VAfrmMD
@vafrommd.bsky.social
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"The time has come,' the Walrus said, To talk of many things:
Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax -Of cabbages — and kings —" Dodgson
"The time has come,' the Walrus said, To talk of many things:
Of shoes — and ships — and sealing-wax -Of cabbages — and kings —" Dodgson
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VAfrmMD
@vafrommd.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Veterans’ View 11 Nov 2025. Flags still at half mast for the last Dick who sold Angry Amorons a bill of goods; “Weapons of Mass Destruction” b4 Invading Iraq
US Destroyers off Venezuela ain’t there because of any DRUGS
Venezuela’s Chavez seized Exxon.Mobil.Conoco.Phillips et al’s
OIL RESERVES 2007.
US Destroyers off Venezuela ain’t there because of any DRUGS
Venezuela’s Chavez seized Exxon.Mobil.Conoco.Phillips et al’s
OIL RESERVES 2007.
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SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “We have to pray not only with our lips but with our actions… Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade, without doing all we can to stop it, is broken and in need of moral repair.”
December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
SENATOR @warnock.senate.gov : “We have to pray not only with our lips but with our actions… Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade, without doing all we can to stop it, is broken and in need of moral repair.”
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We're sitting Shiva tonight for Rob Reiner at 9PM. Join @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social , @sonnybunch.bsky.social , @richardrushfield.bsky.social, @daveweigel.bsky.social to talk his movies and more.
Watch on:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/iBofLeW...
Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Watch on:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/iBofLeW...
Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Remembering The Best of Rob Reiner (w/ Sonny Bunch, Bill Kristol, David Weigel & Richard Rushfield)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We're sitting Shiva tonight for Rob Reiner at 9PM. Join @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social , @sonnybunch.bsky.social , @richardrushfield.bsky.social, @daveweigel.bsky.social to talk his movies and more.
Watch on:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/iBofLeW...
Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Watch on:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/iBofLeW...
Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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#Resistance 12 DAZE of CHRISTMAS is ONLY ABOUT PEOPLE #BOYCOTTxma$$ [unless you have tots Santa loves]
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
#Resistance 12 DAZE of CHRISTMAS is ONLY ABOUT PEOPLE #BOYCOTTxma$$ [unless you have tots Santa loves]
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UNSC Resolution 2803 and the International Stabilization Force that it establishes rest on shaky legal grounds, write Samiksha Mukherjee and Sanmay Moitra.
It also fails to effectively advance either Israeli security or Palestinian self-determination.
www.justsecurity.org/125993/resol...
It also fails to effectively advance either Israeli security or Palestinian self-determination.
www.justsecurity.org/125993/resol...
Analysis: Resolution 2803 and the International Stabilization Force
The UNSC's Resolution 2803 authorizes a Gaza stabilization force, but its legality, impartiality, and strategic viability remain in doubt.
www.justsecurity.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
UNSC Resolution 2803 and the International Stabilization Force that it establishes rest on shaky legal grounds, write Samiksha Mukherjee and Sanmay Moitra.
It also fails to effectively advance either Israeli security or Palestinian self-determination.
www.justsecurity.org/125993/resol...
It also fails to effectively advance either Israeli security or Palestinian self-determination.
www.justsecurity.org/125993/resol...
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Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
See here for the full tracker: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
See here for the full tracker: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
December 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
See here for the full tracker: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
See here for the full tracker: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
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Trump's not the 1st Republican POTUS to try to destabilize Venezuela's government.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/b...
Trump is threatening to attack a country with more oil than Iraq | CNN Business
The United States appears ready for war with Venezuela, a prospect that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this weekend attributed to America’s desire to control the country’s vast oil reserves.
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Trump's not the 1st Republican POTUS to try to destabilize Venezuela's government.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/02/b...
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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Eileen Higgins blows it out in Miami, wins 59%-40%!!!! In the last 2 years Dems have flipped Florida’s two largest cities, Jacksonville and Miami. Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
Eileen Higgins Blows It Out In Miami, Wins 59%-40%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Eileen Higgins blows it out in Miami, wins 59%-40%!!!! In the last 2 years Dems have flipped Florida’s two largest cities, Jacksonville and Miami. Great work everyone!
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/eileen-hig...
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Pete Hegseth in 2016: “If you’re doing something that’s just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that. That’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief.”
December 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Pete Hegseth in 2016: “If you’re doing something that’s just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that. That’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief.”
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Another Democrat win in a special election in Miami, Florida Mayor race.
youtu.be/ioeAbbB5we8?...
youtu.be/ioeAbbB5we8?...
BREAKING: Democrats flip LONGTIME Republican seat
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
youtu.be
December 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Another Democrat win in a special election in Miami, Florida Mayor race.
youtu.be/ioeAbbB5we8?...
youtu.be/ioeAbbB5we8?...
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🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"The founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants [Trump Administration], however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one," [Judge] Breyer said.
US judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Los Angeles - www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
US judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Los Angeles - www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
US judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Los Angeles
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles and ordered them returned to the control of the state's governor.
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"The founders designed our government to be a system of checks and balances. Defendants [Trump Administration], however, make clear that the only check they want is a blank one," [Judge] Breyer said.
US judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Los Angeles - www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
US judge blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Los Angeles - www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
Minor peeve bsky.app users let's be specific and accurate.
i.e., definition of MODEL [Oxford Dictionary]:
1. a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.
[In other words, a "model" is not a 2-dimensional GRAPH
i.e., definition of MODEL [Oxford Dictionary]:
1. a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.
[In other words, a "model" is not a 2-dimensional GRAPH
Bluesky
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December 10, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Minor peeve bsky.app users let's be specific and accurate.
i.e., definition of MODEL [Oxford Dictionary]:
1. a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.
[In other words, a "model" is not a 2-dimensional GRAPH
i.e., definition of MODEL [Oxford Dictionary]:
1. a three-dimensional representation of a person or thing or of a proposed structure, typically on a smaller scale than the original.
[In other words, a "model" is not a 2-dimensional GRAPH
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On Tuesday morning I am arguing an important campaign finance case in the Supreme Court. I will be off line until that is over. In the meantime, stay informed about what else is happening to democracy in court by following @democracydocket.com and visiting www.democracydocket.com
Be back soon!
Be back soon!
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
On Tuesday morning I am arguing an important campaign finance case in the Supreme Court. I will be off line until that is over. In the meantime, stay informed about what else is happening to democracy in court by following @democracydocket.com and visiting www.democracydocket.com
Be back soon!
Be back soon!
David Brooks appears to share Marjorie Taylor Greene’s desire to remedy damage done by staunch allegiance to Republicans, which for many years has been a far cry from Lincoln’s Grand Old Party. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
David Brooks appears to share Marjorie Taylor Greene’s desire to remedy damage done by staunch allegiance to Republicans, which for many years has been a far cry from Lincoln’s Grand Old Party. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
sheesh—“IndiGo, which has 65% of the domestic market, has apologised after cancelling more than 2,000 flights as it failed to plan in time for stricter rules governing pilot rest, leading to crew shortages
www.reuters.com/world/india/...
www.reuters.com/world/india/...
Where's my bag? India's IndiGo battles passenger fury over luggage lost in chaos
India's IndiGo is battling growing passenger fury over delays in finding and delivering thousands of stranded bags, with social media flooded with photos of luggage piling up at airports after last we...
www.reuters.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
sheesh—“IndiGo, which has 65% of the domestic market, has apologised after cancelling more than 2,000 flights as it failed to plan in time for stricter rules governing pilot rest, leading to crew shortages
www.reuters.com/world/india/...
www.reuters.com/world/india/...
China’s trade surplus hit $1 trillion November 2025 due to increased exports to Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia—
China’s exports to US dropped by almost one third compared to November 2024.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
China’s exports to US dropped by almost one third compared to November 2024.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
China trade surplus tops $1 trillion for first time on non-US growth
China's trade surplus topped $1 trillion for the first time as manufacturers seeking to avoid President Donald Trump's tariffs shipped more to non-U.S. markets in November, with exports to Europe, Aus...
www.reuters.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
China’s trade surplus hit $1 trillion November 2025 due to increased exports to Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia—
China’s exports to US dropped by almost one third compared to November 2024.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
China’s exports to US dropped by almost one third compared to November 2024.
www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Americans. We beat king twice before We’ll do it again
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Americans. We beat king twice before We’ll do it again
Supreme Court poised to ditch bedrock legal doctrine "stare decisis," Latin for "to stand by things decided,"
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Supreme Court may be poised to ditch more of its precedents
How much allegiance do conservative justices owe to legal precedents set years ago?
www.reuters.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Supreme Court poised to ditch bedrock legal doctrine "stare decisis," Latin for "to stand by things decided,"
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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Trump voters, and all Americans, said NO to endless wars like Iraq and Afghanistan. We demand our leaders stop plunging us into new, boundless conflicts now.
Write, call, post, and make sure to tell electeds: #NoNewForeverWars
And please follow & support @votevets.org!
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youtu.be/obBbBNfU_Pg?...
Write, call, post, and make sure to tell electeds: #NoNewForeverWars
And please follow & support @votevets.org!
💙🇺🇸
youtu.be/obBbBNfU_Pg?...
Forever War - VoteVets
YouTube video by VoteVets
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM