V. Mars
@vmarsky.bsky.social
Not really Veronica Mars. Mostly just lurking.
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
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Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Crazy how much some media has normalized the idea that voters are taking a risk if they elect governors/mayors who will defy Trump. That he’ll threaten their funding, etc.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
Try to imagine, say. Greg Abbott being asked if he’s worried that Biden will punish Texas over his lawsuits.
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approximately seven million people were out in the streets protesting last week. these people need to grow a spine. www.ft.com/content/1377...
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
approximately seven million people were out in the streets protesting last week. these people need to grow a spine. www.ft.com/content/1377...
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ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.
October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
ordinary americans are filming ice agents and trying to save their neighbors. for all the hemming and hawing during 2024 about how democracy was an elite concern, the elites gave up far more quickly than average people.
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The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal
October 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
The Trump shit video is basically this, but I will reiterate that if a Dem is critical of conservative voters it’s a generational scandal and when Republican pols literally post themselves shitting on their opposition virtually the entire elite politics and media class treats it as fine and normal
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npr: so, no kings
tyrannosaurus rex: yes
npr: how shall I put this
trex: this interview is over
tyrannosaurus rex: yes
npr: how shall I put this
trex: this interview is over
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
npr: so, no kings
tyrannosaurus rex: yes
npr: how shall I put this
trex: this interview is over
tyrannosaurus rex: yes
npr: how shall I put this
trex: this interview is over
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Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Take note of all these people turning out for protests in small towns in red states.
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Remember them the next time you’re inclined to write an area off because “they voted for this.”
Seen in Nashville #nokings - made me think of @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social and @thebulwark.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Seen in Nashville #nokings - made me think of @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social and @thebulwark.com
Seen in Nashville. Immediately thought of my @thebulwark.com community and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Seen in Nashville. Immediately thought of my @thebulwark.com community and @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social
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As alarmed as people may be, they aren't alarmed enough. Trump just escalated this crisis from a fight between the federal government and a state, to a situation where one state is deploying armed forces to impose its will on another state. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next
We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.
www.thebulwark.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:18 AM
As alarmed as people may be, they aren't alarmed enough. Trump just escalated this crisis from a fight between the federal government and a state, to a situation where one state is deploying armed forces to impose its will on another state. www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
And the Constitution is whatever 5 Supreme Court justices say it is (h/t @jvl.bsky.social).
There are a lot of great things about being married to a lawyer/in-house counsel and one of them is that he insisted that I truly understand that the law is whatever the people in power say it is.
He trained as a critical race theorist & this actually one of the legit reasons these people hate CRT
He trained as a critical race theorist & this actually one of the legit reasons these people hate CRT
Every Trump speech now produces approximately two dozen 30-second clips peppering the feed that each alone should trigger impeachment or 25th amendment proceedings and are indistinguishable from what your worst uncle would produce if he had any idea how to make ai-generated videos
October 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
And the Constitution is whatever 5 Supreme Court justices say it is (h/t @jvl.bsky.social).
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Arkansas police pulled over an Indian GrubHub driver wh ois married to a U.S. citizen. They found a bottle of Opium-brand perfume, arrested him for narcotics possession, and turned him over to ICE, where he was held for 30 days.
He has now been stripped of his immigration status.
He has now been stripped of his immigration status.
Traffic stop in Benton leads to ICE detention, deportation risk
What began as a routine traffic stop in Benton ended with a man jailed, detained by immigration authorities for a month, and now living under the threat of deportation —
www.bentoncourier.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Arkansas police pulled over an Indian GrubHub driver wh ois married to a U.S. citizen. They found a bottle of Opium-brand perfume, arrested him for narcotics possession, and turned him over to ICE, where he was held for 30 days.
He has now been stripped of his immigration status.
He has now been stripped of his immigration status.
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Everytime I listen to Stephen Miller I think of this one angry nerdy bitter kid I went to high school with who used to have just one line in his AIM profile, the Radiohead lyric:
“When I am king, you will be first against the wall”
“When I am king, you will be first against the wall”
The year is 2003.
17-year-old Stephen Miller is sitting in the back of a school bus talking about torture, as in “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity."
Miller looks directly into the camera and describes the torturing Iraqis in gruesome detail, as his peers laugh uncomfortably.
17-year-old Stephen Miller is sitting in the back of a school bus talking about torture, as in “Torture is a celebration of human life and dignity."
Miller looks directly into the camera and describes the torturing Iraqis in gruesome detail, as his peers laugh uncomfortably.
October 2, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Everytime I listen to Stephen Miller I think of this one angry nerdy bitter kid I went to high school with who used to have just one line in his AIM profile, the Radiohead lyric:
“When I am king, you will be first against the wall”
“When I am king, you will be first against the wall”
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The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
September 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The president just gathered the highest ranking officers in the military to tell them that he may order them to kill American citizens -- and that they better follow his orders. All in response to a series of crises that have no basis in reality.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
I don't know how to yell any louder.
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This is a regime at war: With large segments of the population, with pluralistic democracy and American society as it actually exists.
They are not looking to reform or compromise, they desire to destroy, conquer, and dominate.
They are not looking to reform or compromise, they desire to destroy, conquer, and dominate.
Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"
September 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is a regime at war: With large segments of the population, with pluralistic democracy and American society as it actually exists.
They are not looking to reform or compromise, they desire to destroy, conquer, and dominate.
They are not looking to reform or compromise, they desire to destroy, conquer, and dominate.
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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Pretty close. I think Trump’s rhetoric and the views of many of his followers check the box that a lot of things they want look like traditional fascism. But the analogy also fails in a lot of important areas.
My view is that the country is not yet fascist, but Trump and the devoted MAGA are. How close is that to your view?
September 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Pretty close. I think Trump’s rhetoric and the views of many of his followers check the box that a lot of things they want look like traditional fascism. But the analogy also fails in a lot of important areas.
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Yes. And stop thumb-sucking about how you're really living in 1925 or 1933 or 1942 and you're the oppressed hero of your own anti-fascist adventure movie.
Jesus, people. Tom isn't arguing that they aren't fascist assholes, he's telling you that they haven't succeeded in creating a fascist state.
Yet.
So fucking sack up and fight on every front by any means necessary.
Yet.
So fucking sack up and fight on every front by any means necessary.
September 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Yes. And stop thumb-sucking about how you're really living in 1925 or 1933 or 1942 and you're the oppressed hero of your own anti-fascist adventure movie.
Important thread…
Okay. Let me try this another way, and see if that works.
I was a boy with relatives in Greece during the time of the Colonels, a pretty scary military junta. Some would say it was fascist: Militarism, anti-communism, nostalgia, etc.
But no.
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I was a boy with relatives in Greece during the time of the Colonels, a pretty scary military junta. Some would say it was fascist: Militarism, anti-communism, nostalgia, etc.
But no.
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September 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Important thread…
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My internal monologue right now is basically this statement on repeat:
I just don’t really understand how this isn’t being treated more like an emergency situation
September 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
My internal monologue right now is basically this statement on repeat:
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Have watched these negotiations several times a year for a decade now and have never seen two party leaders engage in the absolute polar opposite of a power move quite like this.
In new letter to President Trump, Democratic congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries request a meeting to discuss the path forward for government funding ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.
Top Democrats ask for a meeting with Trump ahead of government shutdown
In new letter to President Trump, Democratic congressional leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries request a meeting to discuss the path forward for government funding ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline.
n.pr
September 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Have watched these negotiations several times a year for a decade now and have never seen two party leaders engage in the absolute polar opposite of a power move quite like this.
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The Third Reich didn't last 1,000 years.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
September 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Third Reich didn't last 1,000 years.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
Pinochet was ousted with a referendum.
And the US isn't exactly dealing with the smartest, most competent fascists.
Those of you insisting that 2025 is forever need to read a book, touch grass, go to therapy, anything other than trying to make others quit.
I was planning a trip to Disneyland for my 50th birthday. Not anymore!
Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
September 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I was planning a trip to Disneyland for my 50th birthday. Not anymore!
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Not even close. Only remotely true if we give up.
It's pretty clear that they got their Reichstag Fire with the Kirk assassination. Democracy is dead.
We now have a fascist dictator.
We now have a fascist dictator.
September 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Not even close. Only remotely true if we give up.
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"Trump, Vance, and their propaganda networks do not operate in good faith...The forces of liberalism should stop treating MAGA [as if it] is playing by the same rules...The people operating in good faith need to stop self-flagellating and surrendering preemptively."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Emergency Triad: First, They Came for Jimmy Kimmel
What happens when comedians are held to stricter standards than vice presidents?
open.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"Trump, Vance, and their propaganda networks do not operate in good faith...The forces of liberalism should stop treating MAGA [as if it] is playing by the same rules...The people operating in good faith need to stop self-flagellating and surrendering preemptively."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...