Vello
@vellovman.bsky.social
National Parks. Science. Economics. Human rights. Sensible compassionate governments. The occasional pun.
🚫OF🚫crypto Happily married.
If you are an independent limited partner from China … obviously I heard this one.
🚫OF🚫crypto Happily married.
If you are an independent limited partner from China … obviously I heard this one.
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Katie Phang: "[Todd Blanche] says the Privacy Act has to be read in conjunction with the Epstein Files Transparency Act and that it's totally proper for him to hide and obfuscate and protect the identities of enablers, rapists, traffickers of children. He thinks that's fine."
October 5, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Katie Phang: "[Todd Blanche] says the Privacy Act has to be read in conjunction with the Epstein Files Transparency Act and that it's totally proper for him to hide and obfuscate and protect the identities of enablers, rapists, traffickers of children. He thinks that's fine."
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October 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
The funny thing is- San Diego is full of Republicans.
October 6, 2026 at 4:37 AM
The funny thing is- San Diego is full of Republicans.
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Friendly reminder that Megyn Kelly was sexually harassed by Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly and STILL this is how she, and women on the right, treat rape victims.
Megyn Kelly: "...this is probably a first for her. She's probably thrilled to be so admired because she clearly didn't grow up the incredibly beautiful one."
Megyn Kelly on Cornell's Jane Doe: "I'm just going to be honest, she's not the most attractive gal. She's extremely beefy in her arms and her legs."
www.mediamatters.org
October 5, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Friendly reminder that Megyn Kelly was sexually harassed by Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly and STILL this is how she, and women on the right, treat rape victims.
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Trump's people are using blue curtains to hide empty seats at this evening's rally in Grand Island, Nebraska. Those accurate reports of poor turnout in Ohio and Alabama *really* got under his skin.
October 5, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Trump's people are using blue curtains to hide empty seats at this evening's rally in Grand Island, Nebraska. Those accurate reports of poor turnout in Ohio and Alabama *really* got under his skin.
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I didn’t realize I was living thru the Idiocracy prequel
Trump: "For many years, farm vehicles, construction equipment, and other off road vehicles have used what is know as red dye diesel. Do you know what that is? I don't know what the hell it is! But whatever it is, it's supposed to be very good. Does anybody want to explain it?"
October 6, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I didn’t realize I was living thru the Idiocracy prequel
Don’t talk about your first term like that!
I mean, it’s true. But I spent all that money on therapy
I mean, it’s true. But I spent all that money on therapy
Trump: "The Trump dividend -- It's a dividend to the people of our country for putting up with these morons and four years of horror. You put up with four years of stupidity and horror."
October 6, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Don’t talk about your first term like that!
I mean, it’s true. But I spent all that money on therapy
I mean, it’s true. But I spent all that money on therapy
No wonder they don’t know why the polls are trending away from them: totally out of touch with the real lives of people.
Remember when Bush couldn’t tell you how much a gallon of milk cost? These guys are the same but worse
Remember when Bush couldn’t tell you how much a gallon of milk cost? These guys are the same but worse
hilarious. youd think the ONE THING he wouldve learned by now is to steer clear of grocery discourse at all costs.
DR OZ: We went grocery shopping. Butter in America -- it's about a buck for a stick
INGRAHAM: Where are you shopping? It's not a buck. It's like $4
INGRAHAM: Where are you shopping? It's not a buck. It's like $4
October 6, 2026 at 12:18 AM
No wonder they don’t know why the polls are trending away from them: totally out of touch with the real lives of people.
Remember when Bush couldn’t tell you how much a gallon of milk cost? These guys are the same but worse
Remember when Bush couldn’t tell you how much a gallon of milk cost? These guys are the same but worse
Does my gas station know that?
Do they know that?
Trump: "By the way, we're kicking Iran's ass, you do know that, right?"
October 5, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Does my gas station know that?
Now that‘s rizz you can vaguely sorta kinda almost ignore
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen with the least enthusiastic "USA. USA. USA" of all time
October 5, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Now that‘s rizz you can vaguely sorta kinda almost ignore
Is there no end to the depravity of the right?
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
www.motherjones.com
October 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Is there no end to the depravity of the right?
Meanwhile Trump wants reporters arrested for accurately describing the size of his crowds…
This admin is hiding the full number and extent of soldiers' injuries.
Plus soldiers and family members have told the AP that failure to recognize the seriousness of injuries, a poor plan to get the wounded to hospitals and red tape has hindered follow-up care.
apnews.com/article/iran...
Plus soldiers and family members have told the AP that failure to recognize the seriousness of injuries, a poor plan to get the wounded to hospitals and red tape has hindered follow-up care.
apnews.com/article/iran...
Soldiers seriously wounded in Iranian drone strike tell AP the military's medical system failed them
Some U.S. soldiers gravely wounded in the deadliest Iran strike on American troops say the military medical system failed them.
apnews.com
October 5, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Meanwhile Trump wants reporters arrested for accurately describing the size of his crowds…
This
"De-Trumpification" has to be one of the top agenda items if Dems win power. All the lawlessness and every last one of his efforts to turn DC into an imperial capital should be undone.
October 5, 2026 at 11:02 PM
This
He’s proud of causing unknown numbers of sick and dead people.
Noted
Noted
“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight. HHS will never go back to what it was before.”
RFK is gloating that his changes to HHS are permanent
“Even if I got hit by a truck tonight, HHS will never go back to what it was.”
www.motherjones.com
October 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
He’s proud of causing unknown numbers of sick and dead people.
Noted
Noted
I hope Ukraine is at least considering that Russia might deploy weaponized pneumonic plague this fall/winter.
October 5, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I hope Ukraine is at least considering that Russia might deploy weaponized pneumonic plague this fall/winter.
When did we decide that ignorance and stupidity were how to run the country because I want a revote on that decision
Who could have imagined that the exact same sort of trumped up anti-science attacks on gender affirming care could be used against doctors and parents for vaccinating kids?
Oh right, me.
Oh right, me.
Paxton is threatening Texas pediatricians who are just trying to do their jobs and keep kids healthy, accusing them of “misleading or deceptive acts regarding incentives associated with the administration of childhood vaccines”
October 5, 2026 at 8:09 PM
When did we decide that ignorance and stupidity were how to run the country because I want a revote on that decision
Sure JK. Two words with JK? Jerk and joke.
Cis guy walks into a women's locker room and immediately proceeds to sexually assault women.
JK Rowling: this is trans people's fault.
JK Rowling: this is trans people's fault.
October 5, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Sure JK. Two words with JK? Jerk and joke.
What a sucky school system
You don't get much more petty than a transphobe.
After being barred from running for queen, Riley Williams is asking Georgia education officials to include transgender students.
October 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
What a sucky school system
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It is my honor and privilege to announce that President @barackobama.bsky.social is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24.
Get. Ready.
Get. Ready.
October 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM
It is my honor and privilege to announce that President @barackobama.bsky.social is joining us on the trail in Detroit on Saturday, October 24.
Get. Ready.
Get. Ready.
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Wilber was finally able to undergo surgery on Thursday—11 days after he was shot.
“When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”
“When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”
October 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Wilber was finally able to undergo surgery on Thursday—11 days after he was shot.
“When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”
“When ICE can shoot a man in the back and then barely give him any medical treatment and let him suffer, there’s a reason for that because we have gotten to a point where we see people as less than human.”
All they do is lie. Who you going to believe? Them? Or your lyin’ eyes?
Vance defends taxpayer-funded ads promoting Trump:
"I don't think there's anything unusual or unorthodox about it. I'm sure that some people don't like it, but if you look at the message of those advertisements, they're not partisan."
"I don't think there's anything unusual or unorthodox about it. I'm sure that some people don't like it, but if you look at the message of those advertisements, they're not partisan."
October 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
All they do is lie. Who you going to believe? Them? Or your lyin’ eyes?
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Republicans who spent years promoting a lie about secret biolabs in Ukraine are suddenly quiet about the plague outbreak from a Russian biolab.
October 5, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Republicans who spent years promoting a lie about secret biolabs in Ukraine are suddenly quiet about the plague outbreak from a Russian biolab.
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Reminder: Voter registration deadlines are hitting TODAY, October 5, in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Please make sure you’re registered to vote!
October 5, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Reminder: Voter registration deadlines are hitting TODAY, October 5, in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas. Please make sure you’re registered to vote!
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