Vaughn Winchell
@orderforalex.bsky.social
Math teacher. Game show enthusiast. ✡️
We have met the enemy, and he is us.
We have met the enemy, and he is us.
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For decades, my favorite literary quotation has been, "If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture" (Oscar Wilde).
Today, and for the foreseeable future, I must embrace a new favorite: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" (Samuel Johnson).
Today, and for the foreseeable future, I must embrace a new favorite: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel" (Samuel Johnson).
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One other point I didn't make here: Allies like Britain believe the US is carrying out illegal bombings. Who are we effing kidding? Of course its reasonable to think Trump is issuing illegal orders! Why is this being treated as such a controversial suggestion?
Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One other point I didn't make here: Allies like Britain believe the US is carrying out illegal bombings. Who are we effing kidding? Of course its reasonable to think Trump is issuing illegal orders! Why is this being treated as such a controversial suggestion?
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#HarvardFootball FINALLY starting to look like a team that's won 9 games this season! #TheGame #BeatYale #GoCrimson
November 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#HarvardFootball FINALLY starting to look like a team that's won 9 games this season! #TheGame #BeatYale #GoCrimson
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The headline ALMOST got me to click on this #NYT opinion piece.
Fortunately, the byline stopped me. I'll bet it was the right decision. Not-reading Maureen Dowd usually works out well for me.
Fortunately, the byline stopped me. I'll bet it was the right decision. Not-reading Maureen Dowd usually works out well for me.
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The headline ALMOST got me to click on this #NYT opinion piece.
Fortunately, the byline stopped me. I'll bet it was the right decision. Not-reading Maureen Dowd usually works out well for me.
Fortunately, the byline stopped me. I'll bet it was the right decision. Not-reading Maureen Dowd usually works out well for me.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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BREAKING: AOC on MTG retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
BREAKING: AOC on MTG retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
I don't hate HOAs, but people do, and I think I do understand why.
It takes a lot of really bad behavior to make your #HOA look like the good guy, but this guy in Alexandria, VA, has managed to do it.
I have a neighbor almost as bad as this guy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
It takes a lot of really bad behavior to make your #HOA look like the good guy, but this guy in Alexandria, VA, has managed to do it.
I have a neighbor almost as bad as this guy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Don’t Tread on Frank: How One Man’s Yard Became a Battlefield
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I don't hate HOAs, but people do, and I think I do understand why.
It takes a lot of really bad behavior to make your #HOA look like the good guy, but this guy in Alexandria, VA, has managed to do it.
I have a neighbor almost as bad as this guy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
It takes a lot of really bad behavior to make your #HOA look like the good guy, but this guy in Alexandria, VA, has managed to do it.
I have a neighbor almost as bad as this guy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
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Can you feel it? The economy is booming!
Fox Business: "Remember, if you do want to do another protein like beef, the price is still up. It's about 5 times the price it was last year. So just keep that in mind. Turkey is probably your best bet. Just stick to the one."
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Can you feel it? The economy is booming!
America doesn't have enough air traffic controllers.
There is a shortage of qualified pilots that will get worse before it gets better.
But the Secretary of Transportation says it'll get better if we will all just...um...wear Dockers on the plane.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
There is a shortage of qualified pilots that will get worse before it gets better.
But the Secretary of Transportation says it'll get better if we will all just...um...wear Dockers on the plane.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
Sean Duffy Wants You to Stop Wearing PJs on the Plane
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:15 AM
America doesn't have enough air traffic controllers.
There is a shortage of qualified pilots that will get worse before it gets better.
But the Secretary of Transportation says it'll get better if we will all just...um...wear Dockers on the plane.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
There is a shortage of qualified pilots that will get worse before it gets better.
But the Secretary of Transportation says it'll get better if we will all just...um...wear Dockers on the plane.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/t...
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
#MTG is apparently horrified to discover that donald trump is who he has been all along.
apnews.com/article/marj...
apnews.com/article/marj...
November 22, 2025 at 3:07 AM
#MTG is apparently horrified to discover that donald trump is who he has been all along.
apnews.com/article/marj...
apnews.com/article/marj...
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“Before women, of course, the workplace was perfect,” @petridishes.bsky.social writes. "There were no women to ruin things, steal your ribs, or tempt you with forbidden snacks.”
Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!!
Before they arrived, of course, everything was perfect.
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Before women, of course, the workplace was perfect,” @petridishes.bsky.social writes. "There were no women to ruin things, steal your ribs, or tempt you with forbidden snacks.”
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I guess one way to distract people from your friendship with a sex criminal is to claim that you are friends with a political murderer.
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I guess one way to distract people from your friendship with a sex criminal is to claim that you are friends with a political murderer.
Really, Mr. Klein, this kind of faux callowness just looks ridiculous on a man your age.
“We are disappointed in President Trump,” said Morton Klein, president of the conservative Zionist Organization of America, adding that he should “rethink and retract” his comments.
apnews.com/article/trum...
“We are disappointed in President Trump,” said Morton Klein, president of the conservative Zionist Organization of America, adding that he should “rethink and retract” his comments.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump's comments about Fuentes and Carlson could prolong a Republican rift over antisemitism
President Donald Trump is facing criticism for not condemning antisemitism within the conservative movement.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Really, Mr. Klein, this kind of faux callowness just looks ridiculous on a man your age.
“We are disappointed in President Trump,” said Morton Klein, president of the conservative Zionist Organization of America, adding that he should “rethink and retract” his comments.
apnews.com/article/trum...
“We are disappointed in President Trump,” said Morton Klein, president of the conservative Zionist Organization of America, adding that he should “rethink and retract” his comments.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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The follow up here is "does the President want active duty service members following illegal orders?"
Leavitt: "To suggest and encourage that active duty service members defy the chain of command is a very dangerous thing for sitting members of Congress to do. And they should be held accountable. And that's what the president wants to see."
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The follow up here is "does the President want active duty service members following illegal orders?"
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Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Good. Dems not backing down in the slightest in the face of Trump's call for their execution. Keep this up, Dems. Treat Trump like *he's* the violent criminal and the real threat to our Constitution order. Because he is.
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More of this. Party shouldn’t matter when it comes to protecting kids from predators.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t...
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
More of this. Party shouldn’t matter when it comes to protecting kids from predators.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t...
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If Donald Trump wants to release the Epstein files, he could just release them, instead of green-lighting the House resolution.
And it's not as if he cares whether he has statutory authority to do a lot of what he's been doing.
But he needs a law for this?
And it's not as if he cares whether he has statutory authority to do a lot of what he's been doing.
But he needs a law for this?
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If Donald Trump wants to release the Epstein files, he could just release them, instead of green-lighting the House resolution.
And it's not as if he cares whether he has statutory authority to do a lot of what he's been doing.
But he needs a law for this?
And it's not as if he cares whether he has statutory authority to do a lot of what he's been doing.
But he needs a law for this?
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The concept of a plan was no plan at all. He never had a plan.
Trump: "THE ONLY HEALTHCARE I'LL SUPPORT OR APPROVE IS SENDING MONEY DIRECTLY BACK TO THE PEOPLE W/ NOTHING GOING TO THE BIG, FAT, RICH INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHO HAVE RIPPED OFF AMERICA LONG ENOUGH. THE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO NEGOTIATE & BUY THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, INSURANCE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The concept of a plan was no plan at all. He never had a plan.
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Corporations and billionaires are getting tax breaks while your health care premiums are skyrocketing.
I’m not ok with that.
I’m not ok with that.
November 16, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Corporations and billionaires are getting tax breaks while your health care premiums are skyrocketing.
I’m not ok with that.
I’m not ok with that.
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If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.
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November 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If democracy dies in darkness, we have seen that the legacy media is willing to turn off the lights. I founded Democracy Docket in 2020 to shine a spotlight on the most important fights for democracy— those taking place in court.
Sign-up now to stay informed and support its work. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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If workers unionizing together didn’t work, CEOs wouldn’t be hiring entire firms to stop them.
Unions shift power, and corporate America hates that. Let’s keep up the momentum and give them more to hate.
Unions shift power, and corporate America hates that. Let’s keep up the momentum and give them more to hate.
November 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If workers unionizing together didn’t work, CEOs wouldn’t be hiring entire firms to stop them.
Unions shift power, and corporate America hates that. Let’s keep up the momentum and give them more to hate.
Unions shift power, and corporate America hates that. Let’s keep up the momentum and give them more to hate.
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Goodbye, pre-existing condition protection.
Goodbye, keeping people under 26 covered on their parents' policy.
Goodbye, guaranteed coverage for screenings.
Goodbye, fairness in rates as more sick people are gouged as they're stuck in high risk pools.
Hello, insurance hell.
Goodbye, keeping people under 26 covered on their parents' policy.
Goodbye, guaranteed coverage for screenings.
Goodbye, fairness in rates as more sick people are gouged as they're stuck in high risk pools.
Hello, insurance hell.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Goodbye, pre-existing condition protection.
Goodbye, keeping people under 26 covered on their parents' policy.
Goodbye, guaranteed coverage for screenings.
Goodbye, fairness in rates as more sick people are gouged as they're stuck in high risk pools.
Hello, insurance hell.
Goodbye, keeping people under 26 covered on their parents' policy.
Goodbye, guaranteed coverage for screenings.
Goodbye, fairness in rates as more sick people are gouged as they're stuck in high risk pools.
Hello, insurance hell.