Mark vegezzi
@markvegezzi.bsky.social
Married gay man who hates Trump . Loves cats. Living in south Florida
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This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 6:52 PM
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
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The federal government reviewed over 49 million voter registrations and found ZERO evidence of widespread noncitizen voting. Instead, it wrongly flagged some people who ARE citizens. 🤬
Our laws already make sure only US citizens vote — this tool just risks blocking eligible voters from the ballot.
Our laws already make sure only US citizens vote — this tool just risks blocking eligible voters from the ballot.
Initial Review Finds No Widespread Illegal Voting by Migrants, Puncturing a Trump Claim
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:31 PM
The federal government reviewed over 49 million voter registrations and found ZERO evidence of widespread noncitizen voting. Instead, it wrongly flagged some people who ARE citizens. 🤬
Our laws already make sure only US citizens vote — this tool just risks blocking eligible voters from the ballot.
Our laws already make sure only US citizens vote — this tool just risks blocking eligible voters from the ballot.
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[Excellent work by AP about an intolerable situation.]
@apnews.com:
Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
By Tim Sullivan and Claire Rush
@apnews.com:
Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
By Tim Sullivan and Claire Rush
Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration's immigration crackdown
Doctors say immigrant patients are missing key medical appointments, afraid to come to medical clinics amid the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown.
apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
[Excellent work by AP about an intolerable situation.]
@apnews.com:
Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
By Tim Sullivan and Claire Rush
@apnews.com:
Doctors in Minnesota decry fear and chaos amid Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
By Tim Sullivan and Claire Rush
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Trump's speech was a fiasco. It revealed yet again, his ignorance, arrogance, and malevolence in equal parts. But it was more than that, more than just offensive to our allies. It marks the end of a century of building trans-Atlantic ties that have been a centerpiece of global peace and prosperity.
January 21, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Trump's speech was a fiasco. It revealed yet again, his ignorance, arrogance, and malevolence in equal parts. But it was more than that, more than just offensive to our allies. It marks the end of a century of building trans-Atlantic ties that have been a centerpiece of global peace and prosperity.
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If New England and the Northeast down to the Mid-Atlantic states proposed seceding and becoming the newest Canadian province, I would not be opposed.
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 AM
If New England and the Northeast down to the Mid-Atlantic states proposed seceding and becoming the newest Canadian province, I would not be opposed.
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There is an extremely moving moment in Mandy Patinkin’s Yiddish version of Paul Simon’s ‘American Tune’ in which he says “di Statue of Liberty” and you are reminded of how profound and universal and powerful that phrase was to so many of the huddled masses. I’ve been thinking about it constantly:
January 21, 2026 at 2:33 AM
There is an extremely moving moment in Mandy Patinkin’s Yiddish version of Paul Simon’s ‘American Tune’ in which he says “di Statue of Liberty” and you are reminded of how profound and universal and powerful that phrase was to so many of the huddled masses. I’ve been thinking about it constantly:
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I just took a ride with Uber, and my driver is from Venezuela. He spent the whole trip expressing concern that the same shift from democracy to dictatorship he saw in Venezuela is happening right now in the United States. He’s absolutely incredulous that Americans are allowing it to happen.
January 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I just took a ride with Uber, and my driver is from Venezuela. He spent the whole trip expressing concern that the same shift from democracy to dictatorship he saw in Venezuela is happening right now in the United States. He’s absolutely incredulous that Americans are allowing it to happen.
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Greenland, Iceland, what's the difference
January 21, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Greenland, Iceland, what's the difference
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Of course he hasn't
Surprise! Mike Johnson says he hasn't seen any of Trump's (bonkers) speech in Davos
January 21, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Of course he hasn't
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Russia is invading Europe and the president of the United States is ranting about the danger that "windmills" pose to the Western World.
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Russia is invading Europe and the president of the United States is ranting about the danger that "windmills" pose to the Western World.
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I've been saying to friends for a few months that the more I study authoritarianism in other countries, the more concerned I become that the CBS story is the sleeping giant here. The process has been a simmer (people inside the network have spoken out in real-time) but don't mistake slow for safe.
One of the first things Vladimir Putin did on becoming president was take over NTV, the TV channel that hosted a satirical puppet show because he didn't like the Putin doll and how he was portrayed. He arrested NTV's owner and only released him when he signed the channel over. #Colbert
July 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I've been saying to friends for a few months that the more I study authoritarianism in other countries, the more concerned I become that the CBS story is the sleeping giant here. The process has been a simmer (people inside the network have spoken out in real-time) but don't mistake slow for safe.
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Donald Trump isn’t an authoritarian. He’s a mobster or, more accurately, he is emulating the mobsters he interacted with in New York. He is using the power of the federal government to extort, pressure and coerce institutions and individuals to do what he wants. It’s governance by threat.
September 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Donald Trump isn’t an authoritarian. He’s a mobster or, more accurately, he is emulating the mobsters he interacted with in New York. He is using the power of the federal government to extort, pressure and coerce institutions and individuals to do what he wants. It’s governance by threat.
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⚠️ Jim Clyburn warns Americans of Jim Crow 2.0
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
⚠️ Jim Clyburn warns Americans of Jim Crow 2.0
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Overheard a nurse at the Children’s Hospital say this to a patient as I was walking by the room tonight:
“I know you were scared but you tried anyway and that’s really brave.”
DEAR REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS: I KNOW YOU ARE SCARED BUT YOU SHOULD TRY ANYWAY AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY BRAVE.🇺🇸
“I know you were scared but you tried anyway and that’s really brave.”
DEAR REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS: I KNOW YOU ARE SCARED BUT YOU SHOULD TRY ANYWAY AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY BRAVE.🇺🇸
January 21, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Overheard a nurse at the Children’s Hospital say this to a patient as I was walking by the room tonight:
“I know you were scared but you tried anyway and that’s really brave.”
DEAR REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS: I KNOW YOU ARE SCARED BUT YOU SHOULD TRY ANYWAY AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY BRAVE.🇺🇸
“I know you were scared but you tried anyway and that’s really brave.”
DEAR REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS: I KNOW YOU ARE SCARED BUT YOU SHOULD TRY ANYWAY AND THAT WOULD BE REALLY BRAVE.🇺🇸
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Millions are deciding to drop healthcare coverage because of Republicans cowardice and boot licking. Are we great yet⁉️
January 21, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Millions are deciding to drop healthcare coverage because of Republicans cowardice and boot licking. Are we great yet⁉️
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Mike Johnson dismisses Democratic concerns about ICE's conduct as "irrational"
January 21, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Mike Johnson dismisses Democratic concerns about ICE's conduct as "irrational"
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Trump didn't have the evidence, really any evidence, when purported to discharge her. Record now includes evidence that at most Cook made an inadvertent error.
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Trump didn't have the evidence, really any evidence, when purported to discharge her. Record now includes evidence that at most Cook made an inadvertent error.
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Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Trump is now confusing Greenland and Iceland: "They're not there for us on Iceland, that I can tell you. Our stock market took the first dip yesterday because of Iceland. So Iceland has already cost us a lot of money."
January 21, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
Just 2 years and 364 days left
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Newsom on Trump’s speech: It was remarkably boring. It was remarkably insignificant.
January 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Newsom on Trump’s speech: It was remarkably boring. It was remarkably insignificant.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett calls out the hypocrisy of Byron Donalds and his background. Donalds will forever ride the coattails of the Trump regime and receive nothing in return.
January 21, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett calls out the hypocrisy of Byron Donalds and his background. Donalds will forever ride the coattails of the Trump regime and receive nothing in return.
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Of all the things Speaker Mike Johnson will never see, Trump confusing Greenland with Iceland three times in rapid succession at Davos will be the thing he doesn’t see the most.
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Of all the things Speaker Mike Johnson will never see, Trump confusing Greenland with Iceland three times in rapid succession at Davos will be the thing he doesn’t see the most.
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“.. Until the US decides to re-engage on a path of cooperation rather than confrontation," no steps to move the deal forward would be taken, Lange said in a statement.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:09 PM
“.. Until the US decides to re-engage on a path of cooperation rather than confrontation," no steps to move the deal forward would be taken, Lange said in a statement.
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January 21, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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The House Oversight Committee just scheduled a virtual deposition with Ghislane Maxwell on February 9.
January 21, 2026 at 4:35 PM
The House Oversight Committee just scheduled a virtual deposition with Ghislane Maxwell on February 9.