Cynthia Verdell
@ver68.bsky.social
Retired Army, widowed, trying to be a better writer and better person. Believe in helping others without being judged.
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"This isn't over until *we* say it's over."
Lisa Phillips
Epstein survivor
Lisa Phillips
Epstein survivor
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
"This isn't over until *we* say it's over."
Lisa Phillips
Epstein survivor
Lisa Phillips
Epstein survivor
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Starbucks Workers United baristas are escalating their fight for a fair contract.
I urge you to keep boycotting Starbucks — and delete its app from your phone.
Workers are fed up with low pay, chaotic scheduling, understaffing, and illegal union busting.
Let's keep fighting corporate greed.
I urge you to keep boycotting Starbucks — and delete its app from your phone.
Workers are fed up with low pay, chaotic scheduling, understaffing, and illegal union busting.
Let's keep fighting corporate greed.
February 5, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Starbucks Workers United baristas are escalating their fight for a fair contract.
I urge you to keep boycotting Starbucks — and delete its app from your phone.
Workers are fed up with low pay, chaotic scheduling, understaffing, and illegal union busting.
Let's keep fighting corporate greed.
I urge you to keep boycotting Starbucks — and delete its app from your phone.
Workers are fed up with low pay, chaotic scheduling, understaffing, and illegal union busting.
Let's keep fighting corporate greed.
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Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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Not making light of Nancy Guthrie’s abduction, but has the sheriff’s office ruled out ICE?
February 5, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Not making light of Nancy Guthrie’s abduction, but has the sheriff’s office ruled out ICE?
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Tell Congress: Defund ICE
Tell Congress: Defund ICE if reforms are not met
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Tell Congress: Defund ICE
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Tell Congress to say HELL NO:
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's move to take over state elections
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Tell Congress to say HELL NO:
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Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
February 5, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.
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I say it again and again...the Repugnican party must be totally obliterated in the upcoming elections, so that there will never be even the remotest possibility that a shitshow like this can ever happen again.
Vote as if your very existence depends on it ... BECAUSE IT DOES!!!
Vote as if your very existence depends on it ... BECAUSE IT DOES!!!
February 5, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I say it again and again...the Repugnican party must be totally obliterated in the upcoming elections, so that there will never be even the remotest possibility that a shitshow like this can ever happen again.
Vote as if your very existence depends on it ... BECAUSE IT DOES!!!
Vote as if your very existence depends on it ... BECAUSE IT DOES!!!
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Bad idea. ICE is pre-funded by the BBB. Also, CBP is just as bad if not worse and also pre-funded by the BBB. Severing ICE gives away any leverage we have to shut down the rest of DHS. We should be demanding to defund ICE/CBP of its BBB money and shut down ALL of DHS if they don’t agree.
February 6, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Bad idea. ICE is pre-funded by the BBB. Also, CBP is just as bad if not worse and also pre-funded by the BBB. Severing ICE gives away any leverage we have to shut down the rest of DHS. We should be demanding to defund ICE/CBP of its BBB money and shut down ALL of DHS if they don’t agree.
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The People of Minneapolis Will Simply Not Let the ICE Thugs Prevail newrepublic.com/article/2060... via @newrepublic.com
The People of Minneapolis Will Simply Not Let the ICE Thugs Prevail
A native son explains why attempts to permanently undo the last half-century of societal change are destined to fail because the people who live here just won’t allow it.
newrepublic.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
The People of Minneapolis Will Simply Not Let the ICE Thugs Prevail newrepublic.com/article/2060... via @newrepublic.com
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Fact-check your fact-check.
Fact: Donald Trump is ALWAYS lying.
Fact: Donald Trump is ALWAYS lying.
February 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Fact-check your fact-check.
Fact: Donald Trump is ALWAYS lying.
Fact: Donald Trump is ALWAYS lying.
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Ukraine confirms that the new whitelist for their Starlink terminals is working to maintain internet on the frontlines.
Russians confirm that they are now f*cked and none of their Starlink terminals are working.
Russians confirm that they are now f*cked and none of their Starlink terminals are working.
February 6, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Ukraine confirms that the new whitelist for their Starlink terminals is working to maintain internet on the frontlines.
Russians confirm that they are now f*cked and none of their Starlink terminals are working.
Russians confirm that they are now f*cked and none of their Starlink terminals are working.
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V. Putin is the de facto President of the United States by proxy.
Prove me wrong.
Prove me wrong.
February 5, 2026 at 7:48 PM
V. Putin is the de facto President of the United States by proxy.
Prove me wrong.
Prove me wrong.
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Congress, it's time to start an independent commission to investigate and make sense of the Epstein Files.
The American public demands answers for everyone named in the files and accountability for the victims. It's time.
How deep does this go? Why won't the DOJ do their job? Investigate them.
The American public demands answers for everyone named in the files and accountability for the victims. It's time.
How deep does this go? Why won't the DOJ do their job? Investigate them.
February 5, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Congress, it's time to start an independent commission to investigate and make sense of the Epstein Files.
The American public demands answers for everyone named in the files and accountability for the victims. It's time.
How deep does this go? Why won't the DOJ do their job? Investigate them.
The American public demands answers for everyone named in the files and accountability for the victims. It's time.
How deep does this go? Why won't the DOJ do their job? Investigate them.
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YouTube just recommended randomly one of the best awards moments ever: the night Susan Lucci won after seventeen nominations for Erica Kane.
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Susan Lucci wins the Daytime Emmy, presented by Shemar Moore--1999
YouTube video by John Flanagan
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February 6, 2026 at 3:45 AM
YouTube just recommended randomly one of the best awards moments ever: the night Susan Lucci won after seventeen nominations for Erica Kane.
youtu.be/NN2z64AoGP4?...
youtu.be/NN2z64AoGP4?...
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AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 AM
AOC: We are going to have to reckon, as a country, with this time. And I hope that that reckoning includes prosecution of people who are involved with the lawbreaking and human rights violations they are knowingly engaging in right now.
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When you know you're next to testify.
February 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
When you know you're next to testify.
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Wishing former Capitol police officer Harry Dunn the best in his run for Congress. If anyone deserves to win, it's him.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Wishing former Capitol police officer Harry Dunn the best in his run for Congress. If anyone deserves to win, it's him.
time.com/7368907/harr...
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When you agree to pass 5 of 6 appropriations bills, then you later agree to pass funding for everything that is in the 6th bill except for one agency (ICE) that has already been prefunded in a previous bill, you are giving up every bit of leverage you have and selling out.
February 6, 2026 at 1:24 AM
When you agree to pass 5 of 6 appropriations bills, then you later agree to pass funding for everything that is in the 6th bill except for one agency (ICE) that has already been prefunded in a previous bill, you are giving up every bit of leverage you have and selling out.
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Trump has posted on Truth Social about 65 times in the last 90 minutes, including a video he posted at 8:44 PM PT describing election fraud lies that shows racist AI images of Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys at the end. I’ve confirmed this is real and watched it myself.
25th Amendment now.
25th Amendment now.
February 6, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Trump has posted on Truth Social about 65 times in the last 90 minutes, including a video he posted at 8:44 PM PT describing election fraud lies that shows racist AI images of Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys at the end. I’ve confirmed this is real and watched it myself.
25th Amendment now.
25th Amendment now.
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Perhaps the ultimate deal should be that after any "reforms" are *permanently* codified, ICE funding would be appropriated from now on a *biweekly* (or at most monthly) basis so that Congress will hold a fiscal Sword of Damocles over the agency ....
January 30, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Perhaps the ultimate deal should be that after any "reforms" are *permanently* codified, ICE funding would be appropriated from now on a *biweekly* (or at most monthly) basis so that Congress will hold a fiscal Sword of Damocles over the agency ....
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Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Leading American companies — including Palantir, Deloitte, and private prison giant GEO Group — raked in over $22B from ICE and CBP contracts last year.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.
Do not forget who is profiting from cruelty and human suffering.