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Tiffani Velez
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Educator, Author, Knitter, Disability Advocate, Ashamed American, Slava Ukraini!
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The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.

When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.

The result? Demagoguery and corruption.
April 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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April 21, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Van Hollen: "I'm very glad that the killed of Rachel Morin has been convicted in a court of law. That is how we hold guilty people accountable ... I'm not sure why Abrego Garcia's rights should be denied based on an awful murder he had absolutely nothing to do with."
April 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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This is ominous.

I can’t see a single ship coming into or going out of the Golden Gate.
April 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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BREAKING: There was a second Hegseth group chat?!?
April 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Pope Francis, the first Latino Papa, you tried to turn the world towards love and good people loved you for it. You burned the hearts of the selfish. May your memory be a blessing.

"Let us not be afraid to become beggars for peace." Pope Francis (1936-2025)
April 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
RFK, Jr. is a hack and a bigot. Autism is a neurodifference. It's not a diease, a defect, or a burden. He's bigotry, ignorance, and snake oil all rolled into one, and he is trying to assert power over Autistic lives. We're living in an unbelievably stupid, dangerous, anti-science era.
April 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We're living in an unbelievably stupid, dangerous, anti-science era. I won't let my Autistic family members, students, or community suffer because of this clown. I hope this joker realizes the power of mothers and teachers. If he doesn't, he'll find out. Tell EVERYONE WHAT THIS FOOL HAS SAID.
April 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Soooo - Dumpf is turning $1.7 Trillion in student debt over to the SBA to manage, while at the same time cutting the SBA by 40%. What could possibly go wrong??? Hope everyone with student loans has all their up to date records of payments, etc.
March 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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We have complete idiots at the helm our national defense.
March 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Watching the Dodgers and finishing up a shawl for a student who has a birthday tomorrow. #crochet #crochetersofinstagram #velburnvintage
April 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Come follow @resistanceknitters.bsky.social for good hard hitting truth filled journalism - I mainly collect from Substack & NYTs. Recommendations on reading or audio of helpful books now and knitting for inner peace & some Craftivism.
March 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
April 4, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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An open letter from an American-owned tour company to our Canadian travel buddies 🍁
March 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Washcloth no.1 completed and blocking now. #SlavaUkraini
March 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Time zones always screw me up when traveling - right now it’s 8:30 AM in London and 1939 in America.
March 8, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Don't lose your faith, your prayers, your belief in Something bigger than yourself. That's what evil does. It beats you down and hopes you eventually come to believe that you're not worth anything, that there's nothing to believe in. But Love is real. Hope is real. Faith is fuel. Slava Ukraini.
March 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
March 1, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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NEW: A blockbuster ruling in Wisconsin hands vote suppressors a big loss. A victory for voting rights!

Paige and I explain.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXur...
BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court Issues Major Voting Victory
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I don't want to agree with this, but simple math dictates that it's probably true. If one serves the people of the United States, via govt work, or through non-profit social service, educational, or equitable means, said jobs are in peril.
It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.
February 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Tomorrow (Wednesday), I’ll be on The View! Tune it at 11am EST to see what we are discussing!
February 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Some good news.
Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking efforts. A scientist’s attempt to try to save one endangered ibis species demonstrates how dire the situation has become.
The Long Flight to Teach an Endangered Ibis Species to Migrate
Our devastation of nature is so extreme that reversing even a small part of it requires painstaking, quixotic efforts.
www.newyorker.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"Literature can teach us how to live before we live, and how to die before we die. I believe that writing is practice for death, and for every (other) transformation human beings encounter."
Jayne Anne Phillips

What are y'all reading?
February 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM