Valerie

@goplacidly8.bsky.social

Blue worldview in a red community/state. Old enough to remember when the voice of musicians and writers led the charge for social justice; unwaivering faith in my family, young people, dogs, and science🌈🏃‍♀️🌎

If your face didn’t look like this in 2020, I don’t really care what you think about Dr Fauci. That man saved millions of lives. We did what we could with the information we had. Florida opened back up too soon, and nearly 100,000 people died, one of highest death rates per capita in the nation

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If you’re watching Fauci’s testimony remember that science isn’t an ideology. It doesn’t lie. It evolves. COVID-19 was a once-in-a-century pandemic caused by a brand-new virus, recommendations changed because the evidence changed. That’s not deception. That’s how it works.

and later served in Kuwait & Iraq. He led personnel across multiple countries, managed billions of dollars in military assets, and served as a Sexual Assault Response Coordinator to support fellow service members. 2.

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TODAY: Donald Trump is hiking up costs for millions of student loan borrowers by killing SAVE. The typical borrower in a family of four will pay nearly $5,000 more each year under Trump’s new repayment plan. That’s Trump’s economy for you.

"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people." —The Declaration of Independence

Try to imagine another world leader behaving in the manner that this man has. It’s nearly inconceivable. I don’t believe that he has normalized this kind of behavior across the board; he’s just made it normal for him. He’s the president of lowered expectations.

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Once again Jimmy Fallon has done it! The IRS audits millions of Americans. If a president & their family are exempt from scrutiny, that’s not transparency, it’s privilege! Equal justice under law isn’t a slogan. It’s a principle. Either it applies to everyone, or it doesn’t! #SheShed #JimmyFallon

The heart of our constitutional crisis in one exchange between me and Sec. Mullin. When asked a simple question - if he will obey court orders - he says he will not because some court orders are "politicized". That's not how democracy works. And that's why we are in a crisis.