MVee
@mvee5.bsky.social
I’m the MVee of everything “ish.” Sourdough makes sense. We’re all Outlanders.
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Here's the proof: Republicans are only looking out for their millionaire and billionaire friends – and they're willing to gamble with your lives to pay them off.
July 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Here's the proof: Republicans are only looking out for their millionaire and billionaire friends – and they're willing to gamble with your lives to pay them off.
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The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
June 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
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“Either cowed by — or under the drunken influence of — MAGA authoritarianism and threats, the GOP is no longer a functioning political party. It is a cult of personality and power redolent of the Europe of the 1930s.” www.democracydocket.com/opinion/no-n...
No Surrender: The Boss is showing how to stand up to Trump
Read More here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“Either cowed by — or under the drunken influence of — MAGA authoritarianism and threats, the GOP is no longer a functioning political party. It is a cult of personality and power redolent of the Europe of the 1930s.” www.democracydocket.com/opinion/no-n...
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“Donald Trump hates me because I fight hard, and I fight for free and fair elections. I insist on fighting for democracy in court, fighting for voting rights in court, and insist on telling the truth about what the outcome of the 2020 election was,” says lawyer Marc Elias. cbsn.ws/43btfGV
May 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Donald Trump hates me because I fight hard, and I fight for free and fair elections. I insist on fighting for democracy in court, fighting for voting rights in court, and insist on telling the truth about what the outcome of the 2020 election was,” says lawyer Marc Elias. cbsn.ws/43btfGV
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Aaron, Acyn and a few others are irreplaceable in terms of clipping relevant political segments for the rest of us.
How they don’t all need therapy is beyond me. It would drive me loco to do what they do everyday.
How they don’t all need therapy is beyond me. It would drive me loco to do what they do everyday.
The Washington Post is out with a nice profile of my friend @acyn.bsky.social
The 40-something single dad shaping liberal media from his laptop
Acyn Torabi dominates social media with fast-cut clips of political mayhem. Are they news, or something else?
wapo.st
April 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Aaron, Acyn and a few others are irreplaceable in terms of clipping relevant political segments for the rest of us.
How they don’t all need therapy is beyond me. It would drive me loco to do what they do everyday.
How they don’t all need therapy is beyond me. It would drive me loco to do what they do everyday.
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The Washington Post is out with a nice profile of my friend @acyn.bsky.social
The 40-something single dad shaping liberal media from his laptop
Acyn Torabi dominates social media with fast-cut clips of political mayhem. Are they news, or something else?
wapo.st
April 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Washington Post is out with a nice profile of my friend @acyn.bsky.social
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From a republic to an autocracy.
Star Spangled Banner: "And this be our motto--'In God [i.e., not in any one man and not even in any collective of human beings] is our trust.'"
Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt yesterday: "Trust in President Trump. He knows what he's doing."
Star Spangled Banner: "And this be our motto--'In God [i.e., not in any one man and not even in any collective of human beings] is our trust.'"
Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt yesterday: "Trust in President Trump. He knows what he's doing."
April 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
From a republic to an autocracy.
Star Spangled Banner: "And this be our motto--'In God [i.e., not in any one man and not even in any collective of human beings] is our trust.'"
Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt yesterday: "Trust in President Trump. He knows what he's doing."
Star Spangled Banner: "And this be our motto--'In God [i.e., not in any one man and not even in any collective of human beings] is our trust.'"
Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt yesterday: "Trust in President Trump. He knows what he's doing."
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Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
SCOOP: The Social Security Administration (SSA) will be shifting its public communication exclusively to X, sources tell WIRED. This comes as agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent.
The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X
The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.
www.wired.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Right, because Grandma is on X.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
This is corruption, plain and simple.
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The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
April 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The President’s unprecedented Executive Order yesterday targeting Messrs. Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for nothing but the exercise of their First Amendment rights is the President’s most constitutionally corrupt Executive Order to date.
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After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
April 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
After getting some rest, I am in awe of everyone who continues to lift their voice and speak out. This is a moment for our country, and we must make a choice about the America we want to be.
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Let us pledge today to recommit ourselves to ensuring that every person feels safe, respected, and free to be their authentic self. In a world that too often tests our compassion, choose to be an ally. It is the measure of our humanity and our decency. 🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Let us pledge today to recommit ourselves to ensuring that every person feels safe, respected, and free to be their authentic self. In a world that too often tests our compassion, choose to be an ally. It is the measure of our humanity and our decency. 🏳️⚧️
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Delaying a bad plan — which effectively denies people their Social Security — is insufficient.
Elon Musk's DOGE must take their hands off Social Security.
Keep the pressure on Republicans in Congress and Donald Trump to reverse these cuts.
YOUR voice makes a difference.
Elon Musk's DOGE must take their hands off Social Security.
Keep the pressure on Republicans in Congress and Donald Trump to reverse these cuts.
YOUR voice makes a difference.
Social Security Administration Walks Back Service Cuts After Furious Pushback
Advocates and retirees blasted changes announced by the acting SSA commissioner, which one group said could “ultimately collapse the system.”
www.thedailybeast.com
March 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Delaying a bad plan — which effectively denies people their Social Security — is insufficient.
Elon Musk's DOGE must take their hands off Social Security.
Keep the pressure on Republicans in Congress and Donald Trump to reverse these cuts.
YOUR voice makes a difference.
Elon Musk's DOGE must take their hands off Social Security.
Keep the pressure on Republicans in Congress and Donald Trump to reverse these cuts.
YOUR voice makes a difference.
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“A mack-truck-sized breach”: @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social discusses being accidentally added to a Trump administration group chat planning military strikes.
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
A Conversation With Jeffrey Goldberg About His Extraordinary Scoop
How The Atlantic’s editor in chief found himself in a group chat with Trump-administration officials who were planning an attack on Yemen
theatln.tc
March 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“A mack-truck-sized breach”: @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social discusses being accidentally added to a Trump administration group chat planning military strikes.
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
Read more in The Atlantic Daily: theatln.tc/0VASTR78
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Every American has the right to know what DOGE is doing with their personal information. I submitted a Privacy Act request to DOGE, demanding they tell me why they have my Social Security number and direct deposit information.
DOGE and the Privacy Act
raskin.house.gov
March 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Every American has the right to know what DOGE is doing with their personal information. I submitted a Privacy Act request to DOGE, demanding they tell me why they have my Social Security number and direct deposit information.
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Donald Trump and Elon Musk turned the White House into a Tesla dealership.
Is that where you want your taxpayer dollars going? Nope.
I'm pushing for an ethics investigation.
Is that where you want your taxpayer dollars going? Nope.
I'm pushing for an ethics investigation.
Warren Calls for Ethics Probe Into Tesla White House Event
A group of Democratic senators led by Elizabeth Warren is calling for an ethics investigation into a White House event promoting Tesla Inc.
www.bloomberg.com
March 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Donald Trump and Elon Musk turned the White House into a Tesla dealership.
Is that where you want your taxpayer dollars going? Nope.
I'm pushing for an ethics investigation.
Is that where you want your taxpayer dollars going? Nope.
I'm pushing for an ethics investigation.
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Trump is defying court orders and abusing wartime powers to deport people with no due process.
He's using the law that put Italian, German, and Japanese immigrants in detention camps during World War II.
We are not at war. Donald Trump is not a king. He is not above the law.
He's using the law that put Italian, German, and Japanese immigrants in detention camps during World War II.
We are not at war. Donald Trump is not a king. He is not above the law.
The Alien Enemies Act: What To Know About A 1798 Law That Trump Has Invoked For Deportations
President Donald Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself sweeping powers.
www.huffpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump is defying court orders and abusing wartime powers to deport people with no due process.
He's using the law that put Italian, German, and Japanese immigrants in detention camps during World War II.
We are not at war. Donald Trump is not a king. He is not above the law.
He's using the law that put Italian, German, and Japanese immigrants in detention camps during World War II.
We are not at war. Donald Trump is not a king. He is not above the law.
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No kings.
March 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
No kings.
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Today Donald Trump attacked me by name in a speech at the Department of Justice. Of course I am worried, but courage comes from acting in spite of being worried. I have made my choice: I will continue to speak out, I will continue to litigate, I will continue to stand tall.
I will never bow down.
I will never bow down.
March 14, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Today Donald Trump attacked me by name in a speech at the Department of Justice. Of course I am worried, but courage comes from acting in spite of being worried. I have made my choice: I will continue to speak out, I will continue to litigate, I will continue to stand tall.
I will never bow down.
I will never bow down.
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Pelosi is AGAINST the Republican CR. She says “Listen to the women.” pelosi.house.gov/news/press-r...
Pelosi Statement on the Government Funding Bill in the Senate
San Francisco – Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on the government funding bill under consideration in the Senate:
pelosi.house.gov
March 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Pelosi is AGAINST the Republican CR. She says “Listen to the women.” pelosi.house.gov/news/press-r...
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Senate Democrats: Listen to the Bern🔥
Yes, a shutdown will have consequences.
But a Republican President, Republican House, & Republican Senate will be responsible.
They have acted in a unilateral & unprecedented way.
Democrats can’t cave.
Fight back.
#HoldTheLine
@sanders.senate.gov
Yes, a shutdown will have consequences.
But a Republican President, Republican House, & Republican Senate will be responsible.
They have acted in a unilateral & unprecedented way.
Democrats can’t cave.
Fight back.
#HoldTheLine
@sanders.senate.gov
March 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Senate Democrats: Listen to the Bern🔥
Yes, a shutdown will have consequences.
But a Republican President, Republican House, & Republican Senate will be responsible.
They have acted in a unilateral & unprecedented way.
Democrats can’t cave.
Fight back.
#HoldTheLine
@sanders.senate.gov
Yes, a shutdown will have consequences.
But a Republican President, Republican House, & Republican Senate will be responsible.
They have acted in a unilateral & unprecedented way.
Democrats can’t cave.
Fight back.
#HoldTheLine
@sanders.senate.gov
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I'm voting NO on the Republican shutdown bill.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
March 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I'm voting NO on the Republican shutdown bill.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
NO on handing Donald Trump and Elon Musk a blank check to spend your taxpayer money however they want.
NO on cutting funding that helps families put food on the table and crack down on wealthy tax cheats.
We need to push back.
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We need to save our health care.
I voted NO on RFK Jr.
I will vote NO on FDA Commissioner.
I will vote NO on NIH Director.
I will vote NO on all of Trump's nominees.
And I will vote NO on a funding bill that is nothing more than a giveaway to Elon Musk and Republicans.
I voted NO on RFK Jr.
I will vote NO on FDA Commissioner.
I will vote NO on NIH Director.
I will vote NO on all of Trump's nominees.
And I will vote NO on a funding bill that is nothing more than a giveaway to Elon Musk and Republicans.
March 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
We need to save our health care.
I voted NO on RFK Jr.
I will vote NO on FDA Commissioner.
I will vote NO on NIH Director.
I will vote NO on all of Trump's nominees.
And I will vote NO on a funding bill that is nothing more than a giveaway to Elon Musk and Republicans.
I voted NO on RFK Jr.
I will vote NO on FDA Commissioner.
I will vote NO on NIH Director.
I will vote NO on all of Trump's nominees.
And I will vote NO on a funding bill that is nothing more than a giveaway to Elon Musk and Republicans.
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Rep. Bill Keating, of Massachusetts, called Republican Chairman Keith Self "out of order" and questioned Self's sense of decency after the chair repeatedly misgendered the first openly transgender member of the House at a hearing.
'Have you no decency?': Keating calls out GOP lawmaker for misgendering trans colleague
Rep. Bill Keating, of Massachusetts, called Republican Chairman Keith Self "out of order" and questioned Self's sense of decency after the chair repeatedly misgendered the first openly transgender mem...
www.wbur.org
March 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Rep. Bill Keating, of Massachusetts, called Republican Chairman Keith Self "out of order" and questioned Self's sense of decency after the chair repeatedly misgendered the first openly transgender member of the House at a hearing.
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here's the incredible interview that @chrislhayes.bsky.social did tonight with the woman who was just fired as the pardon attorney at DOJ, liz oyer.
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
'So frightening': DOJ official fired over Mel Gibson gun rights request speaks out
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
here's the incredible interview that @chrislhayes.bsky.social did tonight with the woman who was just fired as the pardon attorney at DOJ, liz oyer.
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
really, really, really worth watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnqv...
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Good for Bill Keating, who calls out a transphobic colleague, Keith Self, for insisting on referring to Sarah McBride as a man. “Mr. Chairman, have you no decency? I mean, I’ve come to know you a little bit, but this is not decent.” www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
March 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Good for Bill Keating, who calls out a transphobic colleague, Keith Self, for insisting on referring to Sarah McBride as a man. “Mr. Chairman, have you no decency? I mean, I’ve come to know you a little bit, but this is not decent.” www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...