Nicholas Venture
@nicholasventure.bsky.social
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main economic message from
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
main economic message from
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
the president is that you will be poorer and you will like it
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CNN wasn't included in the Netflix deal
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
CNN wasn't included in the Netflix deal
When I was in elementary school I saw an oath ceremony, I think it was also because there was one of the original Declarations of Independence, that they sent through the colonies on display at the time. It was a great thing.
I despise this. The anger I feel towards these people isn't enough.
I despise this. The anger I feel towards these people isn't enough.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
When I was in elementary school I saw an oath ceremony, I think it was also because there was one of the original Declarations of Independence, that they sent through the colonies on display at the time. It was a great thing.
I despise this. The anger I feel towards these people isn't enough.
I despise this. The anger I feel towards these people isn't enough.
By transitive property of Ossoff's loss in a highly nationalized House race, I look forward to Senator Aftyn Behn.
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
By transitive property of Ossoff's loss in a highly nationalized House race, I look forward to Senator Aftyn Behn.
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Anyone who is dooming about this simply does not have the appropriate psychological disposition to safely use social media.
December 3, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Anyone who is dooming about this simply does not have the appropriate psychological disposition to safely use social media.
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Some background! I wrote about Tennessee in 2023, asking whether it's still a democracy
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Is Tennessee a Democracy?
What happened when a Republican supermajority gained control—and wasn’t satisfied
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Some background! I wrote about Tennessee in 2023, asking whether it's still a democracy
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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among other things: TN-07, the Congressional district that voted today, is the result of gerrymandering - Nashville, which used to have its own congressman, was split into thirds, and TN07 contains one of the thirds. The rest of it is rural.
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
among other things: TN-07, the Congressional district that voted today, is the result of gerrymandering - Nashville, which used to have its own congressman, was split into thirds, and TN07 contains one of the thirds. The rest of it is rural.
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TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
TN07 is a story about gerrymandering: the GOP cracked Nashville into 3 districts when it redrew the 2022 map, destroying the Dem seat there.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
Fast-forward: a section of Nashville, which just 5 years ago had a Dem representative, is now voting Dem by huge margins but it's been designed to not matter.
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Gretchen Whitmer can go to hell
December 2, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Gretchen Whitmer can go to hell
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Politico on how Gretchen Whitmer autographed a newspaper with the photo of her hiding in the Oval Office the next time she visited the White House. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
This 2028 possibility is Trump’s favorite Democrat
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s decision to work with the White House stands in stark contrast to potential 2028 rivals such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
www.politico.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Politico on how Gretchen Whitmer autographed a newspaper with the photo of her hiding in the Oval Office the next time she visited the White House. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Reuters reached out to everyone that Trump or his subordinates singled out publicly for retribution, and reviewed hundreds of official orders, directives and public records. The result: the most comprehensive accounting yet of his campaign of payback.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Say what you will about Nuzzi's ethics, but with her effectively trying to boost Trump via her support of her beau, she certainly seems to have a face cosmetically made for Fox News.
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Say what you will about Nuzzi's ethics, but with her effectively trying to boost Trump via her support of her beau, she certainly seems to have a face cosmetically made for Fox News.
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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Because people are treating it like a juicy spectacle and not like a significant failure of journalism and a condemnation of the industry.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Because people are treating it like a juicy spectacle and not like a significant failure of journalism and a condemnation of the industry.
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OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
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In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
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This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
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“America’s Future Is Being Sacrificed for Short-Term 'Wins',” with “Wins” in quotation marks in the title.
Ouch.
@ianbremmer.com for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social: prosyn.org/gDQDuXV
Ouch.
@ianbremmer.com for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social: prosyn.org/gDQDuXV
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
“America’s Future Is Being Sacrificed for Short-Term 'Wins',” with “Wins” in quotation marks in the title.
Ouch.
@ianbremmer.com for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social: prosyn.org/gDQDuXV
Ouch.
@ianbremmer.com for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social: prosyn.org/gDQDuXV
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The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
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Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Hahahahah they were just playing a trick on us where they’d pretend to fight back until we voted for them, and then immediately cave www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Based on all available information, it is frankly absurd to think Democrats did not tacitly approve of these members voting for this bill in the Senate. So.
Which Democrat Senators should be primaried for this?
Which Democrat Senators should be primaried for this?
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Based on all available information, it is frankly absurd to think Democrats did not tacitly approve of these members voting for this bill in the Senate. So.
Which Democrat Senators should be primaried for this?
Which Democrat Senators should be primaried for this?
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…