Veronica Forand (she/her)

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Can’t wait to read what really happened.

Please repeat over and over:

“Bending to the whims of a bully will not end his cruelty. It will only embolden him. The response to authoritarianism isn’t acquiescence. Bullies respond to one thing, and one thing only: a punch in the face.”

—Gov. JB Pritzker

That’s what I worry about

I enjoyed it- solid arc, some sweet moments.

Uh guys? NBC just found out a DHS staffer accidentally added a journalist to an email thread about an ICE raid in Denver. Yeah, a completely separate incident.

THAT staffer is being punished — so why aren’t Hegseth & Waltz???

Calling something that definitely isn’t a hoax a hoax is helpful because it shows none of the other stuff they called a hoax was a hoax either

But while we worry about our health insurance or getting sick, paying for a vehicle AND insurance, and ONE home…. They’re worried about losing their yachts, second mansion, and 10th Bugatti.

We are not the same. And they won’t learn a damn thing from it cuz they’ll get their bailout somehow.

Why am I feeling uncomfortable?

No matter your station in life, there is astoundingly little separating you from those men in that cage behind Kristi Noem. No charges, no attorneys, no hearings, no trial. Just conjecture and brute force could be enough to justify completely dehumanizing you, too.

If you think what happened to Rumeysa Ozturk can't happen to you because you're a citizen and she's not, you are sorely mistaken. Ozturk was snatched off the street not for being a national security threat but for having a wrong opinion. If we don't put a stop to this, it's coming for all of us.

So it turns out Pete Hegseth lied. And Michael Waltz lied. And Tulsi Gabbard lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And John Ratliffe lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath.

And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.

This is why journalism matters.

2nd Lieutenant Elsie Ott-Part 2-
She was awarded the first Air Medal ever given to a woman. With no evacuation training and only a 24 hour notice, Elsie equipped with only a first aid kit, air evacuated soldiers. Her legacy lives on in service members today.

Women’s History Month

‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff

‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff

Me in the national security team group chat

If you think Pete Hegseth and the Trump Team shared too much highly classified information with The Atlantic JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TELLING PUTIN.

Obviously, Jeffrey Goldberg has the texts that Hegseth claims that he doesn’t have. The Senate or House Armed Services Chairs can easily and quickly verify who is lying about this. If Hegseth blatant lied about this on camera tonight, how in the world can he continue in this job?

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White privilege is unknowingly releasing sensitive U.S. intelligence to the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic and not losing your job

This energy right here.

Two things, NPR and PBS get very little funding from the federal government these days. If they were refunded, they would keep operating.

The other thing is the CBC is a great channel news in North America.

Quote from Anne Frank’s diary: "Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared."

How are we here again…

BREAKING: People are being suspended on X in Turkey for posting videos of these protests against Erdoğan’s corrupt and repressive regime.

Keep sharing everywhere.

It amazes me that when women and others were offered equal opportunities to education as white men, men fell behind. No wonder they want to restrict access to everyone but themselves.

When some people see a Black pilot or a woman astronaut, they think, “Oh, they aren’t qualified.”

When I see a Black pilot or a woman astronaut, I think, “Wow, they had to work their ass off twice as hard to get here —now that’s being more than qualified.”

Taking a deep breath before jumping in 💕

I can be the groupie making Dunkin runs

Not expansive- just expensive