deb hoeffner
@artspeaks2.bsky.social
Artist reaching to find hope and possibilities in a dark time through inspiration and truth.
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On a day with so much awfulness just taking a moment to note with admiration a dignified leader
🇲🇩🇺🇦 Moldovan President Sandu said that she is against her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, because there are more worthy candidates - Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.
Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.
February 7, 2026 at 5:18 PM
On a day with so much awfulness just taking a moment to note with admiration a dignified leader
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Grace. Respect. Love.
February 7, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Grace. Respect. Love.
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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The US could be solving this problem. We are letting Russia kill, injure, and harm people. Enabling massive human suffering — a cold winter without heat and water — is wrong in itself and will not lead to peace.
⚡️Ukraine warns its air defense systems are running out of missiles as Russia ramps up massive high-intensity strikes.
“Certain Systems Are Left Empty”: Ukrainian Official Warns of Critical Air Defense Missile Gaps
Ukraine is experiencing a critical missile shortage for its air defense systems, highlighting the need for urgent support against Russian attacks.
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February 2, 2026 at 2:20 PM
The US could be solving this problem. We are letting Russia kill, injure, and harm people. Enabling massive human suffering — a cold winter without heat and water — is wrong in itself and will not lead to peace.
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“The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. So, please, we need to be different.” Thank you Bad Bunny for bringing a message of humanity and compassion to the Grammys.
February 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
“The only thing that is more powerful than hate is love. So, please, we need to be different.” Thank you Bad Bunny for bringing a message of humanity and compassion to the Grammys.
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⚡️'Moral degenerate' — Ukraine slams FIFA president for supporting Russia's return.
"679 Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.
"679 Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.
'Moral degenerate' — Ukraine slams FIFA president for supporting Russia's return
"Six-hundred seventy-nine Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting t...
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February 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
⚡️'Moral degenerate' — Ukraine slams FIFA president for supporting Russia's return.
"679 Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.
"679 Ukrainian girls and boys will never be able to play football — Russia killed them," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said after FIFA President Gianni Infantino backed lifting the ban on Russian athletes.
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Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year:
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Billie Eilish during her #GRAMMYs speech for Song of the Year:
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
“As grateful as I feel, I don’t need to say anything except that, no one is illegal on stolen land. It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now, I feel hopeful in this room and we need to keep protesting… fuck ICE.”
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Protesting and observing is a right protected by the constitution. Minnesota-based Organizing Director of the Immigrant Defense Network Yeng Her suggests the following tips while protesting:
📹 Document the full scene
✋ Keep your distance
🚨 Don’t impede law enforcement operations
#Velshi
📹 Document the full scene
✋ Keep your distance
🚨 Don’t impede law enforcement operations
#Velshi
Know your rights: How to safely & legally protest
Observing and documenting law enforcement is a right protected by the Constitution. As people take to the streets to protest Trump’s immigration crackdown, it’s important to be armed with the knowledge of how to safely and legally protest and observe ICE operations. Yeng Her, a Minnesota-based Organizing Director of the Immigrant Defense Network, joins Ali Velshi to inform viewers how to exercise your constitutional rights without impeding law enforcement.
www.msnbc.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Protesting and observing is a right protected by the constitution. Minnesota-based Organizing Director of the Immigrant Defense Network Yeng Her suggests the following tips while protesting:
📹 Document the full scene
✋ Keep your distance
🚨 Don’t impede law enforcement operations
#Velshi
📹 Document the full scene
✋ Keep your distance
🚨 Don’t impede law enforcement operations
#Velshi
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Greg Ketter, the owner of Dreamhaven Books & Comics in Minneapolis, went viral for putting words to what so many are feeling right now. He is angry. And he knows what book banning & the suppression of dissent means: “the chipping away of our freedom.” #Velshi #VelshiBannedBookClub
When a bookshop owner turns anger into resistance
Greg Ketter, the owner of Dreamhaven Books & Comics in Minneapolis, went viral for putting words to what so many are feeling right now. He is angry. And he knows what book banning & the suppression of dissent means: “the chipping away of our freedom.” #Velshi #VelshiBannedBookClub
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January 31, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Greg Ketter, the owner of Dreamhaven Books & Comics in Minneapolis, went viral for putting words to what so many are feeling right now. He is angry. And he knows what book banning & the suppression of dissent means: “the chipping away of our freedom.” #Velshi #VelshiBannedBookClub
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Bruce Springsteen singing his new song "Streets of Minneapolis" at our very own First Avenue. A place where amazing artists like Prince got their start - this venue means so much to our state and it's incredible to see Bruce bring our community together.
January 30, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Bruce Springsteen singing his new song "Streets of Minneapolis" at our very own First Avenue. A place where amazing artists like Prince got their start - this venue means so much to our state and it's incredible to see Bruce bring our community together.
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Alex was an ICU Nurse at the VA.
To choose that line of work, and to do it a VA, says everything about him and his selflessness.
What a profound and brutal loss for his family, community, patients and our country.
Every elected official should condemn this unequivocally.
To choose that line of work, and to do it a VA, says everything about him and his selflessness.
What a profound and brutal loss for his family, community, patients and our country.
Every elected official should condemn this unequivocally.
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Alex was an ICU Nurse at the VA.
To choose that line of work, and to do it a VA, says everything about him and his selflessness.
What a profound and brutal loss for his family, community, patients and our country.
Every elected official should condemn this unequivocally.
To choose that line of work, and to do it a VA, says everything about him and his selflessness.
What a profound and brutal loss for his family, community, patients and our country.
Every elected official should condemn this unequivocally.
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I served 25 years in the Army. What I saw today was un-American. A VA ICU nurse is dead after federal agents were unleashed on a U.S. city at the whim of a sick and disturbed president.
January 25, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I served 25 years in the Army. What I saw today was un-American. A VA ICU nurse is dead after federal agents were unleashed on a U.S. city at the whim of a sick and disturbed president.
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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This morning Donald Trump announced breaking news about prosecutions related to the 2020 election. The legacy media ignored it, but I did not.
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January 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
This morning Donald Trump announced breaking news about prosecutions related to the 2020 election. The legacy media ignored it, but I did not.
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After the House refused to display it, the Senate unanimously agreed to hang a plaque honoring the officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6. It only took five years. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Senate votes to display Jan. 6 plaque after House GOP refuses to hang it at Capitol
The office of House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has argued that the federal law requiring the plaque's display was "not implementable."
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January 9, 2026 at 7:58 AM
After the House refused to display it, the Senate unanimously agreed to hang a plaque honoring the officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6. It only took five years. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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Trump has told career foreign service officers serving as US ambassadors in some of the most challenging nations to leave. More on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...
December 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Trump has told career foreign service officers serving as US ambassadors in some of the most challenging nations to leave. More on Substack: substack.com/@thefrankfig...
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This is extraordinary, heartbreaking, and a red alert warning sign for our democracy.
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is extraordinary, heartbreaking, and a red alert warning sign for our democracy.
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
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What is the GOP doing?
We need a vote to protect health care TODAY. Time is running out.
We need a vote to protect health care TODAY. Time is running out.
December 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
What is the GOP doing?
We need a vote to protect health care TODAY. Time is running out.
We need a vote to protect health care TODAY. Time is running out.
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I’m ready to come back on active duty to defend @captmarkkelly.bsky.social as an Army JAG. I’ve got a pretty good win record…. See you in court.
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I’m ready to come back on active duty to defend @captmarkkelly.bsky.social as an Army JAG. I’ve got a pretty good win record…. See you in court.
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Conservative @judgeluttig.bsky.social says: “We the People” are the final backstop for American democracy in the face of expected SCOTUS failure to do so.
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
Judge Luttig: “We the People” are the final backstop for American democracy
While the Supreme Court has largely enabled Trump’s power grab, lower-court judges have risen to the moment, calling out government lies and defending the Constitution under historic pressure. Former ...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Conservative @judgeluttig.bsky.social says: “We the People” are the final backstop for American democracy in the face of expected SCOTUS failure to do so.
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
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Federal judges issue extraordinary warnings as Trump tests the limits of his power and pushes toward authoritarianism. Judge Susan Graber urged Americans to “retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer” as lower courts work to restrain Trump’s overreach www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
America’s judges are creating a record Trump can’t erase
Federal judges across the country are issuing extraordinary warnings as Donald Trump tests the limits of presidential power and pushes the nation toward authoritarianism. In a rare move, Judge Susan G...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Federal judges issue extraordinary warnings as Trump tests the limits of his power and pushes toward authoritarianism. Judge Susan Graber urged Americans to “retain faith in our judicial system for just a little longer” as lower courts work to restrain Trump’s overreach www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...
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As Russia escalates its aerial attacks on Ukraine’s cities, people, and energy infrastructure, the Kyiv Independent delivers urgent, independent journalism from the ground, from breaking news to investigations into war crimes.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
As Russia escalates its aerial attacks on Ukraine’s cities, people, and energy infrastructure, the Kyiv Independent delivers urgent, independent journalism from the ground, from breaking news to investigations into war crimes.
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But we need your support. Just $5 a month can help us keep going.
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Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.