Reposted by Vel CDave Shramek @dshramek.bsky.social · 23hI appreciate the White House's attempt at something like a metric Scaramucci. 131 3
Vel C @velcanoz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026 “The scenes recall the German American Bund’s Nazi rally at Madison Square Garden on February 20, 1939. When Jewish worker Isadore Greenbaum rushed the stage to protest, Bund stormtroopers beat him as the crowd cheered” 020 2
Reposted by Vel CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2026Trump: "Rich people are given all sorts of deductions. I take them. I take them!" 119908224 908
Reposted by Vel CPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Multiple things are true here. This is a fascist, authoritarian administration. It has not yet fully consolidated power. Some of its efforts to do so have been frustrated. Trump is a doddering, confused egomaniac who started an unpopular war that's costing everyday people a lot of money. 62539683 2.5K
Reposted by Vel CDante Atkins @danteatkins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Ilhan Omar came to the US when she was 13. Trump's goons are now trying to find mistakes her dad made in their immigration paperwork in an apparent attempt to denaturalize her. Her dad died of COVID over six years ago. These people are monsters with no boundaries. They must end up in jail. 316438 164
Reposted by Vel CPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There is absolutely no viable path forward for this country that doesn’t hinge on extreme accountability for everyone involved in this administration. They’re going to whine about politicization and credulous media types will echo them, but the thing is, they’ve committed tons of obvious crimes! 8670691793 7.1K
Reposted by Vel CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/05/2026Ossoff: "While you pay more for everything, Donald Trump wants your tax dollars for what many are calling the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom." 21183912162 8.4K
Reposted by Vel Ccarolnikolaisen.bsky.social @carolnikolaisen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Renee Good and Alex Pretti were publicly executed too. 0888 88
Reposted by Vel CSheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 10/10/2026What Derek Chauvin did to George Floyd was a public extrajudicial execution. Keep that in mind when you say we haven't had a public execution since 1936. We have, actually. Many times. They're called police murders. 141790583 1.8K
Reposted by Vel CLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4073530610619 35.3K
Reposted by Vel CSnitty 🎃 @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It's not entirely clear what claim he's making here beyond "foreigners BAD, cheap" - there's no way to claim that foreign postdocs or faculty undercut the wages of US residents; students are paying tuition or receive a stipend set by the department. 12411 24
Reposted by Vel CRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 325-to-1 Trickle-down economics was always a sham. Nothing has ever trickled down. 328111074318 11.1K
Vel C @velcanoz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“The problem is not that the parties are divided…The current level of political animosity is exactly what one would expect to see if an extremist faction attempted to rescind the hard-earned rights of the vast majority of the country's citizens.” 000 0
Reposted by Vel CKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 239102233244 10.2K
Reposted by Vel CBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026This was a emotionally challenging piece for me to write--angering, saddening, and tbh frightening--but I also think it's important There were so many opportunities to save Tierra Walker's life and it's so obvious why her pregnancy ended in death anyway ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...ballsandstrikes.orgTierra Walker’s Death Was Preventable. The Conservative Legal Movement Made It PredictableRepublican politicians have made Texas doctors increasingly afraid to provide lifesaving abortion care. 530499 304
Reposted by Vel CSusan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 30/09/2026To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states 125351165 2.5K
Vel C @velcanoz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“Across 11 AI models, AI affirmed users’ actions 49% more often than humans on average, including in cases involving deception, illegality, or other harms. On posts from r/AmITheAsshole, AI systems affirm users in 51% of cases where human consensus does not (0%).” 011 1
Reposted by Vel CJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026In 2014, I interviewed a Columbia University student who went from class to class carrying the mattress she was raped on—a protest performance piece to remind college administrators what they put on her shoulders. Twelve years later, we still expect women on college campuses to carry that weight.jessica.substack.comCarrying That Weight—AgainI can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case 131126312 1.1K
Reposted by Vel CMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Isn't it nice when there's something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheUnredactedEPSTEIN-Files 882331618405 33.2K
Reposted by Vel C🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 125123825270 12.4K
Reposted by Vel CAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comWhat the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return RevealsA previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover. 15138551806 3.9K
Reposted by Vel CDaniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm thrilled to be quoted in @dharna.bsky.social's terrific piece on the candidates running on climate politics in new and surprising ways. Candidates *can* center climate politics and win—by embedding them in the everyday crises of working class life. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comDisaster insurance, datacenters, right to repair: meet the midterm candidates running on green policiesSome of the everyday struggles animating voters have a climate link lurking in the background 11811 18
Reposted by Vel CJohn Kostyack @kostyack.bsky.social · 15/09/2026AI will kill us all (IF we let it). Not talking here about rogue AI agents, I'm talking about rogue tech oligarchs helping to torch the planet with major new investments in fossil fuel infrastructure.bloomberg.comUS Data Centers Set to Burn More Natural Gas Than Most NationsData centers in the United States will consume more natural gas than most countries within a decade, according to a new outlook from BloombergNEF. 116577 165
Reposted by Vel CCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 15/09/2026".. The Iran war cost an estimated $33.4 billion as of June 29, according to the U.S. Department of Defense .. That includes $184 million in physical damage to U.S. diplomatic facilities in four countries .." @cnbc.com media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/09/...media.defense.gov 27308135 308
Reposted by Vel CJay Lionel @jaylionel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The people who brought back measles and polio. Record cases of salmonella and explosive diarrhoea. Want you to believe they can stop AI doing bad things. THEY CANNOT EVEN FIX A REFLECTING POOL. 38113 81
Reposted by Vel CMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/202625 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers. As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other. 562328237331 32.8K
Reposted by Vel CMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026What makes it even more reprehensible for Trump to give average Americans grief for a few vacation days when Congress gives itself MANY more is that Congress is avoiding working to protect Donald Trump. They don’t want to vote on anything that exposes his pedophilia. 521106368 1.1K
Reposted by Vel CPé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 27/08/2026People with pre-existing conditions who are particularly susceptible was historically a major reason we have vaccine mandates. They're literally turning that argument on its head. 770564 705
Reposted by Vel CGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today. 226394837136 39.5K
Reposted by Vel CDag. @3fecta.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Susan Collins is concerned. Lisa Murkowski is troubled. Bill Cassidy has questions. John Cornyn has doubts. Reminder that they have the power to shut this down anytime they wanted but don't and should be remembered as cowards. 15013 50
Reposted by Vel CElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 22/08/2026Here's your daily reminder: Trump and Republicans are kicking 15 million Americans off their health care so that people like Mark Zuckerberg can buy another yacht. 16539361232 3.9K
Reposted by Vel CTom “T.M.” Wolf @tomtmwolf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026If the president has enough time to file lawsuits, he has enough time to face them. 113548 135
Reposted by Vel CStealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Political cartoonists keep the story clear and simple 235134194641 13.4K
Reposted by Vel CJohn Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Todd Blanche: “I am not sure of the uproar of having a Border Patrol or ICE agent at a polling location. What's the risk?” Uhm, maybe because it’s illegal? Federal statute 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits deploying “troops or armed men” to locations where elections are held. An AG should know this. 978214967454 21.5K
Reposted by Vel CWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 05/08/2026Three years ago, EPA proposed cybersecurity rules for municipal water systems. Republicans sued to prevent the rules from going into effect, and that was the end of that. Now seven states' water systems are under attack by Iran.nytimes.comSuspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect (Gift Article)Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers. 12640298 640
Reposted by Vel CRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it. 626217906305 21.8K
Reposted by Vel CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2026Have you noticed the tributes to Lindsey Graham don't cite any actual legislative accomplishments that benefited his constituents? It's a lot of "he was a strong voice" & "got along with everyone"- generic stuff you could say about anyone. His actual legacy is fluffing Trump & reckless war-mongering 23753511067 5.4K
Reposted by Vel CElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Not like we needed more proof, but calling the guy who brings food into war and disaster zones worldwide so people don't starve to death "an asshole" is next level billionaire evil shit. 714133 141
Reposted by Vel CAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/07/2026New in PN: Gender-affirming care for insecure men "Here’s a little secret: the testosterone Hegseth wants to give to cisgender troops is same stuff they give to trans men. So which is it: taking hormones renders you non-deployable and therefore unfit, or they make you the perfect killing machine?"publicnotice.coGender-affirming care for insecure menThe Low-T call is coming from inside the Pentagon. 1102196635 2.2K
Reposted by Vel CBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 24/07/2026They died serving our country. They should be honored, not erased. Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of New York Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North Carolina 32178672867 7.9K
Reposted by Vel CSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A quick word on Taco Bell: That's where we found the suspected lettuce, and it's not bc Taco Bell is gross. It's bc Taco Bell is REALLY GOOD at tracing product! Keeping track of exactly where they got their ingredients, & exactly what restaurants each shipment of ingredients went to! 438249625138 25K
Reposted by Vel CJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Imagine the round-the-clock outrage -- not just from Fox, but the rest of mainsteam media -- if Biden or Obama placed propagandist words into the mouths of dead soldiers just before their dignified transfer of remains. 1222729698 2.7K
Reposted by Vel CDrTom @drtom44.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Trump threatens to commit international war crimes and that's okay with everybody? Bombing power plants? I guess that's also been normalized, like killing fishermen in the Gulf? 052 5
