Nobody special
@maryverobeach.bsky.social
Retired school teacher. I believe in equality,the right to love who you want, be who you want, read what you want and make choices for yourself and your own body without government interference.
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Australia has 4 million civilian owned guns & their government is buying back guns to reduce that #.
United States has over 400 million civilian owned guns & Trump has established the “gun rights” section in the civil rights division in the DOJ to help the gun industry sell more guns!
United States has over 400 million civilian owned guns & Trump has established the “gun rights” section in the civil rights division in the DOJ to help the gun industry sell more guns!
The Australian government has announced a gun buyback in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack. The scheme is the largest since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, which left 35 people dead & prompted Australia to introduce world-leading gun control measures. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Australia announced gun buyback scheme in wake of Bondi attack
It is the largest scheme since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, which prompted massive gun law reform.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Australia has 4 million civilian owned guns & their government is buying back guns to reduce that #.
United States has over 400 million civilian owned guns & Trump has established the “gun rights” section in the civil rights division in the DOJ to help the gun industry sell more guns!
United States has over 400 million civilian owned guns & Trump has established the “gun rights” section in the civil rights division in the DOJ to help the gun industry sell more guns!
www.facebook.com/share/v/1Z7G... 4 clauses to add to our constitution to save our democracy.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
www.facebook.com/share/v/1Z7G... 4 clauses to add to our constitution to save our democracy.
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Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
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You are either on Team Release Everything (except for victim info), or you are a pedo protector.
And everyone satisfied with this obvious cover up is on Team Pedo Protector.
There is no middle ground.
That is who you are.
And everyone satisfied with this obvious cover up is on Team Pedo Protector.
There is no middle ground.
That is who you are.
December 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
You are either on Team Release Everything (except for victim info), or you are a pedo protector.
And everyone satisfied with this obvious cover up is on Team Pedo Protector.
There is no middle ground.
That is who you are.
And everyone satisfied with this obvious cover up is on Team Pedo Protector.
There is no middle ground.
That is who you are.
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By essentially redacting most photos but Epstein and Bill Clinton, the DOJ is further undermining any pretense that the agency is anything other than a Trump goon squad. And for what, bc this ploy is not going to pass muster with victims.
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 PM
By essentially redacting most photos but Epstein and Bill Clinton, the DOJ is further undermining any pretense that the agency is anything other than a Trump goon squad. And for what, bc this ploy is not going to pass muster with victims.
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WATCH-- Former AG Eric Holder says Congress should consider impeachment for the DOJ officials responsible for holding back the Epstein files: “That's a nuclear option that Congress has.”
December 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
WATCH-- Former AG Eric Holder says Congress should consider impeachment for the DOJ officials responsible for holding back the Epstein files: “That's a nuclear option that Congress has.”
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It’s super cool how the democrats capitulate with the fascists to end the government shut down and in so doing helped the fascists destroy the aca.
Next the democrats are going to help these fascists destroy medicade etc while telling you they are not.
The democrats are poison.
Next the democrats are going to help these fascists destroy medicade etc while telling you they are not.
The democrats are poison.
BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It’s super cool how the democrats capitulate with the fascists to end the government shut down and in so doing helped the fascists destroy the aca.
Next the democrats are going to help these fascists destroy medicade etc while telling you they are not.
The democrats are poison.
Next the democrats are going to help these fascists destroy medicade etc while telling you they are not.
The democrats are poison.
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median asking rent in the US per the Census Bureau (data is through 9/30)
JD Vance lies as he breathes
JD Vance lies as he breathes
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
median asking rent in the US per the Census Bureau (data is through 9/30)
JD Vance lies as he breathes
JD Vance lies as he breathes
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Trump’s Chief of Staff admits the cases against Letitia James and James Comey were about revenge, not justice.
That’s blatant due process violation. If I’m Mahmoud Khalil or Kilmar Abrego Garcia, I’m suing for malicious prosecution.
& shame on the billionaire universities that chose capitulation.
That’s blatant due process violation. If I’m Mahmoud Khalil or Kilmar Abrego Garcia, I’m suing for malicious prosecution.
& shame on the billionaire universities that chose capitulation.
December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Trump’s Chief of Staff admits the cases against Letitia James and James Comey were about revenge, not justice.
That’s blatant due process violation. If I’m Mahmoud Khalil or Kilmar Abrego Garcia, I’m suing for malicious prosecution.
& shame on the billionaire universities that chose capitulation.
That’s blatant due process violation. If I’m Mahmoud Khalil or Kilmar Abrego Garcia, I’m suing for malicious prosecution.
& shame on the billionaire universities that chose capitulation.
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Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on GOPers letting ACA tax credits expire:
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
December 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) on GOPers letting ACA tax credits expire:
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
"We live in the richest country in the history of the world. We have a trillionaire.... And yet we're being told millions of people need to lose their health care because we can't afford it? That's obscene."
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One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
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Whoever does the social media accounts for Trump - one day they will pay. You can’t keep doing dirt like this and expect zero consequences.😒
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Whoever does the social media accounts for Trump - one day they will pay. You can’t keep doing dirt like this and expect zero consequences.😒
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#Pinks #ProudBlue
Kiev and Europe have their own peace plan for Russia and the U.S. which does not involve ceding any territory to Russia. THIS IS THE WAY. We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦💙
eadaily.com/en/news/2025...
Kiev and Europe have their own peace plan for Russia and the U.S. which does not involve ceding any territory to Russia. THIS IS THE WAY. We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦💙
eadaily.com/en/news/2025...
Tomorrow evening: Kiev and Europe are preparing their own version of the peace plan for the United States — Zelensky: EADaily
EADaily, December 8th, 2025. Ukraine and Europe are preparing their own version of the peace plan for Ukraine. This was stated to journalists after a meeting in London with the leaders of key European...
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December 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Kiev and Europe have their own peace plan for Russia and the U.S. which does not involve ceding any territory to Russia. THIS IS THE WAY. We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦💙
eadaily.com/en/news/2025...
Kiev and Europe have their own peace plan for Russia and the U.S. which does not involve ceding any territory to Russia. THIS IS THE WAY. We stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦💙
eadaily.com/en/news/2025...
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Breaking NYT:
The Honduran attorney general just announced that he issued an international arrest warrant for the country's former president, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was pardoned by Trump and released from a federal prison in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
The Honduran attorney general just announced that he issued an international arrest warrant for the country's former president, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was pardoned by Trump and released from a federal prison in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
Honduran Authorities Issue Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Pardoned by Trump
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Honduran attorney general just announced that he issued an international arrest warrant for the country's former president, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was pardoned by Trump and released from a federal prison in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
The Honduran attorney general just announced that he issued an international arrest warrant for the country's former president, Juan Orlando Hernández, who was pardoned by Trump and released from a federal prison in the U.S. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
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Of. Course.
Trump is using DOJ to go after political enemies/foes for so-called "mortgage fraud" -- people like NY AG Letitia James & Sen Adam Schiff
Problem is... @propublica.org has uncovered documents suggesting Trump & several of his cabinet officials would be guilty of the same "fraud."
Trump is using DOJ to go after political enemies/foes for so-called "mortgage fraud" -- people like NY AG Letitia James & Sen Adam Schiff
Problem is... @propublica.org has uncovered documents suggesting Trump & several of his cabinet officials would be guilty of the same "fraud."
December 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Of. Course.
Trump is using DOJ to go after political enemies/foes for so-called "mortgage fraud" -- people like NY AG Letitia James & Sen Adam Schiff
Problem is... @propublica.org has uncovered documents suggesting Trump & several of his cabinet officials would be guilty of the same "fraud."
Trump is using DOJ to go after political enemies/foes for so-called "mortgage fraud" -- people like NY AG Letitia James & Sen Adam Schiff
Problem is... @propublica.org has uncovered documents suggesting Trump & several of his cabinet officials would be guilty of the same "fraud."
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Important detail on Paramount's hostile takeover bid to buy WBD:
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros.
The move comes days after Paramount was bested by Netflix in a competitive bidding process to buy Warner Bros.
www.axios.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Important detail on Paramount's hostile takeover bid to buy WBD:
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount's financing partners include Jared Kushner's private equity firm, plus Saudi Arabia's, Qatar's and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth funds.
Kushner's involvement was NOT publicized by Paramount.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/p...
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The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Opinion | Banning Abortion a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes
Seda Saluk writes about how U.S. policy on abortion rights has started to mirror patterns seen in authoritarian regimes around the world.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
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It’s time for folks at DoD and in the IC to start lawyering up.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It’s time for folks at DoD and in the IC to start lawyering up.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
If you’re an officer or official who was forced into pushing through potentially illegal orders, get a lawyer.
If you’re a soldier, seaman or airman who was forced to execute them, get a lawyer.
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Two things:
1) How can people floating in open water continue a drug run? Swim a thousand miles towing a crate?
2) More importantly, drugs are not weapons, and a drug run is not a national security threat, especially not an immediate one to the world's most powerful navy.
1) How can people floating in open water continue a drug run? Swim a thousand miles towing a crate?
2) More importantly, drugs are not weapons, and a drug run is not a national security threat, especially not an immediate one to the world's most powerful navy.
A top admiral is expected to tell lawmakers tomorrow that he and his legal adviser concluded that the two survivors of a boat strike in September were attempting to continue their drug run, making them and the damaged vessel legitimate targets for another attack.
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Survivors of Boat Strike Were Actively Continuing Drug Mission, Admiral to Tell Lawmakers
Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, the commander of the September attack, is set to provide an account of his role for the first time in a closed briefing.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Two things:
1) How can people floating in open water continue a drug run? Swim a thousand miles towing a crate?
2) More importantly, drugs are not weapons, and a drug run is not a national security threat, especially not an immediate one to the world's most powerful navy.
1) How can people floating in open water continue a drug run? Swim a thousand miles towing a crate?
2) More importantly, drugs are not weapons, and a drug run is not a national security threat, especially not an immediate one to the world's most powerful navy.
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THE REAL REASON why Putin summoned Republicans in 2018 to Moscow on July 4th ( to embarrass them ), has NEVER been revealed. But it coincided with Trump and the entire GOP's total capitulation to whatever Putin told them to do & say thereafter. NONE have said a cross word about Putin since that day.
Republican lawmakers face Russian mockery following Moscow trip
Congratulations to the GOP's Moscow Eight: It's not easy to generate mockery in two hemispheres simultaneously, but they managed to find a way.
www.ms.now
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
THE REAL REASON why Putin summoned Republicans in 2018 to Moscow on July 4th ( to embarrass them ), has NEVER been revealed. But it coincided with Trump and the entire GOP's total capitulation to whatever Putin told them to do & say thereafter. NONE have said a cross word about Putin since that day.
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IDK, BUT PUTIN'S GOT SOMETHING ON THEM ALL, or they wouldn't've allowed themselves to be SUMMONED to Moscow in 2018, on July 4th no less - ONLY Republicans attended Putin's mandatory meeting for them. Was the threat nuclear? extortion? Or both? Putin was first to acquire supersonic nuclear warheads.
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
IDK, BUT PUTIN'S GOT SOMETHING ON THEM ALL, or they wouldn't've allowed themselves to be SUMMONED to Moscow in 2018, on July 4th no less - ONLY Republicans attended Putin's mandatory meeting for them. Was the threat nuclear? extortion? Or both? Putin was first to acquire supersonic nuclear warheads.
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Jon Stewart rips Trump, tech leaders over Saudi crown prince visit #TheHill
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Jon Stewart rips Trump, tech leaders over Saudi crown prince visit
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November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Jon Stewart rips Trump, tech leaders over Saudi crown prince visit #TheHill
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Fight erupts on Senate floor over provision letting senators reap millions from suing DOJ #TheHill
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Fight erupts on Senate floor over provision letting senators reap millions from suing DOJ
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November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Fight erupts on Senate floor over provision letting senators reap millions from suing DOJ #TheHill