V R O O M
@vbrjao.bsky.social
Food safety lover. Dog lover. Backpacker. Kayaker. XC Skier. Seeker of adventure.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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The American government is banning regulators from other countries at the request of the richest man in the world, in a display that confirms they will punish any country not willing to sell their digital sovereignty as cheaply as the US has
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
The American government is banning regulators from other countries at the request of the richest man in the world, in a display that confirms they will punish any country not willing to sell their digital sovereignty as cheaply as the US has
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/t...
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Merry Christmas!
“Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, told the FBI in 2023 that Epstein was murdered in his jail cell because he was about to ‘name names.’ Mark Epstein, 71, who has long believed that his brother was killed, also alleged in the tip that President Trump ‘authorized’ the late sex trafficker’s murder.”
Latest Epstein files name Trump multiple times
In the more than 10,000 files released Tuesday, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, said the sex trafficker was killed because he was going to name co-conspirators.
www.miamiherald.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Merry Christmas!
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"The hospital was understaffed, and people in the camp were so anemic that they couldn’t get enough blood donations. [Dr.] Otieno had twice donated himself while he was midsurgery in order to save a pregnant woman’s life."
@annamaria.bsky.social on the real-world damage done by Trump's aid cuts:
@annamaria.bsky.social on the real-world damage done by Trump's aid cuts:
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"The hospital was understaffed, and people in the camp were so anemic that they couldn’t get enough blood donations. [Dr.] Otieno had twice donated himself while he was midsurgery in order to save a pregnant woman’s life."
@annamaria.bsky.social on the real-world damage done by Trump's aid cuts:
@annamaria.bsky.social on the real-world damage done by Trump's aid cuts:
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".. when all the white collar jobs are going away pretty damn quick .."
Peter Navarro: "In an age of AI when all the white collar jobs are going away pretty damn quick, I think maybe it's a good time for people to think about having good blue collar jobs ... give tariffs a chance, because they're working"
December 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
".. when all the white collar jobs are going away pretty damn quick .."
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“We couldn’t report on the sinking of the Titanic until we spoke to Captain Smith.”
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“We couldn’t report on the sinking of the Titanic until we spoke to Captain Smith.”
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The @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have done a great job on Epstein. My only suggestion to them, and to their colleagues, is that they say, instead of “we need transparency,” “we need the truth.” “We need the truth” is simple, kind of catchy…and true.
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The @oversightdemocrats.house.gov have done a great job on Epstein. My only suggestion to them, and to their colleagues, is that they say, instead of “we need transparency,” “we need the truth.” “We need the truth” is simple, kind of catchy…and true.
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TRUMP: “Inflation was 9% when I took office”
REALITY: It was 9% in 2022 when it was up across the world — down to 3% when Trump took office… and it’s still 3%
REALITY: It was 9% in 2022 when it was up across the world — down to 3% when Trump took office… and it’s still 3%
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
TRUMP: “Inflation was 9% when I took office”
REALITY: It was 9% in 2022 when it was up across the world — down to 3% when Trump took office… and it’s still 3%
REALITY: It was 9% in 2022 when it was up across the world — down to 3% when Trump took office… and it’s still 3%
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“Cassandras are not reasoning on the basis of fear; rather, their reasoning has led to a conclusion that is frightening. Indeed, I would say being a clear, critical thinker is the first of the things that make someone more likely to have “got it” early.”
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Call them the Cassandras: the people—mostly not white and male—who smelled the fascism all over Trump from jump street. Why were they “alarmists,” and how did “anti-alarmism” become cool?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Cassandras are not reasoning on the basis of fear; rather, their reasoning has led to a conclusion that is frightening. Indeed, I would say being a clear, critical thinker is the first of the things that make someone more likely to have “got it” early.”
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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This is step 5 on the Republican's 7 step plan to destroy National Parks: wessiler.substack.com/p/new-mike-l...
New Mike Lee Amendment Could ‘End The National Park Service’
Utah Senator at it again with new budget amendment
wessiler.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This is step 5 on the Republican's 7 step plan to destroy National Parks: wessiler.substack.com/p/new-mike-l...
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The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.
ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.
Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
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The Trump administration said it was breaking up one of the world’s preeminent earth and atmospheric research institutions — a move some state officials and scientists called an assault on science and education.
Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center
Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “clima...
wapo.st
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Trump administration said it was breaking up one of the world’s preeminent earth and atmospheric research institutions — a move some state officials and scientists called an assault on science and education.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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This guy disarming the terrorist at Bondi Beach, Australia, can only be described as hero.
December 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This guy disarming the terrorist at Bondi Beach, Australia, can only be described as hero.
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Insane before and after photos of the South Fork Stillaguamish River near Granite Falls, Washington:
📸AccuWeather
📸AccuWeather
December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Insane before and after photos of the South Fork Stillaguamish River near Granite Falls, Washington:
📸AccuWeather
📸AccuWeather
Imagine the awesome power of all of us each doing small things to save our democracy - don’t get trapped in defeatism.
Your impact might only be your neighbor, but the first ripple is always small.
Your impact might only be your neighbor, but the first ripple is always small.
December 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Imagine the awesome power of all of us each doing small things to save our democracy - don’t get trapped in defeatism.
Your impact might only be your neighbor, but the first ripple is always small.
Your impact might only be your neighbor, but the first ripple is always small.
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Measles has a secret. Some unknown percentage of measles cases get SSPE years later. Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis is a horrifying, 100% fatal brain disease characterized by personality changes, seizures, cognitive decline, with eventual paralysis, coma, and death.
Don't gamble with SSPE.
Don't gamble with SSPE.
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Measles has a secret. Some unknown percentage of measles cases get SSPE years later. Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis is a horrifying, 100% fatal brain disease characterized by personality changes, seizures, cognitive decline, with eventual paralysis, coma, and death.
Don't gamble with SSPE.
Don't gamble with SSPE.
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Earlier this year, JD Vance told us that Donald Trump was “the most pro-family, most pro-life American president of our lifetimes.” Yeah, about that. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Earlier this year, JD Vance told us that Donald Trump was “the most pro-family, most pro-life American president of our lifetimes.” Yeah, about that. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
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Lawless, criminal behavior
December 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Lawless, criminal behavior
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NEW: @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom just deployed @caloes.bsky.social fire and rescue resources — including 150 personnel — to Washington state to support flood response efforts.
Breaking News: More than 100,000 people in Washington state were told to leave their homes after heavy rain pushed waterways to record levels, creating potentially deadly conditions.
100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise
Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents as they urged them to seek higher ground.
nyti.ms
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
NEW: @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom just deployed @caloes.bsky.social fire and rescue resources — including 150 personnel — to Washington state to support flood response efforts.
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Here's what happened on the Senate floor today: Republicans voted to kill our bill to save the ACA tax credits—this was our last chance.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
December 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Here's what happened on the Senate floor today: Republicans voted to kill our bill to save the ACA tax credits—this was our last chance.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
Then they held a sham vote on a GOP bill that does NOTHING to lower health care premiums.
Make sure everyone knows it.
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Unlike Supreme Court Justices, the rest of the fed’l judiciary is governed by canons of ethics. Among other things, they’re not supposed to attend political events & should avoid even an appearance of impropriety. joycevance.substack.com/p/judicial-e...
Judicial Ethics
Yesterday, Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Emil Bove attended an event where Donald Trump spoke.
joycevance.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Unlike Supreme Court Justices, the rest of the fed’l judiciary is governed by canons of ethics. Among other things, they’re not supposed to attend political events & should avoid even an appearance of impropriety. joycevance.substack.com/p/judicial-e...
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As a Quaker organization, we abhor all violence because we believe every person has sacred worth.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.
What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As a Quaker organization, we abhor all violence because we believe every person has sacred worth.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.