Michan Connor
@michanconnor.bsky.social
Ex-academic who never kissed Epstein's ass for money or told a reporter Epstein was brilliant to cover my shame at kissing a pedo's ass for money
Not a six-figure beltway political consultant.
Opinions do not reflect those of my day job or anyone else
Not a six-figure beltway political consultant.
Opinions do not reflect those of my day job or anyone else
Huh it’s almost like you have to be a sociopath to do reputation defense for the worst predators on earth. And also for Jeffrey Epstein
February 13, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Huh it’s almost like you have to be a sociopath to do reputation defense for the worst predators on earth. And also for Jeffrey Epstein
I proclaim Gavin Newsom Fuck Off Day
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day
Governor Newsom proclaims Ronald Reagan Day | Governor of California
www.gov.ca.gov
February 13, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I proclaim Gavin Newsom Fuck Off Day
She running
New: In Munich, @aoc.bsky.social warns that democracies must deliver for the working class to stave off 'authoritarianism'
She links domestic & foreign policy, saying the "rules-based order" won't survive unless regular people believe institutions are serving them.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
She links domestic & foreign policy, saying the "rules-based order" won't survive unless regular people believe institutions are serving them.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
In Munich, AOC warns that democracies must deliver for the working class to stave off 'authoritarianism'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave a rare glimpse into her views on foreign policy at the Munich Security Conference, while sidestepping when asked "when" she'll run for president.
www.nbcnews.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:45 PM
She running
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.
One of the women Alex Pretti was killed trying to defend is an EMT. Federal agents stopped her from giving him first aid.
interc.pt
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
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“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
“DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law” is excellent framing
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I always say this—if any data or footage is collected anywhere, eventually police will come asking for it or someone will figure out a way to sell them access to it. This is also true of ICE.
Police departments across the US are quietly leveraging school district security cameras to assist Donald Trump’s mass immigration enforcement campaign, an investigation by @the74.bsky.social reveals.
February 13, 2026 at 6:59 PM
I always say this—if any data or footage is collected anywhere, eventually police will come asking for it or someone will figure out a way to sell them access to it. This is also true of ICE.
A retreat from “we are the ubermenschen” to “a couple bad apples” is actually pretty big but of course this should not satisfy anyone that a meaningful change to an ethnic cleansing policy
HOLY SHIT
abc7chicago.com/post/federal...
I truly did not expect anyone in this regime to be willing to ever admit that an ice agent lied.
abc7chicago.com/post/federal...
I truly did not expect anyone in this regime to be willing to ever admit that an ice agent lied.
ICE says 2 officers may have lied under oath about shooting migrant in Minnesota
Two officers may face federal charges for their actions.
abc7chicago.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
A retreat from “we are the ubermenschen” to “a couple bad apples” is actually pretty big but of course this should not satisfy anyone that a meaningful change to an ethnic cleansing policy
Massie is a nut but he seems worried about something
Wild that a sitting member of Congress, a Republican no less, feels compelled to post this.
February 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Massie is a nut but he seems worried about something
Preparing for a pandemic is for pussies, apparently.
Déja-vu — this was the same thing Trump did at the start of his first administration. Immediately after his first inauguration, his White House team literally *threw away* all the many volumes of pandemic-preparedness measures developed by the Obama Administration. That’s why COVID kicked our ass.
Scoop: The NIH infectious-diseases institute (NIAID) will soon scrub “pandemic preparedness” and “biodefense” from its web pages, according to e-mails I obtained.
The directive is the start of a broader shake-up at NIAID, which has long been attacked by Republicans.
The directive is the start of a broader shake-up at NIAID, which has long been attacked by Republicans.
February 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Preparing for a pandemic is for pussies, apparently.
I expect to be a completely awesome guy in 12-18 months and reach human-level performance in tasks. Now would be a great time to give me several billion dollars
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
Microsoft AI CEO predicts 'most, if not all' white-collar tasks will be automated by AI within 18 months
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's AI chief, says AI can automate white-collar jobs within 12-18 months, as tech reaches human-level performance in tasks.
www.businessinsider.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:48 PM
I expect to be a completely awesome guy in 12-18 months and reach human-level performance in tasks. Now would be a great time to give me several billion dollars
It should be on a figure 8 track that crosses itself on-grade
great news: they debuted mass start speed skating at the 2018 Olympics, it'll be the final speed skating event of the Olympics next weekend
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
It should be on a figure 8 track that crosses itself on-grade
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In December 2016, Jeffrey Epstein invited Bill Gates to visit his island—and promised that incoming Trump administration officials would be there.
Epstein emailed: “come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting.” 👀👀👀
Epstein emailed: “come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting.” 👀👀👀
February 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
In December 2016, Jeffrey Epstein invited Bill Gates to visit his island—and promised that incoming Trump administration officials would be there.
Epstein emailed: “come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting.” 👀👀👀
Epstein emailed: “come to visit the island. new adminstration people visiting.” 👀👀👀
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Tired of winning? No, you’re just tired from lack of blood.
February 13, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Tired of winning? No, you’re just tired from lack of blood.
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This is a great demonstration of the devil’s bargain higher ed is making with LLM companies. A brilliant historian-turned-ass dean-for-AI clearly sees how students & colleges are being exploited by unethical firms, but still concludes there is no choice but to sign on to extractive “partnerships”
Opinion | A.I. Companies Are Eating Higher Education
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
This is a great demonstration of the devil’s bargain higher ed is making with LLM companies. A brilliant historian-turned-ass dean-for-AI clearly sees how students & colleges are being exploited by unethical firms, but still concludes there is no choice but to sign on to extractive “partnerships”
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Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
February 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
Love footing the bill to bail out fascist crypto-kleptocrats
Now Bukele is counting on Trump to bail him out just like he did Milei. Some of us told the IMF, Treasury, and State Dept that this was going to happen if you gave El Salvador a $1.4 billion loan. Like a whole bunch of times.
Bitcoin Rout Exposes Bukele’s Gamble and Hits El Salvador Debt
Bitcoin’s crash has hit few places as hard as El Salvador, exposing the risks of President Nayib Bukele’s high-stakes embrace of crypto and whipsawing the country’s debt markets.
www.bloomberg.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Love footing the bill to bail out fascist crypto-kleptocrats
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Still around 100 community reports of ICE activity around the Twin Cities today, the most of any state by far.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Still around 100 community reports of ICE activity around the Twin Cities today, the most of any state by far.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of McCarthyite white nationalist assholes
Turning Point USA has recently fired several employees, as a right-wing commentator Candace Owens’s conspiracy theories about founder Charlie Kirk’s death have reportedly begun to take root at the far-right organization. trib.al/y5yLbnX
TPUSA Is in Shambles Over Conspiracies About Charlie Kirk’s Death
Far-right commentator Candace Owens has claimed that members of Kirk’s own organization had him killed.
trib.al
February 12, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of McCarthyite white nationalist assholes
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by Schumer in 3…2…
Senate Democrats blocked two Republican-backed measures Thursday to keep the department open, including a short-term funding extension for two weeks as negotiations continue. n.pr/4rjlzfx
DHS expected to shut down as immigration talks falter
Senate Democrats blocked two Republican-backed measures Thursday to keep the department open, including a short-term funding extension for two weeks as negotiations continue.
n.pr
February 12, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by Schumer in 3…2…
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
If I can have vaccines, you can snort all the coke you want off of toilet seats. Deal?
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 9:35 PM
If I can have vaccines, you can snort all the coke you want off of toilet seats. Deal?
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"But it's just an indisputable fact that Elon Musk is a genuinely terrible and stunningly ignorant human being who genuinely has no Earthly idea how often very basic things work."
@karlbode.com on the press's "Musk says" coverage philosophy (also, CEO says; Trump says)
karlbode.com/the-press-is...
@karlbode.com on the press's "Musk says" coverage philosophy (also, CEO says; Trump says)
karlbode.com/the-press-is...
The Media Can't Stop Propping Up Elon Musk's Phony Supergenius Engineer Mythology
One of my favorite trends in modern U.S. infotainment media is something I affectionately call "CEO said a thing!" journalism.
"CEO said a thing!" journalism generally involves a press outlet parroti...
karlbode.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
"But it's just an indisputable fact that Elon Musk is a genuinely terrible and stunningly ignorant human being who genuinely has no Earthly idea how often very basic things work."
@karlbode.com on the press's "Musk says" coverage philosophy (also, CEO says; Trump says)
karlbode.com/the-press-is...
@karlbode.com on the press's "Musk says" coverage philosophy (also, CEO says; Trump says)
karlbode.com/the-press-is...
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MAGA posters on Twitter getting thousands of likes for turning the story of a conservative professor attacking a lefty gadfly journalist into a story where a liberal professor attacked a conservative journalist is going to drive me insane.
February 12, 2026 at 1:34 AM
MAGA posters on Twitter getting thousands of likes for turning the story of a conservative professor attacking a lefty gadfly journalist into a story where a liberal professor attacked a conservative journalist is going to drive me insane.
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At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties
The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:23 PM
At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
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OPINION: "The outrageous lies of Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a Commerce Secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished ... America desperately needs truth and consequences." — Inquirer columnist Will Bunch
The lying is out of control. People need to go to prison. | Will Bunch
www.inquirer.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
OPINION: "The outrageous lies of Trump regime, from ICE shootings to a Commerce Secretary's Epstein falsehoods, must be punished ... America desperately needs truth and consequences." — Inquirer columnist Will Bunch