Michael
@michaels8.bsky.social
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Trump now literally plagiarizing from the neocon playbook on Iraq:
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Trump now literally plagiarizing from the neocon playbook on Iraq:
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Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
NBC's sources said that "the potential mission in Mexico is not designed to undermine the Mexican government." But that's what it will do if the US is doing CIA drone strikes on Mexican soil over the objections of the president.
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Nixon insisted the bombing of Cambodia was just targeting Viet Cong outposts there and not meant to undermine its government, but the bombings destabilized the Lon Nol government and paved the way for the Khmer Rouge’s killing fields and the massacre of more than a million people.
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"Can we finally put this BS to bed that Donald Trump is the 'peace president,' he is antiwar... this man bombed 7 countries last year... the US has no authority to do what it did on Saturday. We are not the world's police force."
Me on MSNOW this morning, talking about Trump and Venezuela and law:
Me on MSNOW this morning, talking about Trump and Venezuela and law:
January 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
"Can we finally put this BS to bed that Donald Trump is the 'peace president,' he is antiwar... this man bombed 7 countries last year... the US has no authority to do what it did on Saturday. We are not the world's police force."
Me on MSNOW this morning, talking about Trump and Venezuela and law:
Me on MSNOW this morning, talking about Trump and Venezuela and law:
The childhood period of development was found to occur between birth until the age of 9, when it transitions to the adolescent phase – an era that lasts up to the age of 32, on average.
In a person’s early 30s the brain’s neural wiring shifts into adult mode.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
In a person’s early 30s the brain’s neural wiring shifts into adult mode.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Study suggests brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The childhood period of development was found to occur between birth until the age of 9, when it transitions to the adolescent phase – an era that lasts up to the age of 32, on average.
In a person’s early 30s the brain’s neural wiring shifts into adult mode.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
In a person’s early 30s the brain’s neural wiring shifts into adult mode.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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In one 2011 email about Trump, Epstein wrote that “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump [sic]. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him ,, [sic] he has never once been mentioned.”
Maxwell responded: “I have been thinking about that … .” (4/x) www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Maxwell responded: “I have been thinking about that … .” (4/x) www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Read Jeffrey Epstein’s newly released emails about Trump
Late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein specifically referenced his relationship with President Donald Trump in writing before Trump was elected to office and in the runup to the 2020 election, ac...
www.pbs.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In one 2011 email about Trump, Epstein wrote that “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump [sic]. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him ,, [sic] he has never once been mentioned.”
Maxwell responded: “I have been thinking about that … .” (4/x) www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Maxwell responded: “I have been thinking about that … .” (4/x) www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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Reporters were seen exiting the Pentagon and vacating their workspaces in the building on Wednesday after most news organizations rejected the Defense Department's new press rules and refused to sign documents acknowledging the policy.
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reporters were seen exiting the Pentagon and vacating their workspaces in the building on Wednesday after most news organizations rejected the Defense Department's new press rules and refused to sign documents acknowledging the policy.
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BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
BREAKING from PP
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*
The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:
Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer
More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado
www.propublica.org/article/immi...
by @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org
The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow: music.youtube.com/watch?v=P1EK...
The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow
YouTube video by Adam Conover
music.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The Ensh*ttification of Everything with Cory Doctorow: music.youtube.com/watch?v=P1EK...
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House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.
House oversight committee demands answers on gutting of CDC public records office
House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.
www.npr.org
April 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.
"Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, ..." /1
February 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
"Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, ..." /1
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Democratic Rep. Sean Casten ALSO just introduced a privileged resolution on the House floor to force the Ethics Committee to release its Matt Gaetz report.
Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen has introduced a privileged resolution on the House floor to force the Ethics Committee to release its Matt Gaetz report.
November 21, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Democratic Rep. Sean Casten ALSO just introduced a privileged resolution on the House floor to force the Ethics Committee to release its Matt Gaetz report.
Just joined Bluesky this evening, after learning (on TikTok fwiw) that you can mass block MAGA accounts. Facebook has some family but is full of (literal) flat-earthers, Twitter is full of (literal) fascists, TikTok has some goods but is troll-heavy (as the bots abandon Xitter). So here we are.
November 18, 2024 at 5:26 AM
Just joined Bluesky this evening, after learning (on TikTok fwiw) that you can mass block MAGA accounts. Facebook has some family but is full of (literal) flat-earthers, Twitter is full of (literal) fascists, TikTok has some goods but is troll-heavy (as the bots abandon Xitter). So here we are.