Verat Chao
@veratchao.bsky.social
It's time to win the future back.
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I need people to stop saying NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s win proves that Democratic Socialists need to run in every race around the country, or that New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill is the blueprint for all Dems looking to run for office.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I need people to stop saying NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s win proves that Democratic Socialists need to run in every race around the country, or that New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill is the blueprint for all Dems looking to run for office.
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We need to normalize thinking about large-scale prosecutions of this admin as inevitable.
Cabinet members on down to ICE stormtroopers are going to face justice for their rampage of criminality.
And the public needs to know details of what happened. The murders, the bribes and embezzlement.
Cabinet members on down to ICE stormtroopers are going to face justice for their rampage of criminality.
And the public needs to know details of what happened. The murders, the bribes and embezzlement.
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
We need to normalize thinking about large-scale prosecutions of this admin as inevitable.
Cabinet members on down to ICE stormtroopers are going to face justice for their rampage of criminality.
And the public needs to know details of what happened. The murders, the bribes and embezzlement.
Cabinet members on down to ICE stormtroopers are going to face justice for their rampage of criminality.
And the public needs to know details of what happened. The murders, the bribes and embezzlement.
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I must confess that I was concerned after the 2024 election.
Concerned we’d be so demoralized that we’d simply give up.
There were some hints it wouldn’t be the case (protests, special elections, etc.), but still I worried.
I now know those fears were misguided.
We showed up, we fought, we won.
Concerned we’d be so demoralized that we’d simply give up.
There were some hints it wouldn’t be the case (protests, special elections, etc.), but still I worried.
I now know those fears were misguided.
We showed up, we fought, we won.
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I must confess that I was concerned after the 2024 election.
Concerned we’d be so demoralized that we’d simply give up.
There were some hints it wouldn’t be the case (protests, special elections, etc.), but still I worried.
I now know those fears were misguided.
We showed up, we fought, we won.
Concerned we’d be so demoralized that we’d simply give up.
There were some hints it wouldn’t be the case (protests, special elections, etc.), but still I worried.
I now know those fears were misguided.
We showed up, we fought, we won.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
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the arrows look nice, don't they?
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
the arrows look nice, don't they?
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
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Behold, the expert predictive quality of election betting markets. They can tell you a thing will happen right when everyone else figures out it will!
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Behold, the expert predictive quality of election betting markets. They can tell you a thing will happen right when everyone else figures out it will!
The 2028 candidate that will win my vote is the one that promises to give their inauguration speech, followed by a livestream of Trump's arrest, followed by them hopping in the cab of a wrecking ball and taking the first swings at the Epstein ballroom.
October 24, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The 2028 candidate that will win my vote is the one that promises to give their inauguration speech, followed by a livestream of Trump's arrest, followed by them hopping in the cab of a wrecking ball and taking the first swings at the Epstein ballroom.
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Glad to see Portland protestors getting the note that their demonstrations against ICE need to be anodyne to a point where they cannot reasonably be used in court to support federal troops and are wearing blow up animal costumes about it
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Glad to see Portland protestors getting the note that their demonstrations against ICE need to be anodyne to a point where they cannot reasonably be used in court to support federal troops and are wearing blow up animal costumes about it
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My new color photographic map of Pluto is now online.
Full resolution image version (~322Mpix) is available on Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/10958...
PDF version (~73MB) is available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1EW-x...
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Full resolution image version (~322Mpix) is available on Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/10958...
PDF version (~73MB) is available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1EW-x...
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October 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
My new color photographic map of Pluto is now online.
Full resolution image version (~322Mpix) is available on Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/10958...
PDF version (~73MB) is available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1EW-x...
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Full resolution image version (~322Mpix) is available on Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/10958...
PDF version (~73MB) is available here: drive.google.com/file/d/1EW-x...
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In regard to the Ezra Klein thing: hasn't the last two weeks shown everyone that people on the right don't want to have difficult conversations? They tried to cancel anyone who expressed anything but a glowing opinion of Charlie Kirk. They aren't open to different opinions at all.
September 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
In regard to the Ezra Klein thing: hasn't the last two weeks shown everyone that people on the right don't want to have difficult conversations? They tried to cancel anyone who expressed anything but a glowing opinion of Charlie Kirk. They aren't open to different opinions at all.
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I mean, the current Kansas Governor is pro-choice, but she won on protecting state education. That's the whole point! You don't win by adopting their positions, you win by fighting where they're weak & you're strong
September 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I mean, the current Kansas Governor is pro-choice, but she won on protecting state education. That's the whole point! You don't win by adopting their positions, you win by fighting where they're weak & you're strong
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
The Dems reminding these spineless fools that there can be consequences down the road is a good start. Ultimately, this crap won't stop until they are convinced that the consequences for complying outweigh the consequences for not complying. That will take full court press by Dems and the public.
House Democratic Leadership Statement on the Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.
September 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Dems reminding these spineless fools that there can be consequences down the road is a good start. Ultimately, this crap won't stop until they are convinced that the consequences for complying outweigh the consequences for not complying. That will take full court press by Dems and the public.
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No one has been more vindicated than normie resistance Dems, women’s marchers and never-Trump Republicans. They were right all along about the threat. The anti-anti-Trump Republicans and reactionary centrists, and the far left “it’s always been this bad” folks have been proved wrong over and over.
September 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
No one has been more vindicated than normie resistance Dems, women’s marchers and never-Trump Republicans. They were right all along about the threat. The anti-anti-Trump Republicans and reactionary centrists, and the far left “it’s always been this bad” folks have been proved wrong over and over.
The ghouls in his administration have been running around all week trying to pretend their latest round of censorship was in service of protecting the honor of Charlie Kirk then Trump's just like "Yeah bout time they canned Kimmel, wanted that for a while. NBC should can their hosts, too."
Trump now calls for the firing of Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers.
September 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The ghouls in his administration have been running around all week trying to pretend their latest round of censorship was in service of protecting the honor of Charlie Kirk then Trump's just like "Yeah bout time they canned Kimmel, wanted that for a while. NBC should can their hosts, too."
The Kimmel news really makes the one-week delay in the South Park episode suspicious.
September 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The Kimmel news really makes the one-week delay in the South Park episode suspicious.
Cancel Disney+ and Hulu. Disney is betting streaming is the future. Hit them where it hurts.
September 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Cancel Disney+ and Hulu. Disney is betting streaming is the future. Hit them where it hurts.
It's always instructive to understand the modern GOP as a collection of people who never grew up. The push to cancel people over Kirk is no different than the kid on the elementary school playground who hits a bunch of people, and then goes crying to the teacher when someone finally hits them back.
September 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It's always instructive to understand the modern GOP as a collection of people who never grew up. The push to cancel people over Kirk is no different than the kid on the elementary school playground who hits a bunch of people, and then goes crying to the teacher when someone finally hits them back.
Some leader on our side should state that we will make lists of companies and organizations that fire people. We can threaten some now with boycotts. We can threaten to hit some in a future administration by barring their ability to win government contracts and by prosecuting any broken laws.
September 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Some leader on our side should state that we will make lists of companies and organizations that fire people. We can threaten some now with boycotts. We can threaten to hit some in a future administration by barring their ability to win government contracts and by prosecuting any broken laws.
What the fuck is Will Stancil. doing right now. The ideology of the Kirk shooter is sonmewhat ambiguous. The right is exploiting that ambiguity to justify destroy any left-of-center institution. Meanwhile, he like, "Hey guys, can we be for sure that he's a groyper despite the costume and memes?"
September 16, 2025 at 1:27 AM
What the fuck is Will Stancil. doing right now. The ideology of the Kirk shooter is sonmewhat ambiguous. The right is exploiting that ambiguity to justify destroy any left-of-center institution. Meanwhile, he like, "Hey guys, can we be for sure that he's a groyper despite the costume and memes?"
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Serve leftists stuff about how awful Dems are. Serve centrists stuff about how incompetent Dems are or how blue areas are mismanaged/crime ridden. Serve loyal Dems stuff about how awful and unreasonable left wingers are and try to push them to centrism. Push push push
September 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Serve leftists stuff about how awful Dems are. Serve centrists stuff about how incompetent Dems are or how blue areas are mismanaged/crime ridden. Serve loyal Dems stuff about how awful and unreasonable left wingers are and try to push them to centrism. Push push push
This piece hits the nail on the head.
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This piece hits the nail on the head.
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I think one of the problems is that media has conditioned people to believe that fascism comes along with dark skies and ominous music.
People don’t recognize authoritarianism when they see their neighbors walking the dog on a sunny day with chirping birds.
People don’t recognize authoritarianism when they see their neighbors walking the dog on a sunny day with chirping birds.
August 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I think one of the problems is that media has conditioned people to believe that fascism comes along with dark skies and ominous music.
People don’t recognize authoritarianism when they see their neighbors walking the dog on a sunny day with chirping birds.
People don’t recognize authoritarianism when they see their neighbors walking the dog on a sunny day with chirping birds.
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Need more CAPS LOCK or exclamations!
August 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Need more CAPS LOCK or exclamations!