Katie Vloet
@katiegv.bsky.social
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“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
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THIS: Tell your Members of Congress to vote YES on releasing the Epstein files next week:
Tell Congress: Pass the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act
Contact Congress today!
tinyurl.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
THIS: Tell your Members of Congress to vote YES on releasing the Epstein files next week:
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Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices That Were Definitely Not Higher Because It Imposed Some Food Tariffs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Trump Administration Lifts Some Food Tariffs in Effort to Ease Prices That Were Definitely Not Higher Because It Imposed Some Food Tariffs.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/b...
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Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of recruiting & trafficking minors for Epstein
She got 20 years
Now after a secret DOJ interview, Trump's DOJ moves her to a "country club" prison
The dean of watchdogs, Fred Wertheimer from @democracy21.bsky.social details this travesty below 👇
She got 20 years
Now after a secret DOJ interview, Trump's DOJ moves her to a "country club" prison
The dean of watchdogs, Fred Wertheimer from @democracy21.bsky.social details this travesty below 👇
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of recruiting & trafficking minors for Epstein
She got 20 years
Now after a secret DOJ interview, Trump's DOJ moves her to a "country club" prison
The dean of watchdogs, Fred Wertheimer from @democracy21.bsky.social details this travesty below 👇
She got 20 years
Now after a secret DOJ interview, Trump's DOJ moves her to a "country club" prison
The dean of watchdogs, Fred Wertheimer from @democracy21.bsky.social details this travesty below 👇
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A group of 85 climate experts has compiled more than 400-pages reviewing the Trump administration’s latest climate report.
They found the DOE’s report had been authored by five fringe experts who cherry-picked cases and misrepresented evidence to support their flimsy findings. trib.al/eFcoDg0
They found the DOE’s report had been authored by five fringe experts who cherry-picked cases and misrepresented evidence to support their flimsy findings. trib.al/eFcoDg0
“A Shoddy Mess”: Climate Scientists Torch Trump’s New Report
A group of leading researchers said it was biased and full of errors.
trib.al
September 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A group of 85 climate experts has compiled more than 400-pages reviewing the Trump administration’s latest climate report.
They found the DOE’s report had been authored by five fringe experts who cherry-picked cases and misrepresented evidence to support their flimsy findings. trib.al/eFcoDg0
They found the DOE’s report had been authored by five fringe experts who cherry-picked cases and misrepresented evidence to support their flimsy findings. trib.al/eFcoDg0
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It's so weird how Greenwald and Nate Silver and the like—who aren't even here—keep insisting that Bluesky is pro-DNC, when I've yet to see anyone here ever say anything nice about the DNC at all.
Also, evaporating? Lol. Bluesky now sends WAY more traffic to @techdirt.com than Twitter *ever* did.
Also, evaporating? Lol. Bluesky now sends WAY more traffic to @techdirt.com than Twitter *ever* did.
September 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's so weird how Greenwald and Nate Silver and the like—who aren't even here—keep insisting that Bluesky is pro-DNC, when I've yet to see anyone here ever say anything nice about the DNC at all.
Also, evaporating? Lol. Bluesky now sends WAY more traffic to @techdirt.com than Twitter *ever* did.
Also, evaporating? Lol. Bluesky now sends WAY more traffic to @techdirt.com than Twitter *ever* did.
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"Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year."
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"Brooke Nichols, an associate professor of global health at Boston University, has estimated that these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year."
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Like, maybe the answer to "why did Musk do that weird thing" is that he is a weird guy, usually high, who spends way too much time online with some of the world's biggest conspiracy theorists.
A junkie unmoored from reality destroyed our govt:
"The drug has psychedelic properties and can cause dissociation from reality. Chronic use can lead to addiction and problems with bladder pain...Mr. Musk told people that his ketamine use was causing bladder issues"
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
"The drug has psychedelic properties and can cause dissociation from reality. Chronic use can lead to addiction and problems with bladder pain...Mr. Musk told people that his ketamine use was causing bladder issues"
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Like, maybe the answer to "why did Musk do that weird thing" is that he is a weird guy, usually high, who spends way too much time online with some of the world's biggest conspiracy theorists.
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It’s been around since 1983.
May 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It’s been around since 1983.
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Ketamine.
Ecstasy.
Mushrooms.
“.. Mr. Musk told people that his ketamine use was causing bladder issues ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
Ecstasy.
Mushrooms.
“.. Mr. Musk told people that his ketamine use was causing bladder issues ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
May 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Ketamine.
Ecstasy.
Mushrooms.
“.. Mr. Musk told people that his ketamine use was causing bladder issues ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
Ecstasy.
Mushrooms.
“.. Mr. Musk told people that his ketamine use was causing bladder issues ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
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Treating a new Covid strain like a crime and not a public health issue is deranged.
May 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Treating a new Covid strain like a crime and not a public health issue is deranged.
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NEW: A federal judge greenlit lawsuits challenging Elon Musk’s position in the federal government and DOGE as unconstitutional, stating that the faux-agency’s efforts to slash the government likely violate the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
Judge Says Musk Must Face Lawsuit Over His Role In DOGE
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
NEW: A federal judge greenlit lawsuits challenging Elon Musk’s position in the federal government and DOGE as unconstitutional, stating that the faux-agency’s efforts to slash the government likely violate the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
From: @jaknutson.bsky.social
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Looks like Trump sold a pardon for a million bucks.
His corrupt pardons have mostly been ignored by the legacy media. The 3rd chapter of #RoughBeast covers this extensively & should make anyone with even a scintilla of belief in the rule of law nauseous.
Time was, this was a bipartisan belief:
His corrupt pardons have mostly been ignored by the legacy media. The 3rd chapter of #RoughBeast covers this extensively & should make anyone with even a scintilla of belief in the rule of law nauseous.
Time was, this was a bipartisan belief:
May 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Looks like Trump sold a pardon for a million bucks.
His corrupt pardons have mostly been ignored by the legacy media. The 3rd chapter of #RoughBeast covers this extensively & should make anyone with even a scintilla of belief in the rule of law nauseous.
Time was, this was a bipartisan belief:
His corrupt pardons have mostly been ignored by the legacy media. The 3rd chapter of #RoughBeast covers this extensively & should make anyone with even a scintilla of belief in the rule of law nauseous.
Time was, this was a bipartisan belief:
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I wish this was hyperbole but the facts speak for themselves. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The Trump Administration Is Trying to Kill American Higher Education
I don't care about the "why" -- I care about the "what."
danieldrezner.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I wish this was hyperbole but the facts speak for themselves. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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just going on the teevee and admitting it's all first amendment violations
Linda McMahon: "Universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by the laws and in sync, I think, with the administration and what the administration is trying to accomplish."
May 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
just going on the teevee and admitting it's all first amendment violations
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I’m thinking InfoWars.
May 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I’m thinking InfoWars.
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"Jacob M. Miller, who in 2023 served as the student president of Harvard’s Hillel chapter...said Harvard’s Jewish community rejects the Trump administration’s narrative...'We will not allow the administration to wield our identities as a pretextual prop.'”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump’s Attacks Have Helped Heal a Deeply Divided Harvard
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"Jacob M. Miller, who in 2023 served as the student president of Harvard’s Hillel chapter...said Harvard’s Jewish community rejects the Trump administration’s narrative...'We will not allow the administration to wield our identities as a pretextual prop.'”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
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A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut, via @statnews.com
A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut
Harvard's Scott Delaney helped build a database of NIH grant terminations that is being used in litigation against the Trump administration.
www.statnews.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut, via @statnews.com
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From the ambush of South Africa’s president, to his ugly assault on a WH reporter, to a kowtowing GOP making the rich richer and the poor poorer and sicker, to the escalating war against Harvard & higher ed: We must not be numbed by the flood of outrages.
www.americaamerica.news/p/how-much-m...
www.americaamerica.news/p/how-much-m...
How Much More Stupidity Will Americans Endure?
Reflecting on the escalating hostility to America values, principles and decency in a 24-hour period
www.americaamerica.news
May 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
From the ambush of South Africa’s president, to his ugly assault on a WH reporter, to a kowtowing GOP making the rich richer and the poor poorer and sicker, to the escalating war against Harvard & higher ed: We must not be numbed by the flood of outrages.
www.americaamerica.news/p/how-much-m...
www.americaamerica.news/p/how-much-m...
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The House GOP took a chainsaw to American working class families last night in order to make the rich richer & to add almost FOUR TRILLION to the debt.
🚨CALL THE CAPITOL NOW: (202) 224-3121 and tell your Senators to vote "NO" on Trump's Big Brutal Bullshit Bill.🚨
🚨CALL THE CAPITOL NOW: (202) 224-3121 and tell your Senators to vote "NO" on Trump's Big Brutal Bullshit Bill.🚨
May 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The House GOP took a chainsaw to American working class families last night in order to make the rich richer & to add almost FOUR TRILLION to the debt.
🚨CALL THE CAPITOL NOW: (202) 224-3121 and tell your Senators to vote "NO" on Trump's Big Brutal Bullshit Bill.🚨
🚨CALL THE CAPITOL NOW: (202) 224-3121 and tell your Senators to vote "NO" on Trump's Big Brutal Bullshit Bill.🚨
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Full court press, people. Call them. Repeatedly.
Just called Gillibrand and Schumer to demand they not only vote against the murderous Republican budget bill, but that they deny unanimous consent at every opportunity and do everything else they can to gum up the works. This is intolerable.
Find your senators here and make your own calls: reps.fyi
Find your senators here and make your own calls: reps.fyi
cis people: please call your senators today. Please please please. this is so critical. we’re begging you
May 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Full court press, people. Call them. Repeatedly.
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NEW: Ed Martin’s nomination for D.C. U.S. attorney was too extreme for GOP senators, but he will now hold multiple roles at the DOJ that enable him to target Trump's political enemies, spread disinformation and undermine future elections.
From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social
From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social
Ed Martin Was Too Extreme for GOP Senators. Now He’s Targeting Trump’s Enemies at the DOJ
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEW: Ed Martin’s nomination for D.C. U.S. attorney was too extreme for GOP senators, but he will now hold multiple roles at the DOJ that enable him to target Trump's political enemies, spread disinformation and undermine future elections.
From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social
From: @mattdcohen.bsky.social
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That means some of the most vulnerable Americans – families, the elderly, folks with disabilities – won’t be able to get the lifesaving treatment, medication, or care they need. These are people you know. Reach out to your senators now to let them know how much this will impact you.
May 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
That means some of the most vulnerable Americans – families, the elderly, folks with disabilities – won’t be able to get the lifesaving treatment, medication, or care they need. These are people you know. Reach out to your senators now to let them know how much this will impact you.
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Right now, Republicans in Congress are trying to push through a bill that would put millions of Americans at risk of losing their health care.
They want to cut federal funding for Medicaid, take away tax credits that help more people afford coverage, and raise costs for working class families.
They want to cut federal funding for Medicaid, take away tax credits that help more people afford coverage, and raise costs for working class families.
May 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Right now, Republicans in Congress are trying to push through a bill that would put millions of Americans at risk of losing their health care.
They want to cut federal funding for Medicaid, take away tax credits that help more people afford coverage, and raise costs for working class families.
They want to cut federal funding for Medicaid, take away tax credits that help more people afford coverage, and raise costs for working class families.