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Deth Veggie

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Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable -- CULT OF THE DEAD COW -- .ooM Hacker / Archaeologist / Gadabout / Professional Something-or-Other. Anti-fascist and Pro-science. As the old axiom says, reality has a liberal bias.

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · Jul 9

Huh. @moderation.bsky.app unhid it five days ago, and apparently randomly decided to hide it again, today... I have no idea why; I haven't made any changes to the name/description, and there's nothing in them that could, by any stretch of my imagination, be construed to violate the rules. *shrug*

Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · Jul 4

bsky.app/profile/deth...

Woo! Bsky finally unsuspended my moderation list, but I still have zero idea what got it hidden in the first place, and they can't seem to give me any reasons. Nothing in it contravenes any of the moderation rules, as far as I can tell.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 2h

A very important reminder.

Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 1d

The images they don’t want you to see, and perhaps the most important to circulate, are where the community prevents illegal abductions.

They want to appear all powerful and crush any sense of hope. They are not and will not.

Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 2h

Hear, hear.

Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 23h

“With a democratic socialist about to get elected mayor of New York, I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have a state senator from SF, with the clout of Wiener, say: “I am going to address economic inequality by raising taxes on the rich, and if the billionaires are unhappy, I don’t care.”

News media coverage about Lurie's upzoning plan misses the most important player - 48 hills

The ugly choices the city faces are largely the result of one person: Scott Wiener

48hills.org

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 21h

Chuck Schumer should be focused on fighting Donald Trump and protecting healthcare for millions of Americans, not meddling in a Maine primary.

DC's choice has lost to Susan Collins five times in a row. We can't afford a sixth.

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Beto O’Rourke @betoorourke.bsky.social · 19h

During our town hall meeting in Germany, Julia said that she loves America but can't go back to living there right now. Here’s why:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXPA...

What I Heard During a Town Hall in Germany

YouTube video by Beto O'Rourke

www.youtube.com

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 2h

Yes, they are. Please, Governor, use the law enforcement powers of your office to enforce the law: Arrest the gestapo agents who are violently terrorizing the people of Illinois.

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 14h

Every single word of this piece.

Ed Kilgore @edkilgore.bsky.social · 14h

I offer a cold shower on the obsession with 2024 autopsies among Democrats. Yes, it's worth knowing why Democrats lost. But it's not terribly relevant to a very different 2026 midterm election: nymag.com/intelligence...

Dwelling on the 2024 Defeat Is a Waste of Time for Democrats

Forget about the election “autopsies” for now. 2026 will be an entirely different kind of election in multiple ways.

nymag.com

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 2h

GOOD.

Rabb for Congress! (PA-03) @chrisrabb.com · 12h

www.axios.com/local/philad...

Philly airport grounds Kristi Noem's government shutdown video

The Trump administration released the video for airing at TSA checkpoints, but some authorities have shelved the message out of concern it violates federal law.

www.axios.com

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Dean Preston @deanpreston.bsky.social · 10h

Hated by most everyone, the abundance bros are now trying to buy Suisun City, CA. According to the CEO of California Forever, the city is on its "way to becoming California’s best example of the ‘abundance agenda."

California Forever’s latest plan to build the ‘next great American city’: Expand existing towns

By making the proposed city part of a town’s expansion project, California Forever can avoid voter approval in Solano County.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 2h

Barrett is now suggesting that the Voting Rights Act may be BEYOND CONGRESS’S POWER TO ENFORCE THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS.

Neoconfederate stuff here.

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Full of Contempt @m-theory3.bsky.social · 1d

This is the nation that we are now. This nation is unbelievably sick.

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 2h

The gestapo must be stopped by any means necessary.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16h

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 7h

Wow. Trump's masked federal agents tear-gassed a crowd in Chicago and ended up gassing a bunch of local Chicago cops who were there to *deescalate tensions.* One local cop was captured on film washing out his eyes with a hose:

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5h

/3 But a huge plurality, at least, of the modern GOP is of the opinion that noticing bigoted trash is more un-American and destructive than BEING bigoted trash: that dehumanizing fellow Americans based on immutable characteristics is morally superior to criticizing anyone for doing that.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 5h

The thing is that the modern GOP (not to mention its basement-confined moron stepchild, the Mises Caucus libertarian “party”) is accurately depicted by this language and a critical mass of the party is absolutely fine with it.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 6h

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 2h

If we end up fighting another civil war, we need to do Reconstruction right, this time.

NPR @npr.org · 5h

The Supreme Court on Wednesday hears a case that could strike down the last major part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that remains standing. n.pr/4n3yejC

Supreme Court hears case that questions major plank of voting rights

The Supreme Court on Wednesday hears a case that could strike down the last major part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that remains standing.

n.pr

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 5h

“Footage, obtained by the outlet, captured the musician face-down in the mud, with her instrument about two feet to her left, struggling as what appears to be a federal agent straddled her backside. A police officer stood next to the pair.”
The Feds then jailed her across state lines. For music.

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6h

“A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the ‘Ghostbusters’ theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility…”

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.independent.co.uk

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 2h

Nazis need to be punched.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 10h

I just checked and this is real. It's on Border Patrol's official Instagram (I don't see it on Facebook) and is being celebrated by Nazis on Twitter, as you can see in the screenshot.

The clip is just 13 seconds long too, so it's a very intentional thing. We've got a Nazi government.

Twitter account: Uncensored @HmanQuotes1945: Official border patrol Facebook page is posting with the banned lyrics of Michael Jackson's song.
"Jew me sue me... Kick me k*ke me."
Epic

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: Pentagon officials are forcing staff to watch Pete Hegseth's "Warrior" speech he forced generals to listen to.

Officials are even "testing" staff to see if they watched — and are threatening consequences if they lie about watching it or if they mock it, sources tell @swin24.bsky.social and I.

The Pentagon Is Ordering Staff to Watch Hegseth’s ‘MAGA Garbage’ Speech… Or Else

Defense Department sources tell Zeteo that staff have been warned that if they don’t watch or read the speech, or if they speak negatively of it, they could face severe consequences.

zeteo.com

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 7h

Yep, very good point!

Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 7h

Minors, Felons (in many states), Non-citizen immigrants.

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 14h

We are the baddies.

PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 15h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 14h

Well, >100,000,000 of them don't have the right to vote at all.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 19h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 23h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Marco Rubio's State Department announces publicly that it is exercising unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination in revoking people's visas based on comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk.

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The United States has no obligation to host foreigners who wish death on Americans.
The State Department continues to identify visa holders who celebrated the heinous assassination of Charlie Kirk. Here are just a few examples of aliens who are no longer welcome in the U.S.:
5:55 PM • Oct 14, 2025 • 34.1K Views

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