Vic Slater (@vicslater.bsky.social)

Vic Slater

@vicslater.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u... Want to really get on his nerves? Name it Obama Ave

nytimes.comCanada’s Capital Bids Good Riddance to Trump Avenue as Tensions With U.S. RiseOttawa’s City Council decided that the street should no longer be named for President Trump, who recently signed an executive order changing Lake Ontario to Lake America.

Vic Slater

@vicslater.bsky.social

15 Sept

Great job Mr. Warrior Ethos. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/w...

nytimes.comGulf Arabs Seek Options After U.S. Bases Did Not Deter IranThe American presence in these countries has not shielded them from retaliation during the Iran war. Now they are hoping direct talks with Iran could help.

Vic Slater

@vicslater.bsky.social

10 Sept

We're about to find out if the American public's intellect has advanced since fifth grade student government elections. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...

nytimes.comTrump Floats $5,000 ‘Trump Dividend’ Checks if Republicans Win the MidtermsIn his convention speech, the president floated a $5,000 “Trump Dividend” for every adult American if Republicans keep control of Congress. The idea, like many others, may not come to pass.

Vic Slater

@vicslater.bsky.social

1 Sept

"And that is how, ladies and gentlemen, you destroy the United States of America.” That soundbyte needs to be in a Michigan Senate ad @abdulelsayed.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...

nytimes.comJD Vance Called Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed ‘Evil’ in SpeechVice President JD Vance also told Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee, to “keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth.”

Vic Slater

@vicslater.bsky.social

11 July

Am i starting to show my age by immediately thinking freedom fuel is french fry oil? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/u...

nytimes.comTrump Is Promoting ‘Freedom Fuel’ for $3.47 a Gallon. Who’s Behind It?The president has praised a network of 25 recently rebranded gas stations in the Philadelphia region that have been selling gas for considerably less than the national average.

Vic Slater

@vicslater.bsky.social

5 July

Does that star -spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Vic Slater

@vicslater.bsky.social

21 June

I'm not sure which is the most outrageous -- that fact that the president would say such an obvious lie, the fact that he thinks anyone is stupid enough to believe him, or the fact that a significant swath of the public will agree anyway with something they know to be untrue

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Vic Slater

@vicslater.bsky.social

22 May

“So the nation’s top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops?” said Sen. Mitch McConnell, R- KY. “Utterly stupid, morally wrong — take your pick.” "Morally wrong" is also Mitch's middle name, but give him credit-- he's good for a smirk every now and then

Vic Slater

@vicslater.bsky.social

4 Apr

I had respect for the FDD until today. Basically "we're winning except for the whole Strait of Hormuz thing" www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

nytimes.comVideo: Opinion | Can Trump Claim Victory in Iran?Is this really what winning the war with Iran looks like? Mark Dubowitz, the chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joins Ross Douthat on “Interesting Times” to make the case th...

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