Mike Friedman
@mfriedmannola.bsky.social
Cranky old queer bear in Mid-City, New Orleans. Previous lives in San Francisco, Boston. Grew up in Champaign-Urbana, IL. Proud Uni High and UIUC (Univ. of Illinois-Urbana) graduate. No fascists. No Trump. No gay Republicans. Ever.
Reposted by Mike Friedman
Here's what Dems should do:
1) Double down on the demands.
2) Make clear there will be no additional funding.
If the GOP wants to shut down DHS, that's on them.
Don't surrender to pushback from these goons. Take inspiration from the people of Minneapolis.
apnews.com/article/home...
1) Double down on the demands.
2) Make clear there will be no additional funding.
If the GOP wants to shut down DHS, that's on them.
Don't surrender to pushback from these goons. Take inspiration from the people of Minneapolis.
apnews.com/article/home...
Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats' ICE demands
Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.”
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Here's what Dems should do:
1) Double down on the demands.
2) Make clear there will be no additional funding.
If the GOP wants to shut down DHS, that's on them.
Don't surrender to pushback from these goons. Take inspiration from the people of Minneapolis.
apnews.com/article/home...
1) Double down on the demands.
2) Make clear there will be no additional funding.
If the GOP wants to shut down DHS, that's on them.
Don't surrender to pushback from these goons. Take inspiration from the people of Minneapolis.
apnews.com/article/home...
Reposted by Mike Friedman
Tell me again how this "makes us safer?"
I'll wait.
The ICE gestapo depends on instilling fear. This is how they do it. They savagely beat people so they don't even remember they have families. Then they lie about it to salve what remains of their conscience. But they're dead inside.
I'll wait.
The ICE gestapo depends on instilling fear. This is how they do it. They savagely beat people so they don't even remember they have families. Then they lie about it to salve what remains of their conscience. But they're dead inside.
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Tell me again how this "makes us safer?"
I'll wait.
The ICE gestapo depends on instilling fear. This is how they do it. They savagely beat people so they don't even remember they have families. Then they lie about it to salve what remains of their conscience. But they're dead inside.
I'll wait.
The ICE gestapo depends on instilling fear. This is how they do it. They savagely beat people so they don't even remember they have families. Then they lie about it to salve what remains of their conscience. But they're dead inside.
And they can all fuck off straight to hell.
Virginia State Senator Louise Lucas is just a delight on every level
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
And they can all fuck off straight to hell.
Reposted by Mike Friedman
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Reposted by Mike Friedman
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
I keep hearing this in either a very nelly queen's voice or your grandma's voice.
You pick.
(Seen today in NOLA on the way home from Krewe of Cleopatra and Oshun parades. Happy Mardi Gras y'all!)
You pick.
(Seen today in NOLA on the way home from Krewe of Cleopatra and Oshun parades. Happy Mardi Gras y'all!)
February 7, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I keep hearing this in either a very nelly queen's voice or your grandma's voice.
You pick.
(Seen today in NOLA on the way home from Krewe of Cleopatra and Oshun parades. Happy Mardi Gras y'all!)
You pick.
(Seen today in NOLA on the way home from Krewe of Cleopatra and Oshun parades. Happy Mardi Gras y'all!)
Reposted by Mike Friedman
After over 500 days of bargaining, the United Auto Workers have reached a first contract with Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee — a major breakthrough for unions in the South that lays the ground for further inroads at other employers across the region.
The UAW Volkswagen Contract Is a Win for Unions in the South
After over 500 days of bargaining, the United Auto Workers have reached a first contract with Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee — a major breakthrough for unions in the South that lays the ground for further inroads at other employers across the region.
jacobin.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
After over 500 days of bargaining, the United Auto Workers have reached a first contract with Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee — a major breakthrough for unions in the South that lays the ground for further inroads at other employers across the region.
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Absolutely 100% true.
Even saying "I hate Gavin Newsom because he's a lightweight and has been ever since he started in SF politics when I lived there in the 1990s, but I'll vote for him if I have to" causes a similar reaction.
DO NOT THROW TRANS PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS, GAVINNNN.
Fuckin asshole.
Even saying "I hate Gavin Newsom because he's a lightweight and has been ever since he started in SF politics when I lived there in the 1990s, but I'll vote for him if I have to" causes a similar reaction.
DO NOT THROW TRANS PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS, GAVINNNN.
Fuckin asshole.
if you're ever bored just post "I will never vote for Gavin Newsom" and the weirdest freaks online will collect in your mentions to hysterically defend the honor of Dollar Tree Ronald Reagan
February 6, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Absolutely 100% true.
Even saying "I hate Gavin Newsom because he's a lightweight and has been ever since he started in SF politics when I lived there in the 1990s, but I'll vote for him if I have to" causes a similar reaction.
DO NOT THROW TRANS PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS, GAVINNNN.
Fuckin asshole.
Even saying "I hate Gavin Newsom because he's a lightweight and has been ever since he started in SF politics when I lived there in the 1990s, but I'll vote for him if I have to" causes a similar reaction.
DO NOT THROW TRANS PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS, GAVINNNN.
Fuckin asshole.
Reposted by Mike Friedman
THERE ARE NO GOOD BILLIONAIRES #epsteinfiles
February 4, 2026 at 4:16 PM
THERE ARE NO GOOD BILLIONAIRES #epsteinfiles
DOJ is protecting pedophiles.
What a surprise.
What a surprise.
February 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
DOJ is protecting pedophiles.
What a surprise.
What a surprise.
Always worth reposting this.
February 5, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Always worth reposting this.
If he was 1% the "genius" his fanbois say he is, he would simply go to therapy.
But instead he does another huge line of ketamine and shitposts on Twitter all night.
But instead he does another huge line of ketamine and shitposts on Twitter all night.
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
If he was 1% the "genius" his fanbois say he is, he would simply go to therapy.
But instead he does another huge line of ketamine and shitposts on Twitter all night.
But instead he does another huge line of ketamine and shitposts on Twitter all night.
It's casual anti-semitism FUN?
While some on the left scream that people who accuse Israel of war crimes are anti-semitic this is becoming a mainstream Republican position.
Where the fuck is the ADL?
While some on the left scream that people who accuse Israel of war crimes are anti-semitic this is becoming a mainstream Republican position.
Where the fuck is the ADL?
On a podcast this week, California GOP congressional candidate Dennis Feitosa said that white nationalist Nick Fuentes was "charismatic" & "capable of reaching a lot of people," meaning "narratives that the Jews are putting out there is going to effectively, you know, get a little weaker."
February 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
It's casual anti-semitism FUN?
While some on the left scream that people who accuse Israel of war crimes are anti-semitic this is becoming a mainstream Republican position.
Where the fuck is the ADL?
While some on the left scream that people who accuse Israel of war crimes are anti-semitic this is becoming a mainstream Republican position.
Where the fuck is the ADL?
Reposted by Mike Friedman
I need y’all to know
Japan is going to see a release of Hundreds of Beavers soon
And they’ve called it
FEVER BEAVER
Localization is cool, actually
Japan is going to see a release of Hundreds of Beavers soon
And they’ve called it
FEVER BEAVER
Localization is cool, actually
February 4, 2026 at 5:51 AM
I need y’all to know
Japan is going to see a release of Hundreds of Beavers soon
And they’ve called it
FEVER BEAVER
Localization is cool, actually
Japan is going to see a release of Hundreds of Beavers soon
And they’ve called it
FEVER BEAVER
Localization is cool, actually
Reposted by Mike Friedman
i suppose it’s fitting that the model the billionaires have in mind when they want to destroy a journalistic institution and make it a reactionary slop machine is The Free Press
February 4, 2026 at 4:02 PM
i suppose it’s fitting that the model the billionaires have in mind when they want to destroy a journalistic institution and make it a reactionary slop machine is The Free Press
Reposted by Mike Friedman
Yes, FBI? I’m calling to report a murder.
February 4, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Yes, FBI? I’m calling to report a murder.
Reposted by Mike Friedman
Reposted by Mike Friedman
Reposted by Mike Friedman
He's learned that from Trump. You NEVER apologize for anything.
Narcissists never do. It's always someone else's fault.
Narcissists never do. It's always someone else's fault.
Not the thousands and thousands of his own constituents in Springfield, he terrorized with a propaganda pogrom.
JD Vance refuses to apologize to Alex Pretti's family after spreading ICE 'assassin' claim (Phillip Nieto/Daily Mail)
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
February 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
He's learned that from Trump. You NEVER apologize for anything.
Narcissists never do. It's always someone else's fault.
Narcissists never do. It's always someone else's fault.
So while I was briefly discussing Saint Noam Chomsky defending Epstein, it turns out he was HEAVILY in bed with Epstein AND STEVE FUCKING BANNON. THEY WERE FRIENDS.
No one on the left should be defending that old pig Chomsky.
He's destroyed any credibility he had left. He also can't defend (1/2)
No one on the left should be defending that old pig Chomsky.
He's destroyed any credibility he had left. He also can't defend (1/2)
February 4, 2026 at 4:14 PM
So while I was briefly discussing Saint Noam Chomsky defending Epstein, it turns out he was HEAVILY in bed with Epstein AND STEVE FUCKING BANNON. THEY WERE FRIENDS.
No one on the left should be defending that old pig Chomsky.
He's destroyed any credibility he had left. He also can't defend (1/2)
No one on the left should be defending that old pig Chomsky.
He's destroyed any credibility he had left. He also can't defend (1/2)
I heard the principal and a social worker from the boy's school speaking to NPR yesterday. They're really overwhelmed.
This is not remotely about rounding up bad guys. This is about terrorism. On the population.
This is not remotely about rounding up bad guys. This is about terrorism. On the population.
This is how Tom Homan reacts to losing a court case to free a medically fragile 5-year-old who was used as bait to lure his dad so they could be imprisoned in a measles factory. Fuck any de-escalation stories that come out.
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I heard the principal and a social worker from the boy's school speaking to NPR yesterday. They're really overwhelmed.
This is not remotely about rounding up bad guys. This is about terrorism. On the population.
This is not remotely about rounding up bad guys. This is about terrorism. On the population.