michele collins
@michelecollins5411.bsky.social
Retired Architect. The Sidecar is the best cocktail. Ask your bartender.
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The "bronze/brass" lettering is cast, not carved. The "gold" embellishments are either spray painted or your basic rub on gilt. Your average Pinterest hobbyist could do it.
November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The "bronze/brass" lettering is cast, not carved. The "gold" embellishments are either spray painted or your basic rub on gilt. Your average Pinterest hobbyist could do it.
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Skandalakis’s appointment doesn’t mean that the Trump prosecution will move forward anytime soon—if ever.
He could decline to move forward with some or all of the charges filed against Trump and others.
He previously declined to prosecute “alternate” elector Burt Jones.
He could decline to move forward with some or all of the charges filed against Trump and others.
He previously declined to prosecute “alternate” elector Burt Jones.
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Skandalakis’s appointment doesn’t mean that the Trump prosecution will move forward anytime soon—if ever.
He could decline to move forward with some or all of the charges filed against Trump and others.
He previously declined to prosecute “alternate” elector Burt Jones.
He could decline to move forward with some or all of the charges filed against Trump and others.
He previously declined to prosecute “alternate” elector Burt Jones.
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BREAKING: Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to prosecute the case against Trump and others in Fulton County.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
BREAKING: Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to prosecute the case against Trump and others in Fulton County.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
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#tennessee
Aftyn Behn, a social worker, state House Representative, and former Indivisible organizer, is running in a special election to flip Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District.
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
Aftyn Behn, a social worker, state House Representative, and former Indivisible organizer, is running in a special election to flip Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District.
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
#tennessee
Aftyn Behn, a social worker, state House Representative, and former Indivisible organizer, is running in a special election to flip Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District.
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
Aftyn Behn, a social worker, state House Representative, and former Indivisible organizer, is running in a special election to flip Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District.
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
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Read re read and re read again
Those 0 numbers are the by product of mass ethnic cleansing
But yet you scream ethnic cleansing when it’s convenient to you
Those 0 numbers are the by product of mass ethnic cleansing
But yet you scream ethnic cleansing when it’s convenient to you
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Read re read and re read again
Those 0 numbers are the by product of mass ethnic cleansing
But yet you scream ethnic cleansing when it’s convenient to you
Those 0 numbers are the by product of mass ethnic cleansing
But yet you scream ethnic cleansing when it’s convenient to you
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Just buried in a paragraph and not highlight with a visual or anything: total global energy emissions WOULD BE 7% HIGHER if we had chosen to sit around and do nothing about this shit
OUR ACTIONS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT BUT THEY ARE NOT FRUITLESS
THERE ARE 2600000000000000 GRAMS OF FRUIT EVERY YEAR
OUR ACTIONS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT BUT THEY ARE NOT FRUITLESS
THERE ARE 2600000000000000 GRAMS OF FRUIT EVERY YEAR
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Just buried in a paragraph and not highlight with a visual or anything: total global energy emissions WOULD BE 7% HIGHER if we had chosen to sit around and do nothing about this shit
OUR ACTIONS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT BUT THEY ARE NOT FRUITLESS
THERE ARE 2600000000000000 GRAMS OF FRUIT EVERY YEAR
OUR ACTIONS MAY BE INSUFFICIENT BUT THEY ARE NOT FRUITLESS
THERE ARE 2600000000000000 GRAMS OF FRUIT EVERY YEAR
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He also failed to file the personal financial disclosure that was due in September because it’s due within 30 days of launch. He’s now 8 weeks delinquent.
May wanna read the whole article for how bad it looks with full context.
judgestreetjournal.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
May wanna read the whole article for how bad it looks with full context.
judgestreetjournal.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: Platner’s Campaign Failed to File Personal Financial Disclosure Due in September
EXCLUSIVE — Graham Platner’s campaign failed to file his personal financial disclosure report with the Secretary of the Senate, which the Ethics in Government Act requires every candidate to do within...
judgestreetjournal.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:16 PM
He also failed to file the personal financial disclosure that was due in September because it’s due within 30 days of launch. He’s now 8 weeks delinquent.
May wanna read the whole article for how bad it looks with full context.
judgestreetjournal.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
May wanna read the whole article for how bad it looks with full context.
judgestreetjournal.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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The case will be argued in the late winter or early spring. A final ruling almost certainly will come by late June, early enough to govern the counting of ballots in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.
Supreme Court to Decide if States Can Count Late-Arriving Mail Ballots
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The case will be argued in the late winter or early spring. A final ruling almost certainly will come by late June, early enough to govern the counting of ballots in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.
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Epstein telling Bannon he's casually hanging out in the Louvre with MbS and 400 of his guards, six months before Khashoggi's murder.
drive.google.com/file/d/1bpZp...
drive.google.com/file/d/1bpZp...
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Epstein telling Bannon he's casually hanging out in the Louvre with MbS and 400 of his guards, six months before Khashoggi's murder.
drive.google.com/file/d/1bpZp...
drive.google.com/file/d/1bpZp...
Starr was also fired from his position as President of Baylor University for covering-up sexual abuse.
Starr also defended Blackwater.
Starr also defended Blackwater.
Ken Starr helped Epstein get the 2008 "sweetheart deal" that allowed him to avoid prosecution.
'Hugs' and holiday wishes: Inside former Baylor president's emails to Epstein
Ken Starr helped Epstein get the 2008 "sweetheart deal" that allowed him to avoid prosecution.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Starr was also fired from his position as President of Baylor University for covering-up sexual abuse.
Starr also defended Blackwater.
Starr also defended Blackwater.
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Germany’s Chancellor Merz: We are looking at all options on using frozen russian assets, in discussions with EU partners.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Germany’s Chancellor Merz: We are looking at all options on using frozen russian assets, in discussions with EU partners.
it's all a show.
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
it's all a show.
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Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Worth 1,000 words. This picture is so revealing about so much about this “administration.”
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
Step back five feet from the dram of any photo about any Trump action or policy, and you’ll see the boom arms, the rigging, the floodlights…
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Through every shutdown in history, the government has still provided economic data to the American people.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
They aren’t doing it this time because the numbers are fucking terrible.
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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this is perfect
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
this is perfect
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ProPublica:
A company run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson that has personal/biz ties to Noem and her aides got a piece of DHS $220M ad $
DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
A company run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson that has personal/biz ties to Noem and her aides got a piece of DHS $220M ad $
DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
ProPublica:
A company run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson that has personal/biz ties to Noem and her aides got a piece of DHS $220M ad $
DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
A company run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson that has personal/biz ties to Noem and her aides got a piece of DHS $220M ad $
DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for the taxpayer-funded campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
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The next time someone tells you that America isn’t a sick & racist country, just remind them that this nation is willing to accept treason, rape, and child abuse from a white president but not healthcare from a Black one.
November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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The report, titled
“Paying for Climate Chaos,”
found that the Trump administration will hand out
💥$34.8 billion to big oil and gas companies this year,
and that these companies are set to get almost an
💥additional $4 billion in subsidies thanks to the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”.
“Paying for Climate Chaos,”
found that the Trump administration will hand out
💥$34.8 billion to big oil and gas companies this year,
and that these companies are set to get almost an
💥additional $4 billion in subsidies thanks to the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”.
'Paying for Climate Chaos': Report Exposes $35 Billion a Year in US Handouts to Big Oil | Common Dreams
New report reveals US government will hand out $34.8 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel companies this year.
www.commondreams.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The report, titled
“Paying for Climate Chaos,”
found that the Trump administration will hand out
💥$34.8 billion to big oil and gas companies this year,
and that these companies are set to get almost an
💥additional $4 billion in subsidies thanks to the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”.
“Paying for Climate Chaos,”
found that the Trump administration will hand out
💥$34.8 billion to big oil and gas companies this year,
and that these companies are set to get almost an
💥additional $4 billion in subsidies thanks to the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”.
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Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
NIH program officer @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social has been placed on admin leave, sources say.
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
Norton has been outspoken about the Trump administration's dismantling of science, and she signed the Bethesda Declaration.
Bhattacharya has said that "science is dead without free speech".
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Can confirm. I am okay and more motivated than ever to speak up.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
Nothing scares this administration more. Their power lies in our silence.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Another awful night for us.
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Another awful night for us.
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Serbia's secret pact with Jared Kushner's firm hands over a protected Belgrade site, bombed by Nato in 1999, for hotels and apartments via a 99-year free lease and forced demolition by next May. #Corruption
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Serbia's secret pact with Jared Kushner's firm hands over a protected Belgrade site, bombed by Nato in 1999, for hotels and apartments via a 99-year free lease and forced demolition by next May. #Corruption
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Last night was the worst bombing I have experienced in Kyiv since the war began. 7 hours of non stop aerial attacks across the city.
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Last night was the worst bombing I have experienced in Kyiv since the war began. 7 hours of non stop aerial attacks across the city.
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About 40% of migrants eventually return to their parent countries, according to this, which is one of the many, many facts that is never aired in the never-ending debate over immigration in Britain.
📕 New insight paper by CPC-CG member @jackiewahba.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Discusses the impacts of return #migration on #entrepreneurship, #investment, human capital accumulation, and transfer of knowledge and norms.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @populationeu.bsky.social
Discusses the impacts of return #migration on #entrepreneurship, #investment, human capital accumulation, and transfer of knowledge and norms.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @populationeu.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
About 40% of migrants eventually return to their parent countries, according to this, which is one of the many, many facts that is never aired in the never-ending debate over immigration in Britain.