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Tyler Van Buren

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Posting into the void. Former Comms Director and spokesperson for CT Comptroller & Treasurer’s Office. General mood dictated by UConn basketball scores.

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we're so close to a sweaty hegseth screaming at a reporter that iran actually did all the epstein stuff

02.03.2026 16:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

p sick of waking up at war

28.02.2026 13:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One of those things that's absolutely obvious to people who don't work in politics and incomprehensible to those who do.

27.02.2026 13:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
26.02.2026 02:35 — 👍 683    🔁 142    💬 7    📌 1

The turtle caucus

24.02.2026 18:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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the most important part about being absurdly rich is never taking any accountability for anything.

24.02.2026 15:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It explains why everyone you know is exactly like Gavin Newson, a normal guy.

23.02.2026 22:15 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

woof

23.02.2026 03:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

the latter

22.02.2026 21:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love winning

22.02.2026 16:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nova fans chanting “thank you, Dan Hurley, for earning the tourney shares sustaining our dying program.” Very touching.

21.02.2026 23:06 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.

19.02.2026 10:50 — 👍 11214    🔁 3145    💬 30    📌 139
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Opinion: A priest has a message about ICE for MAGA and Democrats The Rev. Nathan Empsall of New Haven loves Colin McEnroe's radio show, but takes issue with his column about Rosa DeLauro discussing ICE with clergy.

Just published: My new op-ed responding to a prominent columnist (whom I actually really like) for admonishing clergy not to push Rep. Rosa DeLauro on abolishing ICE.

“It will take far more than warrants and body cameras to build that beloved community and reveal the Kingdom of God on earth.”

17.02.2026 20:40 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: A priest has a message about ICE for MAGA and Democrats The Rev. Nathan Empsall of New Haven loves Colin McEnroe's radio show, but takes issue with his column about Rosa DeLauro discussing ICE with clergy.

#MoreCourageThanCongress

17.02.2026 21:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hmm nope sorry. I want my specific life to be the only thing reflected back at me in the world. My personal choices and preferences should drive decision-making at all levels and I see no obvious tension with everyone behaving accordingly.

17.02.2026 20:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

selfish babies probably don't want to sleep outside

17.02.2026 13:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Incredible. We got to "Is a pedophile island really all that bad?" five times faster than I thought.

16.02.2026 22:59 — 👍 7931    🔁 1704    💬 286    📌 40
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As Dem candidates vie for nomination, CT GOP leader enjoying ‘bloody intrafamily squabble’ Only three months before the party convention, candidates are already looking ahead to the hotly contested Democratic primary for Congress in the Greater Hartford area. Democrats will be slicing up…

from this, sorry: www.courant.com/2026/02/16/a...

16.02.2026 22:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Longtime political science professor Gary Rose of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield says that Jeffries helps Larson among liberals. Larson has been viewed by some Democrats as a moderate, dating back 35 years to his days in the state Senate when he opposed creating the state income tax.

“Hakeem Jeffries is on the liberal side of the spectrum. He’s not a centrist Democrat,” Rose said in an interview. “It gives Larson the credibility as somewhat of a progressive Democrat, which I think he needs to win that primary. Having Hakeem Jeffries with him gives him that stamp of approval. … It gives voters a second thought about Larson’s credibility as a progressive Democrat. Hakeem Jeffries moves the needle a little bit. It gives Larson a little bit of a pull toward the progressive side of the spectrum, which he needs right now.”

Longtime political science professor Gary Rose of Sacred Heart University in Fairfield says that Jeffries helps Larson among liberals. Larson has been viewed by some Democrats as a moderate, dating back 35 years to his days in the state Senate when he opposed creating the state income tax. “Hakeem Jeffries is on the liberal side of the spectrum. He’s not a centrist Democrat,” Rose said in an interview. “It gives Larson the credibility as somewhat of a progressive Democrat, which I think he needs to win that primary. Having Hakeem Jeffries with him gives him that stamp of approval. … It gives voters a second thought about Larson’s credibility as a progressive Democrat. Hakeem Jeffries moves the needle a little bit. It gives Larson a little bit of a pull toward the progressive side of the spectrum, which he needs right now.”

if there's anything progressives love, it's the politics of... Hakeem Jeffries.

16.02.2026 22:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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President Obama to Dems: Stop nominating old people!

16.02.2026 11:19 — 👍 248    🔁 63    💬 13    📌 7

in hindsight, making the entire country a vehicle to serve the needs of ~8 extremely weird rich people might have been a mistake.

15.02.2026 19:06 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

#MoreCourageThanCongress

14.02.2026 21:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ICE Agents Smash Car Window, Detain Fair Havener Before Court - New Haven Independent Broken glass was scattered across Maltby Street Friday after masked federal agents reportedly surrounded a 33-year-old man's car, smashed his passenger-side window, and handcuffed him outside his home...

ICE activity in New Haven, Connecticut, today, reports the New Haven Independent.

www.newhavenindependent.org/2026/02/13/i...

13.02.2026 22:32 — 👍 14    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0

Holy moly: Seattle’s millionaire tax, passed last year, is expected to bring in $115 million in its 1st year, way more than the $50 million anticipated.

The funds will go to the city’s new social housing developer publicola.com/2026/02/11/t...

(Is NY Gov Hochul paying attention?)

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This is a far more appropriate reaction to modern horrors than most politicians have been able to muster.

11.02.2026 22:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"Fight against being ass" is a message that more people need to receive, tbh

11.02.2026 12:36 — 👍 4971    🔁 1741    💬 33    📌 87
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I respect the hustle, door-to-door salesman.

10.02.2026 22:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Joe Lieberman donor, Leslie Wexner.

10.02.2026 21:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

instead of giving Hakeem Jeffries $5k, why not give a candidate with courage $15?
secure.actblue.com/donate/jilli...

10.02.2026 16:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0