James Vasil 🫘🏐🔵🇺🇸
@jvasil.bsky.social
Retired EE and Software Developer. VDR in several Texas counties. Unable to comprehend what has happened to our country and expecting an exodus of younger people to start soon. Volunteer at a pet shelter and enjoy playing volleyball.
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James Vasil 🫘🏐🔵🇺🇸
@jvasil.bsky.social
· Apr 19
Attention fellow adults! Let's be honest and admit that we need to #ImpeachTrump to save our country.
Reminder: No Republican Representatives would have to vote for the articles of impeachment--they can merely not show up or not vote.
And DO NOT say that we can't do this before you've even tried!
Reminder: No Republican Representatives would have to vote for the articles of impeachment--they can merely not show up or not vote.
And DO NOT say that we can't do this before you've even tried!
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Posted: Part9 of my series on a pragmatic Newer Deal Dems could offer -- to win and to save the Republic.
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A Newer Deal Part 9: Fix politics! And a (very) few people who seem to get it.
A blog about science, technology, science fiction, books, and the future.
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December 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Posted: Part9 of my series on a pragmatic Newer Deal Dems could offer -- to win and to save the Republic.
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He’s not hiding his medical records because he’s healthy, and he’s not hiding the Epstein files because he’s innocent.
This isn’t complicated.
This isn’t complicated.
December 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
He’s not hiding his medical records because he’s healthy, and he’s not hiding the Epstein files because he’s innocent.
This isn’t complicated.
This isn’t complicated.
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"I’ve spent a lot of time writing about the damage done by Trump, his politics, and his cultural movement not only to the country but to the people who support him. It’s clearer than ever to me that damage is extensive and pervasive and will outlast him by years."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
When MAGA Comes to Christmas Dinner
A glimpse of what Trump’s movement does to its supporters.
open.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"I’ve spent a lot of time writing about the damage done by Trump, his politics, and his cultural movement not only to the country but to the people who support him. It’s clearer than ever to me that damage is extensive and pervasive and will outlast him by years."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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So the President did disclose a CIA drone strike inside Venezuela.
And this does cross a red line of violating the UN Charter -- where the boat strikes on high seas had not.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
And this does cross a red line of violating the UN Charter -- where the boat strikes on high seas had not.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
So the President did disclose a CIA drone strike inside Venezuela.
And this does cross a red line of violating the UN Charter -- where the boat strikes on high seas had not.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
And this does cross a red line of violating the UN Charter -- where the boat strikes on high seas had not.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
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Right now, some in the GOP are asking whether non-MAGA conservatism has a future. @davidjolly.bsky.social says "we're seeing this inflection point" for the GOP. @walshfreedom.bsky.social argues that "there's no room in today's Republican Party for someone like" himself or Jolly. #Velshi
Inside the GOP civil war: ‘Where do traditional conservatives go’ in Trump’s party?
Less than one year since President Trump returned to office, infighting among the GOP has reached a fever pitch as many ask whether non-MAGA conservatism has a home in the party. Former GOP congressman David Jolly, now a Democratic candidate for governor of Florida, warns against “playing into the cult of personality of Trump and Trumpism.” Joe Walsh, another former GOP congressman who is now a registered Democrat, says that traditional conservatism is “not coming back in our lifetime” and that “this is a MAGA party.”
www.msnbc.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Right now, some in the GOP are asking whether non-MAGA conservatism has a future. @davidjolly.bsky.social says "we're seeing this inflection point" for the GOP. @walshfreedom.bsky.social argues that "there's no room in today's Republican Party for someone like" himself or Jolly. #Velshi
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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ICE raids appear to be 100% responsible for the current housing crunch in south Texas. Indeed, they have brought residential construction to an end.
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
December 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
ICE raids appear to be 100% responsible for the current housing crunch in south Texas. Indeed, they have brought residential construction to an end.
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Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
You almost have to feel bad for an ugly old man with no family or friends to keep him company on Christmas Day that he makes 200 crazy posts ranting about everything under the sun.
Almost.
Almost.
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post published stories about Trump writing 200 unhinged posts on Christmas Day
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Release the Jack Smith transcript.
Jack Smith is calling for the House Judiciary Committee to release the recording of his full closed-door deposition before the panel.
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
"Doing so will ensure that the American people can hear the facts directly from Mr. Smith, rather than through second-hand accounts."
December 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Release the Jack Smith transcript.
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www.texastribune.org/2025/12/17/t...
Your religion does not give you the right to endanger other people - no matter what John Roberts' Catholic SCOTUS says.
Your religion does not give you the right to endanger other people - no matter what John Roberts' Catholic SCOTUS says.
Texas measles outbreak hardened Mennonites against vaccines
Months after public health officials say they caused the nation’s largest measles surge in 30 years, some West Texas Mennonites have grown more skeptical of the mainstream medical system.
www.texastribune.org
December 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
www.texastribune.org/2025/12/17/t...
Your religion does not give you the right to endanger other people - no matter what John Roberts' Catholic SCOTUS says.
Your religion does not give you the right to endanger other people - no matter what John Roberts' Catholic SCOTUS says.
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Breaking: The Trump administration announces that they will not be complying with today’s deadline to release the full Epstein Files.
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
December 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Breaking: The Trump administration announces that they will not be complying with today’s deadline to release the full Epstein Files.
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
They insist the files will be released in the next “couple weeks.”
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🎶 The files'll come out.. 🎶
December 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
🎶 The files'll come out.. 🎶
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contrarian.substack.com/p/two-countr... comparison between Australia’s response and US non-response to gun violence shows the contrast between a functional democracy and a dysfunctional one, between one governed by a grown-up and one ruled by a self-obsessed man-child with aspirations of autocracy
Two Countries
Two responses to gun massacres
contrarian.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
contrarian.substack.com/p/two-countr... comparison between Australia’s response and US non-response to gun violence shows the contrast between a functional democracy and a dysfunctional one, between one governed by a grown-up and one ruled by a self-obsessed man-child with aspirations of autocracy
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Oof.
@governor.ca.gov's press office has a website dedicated to Trump and all his criminals.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/16/t...
@governor.ca.gov's press office has a website dedicated to Trump and all his criminals.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/16/t...
December 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Oof.
@governor.ca.gov's press office has a website dedicated to Trump and all his criminals.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/16/t...
@governor.ca.gov's press office has a website dedicated to Trump and all his criminals.
www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/16/t...
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Disrespectful and insulting.
According to Donald Trump, nursing isn't a professional degree.
The bottom line? The entire nation, including Illinois, needs more nurses — this decision makes it even harder than ever for them to get the support they need.
According to Donald Trump, nursing isn't a professional degree.
The bottom line? The entire nation, including Illinois, needs more nurses — this decision makes it even harder than ever for them to get the support they need.
Trump Administration Moves to Exclude Nursing From Professional Degrees, Set New Student Loan Limits
The proposal has drawn pushback from the nursing community, which argues the reclassification could limit students’ financial access to advanced nursing degrees.
news.wttw.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Disrespectful and insulting.
According to Donald Trump, nursing isn't a professional degree.
The bottom line? The entire nation, including Illinois, needs more nurses — this decision makes it even harder than ever for them to get the support they need.
According to Donald Trump, nursing isn't a professional degree.
The bottom line? The entire nation, including Illinois, needs more nurses — this decision makes it even harder than ever for them to get the support they need.
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Why has today’s Senate, individually and collectively, surrendered its free will, backbone, and constitutional duties? The key is Trump. lnk.thebulwark.com/48UgS3H
Worst. Senate. Ever.
Republican senators surrendered to Trump, and now they own this catastrophe.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Why has today’s Senate, individually and collectively, surrendered its free will, backbone, and constitutional duties? The key is Trump. lnk.thebulwark.com/48UgS3H
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Today I voted to advance a House impeachment resolution. This Administration has committed multiple potentially impeachable offenses.
Impeachment requires investigations, hearings, and votes—and the majority won’t even pass a healthcare bill. But accountability must come.
Impeachment requires investigations, hearings, and votes—and the majority won’t even pass a healthcare bill. But accountability must come.
December 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Today I voted to advance a House impeachment resolution. This Administration has committed multiple potentially impeachable offenses.
Impeachment requires investigations, hearings, and votes—and the majority won’t even pass a healthcare bill. But accountability must come.
Impeachment requires investigations, hearings, and votes—and the majority won’t even pass a healthcare bill. But accountability must come.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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The Q for Republicans is even simpler: what is the law that authorized the use of force against these targets?
There’s no law. It doesn’t matter if it was drugs, puppies or Trump Steaks on the boat, it was an illegal strike that murdered several people
There’s no law. It doesn’t matter if it was drugs, puppies or Trump Steaks on the boat, it was an illegal strike that murdered several people
It looks like Tom Cotton was being deceptive by saying video shows the men trying to flip boat "loaded with drugs." As I reported, Ds who saw video say no drugs were visible/boat was crippled.
Q for Rs is simple: Did you see drugs and was boat incapacitated, or no?
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Q for Rs is simple: Did you see drugs and was boat incapacitated, or no?
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Q for Republicans is even simpler: what is the law that authorized the use of force against these targets?
There’s no law. It doesn’t matter if it was drugs, puppies or Trump Steaks on the boat, it was an illegal strike that murdered several people
There’s no law. It doesn’t matter if it was drugs, puppies or Trump Steaks on the boat, it was an illegal strike that murdered several people
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Elon Musk is about to become the first trillionaire.
The reason poverty exists in the wealthiest country on earth isn't because we can't feed the poor — it's because we can't satisfy the rich.
We should tax trillionaires out of existence.
The reason poverty exists in the wealthiest country on earth isn't because we can't feed the poor — it's because we can't satisfy the rich.
We should tax trillionaires out of existence.
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Elon Musk is about to become the first trillionaire.
The reason poverty exists in the wealthiest country on earth isn't because we can't feed the poor — it's because we can't satisfy the rich.
We should tax trillionaires out of existence.
The reason poverty exists in the wealthiest country on earth isn't because we can't feed the poor — it's because we can't satisfy the rich.
We should tax trillionaires out of existence.
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Did you know Trump has added 2.2 trillion to the national debt since taking office 10 months ago?
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Did you know Trump has added 2.2 trillion to the national debt since taking office 10 months ago?
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Thanks @climateandcap.bsky.social & @blairpalese.bsky.social for listing #ScienceUnderSiege (by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly) on your list of "The best climate books to give and read over the holidays" www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/the-best-cli...
The best climate books to give and read over the holidays
Fiction and nonfiction picks (some quite uplifting) for closing out 2025
www.climateandcapitalmedia.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Thanks @climateandcap.bsky.social & @blairpalese.bsky.social for listing #ScienceUnderSiege (by @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social & yours truly) on your list of "The best climate books to give and read over the holidays" www.climateandcapitalmedia.com/the-best-cli...
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When a judge issues an order in any case, that is literally the law in that particular matter
Full stop
It can be appealed, reversed, stayed or amended-but until that happens (if it ever does), all parties MUST follow the ruling
So-Kristi Noem just admitted to contempt
There must be consequences
Full stop
It can be appealed, reversed, stayed or amended-but until that happens (if it ever does), all parties MUST follow the ruling
So-Kristi Noem just admitted to contempt
There must be consequences
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
When a judge issues an order in any case, that is literally the law in that particular matter
Full stop
It can be appealed, reversed, stayed or amended-but until that happens (if it ever does), all parties MUST follow the ruling
So-Kristi Noem just admitted to contempt
There must be consequences
Full stop
It can be appealed, reversed, stayed or amended-but until that happens (if it ever does), all parties MUST follow the ruling
So-Kristi Noem just admitted to contempt
There must be consequences