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Fred Vultee

@fredvultee.bsky.social
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Journalism professor, longtime rimrat. Tar Heel by way of Mizzou. Framing, news practice, securitization theory, editing, cats, beer, banjos. Not all those who wander are lost, but TBF quite a few of them are really, really lost.

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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 7h
“Prices are going to come pouring down.” #FoxNews isn’t even pretending anymore.
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Kevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn.
TinTin discovers Edward Said.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 22h
Dear Secretary Hegseth: Is Comrade Carr the sort of beardo/weirdo you had in mind?
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Could we just get back to the ballroom, please?
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Upton Sinclair, call your office
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Here’s Twitter being all helpful with the “proposed context.” Still gathering ratings!
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 30/09/2026
Come to see Eric Schmitt try to chuckle his way through his obvious humiliation. Stay to watch Amy Klobuchar dunk on Eric Schmitt for a *2nd* time today.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Trump thinks that because he's changed the name of AI, now all concerns expressed about it previously are a hoax. The illogic is breathtaking. (Note that in this clip he's also lying about economic growth.)
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just another normal day at Truth Social.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#OrangeMonkeyKingANGRY
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Paid for by the U.S. Government”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
Trump: "Super Intelligence - SI - I don't call it AI anymore. I call it SI because it's a much better name. It's a much more accurate name, because when you say the other, that means it's fake. 'Artificial' means it's fake & it's not fake. It's just very strong intelligence...it's much more elegant"
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. “DHS officials continue their attempts to intimidate election officials into compliance and deter voters with huge claims of fraud…Repeating unsupported claims does not make them true.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. (Gift Article)
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hmm. Wonder why that is.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Trump University Department of Statistics is hiring again.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Your occasional reminder that government action is not the only threat to media freedom. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This guy really hates and fears a media system that doesn’t lick between his toes on a regular basis.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Dear #CNN: You're gonna have to learn your clichés. You're gonna have to study them, you're gonna have to know them. They're your friends
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Q: Are there actual, serious issues of election integrity in the US? A: www.kqed.org/news/1210118...
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Republican Sheriff Illegally Seized Over 650,000 Ballots, California Supreme Court Rules | KQED
In a unanimous ruling, the justices said Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco broke the law when he seized ballots cast in the November 2025 special election and ordered him to return them.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Saturday morning binge: 11 reposts from the cult site Just The News in 24 minutes, capped by this one.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today in journalism: Remember when the right-wing media thought wartime consumer inflation was a bad thing? (Detroit Times, 9/25/1943)
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Utah Valley Univ “repeatedly tried to raise security concerns ahead of Charlie Kirk’s appearance on campus last year. “But Kirk’s team brushed those warnings off.” His organization “insisted on having it in the open campus courtyard” despite the school’s warnings. www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
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New report: Utah Valley University tried to warn Charlie Kirk’s staff of risks, but team ignored concerns
UVU’s police chief had texted Charlie Kirk’s private security adviser to meet about final safety measures for the event. That meeting “did not occur,” according to the independent review.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Xi has trouble believing his luck.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Epic drooler-on-drooler violence! americanmind.org/salvo/what-c...
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What Claremont Is For
We look forward to a good-faith debate with serious and honest interlocutors. The stakes are nothing less than the fate of America.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nicely reported by the #nytimes www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer (Gift Article)
A review of dozens of incidents caught on camera sheds new light on a largely invisible crackdown.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Finally, segregationists have achieved their dream of capturing the Civil Rights Division and turning it to their own ends
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Today in adulting (from the top story at #FoxNews): “Trump installed an image of an autopen in Biden’s place on the Presidential Walk of Fame. ... Xi and Trump could both be seen laughing at the image, according to footage on social media.”
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Second prize, two tours of the helipad.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Liddle Marco’s just out-and-out bragging bout the viewpoint discrimination here (well, and lying too) www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/0...
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Rubio: No One Is Banned From Covering The White House, They're Banned From Having A Desk In The Building
Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejects the REPORTER: Mr. Secretary, quickly here, as you know, the White House has banned three networks from coverage there, among those CNN. You have a pool of repo...
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Translation: Trump confirms report.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s a saving grace that the Trump admin is *incredibly* incompetent.
The source in Politico's story was not speaking against the White House's wishes, but spoke in an authorized call during which reporters were instructed to attribute information to a
"senior administration official."
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Even by the standards of the Trump cult, this was one stupid-ass lawsuit: “ … rejecting the president’s claim that the newspaper’s poll coverage violated Iowa’s consumer fraud law.” apnews.com/article/trum...
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Iowa judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against Des Moines Register and pollster
A judge in Iowa has dismissed President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against The Des Moines Register and its former pollster. Trump sued in December 2024, accusing pollster J.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“a technical issue” = technically, we got caught
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Le code, c’est moi
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The #WSJ has been told to open a new front in the culture war: “Greta Gerwig believes God is a woman. At least, she believes God in the fictional universe of Narnia sounds like Meryl Streep, who will voice the Christ figure Aslan in Ms. Gerwig’s upcoming adaptation of ‘The Magician’s Nephew.’”
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This must be why we’re respected again on the world stage, perhaps like never before.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Imagine, thinking in advance about what to do if an extremist party might gain access to national defense information … www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/w...
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German Leaders Prepare to Deny Far Right Access to Secret War Plan (Gift Article)
With the Alternative for Germany party close to power in a German state, federal officials are planning to limit the group’s access to classified intelligence.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#OrangeMonkeyKingANGRY
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Nice job by the Times here www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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How Trump Has Cracked Down on Dissent Since the Killing of Charlie Kirk (Gift Article)
The White House has labeled critics terrorists, attributed violence to a left-wing conspiracy and investigated unions, nonprofits and other groups in a battle over free speech.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The appeal is gonna be awesome.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If they don’t let us cheat, we’ll never win again!
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good summary of the issues here
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Securitizing ”the FAKE NEWS” is a bit of a watershed.
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Definitely AI. His eyes are open.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nice to know that around the world, we are respected again, perhaps like never before.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Doctors at Walter Reed: That’s great, sir. Now can you spell “farm” for us? Trump: S-I-E-I-O! And another cognitive test is in the books.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Top of the page Sunday morning at #FoxNews and #CNN.
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Fred Vultee @fredvultee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A Triumphal Arch, only with drones and large quantities of sniper ammunition. Got it.
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