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

⚠️ Daily Reminder ⚠️

🚨 Mike Johnson won’t seat Adelita Grijalva of AZ. What is wrong with him and his Fellow Republicans? How long does he plan to stall? What is in the Epstein files?

Every American should be outraged! Stop the coveruption! Stop protecting pedos!

#l#StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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

✅REMINDER

Yes, I am being petty. We told you but you wouldn’t listen. —From the 92%!

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

It's Thurs. Oct. 16, 2025, Day 16 of this #RecklessRepublicanShutdown. We pray for the strength to endure the trauma inflicted upon working class and poor Americans. As people of faith, we know NO WEAPON formed against us shall prosper.

It's handled!

#MAGA-madeMess
#StayWoke
#Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 3h

The countdown is ON!🇺🇸 2026 midterms in 383 days. 2028 presidential in 1,118 days. Although it's harder to vote, every vote and every voice matters. Let’s move forward with purpose and positivity because too many Americans of every background have been harmed while the wealthy get richer.🦋

#Pinks 🌸

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 9h

Last tweet of the day. Do not f*ck with @teampelosiofficial.bsky.social

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One Sassy Liberal @onesassyliberal.bsky.social · 8h

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 6h

This is their plan and we must fight smarter and harder. We must not give up. #StayWoke

Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 6h

This is their plan. If the Supreme Court lets them wipe out Black voting power in the South, Republicans will never have to leave power.

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

www.nytimes.com

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 15h

I really want you to be wrong but I don't think you are.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 19h

HAPPENING SOON: SCOTUS will hear arguments in a case that could end one of the last safeguards against racial gerrymanders, and lock in GOP control of the U.S. House for generations to come. We’ll be providing real-time court updates at the blog below👇

LIVE BLOG: Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Gut the Voting Rights Act

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 19h

🐘 Young Republicans’ racist chat exposed in leaked messages.

The difference between our current situation and the start of the civil rights movement is that these white folk are not the least bit ashamed; they just didn't want to get caught. 🦋🫖

#RisforRacist #StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 19h

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, and we are on Day 15 of the Republican shutdown of the United States government. How much longer do you think we will have to endure this?

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 20h

#MorningVibe

“You need a gig that’s more worthwhile / Now that you’re more in demand than Epstein’s file….you never kissed the orange azz.”

Bette, we adore your wit, humor & love. Stephen, “thank you…the lord of all our rings.”

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 20h

⚠️ Daily Reminder ⚠️

🚨 This is America. The brazen Republican coveruption must stop. Shame on Mike Johnson. Stop stalling. Swear in Adelita Grijalva and #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles📂

#BelieveTheVictims #StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 21h

It is absolutely outrageous, shameful, and completely inexcusable for Speaker Mike Johnson to stall the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva.

Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 1d

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 21h

⬇️ DAILY REMINDER ⬇️
I post this every day so we never forget January 6, 2021. We saw the traitors in action. Never forget that Trump was their leader. Never forget that Trump could’ve stopped it but he didn’t. The world watched. History remembers. NEVER FORGET.

#Pinks 🌸

🎥 @mjfree.bsky.social

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Va-Va🦋 @vanessawbyers.bsky.social · 21h

✨Day 269 – SCOTUS is hearing arguments today that could gut Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the heart of our protection against racial discrimination in voting.

If they weaken it, they weaken democracy itself. We can’t let that happen.

#VotingRights #StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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мɑгκ @drumrollplease.bsky.social · 2d

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

⚖️ Let’s be clear about what’s happening to AG Letitia James:
• She’s doing her job.
• Trump called her “scum.”
• He fired a U.S. Attorney who wouldn’t charge her.
• Replaced them with someone unqualified.

This isn’t justice. It’s retaliation.
#StandWithLetitia #TeamTish #WinWithBlackWomen #Pinks 🌸

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

Today we honor the birthday of George Perry Floyd, Jr. He would have been 52 years-old had he not been murdered, on video, by Derek Chauvin, a cop. His death forced the world to confront injustice and his name still calls us to do better. Rest in Power, George Floyd.

#SayHisName #StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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

It's Tuesday, October 14, 2025, Day 14 of the Republican Government Shutdown. Rumor has it that this will be the longest shutdown. Trump already holds the record at 35 days during his first term.

Trump can’t govern. He only knows how to be divisive.

#StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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

⚠️ Daily Reminder ⚠️

🚨 Stop the coveruption. The world knows Trump is in the Epstein files. We’ve seen photos and video of him with his bestie. We saw that disgusting birthday card, too.

Shame on Mike Johnson. Stop stalling. Swear in Adelita Grijalva and #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles📂

#StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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

🚨 Daily Reminder 🚨
Never forget Trump’s coup attempt on Jan. 6, 2021.

NEVER FORGET:
• The officers killed and injured
• The desecration of our Capitol
• The theft of government property
• Trump pardoning his fellow traitors

This was treason in broad daylight. 🇺🇸

🎥 @mjfree.bsky.social

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

✨Day 268 – Don’t be fooled. When they excuse pedos, human trafficking, zip-tying unclothed children, and shredding the Constitution, it’s clear there’s no floor for how low some Republicans will go. Keep your eyes open. The attacks on voting rights and redistricting aren’t over.

#StayWoke #Pinks 🌸

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

Trump lays off employees in department funding special education

Amid shutdown, Trump administration guts department overseeing special education

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

www.npr.org

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

🚨 Daily Reminder 🚨
Never forget Trump’s role in the coup attempt on Jan. 6, 2021. 🇺🇸

NEVER FORGET:
•The cops killed & injured
•The desecration of our Capitol
•The theft of government property
•Trump pardoned his fellow traitors
•Ashli Babbitt-$5M settlement & military funeral

🎥 @mjfree.bsky.social

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