Maryvel Firda
@maryvel.bsky.social
A blue dot in central VA. English teacher, struggling optimist, and one-child cat lady.
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It’s hard to imagine better free advertising than this.
Hilton: 📈
Hilton: 📈
January 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It’s hard to imagine better free advertising than this.
Hilton: 📈
Hilton: 📈
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YES.
DRAW SOME FRICKIN’ LINES IN THE SAND.
Formally, loudly, state the blunt facts about this as a group, with force.
Expose the reality of this.
Without that, it’s just consensus.
DRAW SOME FRICKIN’ LINES IN THE SAND.
Formally, loudly, state the blunt facts about this as a group, with force.
Expose the reality of this.
Without that, it’s just consensus.
Yes, this is exactly the time to demand Democrats "do something."
They can denounce Trump's actions as unconstitutional. They can state that he must be impeached and removed. They can make clear that all involved will be held accountable.
These are the core duties of a role they all signed up for.
They can denounce Trump's actions as unconstitutional. They can state that he must be impeached and removed. They can make clear that all involved will be held accountable.
These are the core duties of a role they all signed up for.
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
YES.
DRAW SOME FRICKIN’ LINES IN THE SAND.
Formally, loudly, state the blunt facts about this as a group, with force.
Expose the reality of this.
Without that, it’s just consensus.
DRAW SOME FRICKIN’ LINES IN THE SAND.
Formally, loudly, state the blunt facts about this as a group, with force.
Expose the reality of this.
Without that, it’s just consensus.
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So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
So it's appropriate to arrest a world leader if you consider them criminal? You can just go get them? Just asking questions here.
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This is how it's done. If incumbent Democrats won't do the job, their primary challengers can and will use this to make sure someone else does
The Republican Congress has chosen to give away its authority and power and now we are being told Trump plans to occupy Venezuela. We don't cry for Maduro. We demand the following of our laws and Constitution. He is already threatening Mexico and Cuba will be next. Ann Wagner is silent.
January 3, 2026 at 9:39 PM
This is how it's done. If incumbent Democrats won't do the job, their primary challengers can and will use this to make sure someone else does
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Impeach the Motherfucker
Convict the Motherfucker
Remove the Motherfucker
Convict the Motherfucker
Remove the Motherfucker
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Impeach the Motherfucker
Convict the Motherfucker
Remove the Motherfucker
Convict the Motherfucker
Remove the Motherfucker
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Happy 250th to this republic if we can keep it.
"The Constitution vests the power of declaring War with Congress, therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject, and authorised such a measure."
George Washington
George Washington
January 3, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Happy 250th to this republic if we can keep it.
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So this piece of crap squatting in the White House has decided to engage us in war to gain oil. This is not about drugs. This is about control. This is about him not being held accountable for his crimes. How much does it take until we act against him?
January 3, 2026 at 8:52 AM
So this piece of crap squatting in the White House has decided to engage us in war to gain oil. This is not about drugs. This is about control. This is about him not being held accountable for his crimes. How much does it take until we act against him?
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
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This 👇👇
Immigration is good.
If you hate immigrants, you hate America.
Immigration is good.
If you hate immigrants, you hate America.
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 2:59 PM
This 👇👇
Immigration is good.
If you hate immigrants, you hate America.
Immigration is good.
If you hate immigrants, you hate America.
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306 days to the most important election of our lifetimes! That is when we win back the House and Senate!!
January 1, 2026 at 1:33 PM
306 days to the most important election of our lifetimes! That is when we win back the House and Senate!!
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“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
January 1, 2026 at 11:43 AM
“Can’t believe NYC elected a Muslim as mayor.”
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
In truth—a Black American Christian woman swearing in a Ugandan American Muslim of South Asian ethnicity as his Syrian American wife holds the Qurans he swears in on, all while standing on the steps of a subway station—is the most NYC thing imaginable.
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Republicans think releasing the Jack Smith deposition on New Year's Eve will make it get lost in the fray. Prove them wrong by spreading the word; here are some key takeaways to get us started. www.rawstory.com/jack-smith-2...
5 eye-popping claims Jack Smith made during his deposition with House GOP
House Republicans finally released on Wednesday the long-awaited transcript of former special counsel Jack Smith's deposition before the House Judiciary Committee. The 255-page document was released o...
www.rawstory.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Republicans think releasing the Jack Smith deposition on New Year's Eve will make it get lost in the fray. Prove them wrong by spreading the word; here are some key takeaways to get us started. www.rawstory.com/jack-smith-2...
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Donald Trump didn’t just pardon a political ally. He erased the verdict against a former foreign president convicted as a major cocaine trafficker, blowing up one of the most ambitious drug prosecutions in US history. The case was built over years by career investigators spanning multiple
Erasing the Verdict: The Ongoing Shock of Trump’s Cocaine Kingpin Pardon
Donald Trump’s pardon of Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, toppled the capstone of one of the most ambitious narcotics investigations in the history of the Department of Justic...
www.bloomberg.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Donald Trump didn’t just pardon a political ally. He erased the verdict against a former foreign president convicted as a major cocaine trafficker, blowing up one of the most ambitious drug prosecutions in US history. The case was built over years by career investigators spanning multiple
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Exceptional work here.
Needless to say, the factual details do not support the administration’s narrative used to justify this killing spree.
We have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict:
Murder.
Needless to say, the factual details do not support the administration’s narrative used to justify this killing spree.
We have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict:
Murder.
A scorched boat washed ashore on a remote beach in Colombia. Then mangled bodies. And then empty packets, a few with marijuana traces. We matched the physical and digital evidence to a U.S. airstrike — and found a fishing community terrified to go to sea. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/w...
Grim Evidence of Trump’s Airstrikes Washes Ashore on a Colombian Peninsula
www.nytimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Exceptional work here.
Needless to say, the factual details do not support the administration’s narrative used to justify this killing spree.
We have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict:
Murder.
Needless to say, the factual details do not support the administration’s narrative used to justify this killing spree.
We have a word for premeditated killing outside of armed conflict:
Murder.
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Preventing children and an entire population from receiving medical care and aid is tantamount to mass murder.
December 31, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Preventing children and an entire population from receiving medical care and aid is tantamount to mass murder.
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I basically agree with this thread. As bad as things are, they wanted them to be worse. Much worse. They’ll keep trying to make them that way, and we’ll keep fighting to stop them.
As @jeffsharlet.bsky.social says, there is so much still left to keep fighting for.
As @jeffsharlet.bsky.social says, there is so much still left to keep fighting for.
My Cassandra cred's pretty solid--20+ years on far right beat, ten on Trump, nobody ever accused me of being a ray of sunshine. But at the end of this bad year, I think this too is true: fascism took so much, & yet nowhere near all it could & wants. There's so much left to fight for.
December 31, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I basically agree with this thread. As bad as things are, they wanted them to be worse. Much worse. They’ll keep trying to make them that way, and we’ll keep fighting to stop them.
As @jeffsharlet.bsky.social says, there is so much still left to keep fighting for.
As @jeffsharlet.bsky.social says, there is so much still left to keep fighting for.
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The Trump administration is trying to get groypers to raid daycares with your kids in them. America, you are in a hybrid war. You are being attacked by your own traitorous government and foreign governments. Wake up!
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
The Trump administration is trying to get groypers to raid daycares with your kids in them. America, you are in a hybrid war. You are being attacked by your own traitorous government and foreign governments. Wake up!
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The US is at war with Venezuela.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The US is at war with Venezuela.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
No Congressional authorization, no public debate, no clearly stated goal, no casus belli, and a gradual ramp up rather than big opening, so many haven’t noticed (or deny it). But this attack removes the ambiguity.
US is at war with Venezuela. With no end in sight.
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Did the United States really spend trillions of dollars on winning the Cold War, only for its president in 2025 take orders from a Russian dictator?
This is an earth-shattering humiliation for America of which its reputation may never recover.
This is an earth-shattering humiliation for America of which its reputation may never recover.
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Did the United States really spend trillions of dollars on winning the Cold War, only for its president in 2025 take orders from a Russian dictator?
This is an earth-shattering humiliation for America of which its reputation may never recover.
This is an earth-shattering humiliation for America of which its reputation may never recover.
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This is not Trump being stupid, tho Trump is a very stupid person. This is not Trump being played, tho Trump is one of the most easily manipulated people who’s ever lived. No, the truth is scarier. This is Trump working for & siding with Putin. This is Trump, the Russian asset.
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This is not Trump being stupid, tho Trump is a very stupid person. This is not Trump being played, tho Trump is one of the most easily manipulated people who’s ever lived. No, the truth is scarier. This is Trump working for & siding with Putin. This is Trump, the Russian asset.
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This poster, 1938, was printed by the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio to encourage Americans to welcome Jewish refugees from Germany & Austria. More info in ALT. I couldn’t track down the name of the artist. #arthistory #illustration #immigration #immigrants #Refugees
December 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This poster, 1938, was printed by the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio to encourage Americans to welcome Jewish refugees from Germany & Austria. More info in ALT. I couldn’t track down the name of the artist. #arthistory #illustration #immigration #immigrants #Refugees