Virginia D. Hinkle
@vhinkle.bsky.social
Retired history teacher, grandmother, 1960’s marcher, daughter of an Irish revolutionary. Refugee from Twitter and Post.
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Can we put a stop to corporations and billionaires “winning” at the expense of conservation, wildlife, and climate resilience?
#ConservationOverCorporations
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#ConservationOverCorporations
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Interior Launches Expansive 11th National Offshore Leasing Program to Advance U.S. Energy Dominance | U.S. Department of the Interior
The Department of the Interior today announced a Secretary’s Order titled “Unleashing American Offshore Energy,” directing the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to take the necessary steps, in accorda...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Can we put a stop to corporations and billionaires “winning” at the expense of conservation, wildlife, and climate resilience?
#ConservationOverCorporations
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#ConservationOverCorporations
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RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
RFK Jr had committed to Bill Cassidy, as a condition to win his vote, that he would keep website language.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
Cassidy in February: “If confirmed… CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that vaccines do not cause autism.”
Note the language in second photo.
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Has anyone calculated the future cost to taxpayers of dismantling the Epstein-Trump Ballroom and restoring the WH to its former dignity? It's funny how Republicans waste public resources when they're in office and continue to waste public resources when they're out of office.
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Has anyone calculated the future cost to taxpayers of dismantling the Epstein-Trump Ballroom and restoring the WH to its former dignity? It's funny how Republicans waste public resources when they're in office and continue to waste public resources when they're out of office.
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Bill Cassidy has more than enough information to demand RFK’s removal yet he hasn’t done it. Cassidy is full of crap.
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Bill Cassidy has more than enough information to demand RFK’s removal yet he hasn’t done it. Cassidy is full of crap.
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Catherine Lucey is a person, a woman, not an animal.
How was he being frank & honest?
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How was he being frank & honest?
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Who Did Trump Call 'Piggy'? What to Know About Bloomberg Reporter Catherine Lucey
President Donald Trump referred to Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey as "Piggy" in a November 2025 exchange. Here's everything to know about Catherine Lucey.
people.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Catherine Lucey is a person, a woman, not an animal.
How was he being frank & honest?
people.com/who-is-cathe...
How was he being frank & honest?
people.com/who-is-cathe...
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Breakdown of Dept of Education meeting by @mrs-frazzled.bsky.social:
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Breakdown of Dept of Education meeting by @mrs-frazzled.bsky.social:
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Israel plans to seize historical site in the West Bank as a new settlement appears
Israel plans to seize historical site in the West Bank as a new settlement appears
An anti-settlement watchdog group said the Sebastia site is Israel’s largest seizure of archeologically important land — about 450 acres.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Israel plans to seize historical site in the West Bank as a new settlement appears
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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The great @timothysnyder.bsky.social explains why this new Trump-backed Ukraine plan sells out Ukraine, Europe, and democracies across the world. Take a few minutes and watch.
It is hard to put into words how much damage Trump is doing to our own country, how unfit and malevolent he is.
It is hard to put into words how much damage Trump is doing to our own country, how unfit and malevolent he is.
We have a US administration trying to bully Ukrainians into accepting Russia’s proposal that their sovereignty be undone. Aside from the naked injustice of this, there are five basic practical reasons why it would make the world far more dangerous.
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The Putin-Witkoff Plan Worsens the War
Five Reasons the US should not help Russia subjugate Ukraine
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November 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The great @timothysnyder.bsky.social explains why this new Trump-backed Ukraine plan sells out Ukraine, Europe, and democracies across the world. Take a few minutes and watch.
It is hard to put into words how much damage Trump is doing to our own country, how unfit and malevolent he is.
It is hard to put into words how much damage Trump is doing to our own country, how unfit and malevolent he is.
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If you know a teacher, call them up now and thank them. Leavitt just announced that Trump is closing the Department of Education.
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If you know a teacher, call them up now and thank them. Leavitt just announced that Trump is closing the Department of Education.
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Larry Summers’s enormous network of powerful people kept him immune to past Jeffrey Epstein revelations. But this time was just too much.
How Larry Summers’s Power Delayed the Reckoning Over His Epstein Ties
The former Treasury Secretary and Harvard president’s enormous network and clout kept him immune from past Jeffrey Epstein revelations. But this time was just too much.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Larry Summers’s enormous network of powerful people kept him immune to past Jeffrey Epstein revelations. But this time was just too much.
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Congrats to the Teamsters (especially their awful president) and all the other truckers & freight workers who voted themselves into a "structural goods recession."
In October, truckload freight volumes declined for the fourth consecutive month.
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In October, truckload freight volumes declined for the fourth consecutive month.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/t...
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Congrats to the Teamsters (especially their awful president) and all the other truckers & freight workers who voted themselves into a "structural goods recession."
In October, truckload freight volumes declined for the fourth consecutive month.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/t...
In October, truckload freight volumes declined for the fourth consecutive month.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/t...
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Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."
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Trump calls for death by hanging for 6 Democratic vets who reminded troops to follow only lawful orders — as his approval nosedives, GOP infighting erupts over the Epstein Files, and new scandals engulf his DOJ. All this and more in today's bulletin.
Today in Politics, Bulletin 254. 11/20/25
… Trump called for the execution by hanging of 2 Democratic senators and 4 representatives after they posted a video reminding members of the military and intelligence community that their oath is to ...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Trump calls for death by hanging for 6 Democratic vets who reminded troops to follow only lawful orders — as his approval nosedives, GOP infighting erupts over the Epstein Files, and new scandals engulf his DOJ. All this and more in today's bulletin.
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When I heard someone say Epstein trafficked more than a thousand women, it stopped me cold. Then I remembered this and it clicked: it all ties back to white supremacy.
Epstein was obsessed with genetic engineering, eugenics, and “improving” humanity, including his own DNA. It’s documented.
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Epstein was obsessed with genetic engineering, eugenics, and “improving” humanity, including his own DNA. It’s documented.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
When I heard someone say Epstein trafficked more than a thousand women, it stopped me cold. Then I remembered this and it clicked: it all ties back to white supremacy.
Epstein was obsessed with genetic engineering, eugenics, and “improving” humanity, including his own DNA. It’s documented.
🧵
Epstein was obsessed with genetic engineering, eugenics, and “improving” humanity, including his own DNA. It’s documented.
🧵
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In Canada parents have no real rights over children. Parents have obligations to children. While it might be a shock to parents to learn this -it protects children.
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
In Canada parents have no real rights over children. Parents have obligations to children. While it might be a shock to parents to learn this -it protects children.
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1/ It should be forgiven. It should be forgotten. If she spoke of it again, the sins would be hers, she was told.
But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls.
This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇
[content warning: sexual abuse]
But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls.
This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇
[content warning: sexual abuse]
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
1/ It should be forgiven. It should be forgotten. If she spoke of it again, the sins would be hers, she was told.
But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls.
This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇
[content warning: sexual abuse]
But she could never forget. And neither could the other girls.
This is the story of how her church enabled a child abuser for years 👇
[content warning: sexual abuse]
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4/ The county sheriff’s office first heard about Clint Massie in 2017. But it wouldn’t be until 2023 — six years later — that prosecutors were able to bring charges against him.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
4/ The county sheriff’s office first heard about Clint Massie in 2017. But it wouldn’t be until 2023 — six years later — that prosecutors were able to bring charges against him.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
The @startribune.com and ProPublica set out to understand how Massie did what he did for so long.
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3/ Instead, the preachers held meetings in which children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and to forget the abuse.
One woman recalled her father and preacher allowing Massie to hug her. “It was one of the worst things ever,” she said.
One woman recalled her father and preacher allowing Massie to hug her. “It was one of the worst things ever,” she said.
![Document with these excerpts highlighted: VICTIM 3 explained that one of the beliefs in the church is "forgive and forget," which caused confusion regarding what to do with allegations of sexual assault.
VICTIM 3 explained that years ago when this happened, the way the church and community "[p]retty much, it was kind of like we could ask forgiveness about it and forget about it, but, and never talk about it again..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k4jt6heuiamymgi46yeuxtpt/bafkreiglehxnz4wa3e5yrlrprqzv4acnmtjcloddzg2mkyy4beqg5tl3t4@jpeg)
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
3/ Instead, the preachers held meetings in which children were told to forgive the man who sexually abused them and to forget the abuse.
One woman recalled her father and preacher allowing Massie to hug her. “It was one of the worst things ever,” she said.
One woman recalled her father and preacher allowing Massie to hug her. “It was one of the worst things ever,” she said.
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FASCISM AND ITS SYMBOLS ARE BEING ACCEPTED INTO US MILITARY
Thats the headline
Thats the headline
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
FASCISM AND ITS SYMBOLS ARE BEING ACCEPTED INTO US MILITARY
Thats the headline
Thats the headline
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In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
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CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In related news, the claim ‘the Tooth Fairy does not actually take lost baby teeth from under pillows’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that magical beings are secretly thieving teeth in the dead of night…”
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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