nothing but independent journalism for me now.
Nothing but independent journalism for me now.
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Are the 4 mile wide coal plants their building in the room with us right now?
Trump: "I'm letting everybody that builds a plant build their own electric plant. So they're building a massive plant that's 4 miles long by 4 miles wide, and I'm letting them build electric plants. Some are nuclear, some are oil and gas, some are coal as a backup just in case."
February 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Are the 4 mile wide coal plants their building in the room with us right now?
For sure.
To be honest though that bar is below ground level…
To be honest though that bar is below ground level…
February 10, 2026 at 10:17 PM
For sure.
To be honest though that bar is below ground level…
To be honest though that bar is below ground level…
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MS NOW: The FBI's criminal investigation into Fulton County's 2020 ballots originated from a referral sent by Kurt Olsen.
Olsen was one of the Trump lawyers who worked on the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Olsen was one of the Trump lawyers who worked on the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
February 10, 2026 at 9:35 PM
MS NOW: The FBI's criminal investigation into Fulton County's 2020 ballots originated from a referral sent by Kurt Olsen.
Olsen was one of the Trump lawyers who worked on the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
Olsen was one of the Trump lawyers who worked on the efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.
It’s apparently a thing with Republicans…
February 10, 2026 at 10:15 PM
It’s apparently a thing with Republicans…
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JUST IN: Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent, expected to file lawsuit and release evidence Wednesday
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent, expected to file lawsuit, release evidence
Body-cam video, text messages and other evidence tied to shooting during Operation Midway Blitz is set for a Wednesday release.
chicago.suntimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
JUST IN: Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent, expected to file lawsuit and release evidence Wednesday
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
All lies…
"construction jobs are way up" [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]
February 10, 2026 at 10:14 PM
All lies…
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WATCH — @warnock.senate.gov: “They are seizing ballots, gunning down ordinary citizens, arresting journalists. All the alarm bells 🚨 are blaring. The question is, are we listening?”
February 10, 2026 at 9:52 PM
WATCH — @warnock.senate.gov: “They are seizing ballots, gunning down ordinary citizens, arresting journalists. All the alarm bells 🚨 are blaring. The question is, are we listening?”
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Vladimir does not want the US and Switzerland to be friends.
Clear as day now, eh?
Clear as day now, eh?
February 10, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Vladimir does not want the US and Switzerland to be friends.
Clear as day now, eh?
Clear as day now, eh?
Oh…of course….I hadn’t made the connection.
Old Vlad still working his puppet.
Old Vlad still working his puppet.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Oh…of course….I hadn’t made the connection.
Old Vlad still working his puppet.
Old Vlad still working his puppet.
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"Pornography" (above) vs "not pornography" (below) according to Republicans.
February 10, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"Pornography" (above) vs "not pornography" (below) according to Republicans.
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🚨 BREAKING: Lawmakers say today that Trump’s personal lawyers: Bondi, Blanche and Patel — withheld or redacted an estimated 95% of references to Donald Trump in the Epstein files!!!!!
This is roughly 950,000 of 1M+ mentions, per staff calculations.
This is roughly 950,000 of 1M+ mentions, per staff calculations.
February 10, 2026 at 8:50 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Lawmakers say today that Trump’s personal lawyers: Bondi, Blanche and Patel — withheld or redacted an estimated 95% of references to Donald Trump in the Epstein files!!!!!
This is roughly 950,000 of 1M+ mentions, per staff calculations.
This is roughly 950,000 of 1M+ mentions, per staff calculations.
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The calls were coming from inside the White House. An FBI search warrant shows the criminal investigation into the 2020 election results in Fulton County was triggered by a leading election denier in the Trump administration relying on nonsense.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated With Election Denier in Trump White House
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The calls were coming from inside the White House. An FBI search warrant shows the criminal investigation into the 2020 election results in Fulton County was triggered by a leading election denier in the Trump administration relying on nonsense.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...