velourazure
@velourazure.bsky.social
Circumspect mixologist
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
Aldous Huxley
Fuck ICE and punch Nazis, always, everywhere
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
Aldous Huxley
Fuck ICE and punch Nazis, always, everywhere
Pinned
Supremely White Supremacist Court strikes again.
BREAKING: Supreme Court lets Texas use Trump-backed gerrymandered maps in 2026
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Supremely White Supremacist Court strikes again.
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It’s only a recession if it comes from the Democratic region of France, otherwise it’s just sparkling Republican mass layoffs and crushing inflation.
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It’s only a recession if it comes from the Democratic region of France, otherwise it’s just sparkling Republican mass layoffs and crushing inflation.
GOP fascist voter suppression attempts about to swing into overdrive.
LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS
Special elections swung double digits toward Democrats. Thirty Republicans are sitting on margins of 13 points or less, and Tennessee just delivered a 13 point swing toward Democrats in an R +22 district.
If GOP leadership isn’t sweating, they should be.
Special elections swung double digits toward Democrats. Thirty Republicans are sitting on margins of 13 points or less, and Tennessee just delivered a 13 point swing toward Democrats in an R +22 district.
If GOP leadership isn’t sweating, they should be.
December 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
GOP fascist voter suppression attempts about to swing into overdrive.
Fog of war? More like the fog of being a drunk overgrown frat boy puppet doing the bidding of a demented narcissistic grifter puppet doing the bidding of Christo-fascists, greedy oligarchs and foreign dictators.
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Fog of war? More like the fog of being a drunk overgrown frat boy puppet doing the bidding of a demented narcissistic grifter puppet doing the bidding of Christo-fascists, greedy oligarchs and foreign dictators.
They've gotten a lot of mileage out of the fake assassination attempt.
December 2, 2025 at 11:37 PM
They've gotten a lot of mileage out of the fake assassination attempt.
Frankly can't see much difference between hackers stealing your phone or a forced government "security app" both seem like shit options.
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Frankly can't see much difference between hackers stealing your phone or a forced government "security app" both seem like shit options.
The "culture we are known for" is enslaved people and immigrants providing the labor to build this country and it's culture you dumbfuck.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The "culture we are known for" is enslaved people and immigrants providing the labor to build this country and it's culture you dumbfuck.
Bored cops collaborating with ICE to live out their call of duty fantasies.
Feed: "masslive.com"
By: Luis Fieldman on Wednesday, November 26, 2025
By: Luis Fieldman on Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Don't go to New Hampshire, Mass. attorney warns immigrants
Some immigration attorneys are seeing their clients detained in other New England states — even those with valid work authorization.
www.masslive.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Bored cops collaborating with ICE to live out their call of duty fantasies.
Because they're in on the grift.
How did the @nytimes.com editors let this sentence appear?
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
"Critics have likened Mr. Trump’s approach to extortion, while others have chalked it up as a cost of doing business with this administration."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Northwestern University Nears Deal to Resolve Its Conflict With the White House
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Because they're in on the grift.
Can we just have affordable medical care and not....this.
November 29, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Can we just have affordable medical care and not....this.
Manifesting this exact result everywhere is 2026.
The 2025 VA Gubernatorial Election, a contest between former Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger and incumbent Lt. Governor Winsome Earl-Sears resulted in Spanberger thrashing Earl-Sears by a 15.4% landslide — the Largest Democratic win in VA since it became a two party Democracy.
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Manifesting this exact result everywhere is 2026.
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If you are a White House pool reporter and you don’t stick up for your fellow colleagues after Trump calls them “Piggy” or “Stupid” you are tacitly condoning his behavior and just as culpable at Trump.
Shame on you.
Walk out.
Speak up.
Don’t give him an audience.
Courage is contagious.
Shame on you.
Walk out.
Speak up.
Don’t give him an audience.
Courage is contagious.
November 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
If you are a White House pool reporter and you don’t stick up for your fellow colleagues after Trump calls them “Piggy” or “Stupid” you are tacitly condoning his behavior and just as culpable at Trump.
Shame on you.
Walk out.
Speak up.
Don’t give him an audience.
Courage is contagious.
Shame on you.
Walk out.
Speak up.
Don’t give him an audience.
Courage is contagious.
I'd be more impressed if he voted against redistricting because it's a racist voter suppression tactic.
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I'd be more impressed if he voted against redistricting because it's a racist voter suppression tactic.
Sure, we'll release the Epstein "files".
November 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Sure, we'll release the Epstein "files".
No shit
Trump's former White House lawyer has said the president's desire to accumulate and abuse power is unprecedented.
Newsweek
Newsweek
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
No shit
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ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
This (oligarch-o capitalism) is going to end absolutely horribly but likely fairly hilariously as well.
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This (oligarch-o capitalism) is going to end absolutely horribly but likely fairly hilariously as well.
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Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
Translation: the Epstein "files" have been manipulated, altered or scrubbed of any facts detrimental to Trump or any bootlicking crony.
BREAKING: Trump signs a bill to release files on Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure after months of resistance.
Trump signs bill to release Jeffrey Epstein case files after fighting it for months
President Donald Trump has signed a bill to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Translation: the Epstein "files" have been manipulated, altered or scrubbed of any facts detrimental to Trump or any bootlicking crony.
Same as it ever was, same as it ever is.
November 20, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Same as it ever was, same as it ever is.
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It's a good thing President Obama killed Osama Bin Laden because otherwise Trump would be inviting him to the White House for some goddamn hors d'oeuvres
November 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
It's a good thing President Obama killed Osama Bin Laden because otherwise Trump would be inviting him to the White House for some goddamn hors d'oeuvres
I've never wanted a trend to catch on more than this one.
CHARLOTTE: “More than 20,000 students missed school Monday”
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I've never wanted a trend to catch on more than this one.
I wish this were true.
Swalwell: Kristi Noem and Tom Homan, you should familiarize yourselves with this room. Get to know that witness chair — you’re going to be parked in it for a long time. Accountability is coming.
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I wish this were true.