Gus Orviston
@orviston.bsky.social
Bibliophile, perpetual grad student, fan of democracy, cats, and the Oxford comma. Episcopalian, but not great at it. Foxes over hedgehogs.
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Gus Orviston
@orviston.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Do not stop trying to be a good person just because you see bad people winning. Virtue matters.
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This is a huge issue. Russia did something similar between 2010 and 2016.
Russia is engineering a migration bomb for Europe. Disinformation on local airwaves in Mali and Niger pushes desperate youth toward deadly routes; Russian paramilitaries guard traffickers in Libya. Endgame? Chaos at EU gates, fractured politics. Europe ignores this at its peril.
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 AM
This is a huge issue. Russia did something similar between 2010 and 2016.
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Agreed. We’ve got to investigate Hunter Biden and hold him accountable for his major government role in … ok, wait a minute, standby, I’m hearing this is not about Hunter Biden.
As we dig into this scandal, can we revisit the question about why the president's son-in-law, who has no formal role in this administration, keeps showing up at high-level negotiations with actual world leaders?
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
February 12, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Agreed. We’ve got to investigate Hunter Biden and hold him accountable for his major government role in … ok, wait a minute, standby, I’m hearing this is not about Hunter Biden.
I don't see how this is a tenable position for anyone that has read anything that Douglass wrote.
Bluesky "leftist": "Frederick Douglass wasn't literate enough to read and understand the Constitution. I am very smart and woke."
Doing great folks, just great.
Doing great folks, just great.
February 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I don't see how this is a tenable position for anyone that has read anything that Douglass wrote.
With apologies to Mitch: he still does, but he used to, too.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
With apologies to Mitch: he still does, but he used to, too.
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Joe Biden passed the biggest climate package in history and nobody cared and now we’re here
BREAKING: The EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, removing a key basis for the climate change fight.
Live updates: Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
The Trump administration revoked a scientific finding at the center of U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, a significant rollback of regulations.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Joe Biden passed the biggest climate package in history and nobody cared and now we’re here
This is such an obvious lie that I'm wondering if he actually believes it.
Trump: "We're the only country in the world that has mail in ballots"
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This is such an obvious lie that I'm wondering if he actually believes it.
Ooof.
OpenAI Introduces Premium Video Generator For White House Advisors Manipulating Trump https://theonion.com/openai-introduces-premium-video-generator-for-white-house-advisors-manipulating-trump/
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Ooof.
Wait, the Bulwark is doing book reviews now? Good.
"It is frequently funny, and it is occasionally beautiful, but after reaching the end of the novel, one is left with the inescapable sense that there must have been a better way to spend one’s time."
Are You Experienced? Are You Confused?
Patricia Lockwood’s latest novel is full of amusing episodes but refuses to cohere into a larger whole.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Wait, the Bulwark is doing book reviews now? Good.
"If no one accurately reported on what we were doing, then we'd be able to just get away with it"
Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons: "Sometimes the media is our biggest enemy."
February 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"If no one accurately reported on what we were doing, then we'd be able to just get away with it"
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CATO: “.. The whole idea that Trump tariffs would ‘protect US manufacturing jobs’ was all lies then, and it is all lies now.”
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February 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
CATO: “.. The whole idea that Trump tariffs would ‘protect US manufacturing jobs’ was all lies then, and it is all lies now.”
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This should be the signal for counties to boycott the World Cup. They can’t, in good conscience, put their fans and their nationals in danger.
ICE Director Says It Will Play Key Security Role At World Cup
ICE Director Says It Will Play Key Security Role At World Cup
The acting ICE director did not confirm whether operations or raids would pause during matches and FIFA-sanctioned events, despite concerns from lawmakers.
www.forbes.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This should be the signal for counties to boycott the World Cup. They can’t, in good conscience, put their fans and their nationals in danger.
If you've gotta say it, it raises some questions
Homan: "ICE is a legitimate federal law enforcement agency. We're not out scouring the streets to disappear people or deny people their civil rights or due process."
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
If you've gotta say it, it raises some questions
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Everyone lied about the Biden economy every day of his presidency and now we’re here
February 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Everyone lied about the Biden economy every day of his presidency and now we’re here
Hm, well, okay, since Trump's campaign was so focused on love and inclusion of all religions, sexual, and racial minorities that this is just a huge surprise, it's too bad that there's no way that Andre could have seen this coming
“Everything he was doing to make America great I was cool with up until he started messing with the immigrants,” said Andre Lewis, 32, who lives in White Bear Lake.
Gotta love the American voter
www.startribune.com/minnesotas-s...
Gotta love the American voter
www.startribune.com/minnesotas-s...
Minnesota’s suburbs are an election battleground. Trump’s immigration surge is unpopular there.
A new poll shows suburban residents and independents aligning more with Twin Cities residents in opposing Trump’s crackdown and immigration agents’ tactics.
www.startribune.com
February 12, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Hm, well, okay, since Trump's campaign was so focused on love and inclusion of all religions, sexual, and racial minorities that this is just a huge surprise, it's too bad that there's no way that Andre could have seen this coming
I think it's what their audience wants, sure, but the Blaze is almost certainly a nest of genuine racists, not just racists of convenience.
The Blaze pays for this content because it's what its audience wants to consume.
February 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I think it's what their audience wants, sure, but the Blaze is almost certainly a nest of genuine racists, not just racists of convenience.
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These dudes think this is so clever.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
Rep. Brian Steil: "I flew home to my home state of Wisconsin, went to buy a 6 pack a beer, the clerk asked for my ID, confirmed it, and then I was allowed to buy the beer. I just think it's nuts that we protect our beer more than our ballots."
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
These dudes think this is so clever.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
Beyond the difference in harms that accompanies the age limits for booze and voting, there were 26,000+ arrests of minors for liquor law violations in 2019. It’s a relatively common crime.
There are functionally no arrests each year for in-person voter fraud.
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Trump's racist video depicting the Obamas as apes wasn't a mistake—it's part of a pattern. From DHS posting neo-Nazi recruitment material to erasing slavery exhibits, white nationalism has become official government policy.
My latest in @theunpopulist.net
My latest in @theunpopulist.net
Trump's Vile Obama Video Follows the White House's Official White Nationalist Line
DHS and other agencies have been spewing racist goals as government policy
www.theunpopulist.net
February 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Trump's racist video depicting the Obamas as apes wasn't a mistake—it's part of a pattern. From DHS posting neo-Nazi recruitment material to erasing slavery exhibits, white nationalism has become official government policy.
My latest in @theunpopulist.net
My latest in @theunpopulist.net
I mean, I get why this is bad, but it’s why Bari was hired in the first place.
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I mean, I get why this is bad, but it’s why Bari was hired in the first place.
Would like to see an investigation as to the DOJ is surveilling members of Congress.
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Would like to see an investigation as to the DOJ is surveilling members of Congress.
Cuellar, the guy that Trump pardoned.
C'mon, guys.
C'mon, guys.
NEW: House passes SAVE America Act
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
218-213; Rs + 1 Dem (Cuellar) vote yes.
Revised Trump-backed bill requires showing proof of citizenship "in person" to register and slaps photo ID rules to vote.
Now it goes to the Senate. No path to 60. THUNE promises a vote.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes SAVE America Act, sending Trump-backed election bill to the Senate
The legislation would overhaul federal election laws in all 50 states by imposing new voter ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements. But it faces a daunting path in the Senate.
www.nbcnews.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Cuellar, the guy that Trump pardoned.
C'mon, guys.
C'mon, guys.
If this is what they wanted to talk about, they would not have asked for Pam Bondi.
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 12, 2026 at 2:20 AM
If this is what they wanted to talk about, they would not have asked for Pam Bondi.
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A national shanda that should shame & embarrass every American, especially those Republicans in Congress who claim to be deeply concerned about American power, hegemony, & national security issues #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
February 11, 2026 at 8:01 PM
A national shanda that should shame & embarrass every American, especially those Republicans in Congress who claim to be deeply concerned about American power, hegemony, & national security issues #SlavaUkraini 🇺🇦
This is so dumb
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says reut.rs/46vkQiO
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal to revive industry, Bloomberg News says
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to direct the Pentagon to use government funding and Pentagon contracts to sustain U.S. coal-fired power plants, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing a White House official.
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February 11, 2026 at 7:09 PM
This is so dumb
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I think the Attorney General should be the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, primarily focused on enforcing U.S. federal statutes.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know my statement is controversial these days. But it's honestly how I feel.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know my statement is controversial these days. But it's honestly how I feel.
February 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I think the Attorney General should be the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, primarily focused on enforcing U.S. federal statutes.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know my statement is controversial these days. But it's honestly how I feel.
Sorry to get so partisan. I know my statement is controversial these days. But it's honestly how I feel.
Members of the executive branch are not invited to testify before Congress to provide their opinions on Congress, although one would not know this if all that one has seen is Bondi and other Trump officials.
Attorney General Pam Bondi to Rep. Thomas Massie: "This guy has Trump Derangement Syndrome. You're a failed politician."
February 11, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Members of the executive branch are not invited to testify before Congress to provide their opinions on Congress, although one would not know this if all that one has seen is Bondi and other Trump officials.