Vince Schommer @vdog99.bsky.social · 09/01/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...nytimes.comOpinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All 000 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerJohn Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Look, I get it: it’s terrifying to admit what’s happening right now. No one wants to believe their nation is falling into authoritarianism, that the norms they relied on in the past are no longer givens, that the “can’t happen here’s” are happening here... johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/to-my-apol...johnpavlovitz.substack.comTo My Apolitical Friends, It's Time You Got PoliticalTo those who believe I’m too loud, too opinionated, too political—I get it. 14331105 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 15/04/2025“I was just following orders” was not a defense at Nuremberg. And it won’t be a defense in the future here. 756212066390 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Criminals deserve due process because due process is literally how we determine whether someone is, *in fact*, a criminal 677392228580 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/04/2025Breaking News: Susan Crawford, a liberal judge, won a pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court seat despite $25 million in spending by Elon Musk on her opponent. nyti.ms/4jbwPWD 1274393519 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerPBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/04/2025WATCH: Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest U.S. Senate speech. Booker's marathon speech breaks the previous record — Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957 that stretched for 24 hours and 18 minutes. 341452193 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 01/04/2025March 31, 2025heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMarch 31, 2025On April 1, 1861, Secretary of State William Henry Seward wrote an astonishing letter to President Abraham Lincoln. 652112502 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/03/2025It seems ICE had a quota for Venezuelan gang members & filled it by picking up people with tattoos. Rose, hummingbird, soccer, mother, Autism awareness. For that people are taken from their families & sent to spend the rest of their lives in horrifying conditions. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comThe men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoosThe Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers. 11124801049 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 27/03/2025We are deporting innocent men without any due process to a foreign gulag because they have tattoos about soccer, autism awareness, and loving their mothers. 6830411064 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 26/02/2025"For years, the federal government hired people for all the wrong reasons. It filtered candidates based on integrity, experience, and diversity of perspective. The new administration is replacing this approach with a better, fairer system: hiring whoever yells the loudest."buff.lyWe’ve Replaced the Government’s Hiring Criteria with a Better, Fairer System: Hiring Whoever Yells the Loudest“The Trump administration’s pick for FBI deputy director is Dan Bongino, a former U.S. Secret Service agent-turned-conservative commentator whose f... 34877170 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Musk’s staffers are accessing the heavily guarded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) system, which contains detailed financial information on every taxpayer, business, and nonprofit in the country. 29984722586 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerNPR @npr.org · 16/02/2025NPR's Scott Simon remembers Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny, who died a year ago Sunday in a Russian prison.npr.orgOpinion: Navalny's words of loveNPR's Scott Simon remembers Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died a year ago Sunday in a Russian prison. 16366711703 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Many are asking: “What can I do now?” Here’s a revised and expanded list of actions you can take, in rough order of importance. robertreich.substack.com/p/more-on-… 430117845428 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerLe Monde @lemonde.fr · 08/02/2025En Allemagne, plus de 200 000 personnes manifestent à Munich contre l’extrême droitelemonde.frEn Allemagne, plus de 200 000 personnes manifestent à Munich contre l’extrême droiteA deux semaines des élections législatives, les manifestants mettent en garde contre toute collaboration avec le parti d’extrême droite Alternative pour l’Allemagne (AfD), crédité d’environ 20 % des intentions de vote. 938091 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 04/02/2025All true. Even were it not, one could argue that, given the authority Musk is exercising, and his lack of accountability to anyone (other than perhaps Trump), he is serving as a principal executive officer under the Appointments Clause, and is acting unlawfully unless confirmed by the Senate. 37960391759 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 04/02/2025"As it was fifty years ago, so it is today: The fact that the Constitution’s enemies now include the president of the United States does not relieve members of Congress of their responsibility to that oath."thebulwark.comMore Dangerous than WatergateIt’s like every past constitutional crisis rolled into one. 361362343 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerPatton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Just RT’d this over at the Bad Place and it was like shaking a jar of red ants. #fun 252119641373 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 03/02/2025I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes. 492385019626 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerNorm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Purging the DOJ & FBI of nonpartisan civil servants is a dangerous tactic It risks politicizing the administration of justice & undermining rule of law But Americans have tools to defend democracy👇-TN www.brookings.edu/articles/dem...brookings.eduDemocracy Playbook 2025Norm Eisen and Jonathan Katz provide actionable steps for democratic actors in the U.S. and globally to strengthen democratic institutions and resist illiberal forces. 32455141 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/02/2025Unions representing federal workers sued the Treasury Department and its head, Scott Bessent, on Monday in an effort to block Elon Musk and his team from accessing the federal payment system.nytimes.comUnions Sue to Block Musk’s Access to Treasury Payment DataThe suit was the latest effort by unions representing federal workers to push back against Trump administration directives aimed at undermining the federal bureaucracy. 1384082712 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/02/2025The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they resisted turning over classified material in restricted areas to Elon Musk’s staffers. America, please stand with us—we are fighting to defend this country! 469242425708 0
Vince Schommer @vdog99.bsky.social · 02/02/2025www.protectourdefenders.com/services/gi-... cianmwestmoreland.github.io/lucidnomad/ 000 0
Reposted by Vince SchommerAndrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 30/01/2025Well said, Pete Buttigieg 9375186812005 0
Reposted by Vince Schommertundragranite.bsky.social @tundragranite.bsky.social · 26/01/2025There is a great film Number 24 that is based on a true story about Norwegian WW2 resistance fighter Gunnar Sønsteby. 1020925 0
