Diamond Veto (Aly)
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News | Politics | Voting Rights | Supporting Democracy | TG - Kindness and Shenanigans | Shit Posting | Endless Scrolling While Disassociating | Avoiding Being Responsible
You know, just the usual.
On Twitter - @diamondveto
News | Politics | Voting Rights | Supporting Democracy | TG - Kindness and Shenanigans | Shit Posting | Endless Scrolling While Disassociating | Avoiding Being Responsible
You know, just the usual.
On Twitter - @diamondveto
Feeding children should not be controversial. So glad to see this result
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Feeding children should not be controversial. So glad to see this result
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The @apnews.com just called Pennsylvania's State Supreme Court retention election for Democratic Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty & David Wecht. The race's biggest losers: right-wing Billionaire Jeff Yass & MAGA activist Scott Presler who led GOP's unsuccessful campaign to flip the court.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The @apnews.com just called Pennsylvania's State Supreme Court retention election for Democratic Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty & David Wecht. The race's biggest losers: right-wing Billionaire Jeff Yass & MAGA activist Scott Presler who led GOP's unsuccessful campaign to flip the court.
For fucks sake. Can you imagine being so confident you are not going to face consequences?
I have more anxiety when I want to a long lunch when I have been working overtime.
I have more anxiety when I want to a long lunch when I have been working overtime.
WOW
The Assistant US Attorney tells the judge at Diddy’s sentencing hearing that Diddy has booked speaking engagements in Miami next week.
The AUSA calls it the “height of hubris.”
The Assistant US Attorney tells the judge at Diddy’s sentencing hearing that Diddy has booked speaking engagements in Miami next week.
The AUSA calls it the “height of hubris.”
October 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
For fucks sake. Can you imagine being so confident you are not going to face consequences?
I have more anxiety when I want to a long lunch when I have been working overtime.
I have more anxiety when I want to a long lunch when I have been working overtime.
Every. Fucking. Day. Things become more unhinged.
And girl - fix your fucking eyeliner.
And girl - fix your fucking eyeliner.
Lindsey Halligan, the attorney selected by Donald Trump to bring criminal charges against James Comey, has never prosecuted a case.
But, like Trump, she did get her start in reality TV — with a brief cameo on South Beach Tow.
Here is Halligan’s newly resurfaced TV moment:
But, like Trump, she did get her start in reality TV — with a brief cameo on South Beach Tow.
Here is Halligan’s newly resurfaced TV moment:
October 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Every. Fucking. Day. Things become more unhinged.
And girl - fix your fucking eyeliner.
And girl - fix your fucking eyeliner.
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Did the teleprompter really fail at the UN, or did Trump just feel like going off-script? He has more teleprompter problems than any ten politicians. I can think of at least three or four events where he complained about the teleprompter.
September 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Did the teleprompter really fail at the UN, or did Trump just feel like going off-script? He has more teleprompter problems than any ten politicians. I can think of at least three or four events where he complained about the teleprompter.
So essentially TL;DR - GTFOH with this garbage.
September 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
So essentially TL;DR - GTFOH with this garbage.
Talked about like normal, but more puffy eyes than normal and makeup / tape on hand.
Streamed AP YT on my TV and took pics with my phone.
#SpaceForce #BadHealth
Streamed AP YT on my TV and took pics with my phone.
#SpaceForce #BadHealth
September 2, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Talked about like normal, but more puffy eyes than normal and makeup / tape on hand.
Streamed AP YT on my TV and took pics with my phone.
#SpaceForce #BadHealth
Streamed AP YT on my TV and took pics with my phone.
#SpaceForce #BadHealth
September 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This shit pisses me off so fucking much. And in the grand scheme of things, I know it’s not high in importance.
It’s that this change shows how much this admin disregards
✨every. fucking. thing. ✨
- rich in history? Don’t care
- wasteful spending? Don’t care
- action serves no purpose? Perfect!
It’s that this change shows how much this admin disregards
✨every. fucking. thing. ✨
- rich in history? Don’t care
- wasteful spending? Don’t care
- action serves no purpose? Perfect!
SLIDESHOW: The iconic White House Rose Garden is now more of a rose display area after President Donald Trump paved over the grass expanse. talkingpointsmemo.com/gallery/pres...
President Trump Actually Paved Over The Rose Garden
The iconic White House Rose Garden is now more of a rose...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This shit pisses me off so fucking much. And in the grand scheme of things, I know it’s not high in importance.
It’s that this change shows how much this admin disregards
✨every. fucking. thing. ✨
- rich in history? Don’t care
- wasteful spending? Don’t care
- action serves no purpose? Perfect!
It’s that this change shows how much this admin disregards
✨every. fucking. thing. ✨
- rich in history? Don’t care
- wasteful spending? Don’t care
- action serves no purpose? Perfect!
What the fuck are we doing? This ruling should piss us all off, as this is chipping away at due process for everyone.
BREAKING NEWS: A federal judge had previously said people must get at least 15 days to challenge their deportations.
Supreme Court puts on hold — for now — lower court ruling pausing third-country deportations
A federal judge had previously said people must get at least 15 days to challenge their deportations.
n.pr
June 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
What the fuck are we doing? This ruling should piss us all off, as this is chipping away at due process for everyone.
Karen Read - Not Guilty of murder
Only convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence.
Only convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence.
June 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Karen Read - Not Guilty of murder
Only convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence.
Only convicted of operating a vehicle under the influence.
Consider me shocked that he went and deleted the tweets. Doesn’t change the harm he caused and that he waited well longer than needed to delete them. He should be admonished officially in the Senate.
Sen. Mike Lee, amid widespread outrage, has deleted a pair of social media posts associating the deadly Minnesota shootings with “Marxists” and the state’s Dem governor.
'Insensitive, to say the least': Mike Lee deletes Minnesota posts amid GOP criticism
The Utah Republican retreated as Sen. Kevin Cramer denounced his X posts on the deadly shootings.
www.politico.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Consider me shocked that he went and deleted the tweets. Doesn’t change the harm he caused and that he waited well longer than needed to delete them. He should be admonished officially in the Senate.
I fucking hate it here.
The Trump Admin wants to bring back asbestos!
You can’t make this shit up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
You can’t make this shit up.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I fucking hate it here.
From the talking points I’ve seen from republicans - they aren’t backing down from stripping people from Medicare. And they don’t care who it hurts.
Sen. Roger Marshall: "We need the people off Medicaid and move them into an exchange, or move them into a job where they get health insurance."
June 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
From the talking points I’ve seen from republicans - they aren’t backing down from stripping people from Medicare. And they don’t care who it hurts.
Waymo’s creep me out - and I did chuckle seeing this. However, I wouldn’t pick a Waymo to tag / vandalize as they are covered in cameras.
June 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Waymo’s creep me out - and I did chuckle seeing this. However, I wouldn’t pick a Waymo to tag / vandalize as they are covered in cameras.
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Line dances & trail rides, Sinners, A'ja's Nike commercial, the #MetGala theme...
These are all forms of resistance in their own ways. And no, this is not me doing internet academic hyperbolic speak. Centering Black identity and Black experience - and VALIDATING it - is political.
These are all forms of resistance in their own ways. And no, this is not me doing internet academic hyperbolic speak. Centering Black identity and Black experience - and VALIDATING it - is political.
May 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Line dances & trail rides, Sinners, A'ja's Nike commercial, the #MetGala theme...
These are all forms of resistance in their own ways. And no, this is not me doing internet academic hyperbolic speak. Centering Black identity and Black experience - and VALIDATING it - is political.
These are all forms of resistance in their own ways. And no, this is not me doing internet academic hyperbolic speak. Centering Black identity and Black experience - and VALIDATING it - is political.
This is an awesome way to teach and continue to share important knowledge that this administration is trying to shut down.
Check it out.
Check it out.
Latest podcast is out: Get in everyone, we are going to Resistance Summer School!
Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Thank you to everyone who indicated they would like to take my course on Race, Media and International Affairs 101.
Please fill out this quick interest form to begin to sign up!
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Columbia Canceled My Course on Race and Media. I'm Going to Teach It Anyway.
This is not a time for media literacy or historical knowledge to be held hostage by institutions bending the knee to authoritarianism.
open.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
This is an awesome way to teach and continue to share important knowledge that this administration is trying to shut down.
Check it out.
Check it out.
1) this is just a freaking lie and
2) how can obtaining basic health care be nefarious?
The waste/fraud/nefarious usage is by sham providers who bill for services not provided.
2) how can obtaining basic health care be nefarious?
The waste/fraud/nefarious usage is by sham providers who bill for services not provided.
Rep. Lisa McClain: "People are using the Medicaid program nefariously."
March 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
1) this is just a freaking lie and
2) how can obtaining basic health care be nefarious?
The waste/fraud/nefarious usage is by sham providers who bill for services not provided.
2) how can obtaining basic health care be nefarious?
The waste/fraud/nefarious usage is by sham providers who bill for services not provided.
I’m more mad and more tired now, but with 1% more vitamin d.
Sunday we have to spring the clocks forward and I am already tired and pissed about the hour of sleep I will lose.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
March 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I’m more mad and more tired now, but with 1% more vitamin d.
Everyday I find that I can, in fact, detest this asshat even more than the day before.
Trump on Putin: "I think we're doing very well with Russia. But right now they're bombing the hell out of Ukraine. I'm finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. And they don't have the cards ... in terms of getting a final settlement, it may be easier dealing with Russia."
March 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Everyday I find that I can, in fact, detest this asshat even more than the day before.
Sunday we have to spring the clocks forward and I am already tired and pissed about the hour of sleep I will lose.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
March 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Sunday we have to spring the clocks forward and I am already tired and pissed about the hour of sleep I will lose.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk.
A little happiness to dot your timeline.
This is Chester. He is so good at piano he can play it in his sleep. In fact, he can only play it in his sleep. 13/10
March 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A little happiness to dot your timeline.
Fucking madness.
President Donald Trump on Friday transported back to Florida with him boxes of documents that the FBI had seized from Mar-a-Lago after executing a court-ordered search warrant in August 2022: cnn.it/4h4zZde
Trump takes seized boxes back to Florida on Air Force One | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Friday transported back to Florida with him boxes of documents that the FBI had seized from Mar-a-Lago after executing a court-ordered search warrant in August 2022.
cnn.it
March 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Fucking madness.
What in the actual fuck.
Like other world leaders will see this shit.
I fucking hate it here.
Like other world leaders will see this shit.
I fucking hate it here.
Donold now has a framed picture of his mugshot hung up inside the White House.
February 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
What in the actual fuck.
Like other world leaders will see this shit.
I fucking hate it here.
Like other world leaders will see this shit.
I fucking hate it here.
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“MaYbe shE’s goiNg to be in TroUble nOw”
Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start
Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start
Tom Homan says he sent an email to the Deputy AG asking if AOC is crossing the line by providing webinars to undocumented immigrants: I’m not an attorney… maybe AOC is going to be in trouble now
February 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“MaYbe shE’s goiNg to be in TroUble nOw”
Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start
Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start