Dr Van Pelt
@btvs.bsky.social
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Your favorite brands are funding anti-abortion legal campaigns
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Your favorite brands are funding anti-abortion legal campaigns
Big-name companies are donating to a powerful political group using the legal system to expand abortion restrictions nationwide.
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August 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Your favorite brands are funding anti-abortion legal campaigns
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I don't want a ballroom in The White House. I want healthcare.
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
I don't want a ballroom in The White House. I want healthcare.
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A classic coordination failure: everyone makes excuses for why they go along with authoritarianism rather than resisting. And democracy and the rule of law crumble. We thought our institutions and culture were stronger, but we are following Hungary's path.
Former US ambassador to Hungary: "After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence." (h/t @bnovak.bsky.social)
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A classic coordination failure: everyone makes excuses for why they go along with authoritarianism rather than resisting. And democracy and the rule of law crumble. We thought our institutions and culture were stronger, but we are following Hungary's path.
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Journey of distractions from Epstein:
Epstein
-Adjourn Early
Epstein
-Japan trade deal
Epstein
-Obama cheated
Epstein
-Rename Kennedy Center
Epstein
-WSJ lies
Epstein
-Jerome Powell is terrible
Epstein
-Change back to Redskins
Epstein
-Imma keep this CWC trophy
Epstein
-Revoke Rosie's citzenship
Epstein
-Adjourn Early
Epstein
-Japan trade deal
Epstein
-Obama cheated
Epstein
-Rename Kennedy Center
Epstein
-WSJ lies
Epstein
-Jerome Powell is terrible
Epstein
-Change back to Redskins
Epstein
-Imma keep this CWC trophy
Epstein
-Revoke Rosie's citzenship
July 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Journey of distractions from Epstein:
Epstein
-Adjourn Early
Epstein
-Japan trade deal
Epstein
-Obama cheated
Epstein
-Rename Kennedy Center
Epstein
-WSJ lies
Epstein
-Jerome Powell is terrible
Epstein
-Change back to Redskins
Epstein
-Imma keep this CWC trophy
Epstein
-Revoke Rosie's citzenship
Epstein
-Adjourn Early
Epstein
-Japan trade deal
Epstein
-Obama cheated
Epstein
-Rename Kennedy Center
Epstein
-WSJ lies
Epstein
-Jerome Powell is terrible
Epstein
-Change back to Redskins
Epstein
-Imma keep this CWC trophy
Epstein
-Revoke Rosie's citzenship
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One of the more notable things about our present political moment is that former Republicans like Joe Walsh or the folks at the Bulwark have a more clear eyed understanding of political strategy than a significant number of long-time, moderate Democrats.
As someone who’s been a Democrat for only six weeks, I think this is such an important point. We’re either a big tent, or we aren’t. And if we are a big tent, that means progressives unite around a moderate nominee, and moderates unite around a progressive nominee. Period.👇
July 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
One of the more notable things about our present political moment is that former Republicans like Joe Walsh or the folks at the Bulwark have a more clear eyed understanding of political strategy than a significant number of long-time, moderate Democrats.
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Bondi reportedly put 1,000 people in 24-hour shifts for two weeks in March to review the Epstein files. She made them flag mentions of Trump.
And then ...
She decided she couldn't release anything. 😯
And then ...
She decided she couldn't release anything. 😯
Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino have made a mess of the Epstein files.
It’s time to clear it up once and for all for the American people.
It’s time to clear it up once and for all for the American people.
July 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Bondi reportedly put 1,000 people in 24-hour shifts for two weeks in March to review the Epstein files. She made them flag mentions of Trump.
And then ...
She decided she couldn't release anything. 😯
And then ...
She decided she couldn't release anything. 😯
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I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
July 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.
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The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
May 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Human Genome Project cost taxpayers $3 Billion.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
Two decades on, it has generated a staggering return on investment of $1 Trillion, with benefits in medicine, agriculture, energy, the environment, & more.
If you want to boost the economy, funding science is one of the best things you could do.
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➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
January 30 tRump blames DEI, deflecting blame from his own diapered ass.
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
January 30 tRump blames DEI, deflecting blame from his own diapered ass.
Hate this guy
tRump holds presser on plane crash, speaking with no emotion about the losses. He then attacks Obama and Biden admins and rambles about FAA using DEI to hire air traffic controllers with severe physical and psychiatric disabilities. This man is a pig. #planecrash
January 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
➡️ January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
January 30 tRump blames DEI, deflecting blame from his own diapered ass.
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
January 30 tRump blames DEI, deflecting blame from his own diapered ass.
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January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
January 30: Vance blaming non-whites???
And isn’t his wife non-white?
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
January 30: Vance blaming non-whites???
And isn’t his wife non-white?
Now JD Vance is blaming non-white air traffic controllers for the midair crash. And Trump says it could have been and you have to go by “brain power” clearly saying non-white people are intellectually inferior.
These people are a disgrace to America.
These people are a disgrace to America.
January 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
January 20: FAA director fired
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
January 30: Vance blaming non-whites???
And isn’t his wife non-white?
➡️ January 21: Air Traffic Controller hiring frozen
➡️ January 22: Aviation Safety Advisory Committee disbanded
➡️ January 29: First American mid-air collision in 16 years
January 30: Vance blaming non-whites???
And isn’t his wife non-white?