Laura A. Van Vleet
@lauravanvleet.bsky.social
I tweet, therefore I am insufferable
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Please, no DMs unless I know you or you ask me.
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Dear ICE: They don't let you wear a mask in your mug shot.
Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Dear ICE: They don't let you wear a mask in your mug shot.
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Scott Pelley asked me why I am speaking out where others have stayed silent.
My answer: I am worried about the future of our country. This president appears to be selling off pieces of our democracy.
My answer: I am worried about the future of our country. This president appears to be selling off pieces of our democracy.
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Scott Pelley asked me why I am speaking out where others have stayed silent.
My answer: I am worried about the future of our country. This president appears to be selling off pieces of our democracy.
My answer: I am worried about the future of our country. This president appears to be selling off pieces of our democracy.
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Beautiful stuff from Pope Leo on the power of movies. "Entering a cinema is like crossing a threshold. In the darkness and silence, vision becomes sharper, the heart opens up, and the mind becomes receptive to things not yet imagined." deadline.com/2025/11/pope...
Pope Leo XIV Talks Movies To A-List Crowd At Vatican: Read His Speech
Pope Leo XIV Talks Movies To A-List Crowd At Vatican: Read His Speech
deadline.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Beautiful stuff from Pope Leo on the power of movies. "Entering a cinema is like crossing a threshold. In the darkness and silence, vision becomes sharper, the heart opens up, and the mind becomes receptive to things not yet imagined." deadline.com/2025/11/pope...
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I would absolutely listen to a Pope Leo movie podcast
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I would absolutely listen to a Pope Leo movie podcast
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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The whole thing here: deadline.com/2025/11/pope...
Pope Leo XIV Talks Movies To A-List Crowd At Vatican: Read His Speech
Pope Leo XIV Talks Movies To A-List Crowd At Vatican: Read His Speech
deadline.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The whole thing here: deadline.com/2025/11/pope...
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The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
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This should be the standard for every museum around the world. Return the land that was stolen, too. All of it.
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. n.pr/43T2xmD
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada
The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture.
n.pr
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This should be the standard for every museum around the world. Return the land that was stolen, too. All of it.
Denying information on threats to the CITY, withholding information on the threats aren't directed toward Mamdani, but are a threat to the ENTIRE CITY. Denying life-saving information to citizens is a terrorist attack in itself!!!!! Trump is a ruthless dictator!
Politico is stirring up trouble, raising the possibility - seemingly out of the blue - that Trump could withhold a security clearance for Zohran Mamdani, denying him information on threats to the city that was quite recently the target of the worst terrorist attack in US history.
An early test of a Mamdani-Trump relationship? Security clearance.
The president has revoked security clearances as a way to punish political enemies.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Denying information on threats to the CITY, withholding information on the threats aren't directed toward Mamdani, but are a threat to the ENTIRE CITY. Denying life-saving information to citizens is a terrorist attack in itself!!!!! Trump is a ruthless dictator!
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Judge says 'missteps' in James Comey case could result in the charges against him being dismissed.
Actual quote: “a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Actual quote: “a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Judge says 'missteps' in James Comey case could result in the charges against him being dismissed
Magistrate Judge William Fitzpatrick said that the government's handling of the case raises "genuine issues of misconduct."
www.nbcnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Judge says 'missteps' in James Comey case could result in the charges against him being dismissed.
Actual quote: “a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Actual quote: “a disturbing pattern of profound investigative missteps”
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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A HUGE win for James Comey in his criminal case.
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A HUGE win for James Comey in his criminal case.
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A federal judge orders the DOJ to turnover ALL OF THE GRAND JURY MATERIALS to Comey's defense team.
About to drop a new episode walking through the details of this scathing order on my YouTube channel!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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WATCH - @tarapalmeri.bsky.social : “Hey Megyn Kelly… you want to hear the sound of one of the girls recruited from her nearby high school by Epstein? It is pedophilia. I would recommend you go listen to the audio from the police reports.”
November 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
WATCH - @tarapalmeri.bsky.social : “Hey Megyn Kelly… you want to hear the sound of one of the girls recruited from her nearby high school by Epstein? It is pedophilia. I would recommend you go listen to the audio from the police reports.”
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Noem spent over $200 million in taxpayer dollars to film videos over 2xs last year’s budget.
The money was funneled using a “no bid” contract to an unknown LLC created days earlier and is tied to the husband of her deputy at DHS.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AZPU7INIQR3C...
The money was funneled using a “no bid” contract to an unknown LLC created days earlier and is tied to the husband of her deputy at DHS.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AZPU7INIQR3C...
New report exposes massive corruption in Kristi Noem's Department of Homeland Security — MS NOW
Jen Psaki shares new bombshell reporting from Pro Publica on the unseemly ties between Department of Homeland Security insiders and companies paid hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to create vi...
apple.news
November 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Noem spent over $200 million in taxpayer dollars to film videos over 2xs last year’s budget.
The money was funneled using a “no bid” contract to an unknown LLC created days earlier and is tied to the husband of her deputy at DHS.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AZPU7INIQR3C...
The money was funneled using a “no bid” contract to an unknown LLC created days earlier and is tied to the husband of her deputy at DHS.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AZPU7INIQR3C...
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Alice Wong, an activist and author who championed the rights of people with disabilities, has died.
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
Alice Wong, an activist and author who championed the rights of people with disabilities, has died. She was 51.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Alice Wong, an activist and author who championed the rights of people with disabilities, has died.
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This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
This is so so disturbing. Trump is now pardoning January 6th rioters for unrelated crimes, just to reward them for their violence to keep him in power.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
The Republican Party is in the full time business of endorsing and incentivizing political violence. So scary.
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"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
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My first TV job was a production assistant on Jimmy Kimmel Live. I only talked to Cleto a handful of times, but he could not have been nicer. This is a very sad loss. Cherish the time you have with friends and make stuff with them if you have the chance.
#Scriptsky
youtu.be/0xlVAr6JZ9A
#Scriptsky
youtu.be/0xlVAr6JZ9A
Jimmy Kimmel Remembers His Best Friend and Bandleader Cleto Escobedo III
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My first TV job was a production assistant on Jimmy Kimmel Live. I only talked to Cleto a handful of times, but he could not have been nicer. This is a very sad loss. Cherish the time you have with friends and make stuff with them if you have the chance.
#Scriptsky
youtu.be/0xlVAr6JZ9A
#Scriptsky
youtu.be/0xlVAr6JZ9A
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Trump launches a military occupation of Charlotte, NC, to punish the city for having a Democratic governor and Democratic mayor. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Charlotte latest Democratic-run city targeted by Trump’s anti-immigration offensive
Agents were spotted making arrests across the city as the Homeland Security announced the action
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Trump launches a military occupation of Charlotte, NC, to punish the city for having a Democratic governor and Democratic mayor. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Have you seen this good news?
The #Resistance is strong in NC!
There's a lot of terrible news out there, but there are also things to be grateful for & this awesome show of resistance to #ICELawlessness in Charlotte, North Carolina is one of them.
Thank you, Charlotte!
The #Resistance is strong in NC!
There's a lot of terrible news out there, but there are also things to be grateful for & this awesome show of resistance to #ICELawlessness in Charlotte, North Carolina is one of them.
Thank you, Charlotte!
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Have you seen this good news?
The #Resistance is strong in NC!
There's a lot of terrible news out there, but there are also things to be grateful for & this awesome show of resistance to #ICELawlessness in Charlotte, North Carolina is one of them.
Thank you, Charlotte!
The #Resistance is strong in NC!
There's a lot of terrible news out there, but there are also things to be grateful for & this awesome show of resistance to #ICELawlessness in Charlotte, North Carolina is one of them.
Thank you, Charlotte!
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Charlotte is turning into Chicago in the course of a day. My husband went to work earlier this afternoon and was informed Hispanic staff were sent home due to an ICE raid around the block in which all the Hispanic employees were rounded up and arrested. Fuck ICE.
A Charlotte pastor said Border Patrol came into his church and made an arrest in front of children. They cried “a lot,” he said.
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
“We are trying to clean the property. We didn’t know this is gonna happen.”
#borderpatrol #charlotte #nc
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Charlotte is turning into Chicago in the course of a day. My husband went to work earlier this afternoon and was informed Hispanic staff were sent home due to an ICE raid around the block in which all the Hispanic employees were rounded up and arrested. Fuck ICE.