I, Vermectin. 🦀
@engelr412.bsky.social
"Brighter than nothing. Smarter than nobody." Allegheny Dems committeeperson, Pgh ward 24
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MTG is resigning from Congress because she has agreed to be my business partner in a cart selling the world's first alcoholic hot dogs
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 AM
MTG is resigning from Congress because she has agreed to be my business partner in a cart selling the world's first alcoholic hot dogs
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You all know I've been after the Treasury Department's own Epstein file. It's a set of thousands of detailed bank records, a map of Epstein's financial network. Secretary Bessent is blocking its release – and he denies it's even something Treasury should be investigating.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You all know I've been after the Treasury Department's own Epstein file. It's a set of thousands of detailed bank records, a map of Epstein's financial network. Secretary Bessent is blocking its release – and he denies it's even something Treasury should be investigating.
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As for campaign funds, those can come from almost anywhere under Pennsylvania's lax laws which don't limit the size of donations nor how campaign dollars have been spent. You can get a taste of that fundraising in this project I did earlier this year:
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/03...
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/03...
These powerful interests donated $18M to PA’s top lawmakers
Lobbyists say political donations can lead to access, but PA’s weak transparency laws make it nearly impossible to trace influence.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As for campaign funds, those can come from almost anywhere under Pennsylvania's lax laws which don't limit the size of donations nor how campaign dollars have been spent. You can get a taste of that fundraising in this project I did earlier this year:
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/03...
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/03...
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Trump: We're going to completely destroy the entirety of federal consumer protection and public safety oversight
NYT: Here's our profile on a fail-upward brunchlord pseudo-journalist absolutely nobody asked for
CNN: Is Wokeness to blame for the ambiguous, causation free affordability crisis?
NYT: Here's our profile on a fail-upward brunchlord pseudo-journalist absolutely nobody asked for
CNN: Is Wokeness to blame for the ambiguous, causation free affordability crisis?
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump: We're going to completely destroy the entirety of federal consumer protection and public safety oversight
NYT: Here's our profile on a fail-upward brunchlord pseudo-journalist absolutely nobody asked for
CNN: Is Wokeness to blame for the ambiguous, causation free affordability crisis?
NYT: Here's our profile on a fail-upward brunchlord pseudo-journalist absolutely nobody asked for
CNN: Is Wokeness to blame for the ambiguous, causation free affordability crisis?
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There was a second discharge petition going this whole time that reached 218 signatures and will now get a House floor vote too. It would reverse Trump's executive order that revoked federal union rights from workers.
aflcio.org/press/releas...
aflcio.org/press/releas...
Labor Movement Achieves Bipartisan Majority, Forces Vote to Restore Federal Workers’ Union Rights | AFL-CIO
A discharge petition on the Protect America’s Workforce Act (H.R. 2550) reached 218 signatures today, mandating the House of Representatives vote on restoring union rights to federal workers within se...
aflcio.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
There was a second discharge petition going this whole time that reached 218 signatures and will now get a House floor vote too. It would reverse Trump's executive order that revoked federal union rights from workers.
aflcio.org/press/releas...
aflcio.org/press/releas...
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Full statement from our coalition partner, Transit for All PA
Transit for All PA! Statement on the Passage of the 2025-26 State Budget | Transit for All PA!
www.transitforallpa.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Full statement from our coalition partner, Transit for All PA
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Trump is closing the CFPB after a bizarre decision to redefine the word “earnings” made it impossible for the agency to even request funding. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/fKDWHN4
Russ Vought Tries to Bankrupt the CFPB - The American Prospect
A legal office in the White House, at the behest of Office of Management and Budget director and Project 2025 architect Russ Vought, has decided to redefine the word “earnings” in order to bankrupt the largely dormant Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trump is closing the CFPB after a bizarre decision to redefine the word “earnings” made it impossible for the agency to even request funding. From @ddayen.bsky.social: trib.al/fKDWHN4
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The party of the working class to illegally nullify the CFPB
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/the-...
The new Republican ecomomic populism - Lawyers, Guns & Money
It’s the party of the working class and the party of constitutional government: In the filing, the CFPB said it has enough money to last “at least” through the end of the year but “anticipates exhaust...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The party of the working class to illegally nullify the CFPB
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/the-...
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When identity thieves destroyed our credit rating, it was the CFPB who fixed it, which is why we now own the house that we live in.
The Trump regime is declaring that funding for the CFPB is illegal.
Remember: This is the agency that protects Americans from financial predators.
Anti-CFPB oligarchs, who spent millions to re-elect Trump, will now have an easier time padding their pockets by ripping you off.
Remember: This is the agency that protects Americans from financial predators.
Anti-CFPB oligarchs, who spent millions to re-elect Trump, will now have an easier time padding their pockets by ripping you off.
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
When identity thieves destroyed our credit rating, it was the CFPB who fixed it, which is why we now own the house that we live in.
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A lot worth reading in this shutdown review from @mattglassman312.bsky.social, including lots of "what did you really think was going to happen"?
mattglassman.substack.com/p/twenty-eig...
mattglassman.substack.com/p/twenty-eig...
November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
A lot worth reading in this shutdown review from @mattglassman312.bsky.social, including lots of "what did you really think was going to happen"?
mattglassman.substack.com/p/twenty-eig...
mattglassman.substack.com/p/twenty-eig...
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Leadership has to look different than it ever has before.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Leadership has to look different than it ever has before.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
If we want leadership that meets this moment, we need leaders that are responsive to the people and will fight for them.
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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Unure why Schumer has King/Shaheen/Kaine out w weak msg. "The house has passed 1 bill this session, which loads us w debt, takes Medicaid from millions, gives away our taxes to billionaires, & radically raises health care prems. We gave them a chance to walk back the worst of it but they will not."
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Unure why Schumer has King/Shaheen/Kaine out w weak msg. "The house has passed 1 bill this session, which loads us w debt, takes Medicaid from millions, gives away our taxes to billionaires, & radically raises health care prems. We gave them a chance to walk back the worst of it but they will not."
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
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Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
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my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against rampant AI development.
heatmap.news
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
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this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"
dems swept school boards in North Allegheny & Pine Richland
alex rose won the Allegheny county council at large seat!
dems flipped erie mayor and erie county exec
krasner won 75-25
PA supremes retained
dems took the two open GA utility commission seats 62-38!
NJ! VA! CA prop 50!
alex rose won the Allegheny county council at large seat!
dems flipped erie mayor and erie county exec
krasner won 75-25
PA supremes retained
dems took the two open GA utility commission seats 62-38!
NJ! VA! CA prop 50!
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
dems swept school boards in North Allegheny & Pine Richland
alex rose won the Allegheny county council at large seat!
dems flipped erie mayor and erie county exec
krasner won 75-25
PA supremes retained
dems took the two open GA utility commission seats 62-38!
NJ! VA! CA prop 50!
alex rose won the Allegheny county council at large seat!
dems flipped erie mayor and erie county exec
krasner won 75-25
PA supremes retained
dems took the two open GA utility commission seats 62-38!
NJ! VA! CA prop 50!
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looks like democrats are about to flip two statewide elections with >20-point margins... in georgia
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
looks like democrats are about to flip two statewide elections with >20-point margins... in georgia
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in north allegheny school board news—dems pulled off a sweep 🧹
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
in north allegheny school board news—dems pulled off a sweep 🧹
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If you're going to rely on "strong assurances" from Republicans then you're stupid and weak and you should resign.
There is only one path to getting Democratic assistance with anything: the House reopens, swears in Adelita Grijalva, then passes an acceptable budget.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
There is only one path to getting Democratic assistance with anything: the House reopens, swears in Adelita Grijalva, then passes an acceptable budget.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If you're going to rely on "strong assurances" from Republicans then you're stupid and weak and you should resign.
There is only one path to getting Democratic assistance with anything: the House reopens, swears in Adelita Grijalva, then passes an acceptable budget.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
There is only one path to getting Democratic assistance with anything: the House reopens, swears in Adelita Grijalva, then passes an acceptable budget.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...