theoldvic.bsky.social
@theoldvic.bsky.social
Nemophilist, paleobotanist/botanist. Antique corkscrew, eel spear, Japanese kokeshi & Ainu carved bears collector. Virgo an chiotóg, multi-instrumentalist. Signed 1st ed book buyer. Wordbird.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:20 PM
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If Jeff Bezos had any strength of character he would pay someone to take the newspaper he's destroyed off his hands and contribute money to a trust to restore it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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We can’t have someone enforcing the law who isn’t even following the law himself. The American people deserve to know if Tom Homan took $50k from an FBI undercover agent and what he did with the money.
February 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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I don't often wear political t-shirts, but I'm proudly sporting this one today.

I'm an immigrant.

I teach American (and international!) college students, research the U.S. economy, consult with policymakers, write books, raise my kids, pay taxes, and try to make this a better place.
February 4, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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If I die, I want my remains to be scattered at the US Capitol. Do not cremate me.
February 4, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Counterpoint:

WHAT?
Blanche: It's not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 AM
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New Trump admin slogan just dropped
February 3, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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"It's not a crime to party with a convicted sex offender and the victims of his sex trafficking pedophilia ring, and ... hang on, let me start again."
Blanche: It's not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.
February 3, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Swalwell: Nobody wants to perform there. Everyone who had been booked is now canceling since this guy put his name on it. I think he’s trying to save himself the humiliation of no one wanting to perform there or go there.
February 2, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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ICE is running a “conveyor belt” of illegally detained Minnesota families.

Agents are arresting entire families with legal status and immediately shipping them off to Texas to deny them legal representation and avoid the federal courts in Minnesota.

The cruelty is endless.
‘ICE conveyor belt’ illegally detaining, moving Minnesota children to Texas faster than courts can respond
ICE is pulling Minnesota immigrant families with legal status out of their driveways, homes and school commutes and send
www.mprnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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It isn’t true
Ok it’s true but it’s not as bad as they say
Ok it’s worse than they say but it’s actually good
Blanche: It's not a crime to party with Mr. Epstein.
February 3, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Of course this is who he wants….
January 30, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Homan's message: When we kill you, you have to be especially nice to us. Or else we will keep killing you.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 31, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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If the crew at 60 MINUTES is looking for a big scoop, they should probably look into Bari Weiss's connections to Jeffrey Epstein, given that her wife was friendly with him and she just hired another longtime friend of his too.
If I have the right Nellie Bowles, the partner in question is Bari Weiss
January 31, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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January 31, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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“.. It was laughable, if there was something to laugh about,” said one of the nurses .. “There was no way this person ran headfirst into a wall.”

@apnews.com
apnews.com/article/immi...
January 31, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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DM me? We used to get hundreds of highly qualified applicants for a single job posting. Good prosecutors are increasingly hesitant to work for this DOJ.
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Now you know why Melania chose her Director. She knew him from the Epstein Sex Trafficking ring.
January 31, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Who is Trump instructing to arrest Obama here? Is he giving an order? If so, to whom? His AG? The FBI? A fantasy savior? His continued calls to arrest his opponents seek to condition the public to accept punishment by decree.
January 31, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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ICE and CBP agents seem to enjoy gratuitously breaking glass—from car windows to store fronts to homes. It’s an expression of unchecked power and dominance: “We’re in charge. We break and shatter what we want.”

And nights of broken glass have been a harbinger of worse to come.
January 31, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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"They had the professional demeanor of criminals".

This should be said every time ICE is mentioned.
January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Breaking on MS NOW:

Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests.

The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Breaking News: Texas A&M ended its women’s studies program and changed hundreds of courses over race and gender to comply with new policies limiting how race and gender ideology may be discussed in classrooms.
Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Hundreds of Classes on Race and Gender
New policies limiting the teaching of race and gender issues led administrators and professors to change hundreds of courses. School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation.
nyti.ms
January 30, 2026 at 6:29 PM