Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Yeah, this is really, really bad. A return to folk tales and rumors as knowledge. 001
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Sign up quick, what’s the worst thing that could happen? 000
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 16/05/2026460 years year, the damage of the Beeldenstorm can still be seen. 010
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Maybe those 24% can enlighten us on just what those war goals are - since they seem to have changed almost daily. 120
Reposted by Van FirthStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 04/05/2026John Roberts and his gang keep twisting themselves into pretzels to pretend the Supreme Court isn’t systematically favoring whites and Republicans over Black voters and Democrats. Trump keeps coming along like a wrecking ball with a bullhorn demonstrating what a sham the court is 6377111
Reposted by Van FirthDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Horrific. Every feeling human being should be outraged by what Israel is doing in southern Lebanon, destroying it like Gaza. Instead, with this rare and important exception, it’s not even on the radar. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow Israel Is Using the Same Tactics in Lebanon That It Did in GazaSatellite images, photos and videos show the scope of widespread demolitions in southern Lebanon. 412975
Reposted by Van FirthKevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Trump's both 1) showing his age & 2) always been lazy 21268
Reposted by Van FirthIda B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I still cant get over this. How you steal somebody's life... (he was 28 years incarcerated for a crime he DID NOT commit) He gets out, gets a law degree. Runs for office.... WINS... and then they steal the job 5637031709
Reposted by Van FirthDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 03/05/2026As my colleague David Rosnick puts it: the Roberts Court is just calling the balls and strikes. The problem is that they do it before the pitch is thrown. 291949470
Reposted by Van FirthJohn Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 03/05/2026The Supreme Court’s decision “plunged the nation into a dizzying new era of partisan conflict, most likely ushering in a forever redistricting war that could produce fewer competitive seats in Congress and further polarize American politics.” Oh, great. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...nytimes.comVoting Rights Ruling Could Fuel Era of Endless Redistricting Wars 1111942
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 12/04/2026It’s shocking to think people are paid real money to write nonsensical twaddle like that. 020
Reposted by Van FirthKamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 07/04/2026The President of the United States is threatening to commit war crimes and wipe out a "whole civilization" — all because he started a disastrous war of his own making and had no plan and no strategy for how to end it. This is abhorrent, and the American people do not support this. 21724683211452
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Hello orthostatic hypotension, my old friend. You've come to talk with me again 000
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 07/04/2026You probably should check that link, it's not a gift link. 130
Reposted by Van FirthSarah Good @sassy0210.bsky.social · 05/04/2026This is hilarious because it implies that her husband DID call her while she was in space on the ISS to ask her help in looking for something. 💀🌌 1244646841
Reposted by Van FirthRachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 08/11/2025"These breaks come in addition to the roughly $4 trillion package of tax cuts that President Trump signed into law in July..." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b... 17129321591
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 08/11/2025A “vigorous travel schedule?” He flys in a plane that leaves whenever he wants, no sitting in a crowded terminal, no delayed flights, no carrying luggage, no TSA screening. The plane has a giant private bedroom for him, so he can sleep in a real bed. We only wish our travel was so easy. 080
Reposted by Van FirthRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Posted by Mike Pence’s former Chief of Staff. 804145355068
Reposted by Van FirthRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 26/10/2025This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking. 12792059711022
Reposted by Van FirthKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ... 510125764555
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 23/10/2025They won’t agree obvs. But he is making a point that he has nothing to hide. 020
Reposted by Van FirthMatt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 23/10/2025ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today. abcnews.go.com/Politics/new... 74090914245
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 13/10/2025Let’s check in on the downtown Portland webcam at 6:08pm PT on this Sunday evening. Looks awful…ly boring. 000
Reposted by Van FirthBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/10/2025theonion.com/ice-raids-my... 109136693474
Reposted by Van FirthDorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 11/10/2025Reminder: the President may be allowing his secretary to undermine access to vaccines for others and promote anti vaccine misinformation, but he himself is fully vaccinated, including this year’s flu and Covid vaccine. In this, do as the president does, not as his secretary ‘s ACIP minions say. 516374
Reposted by Van FirthHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 09/10/202520 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue. 683139785545
Reposted by Van FirthPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 09/10/2025I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak chargesGood people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward. 15651631231
Reposted by Van FirthMcDyer @mcdyer.bsky.social · 09/10/2025I don't know how you did this, Merriam-Webster, but I tip my hat. 2429
Reposted by Van FirthAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/10/2025Pritzker: "He said he was going after the worst of the worst. It's not going after the worst of the worst when you're just literally stopping children who happen to be brown & asking them for papers as if they're gonna have proof they're a citizen. Pull out your phones and film everything you see" 250175505688
Reposted by Van FirthCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Good lord. @apnews.com 1024123063845
Reposted by Van FirthDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Remember, Posobiec co-wrote a book that declared progressives were "unhumans" and that praised Franco and Pinochet for their murderous war on leftists. That is, the guy who promoted Pizzagate essentially endorsed political violence. I wrote about that here: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comJD Vance decrying political violence might be persuasive if not for thisThe book champions the violent regimes of right-wing dictators like Francisco Franco, while defining people on the left as "unhuman." 21280114
Reposted by Van FirthIain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 07/10/2025I'm not sure "We want umaccountable armed thugs snatching people off the street in Britain too" is the vote-winner the Tories think. 36713
Reposted by Van FirthAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2025has anybody ever been more obviously full of shit than Pam Bondi is at the end of this 20 second clip? 62591152268
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 07/10/2025The Republicans should go all in on this splendid idea. And brag about it on Fox News. They should make sure everyone knows not paying essential workers was their idea. 000
Reposted by Van FirthChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Just go ahead and delete article 1 entirely while you’re at it. 1273039630
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Why are we paying Congress if they’re going to he a meaningless debating society? They should just go home now that they’re irrelevant. 020
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 07/10/2025The government “shutdown” isn’t really a traditional shutdown because the administration has decided to spend and/or withhold money however they please regardless of appropriations or budgets. Why are we paying Congress if they’re going to be an irrelevant debating society? 000
Reposted by Van FirthMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Thanks, New Yorker 207215396665
Reposted by Van FirthBenjamin Pope @benjaminpope.bsky.social · 07/10/2025it's actually not two Nobels for Josephson junctions, just one that tunnelled over a gap of 52 years 27521
Reposted by Van FirthGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2025Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her 6182914813795
Reposted by Van Firthderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 07/10/2025this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square 825159072337
Reposted by Van FirthDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 06/10/2025They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news! 28092172260
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 06/10/2025It’s a pay-to-play operation. Ordinary mooks like LL who haven’t paid for the platinum elite access package don’t get to just waltz in and get their complaints heard. 070
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 04/10/2025He's so bad at his actual job. Spending so much time on social media may explain part of it. That and being utterly unqualified. 031
Reposted by Van FirthElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 02/10/2025“As predicted by many activists and civil rights advocates, ICE is increasingly becoming a force tasked with enforcing the political will of the administration and straying further and further from its original mission,” EFF’s @MGuariglia.bsky.social told @Truthout.org. truthout.org/articles/tr...truthout.orgTrump’s ICE Has Started Targeting Activists, Not Just ImmigrantsICE demanded Meta hand over personal information attached to Instagram accounts that track immigration raids. 8320168
Van Firth @vanfirth.bsky.social · 01/10/2025This is the guy leading the charge to kill democracy, Mr Project 2025 himself. 010
