Van Gonzalez
@vangonz.bsky.social
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Van Gonzalez
@vangonz.bsky.social
· Feb 20
"There is nothing, which can better deserve your patrionage, than the promotion of Science and Literature. Knowledge is in every Country the surest basis of public happiness." - George Washington to the United States Senate & House of Representatives, 1790
Demented. Zero military bearing whatsoever. Infantile.
Imagine being a career officer in the chain of command on Trump's boat bombings. You have deep moral and legal concerns about them. Your faith in leadership is shaky. Then you see Pete Hegseth tweet out a sadistic cartoon about it. Must be awful.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2037...
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Demented. Zero military bearing whatsoever. Infantile.
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Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Such classic gaslighting it's an instructive moment. The question is not whether generic is better or worse, it's that a list with more expensive brand names is not the same as a list with cheaper generics. Perverting that truth into an attack on those calling it out is Manipulation 101.
Bingo ⬇️ Big mouth, little courage.
Marjorie Taylor Greene managed to tolerate being subjected to the sort of abuse, that she has subjected trans people to for years, for approximately one week.
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Bingo ⬇️ Big mouth, little courage.
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Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think?
A week before he voted to cut Medicaid, Republican Congressman Rob Bresnahan dumped up to $130,000 worth of stock in four companies that manage nearly half of all Medicaid enrollees in the country.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Rep. Rob Bresnahan sold stock in several Medicaid providers before voting for cuts
The Pennsylvania Republican is one of several members who have come under scrutiny for stock trading as Congress eyes a potential ban.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Today would be a great day to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks, don't you think?
This entire administration is despicable.
Because endangered species don't have enough problems: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/c...
Trump Moves to Weaken the Endangered Species Act
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This entire administration is despicable.
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#PPOD: A vast cavity on the Red Planet looks back at ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) with an icy stare. The crater is located in Utopia Planitia, the largest known impact basin in the Solar System, with a diameter of roughly 3,300 km, or twice the size of Earth’s Sahara Desert from north to south. 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
#PPOD: A vast cavity on the Red Planet looks back at ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) with an icy stare. The crater is located in Utopia Planitia, the largest known impact basin in the Solar System, with a diameter of roughly 3,300 km, or twice the size of Earth’s Sahara Desert from north to south. 🧪
A sad, sad shitshow... Lady Liberty is weeping.
MAGA Christianity:
1. Calling Zohran Mamdani a "terrorist" bc he's Muslim.
2. Cheer when Trump buries his face in the laps of actual Muslim terrorists.
1. Calling Zohran Mamdani a "terrorist" bc he's Muslim.
2. Cheer when Trump buries his face in the laps of actual Muslim terrorists.
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A sad, sad shitshow... Lady Liberty is weeping.
🙏 The GOP cannot be trusted with power for a while 🙏
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🙏 The GOP cannot be trusted with power for a while 🙏
He would be scared to death of the UCMJ and Constitution.
Trump calls for the arrest of several Democratic members of Congress who are military vets who issued a video urging service members to follow their oath to the Constitution and USMJ.
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
He would be scared to death of the UCMJ and Constitution.
Violence begets violence 🤡
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Violence begets violence 🤡
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“Epstein donated to Democrats prior to 2015!!”
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
“Epstein donated to Democrats prior to 2015!!”
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
So did Donald Fucking Trump.
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Trump’s devastating cuts have stranded thousands of Americans in the middle of life-saving clinical trials.
There simply is no good reason to take this hope away from families, and it’s appalling.
There simply is no good reason to take this hope away from families, and it’s appalling.
November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Trump’s devastating cuts have stranded thousands of Americans in the middle of life-saving clinical trials.
There simply is no good reason to take this hope away from families, and it’s appalling.
There simply is no good reason to take this hope away from families, and it’s appalling.
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In the last 48 hours as you’ve watched the way that Donald Trump has spoken to women on camera for the world to see publicly, you can only imagine the way that he spoke to the victims behind closed doors
November 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
In the last 48 hours as you’ve watched the way that Donald Trump has spoken to women on camera for the world to see publicly, you can only imagine the way that he spoke to the victims behind closed doors
A total disgrace and threat to our country & way of life... Bends over for MBS. Bends over for Kim Jong Un. Bends over for Putin. Bends over for Bubba...
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A total disgrace and threat to our country & way of life... Bends over for MBS. Bends over for Kim Jong Un. Bends over for Putin. Bends over for Bubba...
Fidel Castro would be such an admirer of Trump.
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Fidel Castro would be such an admirer of Trump.
I've seen more spine on jellyfish...
“They’re trying to somehow tie President Trump to the scandal”
November 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I've seen more spine on jellyfish...
What a good look for the White House, considering it's trying DESPERATELY to convince people that Trump isn't a predator and that this administration is totally normal and ethical 🤷♂️
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What a good look for the White House, considering it's trying DESPERATELY to convince people that Trump isn't a predator and that this administration is totally normal and ethical 🤷♂️
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It's not growing unemployment, it's nap time for jobs!
* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALMOST QUIET TIME IN THE LABOR MARKET
@reuters.com #QuietTime
@reuters.com #QuietTime
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
It's not growing unemployment, it's nap time for jobs!
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The Department of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to exceed expectations
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The Department of Unsubtle Metaphors continues to exceed expectations
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“Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children…have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown…hampering their pursuit of child predators…efforts to combat human smuggling and sex trafficking have languished…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
The Department of Deportation
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Homeland security agents investigating sexual crimes against children…have been redeployed to the immigrant crackdown…hampering their pursuit of child predators…efforts to combat human smuggling and sex trafficking have languished…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
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In anything less than true darkness, the "Phantom Galaxy" slips away like a ghost, its delicate light too faint for many amateur telescopes.
The core may harbor a rarity: an intermediate-mass black hole!
Image credit: my tiny telescope, about 4 hours of imaging.
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
The core may harbor a rarity: an intermediate-mass black hole!
Image credit: my tiny telescope, about 4 hours of imaging.
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
November 16, 2025 at 1:11 AM
In anything less than true darkness, the "Phantom Galaxy" slips away like a ghost, its delicate light too faint for many amateur telescopes.
The core may harbor a rarity: an intermediate-mass black hole!
Image credit: my tiny telescope, about 4 hours of imaging.
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
The core may harbor a rarity: an intermediate-mass black hole!
Image credit: my tiny telescope, about 4 hours of imaging.
#science #astronomy 🔭👩🏾🔬
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Eighty-one-year-old Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, who stopped maturing as a human being in 1957 expects the rest of the country to be like her - eager to erase the work of Martin Luther King and all other courageous individuals who risked their lives fighting racism.
Fuck Kay Ivey.
Not our America.
Fuck Kay Ivey.
Not our America.
November 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Eighty-one-year-old Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, who stopped maturing as a human being in 1957 expects the rest of the country to be like her - eager to erase the work of Martin Luther King and all other courageous individuals who risked their lives fighting racism.
Fuck Kay Ivey.
Not our America.
Fuck Kay Ivey.
Not our America.
The entire administration is mentally ill and dangerously unstable.
I want a government that doesn’t sound like a deeply damaged, bratty boy when it communicates with citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The entire administration is mentally ill and dangerously unstable.
"In fine, it is the mind that wins battles, that will always win them, that always has won them throughout the world's history."
Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq, Battle Studies
Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq, Battle Studies
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"In fine, it is the mind that wins battles, that will always win them, that always has won them throughout the world's history."
Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq, Battle Studies
Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq, Battle Studies