Justin VanDeVelde
vanderduff.bsky.social
Justin VanDeVelde
@vanderduff.bsky.social
Geochemist, University of Michigan
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trump’s numbers are tanking and there is a palpable desire in the electorate for a real alternative and yet the only money in democratic politics is for doing starmerism
September 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Breyer: But wouldn't that then always be the case? If the civilian law enforcement tells you we want military force just in case something happens?

Sherman: Absolutely, your honor...and we had plenty of capacity to do that.

Breyer: Ok, I think that answers my question
August 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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I deleted several posts about a Times story because they violated Times social media standards.
July 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Generalizing *a GOP convention delegate* to represent everyone who voted for Trump is proving Elliott's point for him.
Counterpoint: this photo
June 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Okay. The people have spoken.

For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).

Let the games begin.
May 8, 2024 at 3:34 AM
People said I was overreacting when I cancelled my WaPo sub. The mainstream media is either surrendering to fascism or collaborating with it.
This is, or should be, a big deal -- Ann Telnaes, an absolute legend, quitting WaPo due to censorship of a cartoon criticizing billionaires

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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There have been more articles about Bluesky being a liberal echo chamber in the past week than there were about Nazis being reinstated and boosted for the 2 years Musk has owned Twitter.
November 22, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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Due to the server issues some of your recent posts may have gotten fewer likes than they deserved

Please accept this coupon to rectify this, which allows you to imagine you got 10 more likes on your post than you did
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Why stop at Attorney General? Trump should make his entire cabinet people that Garland failed to prosecute, to really drive the point home.
November 13, 2024 at 10:05 PM
The billionaire owners of the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times blocked their papers from endorsing Kamala Harris this week, afraid of what Donald Trump could do to them if he wins. Which in itself is the biggest Harris endorsement they could make.
October 25, 2024 at 6:37 PM
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the polls and the forecasts are not the election. at most they are representations of potential outcomes. the election is being fought out right now, on the ground, and the only way we’ll be able to impose a narrative on it is after the fact
October 20, 2024 at 6:44 PM