VioletViva
@violetviva.bsky.social
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VioletViva
@violetviva.bsky.social
· Aug 26
An incomplete list of things my dogs bark at on the tv: dogs, cats, horses, Frasier’s doorbell, the baby in Baby Boom, and Kendall Roy rapping.
The scene in The Virgin Suicides where the men are removing the fence
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1. Wasn’t at a protest
2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down
3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight
bsky.app/profile/atru...
2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down
3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight
bsky.app/profile/atru...
KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
January 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM
1. Wasn’t at a protest
2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down
3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight
bsky.app/profile/atru...
2. Was disarmed when they shot him while he was face down
3. New gun rights rule: the second amendment is when conservatives can carry guns everywhere, but if anyone else has a gun we can kill him on sight
bsky.app/profile/atru...
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The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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Our institutions are so cowed, our public is so infatuated with the notion that you can invent your own truth, that no one feels they can simply be the arbiter of what is true and real, trusting the evidence of their eyes and ears. Truth is treated as a social agreement, a compromise position.
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Our institutions are so cowed, our public is so infatuated with the notion that you can invent your own truth, that no one feels they can simply be the arbiter of what is true and real, trusting the evidence of their eyes and ears. Truth is treated as a social agreement, a compromise position.
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"Who brings a firearm to a protest?!? Aren't they Asking for trouble?!?"
Actually, lots of people do, all the time.
Actually, lots of people do, all the time.
January 25, 2026 at 5:28 PM
"Who brings a firearm to a protest?!? Aren't they Asking for trouble?!?"
Actually, lots of people do, all the time.
Actually, lots of people do, all the time.
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Did it say “Stop the count in Florida”?
KARL: He was an ICU use who worked for the VA and there's no evidence he brandished the gun whatsoever
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
BESSENT: But he brought a gun
KARL: I mean, we do have a Second Amendment
BESSENT: I've been to a protest -- guess what? I didn't bring a gun. I brought a billboard
January 25, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Did it say “Stop the count in Florida”?
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i really like the people telling me to read a history book
This guy needs to read a single history book about the 20th century, or get a middle-school level education covering the broad scope. What a fucking idiot.
strange to me that a lot of people on this website simultaneously agree that the administration is run by incompetents who struggle to carry out their agenda without major political blowback AND that they’ll pull off a complex and sophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat in November
January 25, 2026 at 4:33 PM
i really like the people telling me to read a history book
We’re doing Charlie Brown had hoes a lot today, huh?
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
We’re doing Charlie Brown had hoes a lot today, huh?
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It seems a lot of people right now want to keep treating America's current situation as a political game. It's not. It's a national tragedy, playing out in violence, chaos, brutality, and lies. It's not a game. It's a crisis.
January 25, 2026 at 3:41 PM
It seems a lot of people right now want to keep treating America's current situation as a political game. It's not. It's a national tragedy, playing out in violence, chaos, brutality, and lies. It's not a game. It's a crisis.
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Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)
January 25, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Kudos to the NYT editor who took “Appears to” out of the lead headline (finally)
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So-called federal agents standing in the street enforcing local ordinances about pedestrian in the roadway etc is a clue they want this violence. They are creating it. They are killing people to feed their angry supporters & outrage everyone else. That’s it. That’s their point
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 PM
So-called federal agents standing in the street enforcing local ordinances about pedestrian in the roadway etc is a clue they want this violence. They are creating it. They are killing people to feed their angry supporters & outrage everyone else. That’s it. That’s their point
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Agreed. The scripted lying IS now part of the story, not just a fabricated response to it.
Exactly. Report the facts. One of the most striking facts here are the lies. And they are lies. Intentional lies.
Journalists, please remember that repeating obviously false statements is not balance or fairness. It is actively participating in deception.
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Agreed. The scripted lying IS now part of the story, not just a fabricated response to it.
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
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ah already seeing the torrent of replies that amount to “MAGA super soldiers will rig the polls” or “you’re so naive, why don’t you consider my [lurid tom clancy scenario]”
January 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM
ah already seeing the torrent of replies that amount to “MAGA super soldiers will rig the polls” or “you’re so naive, why don’t you consider my [lurid tom clancy scenario]”
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strange to me that a lot of people on this website simultaneously agree that the administration is run by incompetents who struggle to carry out their agenda without major political blowback AND that they’ll pull off a complex and sophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat in November
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
strange to me that a lot of people on this website simultaneously agree that the administration is run by incompetents who struggle to carry out their agenda without major political blowback AND that they’ll pull off a complex and sophisticated effort to rig elections and prevent defeat in November
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They know their defenses are lies and that everyone knows they’re lying, so they have to push the negative polarization button in the hopes that their supporters rationalize the indefensible. It’s worked so far bsky.app/profile/jwmu...
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:24 PM
They know their defenses are lies and that everyone knows they’re lying, so they have to push the negative polarization button in the hopes that their supporters rationalize the indefensible. It’s worked so far bsky.app/profile/jwmu...
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If you are running for president you should make clear you’re gonna send Greg Bovino to prison
January 25, 2026 at 2:58 PM
If you are running for president you should make clear you’re gonna send Greg Bovino to prison
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the smartest thing to do right now would be to make a show of disciplining some ICE agents and quietly pull back from minneapolis. the president offers his condolences and maybe even makes a direct donation to the family. you fire bovino and replace him with someone more quietly depraved, etc.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
the smartest thing to do right now would be to make a show of disciplining some ICE agents and quietly pull back from minneapolis. the president offers his condolences and maybe even makes a direct donation to the family. you fire bovino and replace him with someone more quietly depraved, etc.
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i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:02 PM
i think this attitude — that all opposition is illegitimate and nothing we do can be questioned— is probably pervasive in the white house and helps explain why they keep making terrible political choices
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Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
January 25, 2026 at 7:28 AM
Saying there must be trials isn't just an emotive aspiration.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
Congress can:
- Create a new court (complying w/ 6A jury vicinage)
- Give it jurisdiction over defined category of crimes
- Also create dedicated prosecutors for the same
- Strip SCOTUS of appellate jurisdiction
It can be done.
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The era is aptly defined by this, up against “boo hoo” and “fucking bitch”
I keep thinking about this fact that his last words were are you okay and hers were I'm not mad at you and it feels like a weird coincidence but it's just a reflection of the fact that the people who are coming out to take care of their neighbors are good and the people who are after them are bad
His dying words were asking about the safety of someone next to him
Hero
Hero
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The era is aptly defined by this, up against “boo hoo” and “fucking bitch”
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Just a reminder that Bovino IS NOT a political appointee. He is just a regular government employee. Yet he acts as if he can not and will not ever face personal consequences for any federal or state crime he is involved in. He attacks democratic politicians. Again. Not allowed. But here we are.
BASH: Where did he assault an officer? It looked to us that he was approached by them when he was helping another individual who was pushed down
BOVINO: We don't need a suspect's help in a law enforcement scene
BASH: So when somebody is pushed down, you stand back?
BOVINO: Follow directions
BOVINO: We don't need a suspect's help in a law enforcement scene
BASH: So when somebody is pushed down, you stand back?
BOVINO: Follow directions
January 25, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Just a reminder that Bovino IS NOT a political appointee. He is just a regular government employee. Yet he acts as if he can not and will not ever face personal consequences for any federal or state crime he is involved in. He attacks democratic politicians. Again. Not allowed. But here we are.
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Shooting a man, who didn’t attack you, who was on hands and knees, in the back 5+ times… and you’re the victim?
What Bovino is saying is that Border Patrol have complete immunity to act however they want and anyone who inconveniences them slightly has victimized them and can be executed. Madness
What Bovino is saying is that Border Patrol have complete immunity to act however they want and anyone who inconveniences them slightly has victimized them and can be executed. Madness
BASH: It feels as though you're blaming the victim here
BOVINO: The victims are the Border Patrol agents. I'm not blaming the Border Patrol agents. The victims are the Border Patrol agents.
BOVINO: The victims are the Border Patrol agents. I'm not blaming the Border Patrol agents. The victims are the Border Patrol agents.
January 25, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Shooting a man, who didn’t attack you, who was on hands and knees, in the back 5+ times… and you’re the victim?
What Bovino is saying is that Border Patrol have complete immunity to act however they want and anyone who inconveniences them slightly has victimized them and can be executed. Madness
What Bovino is saying is that Border Patrol have complete immunity to act however they want and anyone who inconveniences them slightly has victimized them and can be executed. Madness
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“those rights don’t count when you exist in a way I don’t like” is a wild position 🥲
Bovino: "We respect Second Amendment rights, but those rights don't count when you riot and assault, delay, obstruct, and impede law enforcement officers"
January 25, 2026 at 2:39 PM
“those rights don’t count when you exist in a way I don’t like” is a wild position 🥲