James Valdez
@jvaldez130.bsky.social
Cal Alum, Go Bears! Dodger fan, Laker fan... Lifetime student, always reading. Animal lover, adopt don't shop!
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In a timeline defined by absurd headlines, this one might actually take the cake.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-kept-g...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-kept-g...
July 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
In a timeline defined by absurd headlines, this one might actually take the cake.
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-kept-g...
www.thedailybeast.com/trump-kept-g...
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Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
July 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Every American should read this ACLU lawsuit about what is happening in Los Angeles and California. It is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. This is not immigration enforcement. It is positively stuffed with videos and articles documenting racial profiling on a scale unseen since Jim Crow.
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Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
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If you cannot honor an American hero like Jackie Robinson -- and especially if you go out of your way to attempt to ERASE him -- you are a white supremacist. That's just a simple fact.
It's high time that everyone say that in clear terms. That we call these people what they are.
It's high time that everyone say that in clear terms. That we call these people what they are.
March 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
If you cannot honor an American hero like Jackie Robinson -- and especially if you go out of your way to attempt to ERASE him -- you are a white supremacist. That's just a simple fact.
It's high time that everyone say that in clear terms. That we call these people what they are.
It's high time that everyone say that in clear terms. That we call these people what they are.
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Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
February 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Hey NYTimes — *now* you’re lighting the beacons? NOW?!? After months of “Sauron: Avatar Of Evil… Or Extreme Uniter?” thumbsucker reporting you’re screaming what we’ve known since 2015? Fuck all the way off.
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Request to progressive media/bloggers: Please do NOT use photos of #47, Musk, Miller, etc. as your featured image for every story.
We've never shared their images in our feed, nor will we.
If you write about the harm they do, then feature people they impact & who resist. Don't give hate free PR.
We've never shared their images in our feed, nor will we.
If you write about the harm they do, then feature people they impact & who resist. Don't give hate free PR.
February 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Request to progressive media/bloggers: Please do NOT use photos of #47, Musk, Miller, etc. as your featured image for every story.
We've never shared their images in our feed, nor will we.
If you write about the harm they do, then feature people they impact & who resist. Don't give hate free PR.
We've never shared their images in our feed, nor will we.
If you write about the harm they do, then feature people they impact & who resist. Don't give hate free PR.
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This is why they're attacking science and education: if you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.
February 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is why they're attacking science and education: if you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.
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At long last, Trump is delivering relief to the poor innocents who just want to commit sexual assault at our nation’s schools and colleges
Trump Orders Schools to Ease Sexual Misconduct Rules www.thedailybeast.com/trump-orders...
Trump Orders Schools to Ease Sexual Misconduct Rules
The new Title IX rules provide more protections for those accused of sexual misconduct and eliminate LGBT protections adopted under Biden.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
At long last, Trump is delivering relief to the poor innocents who just want to commit sexual assault at our nation’s schools and colleges
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I know the “imagine if a Democrat did this” is overplayed, but if a Democratic president had given George Soros access to government personnel details and Treasury payments I’m pretty sure we’d have a literal civil war.
February 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I know the “imagine if a Democrat did this” is overplayed, but if a Democratic president had given George Soros access to government personnel details and Treasury payments I’m pretty sure we’d have a literal civil war.
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The NTSB says it will no longer email news outlets or reporters with notifications of upcoming press conferences, including those on plane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
February 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The NTSB says it will no longer email news outlets or reporters with notifications of upcoming press conferences, including those on plane crashes in Washington and Philadelphia.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
Instead, all notifications will be made on X.
We're filing a FOIA to find out more about the change in policy.
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No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
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okay so what legal authority does elon musk have to commandeer the office of personnel management and access reams of sensitive data? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
okay so what legal authority does elon musk have to commandeer the office of personnel management and access reams of sensitive data? www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
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“it’s probably a black person’s fault this bad thing happened” as a reflexive explanation is just a racist statement, there’s not a level of substantiation that makes it not racist bsky.app/profile/pgou...
more like: his remarks followed his reflex to seize on occasions of public distress and fear as opportunities to deny accountability through escalating racist and partisan demagoguery
January 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“it’s probably a black person’s fault this bad thing happened” as a reflexive explanation is just a racist statement, there’s not a level of substantiation that makes it not racist bsky.app/profile/pgou...
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This is how folks sound when they talk about their city feeling less safe even though the crime data doesn’t reflect an increase. “But I just feeel like it’s worse”
Reporter: I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion that diversity had something to do with this crash?
Trump: Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t
Trump: Because I have common sense and unfortunately a lot of people don’t
January 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is how folks sound when they talk about their city feeling less safe even though the crime data doesn’t reflect an increase. “But I just feeel like it’s worse”
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More of this
January 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
More of this
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Would be helpful if we just started referring to "DEI" as what it is: nonwhite, non-Christian, and trans people existing.
I'm not gonna lie, I'm floored that a university would call off a Lunar New Year event open to everyone because it might be "DEI"
MSU college abruptly cancels Lunar New Year event, citing Trump DEI orders - The State News
MSU cancelled an annual Lunar New Year celebration following new executive orders targeting DEI and concerns from students.
statenews.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Would be helpful if we just started referring to "DEI" as what it is: nonwhite, non-Christian, and trans people existing.
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So everyone knows exactly what this is: The first Trump administration KIDNAPPED CHILDREN. The Biden admin set up a system to get these kids back to their parents. On day one after taking back the office, Trump ended that effort and plans to start the kidnapping process back up again.
January 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
So everyone knows exactly what this is: The first Trump administration KIDNAPPED CHILDREN. The Biden admin set up a system to get these kids back to their parents. On day one after taking back the office, Trump ended that effort and plans to start the kidnapping process back up again.
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BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to block the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.
An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.
January 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
BREAKING: We’re suing the Trump administration to block the president’s attempt to end birthright citizenship.
An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.
An executive order does not have the power to override the Constitution.
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Accepting Executive Orders at face value is a form of compliance in advance. Those EOs are as real as meme coins. Nothing changes until it changes. Make them fight for every EO in court— flood the zone right back with long court battles. Don't hand them an easy win— don't comply in advance.
January 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Accepting Executive Orders at face value is a form of compliance in advance. Those EOs are as real as meme coins. Nothing changes until it changes. Make them fight for every EO in court— flood the zone right back with long court battles. Don't hand them an easy win— don't comply in advance.
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I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.
January 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I’m just going to say that AOC is the acting leader of the Democratic Party until someone proves otherwise. At least insofar as she is responding to the moment with leadership.
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Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
January 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Yup, @jamellebouie.net has this exactly right. What these guys are celebrating/pursuing/yearning for is not masculine energy, it's *adolescent* energy. Drinking Red Bull, crushing Call of Duty, refusing to clean your room. It is indescribably pathetic. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...
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Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
January 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Just FYI, administrative warrants (like the ones used by ICE) are not judicial warrants (used by cops, signed by a judge).
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
You do NOT legally have to open the door for an ICE officer with an administrative warrant *no matter what the ICE officer says.*
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Oh....Snoop...
You broke my heart 💔💔
You broke my heart 💔💔
January 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Oh....Snoop...
You broke my heart 💔💔
You broke my heart 💔💔