Virginia Allain
@gingerkin.bsky.social
Retired librarian, interested in political action, AI art, gardening, travel, promoting reading, blogging, researching genealogy...
Everyone Is Waiting
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Everyone Is Waiting
Not for what Trump wants, but for what they want...
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June 12, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Everyone Is Waiting
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I just signed the petition demanding that Trump & the Justice Dept NEVER pardon convicted child abuser & Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Reports say Trump is considering a massive round of pardons. Maxwell shouldn't be one of them. share.weareultraviolet.org/s/6qMdWm8H
No pardons for child abusers
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May 26, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I just signed the petition demanding that Trump & the Justice Dept NEVER pardon convicted child abuser & Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. Reports say Trump is considering a massive round of pardons. Maxwell shouldn't be one of them. share.weareultraviolet.org/s/6qMdWm8H
No End in Sight for Trump's Iran Blunders
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No End in Sight for Trump's Iran Blunders
One Again the U.S. is Mired in a Military Action in the Middle East
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May 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
No End in Sight for Trump's Iran Blunders
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I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Sign Waving - Celebrate Workers” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Sign Waving - Celebrate Workers · Indivisible
This a local Indivisible mini-event!
Sign waving on May Day - Celebrate Workers
Friday, May 1st from 6:15 until dusk (about 7:30).
Ideas for signs: Fair Wages Now, Raise Minimum Wage, Respect the Wo...
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April 29, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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The war in Iran has already cost $22.8 billion.
For $22.8 billion, we could:
• Provide Medicaid to 6.8 million kids
• Build 2.6 million public housing units
• Fund Head Start for 1.3 million
• Hire 240,000 teachers
• Cancel $20,000 in student debt for 1 million borrowers
For $22.8 billion, we could:
• Provide Medicaid to 6.8 million kids
• Build 2.6 million public housing units
• Fund Head Start for 1.3 million
• Hire 240,000 teachers
• Cancel $20,000 in student debt for 1 million borrowers
March 17, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The war in Iran has already cost $22.8 billion.
For $22.8 billion, we could:
• Provide Medicaid to 6.8 million kids
• Build 2.6 million public housing units
• Fund Head Start for 1.3 million
• Hire 240,000 teachers
• Cancel $20,000 in student debt for 1 million borrowers
For $22.8 billion, we could:
• Provide Medicaid to 6.8 million kids
• Build 2.6 million public housing units
• Fund Head Start for 1.3 million
• Hire 240,000 teachers
• Cancel $20,000 in student debt for 1 million borrowers
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At this point Trump will need to release all of the Epstein files in order to distract from this war in Iran.
March 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM
At this point Trump will need to release all of the Epstein files in order to distract from this war in Iran.
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Know Your Rights: Protest Rights and Safety Practices (for all No Kings Attendees)” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Know Your Rights: Protest Rights and Safety Practices (for all No Kings Attendees) · No Kings
In this ACLU-led training, participants will learn about the Constitutional right to peacefully protest and about best practices for reducing risks when attending protests like the upcoming No Kings m...
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March 18, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Know Your Rights: Protest Rights and Safety Practices (for all No Kings Attendees)” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
All this in just one photo of Trump's appointees: substack.com/@themouthyre...
The Mouthy Renegade Writer (@themouthyrenegadewriter)
What an abysmally shitty, immoral, lawbreaking group of fuck-puddles. I cannot believe that THESE are the people leading our country, along with a pedophile president.
Vomit.
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February 28, 2026 at 6:16 PM
All this in just one photo of Trump's appointees: substack.com/@themouthyre...
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NO KINGS Poinciana, FL · No Kings
**We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.**
What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...
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February 21, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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I hate him.
I can and should hate this malevolence.
All decent, loving, compassionate people should.
Every person claiming to care about what Jesus cared about should hate it.
Christians should be fighting it instead of cultivating it.
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I can and should hate this malevolence.
All decent, loving, compassionate people should.
Every person claiming to care about what Jesus cared about should hate it.
Christians should be fighting it instead of cultivating it.
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You're Right to Hate Him. Good People Do.
Will Rogers was famously quoted as once saying, “I never met a man I didn’t like.”
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February 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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📢 The Day I Was Arrested
📢 The Day I Was Arrested
Why I was arrested for standing up for justice—and what it reveals about activism, accountability, and the cost of speaking out for our rights.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
📢 The Day I Was Arrested
A Warrant From Your Boss Is Not a Warrant From a Judge
A Warrant From Your Boss Is Not a Warrant From a Judge
Welcome to the Breezeway, mi gente. The cafecito is hot, the chanclas are optional, and the news is cold enough to make your spine straighten. Pull up a chair, because apparently the government has de...
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January 24, 2026 at 3:09 PM
A Warrant From Your Boss Is Not a Warrant From a Judge
Never lose your sense of outrage over Jan. 6. Trump is a traitor.
Nina 🇨🇦 (@nina1924)
Everyone in the world saw with their own eyes what happened on Jan6. The rioting. The violence. Breaking windows and doors. Climbing the walls of the building. Using flagpoles to attack and beat polic...
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January 10, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Never lose your sense of outrage over Jan. 6. Trump is a traitor.
This Is What It Feels Like When a Country Loses Its Soul
This Is What It Feels Like When a Country Loses Its Soul
The Moral Injury of Living Through America’s Unraveling
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January 9, 2026 at 4:20 PM
This Is What It Feels Like When a Country Loses Its Soul
Trump Makes Me Sick
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Trump Makes Me Sick
Literally... I'm sure I'm not the only one feeling this way.
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January 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Trump Makes Me Sick
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At the start of 2025, some people questioned whether the resistance was dead. They doubted that Trump’s authoritarian agenda would be met with defiance and backlash.
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
December 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
At the start of 2025, some people questioned whether the resistance was dead. They doubted that Trump’s authoritarian agenda would be met with defiance and backlash.
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
You proved them wrong: indivisible.org/groups
RFK Jr. was never fit to be Department of Health and Human Services secretary—and his failed leadership since his confirmation has put lives in danger. Sign the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...
Fire RFK Jr. NOW!
RFK Jr. was never fit to be Department of Health and Human Services secretary—and his failed leadership since his confirmation has put lives in danger. Sign the petition!
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December 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
RFK Jr. was never fit to be Department of Health and Human Services secretary—and his failed leadership since his confirmation has put lives in danger. Sign the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...
Veterans Day
Veterans Day
Open Windows- Ann Telnaes is a reader-supported publication.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Veterans Day
Resisting Book Banning
Resisting Book Banning
Inspiring story of two former librarians
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October 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Resisting Book Banning
The Crown Jewel
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The Crown Jewel
Propping up RFK Jr.
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September 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The Crown Jewel
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