Vici Reitano
vicireitano.bsky.social
Vici Reitano
@vicireitano.bsky.social
Common good advocate, professional head shaker, lifelong victim of stuck tune syndrome, international wanderer
firing/re-hiring/firing again federal employees, arggghhh. The only people that “Deal” this way are abusers. It’s the “Art of the (Boot) Heel”, and we’re under it if we don’t fight back and break up with the monster.
March 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
(relentless gaslighting about supporting the working class and fighting fraud while doing exactly the opposite).

Between whiplash-inducing tariff decisions, love/hate relationships with world leaders,
March 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
smacks you around and helps you hide the bruises (crashes the world’s best pandemic recovery economy and says we all have to suffer a little pain to get better), manipulates you into thinking everything is your fault and to doubt the truth
March 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The guy who isolates you from loved ones (destroying relationships with former allies), bullies you if you try to leave them (threatening to primary Republican Congress members that don’t tow the line),
March 12, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I can just hear Stas (my mom) if she was alive today, delivering one of her favorite sayings at this abomination: “Blow it out your ass!”
February 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
is bringing us ever closer to wars in Europe and the Middle East (so far). This isn’t the direction I thought this country was headed in when we placed our parent’s ashes in the crematorium at Arlington National Cemetery.
February 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I never thought I’d agree with some of your most pathetic toadies like Collins, Graham, Thune, Tillis, and Wicker on that subject, but here we are! I also thought we didn’t negotiate with terrorists, but it looks like MAGA is OK with that, too. Never mind that the man who campaigned on no wars
February 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
So, as you repeat pro-Trump/Musk talking points that are being funneled from DOGE or a cute tweet from Elon or a meme or some Russian bot, rest assured that they’re very proud of you for cheering them on. Until you don’t. Wait until you see how much room there is under a bus.
February 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Or your friends and family catching a preventable illness or worse when medical research disappears? We won’t know cost vs. savings for a long time, but as a business analyst in I.T., I know the burn-it-down approach usually ends in a net loss.
February 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
and I’ve not seen any cost-benefit analysis on what this is going to cost in the long run. What will the federal buyouts cost in unemployment and financial defaults? How about the price of food when Agriculture Dept cuts land?
February 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
DOGE claims nearly $50B in taxpayer $ saved so far, and if that was provable, I’d say woo hoooo you da shit! But “claims” is the operative word. Some of the “savings” are already debunked (150 year old SSA recipients and condoms to Gaza to name a few),
February 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It's not a substitute for taking political action through indivisible or Mobilize, or for pressuring your elected officials daily (the 5 Calls app is great for that). But tomorrow we can show the world that most of us are not just rolling over. And believe me, they ARE watching.
February 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
later having to walk it back. I guess he finally realized he wasn’t on FOX & Friends after they sobered him up. Meanwhile, speaking of booze, Putin has moved from Vodka to Champagne! Woo hoo!
February 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Fact checkers had a field day with some of the “evidence” he used to back up his hypocritical and unhinged railing. And in a stunning own-goal, DUI hire Hegseth killed any idea of negotiation points that could have been used in the Russia/Ukraine discussions,
February 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
When Trump said. “I am your retribution,” the “your” was himself (Donny loves that third person!), Elon, and further generations in their bloodline, not you, kids. Poor little rich boys 👼
February 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
either because they previously sparred with them or one of their companies, or certain billionaires they value will benefit from the damage.
February 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
wind energy development has been halted, which will result in increased energy bills and a less reliable power grid; funds for life-saving medical research have been cut; yada yada yada. But why would they do this? Simple. Trump and Musk targeted entities that they consider enemies,
February 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
And I assume you’ve read the Constitution, specifically Article III? Man talks like the only time he ever passed the Bar was when he was practicing Dry January.
February 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM