Lynn Altomari
@lynalt.bsky.social
Mom of 3 - 20 somethings, vote blue no matter who, Real Housewives fan, Go Guardians and Cavaliers
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Van Hollen: "I am not going to cast a vote -- not one dime -- to support this lawless, brutal Trump ICE operation"
January 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Van Hollen: "I am not going to cast a vote -- not one dime -- to support this lawless, brutal Trump ICE operation"
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Let me say one other thing here, to quote @jamellebouie.net today: if Trump sends out his goons to try to stop elections, you know what you do?
YOU GO VOTE.
YOU GO VOTE.
Let me just say it again: he can’t cancel the midterms. Elections are administered by states.
He can’t do it. Stop telling people he can do it.
Telling people their votes don’t matter based on absolutely false fantasizing by the demented sociopath is doing the work of voter suppression for him.
He can’t do it. Stop telling people he can do it.
Telling people their votes don’t matter based on absolutely false fantasizing by the demented sociopath is doing the work of voter suppression for him.
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Let me say one other thing here, to quote @jamellebouie.net today: if Trump sends out his goons to try to stop elections, you know what you do?
YOU GO VOTE.
YOU GO VOTE.
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Here's a hot take I know some people will think is crazy:
Our country would be much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much better off if Harris/Walz had won in 2024.
Our country would be much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much better off if Harris/Walz had won in 2024.
January 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Here's a hot take I know some people will think is crazy:
Our country would be much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much better off if Harris/Walz had won in 2024.
Our country would be much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much better off if Harris/Walz had won in 2024.
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Trump says that when it comes to Greenland "we will do it the nice way or the difficult way."
Canada is over being nice. We stand with our allies.
Canada is over being nice. We stand with our allies.
January 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Trump says that when it comes to Greenland "we will do it the nice way or the difficult way."
Canada is over being nice. We stand with our allies.
Canada is over being nice. We stand with our allies.
A great read. This part stuck out for me "Just as God raised up a pope from behind the Iron Curtain to help defeat communism, God has raised up a pope from the Americas to defeat MAGA authoritarianism — and to call our nation back to a land of dreams and dignity for all who inhabit it."
While the Catholic Left hosts theology panels no one understands and writes essays no one reads, MAGA Catholics are winning elections and consolidating power.
It’s time to stop talking to ourselves and start building a movement that reaches people, wins elections, and defeats authoritarianism.
It’s time to stop talking to ourselves and start building a movement that reaches people, wins elections, and defeats authoritarianism.
My Interview with Crux: Restoring the Catholic Left in American Politics
We can’t out-organize MAGA with theology debates, ivory tower panels, and essays no one reads. It’s time to try something new.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:52 PM
A great read. This part stuck out for me "Just as God raised up a pope from behind the Iron Curtain to help defeat communism, God has raised up a pope from the Americas to defeat MAGA authoritarianism — and to call our nation back to a land of dreams and dignity for all who inhabit it."
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Here’s how to “make sense” of all this: The right is composed of evil people doing evil things who do not give a single fuck about this country, your state or your family. All they want is power and the power to crush anyone who isn’t a white man that believes in society oriented around white men.
January 7, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Here’s how to “make sense” of all this: The right is composed of evil people doing evil things who do not give a single fuck about this country, your state or your family. All they want is power and the power to crush anyone who isn’t a white man that believes in society oriented around white men.
ALL politicians and people in power should be out on the TV stating that ICE has murdered this person today. If they can get away with their spin in the media they will continue to do this.
ABOLISH ICE - GET RID OF DHS
ABOLISH ICE - GET RID OF DHS
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
ALL politicians and people in power should be out on the TV stating that ICE has murdered this person today. If they can get away with their spin in the media they will continue to do this.
ABOLISH ICE - GET RID OF DHS
ABOLISH ICE - GET RID OF DHS
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Before we succumb to the amnesia of Trump’s Upside Down World, let’s take a moment to remember what happened five years ago.
Because the shame of that day endures, and its consequences are all around us.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Because the shame of that day endures, and its consequences are all around us.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
A Reminder: Donald Trump is the January 6 President
Never Forget.
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Before we succumb to the amnesia of Trump’s Upside Down World, let’s take a moment to remember what happened five years ago.
Because the shame of that day endures, and its consequences are all around us.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Because the shame of that day endures, and its consequences are all around us.
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
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![[PIC] Glasses of champagne and New Year's Eve decorations in gold and silver [TEXT] Loving God, as one year closes and another begins, we place our trust in You. Hold what has been - its joys and its wounds - and bless what is yet to come. Grant us courage for the unknown, patience for the waiting, and hearts open to grace, hope and new beginnings. Walk with us into this new year, and help us to live it with love. Amen.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6dsdc4zongnbrmfcbalj3a27/bafkreihezdq3cds7v7lwdm5kqafgopdwydr37w64r6t33bv7ha4xorbaoe@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Democrats should start explaining what they will do to ICE if they win in 2026 right now. Show these videos. Help people understand that ICE is not law enforcement.
If you are active on this site, you probably know how bad ICE is, but not everyone does.
If you are active on this site, you probably know how bad ICE is, but not everyone does.
December 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Democrats should start explaining what they will do to ICE if they win in 2026 right now. Show these videos. Help people understand that ICE is not law enforcement.
If you are active on this site, you probably know how bad ICE is, but not everyone does.
If you are active on this site, you probably know how bad ICE is, but not everyone does.
Merry Christmas-a day early
December 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Merry Christmas-a day early
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positively disgusting to join his name to the slain president. He has to do all this stuff while he is in office cause no one will after he goes. Dem nominee in 2028 must vow to reverse this maddness
December 18, 2025 at 6:43 PM
positively disgusting to join his name to the slain president. He has to do all this stuff while he is in office cause no one will after he goes. Dem nominee in 2028 must vow to reverse this maddness
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shit like the ban on gender affirming care (and it is a ban and we should call it that) is why democrats cant be mealy-mouthed bigot lite on this issue. its why theres a problem with people like gavin newsom giving ground on this issue.
this has to be a line in the sand.
this has to be a line in the sand.
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
shit like the ban on gender affirming care (and it is a ban and we should call it that) is why democrats cant be mealy-mouthed bigot lite on this issue. its why theres a problem with people like gavin newsom giving ground on this issue.
this has to be a line in the sand.
this has to be a line in the sand.
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Reminder about Jan 6:
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reminder about Jan 6:
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached
As someone with an Masters degree in Business, a child of parents with Masters degrees in Education and a child who is studying to be an audiologist. This is asinine and harmful
They are reducing the number of recognized professional degrees from about 2,000 to fewer than 600, potentially worsening existing workforce shortages.
November 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
As someone with an Masters degree in Business, a child of parents with Masters degrees in Education and a child who is studying to be an audiologist. This is asinine and harmful
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We white folks need to come right out and say, not just defund ICE, but ABOLISH ICE.
We should not have these jackbooted thugs abducting people off the streets and abusing them in illegal concentration camps.
We should not have these jackbooted thugs abducting people off the streets and abusing them in illegal concentration camps.
November 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We white folks need to come right out and say, not just defund ICE, but ABOLISH ICE.
We should not have these jackbooted thugs abducting people off the streets and abusing them in illegal concentration camps.
We should not have these jackbooted thugs abducting people off the streets and abusing them in illegal concentration camps.
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I think we need to start visualizing the Trump Presidency ending, and socialize it. For it is the right thing to do for the country and the American people.
At this point we have to assume that if the Epstein files are released they will
- end the Trump Presidency
- implicate many other prominent Republicans
- destroy the careers of AG Bondi and his other defenders
This is beginning to feel like the greatest scandal in American history.
- end the Trump Presidency
- implicate many other prominent Republicans
- destroy the careers of AG Bondi and his other defenders
This is beginning to feel like the greatest scandal in American history.
Trump has done enormous harm to the country.
He is a deeply corrupt and venal man.
He is wildly unpopular, his agenda more so. He's lost the consent of the governed.
He is old, infirm & clearly no longer mentally competent to run a nation.
It is time now to start talking about him moving on👇
He is a deeply corrupt and venal man.
He is wildly unpopular, his agenda more so. He's lost the consent of the governed.
He is old, infirm & clearly no longer mentally competent to run a nation.
It is time now to start talking about him moving on👇
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I think we need to start visualizing the Trump Presidency ending, and socialize it. For it is the right thing to do for the country and the American people.
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People don’t always follow politics (and who can blame them), but they understand stuff like “nothing to eat now,” “the president is bulldozing the White House,” “the president is hiding stuff about his relationship to America’s most notorious child sex trafficker”
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
People don’t always follow politics (and who can blame them), but they understand stuff like “nothing to eat now,” “the president is bulldozing the White House,” “the president is hiding stuff about his relationship to America’s most notorious child sex trafficker”
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1. BREAKING
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1. BREAKING
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement admonishing the Trump administration’s immigration actions.
The last time they issued such a statement was in 2013 in response to contraception mandates.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
I just did this. I called Senator Schumer’s office and said I won’t support democrats while he is leader. Also, mentioned they should not capitulate to a bully and the republicans are going to make them look like idiots again.
Have R senators? (Like me?) Call Schumer’s office to tell him you will never donate to another D senate campaign again as long as he’s Senate leader. Tell him this deal is a shameful joke and a betrayal.
(202) 224-6542
(202) 224-6542
I just did this and if nothing else it was cathartic. I said I would make it my life’s mission to make sure there’s a primary challenger for any D involved in this deal, it’s fucking embarrassing.
November 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I just did this. I called Senator Schumer’s office and said I won’t support democrats while he is leader. Also, mentioned they should not capitulate to a bully and the republicans are going to make them look like idiots again.
@peters.senate.gov @ossoff.bsky.social I from Ohio and in 2020 I spent hours texting people in your state to vote for you so we had more democrats in the Senate. You MUST hold line line for all Americans and not make a deal with the republicans. They will as always let us down.
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
@peters.senate.gov @ossoff.bsky.social I from Ohio and in 2020 I spent hours texting people in your state to vote for you so we had more democrats in the Senate. You MUST hold line line for all Americans and not make a deal with the republicans. They will as always let us down.
I am not happy about the democrats going to make a deal with the devil. I have 2 republican senators. Who should I call to share my concerns? #shutdown #demsindisarray
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I am not happy about the democrats going to make a deal with the devil. I have 2 republican senators. Who should I call to share my concerns? #shutdown #demsindisarray