Sean Vanderfluit
@vanderfluit.bsky.social
History, pop culture, Canadiana, law, theatre, politics. Tweets are general commentary and not intended as advice on any of them. For #genealogy, I'm @deckofancestors.bsky.social
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Stephen Colbert responds to CBS disputing his claims that he was barred from airing the James Talarico interview:
"And for the lawyers to release this without even talking to me is really surprising. I don’t even know what to do with this crap. Hold on."
He then picks it up with a dog poop bag.
"And for the lawyers to release this without even talking to me is really surprising. I don’t even know what to do with this crap. Hold on."
He then picks it up with a dog poop bag.
February 18, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Stephen Colbert responds to CBS disputing his claims that he was barred from airing the James Talarico interview:
"And for the lawyers to release this without even talking to me is really surprising. I don’t even know what to do with this crap. Hold on."
He then picks it up with a dog poop bag.
"And for the lawyers to release this without even talking to me is really surprising. I don’t even know what to do with this crap. Hold on."
He then picks it up with a dog poop bag.
Quickly followed by the Trump-Epstein Trials.
Goldman: "If Trump wants to put his name on everything, as he does, then let's start calling this the Trump-Epstein files"
February 17, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Quickly followed by the Trump-Epstein Trials.
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Goldman: "If Trump wants to put his name on everything, as he does, then let's start calling this the Trump-Epstein files"
February 16, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Goldman: "If Trump wants to put his name on everything, as he does, then let's start calling this the Trump-Epstein files"
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Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
February 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
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And yet, every day, our most prominent Democratic politicians, scholars, public intellectuals, universities & university leaders, & other civil society organizations continue to use his platform as their primary social media outlet. One cannot help but notice this & draw conclusions.
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
And yet, every day, our most prominent Democratic politicians, scholars, public intellectuals, universities & university leaders, & other civil society organizations continue to use his platform as their primary social media outlet. One cannot help but notice this & draw conclusions.
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We are the laughing stock of the world.
February 17, 2026 at 5:20 AM
We are the laughing stock of the world.
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Rob Shaw: Autism funding reversal leaves 10,000 B.C. kids with less support
Rob Shaw: Autism funding reversal leaves 10,000 B.C. kids with less support
Eby government is scrapping $6K annual payments for thousands of families and redirecting them to a needs-based system
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February 17, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Rob Shaw: Autism funding reversal leaves 10,000 B.C. kids with less support
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Stephen Colbert had Democrat James Talarico (running for Senate in Texas) on The LateShow. Trump's FCC goon called CBS and told them they couldn't air that interview. CBS pulled the interview out of fear/fealty. So Colbert put the whole interview up on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Stephen Colbert had Democrat James Talarico (running for Senate in Texas) on The LateShow. Trump's FCC goon called CBS and told them they couldn't air that interview. CBS pulled the interview out of fear/fealty. So Colbert put the whole interview up on Youtube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...
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Colbert posted the interview online. I do wonder if CBS and the FCC are aware of the Streisand effect? The interview has been up for 8 hours and has just over half a million views.
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Colbert posted the interview online. I do wonder if CBS and the FCC are aware of the Streisand effect? The interview has been up for 8 hours and has just over half a million views.
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Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Colbert Says CBS Pulled Guest Over FCC Scrutiny; Posts Interview to YouTube Instead
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 5:58 AM
Stephen Colbert blasted Brendan Carr after FCC scrutiny led CBS to pull an interview with Texas State Rep James Talarico. Instead, 'The Late Show' posted it to YouTube.
Children have spent more time in prison than the child abusers named in the Epstein Files.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Children have spent more time in prison than the child abusers named in the Epstein Files.
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I would dearly like one single day in which I do not encounter AI in any form, and in particular no AI so-called discourse. Apparently that is too much to ask
February 17, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I would dearly like one single day in which I do not encounter AI in any form, and in particular no AI so-called discourse. Apparently that is too much to ask
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I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
February 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
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If you died and came back as an old timey moonshiner, you could call it reintarnation.
February 15, 2026 at 7:55 PM
If you died and came back as an old timey moonshiner, you could call it reintarnation.
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Hey, @newsweek.com, all of this sucks. The “critics” are plainly right, and Holman hasn’t “refuted” anything. He just denied it. He’s lying, but at best it was a false statement. No shortage of evidence either.
Critics have alleged that ICE agents racially profile people as part of the Trump administration's deportation operations.
Tom Homan Refutes Claims That ICE Is Racial Profiling
www.newsweek.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Hey, @newsweek.com, all of this sucks. The “critics” are plainly right, and Holman hasn’t “refuted” anything. He just denied it. He’s lying, but at best it was a false statement. No shortage of evidence either.
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Musk is a malevolent force in American life, driven by white nationalism and incredibly influential given his obscene wealth. He's a supervillain.
But people get that. He's deeply unpopular, with an approval rating in the mid-30s with Trump. We just need political leaders willing to take him on.
But people get that. He's deeply unpopular, with an approval rating in the mid-30s with Trump. We just need political leaders willing to take him on.
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Musk is a malevolent force in American life, driven by white nationalism and incredibly influential given his obscene wealth. He's a supervillain.
But people get that. He's deeply unpopular, with an approval rating in the mid-30s with Trump. We just need political leaders willing to take him on.
But people get that. He's deeply unpopular, with an approval rating in the mid-30s with Trump. We just need political leaders willing to take him on.
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Billionaires who lobbied Trump to halt Canadian bridge praise EZ-Bribe App
Billionaires who lobbied Trump to halt Canadian bridge praise EZ-Bribe App
DETROIT, MI - Billionaire Matthew Moroun, whose family recently lobbied the Trump administration to publicly threaten the Gordie Howe International Bridge which competes with their interests, has prai...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Billionaires who lobbied Trump to halt Canadian bridge praise EZ-Bribe App
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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A government of the assholes, by the assholes, for the assholes.
Per @pabloreports.bsky.social: Bondi has a “burn book” organized by the names of Democratic lawmakers so she can attack them when they ask her questions.
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
A government of the assholes, by the assholes, for the assholes.
I've heard good things about this show.
February 12, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I've heard good things about this show.
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“what we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“what we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”
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Not going to lie, this is happening faster than I predicted, and I’m glad that it is.
February 11, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Not going to lie, this is happening faster than I predicted, and I’m glad that it is.
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British Columbians grieve with Tumbler Ridge and hold the families & friends suffering loss & affected by the tragedy close in our hearts.
If you need support:
310-Mental Health Support: 310-6789
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
FoundryBC.ca
If you need support:
310-Mental Health Support: 310-6789
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
FoundryBC.ca
February 11, 2026 at 5:32 AM
British Columbians grieve with Tumbler Ridge and hold the families & friends suffering loss & affected by the tragedy close in our hearts.
If you need support:
310-Mental Health Support: 310-6789
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
FoundryBC.ca
If you need support:
310-Mental Health Support: 310-6789
Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868
FoundryBC.ca
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TIL that the motto in the arms of South Cambridgeshire are in Dutch. They're the only civic arms in British civic heraldry that are in Dutch. "Niet Zonder Arbyt" = "Nothing Without Work"
February 11, 2026 at 9:10 AM
TIL that the motto in the arms of South Cambridgeshire are in Dutch. They're the only civic arms in British civic heraldry that are in Dutch. "Niet Zonder Arbyt" = "Nothing Without Work"