Steve Valk

@SenTomCotton What's next on your constitutional hit list? Free speech?

Birthright citizenship for illegal aliens has no basis in the Constitution. I hope that the Supreme Court rules in favor of ending this abusive practice.

@ArtKelly19 @atrupar Thanks for clarifying. Hegseth is a lying sack of shit.

@atrupar FACT CHECK: The “pallets” of cash were Iranian-Government assets that were returned to Iran, in exchange for shutting down their uranium enrichment for possible use in constructing nuclear weapons. The deal worked flawlessly until Trump got elected and canceled the agreement.

Hegseth: "Here's a fact we don't hear on your networks. Many of the Iranian military factories and bases that we're systematically destroying were paid for by the pallets of American cash that Barack Obama flew into Tehran."

If we phase out fossil fuels, it won't matter what happens in the Strait of Hormuz. Check out my latest Substack post. @Enviro_Voter @CCLUSA #ClimateChange #IranWar #Solar #Wind stevevalk.substack.com/p/sun-and-wind…

Well, this lifted my spirits this morning. #Mikaela #WinterOlympics #slalom wapo.st/4aF8yWA

.@LFFriedman, excellent piece on the endangerment finding being gutted today. Glad you mentioned that Zeldin was a member of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus. nytimes.com/2026/02/12/cli…

@mmpadellan Just once, I'd like to hear a reporter in the White House pool say to Leavitt, "Karoline, you gotta be shittin' me."

I don't know what's more infuriating: 1. The racist post of the Obamas 2. Karoline Leavitt's lazy attempt to gaslight us about a movie that most people's kids literally watched 100 times, which contains ZERO APES 3. Supposedly any rando staffer has access to the social media feed of the President of the United States and that's seen as a major national security issue 4. Maybe it's all of the above

@TomMoyerUT If they're lying about things where there's video that contradicts what they're saying, what are they lying about where there's no video? Whatever trust the public had in their government has now been shattered.

Mass deportation was never going to be popular with Americans once they learned what it involves. But the Trump administration is making it much much worse with their excessive use of force and violations of constitutional rights.

@DemocracyDocket Thanks for all you do. I highlighted Elias Law Group and Democracy Docket in my latest piece on Trump's schemes to rig the election: What it will take to save our democracy stevevalk.substack.com/p/what-it-will…

Trump has made it clear he wants to call off the midterms. He wished he had seized ballot boxes after he lost the 2020 presidential election, and turned the DOJ into an extension of his political will. We need to realize it's up to us to defend free and fair elections, @marceelias writes. democracydocket.com/opinion/trump-…

@matthewherper I had the privilege of working with Foege on the release of Unicef's "State of the World's Children" reports. I recall my time with him in my latest post. stevevalk.substack.com/p/bill-foege-o…

I don't know how to ask for a moment of silence amid the madness that is X. But please take a moment to reflect on the heroism of William Foege. Foege, who died Saturday at 89, was a key architect of the eradication of smallpox using the vaccine. This is one of humanity's great victories over a terrible disease and a triumph of science. If you haven't, go order or download his book, "House on Fire," which chronicles that epic fight. He was head of the CDC from 1977 to 1983. He was a towering, six-foot-seven reminder that rationality can win against scourges that have beset mankind for all of history.

In a world filled with cruel and malevolent people of power, it's important to hold up the heroes who spent their lives making the world a better place. Bill Foege was one of them. stevevalk.substack.com/p/bill-foege-o…

@TMZLive @RealDeanCain Dean Cain is a sick piece of crap. Shame on TMZ for giving him a platform.

Actor @RealDeanCain puts the blame for the shooting of Alex Pretti squarely at the victim's feet!

@FPWellman After the gaslighting on the Renee Good murder, we cannot take DHS' word on anything.

They tried to cover it up immediately and the Minneapolis police chief refused. Witnesses have been taken to police headquarters and all available off duty police have been called to work. ICE cannot be trusted to tell the truth. Congress must act now. The Courts must stop the stupid foot dragging. Enough is enough.

@DefiantLs Just doing their job? Fuck you.

Sen. Fetterman: "ICE agents are just doing their job, and I fully support that... People in my party might... treat them as criminals... That's inappropriate and outrageous."

@ProjectLincoln How about we invokde the 25th Amendment instead?

This has been the plan all along. - Foment violence and chaos in the streets of MN - Implement the Insurrection Act - Declare Martial Law - Suspend elections

Overlooked in the current chaos is the destruction of our #climate by the Trump administration. Kudos to the @nytimes for this front-page story about the wrecking ball being taken to efforts to preserve a livable world. nytimes.com/2026/01/12/cli… @LFFriedman

This is not going away.

As a retired journalist, I was horrified when the #WashingtonPost praised Trump for his illegal action in #Venezuela. Media capitulators are not worthy of the Fourth Estate. More in my latest Substack... stevevalk.substack.com/p/media-capitu…

One big problem in solving #ClimateChange has been that people who identify as environmentalists are, by and large, not showing up at the polls. The Environmental Voter Project is fixing that. stevevalk.substack.com/p/turning-out-…

I'm confused: The new law that was signed stated that ALL of the Epstein files were to be released TODAY. Not several hundred thousand. Not some. Not most. ALL OF THEM. What in the protecting pedophiles are they still doing?

@TomMoyerUT Perhaps true everywhere except the U.S., where Trump's policies are impeding the EV transition, as demonstrated by Ford's decision to bail on EVs. They're even canceling infrastructure grants for bicycling, stopping any projects that are "hostile to cars."

In ten more years, the world will be on the tail end of manufacturing of internal combustion cars.