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Valerie, RN

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Retired Infection Preventionist and Director of ICU/Cardiovascular Services. In my free time I enjoy gardening, baking, knitting, crocheting, quilting and everything homesteading.

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To think MAGA was out here clutching pearls over whether someone might buy candy, cookies, or soda with food assistance, while so many bigger issues go untouched.

11.03.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 1486 πŸ” 582 πŸ’¬ 116 πŸ“Œ 62

Can any reporter ask any Republican member of the Senate or House on camera what constitutes an impeachable offense under their understanding of the Constitution? Genuinely want to understand what crime, apparently yet to be committed, is the line.

04.03.2026 23:20 πŸ‘ 356 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 4

We should defund ICE in order to properly allocate military resources for a war with Iran.

05.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 156 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 3
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Donald Trump once opposed war and promised to remove America from foreign entanglements.

This is why he broke that promise.

04.03.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 1191 πŸ” 399 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 16
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Quietly, calmly and forensically, BBC just dismantled the Trump communications shitshow on Iran.

No hyperbole, just laying out an unprecedented military, diplomatic and reputational shambles.

Worth a watch.

(πŸŽ₯ BBC News/BBC Verify)

05.03.2026 08:46 πŸ‘ 3950 πŸ” 2145 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 192
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Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Reporting on Trump’s Secretive Deportation Program

"An Associated Press reporter was beaten by the police and detained along with three other journalists on Tuesday in Cameroon while reporting on a secretive Trump administration program to deport migrants to the Central African country, according to two of the people detained." (gift link)

18.02.2026 23:10 πŸ‘ 2810 πŸ” 1784 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 88
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12.02.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 18976 πŸ” 9213 πŸ’¬ 847 πŸ“Œ 589
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Pam Bondi, US 'Attorney General', the joke that absolutely no-one finds funny .. (cartoon Dave Whamond) #politics

12.02.2026 15:10 πŸ‘ 2205 πŸ” 755 πŸ’¬ 106 πŸ“Œ 33
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"This is Mia, 7 years old -- 'I don't want to be in this place. I want to be in my school'" -- Walkinshaw confronts Lyons with letters written by kids being detained by ICE

10.02.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 9768 πŸ” 3431 πŸ’¬ 273 πŸ“Œ 205
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

10.02.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 53365 πŸ” 16905 πŸ’¬ 1153 πŸ“Œ 1341

Lotta fat old guys telling Olympic athletes that they should be sent home. No one is stopping you from getting off your couches and training to take their spots. Until then, enjoy watching them exercise their free speech rights. Go team USA.

08.02.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 13314 πŸ” 2428 πŸ’¬ 274 πŸ“Œ 71
A marker and ink drawing of a muscular quadruped monster with plant like features and roots for feet.

A marker and ink drawing of a muscular quadruped monster with plant like features and roots for feet.

An old drawing of a quadruped monster with plant like features and roots for feet

An old drawing of a quadruped monster with plant like features and roots for feet

Another redraw!
This time I made this critter out of alcohol markers and De Atramentis Archive Ink. I was going for a sticker and medieval calligraphy cartoon look for this one.

#redrawing #monsterart

07.02.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
February 17: National Day of Lobbying. Show up in your representatives’ district offices and demand impeachment, conviction, and removal. In-district pressure matters more than phone calls to D.C. offices.

February 17: National Day of Lobbying. Show up in your representatives’ district offices and demand impeachment, conviction, and removal. In-district pressure matters more than phone calls to D.C. offices.

February 17: National Day of Lobbying. Show up in your representatives’ district offices and demand impeachment, conviction, and removal. In-district pressure matters more than phone calls to D.C. offices.

06.02.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s bad enough that we’re subsidizing extremely profitable sports teams with our tax dollars to build stadiums, but we’re letting them charge us $17 dollars for a beer and $11 dollars for a damn hotdog at the concession stand?

Enough. Here’s one thing we can do about it.

05.02.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 2064 πŸ” 581 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 46
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It's important to understand what Trump is trying to plot. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/could-trump-really-take-over-the

03.02.2026 21:16 πŸ‘ 995 πŸ” 396 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 13
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So the β€œelected” President with his elected majority House and Senate says they have to takeover elections because Dems cheat. Make that argument make sense.

04.02.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 9820 πŸ” 3053 πŸ’¬ 986 πŸ“Œ 319

🚨 The WH is now using disasters to take away state’s rights.

Read this thread while it is still allowed.

28.01.2026 04:15 πŸ‘ 111 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.

🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.

This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.

Read/share πŸ‘‡

23.12.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 976 πŸ” 703 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 68

I know someone who had health insurance through the work place and when they lost their job they were able to qualify for Medicaid. They work part time, pay taxes. They are now the healthiest they have ever been. It is a program that works and should be expanded to cover all USA citizens.

18.12.2025 15:07 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An ink drawing of a capuchin monkey, smirking and clasping his hands together. He is wearing a warlock outfit with orbs as decoration. There are dead trees in the background.

An ink drawing of a capuchin monkey, smirking and clasping his hands together. He is wearing a warlock outfit with orbs as decoration. There are dead trees in the background.

Finished an ink commission for a friend of mine who started playing Daggerheart. His character is a Capuchin Warlock with "the personality of a used car salesman"

11.12.2025 23:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, the EMTALA law would need to be rescinded. It is required by law for an ambulance to take you to the nearest ER for life threatening conditions. The receiving ED is required by law to keep you, no transfer to a more affordable or in-network facility, until you are stabilized.

11.12.2025 16:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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There are good people in this country, people who stand up for their neighbors & put their bodies on the line.

Don't forget that. Good people stand against #ICELawlessness. Be inspired by that. As ICE thugs round up, brutalize & torture our fellow Americans, do or say something! Don't be complicit.

10.12.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 2414 πŸ” 1010 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 65
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Tuesday - ICE agents used pepper spray to push through a crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked IDs in a Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis.

The Trump administration is targeting this community and they know it.

10.12.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 1002 πŸ” 565 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 28

ICE and DHS are separating young children from their parents and disappearing them.

6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.

Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.

Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.

03.12.2025 01:23 πŸ‘ 844 πŸ” 611 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 41

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your loved ones.

27.11.2025 17:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm in the game and so are my Awklets! 😭🩷 I just want to hug them all!

If ya like puzzle games, especially challenging ones, check out the game yourself! It might look simple, but it's far from it. @arcainess.bsky.social did an incredible job.

#gaming #vtuber #indiegame

25.11.2025 17:24 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning TN-07. Did you hear? TWO MORE DAYS OF EARLY VOTING!!!

We are so close, and this race could come down to a couple of votes. Can I count on you to vote for me within the next two days?

For polling locations and times, check out the link in bio!

#VoteEarlyVoteAftyn

25.11.2025 12:38 πŸ‘ 486 πŸ” 269 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 21
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High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.

A 17-year-old high school senior from McMinnville, OR was detained by ICE during his lunch break β€” even after telling officers he was a citizen. An agent shattered his window and said, β€œI don’t care.”
This should outrage every all of us.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202... #BlueSky #NewsSky #ICE

23.11.2025 01:46 πŸ‘ 371 πŸ” 169 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 7
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Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities As an unprecedented immigration crackdown enters a third month, a growing number of Chicago residents are fighting back against what they deem a racist and aggressive overreach of the federal governme...

I love Chicago's ingenuity. This article gives several examples of peaceful, proactive pushback to the violent ICE invasion. This is information that other targeted cities can use to protect their vulnerable citizens. We are strong together. πŸ’—

apnews.com/article/chic...

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