VG Witmer
@vgtw.bsky.social
91, Democrat, marched against Vietnam War; teacher, musician, linguist; Fulbright scholar, Paris. Lived on a small boat in France for 10 years, including Iraq debacle. Politics always, family history. As a child was involved in the “war effort” of WWII.
@jonlemire.bsky.social Putin victory! Got US in a “sphere” war while he finishes off Ukraine (he thinks). Are we capable of two-front war in the mess were in?
December 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
@jonlemire.bsky.social Putin victory! Got US in a “sphere” war while he finishes off Ukraine (he thinks). Are we capable of two-front war in the mess were in?
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The Right’s attack on daycare isn’t just racist (re: blaming “Somali fraud” even in cities where there are few Somalis and no indication of fraud)—it’s also anti-woman.
By attacking daycare they are absolutely implying women should be at home taking care of their children instead of having careers.
By attacking daycare they are absolutely implying women should be at home taking care of their children instead of having careers.
Trump guys are about to Comet Pizza every third daycare center because they think they are all fronts for Somali money laundering. They're only doing this near cities with progressive mayors. This is straight up Government by LibsOfTikTok.
December 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The Right’s attack on daycare isn’t just racist (re: blaming “Somali fraud” even in cities where there are few Somalis and no indication of fraud)—it’s also anti-woman.
By attacking daycare they are absolutely implying women should be at home taking care of their children instead of having careers.
By attacking daycare they are absolutely implying women should be at home taking care of their children instead of having careers.
@nicollewallace.bsky.social Listened while baking 1st batch of cookies. Only writing GOTV postcards, but small bow to the season. Thank you for a masterful (mistressful?) 2 hours. Marc Elias discussion was best, but all had a verve much needed as a springboard to January. Thank you. (91 Chicago ICE)
December 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
@nicollewallace.bsky.social Listened while baking 1st batch of cookies. Only writing GOTV postcards, but small bow to the season. Thank you for a masterful (mistressful?) 2 hours. Marc Elias discussion was best, but all had a verve much needed as a springboard to January. Thank you. (91 Chicago ICE)
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Nothing to see here. This is definitely a normal post that perfectly demonstrates appropriate behavior for a man with grave responsibilities to the nation and absolutely, positively does not show psychological derangement and incapacity to serve as president under section 4 of the 25th Amendment.
December 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Nothing to see here. This is definitely a normal post that perfectly demonstrates appropriate behavior for a man with grave responsibilities to the nation and absolutely, positively does not show psychological derangement and incapacity to serve as president under section 4 of the 25th Amendment.
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Don’t know who needs to hear this but “taking back control” from a Union you’re a member of, with full voting rights, to hand it to an American lunatic you bent over backwards to flatter yet he publicly humiliates you, is not taking back control at all, it’s relinquishing it.
White House demands British supermarkets stock chlorinated chicken
White House pushing Sir Keir Starmer to make concessions on food standards
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Don’t know who needs to hear this but “taking back control” from a Union you’re a member of, with full voting rights, to hand it to an American lunatic you bent over backwards to flatter yet he publicly humiliates you, is not taking back control at all, it’s relinquishing it.
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Daily consumers of bottled water ingest over 90,000 more microplastic particles than people who drink tap water.
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
Bottled water drinkers ingest 90,000 more microplastic particles each year
New review finds people who drink tap water ingest only about 4,000 microplastic particles a year
www.independent.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Daily consumers of bottled water ingest over 90,000 more microplastic particles than people who drink tap water.
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
There are no warnings on bottles.
Either companies do not test their products, or conceal the harms to boost profits and exec pay.
What do regulators do?
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SHITLER'S everexpanding LABYRINTH OF LIES.
December 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
SHITLER'S everexpanding LABYRINTH OF LIES.
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MTG tells the Times that when she threatened to expose the men who abused Epstein’s victims, Trump called to scream at her.
“My friends will get hurt,” he said.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone, but it’s still shocking to read.
Maybe don’t be friends with pedos, just saying
“My friends will get hurt,” he said.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone, but it’s still shocking to read.
Maybe don’t be friends with pedos, just saying
December 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
MTG tells the Times that when she threatened to expose the men who abused Epstein’s victims, Trump called to scream at her.
“My friends will get hurt,” he said.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone, but it’s still shocking to read.
Maybe don’t be friends with pedos, just saying
“My friends will get hurt,” he said.
This shouldn’t surprise anyone, but it’s still shocking to read.
Maybe don’t be friends with pedos, just saying
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Trump threatens to sue the fed chair and I can’t find the story in the WSJ or the NYT.
The radical has now been completely normalized.
FTR, we reported it yesterday on Cnbc.
Pres. Trump: Considering bringing lawsuit against Fed Chair Powell for 'gross incompetence' www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
The radical has now been completely normalized.
FTR, we reported it yesterday on Cnbc.
Pres. Trump: Considering bringing lawsuit against Fed Chair Powell for 'gross incompetence' www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
Pres. Trump: Considering bringing lawsuit against Fed Chair Powell for 'gross incompetence'
CNBC's Eamon Javers joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk breaking news out of the White House.
www.cnbc.com
December 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Trump threatens to sue the fed chair and I can’t find the story in the WSJ or the NYT.
The radical has now been completely normalized.
FTR, we reported it yesterday on Cnbc.
Pres. Trump: Considering bringing lawsuit against Fed Chair Powell for 'gross incompetence' www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
The radical has now been completely normalized.
FTR, we reported it yesterday on Cnbc.
Pres. Trump: Considering bringing lawsuit against Fed Chair Powell for 'gross incompetence' www.cnbc.com/video/2025/1...
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Trump told you to elect him so he can release the Epstein files. Since his election, he has spent a full year covering them up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oibZ76Td6pg&list=PLmHDGpDOjacoTxbrY068uPDU6lYhubjg4&index=17
The Cover-up
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Trump told you to elect him so he can release the Epstein files. Since his election, he has spent a full year covering them up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oibZ76Td6pg&list=PLmHDGpDOjacoTxbrY068uPDU6lYhubjg4&index=17
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Donald Trump is pressuring Ukraine to surrender on behalf of Russia. Anything else is a lie.
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Donald Trump is pressuring Ukraine to surrender on behalf of Russia. Anything else is a lie.
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I couldn't believe the hospital (a university medical center) would ask every surgery patient to sit or stand in an overcrowded small waiting room when I dropped her off for brain surgery a few months ago. They did not even provide masks.
December 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I couldn't believe the hospital (a university medical center) would ask every surgery patient to sit or stand in an overcrowded small waiting room when I dropped her off for brain surgery a few months ago. They did not even provide masks.
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A federal judge rules that the federal government is allowed to share basic information about Medicaid participants with ICE amid a government push to locate people it believes are in the country unlawfully.
Judge rules basic Medicaid data can be shared with ICE
A federal judge in California ruled to allow sharing basic biographical, location and contact information as the Trump administration pursues its immigration crackdown.
nbcnews.to
December 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A federal judge rules that the federal government is allowed to share basic information about Medicaid participants with ICE amid a government push to locate people it believes are in the country unlawfully.
@carolleonnig.bsky.social Mail-a-Lago today: Den of thieves. Two powerful criminals trying to look good and a third watching. Bad day for democracy. Thank you for your gentle, incisive reporting.
December 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@carolleonnig.bsky.social Mail-a-Lago today: Den of thieves. Two powerful criminals trying to look good and a third watching. Bad day for democracy. Thank you for your gentle, incisive reporting.
One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt
www.nytimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
One of America’s Most Successful Experiments Is Coming to a Shuddering Halt www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
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After Texas banned abortion in cases where embryonic cardiac activity could be detected, Texas saw a 12.9% increase in infant deaths, compared with 1.8% for the rest of the country.
A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.
What researchers have discovered about maternal, infant health under Texas' abortion laws
In the more than four years since the state of Texas significantly restricted access to abortion, medical researchers have been studying the health effects of that policy change.
medicalxpress.com
December 29, 2025 at 8:08 PM
After Texas banned abortion in cases where embryonic cardiac activity could be detected, Texas saw a 12.9% increase in infant deaths, compared with 1.8% for the rest of the country.
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Zelenskyy calls Russia’s claim of a strike on one of Putin’s residences a “complete fabrication,” a lie designed to sabotage diplomacy, justify more attacks on Kyiv, and excuse Moscow’s refusal to end the war. He warns the world must not stay silent as Russia tries to derail peace.
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Zelenskyy calls Russia’s claim of a strike on one of Putin’s residences a “complete fabrication,” a lie designed to sabotage diplomacy, justify more attacks on Kyiv, and excuse Moscow’s refusal to end the war. He warns the world must not stay silent as Russia tries to derail peace.
@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social It’s bad enough having one criminal “president” onstage, but two is stomach churning. Do we need to hear the two of them praising and “honoring” each other?
December 29, 2025 at 8:57 PM
@morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social It’s bad enough having one criminal “president” onstage, but two is stomach churning. Do we need to hear the two of them praising and “honoring” each other?
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Border Patrol uses most of this authority & more and expanding it to land borders. Biometric info was to be destroyed after a person left the country to prevent establishing a database.
This is a ‘tracker’ administration. In T1 there was a database & coordination with MX against certain US citizens.
This is a ‘tracker’ administration. In T1 there was a database & coordination with MX against certain US citizens.
Source: Leaked Documents Show the U.S. Government Tracking Journalists and Immigration Advocates Through a Secret Database
The documents detail an intelligence-gathering effort by the United States and Mexican authorities, targeting more than 50 people including journalists, an attorney, and immigration advocates.
www.nbcsandiego.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Border Patrol uses most of this authority & more and expanding it to land borders. Biometric info was to be destroyed after a person left the country to prevent establishing a database.
This is a ‘tracker’ administration. In T1 there was a database & coordination with MX against certain US citizens.
This is a ‘tracker’ administration. In T1 there was a database & coordination with MX against certain US citizens.
@jonathanlemire.bsky.social Wonderful program, constant interruptions. Is it bots or poor tech? Please, not again. Worst it’s ever been and for one of your best segments ever. (Chicago, with ICE) Happy New Year!
December 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
@jonathanlemire.bsky.social Wonderful program, constant interruptions. Is it bots or poor tech? Please, not again. Worst it’s ever been and for one of your best segments ever. (Chicago, with ICE) Happy New Year!
@nicollewallace.bsky.social You and Rachel brought me to tears as you talked about the scout troops rally with two special public servants-to-be. Thank you for that story.
December 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
@nicollewallace.bsky.social You and Rachel brought me to tears as you talked about the scout troops rally with two special public servants-to-be. Thank you for that story.
@weissmann.substack.com Can you remind the forgetful about the Langford bill that Trump dumped and get climate change back in the picture? Both of those are important as the felon continues to try to destroy US—the latter in particular with the cancellation of all clean energy projects.
December 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
@weissmann.substack.com Can you remind the forgetful about the Langford bill that Trump dumped and get climate change back in the picture? Both of those are important as the felon continues to try to destroy US—the latter in particular with the cancellation of all clean energy projects.
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Yes, Russia has become a terrorist state and should be named as such and subject to every possible sanction. Unfortunately, Rump does not have the moral cojones to do that because he admires Gollum and is probably hoping that his own legacy will include a Trump Tower in Moscow down the road.
December 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Yes, Russia has become a terrorist state and should be named as such and subject to every possible sanction. Unfortunately, Rump does not have the moral cojones to do that because he admires Gollum and is probably hoping that his own legacy will include a Trump Tower in Moscow down the road.
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In the Kremlin, they call it "preparing for talks." And in the White House, they call it "cooking things up."
December 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
In the Kremlin, they call it "preparing for talks." And in the White House, they call it "cooking things up."