Valerie
@valerie410.bsky.social
Daughter of a librarian and a theatre lover. Processes author royalties IRL 📚💵.
Loves reading mysteries and historical fiction,gardening,puzzles, solving genealogy whodunits,clever humor. Wife, mom of adults,grandmother. Sings off key. 🚫DMs
Loves reading mysteries and historical fiction,gardening,puzzles, solving genealogy whodunits,clever humor. Wife, mom of adults,grandmother. Sings off key. 🚫DMs
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27% of farmers, including Aaron from Polk County, Iowa, are on the health insurance marketplace.
Because Republicans have voted against extending the health care tax credits 13 times, these farmers could see their premiums double or even triple.
Because Republicans have voted against extending the health care tax credits 13 times, these farmers could see their premiums double or even triple.
December 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
27% of farmers, including Aaron from Polk County, Iowa, are on the health insurance marketplace.
Because Republicans have voted against extending the health care tax credits 13 times, these farmers could see their premiums double or even triple.
Because Republicans have voted against extending the health care tax credits 13 times, these farmers could see their premiums double or even triple.
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This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
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Trump has canceled the GDP Report for the first time in history. He has also cancelled the Jobs Report. He is trying to conceal the weak economic performance his policies have caused .
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
Trump canceling GDP report comes under scrutiny
The canceled release of the third-quarter GDP advance estimate has fueled speculation about the state of the economy.
www.newsweek.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump has canceled the GDP Report for the first time in history. He has also cancelled the Jobs Report. He is trying to conceal the weak economic performance his policies have caused .
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
www.newsweek.com/trump-cancel...
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MAGA is seeing Trump do what Trump does -- represent his self-interest.
On election night, he thought they maybe still had a chance to prevent Mamdani's win. He used "tough man words".
It's now apparent to him that Mamdani will be mayor and he has big property there. Time to be nice!
On election night, he thought they maybe still had a chance to prevent Mamdani's win. He used "tough man words".
It's now apparent to him that Mamdani will be mayor and he has big property there. Time to be nice!
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
MAGA is seeing Trump do what Trump does -- represent his self-interest.
On election night, he thought they maybe still had a chance to prevent Mamdani's win. He used "tough man words".
It's now apparent to him that Mamdani will be mayor and he has big property there. Time to be nice!
On election night, he thought they maybe still had a chance to prevent Mamdani's win. He used "tough man words".
It's now apparent to him that Mamdani will be mayor and he has big property there. Time to be nice!
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My teenagers can’t get a ticket to the Running Man remake on their own, but sure, they’re consenting adults when it comes to sex.
There’s not enough pepper spray in the world for these creeps
There’s not enough pepper spray in the world for these creeps
November 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My teenagers can’t get a ticket to the Running Man remake on their own, but sure, they’re consenting adults when it comes to sex.
There’s not enough pepper spray in the world for these creeps
There’s not enough pepper spray in the world for these creeps
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Glad someone is finally talking about this. The hemp industry in America is a $70B industry that employs over 300k people. The whole industry just got nuked overnight
November 11, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Glad someone is finally talking about this. The hemp industry in America is a $70B industry that employs over 300k people. The whole industry just got nuked overnight
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In 2018, Archbishop Coakley “publicly supported an ardent critic of Pope Francis, Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who was later excommunicated for stances that were deemed divisive.” (From the AP article) Not mentioned in the AP article are Vigano’s ties to Steve Bannon & Mike Flynn.
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
In 2018, Archbishop Coakley “publicly supported an ardent critic of Pope Francis, Italian Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, who was later excommunicated for stances that were deemed divisive.” (From the AP article) Not mentioned in the AP article are Vigano’s ties to Steve Bannon & Mike Flynn.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Question for everyone getting excited about a “$2,000 tariff dividend check”: what did you spend that $5,000 stimulus check you were promised from DOGE on?
November 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Question for everyone getting excited about a “$2,000 tariff dividend check”: what did you spend that $5,000 stimulus check you were promised from DOGE on?
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Good fucking morning to everyone except Donald Trump's lawyers, who filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to block a ruling requiring the government to fully fund food assistance for 40 million Americans. Meanwhile, the president’s out golfing this weekend—doing nothing to end the shutdown.
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Good fucking morning to everyone except Donald Trump's lawyers, who filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to block a ruling requiring the government to fully fund food assistance for 40 million Americans. Meanwhile, the president’s out golfing this weekend—doing nothing to end the shutdown.
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Halloween is such a perfect holiday to reground yourself in your community. Just throngs of different people wandering the neighborhood with their kids appreciating strangers for helping create something magical. This is what most of us crave.
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Halloween is such a perfect holiday to reground yourself in your community. Just throngs of different people wandering the neighborhood with their kids appreciating strangers for helping create something magical. This is what most of us crave.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) tore into House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday's edition of MSNBC's "All In" for continuing to keep the House shuttered for business, accusing him of "surrendering" the authority of Congress to President Donald Trump.
'Embarrassment': Mike Johnson skewered by colleague as 'worst House speaker in US history'
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) tore into House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday's edition of MSNBC's "All In" for continuing to keep the House shuttered for business, accusing him of "surrendering" the authority of Congress to President Donald Trump.Johnson continues to hold the House closed because ...
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November 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) tore into House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Friday's edition of MSNBC's "All In" for continuing to keep the House shuttered for business, accusing him of "surrendering" the authority of Congress to President Donald Trump.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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Arizona announces they are suing Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva.
She is the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
She is the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
October 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Arizona announces they are suing Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva.
She is the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
She is the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
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Never worship someone so much that you find yourself on the internet one day excusing swastikas.
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Never worship someone so much that you find yourself on the internet one day excusing swastikas.
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EMERGENCY MEDICAID REIMBURSES HOSPITALS FOR CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE BY LAW HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY ANYONE IN AN EMERGENCY.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
October 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
EMERGENCY MEDICAID REIMBURSES HOSPITALS FOR CARE TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS BECAUSE BY LAW HOSPITALS CANNOT TURN AWAY ANYONE IN AN EMERGENCY.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
RONALD REGAN SIGNED THIS INTO LAW.
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Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Raskin: "It's not lost on anyone that shutting the government down allows them not swear in our new colleague, Ms Grijalva from Arizona, who would be the 218th signature to discharge the Epstein files and to put a vote on that on the House floor."
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I don’t know who needs to be reminded of this, but the US military is meant to be apolitical, loyal to the US Constitution and independent of any party or political movement. It’s not a President’s personal militia, campaign prop, or loyalty test.
September 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I don’t know who needs to be reminded of this, but the US military is meant to be apolitical, loyal to the US Constitution and independent of any party or political movement. It’s not a President’s personal militia, campaign prop, or loyalty test.
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🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court RULES that election officials violated voter’s rights by rejecting mail-in ballots with technical errors without notifying voters. Voters must be given notice their ballots won’t count so they can challenge the disqualification or cast a provisional ballot.
🚨 Center for Coalfield Justice v. Washington County Board of Elections
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
September 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🚨BREAKING: Pennsylvania Supreme Court RULES that election officials violated voter’s rights by rejecting mail-in ballots with technical errors without notifying voters. Voters must be given notice their ballots won’t count so they can challenge the disqualification or cast a provisional ballot.
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Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/
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Outrageous.
September 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Outrageous.
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It’s amazing that she thinks anyone is buying this
September 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It’s amazing that she thinks anyone is buying this