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@vesuvan.bsky.social
Here for cats and to stand up for democracy. F trump, elmo et al. Physician, former sysad, rural journalist, traveler, dancer. Lived all over. Mastodonian. Snark, football talk, interesting links guaranteed. Will use my real name once I feel safe here.
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@vesuvan.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hey y'all I've done so many different things, lived in so many places, I post interesting tidbits about many topics (not just politics)
I love conversing so give me a follow, interact wi my posts. Let's have some (respectful) fun here!
Bio: M.D., former sysad, tech writer, rural newspaper editor
I love conversing so give me a follow, interact wi my posts. Let's have some (respectful) fun here!
Bio: M.D., former sysad, tech writer, rural newspaper editor
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Ben & Jerry's ousts board chair Mittal as it sets new term limits reut.rs/4oXUSej
Ben & Jerry's ousts board chair Mittal as it sets new term limits
Ben & Jerry's has ousted the chair of its independent board as part of new governance practices introduced by the Vermont-based ice cream brand on Monday that include nine-year term limits for board members.
reut.rs
December 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Ben & Jerry's ousts board chair Mittal as it sets new term limits reut.rs/4oXUSej
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The Trump administration opposes a push by preservationists to halt the White House ballroom project. In a court filing, the administration said the project must continue for national security reasons.
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
The Trump administration says in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for reasons of national security.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Trump administration opposes a push by preservationists to halt the White House ballroom project. In a court filing, the administration said the project must continue for national security reasons.
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Reiner on Trump
December 15, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Reiner on Trump
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One of the shocking things I found is that the Trump administration has begun charging a fee for a program for undcocumented, abandoned youth to obtain visas. They are literally demanding money from children - many of whom are orphans - who they know can't work. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...
Underground Legal Clinics Offer a Lifeline to Migrants Facing Mass Deportation
At his clinic, John Sirabella is a hard man to talk to. ...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
One of the shocking things I found is that the Trump administration has begun charging a fee for a program for undcocumented, abandoned youth to obtain visas. They are literally demanding money from children - many of whom are orphans - who they know can't work. talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/unde...
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“.. A giant photo of U.S. President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on display at the National Mall near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.”
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December 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
“.. A giant photo of U.S. President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on display at the National Mall near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.”
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@gettyimages.com
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REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The biggest ‘welfare queens’ in 🇺🇸 are corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes, and CEOs who get a tax deduction for flying on a private jet — not hungry kids, or working parents who work multiple jobs.”
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The biggest ‘welfare queens’ in 🇺🇸 are corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes, and CEOs who get a tax deduction for flying on a private jet — not hungry kids, or working parents who work multiple jobs.”
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The endgame here is getting the Supreme Court to declare that the entire civil service system is unconstitutional. Which is to say, this administration does not want us to be a modern, efficient, globally competitive nation-state.
Supreme Court Poised to Vastly Expand Presidential Power, Again
The 90-year-old precedent protecting independent agencies is likely on its way out.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The endgame here is getting the Supreme Court to declare that the entire civil service system is unconstitutional. Which is to say, this administration does not want us to be a modern, efficient, globally competitive nation-state.
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The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Go to your doctor and get your measles titers checked to make sure you are still immune and if not get re-vaccinated. It’s more and more likely all of us are going to eventually come in contact with it.
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Go to your doctor and get your measles titers checked to make sure you are still immune and if not get re-vaccinated. It’s more and more likely all of us are going to eventually come in contact with it.
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Maybe someone could ask the president not to post the all-clear on mass shootings before the suspect is in custody.
December 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Maybe someone could ask the president not to post the all-clear on mass shootings before the suspect is in custody.
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We documented dozens of cases of brutality — including physical and sexual abuse from guards — that show a humanitarian disaster unfolding at the Fort Bliss military base, where ICE is operating its largest detention center.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
Immigrants Detained at Fort Bliss in Texas Report Abuse and Inhumane Conditions
Detained people at largest immigration detention facility in the country report accounts of physical and sexual abuse.
www.aclu.org
December 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We documented dozens of cases of brutality — including physical and sexual abuse from guards — that show a humanitarian disaster unfolding at the Fort Bliss military base, where ICE is operating its largest detention center.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
President Trump’s mass detention expansion is inhumane and dangerous.
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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is trying to deflect criticism of her agency to her underlings, according to a new report.
Paranoid ICE Barbie Desperately Trying to Dodge Trump's Wrath
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is trying to deflect criticism of her agency to her underlings, according to a new report.
trib.al
December 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is trying to deflect criticism of her agency to her underlings, according to a new report.
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ICE Using Air Passenger Lists For Kidnapping
TSA is providing domestic passenger lists in real time to ICE.
They're using the names of travelers to kidnap people.
Until now, ICE has historically avoided interfering with domestic travel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
TSA is providing domestic passenger lists in real time to ICE.
They're using the names of travelers to kidnap people.
Until now, ICE has historically avoided interfering with domestic travel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
ICE Using Air Passenger Lists For Kidnapping
TSA is providing domestic passenger lists in real time to ICE.
They're using the names of travelers to kidnap people.
Until now, ICE has historically avoided interfering with domestic travel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
TSA is providing domestic passenger lists in real time to ICE.
They're using the names of travelers to kidnap people.
Until now, ICE has historically avoided interfering with domestic travel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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Trump is attempting to seize three public golf courses in Washington, including one adjacent to the Mall. We simply cannot let this happen.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump moves on D.C. golf courses with notice that jeopardizes lease
The administration puts National Links Trust on the clock in a bid to take control of the city’s three public golf courses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Trump is attempting to seize three public golf courses in Washington, including one adjacent to the Mall. We simply cannot let this happen.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Two days after the House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees, Trump moves to illegally end collective bargaining for TSA workers.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Two days after the House of Representatives voted to restore collective bargaining rights to federal employees, Trump moves to illegally end collective bargaining for TSA workers.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
Trump may be the most anti-union president in American history.
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Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
Greg Bovino’s the star of Trump’s deportation show. We trace his roots.
As a boy, the Hollywood movie “The Border" set the course for his life. He couldn’t believe the Border Patrol agents in the movie were the bad guys. Now that he’s in charge of deportation efforts caus...
chicago.suntimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Things we learn:
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
1. Bovino's existence is the result of chain migration, which MAGA wants to ban
2. His family arrived legally under an immigration law MAGA wants to repeal
3. His father killed a woman while driving drunk, a crime for which MAGA aims to deport immigrants
And much more. Read it.
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A Border Patrol agent who allegedly threatened to shoot a bystander during an arrest in Chicago has been exposed for a history of extreme, racist and hate-filled online posts, reported The Daily Beast on Friday.
Racist rants exposed for Border Patrol agent accused of threatening to shoot bystanders
A Border Patrol agent who allegedly threatened to shoot a bystander during an arrest in Chicago has been exposed for a history of extreme, racist and hate-filled online posts, reported The Daily Beast on Friday."Timothy Donohue, 38, was a member of lead commander Gregory Bovino’s maurauding so-calle...
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A Border Patrol agent who allegedly threatened to shoot a bystander during an arrest in Chicago has been exposed for a history of extreme, racist and hate-filled online posts, reported The Daily Beast on Friday.
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There is no evidence they were carrying any drugs. The Coast Guard used to interdict suspected boats, inspect the cargo and men, and then, 80% of the time, release them as there was nothing there.
This is murder for sport, by the sociopaths Hegseth and Trump, with Bradley playing along.
This is murder for sport, by the sociopaths Hegseth and Trump, with Bradley playing along.
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There is no evidence they were carrying any drugs. The Coast Guard used to interdict suspected boats, inspect the cargo and men, and then, 80% of the time, release them as there was nothing there.
This is murder for sport, by the sociopaths Hegseth and Trump, with Bradley playing along.
This is murder for sport, by the sociopaths Hegseth and Trump, with Bradley playing along.
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🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x convicted felon & adjudicated rapist Trump did. 🚨🚨🚨
September 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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1/3 🧵Kristi Noem isn’t just a Trump loyalist...she’s running DHS like a dictator’s enforcer. Ignoring court orders...deporting veterans...and bulldozing due process are exactly the kinds of violations the Constitution forbids from a federal official entrusted with public safety.
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
1/3 🧵Kristi Noem isn’t just a Trump loyalist...she’s running DHS like a dictator’s enforcer. Ignoring court orders...deporting veterans...and bulldozing due process are exactly the kinds of violations the Constitution forbids from a federal official entrusted with public safety.
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
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Just found out about another way that Dump has screwed us during the holidays when I went to mail off some gifts. He’s increased shipping prices at the post office, so that it will cost more to send our holiday packages to friends and family. 🤬
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/u...
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/u...
US Postal Service temporarily increasing prices for holiday season
The U.S. Postal Service is temporarily increasing prices on “some package services for the holiday shipping season.”
abcnews.go.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Just found out about another way that Dump has screwed us during the holidays when I went to mail off some gifts. He’s increased shipping prices at the post office, so that it will cost more to send our holiday packages to friends and family. 🤬
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/u...
abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/u...
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DOGE may technically no longer exist, but the damage it did lives on.
Exhibit A: Ogden, Utah.
Exhibit A: Ogden, Utah.
Utah loves Trump. It didn’t stop him from taking a chainsaw to one of its largest employers.
What happened when Elon & Co. started slashing?
www.motherjones.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
DOGE may technically no longer exist, but the damage it did lives on.
Exhibit A: Ogden, Utah.
Exhibit A: Ogden, Utah.
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Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
December 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oligarchy (noun):
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.