Tyler Van Buren
@tylervb.bsky.social
Posting into the void. Former Comms Director and spokesperson for CT Comptroller & Treasurer’s Office. General mood dictated by UConn basketball scores.
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A true force modeling selfless leadership - thank you for your service, Rep. Velazquez, and for making space for a new generation to step up.
Breaking News: Nydia Velázquez, a Democratic trailblazer and 16-term New York congresswoman, announced she will retire next year.
Nydia Velázquez, a New York Trailblazer in Congress, to Retire Next Year
Ms. Velázquez, 72, a 16-term congresswoman, said it was time for a new generation of Democrats to step forward.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A true force modeling selfless leadership - thank you for your service, Rep. Velazquez, and for making space for a new generation to step up.
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We're getting closer
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We're getting closer
There’s probably all sorts of tactical reasons why the Coast Guard needs swastikas.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
There’s probably all sorts of tactical reasons why the Coast Guard needs swastikas.
Josh Wojcik rules and is exactly who I would want at OPM. He is crazy smart and knows health care policy better than just about anybody. Had a huge role in all the Lembo-era achievements: OG volatility cap (w/ formula 😎), all the transparency stuff, and myriad health plan innovations. #TeamLembo4evr
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Josh Wojcik rules and is exactly who I would want at OPM. He is crazy smart and knows health care policy better than just about anybody. Had a huge role in all the Lembo-era achievements: OG volatility cap (w/ formula 😎), all the transparency stuff, and myriad health plan innovations. #TeamLembo4evr
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With just one race left to call (ballots are still being cured), of 222 races up on 11/4, @runforsomething.net had 142 winners, 10 candidates moving to run offs, and 42 (!!!) red to blue flips.
November 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
With just one race left to call (ballots are still being cured), of 222 races up on 11/4, @runforsomething.net had 142 winners, 10 candidates moving to run offs, and 42 (!!!) red to blue flips.
Sarah Strong is impossible
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Sarah Strong is impossible
UConn Football is good, righteous.
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
UConn Football is good, righteous.
That trust has been earned — even if people don't like to talk about it. I maintain that, if the public regularly saw the quality of work being done on their behalf by mostly anonymous state employees, they would be quite proud and inspired.
"Connecticut is still perceived as a really great place to live," DataHaven Executive Director Mark Abraham said.
Connecticut residents trust local and state governments — but not the federal one, survey finds
"Connecticut is still perceived as a really great place to live," DataHaven Executive Director Mark Abraham said.
bit.ly
November 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
That trust has been earned — even if people don't like to talk about it. I maintain that, if the public regularly saw the quality of work being done on their behalf by mostly anonymous state employees, they would be quite proud and inspired.
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Every day brings a new kind of corruption.
NEW: A company run by the husband of Kristi Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson (and that has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides) secretly got money from $220 million DHS ad contracts 👀 by @justinelliott.bsky.social @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Every day brings a new kind of corruption.
Political media, there is nothing on this earth you can do to make me care about another Kennedy. Sorry.
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Political media, there is nothing on this earth you can do to make me care about another Kennedy. Sorry.
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Now's the time to short Advil stock before the next pedophilia revelation drops.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Now's the time to short Advil stock before the next pedophilia revelation drops.
Really hope Rahm runs for president. It's good when self-righteous dweebs get humiliated on a big, public stage.
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Really hope Rahm runs for president. It's good when self-righteous dweebs get humiliated on a big, public stage.
Politicians sacrificed the needs of American families and local businesses for a generation so large companies could compete with China. And they failed spectacularly.
But good news! Those failures control every aspect of American life and have shielded themselves from all accountability.
But good news! Those failures control every aspect of American life and have shielded themselves from all accountability.
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Politicians sacrificed the needs of American families and local businesses for a generation so large companies could compete with China. And they failed spectacularly.
But good news! Those failures control every aspect of American life and have shielded themselves from all accountability.
But good news! Those failures control every aspect of American life and have shielded themselves from all accountability.
Wait until he hears what Republican Congressmen have been up to.
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Wait until he hears what Republican Congressmen have been up to.
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Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are — the likelier our victory next November.
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Why is the "we must be united!" hectoring directed at people who are mad at the Cavers and not to the Cavers? Everyone who's mad was united, then the Cave Caucus walked across the aisle and betrayed what the public had been told was the Dem position.
This is why we need wholesale change. The entire culture in Congress is beyond fucked.
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This is why we need wholesale change. The entire culture in Congress is beyond fucked.
America's leaders have failed so spectacularly. Wholesale change is the only answer — why would anyone believe any promise of reform these people offer?
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
America's leaders have failed so spectacularly. Wholesale change is the only answer — why would anyone believe any promise of reform these people offer?
YUP! An epiphany without any accountability is just marketing.
“The failure isn’t presumptively just on Schumer and the seven-plus rank-and-file senators who voted to cave. Assuming there are no consequences for the leadership failure, it’s also on the rest of the caucus.”
16 Thoughts On The Dem Shutdown Cave
Another disgrace, and a new path forward.
www.offmessage.net
November 10, 2025 at 4:01 AM
YUP! An epiphany without any accountability is just marketing.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Politics needs more ousting.
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Politics needs more ousting.
Good for Blumenthal, but we need the Dems who get it to start holding their own colleagues accountable.
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Good for Blumenthal, but we need the Dems who get it to start holding their own colleagues accountable.
Sarah Strong breaks my brain
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Sarah Strong breaks my brain