Nick Vogel
@nickvogel.bsky.social
Likes: wife, wiener dogs, cats, Padres, pinball, democracy, the redwoods, funk, and fiction.
Dislikes: pineapple on pizza, fascism, the ringing in my ears from my loud wiener dogs, the Yankees, and John Fisher.
Dislikes: pineapple on pizza, fascism, the ringing in my ears from my loud wiener dogs, the Yankees, and John Fisher.
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Opinion | Endless Gossipy Chatter About Epstein. One Glaring Omission.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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@americanprogress.bsky.social You need to fire Larry Summers. Now.
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 AM
@americanprogress.bsky.social You need to fire Larry Summers. Now.
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Theresa Gillespie Isom flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat while running on Medicaid expansion and helping rural hospitals.
Democrat Theresa Gillespie Isom Flips GOP-Held Mississippi Senate Seat in North Mississippi
Theresa Gillespie Isom, a North Mississippi Democrat, has won a special election for Mississippi Senate District 2, flipping a GOP-held seat.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Theresa Gillespie Isom flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat while running on Medicaid expansion and helping rural hospitals.
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"people commit SNAP frau---"*my baseball bat crashes into their lying mouth*
No further arguments, Your Honor.
No further arguments, Your Honor.
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"people commit SNAP frau---"*my baseball bat crashes into their lying mouth*
No further arguments, Your Honor.
No further arguments, Your Honor.
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A phone poll in 2022 (which would put people on the spot and not let them Google) found that less than half Americans could name all three branches of government.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A phone poll in 2022 (which would put people on the spot and not let them Google) found that less than half Americans could name all three branches of government.
www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...
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NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it will send election monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey — a move that Democrats and democracy advocates warned may be a potential step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting.
Trump Administration To Monitor Voting in California and New Jersey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
NEW: The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Friday that it will send election monitors to polling sites in California and New Jersey — a move that Democrats and democracy advocates warned may be a potential step toward the Trump administration seizing control of voting.
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That’s a trillion dollar increase in two months.
October 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
That’s a trillion dollar increase in two months.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
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History will be baffled by the media's coverage during this time. American democracy was being dismantled in front of their eyes, the biggest story of their lifetimes, and journalists cowered in the corner or spent time on idiocy. Failed themselves, their readers and their republic.
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
History will be baffled by the media's coverage during this time. American democracy was being dismantled in front of their eyes, the biggest story of their lifetimes, and journalists cowered in the corner or spent time on idiocy. Failed themselves, their readers and their republic.
Thank you @gallego.senate.gov - any chance you could teach your colleagues how to also communicate persuasively?
Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:
“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“
“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“
October 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Thank you @gallego.senate.gov - any chance you could teach your colleagues how to also communicate persuasively?
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"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.
Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:
“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“
“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“
October 7, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.
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I do wonder when media outlets will get interested in ballooning everyday costs. My family's grocery bill has exploded over the past six months and - unlike when a Democrat is president - this is a non-story.
October 1, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I do wonder when media outlets will get interested in ballooning everyday costs. My family's grocery bill has exploded over the past six months and - unlike when a Democrat is president - this is a non-story.
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Oh yes, this is clearly now.
September 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Oh yes, this is clearly now.
Censorship in my little hippie town. If it can happen on the North Coast of California, it can happen anywhere.
2 California TV stations aren't bringing back Jimmy Kimmel www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
2 California TV stations aren't bringing back Jimmy Kimmel www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
2 California TV stations aren't bringing back Jimmy Kimmel
A national broadcasting group plans to preempt Kimmel's show.
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September 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Censorship in my little hippie town. If it can happen on the North Coast of California, it can happen anywhere.
2 California TV stations aren't bringing back Jimmy Kimmel www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
2 California TV stations aren't bringing back Jimmy Kimmel www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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They were almost certainly sent to Libya or South Sudan on unrecorded ghost-flights. Or they were put on a boat out to sea and droned. Pinochet's Chile was far more competent than this poisonously stupid regime of con artists and Prager University dullards. But just as criminal, just as cruel.
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
They were almost certainly sent to Libya or South Sudan on unrecorded ghost-flights. Or they were put on a boat out to sea and droned. Pinochet's Chile was far more competent than this poisonously stupid regime of con artists and Prager University dullards. But just as criminal, just as cruel.
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I LOVE it!
A Californian equivalent to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the British BBC.
But even better, as we can learn from what worked and what can be done better from those organizations and set our foundations straight, right from the start!
A Californian equivalent to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the British BBC.
But even better, as we can learn from what worked and what can be done better from those organizations and set our foundations straight, right from the start!
California needs to fully fund a public media outlet
On social media Wednesday night, after Kimmel’s suspension was announced, The Onion’s Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social wrote: “[it’s] Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love.”
September 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I LOVE it!
A Californian equivalent to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the British BBC.
But even better, as we can learn from what worked and what can be done better from those organizations and set our foundations straight, right from the start!
A Californian equivalent to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the British BBC.
But even better, as we can learn from what worked and what can be done better from those organizations and set our foundations straight, right from the start!
This is such a great idea. If the huge number of Californian philanthropists are asked for funding too, this could really be something vibrant and long-lasting.
California needs to fully fund a public media outlet
On social media Wednesday night, after Kimmel’s suspension was announced, The Onion’s Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social wrote: “[it’s] Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love.”
September 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This is such a great idea. If the huge number of Californian philanthropists are asked for funding too, this could really be something vibrant and long-lasting.
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David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.
September 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.
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Just cancelled Hulu, Disney, ESPN, and deleted the ABC News app.
I have 3 kids under 8 who love to watch Disney Plus. We've been subscribers since the service started.
I just canceled our subscription due to ABC's cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel. Will you join me?
I just canceled our subscription due to ABC's cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel. Will you join me?
September 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Just cancelled Hulu, Disney, ESPN, and deleted the ABC News app.
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ah, well
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
September 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
ah, well