Vicky Johnson Crane
@vickyjohnsoncrane.bsky.social
Retired sociologist. 35+ yrs of humanitarian work in Bolivia and Nicaragua. Traveled to over 100 countries. Wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother.
Blugolds, Badgers, Bucks, Brewers, Packers
Ukraine is the heartbeat of the world. Slava Ukraine
Blugolds, Badgers, Bucks, Brewers, Packers
Ukraine is the heartbeat of the world. Slava Ukraine
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If Republicans were half as passionate about lowering healthcare costs as they are about pleasing the Koch network, we’d have universal coverage by now.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
If Republicans were half as passionate about lowering healthcare costs as they are about pleasing the Koch network, we’d have universal coverage by now.
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To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care.
Your health care is still legal and protected.
I'll always fight for you.
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Yes We Can!
While in Chicago, I took a tour around the Obama Presidential Center. I can’t wait for you all to visit in June 2026. Here’s a sneak peek:
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Yes We Can!
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And many supporters of this travesty have the nerve to call themselves Christians!
What if one of the children being made semi-orphans or deported is the 2ND Coming of Christ?
At the very least blue mayors/govs need to fire & jail any cop cooperating with ICE!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What if one of the children being made semi-orphans or deported is the 2ND Coming of Christ?
At the very least blue mayors/govs need to fire & jail any cop cooperating with ICE!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
And many supporters of this travesty have the nerve to call themselves Christians!
What if one of the children being made semi-orphans or deported is the 2ND Coming of Christ?
At the very least blue mayors/govs need to fire & jail any cop cooperating with ICE!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What if one of the children being made semi-orphans or deported is the 2ND Coming of Christ?
At the very least blue mayors/govs need to fire & jail any cop cooperating with ICE!
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Rand Paul: "We've never in our past decided just to shoot smugglers who are unarmed without even proof they're smuggling anything. So I think this is a horrendous thing that should stop. I think it's illegal & immoral... the kids in the military - I'm not for sending them down there to die for oil"
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Rand Paul: "We've never in our past decided just to shoot smugglers who are unarmed without even proof they're smuggling anything. So I think this is a horrendous thing that should stop. I think it's illegal & immoral... the kids in the military - I'm not for sending them down there to die for oil"
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Kamala Harris on @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social:
“We do not normalize this…. [T]he power is with the people….We cannot allow our spirit to be defeated because then they win….The spirit of who we are as Americans is that we love our country and we fight for what is good & right.”
“We do not normalize this…. [T]he power is with the people….We cannot allow our spirit to be defeated because then they win….The spirit of who we are as Americans is that we love our country and we fight for what is good & right.”
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Kamala Harris on @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social:
“We do not normalize this…. [T]he power is with the people….We cannot allow our spirit to be defeated because then they win….The spirit of who we are as Americans is that we love our country and we fight for what is good & right.”
“We do not normalize this…. [T]he power is with the people….We cannot allow our spirit to be defeated because then they win….The spirit of who we are as Americans is that we love our country and we fight for what is good & right.”
They have to believe they are special so they can believe they are better than others.
It’s wild that the folks who cling to American exceptionalism are the ones who elected Donald Trump…
December 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
They have to believe they are special so they can believe they are better than others.
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Pete Buttigieg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez always express themselves with such intelligence and persuasiveness. They never disappoint.
December 12, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Pete Buttigieg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez always express themselves with such intelligence and persuasiveness. They never disappoint.
Why I dropped my subscription to TIME in one graphic…..
Hard to believe this is real but it is — do better, Time 😕
December 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Why I dropped my subscription to TIME in one graphic…..
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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Healthcare not wealthcare.
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Healthcare not wealthcare.
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BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
December 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
BILL BURR: “If someone’s working 160 hours a month and can’t make their rent, you’re not paying them enough. Maybe you should just be worth $900,000,000… How does a CEO take a f*cking 8 figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance?”
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"The Trump regime is pushing a paranoid new policy that will further discourage intl travelers...in response to Trump’s hostility to free speech, his obsession with silencing dissent & his deranged notion that America is being inundated by foreign criminals."
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
Come to Trump's America...If You Dare
The Trump regime is pushing a paranoid new policy that will further discourage international travelers. The reputation of America's aggression is growing.
www.americaamerica.news
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"The Trump regime is pushing a paranoid new policy that will further discourage intl travelers...in response to Trump’s hostility to free speech, his obsession with silencing dissent & his deranged notion that America is being inundated by foreign criminals."
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
www.americaamerica.news/p/come-to-tr...
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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They would never let me into this country if I weren't already here
In addition to 5 years of social media history, CBP would also require tourists to provide all phone numbers used over that period, any email addresses used in the past decade, DNA and iris scans, and the names, addresses, birthdates and birthplaces of family members
Including children
Including children
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They would never let me into this country if I weren't already here
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HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
December 12, 2025 at 1:59 AM
HERITAGE FOUNDATION: "Nice state ya got there. Pity if anything happened to it."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
INDIANA: "Oh, *do* fuck off."
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Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.
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Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention: Pam Bondi meet John Mitchell.
December 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Nixon didn’t go to prison over Watergate, but 48 others were convicted and served time for the scandal - notably, his Attorney General. Attention: Pam Bondi meet John Mitchell.
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Representing oligarchs as working class heroes is a new low…even for us.
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Representing oligarchs as working class heroes is a new low…even for us.
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
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Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.
December 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organizations in the past weeks in what campaigners call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.