Vin Sylvia
@vinsylvia.bsky.social
Lifelong New Englander, still a journalist at heart. Politics, ethics, sports, travel.
Lying is beyond pervasive throughout the Trump administration. It is both instinctive and systemic. At best, members of the administration are indifferent to truth. For the most part, they are contemptuous of it.
DHS claims that an accused murderer was released from a Charlotte jail and was “back onto North Carolina’s streets because of sanctuary policies.”
The local paper reported that was false.
So DHS quietly removed that statement—and never admitted they lied. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
The local paper reported that was false.
So DHS quietly removed that statement—and never admitted they lied. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
DHS quietly corrects inaccurate information after Charlotte Observer report
As Border Patrol arrived in Charlotte, DHS falsely said a Honduran man charged with murder was released under NC’s “sanctuary policies.”
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Lying is beyond pervasive throughout the Trump administration. It is both instinctive and systemic. At best, members of the administration are indifferent to truth. For the most part, they are contemptuous of it.
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Two days ago, the President of the United States called for the murder of Congressional officials, & we've just entirely moved on as a country. Total failure of every societal & political institution. We are not a serious country.
Just a reminder that it's nice the Mamdani thing went better than everyone expected, but Trump should still be immediately impeached & removed for unprecedented things that were once beyond the pale of American politics.
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Two days ago, the President of the United States called for the murder of Congressional officials, & we've just entirely moved on as a country. Total failure of every societal & political institution. We are not a serious country.
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This is what is happening.
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
This is what is happening.
This is fascinating … and, I think, dead on.
Another take on the #ZohranMandami & #Trump #WH press conference.
Is #Mandami the #Trump whisperer? It seems he outplayed #Trump. Wow #MAGA will loose their 💩 over this.
The title to this video should be “The Dog that wouldn’t bark got walked.”
youtu.be/bPWE2DtT3-s?...
Is #Mandami the #Trump whisperer? It seems he outplayed #Trump. Wow #MAGA will loose their 💩 over this.
The title to this video should be “The Dog that wouldn’t bark got walked.”
youtu.be/bPWE2DtT3-s?...
Trump FALLS IN LOVE with Zohran Mamdani ON LIVE TV
YouTube video by Pondering Politics
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November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
This is fascinating … and, I think, dead on.
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Remember: the only way to save New York City from Donald Trump’s wrath is electing Andrew Cuomo.
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Remember: the only way to save New York City from Donald Trump’s wrath is electing Andrew Cuomo.
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Quiet, Piggy.
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Quiet, Piggy.
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Hosting a man who (per the CIA) ordered the murder of a journalist, Trump berates a journalist who dares to "embarrass our guest" by asking about it and later threatens to take away her network's license for asking about Epstein files.
November 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hosting a man who (per the CIA) ordered the murder of a journalist, Trump berates a journalist who dares to "embarrass our guest" by asking about it and later threatens to take away her network's license for asking about Epstein files.
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It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
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Someone must stop these low-wage servants from buying all the houses!
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Someone must stop these low-wage servants from buying all the houses!
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Not that he didn’t already know, but now Trump knows for sure he can roll the Dems every time and there’s no need to negotiate for anything
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Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
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If Schumer thinks a no vote will absolve him of responsibility, he’s dead wrong. He’s the minority leader. It‘s his job to keep Senate Dems in line — or to hand over the job to someone who can.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
If Schumer thinks a no vote will absolve him of responsibility, he’s dead wrong. He’s the minority leader. It‘s his job to keep Senate Dems in line — or to hand over the job to someone who can.
Another pitchers’ duel in LA?
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Another pitchers’ duel in LA?
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Democrats considering voting yes should take their cues from the crowd at the Commanders game who gave Trump what he deserved:
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Democrats considering voting yes should take their cues from the crowd at the Commanders game who gave Trump what he deserved:
Shame on you, Jeanne Shaheen. Where are your obligations to your constituents and your party?
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown and Senate Moves to Vote
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Shame on you, Jeanne Shaheen. Where are your obligations to your constituents and your party?
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown, Backing Bill to Reopen www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Imagine if they fought this hard to make housing, healthcare, and daily life more affordable.
Trump administration says states must "immediately undo any steps" to send full SNAP benefits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a late-night Saturday memo, also threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not comply with the government's new orders.
www.cbsnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Imagine if they fought this hard to make housing, healthcare, and daily life more affordable.
What an embarrassment that this world-class dumbass is a U.S. Senator.
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
What an embarrassment that this world-class dumbass is a U.S. Senator.
Fascist ghoul Stephen Miller — immensely powerful despite being unelected and likely unelectable— attacking public servants as being “elected by no one and accountable to no one.” Totally lacking self-awareness or simply shameless?
These gangsters are using the email addresses of govt employees to send out messages to their address lists blaming Democrats for the shut down without their consent. Leave the damn civil servants who just want to do their jobs out of your illegal hackery.
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Fascist ghoul Stephen Miller — immensely powerful despite being unelected and likely unelectable— attacking public servants as being “elected by no one and accountable to no one.” Totally lacking self-awareness or simply shameless?
Naturally the lying, cheating, miserable excuse for a human being doesn't mention this: "This year’s basket contains 15 products, six fewer than the 21 products in the 2024 basket."
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Naturally the lying, cheating, miserable excuse for a human being doesn't mention this: "This year’s basket contains 15 products, six fewer than the 21 products in the 2024 basket."
"This administration professes to be so concerned about lawlessness that it is deploying troops to confront American citizens in our own cities, while it removes the constables patrolling our financial markets."
Opinion | Trump Is Pushing Us Toward a Crash. It Could Be 1929 All Over Again.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"This administration professes to be so concerned about lawlessness that it is deploying troops to confront American citizens in our own cities, while it removes the constables patrolling our financial markets."
Remember this the next time Karoline Leavitt, spiritual descendent of Joseph Goebbels, repeats the lie that "This is the most transparent administration in history."
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Remember this the next time Karoline Leavitt, spiritual descendent of Joseph Goebbels, repeats the lie that "This is the most transparent administration in history."
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk