Vince

Waiting for the day reality becomes less interesting than fiction again.

[Vince @VinceHolz]

Political retweets, political retweets, political retweets, wrestling.

Yeah, this is a great account.

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

schumer and jeffries must be shitting themselves in fear of what they're gonna be expected to do with this landslide

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

It's crazy that the amount of money spent during election cycles could literally fix most of the fucking problems politicians campaign on.

[Dennis Porter @Dennis_Porter_]

Closing messages from Republicans today:

1. Please, we beg you, give us more time.
2. Look at this reflecting pool photo.
3. We are bad, but Dems are worse!
4. We know you’re struggling, but have you considered transgender athletes?
5. The economy is great. Stop complaining.
6. Everything is Biden’s fault.
7. Please ignore the corruption.
8. The polls are fake unless we’re winning.

Inspiring stuff!

[jezz @JezziiB]

About 24 hours from now... Fox News is suddenly going to remember that the National Debt has ballooned to over $40 TRILLION, and they're going to expect the Democrats to fix that

[Rino🚀 @RinoTheBouncer]

Jailbroken PS5 console managed to make PlayStation 2 games run on PS5 from disc, without even importing digital files🚀

This means Sony were deliberately keeping players from running their games that can work just fine, just so they can sell the games again on PS Store / PS+

Modders are also working on making PS3 games run from disc on PS5, also after Sony telling us it’s “hard” to do so, due to “different infrastructure”

And now you see how far Sony’s greed has gotten. XBOX could always run games from all past generations, full backwards compatibility, yet Sony somehow pretended it was hard, and they once pretended to be shocked as to “why would anyone wanna play old games”?

And there you have it, it’s greed. The same reason they wanna convince you discs are a niche market and don’t sell when data proved them wrong💿

(Special thanks @Pirat_Nation for the research)

[Laura Bassett @LEBassett]

“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

NYT analysis: “Trump Has Cast Doubt on Elections on 440 Days in His Second Term. President Trump has attacked the integrity of U.S. elections on more than 70 percent of the days since he returned to office, repeatedly making false claims.” https://t.co/yxDkBcLtgW

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Good piece from CNN colleagues about the proliferation of AI in 2026 campaign ads, including deepfakes of candidates. The vast majority is from the Republican side; about 96% of the spending on ads that disclosed AI use came from Republican campaigns or groups, a CNN analysis found: https://t.co/53raQuhg8d

[evan loves worf @esjesjesj]

Right wingers: Billionaires aren’t the problem it’s actually trans people and immigrants

Billionaire: I am literally evil. I am not joking. I love being evil.

[ProPublica @propublica]

ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

From the archives:
https://t.co/GHN2GsHmwW

[DanikaXIX @DanikaXIX]

Motion smoothing on TVs makes me irrationally angry.
LEAVE IT ALONE! I WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE IT’S SUPPOSED FUCKING LOOK 😭 WHY ARE WE CUCKING OURSELVES LIKE THIS??!! IT LOOKS LIKE SHIT AND

EVERYONE ELSE SEEMS TO BE USED TO IT AND THEY CANT EVEN TELL THE DIFFERENCE OR PREFER THIS SHIT 🫪

[ProPublica @propublica]

The DOJ has dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in just the first six months of Trump’s second term.
https://t.co/MbyqCEvYyi

[ProPublica @propublica]

Two months after the CEO of defense contractor Navatek used a shell company to send $150,000 to the Susan Collins super PAC, the senator committed to getting Navatek $32 million in naval contracts, according to company emails.
https://t.co/7QS0Dw2RxJ

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.”

This is what Microsoft’s director of applied science had to say about training their AI model on copyrighted content from our newsroom and many others, according to new docs revealed during our lawsuit against the company. https://t.co/UktMeerXsp

[Mother Jones @MotherJones]

Jaw-dropping documents from our lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI reveal how tech leaders talk when they think no one is listening: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history” https://t.co/yExKAAtjwm

[MeidasTouch @MeidasTouch]

Throughout his second term, Trump and his officials have continuously told Americans to expect less — and to be happy about it. Here’s a list:

— Donald Trump said children don’t need 30 dolls and could have two, three, or four instead.

— Donald Trump said Americans can “give up certain products” and “give up pencils.”

— Donald Trump said children who might otherwise get 37 pencils “only need one or two.”

— Donald Trump said daughters don’t need 37 dolls and that “two or three is nice.”

— Donald Trump said Americans may have to “take medicine” economically while his tariff policies take effect.

— Scott Bessent said “access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American Dream.”

— Scott Bessent said America should “consume less, manufacture more.”

— Scott Bessent said children getting fewer toys would ultimately have a “better life” and “economic freedom.”

— Scott Bessent suggested relatives contribute to children’s Trump Accounts instead of buying them toys for birthdays or holidays.

— JD Vance said people should not focus on whether their children get “two dolls or five dolls or 20 dolls.”

— Karoline Leavitt defended Trump’s comments by saying Americans could pay a dollar or two more for better-quality American-made dolls.

— Howard Lutnick said Trump’s economic policies would be “worth it” even if they caused a recession.

— Brooke Rollins suggested people dealing with high egg prices could consider raising chickens in their backyards.

— Brooke Rollins said a roughly $3 meal could consist of a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and one other thing.

— Brooke Rollins, today: If beef is too expensive, “you can eat chicken, pork, salmon, eggs. There are other sources of really good protein.”

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

New reporting reveals Susan Collins promised a defense contractor tens of millions of dollars worth of government contracts in exchange for a $150,000 campaign donation.

The FBI was ready to investigate Collins for bribery until Trump returned to office and purged the agents working on the case.

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

Gavin Newsom hands huge win to Trump and his billionaire cronies.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Trump has pardoned the following people charged with fraud:

—George Santos, wire fraud
—Ross William Ulbricht, fraud with identification documents
—Rod R. Blagojevich, 8 counts of wire fraud under color of official right
—Brian Kelsey, conspiracy to defraud the United States
—Devon Archer, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud
—Trevor Milton, securities fraud; 2 counts of wire fraud
—Jason Galanis, 2 counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud; investment adviser fraud
—Ozy Media, Inc., conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud
—Carlos Roy Watson, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; aggravated identity theft
—Michele Fiore, 6 counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud; wire fraud
—Scott Howard Jenkins, conspiracy to commit bribery concerning programs receiving Federal funds, honest services mail fraud, and honest service wire fraud; honest services mail fraud; 3 counts of honest services wire fraud
—Julie Chrisley, 5 counts of conspiracy to commit bank fraud; bank fraud; wire fraud; conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Laws
—Todd Chrisley, conspiracy to commit bank fraud; 5 counts of bank fraud; wire fraud; conspiracy to defraud the U.S. to obstruct and impede the Internal Revenue Laws
—Lawrence S. Duran, conspiracy to commit health care fraud; 11 counts of health care fraud; conspiracy to defraud the United States and to receive and pay health care kickbacks
— Michael Gerard Grimm, aiding and assisting in the preparation of false and fraudulent tax returns
—Marian I. Morgan, conspiracy to defraud the United States; 7 counts of wire fraud; 5 counts of transfer of funds taken by fraud
—John G. Rowland, conspiracy to defraud the United States
—Charles Overton Scott, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud
—Glen Casada, conspiracy to defraud the United States; 4 counts of honest services wire fraud; use of a fictitious name to carry out a fraud
—Cade Cothren, conspiracy to defraud the United States; 6 counts of honest services wire fraud
—Robert Henry Harshbarger, Jr., health care fraud
—Joseph Lewis, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; 2 counts of securities fraud
—David Gentile, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; conspiracy to commit wire fraud; securities fraud; 2 counts of wire fraud
—Jacob Deutsch, conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud
—Adriana Isabel Camberos, conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud; 7 counts of wire fraud and aiding and abetting
—Andres Enrique Camberos, conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud; 7 counts of wire fraud and aiding and abetting
—Julio M. Herrera Velutini, 2 counts of honest services wire fraud
—David Levy, conspiracy to commit securities fraud; securities fraud
—Hollie Ann Nadel, conspiracy to commit money laundering and bank fraud
—Mark T. Rossini, honest services wire fraud
—Wanda Vazquez Garced, honest services wire fraud
—Terren Scott Peizer, securities fraud
—Timothy S. Smith, conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service
—Stephen E. Buyer, 4 counts of securities fraud
—John Dougherty, 24 counts of wire fraud; conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and federal program bribery; 7 counts of honest services wire fraud
—Joshua L. Davis, conspiracy to defraud the United States and violate the Clean Air Act
—Matthew Sidney Geouge, conspiracy to defraud the United States and violate the Clean Air Act
—Adam R. Kidan, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud; wire fraud
—Spade K. Bailly, conspiracy to defraud the United States and to violate the Clean Air Act

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Here are quick fact checks on 16 of President Trump’s claims last night.
1) He claimed, “Food prices and almost every other item are rapidly going down.” Not even close to true. Federal figures show overall prices keep rising, food prices keep rising, and far more products are getting more expensive than getting cheaper.
2) He claimed, “Every single promise I made you as a candidate, I’ve delivered on.” Clearly not . The war in Ukraine didn’t end within 24 hours of his inauguration, inflation isn’t dead, Mexico hasn’t paid for the wall. Etc.
3) He claimed “over $20 trillion” has been invested in the US this term. This figure is fiction even the White House can’t justify. The White House website says “$11.2 trillion,” and even that is a wild exaggeration.
4) He claimed he "won the presidency three times,” then explicitly said he won in 2020. Just lies.
5) He claimed his ballroom will use “zero tax dollars.” The final breakdown is unclear, but the Secret Service has acknowledged that public dollars will be used at least for security measures related to the project, which includes an underground complex. Some Senate Republicans tried this year to get hundreds of millions in public money allocated in part to project-related security.
6) He claimed the ballroom project is “under budget.” There is no actual public budget for it, and cost estimates have steadily increased – from $200 million to $300 million to $400 million to $600 million.
7) He claimed that former NC governor and now Senate candidate Roy Cooper released the man who went on to kill Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte in 2025. But NC’s corrections department has explained that the man served his full robbery sentence and was not released early. The man's release, in 2020, happened months before the state's 2021 lawsuit settlement over pandemic-era prison conditions that resulted in some other offenders getting released sooner than expected.
8) He claimed Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was seen wearing a mask just “a few months ago.” No evidence of this; other Republicans have mocked Talarico for masking in 2022, four years ago. Trump also claimed, in what mayyy have been a joke, that Talarico was recently spotted running away and throwing up after eating meat at a barbecue. Clearly didn’t happen.
9) He said gas prices were just $1.85 per gallon in Iowa when he visited before the Iran war. The Iowa average that day was $2.57, per AAA, and GasBuddy found just four stations that day under $2 – at $1.97, to be specific – out of 2,036 stations it tracked there. (Maybe Trump was referring to the E85 ethanol blend only some cars can use, which was around $1.85, but he certainly didn’t say that.)
10) He said the US has the lowest drug prices in the world. Experts say that is not true as a general claim, and the White House hasn’t substantiated it.
11) He boasted that more Americans are working than ever before. That’s true, but it’s a basically meaningless stat because the number of people working rises over time as the population rises. Better ways to measure the labor market show that it has been far from historically strong this term.
12) He claimed “zero illegal aliens” have crossed the border over the last 15 months. Not true; state and federal authorities have acknowledged some migrants evaded apprehension during that period. The Trump administration says it hasn’t “released” any migrants into the country after apprehension, but that’s different than having zero people crossing at all.
13) He claimed “25 million” migrants poured into the country under Biden. This is another fictional figure. Through the last full month of Biden’s term, the government had recorded under 11 million nationwide “encounters” with migrants…including millions who were rapidly expelled. Even counting “gotaways,” which the House GOP estimated at under 2.5 million, it’s not 25 million people.
14) He claimed Biden or Democrats allowed “11,888 murderers” to enter the country. This is a gross distortion of federal data about non-citizens who entered the US not just under Biden but over the course of multiple decades, including during Trump’s first administration, and were convicted of homicide at some point, usually in the US after their arrival, but remained in the US because they were still serving prison sentences or their original countries wouldn't take them back.
15) He claimed he’d achieved “no tax on Social Security.” His 2025 law created an additional temporary deduction for seniors, expiring after 2028, but the administration has acknowledged millions of Social Security recipients will continue to pay taxes on their benefits.
16) He claimed “trillions of dollars in tariff revenue have come in.” It was in the hundreds of billions, not close to even $1 trillion, even before the big refunds prompted by the Supreme Court decision that ruled some of the tariffs illegal.
More details here: https://t.co/y3zdTtoxzx