Frank Vehafric
@fvehafric.bsky.social
Retired union rep, at home in Oregon, which I love. I travel when I can afford it, interests in human origins, photography, fly fishing and restoring our US public lands. Blazer fan, because it's still ok to have fun.
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The Dame Time photo of anti-ICE protests
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The Dame Time photo of anti-ICE protests
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And why would they need waivers? Did the 'director' know they couldn't pass a polygraph? But sure! Head on over to the very sensitive classified information.
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two newly hired senior FBI staff, exempting them from polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information, officials said.
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
And why would they need waivers? Did the 'director' know they couldn't pass a polygraph? But sure! Head on over to the very sensitive classified information.
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
#Pinks
#ProudBlue
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"The main recipient listed on the contracts is a mysterious Delaware company, which was created days before the deal was finalized."
Noem has been grifting since her 1st days in gov't - a LOT as a guv'ner.
Feel certain she will face a severe comeuppance when this nightmare is over.
Noem has been grifting since her 1st days in gov't - a LOT as a guv'ner.
Feel certain she will face a severe comeuppance when this nightmare is over.
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"The main recipient listed on the contracts is a mysterious Delaware company, which was created days before the deal was finalized."
Noem has been grifting since her 1st days in gov't - a LOT as a guv'ner.
Feel certain she will face a severe comeuppance when this nightmare is over.
Noem has been grifting since her 1st days in gov't - a LOT as a guv'ner.
Feel certain she will face a severe comeuppance when this nightmare is over.
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Thank you! It’s driving me nuts to keep reading and hearing about grown men having “sex” with children. It’s rape! Non-consensual sex is rape! Children cannot give consent. We need to stop softening the words.
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thank you! It’s driving me nuts to keep reading and hearing about grown men having “sex” with children. It’s rape! Non-consensual sex is rape! Children cannot give consent. We need to stop softening the words.
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Everything I'm seeing indicates the Trump regime is failing apart.
It's hard to be hopeful, I know, but let's try to take the win.
It's hard to be hopeful, I know, but let's try to take the win.
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Everything I'm seeing indicates the Trump regime is failing apart.
It's hard to be hopeful, I know, but let's try to take the win.
It's hard to be hopeful, I know, but let's try to take the win.
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Starbucks employees in Minneapolis, and across the country, are striking for
✅ Fair wages
✅ Proper staffing
✅ End to union busting
I'm proud to stand in solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org until they get the fair contract they deserve! 💪🏽
#NoContractNoCoffee
✅ Fair wages
✅ Proper staffing
✅ End to union busting
I'm proud to stand in solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org until they get the fair contract they deserve! 💪🏽
#NoContractNoCoffee
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Starbucks employees in Minneapolis, and across the country, are striking for
✅ Fair wages
✅ Proper staffing
✅ End to union busting
I'm proud to stand in solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org until they get the fair contract they deserve! 💪🏽
#NoContractNoCoffee
✅ Fair wages
✅ Proper staffing
✅ End to union busting
I'm proud to stand in solidarity with @sbworkersunited.org until they get the fair contract they deserve! 💪🏽
#NoContractNoCoffee
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It's hard to overstate what a disaster Kash Patel is. See the many disturbing details here, from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, an expert on the FBI. "The longer this chaos continues," he writes, "the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Kash Patel, the FBI's agent of chaos
The biggest little scandal in Washington right now is how bad Patel is at being FBI director.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It's hard to overstate what a disaster Kash Patel is. See the many disturbing details here, from @vermontgmg.bsky.social, an expert on the FBI. "The longer this chaos continues," he writes, "the more likely we’re going to face a catastrophic intelligence failure." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Epstein's pilot coordinated flights with Trump's multiple times during first term: emails - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
Epstein's pilot coordinated flights with Trump's multiple times during first term: emails
Larry Visoski, who served as Jeffrey Epstein’s personal pilot for decades, appears to have coordinated multiple flights for Epstein with President Donald Trump’s, according to files released this week...
www.rawstory.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Epstein's pilot coordinated flights with Trump's multiple times during first term: emails - Raw Story www.rawstory.com/jeffrey-epst...
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I don't want our public money going toward greedy corporations who see us as cattle, OR billionaire pedos who torture children, OR another mile of stolen land for Israel. I want it to go toward American families so they can have more time, freedom, services, and stability.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I don't want our public money going toward greedy corporations who see us as cattle, OR billionaire pedos who torture children, OR another mile of stolen land for Israel. I want it to go toward American families so they can have more time, freedom, services, and stability.
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Olivia Nuzzi got sent in to do a profile but it turned out she wanted to fuck the subject so we sent in Jacob Bernstein to profile her and it turns out he also wants to fuck the subject
you can’t be putting this in the paper (gift link but i do not recommend you use it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...)
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Olivia Nuzzi got sent in to do a profile but it turned out she wanted to fuck the subject so we sent in Jacob Bernstein to profile her and it turns out he also wants to fuck the subject
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Here's the ActBlue RSVP link for @ginafortexas.bsky.social's 11/18 event in NYC.
I'm gonna try to go!
secure.actblue.com/donate/nat-g...
I'm gonna try to go!
secure.actblue.com/donate/nat-g...
Join us November 18th in support of Gina Hinojosa
Show your support with a contribution.
secure.actblue.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Here's the ActBlue RSVP link for @ginafortexas.bsky.social's 11/18 event in NYC.
I'm gonna try to go!
secure.actblue.com/donate/nat-g...
I'm gonna try to go!
secure.actblue.com/donate/nat-g...
C'mon folks, retweet good union posts, spread the love and awareness.
New on the Labor Notes Pod 🎙️@sbworkersunited.org's Sabina Aguirre on what striking workers are fighting for: decent wages that won't leave them dependent on SNAP and Medicaid, and proper staffing so baristas aren't scrambling to make 80 drinks an hour labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/starbucks-...
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
C'mon folks, retweet good union posts, spread the love and awareness.
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New on the Labor Notes Pod 🎙️@sbworkersunited.org's Sabina Aguirre on what striking workers are fighting for: decent wages that won't leave them dependent on SNAP and Medicaid, and proper staffing so baristas aren't scrambling to make 80 drinks an hour labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/starbucks-...
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New on the Labor Notes Pod 🎙️@sbworkersunited.org's Sabina Aguirre on what striking workers are fighting for: decent wages that won't leave them dependent on SNAP and Medicaid, and proper staffing so baristas aren't scrambling to make 80 drinks an hour labornotespodcast.podbean.com/e/starbucks-...
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everyone gets so mad at the mods here for doing basic mod shit. sometimes you gotta make a little murder joke and eat a three day ban for it. that’s life baby, there’s beauty in that.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
everyone gets so mad at the mods here for doing basic mod shit. sometimes you gotta make a little murder joke and eat a three day ban for it. that’s life baby, there’s beauty in that.
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The phrase "sucked in" is true, but not in the way he uses it. He means the campaign was all about identity. It was not. "Sucked in" means Democrats are terrible at rising to bait and letting their opponents frame the debate, therefore creating an impression of a campaign they didn't actually run.
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The phrase "sucked in" is true, but not in the way he uses it. He means the campaign was all about identity. It was not. "Sucked in" means Democrats are terrible at rising to bait and letting their opponents frame the debate, therefore creating an impression of a campaign they didn't actually run.
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Again, if they can learn from Mamdani, it's stay on message. If Rufo says Democrats want to teach homosexuality manuals, the response is not 500 words about sensitivity and so forth. It's, "I won't dignify that. I'm busy fighting for equal rights, equal protection, and money in your pocket."
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Again, if they can learn from Mamdani, it's stay on message. If Rufo says Democrats want to teach homosexuality manuals, the response is not 500 words about sensitivity and so forth. It's, "I won't dignify that. I'm busy fighting for equal rights, equal protection, and money in your pocket."
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Thou doth protest a lot...
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thou doth protest a lot...
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"There is a difference between an honest evolution, which entails accountability, and shallow opportunism, which offers none." I wrote about the very premature and highly credulous rehabilitation of Marjorie Taylor Greene:
Four Simple Questions for Marjorie Taylor Greene
A few recent breaks with her party do not negate a lifetime of conspiracies.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"There is a difference between an honest evolution, which entails accountability, and shallow opportunism, which offers none." I wrote about the very premature and highly credulous rehabilitation of Marjorie Taylor Greene:
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"Maybe you’d pay more attention if I started a Substack."
"America, are you seriously not picking up what I’m putting down? I’m old enough to remember when everyone was like 'believe Black women.'"
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wit...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wit...
With America on My Last Fucking Nerve, I, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dissent
You know me as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Over the past three years, I’ve tried changing the system from within. I’ve wri...
www.mcsweeneys.net
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Maybe you’d pay more attention if I started a Substack."
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“Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer,” said Charles Tiefer, a leading authority on federal contract law.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
“Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer,” said Charles Tiefer, a leading authority on federal contract law.
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
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faith leaders and demonstrators tried to take beach street, which has been shut down to car traffic for weeks.
immediately, cook county sheriff’s police, state police, and broadview pd moved in to aggressively tackle clergy, drag protesters across the ground and arrest at least 3-4 people.
immediately, cook county sheriff’s police, state police, and broadview pd moved in to aggressively tackle clergy, drag protesters across the ground and arrest at least 3-4 people.
November 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
faith leaders and demonstrators tried to take beach street, which has been shut down to car traffic for weeks.
immediately, cook county sheriff’s police, state police, and broadview pd moved in to aggressively tackle clergy, drag protesters across the ground and arrest at least 3-4 people.
immediately, cook county sheriff’s police, state police, and broadview pd moved in to aggressively tackle clergy, drag protesters across the ground and arrest at least 3-4 people.
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"Peter J. Skandalakis, the Executive Director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, announced that he would pursue the prosecution of President Donald Trump and others for interference in the 2020 election, rather than dropping the case altogether." 1/
www.rawstory.com/skandalakis-...
"Peter J. Skandalakis, the Executive Director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, announced that he would pursue the prosecution of President Donald Trump and others for interference in the 2020 election, rather than dropping the case altogether." 1/
www.rawstory.com/skandalakis-...
Trump can't shake GA criminal election interference case as new prosecutor moves forward
Peter J. Skandalakis, the Executive Director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, announced that he would pursue the prosecution of President Donald Trump and others for interference in th...
www.rawstory.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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"Peter J. Skandalakis, the Executive Director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, announced that he would pursue the prosecution of President Donald Trump and others for interference in the 2020 election, rather than dropping the case altogether." 1/
www.rawstory.com/skandalakis-...
"Peter J. Skandalakis, the Executive Director of the Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, announced that he would pursue the prosecution of President Donald Trump and others for interference in the 2020 election, rather than dropping the case altogether." 1/
www.rawstory.com/skandalakis-...
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This is insane.
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This is insane.
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NYT describing a progressive who just won an impressive upset election victory: she’s a windbag with no experience
NYT describing a disgraced conservative pedo: a wretched young woman ended up in his vicinity and ruined his life
NYT describing a disgraced conservative pedo: a wretched young woman ended up in his vicinity and ruined his life
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NYT describing a progressive who just won an impressive upset election victory: she’s a windbag with no experience
NYT describing a disgraced conservative pedo: a wretched young woman ended up in his vicinity and ruined his life
NYT describing a disgraced conservative pedo: a wretched young woman ended up in his vicinity and ruined his life