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Your Political Auntie who naps occasionally but stays WOKE. Standing on business. 👑Links, AKA, NAACP, LWV, FAMU, TCSYale. Creator of the original Pumps, Pearls and Politics®️.🇺🇸👠 There is always time for tea! 🫖 #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 13h

✨Day 262 – The truth still matters. Character still counts. Compassion still heals. In a world spinning on lies and division, be the calm, the clarity, and the courage.

#TruthBeTold #StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2h

Just shameless grifting. The Republicans in the House and Senate won’t stop them. America’s working class and poor must stop this madness!

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h

Imagine that.

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Shannon @redshan.bsky.social · 9h

OMG the movement is growing. Last video I saw there was only 3 costumed protestors. Portland should give lessons on how to peacefully protest.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 10h

Today is Wednesday, 10/08/25, Day 8 of the Trumpublican Government Shutdown. This Administration is such a nightmare.

Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 12h

⚠️ Daily Reminder ⚠️

🚨 Has Adelita Grijalva been sworn-in yet? Release The Epstein Files. Stop the coveruption. 📂

#StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 13h

Jan. 6, 2021, was a violent attempt to overturn the will of the people and dismantle our democracy.

We cannot sanitize it or minimize it. We must remember it for what it was: a warning of how fragile democracy becomes when hate, lies, and power-hungry leaders go unchecked. 🦋

🎥 @mjfree.bsky.social

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 13h

Me: I'm going to the corner store. Does anyone need anything?

Trump Ignores MAGA Black Woman Running For Governor Of Virginia - Blavity

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

WATCH — @whitehouse.senate.gov : “What became of the $50,000 in cash in that Cava bag? Did the FBI get it back from Homan?”

AG PAM BONDI: *LASHES OUT aggressively, avoids answering entirely* 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️ Daily Reminder ⚠️

🚨 What manner of depravity is captured in The Epstein Files that would cause Speaker Mike Johnson to so hypocritically stall the swearing-in of AZ Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva because she’d trigger the vote on the release of the Epstein files?

#coveruption #StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 1d

⬇️ DAILY REMINDER ⬇️
I post this every day so we never forget January 6, 2021. Trump could’ve stopped it but he didn’t. He praised & pardoned insurrectionists, attacked law enforcement, and Republicans helped cover it up. America watched. History remembers.

#StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

🎥 @mjfree.bsky.social

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 1d

Today is Tuesday, 10/07/25, Day 7 of the Trumpublican Government Shutdown. Hold the line, Jeffries and Schumer. Stay strong, Americans! 🇺🇸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 1d

This is despicable.

Jess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and Russ Vought are coming for Social Security again. And this time the cuts will hurt the most vulnerable of us.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 1d

@repshontelbrown.bsky.social
delivered a #CupOfJoe with a latte facts.

“Donald Trump’s only expertise on crime is committing it not preventing it”

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 1d

You’re right, many people only wake up when the pain hits them. But if we can use this moment to educate people and make them see what we’ve been shouting about for centuries, that’s progress. The key is holding folks accountable after the music stops.

Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 1d

⚠️ Day 261 ⚠️

Clearly, select American cities are under siege by the Trump Administration from targeted federal actions to retaliatory funding cuts and gestapo tactics.

That isn’t leadership; it’s intimidation. But we’ve seen worse and we still rise. 🦋

#TruthBeTold #StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2d

Look at this…

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2d

Unacceptable. un-American. The Republicans are playing in all of our faces while trampling on the United States Constitution. At this rate, America may never see the real Epstein files. 🦋

CajunBlueAZ ⚜️🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 Rep. Jim McGovern attempted to swear in Adelita Grijalva, Rep Elect AZ-07, but they would NOT recognize him in the House. He has a candid reason as to why he thinks this happened. 1/2

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 3d

🚨NEW: Kerry Kennedy has announced Late Show Host Stephen Colbert is the recipient of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power.

REPOST to congratulate Colbert on this honor!

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 2d

Get registered and VOTE, Florida!🌊

Florida Democrats @fladems.bsky.social · 2d

🚨Today is the registration deadline to vote in Nov. 4th Municipal Elections! Make your voice heard on the issues that shape your community.

Visit floridadems.org/voting to register and double-check your status NOW 🗳️