michael carlos
@michaelcarlos.bsky.social
left-ish, patriotic, dog-loving Floridian. living in suburbia with my husband. avid photography hobbyist. newly crazy about birdwatching.
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It was exciting to photograph some young riders in Central Florida this weekend. The afternoon light was glorious.
February 9, 2026 at 3:46 AM
It was exciting to photograph some young riders in Central Florida this weekend. The afternoon light was glorious.
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I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.
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It's not, of course, that he has money to spend on absurdo-yachts and not the Post, but that he would prefer there were fewer Posts around to report on things like absurdo-yachts registered in the Cayman Islands
Thinking once again about Jeff Bezos's giant boat's giant boat
February 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
It's not, of course, that he has money to spend on absurdo-yachts and not the Post, but that he would prefer there were fewer Posts around to report on things like absurdo-yachts registered in the Cayman Islands
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Hahahahahahaha TurningPoint half time performance headline….. wait for it….. KID ROCK
Hahahahahhahaha
Hahahahahhahaha
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Hahahahahahaha TurningPoint half time performance headline….. wait for it….. KID ROCK
Hahahahahhahaha
Hahahahahhahaha
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This hasn’t received nearly enough attention:
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
Utah governor signs bill adding justices to state Supreme Court as redistricting appeal looms
Once the new seats are filled, Gov. Spencer Cox will have appointed five of the seven justices.
www.nbcnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This hasn’t received nearly enough attention:
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
Republicans just passed a law to pack Utah’s Supreme Court after it ruled against their congressional gerrymander.
Cox could appoint two more justices before the court hears the GOP’s latest appeal to preserve their gerrymander
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42 days after Trump put his name on the building, the Kennedy Center is out of business.
Even by the standards of his casinos and hotels, that’s quick.
Even by the standards of his casinos and hotels, that’s quick.
Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
February 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
42 days after Trump put his name on the building, the Kennedy Center is out of business.
Even by the standards of his casinos and hotels, that’s quick.
Even by the standards of his casinos and hotels, that’s quick.
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Wow, buckle up.
The early vote just came in Tarrant County, and Democrat Taylor Rehmet is up 56% to 44% in the special election for a Texas state Senate seat.
This is a seat that went for Trump by 17%. This would be a huge upset.
This is already 45K votes.
The early vote just came in Tarrant County, and Democrat Taylor Rehmet is up 56% to 44% in the special election for a Texas state Senate seat.
This is a seat that went for Trump by 17%. This would be a huge upset.
This is already 45K votes.
February 1, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Wow, buckle up.
The early vote just came in Tarrant County, and Democrat Taylor Rehmet is up 56% to 44% in the special election for a Texas state Senate seat.
This is a seat that went for Trump by 17%. This would be a huge upset.
This is already 45K votes.
The early vote just came in Tarrant County, and Democrat Taylor Rehmet is up 56% to 44% in the special election for a Texas state Senate seat.
This is a seat that went for Trump by 17%. This would be a huge upset.
This is already 45K votes.
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If you're gonna show up in the Epstein files, you DON'T wanna show up telling Jeffrey you're going to bring two 16-year-olds, two 14-year-olds, one 13-year-old, one 12-year-old, one 11-year-old and one 7-year old to his pervert island for dinner.
But the new Epstein files show a series of subsequent interactions. That included this email from Lutnick about bringing his family and others to visit Epstein at his private island, Little St. James.
3/6
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
3/6
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
January 30, 2026 at 8:35 PM
If you're gonna show up in the Epstein files, you DON'T wanna show up telling Jeffrey you're going to bring two 16-year-olds, two 14-year-olds, one 13-year-old, one 12-year-old, one 11-year-old and one 7-year old to his pervert island for dinner.
“If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “neighborism”—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from.”
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"These agents, and the president who sent them, are no one’s heroes, no one’s saviors—just men with guns who have to hide their faces to shoot a mom in the face, and a nurse in the back."
The latest from @adamserwer.bsky.social at The Atlantic...
The latest from @adamserwer.bsky.social at The Atlantic...
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:54 PM
“If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “neighborism”—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from.”
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A Republican-led Utah audit of over 2 million voter registrations found only one noncitizen, who never voted.
The results undercut the right-wing narrative of widespread noncitizen voting, especially as Republicans renew their push for a proof-of-citizenship requirement in voter registration.
The results undercut the right-wing narrative of widespread noncitizen voting, especially as Republicans renew their push for a proof-of-citizenship requirement in voter registration.
Utah reviewed its voter rolls for noncitizens. It found one. Who never voted
The results sharply undercut the narrative of widespread noncitizen voting Republicans are using to promote new nationwide restrictions on voting.
www.democracydocket.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:01 AM
A Republican-led Utah audit of over 2 million voter registrations found only one noncitizen, who never voted.
The results undercut the right-wing narrative of widespread noncitizen voting, especially as Republicans renew their push for a proof-of-citizenship requirement in voter registration.
The results undercut the right-wing narrative of widespread noncitizen voting, especially as Republicans renew their push for a proof-of-citizenship requirement in voter registration.
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The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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WITNESS: “I have read the DHS statement about what happened and it is wrong… the man did not approach with a gun, he approached with a camera. I feel afraid. I don’t feel like I can go home because I heard agents are looking for me.”
Trump’s America.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Trump’s America.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 25, 2026 at 1:36 AM
WITNESS: “I have read the DHS statement about what happened and it is wrong… the man did not approach with a gun, he approached with a camera. I feel afraid. I don’t feel like I can go home because I heard agents are looking for me.”
Trump’s America.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Trump’s America.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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This was not a shooting it was an execution. Arrest them all before they’re whisked off to protection. END IT.
Sickened. Furious. Heartbroken.
Sickened. Furious. Heartbroken.
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This was not a shooting it was an execution. Arrest them all before they’re whisked off to protection. END IT.
Sickened. Furious. Heartbroken.
Sickened. Furious. Heartbroken.
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in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
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Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Seeing a bunch of normal ass midwestern moms and dads marching in -20 degrees knowing they might be tear gassed or worse really drives home what a cowardly lot of people the pundit class is
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All three people arrested by the feds in connection with the protest at the ICE pastor's church — Nekima Levy-Armstrong, Chauntyll Allen, and William Kelly — have now been ordered released.
Judge's order as to the first two: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge's order as to the first two: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 23, 2026 at 10:04 PM
All three people arrested by the feds in connection with the protest at the ICE pastor's church — Nekima Levy-Armstrong, Chauntyll Allen, and William Kelly — have now been ordered released.
Judge's order as to the first two: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge's order as to the first two: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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We’re going to win.
January 23, 2026 at 11:03 PM
We’re going to win.
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Davos wasn’t just another speech. It was a turning point — a moment when Donald Trump openly reframed America’s alliances as assets to be leveraged. I wrote about what this shift means for the West, and for our democracy.
Davos and the Decline of American Leadership Under Trump
‘A Spirit of Dialogue’ Meets the Art of the Shakedown
andrewweinstein.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Davos wasn’t just another speech. It was a turning point — a moment when Donald Trump openly reframed America’s alliances as assets to be leveraged. I wrote about what this shift means for the West, and for our democracy.
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Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
January 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Whatever is in the Epstein Files is so explosive that the leaders of the Department of Justice are openly breaking the law every day to keep us from seeing it. (Just a reminder amongst all the other stuff flying around.)
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Let the picture of the little five year old boy standing facing the car and the old man being dragged out of his house with no shirt on, let those images burn into your brain. We don’t have to be this country. We don’t have to live this way.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Let the picture of the little five year old boy standing facing the car and the old man being dragged out of his house with no shirt on, let those images burn into your brain. We don’t have to be this country. We don’t have to live this way.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
Donald Trump was a choice, Republican voters made for us.
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ICE not allowing agents to have unsupervised copies of ICE policies or to take any notes is an admission by ICE that it knows the policies are illegal.
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 PM
ICE not allowing agents to have unsupervised copies of ICE policies or to take any notes is an admission by ICE that it knows the policies are illegal.
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“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
January 19, 2026 at 3:18 PM
“We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.” -- Martin Luther King Jr.
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DOJ is out of control. The crime of impeding federal agents requires physical force. Speaking out against the way ICE is being deployed is not a crime.
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
DOJ investigating Gov. Tim Walz, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over alleged conspiracy to impede immigration agents
Federal prosecutors are investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for allegedly impeding immigration agents, sources told CBS News, an extraordinary escalation in the Trum...
www.cbsnews.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
DOJ is out of control. The crime of impeding federal agents requires physical force. Speaking out against the way ICE is being deployed is not a crime.
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...
www.cbsnews.com/news/justice...