Judith Vander Woude
@judithvw.bsky.social
Retired professor, weaver, gardener, and last but not least a grandmother, aka “Mimi”
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Republicans in Congress want to sacrifice nearly 14 million Americans’ access to health care and 17 million kids’ access to food so that they can give more tax breaks to billionaires.
I don't think so.
I don't think so.
May 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Republicans in Congress want to sacrifice nearly 14 million Americans’ access to health care and 17 million kids’ access to food so that they can give more tax breaks to billionaires.
I don't think so.
I don't think so.
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Now is a great time to reach out to your member of Congress who promised not to cut Medicaid.
Or to your conservative friends who don't think we should be exploding the debt.
Because today, Donald Trump met with Republicans on Capitol Hill, trying to pass a bill that would do both.
Or to your conservative friends who don't think we should be exploding the debt.
Because today, Donald Trump met with Republicans on Capitol Hill, trying to pass a bill that would do both.
May 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Now is a great time to reach out to your member of Congress who promised not to cut Medicaid.
Or to your conservative friends who don't think we should be exploding the debt.
Because today, Donald Trump met with Republicans on Capitol Hill, trying to pass a bill that would do both.
Or to your conservative friends who don't think we should be exploding the debt.
Because today, Donald Trump met with Republicans on Capitol Hill, trying to pass a bill that would do both.
This is good news, for now
May 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
This is good news, for now
This…we must protest
Medicaid covers...
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
-40% of births nationwide
-50% of kids with special needs
-72 million people in total
Remember this as Republicans move to gut the program to finance tax cuts that will overwhelmingly go to the richest 1% of Americans.
"Party of family values."
April 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This…we must protest
No!!!
The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which includes NPR and PBS, according to a White House official who spoke to NPR.
Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS
President Trump and GOP members of Congress have accused the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The president plans a rescission, which would give Congress 45 days to approve the di...
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
No!!!
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Senator Cory Booker -- nearly 23 hrs into this -- is more coherent than your average elected official speaking (while seated) at an average legislative hearing.
Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense:
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense:
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
U.S. Senate
The Senate will vote to advance President Trump's nomination of Matthew Whitaker to be the U.S. Ambassador to NATO. He previously served as Acting Attorney General during the first Trump Administratio...
www.c-span.org
April 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Senator Cory Booker -- nearly 23 hrs into this -- is more coherent than your average elected official speaking (while seated) at an average legislative hearing.
Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense:
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Even if you haven't been watching all along, dip in for a moment -- he is making considerable sense:
www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Best ad for Trader Joe’s! 😂
Sheltering in the back storage area at my Trader Joe’s during a tornado warning. They are feeding us cookies. All the cookies.
March 31, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Best ad for Trader Joe’s! 😂
As a grandparent of a child with autism, I have no patience with frauds and shysters like Geier and RFK.
"It’s not clear how or why Geier, who is not a physician and has an undergraduate degree from the Univ. of Maryland at Baltimore County, was chosen...
"He was disciplined by Maryland regulators over a decade ago for practicing medicine without a license...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"He was disciplined by Maryland regulators over a decade ago for practicing medicine without a license...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism
A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
As a grandparent of a child with autism, I have no patience with frauds and shysters like Geier and RFK.
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“By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration’s executive order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
Library Advocates Rally as Trump Targets Federal Funding
An executive order has demanded that the Institute for Museum and Library Services be eliminated to the maximum extent allowed by law.
www.nytimes.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:55 AM
“By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration’s executive order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/a...
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Can confirm. USAID's DARTs are being fully dismantled.
These are the legendary teams that fight famine, beat Ebola, rescue people after earthquakes.
They represent the very best of America in the world.
Elon Musk was once a builder. Now he just destroys.
This shameful nihilism will kill people.
These are the legendary teams that fight famine, beat Ebola, rescue people after earthquakes.
They represent the very best of America in the world.
Elon Musk was once a builder. Now he just destroys.
This shameful nihilism will kill people.
NEWS: I'm told about 160 personal service contractors were just terminated at USAID. All DC based but people who go abroad on assignments usually shepherding aid deliveries abroad.
March 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Can confirm. USAID's DARTs are being fully dismantled.
These are the legendary teams that fight famine, beat Ebola, rescue people after earthquakes.
They represent the very best of America in the world.
Elon Musk was once a builder. Now he just destroys.
This shameful nihilism will kill people.
These are the legendary teams that fight famine, beat Ebola, rescue people after earthquakes.
They represent the very best of America in the world.
Elon Musk was once a builder. Now he just destroys.
This shameful nihilism will kill people.
My daughter is living this nightmare such as having to tell her team to scrub words such as inclusion even though it has nothing to do with DEI. What a waste of time! She’s exhausted.
March 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
My daughter is living this nightmare such as having to tell her team to scrub words such as inclusion even though it has nothing to do with DEI. What a waste of time! She’s exhausted.
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Social Security and Medicare aren't "entitlements" -- they're benefits Americans have worked their whole life to earn. And Elon Musk and Donald Trump are now saying the quiet part loud. They’re coming after them.
Thank you to everyone at The View for having me on!
Thank you to everyone at The View for having me on!
March 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Social Security and Medicare aren't "entitlements" -- they're benefits Americans have worked their whole life to earn. And Elon Musk and Donald Trump are now saying the quiet part loud. They’re coming after them.
Thank you to everyone at The View for having me on!
Thank you to everyone at The View for having me on!
And it will happen without protest.
Truth. ⬇️
There were howls of protest and denial from the GOP any time we pointed out that Republicans want to cut Social Security.
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
Now the most powerful official in the White House goes on TV and calls it "the big one to eliminate."
March 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
And it will happen without protest.
March 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Slashing the VA? Arbitrary cuts within our national security? I am all for cutting waste in the government, but Elon Musk is making Americans less safe. youtu.be/qYs7BVPf6gc
Slotkin: I am all for cutting waste in the government, but Elon Musk is making Americans less safe.
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
youtu.be
March 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Slashing the VA? Arbitrary cuts within our national security? I am all for cutting waste in the government, but Elon Musk is making Americans less safe. youtu.be/qYs7BVPf6gc
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Sure as shit!!! More love!!!
March 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Sure as shit!!! More love!!!
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We found the real fraud.
March 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
We found the real fraud.
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A couple of golf outings could pay for over 300 federal jobs for an entire year.
March 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A couple of golf outings could pay for over 300 federal jobs for an entire year.
Good grief! Wake up people, please!
“The offer of early retirement and the dismissal of probationary employees are the two main ways the FAA is trimming its workforce. Both are blunt instruments that threaten to sacrifice key talent,” Isaac Stanley Becker writes:
The FAA’s Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know
The agency responsible for air safety is facing deep cuts and interference by Elon Musk.
www.theatlantic.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Good grief! Wake up people, please!
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To be clear: a tariff is a tax.
March 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
To be clear: a tariff is a tax.
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The chaos at the VA is making it harder for veterans to get the care they need. Research trials and essential services are on hold—our veterans deserve better.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/u...
Chaos at the V.A.: Inside the DOGE Cuts Disrupting the Veterans Agency
Clinical trials have been delayed, contracts canceled and support staff fired. With deeper cuts coming, some are warning of potential harms to veterans.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The chaos at the VA is making it harder for veterans to get the care they need. Research trials and essential services are on hold—our veterans deserve better.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/u...
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A wonderful
day at the Women’s March in Grand Rapids, Michigan! A fantastic, overflowing crowd at the Rosa Park Circle!
day at the Women’s March in Grand Rapids, Michigan! A fantastic, overflowing crowd at the Rosa Park Circle!
March 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
A wonderful
day at the Women’s March in Grand Rapids, Michigan! A fantastic, overflowing crowd at the Rosa Park Circle!
day at the Women’s March in Grand Rapids, Michigan! A fantastic, overflowing crowd at the Rosa Park Circle!
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Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent since 2000.
Butterfly numbers have fallen by nearly a quarter since 2000
Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent since 2000.
www.npr.org
March 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent since 2000.
I’ll be there! 💗
GRAND RAPIDS, MI: International Women's Day - Unite & Resist, March 8, 2025, 12pm-3:30pm, Rosa Parks Circle, 135 Monroe Center Street NW. action.womensmarch.com/events/inter...
March 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I’ll be there! 💗