Mike Burdick
@birdydownunder.bsky.social
Left-of-left-coast liberal elite illuminati, communications professional, writer, film and music lover, anti-fascist.
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Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
January 21, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America.
At least until tomorrow.
At least until tomorrow.
So this is going around.
January 22, 2026 at 10:23 AM
So this is going around.
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Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.
January 21, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Jones: All you do is keep people fearful because you get paid 45 million a year to keep people fearful so they don’t pay attention to the CEOS taking their healthcare. You don’t care about the American people. You want them to be afraid of immigrants because all you have is fear.
ICE is institutionalised racist terrorism. KKK with a White House mandate. A safe city with 600 police being invaded by 3,000 immigration agents armed like the military. Congress needs to dissolve DHS altogether. It’s a money-making scheme for private, for-profit detention centers.
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 AM
ICE is institutionalised racist terrorism. KKK with a White House mandate. A safe city with 600 police being invaded by 3,000 immigration agents armed like the military. Congress needs to dissolve DHS altogether. It’s a money-making scheme for private, for-profit detention centers.
Just to be clear, invading Greenland is a bridge too far for Republicans, but they’re okay with:
-34 felony convictions and 57 felony indictments
-sending armed, masked agents into American cities to kick in doors of U.S. citizens, detain and execute them without cause…
cont’d
-34 felony convictions and 57 felony indictments
-sending armed, masked agents into American cities to kick in doors of U.S. citizens, detain and execute them without cause…
cont’d
January 21, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Just to be clear, invading Greenland is a bridge too far for Republicans, but they’re okay with:
-34 felony convictions and 57 felony indictments
-sending armed, masked agents into American cities to kick in doors of U.S. citizens, detain and execute them without cause…
cont’d
-34 felony convictions and 57 felony indictments
-sending armed, masked agents into American cities to kick in doors of U.S. citizens, detain and execute them without cause…
cont’d
How to tell that social media is dying: type in ‘top 2025 social media trends’.
10 years ago, you’d have gotten a list about Tide Pods and Ice Plunge Challenge.
Now you get trends that are changing the way social media managers are strategising to drive business results.
10 years ago, you’d have gotten a list about Tide Pods and Ice Plunge Challenge.
Now you get trends that are changing the way social media managers are strategising to drive business results.
January 21, 2026 at 12:23 AM
How to tell that social media is dying: type in ‘top 2025 social media trends’.
10 years ago, you’d have gotten a list about Tide Pods and Ice Plunge Challenge.
Now you get trends that are changing the way social media managers are strategising to drive business results.
10 years ago, you’d have gotten a list about Tide Pods and Ice Plunge Challenge.
Now you get trends that are changing the way social media managers are strategising to drive business results.
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Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
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folks, this is some really weird shit. the president is not well.
January 20, 2026 at 7:01 PM
folks, this is some really weird shit. the president is not well.
‘Young people are watching videos on TikTok, that’s why they are against ICE’ -Marcos Charles, the ICE guy on ‘60 minutes’ last night
‘Young people are watching videos on TikTok, that’s why they are against genocide in Gaza’ -Hilary Clinton
We have a total disconnect between leadership and reality
‘Young people are watching videos on TikTok, that’s why they are against genocide in Gaza’ -Hilary Clinton
We have a total disconnect between leadership and reality
January 19, 2026 at 11:17 PM
‘Young people are watching videos on TikTok, that’s why they are against ICE’ -Marcos Charles, the ICE guy on ‘60 minutes’ last night
‘Young people are watching videos on TikTok, that’s why they are against genocide in Gaza’ -Hilary Clinton
We have a total disconnect between leadership and reality
‘Young people are watching videos on TikTok, that’s why they are against genocide in Gaza’ -Hilary Clinton
We have a total disconnect between leadership and reality
Shoot a protestor in the face and the government will defend you
Film protestors and the government will prosecute you.
That’s the message the DoJ are sending.
Film protestors and the government will prosecute you.
That’s the message the DoJ are sending.
January 19, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Shoot a protestor in the face and the government will defend you
Film protestors and the government will prosecute you.
That’s the message the DoJ are sending.
Film protestors and the government will prosecute you.
That’s the message the DoJ are sending.
So tired of the debates about whether the MN shooting was justified.
The only question the press needs to ask is, ‘Why are 3,000 heavily armed immigration agents—5x the number of police in Minneapolis—in this city?’
There can’t be a tiny fraction of that many undocumented criminals.
The only question the press needs to ask is, ‘Why are 3,000 heavily armed immigration agents—5x the number of police in Minneapolis—in this city?’
There can’t be a tiny fraction of that many undocumented criminals.
January 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
So tired of the debates about whether the MN shooting was justified.
The only question the press needs to ask is, ‘Why are 3,000 heavily armed immigration agents—5x the number of police in Minneapolis—in this city?’
There can’t be a tiny fraction of that many undocumented criminals.
The only question the press needs to ask is, ‘Why are 3,000 heavily armed immigration agents—5x the number of police in Minneapolis—in this city?’
There can’t be a tiny fraction of that many undocumented criminals.
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Cartoon by Rob Rogers | Andrews McMeel
January 17, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Cartoon by Rob Rogers | Andrews McMeel
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The issues:
• Trump was a customer
• Melania is an Epstein Girl
• Trump was a customer
• Melania is an Epstein Girl
August 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The issues:
• Trump was a customer
• Melania is an Epstein Girl
• Trump was a customer
• Melania is an Epstein Girl
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We just saw this, and it’s a good idea for businesses to post. Private businesses are allowed to set dress and conduct rules. Requiring no full face coverings has long been standard for safety and loss prevention reasons, and it is within a business’s rights to refuse entry or service.
January 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
We just saw this, and it’s a good idea for businesses to post. Private businesses are allowed to set dress and conduct rules. Requiring no full face coverings has long been standard for safety and loss prevention reasons, and it is within a business’s rights to refuse entry or service.
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The NY Times did a deep dive into Trump’s deportations. Two takeaways:
1) All this destruction and chaos and the result is not all that many more deportations.
2) Almost 1000% increase in deportations of people with no criminal history.
1) All this destruction and chaos and the result is not all that many more deportations.
2) Almost 1000% increase in deportations of people with no criminal history.
January 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
The NY Times did a deep dive into Trump’s deportations. Two takeaways:
1) All this destruction and chaos and the result is not all that many more deportations.
2) Almost 1000% increase in deportations of people with no criminal history.
1) All this destruction and chaos and the result is not all that many more deportations.
2) Almost 1000% increase in deportations of people with no criminal history.
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Every headline or news report that begins with ‘Trump says’ should immediately be aborted by every self-respecting journalist, producer or editor.
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Every headline or news report that begins with ‘Trump says’ should immediately be aborted by every self-respecting journalist, producer or editor.
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We don't need Greenland. We need healthcare. We need living wages. We need democracy. We need equality and a real justice system. We need freedom from Russian influence. We need a president who isn't a felon rapist determined to watch his opponents burn.
January 17, 2026 at 9:03 PM
We don't need Greenland. We need healthcare. We need living wages. We need democracy. We need equality and a real justice system. We need freedom from Russian influence. We need a president who isn't a felon rapist determined to watch his opponents burn.
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Can someone explain how arming and equipping ICE like our military then sending them into cities to conduct ‘law enforcement’ isn’t a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act?
January 18, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Can someone explain how arming and equipping ICE like our military then sending them into cities to conduct ‘law enforcement’ isn’t a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act?
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
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January 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
America isn’t divided, it’s being divided. By a bunch of billionaires who have hijacked the media, Murdoch, Scaife, Bezos, Musk, Ellison. America is getting played, and they’re laughing as they set us against each other…
January 18, 2026 at 11:22 AM
America isn’t divided, it’s being divided. By a bunch of billionaires who have hijacked the media, Murdoch, Scaife, Bezos, Musk, Ellison. America is getting played, and they’re laughing as they set us against each other…