Fred Vultee
@fredvultee.bsky.social
Journalism professor, longtime rimrat. Tar Heel by way of Mizzou. Framing, news practice, securitization theory, editing, cats, beer, banjos. Not all those who wander are lost, but TBF quite a few of them are really, really lost.
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NEW: According to Punchbowl News, Trump told Schumer he'd remove a block on the Gateway Tunnel funds if Schumer helped name Dulles Airport and Penn Station after him. The Gateway Development Commission has already sued Trump for blocking the funds: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/n...
Trump Administration Sued Over Cutting Off Funds for $16 Billion Tunnel
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 11:22 PM
NEW: According to Punchbowl News, Trump told Schumer he'd remove a block on the Gateway Tunnel funds if Schumer helped name Dulles Airport and Penn Station after him. The Gateway Development Commission has already sued Trump for blocking the funds: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/n...
Karoline Leavitt: “I think the president would much prefer a Kid Rock performance over Bad Bunny. I must say that.”
Kid Rock: ”Young ladies, young ladies, I like ‘em underage. See some say that’s statutory.”
No. 5 story at the #FoxNews homepage
Kid Rock: ”Young ladies, young ladies, I like ‘em underage. See some say that’s statutory.”
No. 5 story at the #FoxNews homepage
February 5, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Karoline Leavitt: “I think the president would much prefer a Kid Rock performance over Bad Bunny. I must say that.”
Kid Rock: ”Young ladies, young ladies, I like ‘em underage. See some say that’s statutory.”
No. 5 story at the #FoxNews homepage
Kid Rock: ”Young ladies, young ladies, I like ‘em underage. See some say that’s statutory.”
No. 5 story at the #FoxNews homepage
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A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this.
February 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this.
I don’t know where to begin with this delusional clown Routemaster.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I don’t know where to begin with this delusional clown Routemaster.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Today in prayer
Trump at National Prayer Breakfast: "They rigged the second election. I had to win it. I needed it for my own ego. I would've had a bad ego for the rest of my life. Now I really have a big ego. Beating these lunatics was incredible ... The first time they said I didn't win the popular vote. I did"
February 5, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Today in prayer
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They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
🚨HOLY CRAP. The Trump admin just took a SLEDGEHAMMER to due process, largely eliminating the Board of Immigration Appeals process and MANDATING DISMISSAL of ALL appeals (which cost $1,000 thanks to OBBBA) filed after tomorrow unless a majority of the BIA votes to hear the case.
February 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
They were never going to get to their stated deportations goal with due process. So they're phasing it out.
(Part 2)
(Part 2)
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
February 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
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He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.
Wouldn’t it just spoil the fun if you actually read past the headline on a #FoxNews top story?
“We have reached out to her team to express our appreciation for her comments. It is our hope that in future discussions, the tribe can explicitly be referenced …" [more]
“We have reached out to her team to express our appreciation for her comments. It is our hope that in future discussions, the tribe can explicitly be referenced …" [more]
February 4, 2026 at 1:18 AM
Wouldn’t it just spoil the fun if you actually read past the headline on a #FoxNews top story?
“We have reached out to her team to express our appreciation for her comments. It is our hope that in future discussions, the tribe can explicitly be referenced …" [more]
“We have reached out to her team to express our appreciation for her comments. It is our hope that in future discussions, the tribe can explicitly be referenced …" [more]
“a glorious Ballroom that has been asked for by Presidents for over 150 years”
February 4, 2026 at 12:11 AM
“a glorious Ballroom that has been asked for by Presidents for over 150 years”
That part in the movie where the mob families start going after each other …
February 3, 2026 at 10:25 PM
That part in the movie where the mob families start going after each other …
The morning tantrum continues
February 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The morning tantrum continues
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Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Haiti’s TPS continues for now!!!!! And zowie: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214/gov.uscourts.dcd.283214.124.0_1.pdf
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Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let On
In the middle of a respiratory pandemic, law enforcement agencies have used tear gas in especially dangerous ways. The chemical agent also seeps into homes, contaminates food, furniture, skin and surf...
www.propublica.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
“It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.
He’s playing with his phone after bedtime again
February 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
He’s playing with his phone after bedtime again
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Posted this previously:
Big tech sells digital goods that for consumers frictionlessly cross political boundaries. But for the business - each regulatory regime imposes costs and constraints.
Their internally rational and grievously immoral response is to prefer authoritarianism and force.
Big tech sells digital goods that for consumers frictionlessly cross political boundaries. But for the business - each regulatory regime imposes costs and constraints.
Their internally rational and grievously immoral response is to prefer authoritarianism and force.
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 3, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Posted this previously:
Big tech sells digital goods that for consumers frictionlessly cross political boundaries. But for the business - each regulatory regime imposes costs and constraints.
Their internally rational and grievously immoral response is to prefer authoritarianism and force.
Big tech sells digital goods that for consumers frictionlessly cross political boundaries. But for the business - each regulatory regime imposes costs and constraints.
Their internally rational and grievously immoral response is to prefer authoritarianism and force.
Someone seems nervous
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Someone seems nervous
There is only one true measure of MAGA-hood:
“totally disloyal to the President of the United States”
“totally disloyal to the President of the United States”
February 2, 2026 at 11:12 PM
There is only one true measure of MAGA-hood:
“totally disloyal to the President of the United States”
“totally disloyal to the President of the United States”
Here’s Col. McCormick’s Tribune, inciting violence and hurting people’s feelings in 1943.
February 2, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Here’s Col. McCormick’s Tribune, inciting violence and hurting people’s feelings in 1943.
Wait until he hears about Jerry Falwell’s outhouse
President Trump is threatening to sue Trevor Noah over a joke at last night's Grammy Awards, saying that Noah's crack claiming he visited Jeffrey Epstein's island was "false and defamatory."
Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over joke about Epstein's island
President Donald Trump called the joke, which Noah made at last night's Grammy Awards, "false and defamatory," again insisting he has never visited Jeffrey Epstein's island.
www.nbcnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Wait until he hears about Jerry Falwell’s outhouse
Some interesting pieces of the puzzle from this morning’s press.
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Some interesting pieces of the puzzle from this morning’s press.
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Look at this toned-down rhetoric.
February 1, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Look at this toned-down rhetoric.