The grumbling Valkano

This is the most alarming thing you'll read today. Trump is siding with Russia and China to create a new world order. This piece is based on a Wall Street Journal story. Where the hell are the Post and the Times? heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-18...

.@sulliview.bsky.social This is absolutely shocking, and WaPo and NYT had no mention of this. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

We held the tobacco companies accountable for the damage done to people’s health. It’s time to do the same with the food industry. Check out my latest Substack. stevevalk.substack.com/p/make-food-...

.@zooatl.bsky.social Will Zoo Atlanta have the panda cam again?

May everyone listen to this - share it widely

This is astonishing. Republicans complain that Trump is dragging them down in the midterms and then they carry his water by going after Jack Smith. They are worthy of derision and defeat. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...

I know I've posted this many times - needs to flood the media until election day.

Wow. Who would have guessed that Trump would throw Saudi Arabia under the bus after billions of dollars in investments — bribes — that have benefitted Trump and his family? Pro tip: Trump throws everyone under the bus. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/w...

Of all the damage this administration has done, this is probably the worst. In a year of record heat, floods and forest fires, it's insane that we are making it easier for polluters to speed up #ClimateChange. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...

I BELIEVE THIS. AND I'LL KEEP POSTING SIMILAR UNTIL THERE'S A *SERIOUS INVESTIGATION*.

The reemergence of measles is one of many ways the current administration has broken the things that made our lives safer and better. One more reason to make sure you have a plan to have your vote counted this year. substack.com/home/post/p-...

This is REALLY important. “Over 50% of Americans say climate change is a serious threat; only 10% think their compatriots feel the same That perception gap on the issue is among the highest in the world, per a new Gallup poll.” They want you to think you’re alone. You’re not. #ClimateCrisis

Indeed. Without vaccines and antibiotics, women often had 10 children in the hope that a few would survive.

.@cclusa.org, thanks for helping people find their voice in the struggle to stop #climatechange. stevevalk.substack.com/p/can-a-clim...

In a 50-50 election, there's no way Trump could run the table on battleground states without some serious chicanery. Investigate Elon now before he commits this crime again.

What an incredible waste of money simply because Trump doesn't like "windmills." Imagine how $4 billion could have been spent to help people with health care or child care. apnews.com/article/trum...

Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.

Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.

Great take from @sulliview.bsky.social about the cowardly Washington press corps sucking up to Trump. When Trump subpoenaed Times reporters to coerce revealing sources, the dinner should have been canceled in protest. open.substack.com/pub/margaret...

🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to compel Kentucky to provide the DOJ with access to its complete statewide voter registration database. DOJ is now 0-17 in these case. Elias Law Group remains undefeated. www.democracydocket.com/cases/kentuc...

Pretty sure the Dems who were cut off by AIPAC will wear this like a badge of honor.

Perhaps we should amend the Constitution to include the right to breathe. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...

No media outlet should let Trump lie on Thursday night without challenging those lies. Fact check in real time with split screen. @cbsnews.com, @cnn.com, @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, @nbcnews.com, @abcnewsdesk.bsky.social, @msnownews.bsky.social www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Donald Trump is a stone-cold liar. He lies about his height, his wealth and his golf game. He lies about his accomplishments and his failures. He lies about everything, large and small, important and insignificant. newsletters.democracydocket.com/-the-media-h...

What's the fuss? Doesn't everyone like explosive diarrhea?

Trump to Epstein: "May every day be another wonderful secret." Gee, I wonder what he was talking about? #TrumpRapedChildren

.@marcelias.bsky.social, thanks for all you do. I highlighted your work on my latest "Problem Solved" Substack post: stevevalk.substack.com/p/marc-elias...

It would be the greatest of ironies if he died from heat stroke on the Fourth of July.

$2.5 billion in taxpayer money has now been spent to stop clean energy projects. This is absolutely insane. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social #wind www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/c...

This may be an unpopular take, but I hate the Minions. They're annoying as shit on your shoe.

You notice that the criminal-in-charge who sues everyone for everything is drop dead quiet about this. Says a lot.

Hawaii just enacted a law that effectively neuters Citizens United. Montana could soon follow suit via a ballot referendum. Here's what you should know about the plans to get Big Money out of politics — and how they could be replicated where you live.

Child care is a huge piece of the affordability crisis. I look at the need for government to provide this necessity in my latest Substack. open.substack.com/pub/steveval...

The Oval Office is looking like a scene from "Weekend at Bernie's."

Let me get right to the point. The Senate should not confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general. Here's why: https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-senate-should-not-confirm-this

If you make residents pay for the additional power data centers need and use up their water, people get mad. Before we fill the landscape with data centers, maybe we should hit pause and see how the AI bubble plays out. More in my latest Substack. stevevalk.substack.com/p/do-we-real...

.@clairecmc.bsky.social, what's in the cake stand today? Looked like red velvet cupcakes.

Hmmm. Is public outrage giving SCOTUS second thoughts about their racist Louisiana v. Callais ruling? Applying the same argument they just made with Alabama, they would also have to strike down similar gerrymandering in Tennessee, Mississippi and South Carolina. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...

Great piece from Heather Cox Richardson about the Great Society movement of 1964 that expanded the ideal of what America could be. If not for the quagmire of the Vietnam War, Lyndon Johnson would have ranked among our greatest presidents. May 22, 2026 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

The recent decision by the Supreme Court to further gut the Voting Rights Act was the last straw for me. I make the case for expanding the court in my latest Substack. stevevalk.substack.com/p/to-save-de...

The beginning of the end of fossil fuels.

BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii. This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.

With all the noise in the news lately, folks may have missed this encouraging development. stevevalk.substack.com/p/movement-t...

I don't ever want to hear that we can't afford to provide health care for Americans.

A fool and his money...