Victor Martinez
@pistorin.bsky.social
Delicious food connoisseur, 🍷 lover, mixologist, ailurophile, liberal thinker, 🗺 traveler, polyglot, 🏳️🌈, engineer, husband to @khowaga.bsky.social
Wait, abused animals are applying to the FBI???
Kash Patel: "Applicants who have engaged in beastiliaty means they were victims of beastility because they were forced to do so. At this FBI we are not going to criminalize and prevent victims from serving."
September 15, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Wait, abused animals are applying to the FBI???
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THIS IS ELDER ABUSE‼️
We are officially in weekend at Bernie’s territory folks.
We are officially in weekend at Bernie’s territory folks.
September 15, 2026 at 1:47 AM
THIS IS ELDER ABUSE‼️
We are officially in weekend at Bernie’s territory folks.
We are officially in weekend at Bernie’s territory folks.
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Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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September 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Okay everyone. Here’s the YouTube interview with @jimmykimmel.com and @jamestalarico.bsky.social
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
You know what to do. Watch it. Share it. Donate. Bury them. youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers.
As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
September 11, 2026 at 10:06 AM
25 years ago, terrorists killed nearly 3,000 people, including 2,753 New Yorkers.
As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
As we remember that terrible day, let us also remember the first responders, office workers and strangers who ran toward danger to help each other.
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I wrote about Judge Talwani’s decision, issued late Thursday, entering a Temporary Restraining Order that puts Trump’s Executive Order on voting by mail back on hold. And I assess how it will hold up at SCOTUS, because we all know that’s where it’s headed.
joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-talw...
joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-talw...
Judge Talwani’s Most Recent Order On Voting By Mail
It’s Long, It’s Complicated, And It’s Definitely Worth Your Time
joycevance.substack.com
August 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
I wrote about Judge Talwani’s decision, issued late Thursday, entering a Temporary Restraining Order that puts Trump’s Executive Order on voting by mail back on hold. And I assess how it will hold up at SCOTUS, because we all know that’s where it’s headed.
joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-talw...
joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-talw...
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I’m not sure how to convey this succinctly to legacy media who continues to go to Manchin for his opinion. But let me try:
No one, and I mean no one, gives a fuck what Joe Manchin thinks about anything.
No one, and I mean no one, gives a fuck what Joe Manchin thinks about anything.
August 26, 2026 at 12:51 PM
I’m not sure how to convey this succinctly to legacy media who continues to go to Manchin for his opinion. But let me try:
No one, and I mean no one, gives a fuck what Joe Manchin thinks about anything.
No one, and I mean no one, gives a fuck what Joe Manchin thinks about anything.
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By itself, this is both impeachable and cause for radical reform. The GOP Supreme Court does not even bother to explain the majority of its decisions. It's apparently too much to ask they at least barf up dishonest, unprincipled, poorly-reasoned excuses for their arbitrary exercise of power.
July 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
By itself, this is both impeachable and cause for radical reform. The GOP Supreme Court does not even bother to explain the majority of its decisions. It's apparently too much to ask they at least barf up dishonest, unprincipled, poorly-reasoned excuses for their arbitrary exercise of power.
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📌If a centrist like Spanberger works for Va., I can live with that. If a Democrat socialist like Mamdani works in NYC, right on. If Progressive Platner can FINALLY rid us of Susan Collins in Maine, you go, buddy. If a Christian like James Talarico can topple Texas, my 10-gallon hat’s off to him.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
You can celebrate Saturday, but I will be waiting until November, thank you ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
July 1, 2026 at 1:23 PM
📌If a centrist like Spanberger works for Va., I can live with that. If a Democrat socialist like Mamdani works in NYC, right on. If Progressive Platner can FINALLY rid us of Susan Collins in Maine, you go, buddy. If a Christian like James Talarico can topple Texas, my 10-gallon hat’s off to him.
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EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...
Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?
Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program.
www.statnews.com
June 23, 2026 at 12:27 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...
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The "hydration break" really is a perfect American capitalist innovation: a nakedly commercial play to insert more ad revenue into a game that doesn't have ads anywhere else in the world, all under the guise of some humanitarian interest in the players' wellbeing.
June 17, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The "hydration break" really is a perfect American capitalist innovation: a nakedly commercial play to insert more ad revenue into a game that doesn't have ads anywhere else in the world, all under the guise of some humanitarian interest in the players' wellbeing.
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Harvard and Princeton graduate, Grammy winner, and former First Lady Michelle Obama appreciation post
June 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Harvard and Princeton graduate, Grammy winner, and former First Lady Michelle Obama appreciation post
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Trump again claims victory in Iran. He’s claimed victory before, but now he has a so-called “agreement” with Iran.
It looks like a terrible failure. Let me break it all down for you. 👇
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-non-victory
It looks like a terrible failure. Let me break it all down for you. 👇
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-non-victory
June 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Trump again claims victory in Iran. He’s claimed victory before, but now he has a so-called “agreement” with Iran.
It looks like a terrible failure. Let me break it all down for you. 👇
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-non-victory
It looks like a terrible failure. Let me break it all down for you. 👇
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-non-victory
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Today Trump "negotiated" with his private criminal defense lawyer—a man he made AG for this corrupt purpose—the theft of $1.8B in taxpayer money so that it could be given to far-right terrorists in open rebellion against America.
It's the most corrupt act by a POTUS in history.
It's the most corrupt act by a POTUS in history.
May 18, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Today Trump "negotiated" with his private criminal defense lawyer—a man he made AG for this corrupt purpose—the theft of $1.8B in taxpayer money so that it could be given to far-right terrorists in open rebellion against America.
It's the most corrupt act by a POTUS in history.
It's the most corrupt act by a POTUS in history.
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Trump doesn't care about the economic plight of the average American because he's too busy calling his broker
His stunning 3,700 trades in just 3 months in firms like Palantir, Nvidia and Boeing should be another Watergate. Here's how to make it one
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
His stunning 3,700 trades in just 3 months in firms like Palantir, Nvidia and Boeing should be another Watergate. Here's how to make it one
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
The E-Trade presidency: Trump trades stocks while America burns | Will Bunch
The tangled web between Trump’s stock purchases, his policies, and blatant promotion is a new low for a corrupt regime.
www.inquirer.com
May 17, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Trump doesn't care about the economic plight of the average American because he's too busy calling his broker
His stunning 3,700 trades in just 3 months in firms like Palantir, Nvidia and Boeing should be another Watergate. Here's how to make it one
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
His stunning 3,700 trades in just 3 months in firms like Palantir, Nvidia and Boeing should be another Watergate. Here's how to make it one
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
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To Netanyahu, if you're a plaster statue and IDF destroys you, apologies.
If you're flesh and blood and IDF destroys you, so what?
Why? Bibi doesn't want to jeopardize American dollars. And MAGA cared MUCH more about an illustration of Jesus Donald published than all the real people he has killed.
If you're flesh and blood and IDF destroys you, so what?
Why? Bibi doesn't want to jeopardize American dollars. And MAGA cared MUCH more about an illustration of Jesus Donald published than all the real people he has killed.
April 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
To Netanyahu, if you're a plaster statue and IDF destroys you, apologies.
If you're flesh and blood and IDF destroys you, so what?
Why? Bibi doesn't want to jeopardize American dollars. And MAGA cared MUCH more about an illustration of Jesus Donald published than all the real people he has killed.
If you're flesh and blood and IDF destroys you, so what?
Why? Bibi doesn't want to jeopardize American dollars. And MAGA cared MUCH more about an illustration of Jesus Donald published than all the real people he has killed.
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Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽♂️
April 8, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽♂️
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An American president threatening the death of an ancient civilization is in some ways the end of the 250-year moral experiment of a constitutional republic that the framers saw as a model for all mankind.
April 7, 2026 at 2:36 PM
An American president threatening the death of an ancient civilization is in some ways the end of the 250-year moral experiment of a constitutional republic that the framers saw as a model for all mankind.
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I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
March 11, 2026 at 1:03 AM
I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public.
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are.
1/ Here's what I can share:
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Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 14, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
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A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
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You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.
September 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
You cannot trust information coming from Kash Patel's FBI. You cannot trust information coming from ICE. You cannot trust information coming the Trump administration. You cannot trust information coming from Republicans.
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The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
September 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The attack on Charlie Kirk is disgusting, vile, and reprehensible.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in EVERY form.
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I'm horrified by the shooting of Charlie Kirk at a college event in Utah.
Political violence has no place in our country.
Political violence has no place in our country.
September 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I'm horrified by the shooting of Charlie Kirk at a college event in Utah.
Political violence has no place in our country.
Political violence has no place in our country.
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Perhaps unpopular opinion — if you’ve been covering business and the economy for 25 years, you don’t have to cite “economists say” to state the truth — that firing the commissioner of the BLS is a bad thing.
August 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Perhaps unpopular opinion — if you’ve been covering business and the economy for 25 years, you don’t have to cite “economists say” to state the truth — that firing the commissioner of the BLS is a bad thing.
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Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?
June 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Genuine Question because I Do not understand… so if these men roll up in plain clothes and masks, grab a human being… even a child, and throw them in an unmarked vehicle I am just supposed to look the other way and say nothing ?? Ask Nothing ?