Victoria Starnes
@rockmomma.bsky.social
Retired United Methodist Pastor, and Gigi to 3 grandsons, progressive and proud
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The Department of Justice is acting like Donald Trump’s personal attorney and law firm.
This is abhorrent.
This is abhorrent.
December 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Department of Justice is acting like Donald Trump’s personal attorney and law firm.
This is abhorrent.
This is abhorrent.
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This is not normal, and continued and ever-increasing rhetoric like this should not be treated as normal. #holdfast #steadystate
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is not normal, and continued and ever-increasing rhetoric like this should not be treated as normal. #holdfast #steadystate
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The White House continues to make our work harder. They’ve:
✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The White House continues to make our work harder. They’ve:
✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
✂️ Cut funding for transportation and education
👎 Effectively told families in poverty “you’re on your own”
❌ Presided over the longest government shutdown in history
🚨 Failed to act after Western Maryland was hit by a devastating storm.
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All of these new rulings don’t just affect today, they rewrite precedent. Trump still has three years left, and whatever expanded powers the Court hands him now will automatically pass to the next president as well.
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
All of these new rulings don’t just affect today, they rewrite precedent. Trump still has three years left, and whatever expanded powers the Court hands him now will automatically pass to the next president as well.
Oh my god
“…Even if they are able to clean up his mess … elect a supremely sane president next, America will NEVER again be a trusted partner. Because there are enough Americans who would vote for him … (again).
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
I couldn't even say anything. She was right. The damage this has done is endless…”
December 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Oh my god
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“.. I believe these threats are a result of the redistricting pressure on Indiana," state Sen. Jean Leising said Monday in a statement, saying that she was the target of a pipe bomb threat over the weekend.
@nbcnews.com #redistrict
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
@nbcnews.com #redistrict
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“.. I believe these threats are a result of the redistricting pressure on Indiana," state Sen. Jean Leising said Monday in a statement, saying that she was the target of a pipe bomb threat over the weekend.
@nbcnews.com #redistrict
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
@nbcnews.com #redistrict
www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
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So @polgreen.bsky.social and I talked about the survivors and #metoo
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So @polgreen.bsky.social and I talked about the survivors and #metoo
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Thousands of protesters are marching in the streets of DC demanding the resignation of President Trump today.
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Thousands of protesters are marching in the streets of DC demanding the resignation of President Trump today.
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
#EpsteinFiles #Trump
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Reposted by Victoria Starnes
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
buff.ly/nTvLlFI
Good news
The shift in Connecticut tonight is seismic. Possibly unprecedented. Loads of towns flipped from Republican to Democratic control.
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
A partial list:
Ansonia
Bethany
Branford
Bristol
Brooklyn
East Granby
Ellington
Enfield
Farmington
Milford
New Britain
New Fairfield
Norwich
Plymouth
Rocky Hill
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Good news
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Bucks County ousts ALL Republicans from the Central Bucks and Pennridge school boards after both school boards were ground zero for anti-trans policies in 2021.
The wave is receding.
The wave is receding.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Bucks County ousts ALL Republicans from the Central Bucks and Pennridge school boards after both school boards were ground zero for anti-trans policies in 2021.
The wave is receding.
The wave is receding.
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The Billionaire class gets massive tax breaks & subsidies.
Working class Americans on unlivable wages get SNAP assistance, so they can afford necessities like food.
Guess which program is getting cut?
An administration of billionaires will always look out for their own.
Learn & vote accordingly.
Working class Americans on unlivable wages get SNAP assistance, so they can afford necessities like food.
Guess which program is getting cut?
An administration of billionaires will always look out for their own.
Learn & vote accordingly.
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The Billionaire class gets massive tax breaks & subsidies.
Working class Americans on unlivable wages get SNAP assistance, so they can afford necessities like food.
Guess which program is getting cut?
An administration of billionaires will always look out for their own.
Learn & vote accordingly.
Working class Americans on unlivable wages get SNAP assistance, so they can afford necessities like food.
Guess which program is getting cut?
An administration of billionaires will always look out for their own.
Learn & vote accordingly.
😂😂😂😂😂just read
Read the whole shebang here ⬇️
Donald Trump Confuses Dementia Screening for 'Very Hard' IQ Test as He Brags About Results
Donald Trump appeared to describe a dementia screening he underwent at Walter Reed Medical Center as a 'very hard' IQ test while speaking with reporters inside Air Force One
people.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
😂😂😂😂😂just read
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The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The average age of U.S. homebuyers is now 56, up from 49 last year.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
In 1981, the year trickledown economics began, it was 31.
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
Yep
October 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Yep
Amazing
I've been wracking my brain for months, trying to figure out how we can get rid of not just Trump, but also Vance and the entire monstrous Cabinet.
#Liz48 is what I've come up with. Please share this.
#Liz48 is what I've come up with. Please share this.
The #Liz48 Plan: This Is How We Remove Them—Legally, Quickly, and Nonviolently
The way to get rid of Trump—and his entire corrupt, inept Administration—is to cut the line of presidential succession. Here's the entire ten-step process.
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Amazing
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MAYBE THE NATIONAL GUARD SHOULD BE STOPPING TRUMP FROM LITERALLY TEARING DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE?!?
October 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
MAYBE THE NATIONAL GUARD SHOULD BE STOPPING TRUMP FROM LITERALLY TEARING DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE?!?
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$40 billion could provide more than a year of affordable health care for millions of Americans.
Instead, Trump uses your taxpayer dollars to bail out his “favorite president” in Argentina.
Instead, Trump uses your taxpayer dollars to bail out his “favorite president” in Argentina.
U.S. support for Argentina could hit $40 billion
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said an additional $20 billion in private-sector loans for Argentina could effectively double the value of a U.S. rescue plan.
www.nbcnews.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
$40 billion could provide more than a year of affordable health care for millions of Americans.
Instead, Trump uses your taxpayer dollars to bail out his “favorite president” in Argentina.
Instead, Trump uses your taxpayer dollars to bail out his “favorite president” in Argentina.
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seriously, people do not understand just how much we subsidize the existence of rural America
remember when people criticized USAID for making up huge chunks of poor countries' government budgets?
anyways: wvpolicy.org/federal-fund...
remember when people criticized USAID for making up huge chunks of poor countries' government budgets?
anyways: wvpolicy.org/federal-fund...
Federal Funds Make Up Half of West Virginia's Budget; Cuts Would Shift Hundreds of Millions in Costs to State - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy
Federal dollars support a wide array of public services and systems that touch the lives of all West Virginians — from health care and food assistance to child care and public schools. Under both the ...
wvpolicy.org
October 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
seriously, people do not understand just how much we subsidize the existence of rural America
remember when people criticized USAID for making up huge chunks of poor countries' government budgets?
anyways: wvpolicy.org/federal-fund...
remember when people criticized USAID for making up huge chunks of poor countries' government budgets?
anyways: wvpolicy.org/federal-fund...
Exactly
These are mostly indigenous communities in Alaska that have been slammed by the storm.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
The local manager of a small airline fleet says he is the only one doing evacuations right now!
Defund FEMA and people are abandoned. Defund public media and no-one knows.
FYI, today is Indigenous Peoples Day.
October 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Exactly
It is unconscionable that this is what “ going to church” has become, especially since all the Republicans do is preach at us!! - signed retired United Methodist pastor
"After the warning, neighbors showed up and formed a human chain outside the church to guide parishioners home. NBC Chicago found more organizers doing the same for the beginning of the 6 p.m. mass..."
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/c...
Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby
Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.
www.nbcchicago.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It is unconscionable that this is what “ going to church” has become, especially since all the Republicans do is preach at us!! - signed retired United Methodist pastor