@notwittyvicki.bsky.social
Progressive California Grandma. I love learning from experts in their fields. Yoga and SUP enthusiast.
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The Trump administration is yet to apologize for smearing Alex Pretti, and plenty of MAGA influencers are doubling down on their vile attacks.
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
The Trump administration is yet to apologize for smearing Alex Pretti, and plenty of MAGA influencers are doubling down on their vile attacks.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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For me, the real lesson of Frank Capra’s delightful holiday film “It’s a Wonderful Life” was never as powerful as it is this year. Some thoughts. ⬇️
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-a-wonderful-life-f9b
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-a-wonderful-life-f9b
It’s a Wonderful Life
We can create kindness and decency, despite Trump
robertreich.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
For me, the real lesson of Frank Capra’s delightful holiday film “It’s a Wonderful Life” was never as powerful as it is this year. Some thoughts. ⬇️
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-a-wonderful-life-f9b
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-a-wonderful-life-f9b
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This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
There Is No Mary Problem in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
George’s vision of his wife without him is essential to the film, but critics continue to miss its true—and profound—meaning.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:34 AM
This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.
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When I worked for Obama, I advised him on how to talk to Russian leaders. I never gave the Kremlin advice on how to talk to Obama (and I talked to Ushakov many times!).
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I worked for Obama, I advised him on how to talk to Russian leaders. I never gave the Kremlin advice on how to talk to Obama (and I talked to Ushakov many times!).
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Okay, I just finished this video, it shocked me, it woke me up, so to speak, to some things I never thought about before. We are more alike folks than we are not alike!
#BernieSandersKicksButt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8O...
#BernieSandersKicksButt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8O...
I Took Bernie Into Deep Trump Country. Can He Win Them Over?
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Okay, I just finished this video, it shocked me, it woke me up, so to speak, to some things I never thought about before. We are more alike folks than we are not alike!
#BernieSandersKicksButt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8O...
#BernieSandersKicksButt
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP8O...
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Rodrigo Dueterte is literally in The Hague for this headline. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Rodrigo Dueterte is literally in The Hague for this headline. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...
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Trump isn’t just axing the Constitution. He’s axing something we all love. Watch. https://youtu.be/HS7IJaB5NDc?feature=shared
Donald Trump’s New Enemy? Our National Parks
Robert Reich
youtu.be
September 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump isn’t just axing the Constitution. He’s axing something we all love. Watch. https://youtu.be/HS7IJaB5NDc?feature=shared
Excellent insights into who Gavin Newsom really is
Trump Comes for the Fed, The Redistricting Wars, and Guest Co-Host Gov. Gavin Newsom
open.spotify.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Excellent insights into who Gavin Newsom really is
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I’m going live with California governor Gavin Newsom at 5:00 p.m. ET. Link is here:
LIVE SOON: Live with Heather Cox Richardson
Starting Aug 14 at 5:00 PM EDT
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I’m going live with California governor Gavin Newsom at 5:00 p.m. ET. Link is here:
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While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!
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Democrats are doing everything they can think of to get the word out about how Republicans want to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, which we've all paid into.
Please SHARE this on all your social media platforms!
People need to know these details.
www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...
Please SHARE this on all your social media platforms!
People need to know these details.
www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...
Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries Live on the steps of the Capitol
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
April 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Democrats are doing everything they can think of to get the word out about how Republicans want to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, which we've all paid into.
Please SHARE this on all your social media platforms!
People need to know these details.
www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...
Please SHARE this on all your social media platforms!
People need to know these details.
www.youtube.com/live/5ceR90l...
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Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst.
Every dictator in history has lied.
Donald Trump is no different.
Every dictator in history has lied.
Donald Trump is no different.
April 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Every dictator in history has claimed that they’ll only use their powers to go after the worst of the worst.
Every dictator in history has lied.
Donald Trump is no different.
Every dictator in history has lied.
Donald Trump is no different.
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Listen to Dr. Rubin, not RFKjr's propaganda and manipulation.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ySVcN...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ySVcN...
Autism is not a disease. #autism #doctor #shorts
YouTube video by Dr. Zachary Rubin
www.youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Listen to Dr. Rubin, not RFKjr's propaganda and manipulation.
www.youtube.com/shorts/ySVcN...
www.youtube.com/shorts/ySVcN...
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"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
State Terror
A brief guide for Americans
snyder.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror
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He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
April 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
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One of my favorite signs at yesterday's #HandsOn events stated that this regime was committing too many crimes to fit on one poster. I know I ran out of space when I made mine. I also know that it is a strategy. We must not forget ICE & ALL the regime's victims.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
One of my favorite signs at yesterday's #HandsOn events stated that this regime was committing too many crimes to fit on one poster. I know I ran out of space when I made mine. I also know that it is a strategy. We must not forget ICE & ALL the regime's victims.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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They told me if I voted for Kamala the market would crash, and then we’d probably have a recession. They were right.
April 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
They told me if I voted for Kamala the market would crash, and then we’d probably have a recession. They were right.
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“The truth is that a tattoo identifying Tren de Aragua does not exist,” she told me. “Tren de Aragua does not use any tattoos as a form of gang identification; no Venezuelan gang does.”
April 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“The truth is that a tattoo identifying Tren de Aragua does not exist,” she told me. “Tren de Aragua does not use any tattoos as a form of gang identification; no Venezuelan gang does.”
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It may be breaking, but @booker.senate.gov's voice has never been more powerful.
Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.
Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.
April 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
It may be breaking, but @booker.senate.gov's voice has never been more powerful.
Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.
Thank you, my friend, for speaking out for freedom, justice, and the country we love.
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Retweet this if Cory Booker is making you cry with pride and hope right now.
April 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Retweet this if Cory Booker is making you cry with pride and hope right now.
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"It is evil, and anyone that is involved with it is evil."
Trump and his cronies sent Andrys, a gay Venezuelan man, to an El Salvador prison camp to be beaten with no due process. @timmiller.bsky.social responds with a message of action and fury.
Trump and his cronies sent Andrys, a gay Venezuelan man, to an El Salvador prison camp to be beaten with no due process. @timmiller.bsky.social responds with a message of action and fury.
March 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"It is evil, and anyone that is involved with it is evil."
Trump and his cronies sent Andrys, a gay Venezuelan man, to an El Salvador prison camp to be beaten with no due process. @timmiller.bsky.social responds with a message of action and fury.
Trump and his cronies sent Andrys, a gay Venezuelan man, to an El Salvador prison camp to be beaten with no due process. @timmiller.bsky.social responds with a message of action and fury.
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Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.
Recently engaged, beloved barber arrested by ICE | How his immigration story is questioning the system
Rodney Taylor, a Georgia barber, has been pursuing permanent residency for years. Now, he faces deportation to Liberia despite being in the U.S. since childhood.
www.11alive.com
March 23, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.