Vee Haacke (Politics)
@veepoliticsonly.bsky.social
Political account of Vee Haacke, writer. Iowan.
Sarcastic AF.
Sarcastic AF.
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I’m just a girl from Iowa… but were I a senator, I woulda voted no, threw two middle fingers in the air, and tell @schumer.senate.gov that my new goal in life would be to have him taken out of leadership.
I’d do it on DAY ONE.
I’d do it on DAY ONE.
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Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
Kindergarten teacher wants kindergartener deported
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
m.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:26 AM
Kindergarten teacher called a prank ICE hotline thinking it was real. She called to report her 6 year old student to ICE to try to get them and their family deported.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
6 years old.
She does not enjoy hearing her own words and actions played back to her.
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again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
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2 weeks ago, the El Paso Medical Examiner ruled the death of a Cuban ICE detainee a homicide.
This time, when a 32-year-old Nicaraguan man died, ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility. They won’t publicly release a ruling.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/03/t...
This time, when a 32-year-old Nicaraguan man died, ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility. They won’t publicly release a ruling.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/03/t...
ICE bypasses El Paso medical examiner for autopsy on migrant
ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility for the autopsy of a Nicaraguan man and won’t release a ruling to the public.
www.texastribune.org
February 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
2 weeks ago, the El Paso Medical Examiner ruled the death of a Cuban ICE detainee a homicide.
This time, when a 32-year-old Nicaraguan man died, ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility. They won’t publicly release a ruling.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/03/t...
This time, when a 32-year-old Nicaraguan man died, ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility. They won’t publicly release a ruling.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/03/t...
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Democrats now say Republicans have established a precedent when it comes to Congress' ability to subpoena and haul in past presidents and family members under threat of criminal charges — thanks to how Republicans threatened the Clintons — and they plan to use it against Trump.
February 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Democrats now say Republicans have established a precedent when it comes to Congress' ability to subpoena and haul in past presidents and family members under threat of criminal charges — thanks to how Republicans threatened the Clintons — and they plan to use it against Trump.
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MELANIA TRUMP: "It is captured on camera and available to see in my new film, 'Melania'"
MELANIA TRUMP MOMENTS LATER: "This is not promotion"
MELANIA TRUMP MOMENTS LATER: "This is not promotion"
February 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
MELANIA TRUMP: "It is captured on camera and available to see in my new film, 'Melania'"
MELANIA TRUMP MOMENTS LATER: "This is not promotion"
MELANIA TRUMP MOMENTS LATER: "This is not promotion"
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Here’s the clip of Melania promoting her movie minutes before she denied promoting her movie
February 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Here’s the clip of Melania promoting her movie minutes before she denied promoting her movie
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Q: Why do you feel it's appropriate to use an official White House event to promote your movie?
MELANIA TRUMP: This is not a promotion
(She promoted her video literally 5 minutes ago during this same event)
MELANIA TRUMP: This is not a promotion
(She promoted her video literally 5 minutes ago during this same event)
February 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Q: Why do you feel it's appropriate to use an official White House event to promote your movie?
MELANIA TRUMP: This is not a promotion
(She promoted her video literally 5 minutes ago during this same event)
MELANIA TRUMP: This is not a promotion
(She promoted her video literally 5 minutes ago during this same event)
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It's cool to see the GOP going anti-gun. All it took was for a federal government-sanctioned force killing a white male nurse who had a gun, but didn't draw it, to decide that citizens should not have the right to bear arms at certain times...I'm sure this will end well.
February 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
It's cool to see the GOP going anti-gun. All it took was for a federal government-sanctioned force killing a white male nurse who had a gun, but didn't draw it, to decide that citizens should not have the right to bear arms at certain times...I'm sure this will end well.
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NOTUS actually shamed the White House to take down DHS' lies. Now to get Karolyin to explain why she can't get credible information -- and whether she gets these lies from Stephen Miller.
www.notus.org/whitehouse/w...
www.notus.org/whitehouse/w...
February 4, 2026 at 6:26 PM
NOTUS actually shamed the White House to take down DHS' lies. Now to get Karolyin to explain why she can't get credible information -- and whether she gets these lies from Stephen Miller.
www.notus.org/whitehouse/w...
www.notus.org/whitehouse/w...
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I’ve been kicking around the idea of a startup news co-op for the last couple of years. If any other self-employed journalists out there are interested in combining newsletters or getting something going, shoot me a DM. I’m sick of talking about this and I’m ready to do something.
February 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I’ve been kicking around the idea of a startup news co-op for the last couple of years. If any other self-employed journalists out there are interested in combining newsletters or getting something going, shoot me a DM. I’m sick of talking about this and I’m ready to do something.
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Agent: These guys were all threatening us yesterday with hand guns.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Agent: These guys were all threatening us yesterday with hand guns.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
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Dude…what?
Virologist Nathan Wolfe sought funding from Jeffrey Epstein to study whether sexually transmitted infections increased women’s sex drive.
He planned to conduct this study among female undergraduate students.
He planned to conduct this study among female undergraduate students.
Former Stanford professor Nathan Wolfe ’92 planned sexual behavior research, described interns with Epstein
The Daily investigated correspondence between virologist Nathan Wolfe ’92 and Epstein in which the two men discussed interns’ attractiveness, “female viagra” and sexual research projects.
stanforddaily.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Dude…what?
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Anything not to say a grown man attacked a child.
A man has been arrested in connection with a physical altercation involving minors during a student protest near Austin, Texas.
Man arrested after fight with minors during anti-ICE school walkout
A man has been arrested in connection with a physical altercation involving minors during a student protest near Austin, Texas.
www.scrippsnews.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Anything not to say a grown man attacked a child.
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Utah Republicans like to say they are against court packing and yet are about to do it right now. Not enough people are talking about this. Sound the alarm now. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Objections overruled — Utah to expand its Supreme Court, with approval from Legislature, Cox
Gov. Cox quickly signed a bill adding two justices to the Utah Supreme Court. The GOP-led Legislature has derided the current justices as "activists."
www.sltrib.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Utah Republicans like to say they are against court packing and yet are about to do it right now. Not enough people are talking about this. Sound the alarm now. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
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this is a wicked man who knows he is being wicked and does it anyway
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 4:41 PM
this is a wicked man who knows he is being wicked and does it anyway
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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Rip to the newspaper that ensured the Pentagon Papers were published after Nixon got an injunction against the Times. 🫡
Had a good run, but as with so many cases, a billionaire bought something he didn’t care about and broke it. A tale as old as time.
Had a good run, but as with so many cases, a billionaire bought something he didn’t care about and broke it. A tale as old as time.
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Rip to the newspaper that ensured the Pentagon Papers were published after Nixon got an injunction against the Times. 🫡
Had a good run, but as with so many cases, a billionaire bought something he didn’t care about and broke it. A tale as old as time.
Had a good run, but as with so many cases, a billionaire bought something he didn’t care about and broke it. A tale as old as time.
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Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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What if every newspaper editorial board in the country coordinated on a same-day statement calling for his immediate resignation? He's not going to resign, but it'll make it clear to the rest of the country that this is a lot more serious than many of them perceive it to be.
February 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
What if every newspaper editorial board in the country coordinated on a same-day statement calling for his immediate resignation? He's not going to resign, but it'll make it clear to the rest of the country that this is a lot more serious than many of them perceive it to be.
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one area where popularism is most preposterous is where voters are quite obviously confused
Pew finds 60% oppose pausing visas and 66% oppose nixing asylum! People overinterpreted 2024 as a seismic shift to Trump on immigration. But the data is showing very broad opposition to the restrictionist, ethnonationalist, anti-humanitarian aspects of Trumpism. 5/5
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
newrepublic.com/article/2060...
February 4, 2026 at 3:55 PM
one area where popularism is most preposterous is where voters are quite obviously confused
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Let’s remember Lummis owns $$$ worth of BTC. Of freakin’ course she wants the government to buy.
SOME GOP LAWMAKERS PUSH TREASURY TO BUY BITCOIN Senator Cynthia Lummis has suggested Bessent buy Bitcoin using U.S. gold reserves. She told reporters last year she raised the idea with him and would support action under existing executive authority.
February 4, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Let’s remember Lummis owns $$$ worth of BTC. Of freakin’ course she wants the government to buy.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:06 PM
This PSA is brought to you by the Deputy vice chair of the social committee of Congressional Hemochromatosis Caucus.
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Look at these sickening pedo emails.
Why are they protecting these people? Why did Kash say there was no trafficking going on?
Why do Republicans not care?
@MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @RepOgles @SenatorHagerty @RepJohnRose
Why are they protecting these people? Why did Kash say there was no trafficking going on?
Why do Republicans not care?
@MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @RepOgles @SenatorHagerty @RepJohnRose
February 4, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Look at these sickening pedo emails.
Why are they protecting these people? Why did Kash say there was no trafficking going on?
Why do Republicans not care?
@MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @RepOgles @SenatorHagerty @RepJohnRose
Why are they protecting these people? Why did Kash say there was no trafficking going on?
Why do Republicans not care?
@MarshaBlackburn @RepTimBurchett @RepOgles @SenatorHagerty @RepJohnRose
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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"Democrats will now get the fight they should want: a hardball negotiation over DHS funding alone...ICE is terrorizing America’s streets right now. Democrats have the ability and the leverage to play hardball for some of these reforms right now."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Don’t Look Now, But Dems Are Winning the DHS-Funding Fight
Whether they’ll recognize it as a victory is another question.
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
"Democrats will now get the fight they should want: a hardball negotiation over DHS funding alone...ICE is terrorizing America’s streets right now. Democrats have the ability and the leverage to play hardball for some of these reforms right now."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...