Jeff Vandyke
@jeffvd.bsky.social
Happily married 70 year old American expat currently splitting my time between Cuenca, Ecuador, and the U.S. Retired business owner, life-long Democrat from NW Washington state.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants To Make Weather Manipulation A Felony
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
Why didn't someone think of this before, this could fix everything.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
Why didn't someone think of this before, this could fix everything.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants To Make Weather Manipulation A Felony
The Georgia Republican announced plans for a new bill following the devastating floods which swept through central Texas on Friday.
www.huffpost.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants To Make Weather Manipulation A Felony
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
Why didn't someone think of this before, this could fix everything.
www.huffpost.com/entry/marjor...
Why didn't someone think of this before, this could fix everything.
Don't believe this little cat fight betwern Musk and the orange one. It's just Musk trying to rehab his image as the royal ass kisser so we'll by his cars again.
June 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Don't believe this little cat fight betwern Musk and the orange one. It's just Musk trying to rehab his image as the royal ass kisser so we'll by his cars again.
"Weak, ineffectual, unburdened by conscience or principle, unwilling to take their own side in an argument...
Politics have changed but the Democrats haven’t – they are old and out of touch | Moira Donegan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Politics have changed but the Democrats haven’t – they are old and out of touch | Moira Donegan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Politics have changed but the Democrats haven’t – they are old and out of touch | Moira Donegan
Leading Democrats vainly hope for a return to the politics of the past – they must engage with the realities of the present
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Weak, ineffectual, unburdened by conscience or principle, unwilling to take their own side in an argument...
Politics have changed but the Democrats haven’t – they are old and out of touch | Moira Donegan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Politics have changed but the Democrats haven’t – they are old and out of touch | Moira Donegan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I have been a loyal Democrat for nearly 52 years, I've donated, I've volunteered, and I've voted straight blue with just a few exceptions for all that time. Today that ends. A political party has to have a backbone, it has to have core convictions, the party has neither.
March 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I have been a loyal Democrat for nearly 52 years, I've donated, I've volunteered, and I've voted straight blue with just a few exceptions for all that time. Today that ends. A political party has to have a backbone, it has to have core convictions, the party has neither.
The "Democratic Party", or should we rename it the "Were not Trump Party". No new ideas, no coherent philosophy and no soul. Last night they were a joke
March 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The "Democratic Party", or should we rename it the "Were not Trump Party". No new ideas, no coherent philosophy and no soul. Last night they were a joke
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Worst. Episode. EVER.
February 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Worst. Episode. EVER.
When ICE begins raiding agricultural communities in red states I'll believe he's serious. Otherwise, I still think this is all a show for MAGA
January 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
When ICE begins raiding agricultural communities in red states I'll believe he's serious. Otherwise, I still think this is all a show for MAGA
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Whoever did this, is a genius.
January 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Whoever did this, is a genius.
All this crap about the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada are just classic Trump bait and switch, pay attention to what he does not what he says. All this is just a distraction, he's about ready to rob you blind while you're laughing at invading Canada.
January 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
All this crap about the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada are just classic Trump bait and switch, pay attention to what he does not what he says. All this is just a distraction, he's about ready to rob you blind while you're laughing at invading Canada.
For all the talk here of MAGA being a cult, are we guilty of the same thing here on Bluesky? Great article from the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The Internet Is Worse Than a Brainwashing Machine
A rationale is always just a scroll or a click away.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
For all the talk here of MAGA being a cult, are we guilty of the same thing here on Bluesky? Great article from the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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Kamala Harris: You inspired us in 2024.
If Vice President Harris inspired YOU like she inspired 74,749,891 Americans, it's worth a solid "all the way re-post!"
If Vice President Harris inspired YOU like she inspired 74,749,891 Americans, it's worth a solid "all the way re-post!"
January 4, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Kamala Harris: You inspired us in 2024.
If Vice President Harris inspired YOU like she inspired 74,749,891 Americans, it's worth a solid "all the way re-post!"
If Vice President Harris inspired YOU like she inspired 74,749,891 Americans, it's worth a solid "all the way re-post!"
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John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
January 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
If there is anyone in the history of American politics that could be considered a saint, Jimmy Carter would fit that bill.
December 29, 2024 at 11:22 PM
If there is anyone in the history of American politics that could be considered a saint, Jimmy Carter would fit that bill.
(Kamala Harris)ascension itself represented the transformation of the “party of the people” into an aristocratic private club...
The left’s best defense against Trump? Ditching limousine liberalism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The left’s best defense against Trump? Ditching limousine liberalism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The left’s best defense against Trump? Ditching limousine liberalism
An effective fight against the president-elect requires a struggle that takes the frustrations of working-class voters seriously
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:18 PM
(Kamala Harris)ascension itself represented the transformation of the “party of the people” into an aristocratic private club...
The left’s best defense against Trump? Ditching limousine liberalism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The left’s best defense against Trump? Ditching limousine liberalism www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"My greatest holiday wish for the shambolic political party known as the Democrats is that they abandon the cloying institutional response to Trump that they have deployed to such little effect and instead let the people have what they say they want."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Institutional Resistance Is Futile
It’s time for the Democratic Party to abandon its staid, rules-based resistance to Trumpism and wage a fierce, moral response.
www.thenation.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:35 PM
"My greatest holiday wish for the shambolic political party known as the Democrats is that they abandon the cloying institutional response to Trump that they have deployed to such little effect and instead let the people have what they say they want."
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
I'm running out of my traditional news sources. I dropped the NYT when they became Bush's cheer squad for invading Iraq. The LA Times has lost any independence in its editorial, the Bezos Times, really. ABC is afraid of it's own shadow, MSNBC is a repetitive joke. X, name says everything.
December 17, 2024 at 10:08 PM
I'm running out of my traditional news sources. I dropped the NYT when they became Bush's cheer squad for invading Iraq. The LA Times has lost any independence in its editorial, the Bezos Times, really. ABC is afraid of it's own shadow, MSNBC is a repetitive joke. X, name says everything.
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The US. Justice system proved itself incapable of dealing with their attempted coup. Brazil, on the other hand, will convict it's ex president and all the people who tried to assist him. Who's the banana republic?
How Brazilian police say Bolsonaro plotted a coup to stay in office
Brazil’s Federal Police have formally accused former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others of plotting a coup to keep him in office.
apnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 4:58 AM
The US. Justice system proved itself incapable of dealing with their attempted coup. Brazil, on the other hand, will convict it's ex president and all the people who tried to assist him. Who's the banana republic?
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If you're not angry about RFKjr trying to kill your children or you, you're not paying attention
Annual morbidity in the 20th century, before and after vaccines:
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
Measles:
Before: 530,000, After: 47
Mumps:
Before: 160,000, After: 429
Rubella:
Before: 50,000, After: 3
Diphtheria:
Before: 20,000, After: 2
Smallpox:
Before: 30,000, After: 0
Polio:
Before: 16,000, After: 0
November 18, 2024 at 9:19 PM
If you're not angry about RFKjr trying to kill your children or you, you're not paying attention
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I hope your weekend is treating you well. Like so many of you, I canceled my subscriptions, and cut back on consuming corporate media after the election. Getting rid of the constant negativity and lies is absolutely liberating.
I'm So Glad I Ditched Corporate Media
It's liberating
www.dworkinsubstack.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I hope your weekend is treating you well. Like so many of you, I canceled my subscriptions, and cut back on consuming corporate media after the election. Getting rid of the constant negativity and lies is absolutely liberating.
If the US institutes tariffs on imports from latin America it will finally force the fence sitters down here into China's arms once and for all. No one here really trusts China, but the knife in the back from tariffs will open up a chasm. There may be no coming back from it.
November 17, 2024 at 3:10 PM
If the US institutes tariffs on imports from latin America it will finally force the fence sitters down here into China's arms once and for all. No one here really trusts China, but the knife in the back from tariffs will open up a chasm. There may be no coming back from it.
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