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Vague Contempt

@vaguecontempt.bsky.social
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Food Safety R&D Scientist, Molecular Biologist, Politically Involved, huge fan of TTRPGs, horror movies, fantasy novels, and video games.

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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
If they didn’t find a fucking armed immigrant militia in her basement, every fucking one of the people involved in this needs to be out on their asses at a MINIMUM. This type of political weaponization cannot be allowed to stand. Vote like our country depends on it, because it fucking does.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
JD Vance is what happens when the loser from an 80s movie tries to be the villain from an 80s movie.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Gets kinda tiring when people start saying that everything wrong is the fault of Israel, everyone who they disagree with is paid by Israel, and that everything we don’t have is somehow attributed to Israel. People won’t engage in a substantive discussion of issues, because they want one thing to be
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 02/09/2026
Angel S. Rampersad Michael Swinton Tyler J. Feehan Isabella Gonzales Gabriel Edwards John Klinner Ariana Savino Ashley Pruitt Seth Koval Curtis Angst Tyler Simmons Benjamin Pennington Jeffrey O’Brien Robert Marzan Nicole Amor Declan Coady Cody Khork Noah Tietjens Stop lying.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
No, what he said was that American Jews would face more violence if they didn’t distance themselves hard enough from Israel. Don’t fucking sweep for him, he’s a big boy and can fight his own fights.
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Donald Trump and Darren Bailey want to move us backwards. But Democrats deliver—especially in Illinois.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Sometimes it’s about optics. At a bare minimum I expect that our political leaders understand the value of optics, especially when we’re dealing with an insurgent group from our left who seek to tear us down. Read the room, because right now, you have no leverage with Reps, so you’re coming from a
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/08/2026
Deadly storms ripped through Indiana, tens of thousands remain without power, Puerto Rico is rationing water amid a severe drought — and Trump has not said a single word.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
That’s a good man, don’t back down. She has so much power, and is fully unelected. If she wants public life, that comes with public scrutiny.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Ossoff: It’s been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week. And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults, public officials paid by the taxpayer, with immense power in positions of public trust.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Come on, her brain isn’t even fully formed yet! Not that it ever will be…
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
As the largest African-American parade in the country, the Bud Billiken parade gives us the chance to celebrate Chicago's rich Black history, and the bright future our young people represent. Thank you for having us!
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 08/08/2026
El-Sayed: Now Mike, I'm just going to remind you: if you don't know how to say the name, keep the name out your damn mouth. Or just call me Abdul, But I got some opinions about his name....
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 08/08/2026
The Democratic Party needs to get comfortable with a certain kind of ruthlessness.
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Pritzker Press @pritzkerpress.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is their vision.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Man gets you fired from your job, and you still go and lick his boots on the way out the door. Good job, Bill. I hope you experience only the worst things that life has to offer.
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VenomousGoatTV @venomousgoat.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I have a great deal of contempt for AIPAC but they do not have the power to "steal" an election. Stuffing ballot boxes, changing vote totals, that's election stealing. Convincing people to vote for a candidate via ads and outreach is just an election. The distinction matters
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I’ve been saying that we need to figure out how much money we need for each reporter to tell him to go fuck himself, and then we need to start a GoFundMe. I’d contribute, I’m sure a lot of people would!
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
So what you will about JB, but he is a phenomenal politician and person based on everything I’ve seen. He seems to care, he seems brave, he has moral clarity, and I don’t think he can be bought. WHEN he throws his name in for President, I’ll be first in line to volunteer. @jbpritzker.bsky.social
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 01/08/2026
Come and get me, Donald Trump.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
@jasonkpargin.bsky.social I’ve read all of the John, Dave, and Amy (and now Joy 🤞) books. And I’ve always been a huge fan. Your takes on politics and internet discourse have only made me a bigger fan. Keep it up! PS, I made sure to preorder your newest book, gotta make sure I get the Fred Durst cut!
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Jessica Tarlov @jessicatarlov.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I know how much fun the Democratic civil war is to talk about especially on the right. But the real 2026 battle isn't Dem vs. socialist, it's Dem vs. GOP in swing districts, and a new Fox poll has Dems up 53-46 overall and 59-41 in close counties.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Watch what they do, not what they say
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Weird how both sides don’t have a consistent Understanding of the MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. Seems like a negotiation failure to me, but what do I know? I’m not the “deal maker in chief”, I’ve never read “The Art of the Deal”, and I’ve never had a charity sued. So it could just be a me problem.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Personally, screw Hasan Piker, he is opposed to liberal values and an active opponent of the Democratic Party. However, I’ll defend his rights, and protest against targeting of his speech by the regime. Just know, he would cheer on the same attacks against a moderate Dem. See his comments on Schiff.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
If I have to say one thing positive about this “administration”… I’m at a loss. I was going to make a joke about how it can run Crysis, but then I realized we already know that it would fall apart during an actual Crysis.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Living in a post-factual world is honestly just so exhausting. Like here I am trying to do my job and pay my bills and I have to exist while knowing that our president has rapidly advancing dementia and our VP is talking about crazy supernatural shit with an overstuffed Vienna sausage man.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Sign me up for the campaign of whoever it is that vows to have us enter the ICC and extradite this admin so that we can get around the bullshit from the Supreme Court.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🧵 To be entirely clear, no one in any type of media should be interacting with Ryan Grim in anything but an adversarial way. It should have been clear after the Tara Reade (current Russian propagandist) smear piece, but here we are. Some people think he is on their team because he also “reports” on
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
So, are we all pretending that we care about soccer now?
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Pritzker Press @pritzkerpress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🚨‼️ @jbpritzker.bsky.social x @jenpsaki.bsky.social: Ordinary people are speaking out against Trump’s attacks on our cities. It’s sparking a renewal of our democracy.
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Pritzker Press @pritzkerpress.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🚨‼️ @jbpritzker.bsky.social x @jenpsaki.bsky.social: The bare minimum we should expect from a president is trying to do the right thing. That's not what we're getting from the Trump administration.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
trump says we’re going to be taking Kharg Island. So, a ground invasion is on the table now? Do it, and watch your approval drop into the teens asshole (although we know he likes things in the teens).
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Um, no. No one should be able to obtain your private medical records without your consent. Period.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
This is great, love to see it!
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Great interview with Platner this evening @chrislhayes.bsky.social!!! Tough but fair, and someone who actual believes in the purpose and ideals of journalism! Fox “News” could never.
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Trump and Elon's DOGE axed a program dedicated to preventing this. Now, a flesh-eating parasite we eradicated is back and hard-working Americans could pay the price.
Forbes Article: Screwworm in Texas Cattle Could Drive up Beef Prices—After DOGE Axed Prevention Efforts
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 29/05/2026
Illinois will have one of the strongest AI safety laws in the nation once I sign the legislation.
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Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill
The bill requires companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to have third parties confirm they’re following safety standards. Illinois governor JB Pritzker says he’ll sign it.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is absolutely vile and disgusting. The language, the presentation, how they define fellow human beings. This is a level of dehumanization that is beyond dangerous. In no sane country is this allowed to go without punishment. Hopefully we can still find our way back to being a sane country.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 29/05/2026
This is real. www.whitehouse.gov/aliens/
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.  He embodies the broken system we’re running against. It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 26/05/2026
I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. 1/4
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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I think somebody is eventually going to get through and I don't want that to happen, I don't think it will make things better.
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
If your ass still thinks both sides are the same, please give us directions to your magical privilege bubble and whatnot.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21/05/2026
No, we really don't have to.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Some people wake up every day and have to decide between cereal and an omelette for breakfast. But they end up not eating every morning because both are inferior to a 5-star breakfast buffet (which they do not have the possibility of getting without years of work, and they won’t do that either).
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Times like this can make it feel like the fight for our country has already been lost. But let me remind you: We need every American who cares for our democracy to BE LOUD.
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Vague Contempt @vaguecontempt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Happy Monday Morning! Friendly reminder: the enemy of your enemy…may still be your enemy! Don’t get it twisted because they “agree” with you on one point. Even Hitler liked dogs…
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JB Pritzker @jbpritzker.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Working families are paying the price for Trump’s ego.
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