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vtkristin.bsky.social
@vtkristin.bsky.social
a tiny speck in a ruthless universe
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I suppose in the future what's happening now may become known as "The Battle of Minneapolis," but I think--hope--it's historic precisely because it's not that. Fascism wants a fight. Instead, Minneapolis's main response is mutual aid. Struggle, in a deeper sense of the term than fascism can imagine.
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
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If you're a soldier in the 11th Airborne Division being ordered to prep for deployment to Minnesota or Greenland, remember that you have the right to apply for conscientious objector status.

Call the GI Bill Rights hotline: 1-877-447-4487
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.

This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Hi Humans, God here.

Regarding Greenland, God has a question for thee.

WHERE THE FUCK IS CONGRESS?!?
January 19, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Sarah Kendzior has been right about everything.
Follow Sarah. She's the best and the brightest, a meticulous, dogged scholar and great stout heart. And she's always five steps ahead of autocracy's game, has seen every move coming from the start.
January 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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I wish we could cancel the election, suggests the guy who truly loves American democracy. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Trump: "They have the worst policy. How we have to even run against these people -- I won't say cancel the election, they should cancel the election, because the fake news with say, 'He wants the elections canceled. He's a dictator.' They always call me a dictator. Nobody is worse than Obama."
January 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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youll notice almost every bit of comms from republicans reinforces the notion that democrats are the evil incompetents while republicans are the serious minded solutions people. meanwhile dem comms are like "we like good stuff and we encourage good republicans to help us." its tone deaf shit.
January 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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The Epstein Files Transparency Act is a law, passed by Congress on November 19 with an overwhelming vote. Complying with it was not optional. The Department of Justice did not comply.

I want to make sure this is very clear.
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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"America is an oil company with an army."

—George Carlin
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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talked to the owner of a denim company that produces jeans in the US. he said that he's seen declining sales abroad in EU and Canada. stores tell him that customers don't want to buy MiUSA products bc Trump makes dumb, pointless threats like "taking over Canada or Greenland"
January 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Seems important
Himes: "I was delighted to hear that Tom Cotton, chairmen of the Senate Intel Committee, has been in regular contact with the admin. I've had zero outreach and no D I'm aware of has. So apparently we're now in a world where the legal obligation to keep Congress informed only applies to your party."
January 4, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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June 20, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.

We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.

There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.

Spread the word.

www.ribc.org/donate-blood/
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www.ribc.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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(b)lanche (e)lizabeth (d)evereaux: thread
June 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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I’m just a simple country political scientist but where I come from if your country has a secret police force that can give orders to members of the national legislature that’s…what’s the right word…bad.
“The Department of Homeland Security has formally instituted a new requirement that members of Congress and their staff provide a week of notice before they visit immigration detention facilities, a policy that is at odds with a federal law that allows lawmakers to make unannounced oversight trips.“
ICE to require lawmakers to give a week’s notice before detention visits.
www.nytimes.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
April 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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This is exactly what they're trying to achieve by destroying government services that benefit the public. A VC-backed startup intervenes to gather data that the National Weather Service was previously collecting, and before we know it, we will be paying them for what was once funded by our taxes.
As Staffing Cuts at NWS Lead to Suspended Weather Balloon Launches in Western Alaska, WindBorne Systems Steps Up to Fill Atmospheric Data Gaps
Following the announcement from the National Weather Service (NWS) that it is suspending its weather balloon launches in Kotzebue, Alaska indefinitely
www.businesswire.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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I've quoted this passage from Trump -- where he states his intent to cause riots and US economic collapse -- so many times. He flat-out announced it on Fox News in February 2014. In my book HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT I quote my own 2016 essay warning of his plan:
www.hidinginplainsightbook.com
January 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
March 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Might save a life.
March 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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We don’t want “SpaceX engineers”

We want trained, competent air traffic controllers, ground crew personnel and people well versed in making sure the public can fly safely

Which hasn’t happened ever since President Musk and his flunky Trump forced out FAA Chief Michael Whitaker
February 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”.

This is a manifesto against disability.

This is the language of eugenics.
Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
February 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM