George Vona
@doctorgeorge.bsky.social
Pianist, lawyer, marathoner, wine enthusiast, prog rock aficionado, dad to one daughter and two rough collies.
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Trump is like a toddler: time he spends asleep is to be prized, not resented. Every minute he sleeps is a minute he is not tantruming or breaking things or smearing his own shit on things.
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Trump is like a toddler: time he spends asleep is to be prized, not resented. Every minute he sleeps is a minute he is not tantruming or breaking things or smearing his own shit on things.
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Boris Johnson on the Trump-Putin summit:
“Just about the most vomit-inducing episode in all the tawdry history of international diplomacy.”
“Just about the most vomit-inducing episode in all the tawdry history of international diplomacy.”
August 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Boris Johnson on the Trump-Putin summit:
“Just about the most vomit-inducing episode in all the tawdry history of international diplomacy.”
“Just about the most vomit-inducing episode in all the tawdry history of international diplomacy.”
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August 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Saturday morning.
NEW: Wearing masks, no ID, unmarked & blacked out cars, refusing to say what agency they’re from and using profanity with any press & public nearby.
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
This was at 14th & R in Washington DC, this morning (Sunday).
What the hell is happening to the US?
(🎥 Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post)
August 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Saturday morning.
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Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."
August 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Blumenthal: "My stomach turned when I heard the president of the United States characterize Vladimir Putin as his fabulously good friend. Vladimir Putin is a war criminal."
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Fun Getaway With Murderous Dictator Just What Exhausted Trump Been Needing
Fun Getaway With Murderous Dictator Just What Exhausted Trump Been Needing
WASHINGTON—Hoping his upcoming meeting in Anchorage with Russian President Vladimir Putin will bring a much-needed change of pace, an exhausted President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that a fu...
theonion.com
August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Fun Getaway With Murderous Dictator Just What Exhausted Trump Been Needing
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Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have theonion.com/watchdo...
August 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have theonion.com/watchdo...
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Trump and his servant, Kevin Hassett, are lying about the Bureau of Labor Statistics to justify Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner, whose only offense was telling the truth about the economy.
How do I know they're lying? Because I have video of a witness exposing the lie. The witness is Trump.
How do I know they're lying? Because I have video of a witness exposing the lie. The witness is Trump.
Kevin Hassett BUSTED Covering Trump’s Jobs Fraud
YouTube video by The Bulwark
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August 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Trump and his servant, Kevin Hassett, are lying about the Bureau of Labor Statistics to justify Trump's firing of the BLS commissioner, whose only offense was telling the truth about the economy.
How do I know they're lying? Because I have video of a witness exposing the lie. The witness is Trump.
How do I know they're lying? Because I have video of a witness exposing the lie. The witness is Trump.
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BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.
July 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BREAKING: Documents filed in court today assert that officials from El Salvador told the United Nations that it "facilitated the use of the Salvadoran prison infrastructure" by the U.S. but that "the jurisdiction and legal responsibility for these persons lie exclusively with the" U.S.
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You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.
We’re calling for a Florida boycott over the inhumane “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site. Cancel your family vacation and choose a different destination this summer.
July 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
You wouldn’t vacation in Dachau in 1935. Don’t vacation in Florida in 2025.
US needs Canadian custimers
June 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
US needs Canadian custimers
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Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
June 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
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More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging www.propublica.org/article/us-o...
More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging
Records show well-timed trades by executive branch employees and congressional aides. Even if they had no insider information, ethics experts say such trading undermines faith in government and the ma...
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May 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
More Than a Dozen U.S. Officials Sold Stocks Before Trump’s Tariffs Sent the Market Plunging www.propublica.org/article/us-o...
The judge said "there is no get-out-of-jail-free cards for rich people." Lol. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The judge said "there is no get-out-of-jail-free cards for rich people." Lol. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
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Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death
Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death
WASHINGTON—Warning that even the slightest dent, knick, or scratch would henceforth be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that Raymond Pratt, a 5...
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April 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Man Who Bumped Tesla While Parallel Parking Sentenced To Death
The dagger: "The American age is over. And it ended because the American people were no longer worthy of it."
"We cannot overstate what has just happened. It took just 71 days for Donald Trump to wreck the American economy, mortally wound NATO, and destroy the American-led world order"
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-americ...
The American Age Is Over
Emergency Triad: The United States commits imperial suicide.
www.thebulwark.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The dagger: "The American age is over. And it ended because the American people were no longer worthy of it."
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Here's hoping that this nasty and premature April Fool's prank ends promptly at noon today and America reverts to rule of law, honest faith with allies, and government by non-sociopaths.
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Here's hoping that this nasty and premature April Fool's prank ends promptly at noon today and America reverts to rule of law, honest faith with allies, and government by non-sociopaths.
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The Chinese century, brought to you by Donald Trump
April 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Chinese century, brought to you by Donald Trump
A must read.
"Vance, who never left the base, and has never before visited Greenland, was quite sure how Greenlanders should live. He made a political appeal to Greenlanders, none of whom was present, or anywhere near him."
This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
March 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A must read.
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“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’
Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
“The Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Peter Marks, abruptly resigned Friday, saying in a searing letter that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s aggressive stance on vaccines was irresponsible and posed a danger to the public.”
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This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.
Carney: "The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over."
March 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This is painful, and saddening, and embarrassing. I feel like we're losing a member of the family - and for no good reason other than that some Americans wanted another season of the worst reality TV show in history.
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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal: