Deborah Vlock
@debvlockauthor.bsky.social
Parenting expert, Dickens scholar, opera lover, chihuahua obsessive, disability advocate, anxious person, mom & wife. I write short stories, essays, and non-fiction books. Ask me why I endorse multigen family living. www.debvlock.com.
Are we sure this isn't the "USS Battleship (BS) Bonespurs"?
December 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Are we sure this isn't the "USS Battleship (BS) Bonespurs"?
This is an epidemic in Washington--nowhere more so than the White House. www.huffpost.com/entry/irrita...
Irritable Male Syndrome (IMS) Is An Actual Condition — And It Could Explain A Lot
While not a clinical diagnosis, experts say it’s an accurate description of a cluster of symptoms that often appears in aging men.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This is an epidemic in Washington--nowhere more so than the White House. www.huffpost.com/entry/irrita...
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
The origin story of the modern GOP.
Did you know that before Nixon and Reagan, health insurance companies in America were non-profit? Yep, they screamed about "socialized medicine" and gradually shifted the focus of our entire healthcare system from public welfare to... making bucks off illness.
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The origin story of the modern GOP.
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As far as I'm aware not one reporter has asked if the president is receiving regular IV treatment.
Trump last night had the complexion of a Thanksgiving turkey that was left in the oven too long and bandages were again visible on the back of his right hand
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
(photos via Getty and by Aaron Schwartz and Paul Morigi)
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
As far as I'm aware not one reporter has asked if the president is receiving regular IV treatment.
Sounds like Trump thinks Comey's mistake was not being a good liar? Just told WH press corps if Comey'd said "I don't remember" or "I dunno" he'd have been fine, no problem. But "he was so strong, so certain." And "worse than the radical left Democrats!" JFC.
September 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Sounds like Trump thinks Comey's mistake was not being a good liar? Just told WH press corps if Comey'd said "I don't remember" or "I dunno" he'd have been fine, no problem. But "he was so strong, so certain." And "worse than the radical left Democrats!" JFC.
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Garcia: "Right now, as we're talking about crime in corruption in DC, Trump is leading a coverup of the Epstein files... his administration is cutting deals with a criminal, Ghislaine Maxwell... we need to stand up to where the crime and corruption is happening, and that is at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave"
September 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Garcia: "Right now, as we're talking about crime in corruption in DC, Trump is leading a coverup of the Epstein files... his administration is cutting deals with a criminal, Ghislaine Maxwell... we need to stand up to where the crime and corruption is happening, and that is at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave"
THIS is spot on. And it's keeping me up at night.
Yeah before they got to the Jews, Dachau concentration camp had opened in March 1933 for the liquidation of all German communists, trade unionists and even SPD socialists, something many Americans are conditioned to think sounds like not such a bad thing. America is ideal fertile ground for fascism.
August 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
THIS is spot on. And it's keeping me up at night.
"Banal" is one way to put it.
August 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"Banal" is one way to put it.
This is a f&cking OUTRAGE.
ICE destroyed this girl's family, terrorized her community, arrested two of her community leaders, and now she is missing from DCF custody. This is the chaos and violence Trump and MAGA stand for, and all of us are fronting the bills share.newsbreak.com/ebtpit0g
Missing 13-year-old was in DCF care after chaotic Worcester ICE operation - NewsBreak
Police in Worcester, Massachusetts, are searching for a missing 13-year-old girl whose case has raised concerns among the local community and community lea
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August 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is a f&cking OUTRAGE.
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About 25 million Americans have changed their opinion on Mr. Trump in six months.
Don't let anyone tell you we can't do this when we're already getting it done.
Don't let anyone tell you we can't do this when we're already getting it done.
August 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
About 25 million Americans have changed their opinion on Mr. Trump in six months.
Don't let anyone tell you we can't do this when we're already getting it done.
Don't let anyone tell you we can't do this when we're already getting it done.
It gets worse and worse. French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism newrepublic.com/post/192946/... via @newrepublic.com
French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism
So much for free speech in America?
newrepublic.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It gets worse and worse. French Scientist Reportedly Denied U.S. Entry Due to Trump Criticism newrepublic.com/post/192946/... via @newrepublic.com
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Banned on Xitter. Let's set this ablaze everywhere else!
#Musk-TrumpWorldStarvationPlan #BillionaireGrift
#Musk-TrumpWorldStarvationPlan #BillionaireGrift
February 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Banned on Xitter. Let's set this ablaze everywhere else!
#Musk-TrumpWorldStarvationPlan #BillionaireGrift
#Musk-TrumpWorldStarvationPlan #BillionaireGrift
JFC! I know I'm preaching to the proverbial choir here, but everyday I think, WHY ISN'T THE COUNTRY ABLAZE WITH FURY?? Elon Musk Threatens to Imprison Entire News Agency newrepublic.com/post/191591/... via @newrepublic.com
Elon Musk Threatens to Imprison Entire News Agency
President Elon Musk has set his sights on a new target.
newrepublic.com
February 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
JFC! I know I'm preaching to the proverbial choir here, but everyday I think, WHY ISN'T THE COUNTRY ABLAZE WITH FURY?? Elon Musk Threatens to Imprison Entire News Agency newrepublic.com/post/191591/... via @newrepublic.com
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Also relatedly, Jamie Dimon went from nope nope nope re all of this to “it’s probably fine”. Grow a spine, man. This is your legacy. Yell at Trump for totally self interested long term reasons and retire rich no matter what happens. Not a big ask!
February 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Also relatedly, Jamie Dimon went from nope nope nope re all of this to “it’s probably fine”. Grow a spine, man. This is your legacy. Yell at Trump for totally self interested long term reasons and retire rich no matter what happens. Not a big ask!
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That’s a much easier assignment comparatively but you wouldn’t dare. Would JPMorgan hire a college sophomore who called himself Big Balls to reshape its entire transactional system with no oversight? Of course not. And Republican Congressmen were justifying Big Balls running the entire U.S. system
February 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
That’s a much easier assignment comparatively but you wouldn’t dare. Would JPMorgan hire a college sophomore who called himself Big Balls to reshape its entire transactional system with no oversight? Of course not. And Republican Congressmen were justifying Big Balls running the entire U.S. system
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lol these tech blowhards who are defending putting twenty something Elon suckups in charge of the entire federal government which is way more complex than any private company. Okay, bro, then why aren’t you hiring your best and brightest 24 year olds to run your large public companies?
February 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
lol these tech blowhards who are defending putting twenty something Elon suckups in charge of the entire federal government which is way more complex than any private company. Okay, bro, then why aren’t you hiring your best and brightest 24 year olds to run your large public companies?
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Listen to Secretary Pete. And remember, these are our funds. These are our courts. And these are our streets.
February 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Listen to Secretary Pete. And remember, these are our funds. These are our courts. And these are our streets.
This should be obvious. How come it isn't to these self-styled geniuses?
My controversial point to conservatives as a former tech equity analyst is that if you wouldn’t hire that 19 year old to run your public co, which is accountable to shareholders, you should absolutely not give him access to the Treasury payments system which is far more crucial to the U.S. economy
February 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This should be obvious. How come it isn't to these self-styled geniuses?
You don't say. #cybertruck
A new report estimates that Elon’s cybertrucks have 17 times the fatality rate of the infamous Ford Pinto www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Report: Elon's cybertrucks are deadlier than infamous Ford Pintos
It's just the latest reason to be skeptical of the car's safety record.
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February 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
You don't say. #cybertruck
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"It’s right to be disgusted when you see Trump demonizing immigrants and Musk praising the AfD. It’s right to be repulsed by the cruelty of their policies. It’s right to say “no”. It’s reasonable to make saying no to all that the first principle of our politics."
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-time-for...
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-time-for...
A Time for Saying No
Dreaming of a bright future is tomorrow’s task. Now is a time for opposition.
www.thebulwark.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"It’s right to be disgusted when you see Trump demonizing immigrants and Musk praising the AfD. It’s right to be repulsed by the cruelty of their policies. It’s right to say “no”. It’s reasonable to make saying no to all that the first principle of our politics."
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-time-for...
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-time-for...
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I haven't planned on recording, but now you've suggested it, I'm planning to video it!
February 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I haven't planned on recording, but now you've suggested it, I'm planning to video it!