Lorna Will (@vlaamse) profile picture

Nurse, epidemiologist, researcher. Progressive Wisconsinite who has lived in many places around the US and world, and loved them all.

Joined December 2009
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🚨 EXTREMELY IMPORTANT — PLEASE READ AND SHARE THIS. Something extremely important is happening right now on the world stage, and I don’t believe nearly enough people understand just how big this story really is. Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are pushing European leaders to release billions in frozen Russian assets and place them under American financial control. But my friends, this is about much more than frozen Russian money. Much more than Ukraine. And much more than what is being reported in the headlines. We are talking about Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, American investors, oil and gas pipelines, and people inside Donald Trump’s closest circle. I have been warning about these connections since Trump returned to the White House. And what my sources are telling me is that this did not happen overnight. I put together a detailed investigation and a chart connecting the people, the money, the reported deals, and the timeline so you can see for yourself how these relationships intersect. We are witnessing the early stages of something much bigger: a potential effort to bring Russia back into the global financial system, with billions of dollars at stake. And what I am hearing suggests there is much more to come. I’m asking every one of you to take a few minutes to read this investigation, study the chart, and SPREAD IT FAR AND WIDE. Restack it. Share it. Send it to your friends and family. Help get this information outside our echo chambers. Because understanding what is happening behind closed doors is essential to holding those in power accountable. 👇 READ THE FULL INVESTIGATION AND STUDY THE CHART BELOW. levremembers.substack.com/p/… The truth matters. The receipts matter. And this is just the beginning
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BREAKING: Mayor Zohran Mamdani enrages MAGA by urging New York City parking lot owners to ban ICE agents from their properties — throwing a massive wrench into Trump's fascist plans. This is such a brilliant chess move... "Every day, your garages and lots serve the people who make New York City work: nurses coming off overnight shifts, contractors bringing equipment to job sites, families visiting relatives across the five boroughs, and customers headed to the shops and restaurants that fuel the vibrancy of our streets and our economy," the mayor wrote to the owners and operators of the properties in question. "When the City closes roads for emergency repairs, a marathon, or a parade, your facilities give drivers somewhere to go," he continued. "Thank you for the essential service that you provide to millions of New Yorkers and visitors each day. We write to ask for your help at a critical juncture for our City: we are asking that you do not rent, lend, or otherwise make your property available to ICE as a staging area for its enforcement operations." Over 100 elected officials, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, have signed on in support of the initiative. The move comes after ICE agents shot Oscar Belgal last week in his car with his 5-year-old son present. A city that was already opposed to ICE's brutal tactics has now turned overwhelmingly against these masked, over-armed, undertrained, bloodthirsty paramilitary agents that are terrorizing innocent people. And now Mayor Mamdani is asking lot owners to do their part to fight back. “In solidarity with immigrant New Yorkers and in our shared commitment to the City we love, we ask that you do not rent, lend or otherwise make your property available to ICE as a staging area for its enforcement operations,” he wrote. "Make it known to ICE that it is not authorized to use your garages and lots," Mamdani continued. "Some of you have already taken this step. On Morton Street in downtown Manhattan, an operator removed ICE vehicles from a garage after neighbors spoke up. We are grateful for this action and invite every owner to follow this courageous example. Should you like to discuss this matter further please contact our NYC Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs Faiza Ali at [email protected]." "Time and again, New York City has made it through challenging moments because government, businesses, and community leaders come together and show the world what New Yorkers can do," he added. Predictably, Republicans on social media are losing their minds over this letter, calling Mamdani a "terrorist" and "traitor" who should be deported. But why should he care? They say that anyway. He might as well pursue good policies like this one while his enemies screech in vain. "Owners who refuse to take part in these federal civil immigration enforcement operations advance public safety by protecting their own staff and customers, as well as fellow New Yorkers beyond their lots and garages. They also tell every immigrant New Yorker that they are treasured members of this community and that our City welcomes them with open arms. We hope you will stand with us," Mamdani concluded. Do you support this idea? Please ❤️ and share to urge the parking lot owners to sign on!
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BREAKING: MONEY, MEET MOUTH! Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez transfers a staggering $1 million to Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate campaign — supercharging his chances. This is REAL Democratic leadership… “I’m not waking up on November 4th wishing I did more to combat the smears aimed at Abdul. I’m leaving everything I can on the field,” AOC said. El-Sayed is one of the most promising Democratic politicians in a generation, wedding an effortless, winning charisma with an unshakable focus on the kitchen table issues that Michigan voters actually care about like universal healthcare and ending Trump’s costly foreign wars. Meanwhile, his MAGA opponent Mike Rogers has nothing to offer voters. He’s deeply in bed with this pedophile-riddled White House and even supported the Iran War at first until he realized that it was electoral poison. Since he has no real policies to speak of, Rogers has relied on Islamophobia and racebaiting to attack El-Sayed. He’s a slimy, spineless enabler of this administration’s worst abuses. A vote for him is a vote for an extension and expansion of Trump’s unprecedented crime spree. In addition to her sizeable donation to the Abdul for Michigan Victory Fund, AOC is also busing around the state to drive turnout and energize the party’s Democratic base. “If Abdul can win in Michigan, anybody can win anywhere,” she said recently. Take a good look at AOC and El-Sayed and one thing becomes immediately clear: the future of the Democratic Party has never been brighter. Please ❤️ and share if you’d vote for Abdul El-Sayed!
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Call me selfish, but I don't want Kamala to run. I want her to become Attorney General and spend four years solely focused on prosecution. That will be her legacy.
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BREAKING: BRAVO! Volodymyr Zelenskyy is directly asked if he thinks that Trump is using him as a "scapegoat" for his failed presidency — and the Ukrainian President's response is PERFECT. This man is truly a gift to his people... "It's a pretty difficult midterm elections. His personal popularity is very low, diesel prices in the U.S. are very high, and the war that he started in the Middle East is not going the way he wants it. Do you think you are being treated as a scapegoat for his own problems?" a reporter asked Zelenskyy at a European Council summit in Brussels. Take a moment to consider how you would respond were you in Zelenskyy's shoes. Trump has been relentlessly smearing you. He just cut a "deal" with Putin to flood the global markets with Russian diesel, pumping money into a war machine that is slaughtering innocent Ukrainian men, women, and children. Then, the Starlink service that you use to prevent Russian drones from striking civilian targets inside your country has its service interrupted, seemingly by the White House. Although he must have been raging inside, Zelenskyy listened carefully to the reporter's question. He then paused for over ten seconds, letting his silence stretch and fill with dramatic meaning. He then cracked a knowing smirk and the room erupted into laughter. He paused, leaned forward, still smiling and said: "This is my answer." "Thank you so much," the reporter said as the room continued to laugh. This is the perfect way to thread the needle. Zelenskyy managed to agree with the assessment that Trump is scapegoating him for his problems without having to say it out loud. He's not afraid to embarrass this disgrace of a President, but at the same time his ultimate responsibility is to the wellbeing of the Ukrainian people. He doesn't want to alienate Trump so badly that there's no hope for a reconciliation and a full resumption of American military support. This is how it's done. Please ❤️ and share if you think that Zelenskyy is a hero!
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BREAKING: LOL! James Talarico hilarously mocks the MAGA conspiracies that sprang up when he got the flu, jokes that he “learned” that he “had died.” This is EXACTLY how you handle these clowns… “I opened up social media and learned that I apparently had dropped out of the race, had flown to a mental hospital in Ohio, that I had died,” the Texas Democrat said during a CNN town hall. “This is crazy. I mean, these false claims got millions of views online, and this is an example of what I call the rage economy.” He said that his brief absence from the Senate campaign trail, recommended by his doctor due to a nasty bout of the flu, “sent my opponent and his conspiracy theorists spiraling.” He added that they “can post anything they want on the internet. They get clicks. The billionaires who own these platforms get rich. We all get angry, and nobody’s life gets any better. Conspiracy theories don’t put food on the table.” More than anything, the incredibly sweaty efforts by Republicans to spread lies about Talarico — including ominous Truth Social posts from Trump about “bad rumors” — prove that Ken Paxton’s campaign is in dire straits. Since he can’t contest Talarico on the issues and he’s too afraid to debate him, his proxies have resorted to spreading deranged misinformation, including one particularly egregious lie that Talarico had checked into a psychiatric facility. Talarico’s response is pitch perfect. Laugh it off, mock them, and then pivot right back to the kitchen table issues that voters actually care about. Paxton can waste his time thrashing about in the muck. James Talarico has a Senate race to win. Please ❤️ and share if you’d vote for Talarico!
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Replying to @SpudLovr
Glen Grothman votes AGAINST YOU! He voted for this that takes effect AFTER the midterm elections.
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Burgum is pushing another federal land swap at Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia, just like the one at Yosemite. Both use the same move: hand federal park land to private interests, funded in part by the Land and Water Conservation Fund, money meant for conservation. Two wealthy families want to trade land with the Park Service so they can build up to 15 private homes, some up to 15,000 sq ft, inside wilderness Congress said in 1972 must stay "permanently preserved in its primitive state." It's loggerhead sea turtle nesting ground, home to 30% of Georgia's total, plus four other protected sea turtle species, red knots, and piping plovers. A watchdog group had to FOIA the draft deed terms just to see them. Georgia's own Camden County Commission wouldn't endorse the deal. A former Yosemite superintendent called that deal "so ridiculous, it makes you sick." Here's the mechanism. The Land and Water Conservation Fund exists specifically to buy and protect public land, funded by offshore oil and gas royalties, as an environmental offset for that drilling. Burgum's Interior has been trying to redirect that same money away from buying conservation land and toward "deferred maintenance" instead. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) says that diversion is illegal and expects it to get sued over. So the fund meant to protect land from exactly this kind of loss is being hollowed out, then tapped again to help pay private developers to take park land in the first place. This isn't one bad deal. It's a pattern. How many other national parks does this admin have waiting in the pipeline, ready to be sliced off to private interests? Tell NPS this shouldn't move forward funded by conservation dollars it was never meant to touch. We don't have much time. Link is in the first reply. #DemsUnited
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Quote of the year! 💯
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Meet Russell Dickert. This mother fucker is one of 3 men who beat the hell out of a woman at a Trump rally in Youngstown Ohio. He’s on Facebook bragging about how he and 2 of his friends beat the hell out of her. Of course he deleted everything. His hometown, place of business… All on his profile page. Please repost so everyone can meet Russell.
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Say it louder: Social Security doesn't add a dime to the deficit. It's funded by its own dedicated payroll tax — money working people earn with every paycheck. So when politicians talk about "cutting Social Security to reduce the deficit," they're not being fiscally responsible. They're taking our earned benefits to pay for tax cuts for the rich and corporate giveaways. Don't let them steal what we paid for. ✊
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The Trump Administration defied two court orders this weekend. Taxpayer-funded ads aired hundreds of times after judge ordered Trump to stop. The second court order that was defied when over 400 trees were cut down in Washington DC East Potomac park for Trump's golf course.
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BREAKING: The Vatican reveals that Pope Leo XIV has lung cancer and had the lower lobe of his right lung removed in a successful surgery. We want to offer our best wishes to the head of the Catholic Church, who has proven to be a consistent ray of light and love in these dark fascist times. “The Holy Father underwent thoracic surgery as scheduled. To ensure the radical removal of the tumor, the lower lobe of the right lung was removed using a video-assisted technique. An intraoperative histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, as suspected from preoperative tests,” the Holy See Press Office stated. “The Holy Father was in the operating room for approximately three hours, while the procedure itself lasted about 90 minutes,” the statement continued. “The operation was successful, and there were no complications. After surgery, the pope regained consciousness normally and, following a brief period of observation, returned to his room on the 10th floor.” The Vatican has canceled all Leo's planned audiences up through October 20. It's as yet unclear if he will still make his trip to South America next month. If you're a person of faith, please offer up a prayer for the pontiff. If you're an atheist who supports the pope, share your well wishes below. We can help drown out the bloodthirsty MAGA supporters who are flooding social media with celebratory posts about Leo's diagnosis. We need this man to stick around for a long, long time! Please like and share to wish Pope Leo a speedy recovery!
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ALERT: Stay away from Vote Safe. Org, which pretends to be a voter resource, but is funded by Elon Musk's PAC, and appears to be harvesting voter information.
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TRUMP JUST LEGALIZED ILLEGAL FUEL SO TRUCKERS FORGET HE WRECKED THE ECONOMY Red dyed diesel. That's the stuff reserved for tractors and farm equipment. Off road only. Banned from highways for decades because burning it on public roads screws up emissions systems and dodges federal fuel tax Trump just signed an order throwing that rule out the window. Less than thirty days before the midterms Suddenly it's legal for every big rig in America to run the cheap stuff on interstates while Trump defers the federal excise tax through the end of the year The White House bragged a trucker could save a hundred bucks topping off 250 gallons. Convenient math for a guy who needs truckers to stop screaming about $6.26 diesel right before voters hit the polls Here's what they didn't brag about. That tax funds the Highway Trust Fund. Roads and bridges you drive on every single day. Trump just blew a hole in it to buy himself a few good headlines Red dye diesel wrecks catalytic converters and emissions systems in modern trucks not built for it. Doesn't matter. Short term applause beats long term engine damage in Trump's playbook every time This is the same guy who just shoved out a $90 Medicare rebate that millions of seniors don't even qualify for. Another manufactured check with his name stamped all over it, timed perfectly for an election he's terrified of losing Gas station gimmicks. Rebate stunts. Fake relief with a expiration date that happens to land right after people vote Trump isn't fixing the fuel crisis he helped create. He's renting your anger for thirty days and hoping you forget who sent the bill Ordinary families are still paying full price for diesel delivered milk and groceries and medicine. Trump just handed the trucking industry a temporary discount and a permanent headline This isn't policy. It's a countdown clock pointed straight at November And when the tax deferral runs out and the Highway Trust Fund comes up short, guess who inherits that bill Not Trump. You
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FUN FACT: After all the voting days Speaker Mike Johnson canceled this year, the House is on track for roughly 105 days in session in 2026. He’ll still collect his full $223,500 Speaker’s salary. And he wants two more years.
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