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Valerie

@eekamouse.bsky.social

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Professional spitting contest referee and reef fish respecter. 𓆝𓆟𓆜𓆞

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Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · Apr 6

I don’t just vote. I’ve donated monthly to the Wisconsin Democratic Party for the past 6 years, among other regular donations—and I live in Illinois. I’ve also gone to Milwaukee to canvas, including for this past special election where Musk’s preferred candidate

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Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 2h

Be safe and have fun!

Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 11h

I bet there’s going to be a ton of frog costumes this Halloween. 😁

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Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 12h

He was certainly fucking Texas.

Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 13h

It’s getting quieter at night. No more chorus, now it’s just a faint handful of crickets. I miss the sound of the bugs.

Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 17h

And she’s not talking about the recent video where he was simply standing there praying with his arms raised, and as soon as he lowered them, the ice goons on the roof shot him in the head with a pepper ball, knocking him down.

Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 18h

“No-bills are extremely rare, though they are growing more common in cities targeted by President Donald Trump with immigration raids, military deployments, and other federal resources to crack down on crime.” 😈

news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/g...

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Two Chicago-Area ICE Protesters (3)

Charges were dropped against two Chicago-area protesters accused of assaulting law enforcement agents after a grand jury declined to indict them.

news.bloomberglaw.com

Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 18h

They should be embarrassed, but they don’t have enough dignity to be. abcnews.go.com/US/central-w...

Central witness undermines case against James Comey, prosecutors concluded: Sources

Ex-FBI Director James Comey faces federal charges, but prosecutors investigating him determined that a central witness in the case would prove "problematic," sources say.

abcnews.go.com

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 18h

The judge finds that because "defendants' conduct likely violates the First Amendnent," factors weigh in favor of entering a restraining order against them.

She will not limit the order to the Broadview facility, but will limit it to the northern (court) district of Illinois.

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Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 18h

The examples it provides read like the Onion’s “area man” trope.

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 18h

Ellis finds the plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success on allegations that feds' "expression of force... is unreasonable and excessive" in response to peaceful protests.

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Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 19h

Mockery is a powerful weapon.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 1d

Children around the world have died because Trump and Musk needlessly destroyed USAID. These are some of their stories.

apnews.com/article/myan...

AP: Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

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Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 21h

I hope that will be because he dies in prison.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 1d

More propaganda with painfully normal people zip-tied at the side of the road please, this will for sure convince the American people that you're the good guys

Homeland Security @DHSgov

We're having an All Night Revival

Still frame from a video: Painfully normal people zip tied on the side of the road, sitting on a guardrail in a row

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 23h

You do you. 😘

Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 23h

Sending love from Chicago. 🩷

Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 23h

God bless Portland for understanding the assignment.
#WarRavagedPortland

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 1d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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👻 Spooky Amy Mode Activated 🪷 ᓚᘏᗢ ಇ. @activateamymode.bsky.social · 23h

Big if true. 👀

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Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 23h

It was the only option. I don’t make the rules.

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Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 1d

Think on this: if CBP and ICE are this brazen and lawless in public with witnesses, what have they been doing to the migrants out in the desert where there are none?

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.

They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.

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Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 1d

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Valerie @eekamouse.bsky.social · 1d

Not a day goes by without my own demographic embarrassing me.