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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine

@svecrumba.bsky.social

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Blissfully married, dog nut, Latvian, bibliophile. Opinions, based on facts; typos, mine. Stand with Ukraine; Putin is a terrorist. Vote blue💙 #resist, never Trump. NO DM's unless I know you or OK; will block. VA girl now🐦 Latvians.com

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · Dec 23

If I don't follow you back, it's most likely because:

No to few posts
No bio; tell us something about you

And of course, if you're MAGA, that's a big no😁

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 49m

So far only Kansas Republicans have denounced this.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1h

Heard about this earlier, and my jaw didn’t drop. You know who else isn’t surprised? Pretty much every Republican.

As someone who’s been a frequent target, none of this shocks me. I don’t expect real consequences from the right because I doubt today is the first day they heard about it.

Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 1h

It's despicable that Mike Johnson is allowing House Republicans to be paid for doing nothing for so long, while millions of Americans go without pay, including essential workers that still have to report every day.

Master Elrond [he/him] @inuyasha1953.bsky.social · 1h

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Today, House Republicans will take their 70th day off WITH PAY in the last 82 days.
"Nobody wants to work these days. Get your f**king ass up and work."

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 1h

So Putin's people are now helping Trump whine?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

The Kremlin is upset about their boy’s Time cover photo.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 3h

ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

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ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester

Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 1h

Mike Johnson did say she could be sworn in whenever she wanted. Of course, he lied.

Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1h

She marched to Mike Johnson’s office and will be the 218th vote to finally release the Epstein files

YouTube video by Adam Parkhomenko

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 1h

It's late; I needed this!😁

Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 1h

Tish and Mamdani both rock!

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 3h

Tish James lit up the room last night — and her words echoed far beyond the walls of The United Palace. This is a fight for the future.

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24Hours Ukraine @24hoursukraine.bsky.social · 17h

This video from Kharkiv hospital. Russia is a terrorist state!

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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 13h

Ukrainian marines used kamikaze drones to destroy about a dozen boats carrying Russian troops in the Kherson region.

The footage was released by the 40th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

“Swear her in! Swear her in!”

#TrumpEpsteinCoverup

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 2h

Nope, didn't take long, and the IDF has already killed more Palestinians since the 'ceasefire' started.

Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 2h

Netanyahu announces Israel will not abide by the terms of facilitating humanitarian aid, despite it being a key ceasefire agreement clause.

Didn't take long, did it?

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 2h

I had 'gag me' in my post initially.

Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 2h

Trump's 'bailout' of Argentina is benefiting his billionaire friends.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h

They’re freaking out!!!

Trump’s cabinet secretaries falsely claim Dems are keeping the government closed because of the “No Kings” mass protests, and Mike Johnson calls it the “hate America rally.”

The truth is: we love America, but we hate tyrants. That’s why we’re doing this.

See you Saturday.

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 3h

Trump Tyranny Tracker Recap Day 267
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Trump Tyranny Tracker Recap Day 267

A recording from Olga Lautman's live video

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 3h

Journalist Rob Hart joins @sykescharlie.bsky.social for "Chicago Under Siege: A Report From the Front." The "safest city in years" is facing federal invasion and political warfare. Hart reports on Operation Midway Blitz and battle for Mayor Johnson's future.
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Chicago Under Siege: A Report From the Front

A conversation with WBBM's Rob Hart

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 3h

@sykescharlie.bsky.social's "The Seal Team Six President?" revisits SCOTUS's granting presidents sweeping immunity for official acts, opening the possibility for anything from political assassinations to a coup, creating a WH "law free zone" per Sotomayor.
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The Seal Team Six President?

Revisiting the question of presidential murder and immunity.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

An honor to receive the endorsement of
of nearly a dozen Black clergy leaders in Crown Heights today, including Bishop Orlando Findlayter.

I’m grateful for their support, and this powerful and humbling prayer.

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 5h

The ones proclaiming loudly that racism does not exist are just spouting talking points; they know what they are, and Trump has created an environment in which they feel free to express that racism.

Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 5h

I'll take all we can get!💙

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 5h

Obviously Kristi Noem doesn't care about violating the Hatch Act, but it's good to see some still follow the law.

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 5h

Russia keeps attacking civilian targets in Ukraine, and the impotent Trump does nothing.

Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 20h

The aftermath of the Russian attack on #Kharkiv last night:

"First, there was an explosion somewhere nearby, and then… I don't remember anything. The glass cut my legs. It was terrible, just terrible," says one of the victims of the Russian strike on the hospital grounds in Kharkiv.

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 5h

It's still alive and well, but not as popular as it once was. The movie production of "Cats" has a fantastic tap scene :-)

Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 5h

Trump posthumously awarded Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom, calling him a “fearless warrior for liberty” and “martyr for freedom.” Kirk was a blatant racist; this is what Trump rewards.
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Trump honors Charlie Kirk with Presidential Medal of Freedom on what would be his 32nd birthday

President Donald Trump has posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Charlie Kirk, the conservative activist who was fatally shot last month while speaking at Utah Valley University.

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Silvija (still) stands with Ukraine @svecrumba.bsky.social · 5h

SCOTUS will rehear a major voting rights case that could limit how race is used in drawing election maps. The case asks whether Louisiana violated the 14th and 15th Amendments by creating a second majority-Black district to comply with the Voting Rights Act.
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Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that's designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out an...

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