Michael Friedman
@mfriedman803.bsky.social
DC born, Maryland bred; organ transplant recipient; attorney; recovering PITA; bottle washer intern; tolerable human; bow tie wearer; hater of air quotes & folks who say “PIN number.”
“Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.”
“Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.”
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MAGA: "Ha ha ha ha! New York City just elected a socialist. We are going to turn Zohran Mamdani into the face of the Democratic Party, a bogeyman, and a weight around the necks of all Democrats! Stupid play, suckers!"
TRUMP: "Mamdani is wonderful. He's going to make a great mayor."
MAGA: "What???"
TRUMP: "Mamdani is wonderful. He's going to make a great mayor."
MAGA: "What???"
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
MAGA: "Ha ha ha ha! New York City just elected a socialist. We are going to turn Zohran Mamdani into the face of the Democratic Party, a bogeyman, and a weight around the necks of all Democrats! Stupid play, suckers!"
TRUMP: "Mamdani is wonderful. He's going to make a great mayor."
MAGA: "What???"
TRUMP: "Mamdani is wonderful. He's going to make a great mayor."
MAGA: "What???"
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This is what's up.
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This is what's up.
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Judge denies request for release, pending an appeal, in criminal case of Edward Kelley
Kelley was pardoned for his Jan 6 case in DC, but a Tennessee jury convicted him of 3 crimes stemming from a plot to assassinate FBI agent
Kelley is appealing case, he's serving life term
Kelley was pardoned for his Jan 6 case in DC, but a Tennessee jury convicted him of 3 crimes stemming from a plot to assassinate FBI agent
Kelley is appealing case, he's serving life term
November 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Judge denies request for release, pending an appeal, in criminal case of Edward Kelley
Kelley was pardoned for his Jan 6 case in DC, but a Tennessee jury convicted him of 3 crimes stemming from a plot to assassinate FBI agent
Kelley is appealing case, he's serving life term
Kelley was pardoned for his Jan 6 case in DC, but a Tennessee jury convicted him of 3 crimes stemming from a plot to assassinate FBI agent
Kelley is appealing case, he's serving life term
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
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Do you hear that, voters? You chose this man to lead you in the hopes that he would publicly call women piggies and tell them to shut up. He's done this for you, in your name.
Ain'tcha proud?
Ain'tcha proud?
Q: What did the president mean when he called a reporter "piggy"?
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
LEAVITT: Look, the president is very frank & honest with everyone in this room. You'll all seen it yourself. You've all experienced it yourselves. And I think it's one of the many reasons the American people reelected this president
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Do you hear that, voters? You chose this man to lead you in the hopes that he would publicly call women piggies and tell them to shut up. He's done this for you, in your name.
Ain'tcha proud?
Ain'tcha proud?
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Drafting a "peace plan" with Putin and then telling the Ukrainians to accept it is not mediation. It's acting as an agent for the Kremlin. Trump's and Witkoff's efforts to appease Putin are deeply disappointing. I was fooled into thinking Trump had finally figured Putin out. Looks like I was wrong
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Drafting a "peace plan" with Putin and then telling the Ukrainians to accept it is not mediation. It's acting as an agent for the Kremlin. Trump's and Witkoff's efforts to appease Putin are deeply disappointing. I was fooled into thinking Trump had finally figured Putin out. Looks like I was wrong
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Trump’s Complicity in the Khashoggi Murder:
How Donald Trump’s cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination revealed the pattern of corruption that still defines his relationship with Saudi Arabia... and the world
www.avindman.com/p/trumps-com...
How Donald Trump’s cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination revealed the pattern of corruption that still defines his relationship with Saudi Arabia... and the world
www.avindman.com/p/trumps-com...
Trump’s Complicity in the Khashoggi Murder
How Donald Trump’s cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination revealed the pattern of corruption that still defines his relationship with Saudi Arabia... and the world
www.avindman.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Trump’s Complicity in the Khashoggi Murder:
How Donald Trump’s cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination revealed the pattern of corruption that still defines his relationship with Saudi Arabia... and the world
www.avindman.com/p/trumps-com...
How Donald Trump’s cover-up of Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination revealed the pattern of corruption that still defines his relationship with Saudi Arabia... and the world
www.avindman.com/p/trumps-com...
Inquiring minds want to know, will the staffer get back the $500 she paid in order to stage her stunt and support her false report?
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
Former congressional staffer charged for allegedly staging assault | CNN Politics
A former congressional staffer has been charged for allegedly staging an assault, with the Justice Department claiming she paid someone $500 to cut scars on her body.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Inquiring minds want to know, will the staffer get back the $500 she paid in order to stage her stunt and support her false report?
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
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Lindsey Halligan: “Your Honor, with all due respect, you can’t dismiss this case. We didn’t even get to the swimsuit competition.”
graphic courtesy @tomadelsbach.bsky.social
graphic courtesy @tomadelsbach.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Lindsey Halligan: “Your Honor, with all due respect, you can’t dismiss this case. We didn’t even get to the swimsuit competition.”
graphic courtesy @tomadelsbach.bsky.social
graphic courtesy @tomadelsbach.bsky.social
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JERRY'S JEREMIAD: Judge Smith's invective-laden dissent from yesterday's Texas redistricting ruling is a journey — attacking the plaintiffs as pawns of George Soros, needling Gov. Newsom and skewering his colleague in personal terms.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
JERRY'S JEREMIAD: Judge Smith's invective-laden dissent from yesterday's Texas redistricting ruling is a journey — attacking the plaintiffs as pawns of George Soros, needling Gov. Newsom and skewering his colleague in personal terms.
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Wife of Astronaut Pleads Guilty to Falsely Alleging Crime in Space www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Wife of Astronaut Pleads Guilty to Falsely Alleging Crime in Space
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Wife of Astronaut Pleads Guilty to Falsely Alleging Crime in Space www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Hearing Trump’s comments about his buddy MBS murdering and chopping up Jamal Khashoggi, Major Strasser surely would have remarked that “in Trump’s World, human life is cheap.”
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Hearing Trump’s comments about his buddy MBS murdering and chopping up Jamal Khashoggi, Major Strasser surely would have remarked that “in Trump’s World, human life is cheap.”
“Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.”
Query what Dwight D. Eisenhower would say about Bone Spurs Trump.
Query what Dwight D. Eisenhower would say about Bone Spurs Trump.
Trump on Jerome Powell: "I'd love to get the guy currently in there out right now. But people are holding me back. He's done a terrible job ... he was recommended to me by a guy who made a bad choice."
November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
“Leadership consists of nothing but taking responsibility for everything that goes wrong and giving your subordinates credit for everything that goes well.”
Query what Dwight D. Eisenhower would say about Bone Spurs Trump.
Query what Dwight D. Eisenhower would say about Bone Spurs Trump.
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KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action.
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action.
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
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The peak of the Leonid meteor shower continues today. 🔭 🧪
November 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The peak of the Leonid meteor shower continues today. 🔭 🧪
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Sen. John Barrasso on Epstein: "I believe that had there been something here that the Biden administration could've used to go after President Trump, they would've gone after him." (Sounds like a great argument for releasing the files!)
November 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Sen. John Barrasso on Epstein: "I believe that had there been something here that the Biden administration could've used to go after President Trump, they would've gone after him." (Sounds like a great argument for releasing the files!)
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BASH: If someone is watching now and worried they aren't going to be able to afford insurance at the end of the year, are you making a promise that the president and Congress will make sure they can?
DR OZ: I can promise you the president is laser focused on this
(Not a yes!)
DR OZ: I can promise you the president is laser focused on this
(Not a yes!)
November 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
BASH: If someone is watching now and worried they aren't going to be able to afford insurance at the end of the year, are you making a promise that the president and Congress will make sure they can?
DR OZ: I can promise you the president is laser focused on this
(Not a yes!)
DR OZ: I can promise you the president is laser focused on this
(Not a yes!)
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It’s been a difficult weekend for MAGA.
November 16, 2025 at 3:10 AM
It’s been a difficult weekend for MAGA.