Mark Van Baale
@mvanbaale.bsky.social
Social Media Mgr in Park and Recreation. Army Veteran. Runner. Outdoors lover. Hawkeyes alum.
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Al Green once told me: "Only God knows what he will do when he believes that he has no one to answer to. Right now, he knows that we are there, but if we don’t do our duty, the president will do unthinkable things.”
March 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Al Green once told me: "Only God knows what he will do when he believes that he has no one to answer to. Right now, he knows that we are there, but if we don’t do our duty, the president will do unthinkable things.”
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EXCLUSIVE: I recently spoke with Rep. Al Green who was just escorted from Donald Trump’s speech. We’ll have a chance to ask him more questions this evening.
Here’s what he told me:
Here’s what he told me:
March 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
EXCLUSIVE: I recently spoke with Rep. Al Green who was just escorted from Donald Trump’s speech. We’ll have a chance to ask him more questions this evening.
Here’s what he told me:
Here’s what he told me:
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That other Dems are there at all is an error. That they’re remaining after this is a grotesque embarrassment.
Congressman Al Green has just been escorted out of the House.
March 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
That other Dems are there at all is an error. That they’re remaining after this is a grotesque embarrassment.
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Anger and alarm from senior military toward Trump. Not a comforting moment. #SOTU #BodyLanguage #BodyLanguageExpert
March 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Anger and alarm from senior military toward Trump. Not a comforting moment. #SOTU #BodyLanguage #BodyLanguageExpert
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March 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Oh, now we're dragging people out of the SOTU.
Democrats, your job is not to be quieter because Al Green got dragged out. It's your job to get LOUDER.
Democrats, your job is not to be quieter because Al Green got dragged out. It's your job to get LOUDER.
March 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Oh, now we're dragging people out of the SOTU.
Democrats, your job is not to be quieter because Al Green got dragged out. It's your job to get LOUDER.
Democrats, your job is not to be quieter because Al Green got dragged out. It's your job to get LOUDER.
These people make me sick.
March 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
These people make me sick.
Well done sir!
March 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Well done sir!
What a shitty thing to say.
Alina Habba on veterans who have been fired from government jobs: "Perhaps they're not fit to have a job at this moment."
March 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
What a shitty thing to say.
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And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
March 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And to think we could have had a sane, serious government run by an intelligent person who would have acted in the best interests of Americans, and not Vladimir Putin.
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Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
February 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Any psychologist or psychiatrist (or former abused spouse) will tell you that President Zelensky gave a master class today on how to deal with a malignant narcissist.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
He is an amazing man. We can all learn from him.
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Trump and Vance showed a level of crassness and vulgarity never seen before in the White House with a foreign leader and guest. They were the worst kind of ignorant disgusting bully. They’ve turned our nation into a global embarrassment. And a global threat.
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Trump and Vance showed a level of crassness and vulgarity never seen before in the White House with a foreign leader and guest. They were the worst kind of ignorant disgusting bully. They’ve turned our nation into a global embarrassment. And a global threat.
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Why don’t you wear a suit?
February 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Why don’t you wear a suit?
What a circus. Every day brings something even crazier than the day before if that is even possible.
"Today we were informed by the White House that if AP did not align its editorial standards with President Donald Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, AP would be barred from accessing an event in the Oval Office."
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The Associated Press issued this statement on Tuesday from Executive Editor Julie Pace: As a global news organization, The Associated Press informs
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February 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
What a circus. Every day brings something even crazier than the day before if that is even possible.
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the beyond parody presidency
February 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
the beyond parody presidency
WTH?!
Not even the best satire writer in the world could have come up with “Red, White, and Blueland”
February 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
WTH?!
The Iowa women’s basketball team is so much fun to watch! Tonight’s win gives them a 5 game winning streak now.
February 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The Iowa women’s basketball team is so much fun to watch! Tonight’s win gives them a 5 game winning streak now.
Hats off to the Eagles. It just wasn’t meant to be for the Chiefs. Congrats on a great season though. It was quite the ride!
February 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Hats off to the Eagles. It just wasn’t meant to be for the Chiefs. Congrats on a great season though. It was quite the ride!
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Welcome to baseball season, Kansas City
February 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Welcome to baseball season, Kansas City
Adversity is where you learn the most. And the #Chiefs are definitely going to face that after this game. It will hurt a lot. It was not their year. The good thing is that there is another season for another chance.
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Adversity is where you learn the most. And the #Chiefs are definitely going to face that after this game. It will hurt a lot. It was not their year. The good thing is that there is another season for another chance.
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Eagles have run 50 plays for 253 yards.
Chiefs have run 25 plays for 38 yards.
Chiefs have run 25 plays for 38 yards.
February 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Eagles have run 50 plays for 253 yards.
Chiefs have run 25 plays for 38 yards.
Chiefs have run 25 plays for 38 yards.
20 minutes left to play. Down by 4 touchdowns. 😬
a man in a suit is standing in front of a refrigerator with #schitts creek on the bottom
ALT: a man in a suit is standing in front of a refrigerator with #schitts creek on the bottom
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February 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
20 minutes left to play. Down by 4 touchdowns. 😬