Strider
@mikejohnston617.bsky.social
Go Navy! Hiking, woodworking, nature, science, happily married, pro-democracy #resist
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JD Vance: “We have let in too many immigrants.”
President Reagan: “Being a beacon of the world for immigrants is one of the most important sources of America’s greatness.”
(TLDW: The GOP has lurched to the extreme right)
President Reagan: “Being a beacon of the world for immigrants is one of the most important sources of America’s greatness.”
(TLDW: The GOP has lurched to the extreme right)
October 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
JD Vance: “We have let in too many immigrants.”
President Reagan: “Being a beacon of the world for immigrants is one of the most important sources of America’s greatness.”
(TLDW: The GOP has lurched to the extreme right)
President Reagan: “Being a beacon of the world for immigrants is one of the most important sources of America’s greatness.”
(TLDW: The GOP has lurched to the extreme right)
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In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
May 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
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History always has a lesson.
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
History always has a lesson.
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
April 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
April 16, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
April 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
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Heather Cox Richardson consistently sums up how hate, racism and misogyny crept into the White House starting with the Civil War. I’m waiting for an effective pest control plan to drive the vermin out. Any suggestions?
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-9-20...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-9-20...
April 9, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Heather Cox Richardson consistently sums up how hate, racism and misogyny crept into the White House starting with the Civil War. I’m waiting for an effective pest control plan to drive the vermin out. Any suggestions?
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-9-20...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-9-20...
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
April 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
Good Evening Bellingham!
April 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Good Evening Bellingham!
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*it’s Maria Ressa, my typo, hoping someday we get an edit button…🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
March 20, 2025 at 1:49 AM
*it’s Maria Ressa, my typo, hoping someday we get an edit button…🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
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They don’t seem to understand these are real people that are impacted. Lutnick’s comment that people wouldn’t care if the govt skipped SS payments for one month is completely out of touch. My dad is one of many who survive solely on that Social Security check each month.
My 85 year old mother does not have a computer and has never had an email. She uses a flip phone. This eliminates a way for her to access the services and help she needs.
“Many do not have transportation or they are homebound or in the hospital and don’t have access or simply don’t know how to use the internet... What happens to them? What happens to the person who can’t do it online and now their local office has closed?”
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
March 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
They don’t seem to understand these are real people that are impacted. Lutnick’s comment that people wouldn’t care if the govt skipped SS payments for one month is completely out of touch. My dad is one of many who survive solely on that Social Security check each month.
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
April 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
April 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Good Afternoon Bellingham!
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75%
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
75%
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Yes, the information in the Signal group chat was classified.
Yes, this could have put our servicemembers in harm’s way.
No, Hegseth and Waltz have not learned their lesson.
And no, they are not capable of continuing to serve in their roles.
They need to RESIGN.
Yes, this could have put our servicemembers in harm’s way.
No, Hegseth and Waltz have not learned their lesson.
And no, they are not capable of continuing to serve in their roles.
They need to RESIGN.
March 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Yes, the information in the Signal group chat was classified.
Yes, this could have put our servicemembers in harm’s way.
No, Hegseth and Waltz have not learned their lesson.
And no, they are not capable of continuing to serve in their roles.
They need to RESIGN.
Yes, this could have put our servicemembers in harm’s way.
No, Hegseth and Waltz have not learned their lesson.
And no, they are not capable of continuing to serve in their roles.
They need to RESIGN.
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You’ll have to excuse me if I don’t take Republicans seriously when they make this big show about law and order in defense of Tesla when, at the same time, they are letting Trump stab law enforcement in the back—pardoning violent criminals who assaulted police officers.
March 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
You’ll have to excuse me if I don’t take Republicans seriously when they make this big show about law and order in defense of Tesla when, at the same time, they are letting Trump stab law enforcement in the back—pardoning violent criminals who assaulted police officers.
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Not only is Trump still championing the violent insurrectionists who attacked our Capitol Police—but just this week, President Trump speculated about compensating people who committed crimes on January 6th with YOUR taxpayer dollars!
March 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Not only is Trump still championing the violent insurrectionists who attacked our Capitol Police—but just this week, President Trump speculated about compensating people who committed crimes on January 6th with YOUR taxpayer dollars!
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The work HHS does—or in this case stops doing—has life and death consequences.
It is not some political game.
I will keep sounding the alarm about Trump & RFK Jr.'s real threat to our families.
It is not some political game.
I will keep sounding the alarm about Trump & RFK Jr.'s real threat to our families.
March 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The work HHS does—or in this case stops doing—has life and death consequences.
It is not some political game.
I will keep sounding the alarm about Trump & RFK Jr.'s real threat to our families.
It is not some political game.
I will keep sounding the alarm about Trump & RFK Jr.'s real threat to our families.
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Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick says if Social Security skipped a check, his mother-in-law wouldn’t complain—and if you would, it indicates you are probably a fraudster. Insane.
March 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick says if Social Security skipped a check, his mother-in-law wouldn’t complain—and if you would, it indicates you are probably a fraudster. Insane.
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@mikejohnston617.bsky.social I thought you might appreciate this brave EPA employee taking a stand 🩵
We could use more truth.
We could use more truth.
EXCLUSIVE: A federal worker at the EPA sent an incredible email to Administrator Lee Zeldin. He's refused to stay silent, and has asked me to share the email - and his name - with the public. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/exclusive-...
EXCLUSIVE: Email from a Federal Worker at EPA to Lee Zeldin
I have obtained a copy of - and permission to publish - an email sent from Jason Poe to the EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. Jason has asked me to share this email, along with his name, with the public.
www.muellershewrote.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
@mikejohnston617.bsky.social I thought you might appreciate this brave EPA employee taking a stand 🩵
We could use more truth.
We could use more truth.
