VineyardSplash
@chefinthevineyard.bsky.social
Extreme food, fine wine, cold beer, and macadamia nuts. Edna Valley, CA.
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A simple point: Trump’s tariff threats (against Greenland's allies!) rest on a power before SCOTUS and likely to be ruled unconstitutional. That’s not leverage; it’s probabilistic impotence. (Stormy Daniels agrees.)
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 PM
A simple point: Trump’s tariff threats (against Greenland's allies!) rest on a power before SCOTUS and likely to be ruled unconstitutional. That’s not leverage; it’s probabilistic impotence. (Stormy Daniels agrees.)
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Trump’s chaos can obscure the bigger picture
But the data is clear
Pro democracy litigators are winning two thirds of the time
And 76% when including immigration cases
@democracydefendersfund.org is part of that coalition
Your support makes it possible to push back and win against autocracy -TN
But the data is clear
Pro democracy litigators are winning two thirds of the time
And 76% when including immigration cases
@democracydefendersfund.org is part of that coalition
Your support makes it possible to push back and win against autocracy -TN
Why I Am Hopeful Despite It All
My 50th Publisher’s Note
contrarian.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Trump’s chaos can obscure the bigger picture
But the data is clear
Pro democracy litigators are winning two thirds of the time
And 76% when including immigration cases
@democracydefendersfund.org is part of that coalition
Your support makes it possible to push back and win against autocracy -TN
But the data is clear
Pro democracy litigators are winning two thirds of the time
And 76% when including immigration cases
@democracydefendersfund.org is part of that coalition
Your support makes it possible to push back and win against autocracy -TN
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Still don't understand what "papers" US citizens are supposed to be carrying to prevent masked bandits from hurling them into the back of an SUV with fake tags on it.
And also, we don't have to show "papers" in the interior of this country. See Amendment, Fourth
And also, we don't have to show "papers" in the interior of this country. See Amendment, Fourth
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Still don't understand what "papers" US citizens are supposed to be carrying to prevent masked bandits from hurling them into the back of an SUV with fake tags on it.
And also, we don't have to show "papers" in the interior of this country. See Amendment, Fourth
And also, we don't have to show "papers" in the interior of this country. See Amendment, Fourth
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The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear.
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
Maduro in Minneapolis
Murderous Lies
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January 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
The Trump administration is excusing murder by ICE using the same lies as those told by Maduro’s regime. These lies are part of the logic of death squads. Govt controls the story & the next murder is easier. And suddenly this is normal and people simply disappear.
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
snyder.substack.com/p/maduro-in-...
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"Trump is destroying the postwar world that America made in favour of a Hobbesian jungle in which the strong take what they must — and he is doing so with racial imagery." My Swamp Notes with @jyshapiro.bsky.social on Trump's predatory boomerang. as.ft.com/r/9f5de7fe-2...
The white man’s burden, Trump edition
[FREE TO READ] America’s president is repudiating the postwar world fashioned by the US
as.ft.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
"Trump is destroying the postwar world that America made in favour of a Hobbesian jungle in which the strong take what they must — and he is doing so with racial imagery." My Swamp Notes with @jyshapiro.bsky.social on Trump's predatory boomerang. as.ft.com/r/9f5de7fe-2...
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: Trump “will try to take what he wants—that's true whether it's in a department store dressing room, or a majority of the American electorate telling him no, or the head of a sovereign foreign state telling him no, or our NATO allies, or the courts, or the Constitution.”
January 7, 2026 at 1:08 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: Trump “will try to take what he wants—that's true whether it's in a department store dressing room, or a majority of the American electorate telling him no, or the head of a sovereign foreign state telling him no, or our NATO allies, or the courts, or the Constitution.”
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Trump wants you to forget about Jan 6, or better yet, let him rewrite the story. Don’t do that. Instead, read here: joycevance.substack.com/p/january-6-...
January 6 Again
Donald Trump is the President no one has ever said “no” to in a big way.
joycevance.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Trump wants you to forget about Jan 6, or better yet, let him rewrite the story. Don’t do that. Instead, read here: joycevance.substack.com/p/january-6-...
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No better authority on this point than @mcfaulmike.bsky.social. We talked about it today on a Substack live. Great discussion, check it out:
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Trump’s Foray Into Venezuela Could Embolden Russia’s and China’s Own Aggression www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Trump’s Foray Into Venezuela Could Embolden Russia’s and China’s Own Aggression www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
Trump’s Foray Into Venezuela Could Embolden Russia’s and China’s Own Aggression
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:51 AM
No better authority on this point than @mcfaulmike.bsky.social. We talked about it today on a Substack live. Great discussion, check it out:
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Trump’s Foray Into Venezuela Could Embolden Russia’s and China’s Own Aggression www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
Trump’s Foray Into Venezuela Could Embolden Russia’s and China’s Own Aggression www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/w...
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You absolutely do not have to hand it to Megyn Kelly, but this is a good reminder that everyone at Fox News knows they're shoveling an endless stream of bullshit and lies into the eyes and ears of their audience
Megyn Kelly admits Fox News = State TV: “When I was at Fox, I would’ve known I was supposed to cheerlead this. I turned on Fox and it was like watching Russian propaganda… sorry, I’ve been burned too many times. Trump says he’d be ok with boots on the ground. Whose boots? A lot of us have kids.”
January 6, 2026 at 4:21 AM
You absolutely do not have to hand it to Megyn Kelly, but this is a good reminder that everyone at Fox News knows they're shoveling an endless stream of bullshit and lies into the eyes and ears of their audience
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January 6 Again
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
On the anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history, here's a long, important, inspiring piece of writing from @joycewhitevance.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
On the anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history, here's a long, important, inspiring piece of writing from @joycewhitevance.bsky.social.
January 6 Again
Donald Trump is the President no one has ever said “no” to in a big way.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:31 AM
January 6 Again
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
On the anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history, here's a long, important, inspiring piece of writing from @joycewhitevance.bsky.social.
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
On the anniversary of one of the darkest days in American history, here's a long, important, inspiring piece of writing from @joycewhitevance.bsky.social.
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"American dominance" is our new foreign policy. And it will create a counter-reaction, everywhere.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump’s ‘American Dominance’ May Leave Us With Nothing
The president’s moves in Venezuela foretell a new global system.
www.theatlantic.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
"American dominance" is our new foreign policy. And it will create a counter-reaction, everywhere.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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It is truly insane to me that our system has the means to end this insanity but the people who can effect it refuse to…even though we are now at a point where in cannot possibly be in their own interest to keep supporting this shitshow
January 5, 2026 at 4:56 PM
It is truly insane to me that our system has the means to end this insanity but the people who can effect it refuse to…even though we are now at a point where in cannot possibly be in their own interest to keep supporting this shitshow
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Tramp is a russian agent and has been since the 1970's.
Tramp is the largest counterintelligence failure in US history. He could have and should have been disqualified as soon as he started running in 2016.
He tried to extort Ukraine for russia and was impeached for it
Now he wants 🇺🇦 to surrender
Tramp is the largest counterintelligence failure in US history. He could have and should have been disqualified as soon as he started running in 2016.
He tried to extort Ukraine for russia and was impeached for it
Now he wants 🇺🇦 to surrender
December 30, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Tramp is a russian agent and has been since the 1970's.
Tramp is the largest counterintelligence failure in US history. He could have and should have been disqualified as soon as he started running in 2016.
He tried to extort Ukraine for russia and was impeached for it
Now he wants 🇺🇦 to surrender
Tramp is the largest counterintelligence failure in US history. He could have and should have been disqualified as soon as he started running in 2016.
He tried to extort Ukraine for russia and was impeached for it
Now he wants 🇺🇦 to surrender
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This spectacular image of the planetary alignment of Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter above the Sydney Opera House was taken in the early morning around April 21, 2022, and featured as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on April 26, 2022
December 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This spectacular image of the planetary alignment of Saturn, Mars, Venus, and Jupiter above the Sydney Opera House was taken in the early morning around April 21, 2022, and featured as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day on April 26, 2022
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People ask, “If the economy is growing, why doesn’t it feel like it?” Because our individual economic realities are driven less by the national average and more by the policy choices—tariffs, taxes, and cuts—that decide who actually gets the gains from growth.
December 28, 2025 at 11:09 PM
People ask, “If the economy is growing, why doesn’t it feel like it?” Because our individual economic realities are driven less by the national average and more by the policy choices—tariffs, taxes, and cuts—that decide who actually gets the gains from growth.
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Merrick Garland failed the test, not because he brought weak cases, but because he declined to investigate the most obvious corruption risks staring him in the face.
That failure is no longer confined to the past. It is shaping the present — and endangering the future.
That failure is no longer confined to the past. It is shaping the present — and endangering the future.
The Merrick Garland Failure That Keeps Me Up At Night
Garland did not merely fail to investigate the past. He shaped the future.
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Merrick Garland failed the test, not because he brought weak cases, but because he declined to investigate the most obvious corruption risks staring him in the face.
That failure is no longer confined to the past. It is shaping the present — and endangering the future.
That failure is no longer confined to the past. It is shaping the present — and endangering the future.
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For great background on the "diversity is not our strength" theories driving Stephen Miller and the Trump reich check out this thread and article from @gregsargent.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/greg...
bsky.app/profile/greg...
Great points in this thread: We don't usually think of 1965 immigration act as on par w/New Deal and Civil Rights, but it was a major liberal achievement and Miller's real project is to undo it. As @larryglickman.bsky.social says this connects w/goal of undoing other great 20th century achievements:
Finally had a chance to read this Incredible piece by @gregsargent.bsky.social that documents Miller’s attempt to undo and reverse the 1965 immigration settlement and reveals how central this effort is to the administration’s reactionary aim to take down the New Deal and civil rights orders.
December 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
For great background on the "diversity is not our strength" theories driving Stephen Miller and the Trump reich check out this thread and article from @gregsargent.bsky.social
bsky.app/profile/greg...
bsky.app/profile/greg...
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Our Congressional leaders need to assert themselves far more forcefully now for "Putin is a ruthless murderer who has no interest in peace and cannot be trusted" and Trump is a corrupt, venal, compromised man hellbent on selling out the West. My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/putin-is-a...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/putin-is-a...
"Putin Is A Ruthless Murderer Who Has No Interest In Peace And Cannot Be Trusted"
I had hoped to take a break this Christmas Holiday but Putin and Trump have made that impossible......
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Our Congressional leaders need to assert themselves far more forcefully now for "Putin is a ruthless murderer who has no interest in peace and cannot be trusted" and Trump is a corrupt, venal, compromised man hellbent on selling out the West. My latest 👇
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/putin-is-a...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/putin-is-a...
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Good background for the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting today.
Hi All, Just sent out my free weekend update. We seem to be in the latest act of the US pantomime of negotiating with Ukraine but actually helping Russia. You would think people would have figured it out by now. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #165: Why the Pantomime?
The Anchorage "Framework"; Storm/Shadow Scalps show the importance of Taurus/Tomahawks
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Good background for the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting today.
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A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
December 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
A reminder:
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
This isn’t ideology
This isn’t incompetence
This isn’t business as usual
This isn’t temporary
This isn’t normal
This isn’t ethical
This isn’t legal
This isn’t meant to be popular
This isn’t meant to be good for anyone
This has been a strategic attack against the U.S.
Act accordingly
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“The president finds the one sparkle in there and that’s all he wants to talk about.”
—on cherry-picking one quarterly measure of GDP while ignoring jobs, wages & affordability. youtu.be/U_GVwBvHG54
—on cherry-picking one quarterly measure of GDP while ignoring jobs, wages & affordability. youtu.be/U_GVwBvHG54
Who Gains From Trump’s Economy? Justin Wolfers on Tariffs, Taxes, and Prices
What matters more: one shiny GDP number, or the gut‑punch of your weekly grocery bill?
This segment features economist Justin Wolfers dissecting the gap between President Trump’s triumphant economic…
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December 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“The president finds the one sparkle in there and that’s all he wants to talk about.”
—on cherry-picking one quarterly measure of GDP while ignoring jobs, wages & affordability. youtu.be/U_GVwBvHG54
—on cherry-picking one quarterly measure of GDP while ignoring jobs, wages & affordability. youtu.be/U_GVwBvHG54
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A discussion of my recent court victory by Harry Littman, a former US Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
youtu.be/aflAC8nuOLY?...
youtu.be/aflAC8nuOLY?...
Whistleblower STUNS Trump with UNEXPECTED Courtroom Victory
YouTube video by Talking Feds with Harry Litman
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December 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
A discussion of my recent court victory by Harry Littman, a former US Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
youtu.be/aflAC8nuOLY?...
youtu.be/aflAC8nuOLY?...