Vincent Van Dinksy
@maxttb.bsky.social
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Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.
January 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Where the hell are Google and Apple enforcing their app store terms of service on X? Grok doing CSAM should instantly be a removal from the app store. Any other app doing this would be pulled instantly. Journalists should be asking for comment from these companies.
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CNN is covering the Kalshi prediction markets as though they are news
January 7, 2026 at 3:23 PM
CNN is covering the Kalshi prediction markets as though they are news
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Anyone who
1) likes Gavin Newsom
2) said it was “too early to worry” about who’s running
3) believes, like Gavin suggests, that the Democrats lost the election for being “too woke”
Is: wrong
1) likes Gavin Newsom
2) said it was “too early to worry” about who’s running
3) believes, like Gavin suggests, that the Democrats lost the election for being “too woke”
Is: wrong
January 7, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Anyone who
1) likes Gavin Newsom
2) said it was “too early to worry” about who’s running
3) believes, like Gavin suggests, that the Democrats lost the election for being “too woke”
Is: wrong
1) likes Gavin Newsom
2) said it was “too early to worry” about who’s running
3) believes, like Gavin suggests, that the Democrats lost the election for being “too woke”
Is: wrong
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We have less than a year to get rid of weak, corporate centrists and milquetoast Democrats heading into the midterms.
There has to be a 2 to 4-year culling project.
Have to get rid of all of them.
They are part of the problem, and they aren't made for this moment or built for this fight.
There has to be a 2 to 4-year culling project.
Have to get rid of all of them.
They are part of the problem, and they aren't made for this moment or built for this fight.
January 7, 2026 at 2:16 AM
We have less than a year to get rid of weak, corporate centrists and milquetoast Democrats heading into the midterms.
There has to be a 2 to 4-year culling project.
Have to get rid of all of them.
They are part of the problem, and they aren't made for this moment or built for this fight.
There has to be a 2 to 4-year culling project.
Have to get rid of all of them.
They are part of the problem, and they aren't made for this moment or built for this fight.
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Marisa is doing CRITICAL work here that so much of the MSM is just ignoring. But maybe they like it that way.
New — I wrote about how corporate media is immediately siding with power in the wake of Trump attacking Venezuela and capturing Maduro, and how journalists need to treat the administration as a hostile entity that’s openly lying to them.
Call Trump's power grab in Venezuela what it is
Corporate media must recognize they're being openly lied to—and report accordingly.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Marisa is doing CRITICAL work here that so much of the MSM is just ignoring. But maybe they like it that way.
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Jen Sorensen nails the hypocrisy and racism of the "European culture" argument.
January 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Jen Sorensen nails the hypocrisy and racism of the "European culture" argument.
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When did “get to Vancouver 90 seconds faster during rush hour” become a “kitchen table issue” while “not dying on cold pavement” never did. Make It Make Sense
(Posting this from the scene.) Have confirmed Sloan’s death with his daughter, who pulled up to take photos of rhe pothole in hopes that it gets fixed
bikeportland.org/2026/01/06/b...
bikeportland.org/2026/01/06/b...
Bike rider dies after suspected crash due to pothole
Mike Sloan is described as a “pillar” of Portland Bicycling Club.
bikeportland.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:13 PM
When did “get to Vancouver 90 seconds faster during rush hour” become a “kitchen table issue” while “not dying on cold pavement” never did. Make It Make Sense
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Honestly what other life besides ICE agent could this poor dumb racist have?
An off-duty ICE agent was just confronted in Minneapolis after people noticed a Nazi SS lightning bolt tattoo on his neck.
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
January 6, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Honestly what other life besides ICE agent could this poor dumb racist have?
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If Dems talked like this regularly, we wouldn't have to focus on "how to win close elections in difficult environments." We would have a lot fewer close elections, and a lot fewer difficult environments.
Walz is out of Fs: "Not a single Republican supported this, so every Minnesotan from here on, whoever uses this program, there is no bit of thanks that would go to the R legislators who did all they could to stop this ... our schools have money to pay their teachers? I'll take credit for that too."
January 6, 2026 at 6:16 PM
If Dems talked like this regularly, we wouldn't have to focus on "how to win close elections in difficult environments." We would have a lot fewer close elections, and a lot fewer difficult environments.
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There are only 218 Republicans left in the House.
Make them produce a majority every day, every hour, for every thing.
Make them produce a majority every day, every hour, for every thing.
Rep. Doug LaMalfa,who died this morning, was one of 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 election.
It was defining moment of his political career—one that must not be forgotten on the anniversary of January 6.
It was defining moment of his political career—one that must not be forgotten on the anniversary of January 6.
January 6, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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NEW: We obtained 100 gigabytes of data from unlisted websites associated with Canary Mission, revealing their internal workings, employees, and an internal website called BlackNest where the group celebrated its “impacts”— arrests and deportations.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/canary-mis...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/canary-mis...
BlackNest: Inside Canary Mission’s Secret Web of Unlisted Sites
One Canary Mission-affiliated website, BlackNest, reveals the group's internal operations, plans to expand, and how they celebrate deportations and firings
www.dropsitenews.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:14 PM
NEW: We obtained 100 gigabytes of data from unlisted websites associated with Canary Mission, revealing their internal workings, employees, and an internal website called BlackNest where the group celebrated its “impacts”— arrests and deportations.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/canary-mis...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/canary-mis...
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the dem leadership follow up to january 6 was two decent speeches from biden and harris and thats about it. garbage.
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
the dem leadership follow up to january 6 was two decent speeches from biden and harris and thats about it. garbage.
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man i remember when so many dems were like "you gotta read the january 6 report" and its so symptomatic of our movement. if dems had done jan 6 the gop would have weaponized every nanosecond of the insurrection, constantly reupping clips to remind people "what they did." instead? dems shrugged.
January 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
man i remember when so many dems were like "you gotta read the january 6 report" and its so symptomatic of our movement. if dems had done jan 6 the gop would have weaponized every nanosecond of the insurrection, constantly reupping clips to remind people "what they did." instead? dems shrugged.
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I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
I am not a Section 230 expert but being that Twitter is creating and publishing these photos I wonder if they actually have any civil legal protection? @kenwhite.bsky.social ? @akivamcohen.bsky.social ?
What X is allowing Grok to do is unlawful or regulatory-illegal in multiple jurisdictions, creates clear DSA violations, and continues despite regulator scrutiny. The images do not need to be pornographic, non-consensual sexualised or intimate depictions are enough.
January 5, 2026 at 11:10 PM
I wrote section 230 to protect user speech, not a company's own speech. I've long said AI chatbot outputs are not protected by 230 and that it is not a close call. Given that the Trump administration is going to the mat to protect pedophiles, states should step in to hold Musk and X accountable.
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"The issues" are not immutable. Americans do not come out of the womb arguing about trans girls in Division III volleyball.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
And, you can also change the narrative yourself, by leading the public. Public pressure absolutely moves politicians. Sitting around waiting for others to take this seriously is failing. Making something the story and making the public care about it is the job of a politician.
IMO the argument is that you can make things into big enough deals that it matters. Khanna found Massey and found survivors and made the Epstein Files the gigantic story it should be. Only then did establishment Dems come along. You can, in fact, make things into big hairy deals if you do it right.
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
"The issues" are not immutable. Americans do not come out of the womb arguing about trans girls in Division III volleyball.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
The issues are what you make them. The issues are what you're loudest about.
Create the conversation around these murderers' war crimes, don't equivocate, and don't let up.
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30% of Oregonians cannot or will not be a driver.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
you ever notice how transit cuts in the biggest city in the state aren’t talked about as a political risk for the governor, despite being vastly worse for transit riders than an unnoticeable gas tax increase is for drivers?
January 6, 2026 at 12:52 AM
30% of Oregonians cannot or will not be a driver.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
However, 100% of Oregonians will, at some point, be a pedestrian.
Drastic transit cuts--including half of a MAX line--should be a five-alarm fire, but it barely made a dent in the news cycle compared to a 6¢/gallon gas tax increase.
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"what do you expect dems, who have NO POWER, to do???" and then they do this 8 times a month
On the first day back following the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro & first lady Cilia Flores, 6 Senate Democrats vote yea to confirm Keith Bass as an Assistant Secretary of Defense by a vote of 50-35.
January 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"what do you expect dems, who have NO POWER, to do???" and then they do this 8 times a month
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i don't know what to do about a system where people in power believe the antisemitic CSAM generator is too important of a platform to leave because the worst pundits on earth think the platform signals something about free speech
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
i don't know what to do about a system where people in power believe the antisemitic CSAM generator is too important of a platform to leave because the worst pundits on earth think the platform signals something about free speech
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This situation is precisely why we have impeachment
January 5, 2026 at 12:34 PM
This situation is precisely why we have impeachment
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lol WhaT CaN ThEy dO bsky.app/profile/fasc...
On the first day back following the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro & first lady Cilia Flores, 6 Senate Democrats vote yea to confirm Keith Bass as an Assistant Secretary of Defense by a vote of 50-35.
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM
lol WhaT CaN ThEy dO bsky.app/profile/fasc...
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three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
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The way Booker tries to hide in this pic is always funny to me.
Minnesota needs to do better than pro-AIPAC, pro-war criminal Netanyahu, silent on genocide, Klobuchar. And she also opposes universal healthcare.
Please tell me there are progressive candidates ready to jump in the race for Governor of Minnesota.
Please tell me there are progressive candidates ready to jump in the race for Governor of Minnesota.
January 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
The way Booker tries to hide in this pic is always funny to me.
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Sen. Kelly responds: "If Pete Hegseth ... thinks he can intimidate me with a censure or threats to demote me or prosecute me, he still doesn’t get it. I will fight this with everything I’ve got — not for myself, but to send a message back that Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump don’t get to decide…
January 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Sen. Kelly responds: "If Pete Hegseth ... thinks he can intimidate me with a censure or threats to demote me or prosecute me, he still doesn’t get it. I will fight this with everything I’ve got — not for myself, but to send a message back that Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump don’t get to decide…
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we can continue to put all the blame on the public or we could say the leaders of the opposition party and their unwillingness to craft messages designed to activate the populace are also a major part of the problem
This situation also shows precisely why democracy needs an educated, informed citizenry to be successful. If more Americans understood history and had any understanding of media literacy we wouldn’t be in this mess. Republicans need an ignorant, scared populace to thrive and boy do they have one.
This situation is precisely why we have impeachment
January 5, 2026 at 2:24 PM
we can continue to put all the blame on the public or we could say the leaders of the opposition party and their unwillingness to craft messages designed to activate the populace are also a major part of the problem