Paul Wiley
@paulwileyva.bsky.social
If you don’t know where to go, go where you’re needed.
🏡 - Del Ray, Alexandria VA
🏡 - Del Ray, Alexandria VA
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Jones won the state by more than Obama did in 2008 lol
With Richmond’s update, we have what should be our final totals in VA
Spanberger +15.36%
Hashmi +11.56%
Jones +6.68%
Statewide turnout is 76.2% of 2024
Spanberger finished at nearly 85% of Harris’ vote total, and she also received more votes than Trump 2020 in VA
Spanberger +15.36%
Hashmi +11.56%
Jones +6.68%
Statewide turnout is 76.2% of 2024
Spanberger finished at nearly 85% of Harris’ vote total, and she also received more votes than Trump 2020 in VA
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Jones won the state by more than Obama did in 2008 lol
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Computers were a skill. They were taught in classrooms as a skill. Skills give you power over your tools because you work them as an expert and that is leverage to multiply externally.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
And then computers became an A/B tested telemetry-based advertising conduit to brains for SaaS recurring revenue.
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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 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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
@josephfray.bsky.social $49.99 at the pentagon city Costco just FYI
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
@josephfray.bsky.social $49.99 at the pentagon city Costco just FYI
So to get Tim Kaine to do the right thing, he says we need to make his life personally miserable until he does. Got it, thanks Tim!
Tim Kaine on backlash he's getting: "I got the first good night's sleep last night that I've gotten since Oct 1, b/c I wasn't worried about being able to look Capitol Police in the eye when I walked in, or what a furloughed fed worker would say to me at church, or what somebody would say about SNAP"
November 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
So to get Tim Kaine to do the right thing, he says we need to make his life personally miserable until he does. Got it, thanks Tim!
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Pritzker-CarnivorousDeathBall 2028!
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Pritzker-CarnivorousDeathBall 2028!
Tuesday night was fun (and much more fun much earlier than even I had hoped!)
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Tuesday night was fun (and much more fun much earlier than even I had hoped!)
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Trump is pledging to defy a court order requiring him to fund SNAP, and Jason Miyares has refused to stand up to Trump and prevent VA kids from going hungry.
Voters are tired of leaders who won't fight for them, and they'll show that at the ballot box.
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/t...
Voters are tired of leaders who won't fight for them, and they'll show that at the ballot box.
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/t...
Trump says SNAP will only get paid after shutdown
The post appears to defy two federal courts' rulings.
www.axios.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump is pledging to defy a court order requiring him to fund SNAP, and Jason Miyares has refused to stand up to Trump and prevent VA kids from going hungry.
Voters are tired of leaders who won't fight for them, and they'll show that at the ballot box.
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/t...
Voters are tired of leaders who won't fight for them, and they'll show that at the ballot box.
www.axios.com/2025/11/04/t...
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No words for how vile and disgusting this is. And dangerous, frankly, to rile up a MAGA mob about not wanting *those kind of people* in this state. Where have we seen this before? 🤔
Video: At Rally in Purcellville, Glenn Youngkin and John Reid Cut Loose with Repulsive Xenophobia, Islamophobia, etc.; Claim “radical Islamists…are on the march”; Declare, “I don’t want [Hashmi] anywhere. I don’t even want her in the state!” bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
November 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
No words for how vile and disgusting this is. And dangerous, frankly, to rile up a MAGA mob about not wanting *those kind of people* in this state. Where have we seen this before? 🤔
All time changes should be optional for parents, this is some buuuuulllllshit
November 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM
All time changes should be optional for parents, this is some buuuuulllllshit
Sitting on front steps hollering CAREFUL WITH THE CARS as sugar-addled tweens sprint back and forth crossing the street, officially Halloween-Dad’ing over here
October 31, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Sitting on front steps hollering CAREFUL WITH THE CARS as sugar-addled tweens sprint back and forth crossing the street, officially Halloween-Dad’ing over here
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State lawmakers have requested an investigation into whether Attorney General Jason Miyares, who is running for reelection, received protected data about a program that allows Virginia inmates to trim their prison time, which was used in campaign ads. virginiamercury.com/2025/10/31/m...
Murky information and blurred lines cloud early release reoffender data, color attorney general race • Virginia Mercury
Though questions have lingered among journalists and lawmakers alike, the highly politicized early release program still stands as campaign fodder...
virginiamercury.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
State lawmakers have requested an investigation into whether Attorney General Jason Miyares, who is running for reelection, received protected data about a program that allows Virginia inmates to trim their prison time, which was used in campaign ads. virginiamercury.com/2025/10/31/m...
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so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
www.theatlantic.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
so @matteowong.bsky.social & I wrote on data centers: arguably the most important buildings in the world & are, in a way, holding the economy hostage. Byzantine financial instruments, private equity, depreciating tech, hype, $trillion valuations. it’s all there. an ai crash prob starts here.
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This race is about who will deliver for Virginians.
I have plans to defend against federal overreach, protect our rights, and keep our communities safe.
Meanwhile, Jason Miyares’ only plan is to continue supporting President Trump’s agenda in Virginia.
I have plans to defend against federal overreach, protect our rights, and keep our communities safe.
Meanwhile, Jason Miyares’ only plan is to continue supporting President Trump’s agenda in Virginia.
October 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This race is about who will deliver for Virginians.
I have plans to defend against federal overreach, protect our rights, and keep our communities safe.
Meanwhile, Jason Miyares’ only plan is to continue supporting President Trump’s agenda in Virginia.
I have plans to defend against federal overreach, protect our rights, and keep our communities safe.
Meanwhile, Jason Miyares’ only plan is to continue supporting President Trump’s agenda in Virginia.
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@scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social points out that early voting is defined in the code as voting 45 days "prior to the election." Meaning that "the election" is not defined as the broad time period over which people vote, but rather the Tuesday in November that is Election Day--words matter.
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
@scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social points out that early voting is defined in the code as voting 45 days "prior to the election." Meaning that "the election" is not defined as the broad time period over which people vote, but rather the Tuesday in November that is Election Day--words matter.
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Jason Miyares “has made clear that he would use every lever of power to delay, distort, or derail the reproductive freedom amendment, even without clear legal authority to do so.”
As AG, I’ll do everything I can to protect a woman’s right to choose.
vadogwood.com/opinion/opin...
As AG, I’ll do everything I can to protect a woman’s right to choose.
vadogwood.com/opinion/opin...
OPINION: Jason Miyares is a threat to Virginia's reproductive freedom
At stake is the proposed Constitutional Amendment for Reproductive Freedom, which would protect Virginians’ right to access abortion, contraception, miscarriage, and fertility care, and guarantee the ...
vadogwood.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Jason Miyares “has made clear that he would use every lever of power to delay, distort, or derail the reproductive freedom amendment, even without clear legal authority to do so.”
As AG, I’ll do everything I can to protect a woman’s right to choose.
vadogwood.com/opinion/opin...
As AG, I’ll do everything I can to protect a woman’s right to choose.
vadogwood.com/opinion/opin...
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Do you know who is NOT joining the lawsuit to sue Trump to protect SNAP benefits? Jason Miyares, that's who. Do you know who is NOT trying to protect low-income Virginians from being unable to feed their families? Jason Miyares.
THIS is why we need to elect @jonesjay in a week.
THIS is why we need to elect @jonesjay in a week.
October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Do you know who is NOT joining the lawsuit to sue Trump to protect SNAP benefits? Jason Miyares, that's who. Do you know who is NOT trying to protect low-income Virginians from being unable to feed their families? Jason Miyares.
THIS is why we need to elect @jonesjay in a week.
THIS is why we need to elect @jonesjay in a week.
Mocking/scare quotes on “Washington Post” entirely appropriate here
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
'Washington Post' editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos' financial ties
Three times in the past two weeks, editorials at the 'Washington Post' failed to disclose that they focused on matters in which owner Jeff Bezos had a material interest.
n.pr
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Mocking/scare quotes on “Washington Post” entirely appropriate here
Can’t help but hear this in @surber.bsky.social’s Jelly Roll
October 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Can’t help but hear this in @surber.bsky.social’s Jelly Roll
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My statement on Governor Youngkin declaring a State of Emergency over Donald Trump's SNAP cuts.
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My statement on Governor Youngkin declaring a State of Emergency over Donald Trump's SNAP cuts.
This is making me contemplate the idea of a Portland Mafia, which I envision as like guys in organic denim threatening to spokes your penny-farthing if you don't pay up
we’ve got a mafia poker ring abcnews.go.com/US/miami-hea...
October 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This is making me contemplate the idea of a Portland Mafia, which I envision as like guys in organic denim threatening to spokes your penny-farthing if you don't pay up