Mikel Strom
@mikelstrom.bsky.social
Terrible at bios. He/him/his
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i tell you what, if Democrats win the elections in 2026 and 2028, one of the biggest mistakes they could make is to talk about uniting the country by not prosecuting all of the lawbreakers and corruption of Trump administration officials. One reason we are here today is Ford's pardon of Nixon.
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
i tell you what, if Democrats win the elections in 2026 and 2028, one of the biggest mistakes they could make is to talk about uniting the country by not prosecuting all of the lawbreakers and corruption of Trump administration officials. One reason we are here today is Ford's pardon of Nixon.
I don’t think it’s possible to understate how far out of reach winning back the White House in 2028 will be for Democrats if they win in the midterms and don’t use their majority to fight back against Trump’s authoritarianism. “Turning the page” isn’t an option anymore.
If Dems win the midterms, there's going to be a huge temptation to subordinate everything in Congress to a messaging strategy about "affordability" to prep for the '28 presidential election. I have no problem with good messaging, but Kevin is right that Dems have to use power to stop the bleeding.
Some of us were saying during the shutdown that Democrats should have at least made the demand that Trump fire Vought to reopen the government since he's doing impoundment
Think of how to force the firing of Miller, Vought, Bondi, Hegseth, Noem, RFK & finding leverage to make it costly to keep them
Think of how to force the firing of Miller, Vought, Bondi, Hegseth, Noem, RFK & finding leverage to make it costly to keep them
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I don’t think it’s possible to understate how far out of reach winning back the White House in 2028 will be for Democrats if they win in the midterms and don’t use their majority to fight back against Trump’s authoritarianism. “Turning the page” isn’t an option anymore.
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Oh, you were using that slur ironically?
Cool, I'm blocking you ironically.
Cool, I'm blocking you ironically.
November 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Oh, you were using that slur ironically?
Cool, I'm blocking you ironically.
Cool, I'm blocking you ironically.
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If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
If the U.S. was at war, Pete Hegseth's order would be a war crime, a military lawyer said. Instead, it might just be murder. wapo.st/49KbUJ1
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May I offer a light read on this day of commercialism? And one of @rmbloom.bsky.social faves)
Black Friday(With extra free profanity)
“Shit, you think that was crazy? Look, yesterday I was some broads bodyguard for Black Friday.” “What’s that, some new terrorist group?” “Goddamn, Joe, knock off…
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November 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
May I offer a light read on this day of commercialism? And one of @rmbloom.bsky.social faves)
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MY GOD PEOPLE BREAK OUT THE ALARM EMOJIS
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When One Man Dies, the very first Jackson Donne novel, is just fifty cents for your e-reader. #BlackFriday #BlackFriyay
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When One Man Dies, the very first Jackson Donne novel, is just fifty cents for your e-reader. #BlackFriday #BlackFriyay
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When One Man Dies
<div><b>“A terrific novel, a unique and artful blend of the PI and the Police Procedural in a plot as nicely tangled and sexually violent as a cat fight.” —James Crumley, Dashiell Hammett Award–winnin
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November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
MY GOD PEOPLE BREAK OUT THE ALARM EMOJIS
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
When One Man Dies, the very first Jackson Donne novel, is just fifty cents for your e-reader. #BlackFriday #BlackFriyay
openroadmedia.com/ebook/when-o...
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
When One Man Dies, the very first Jackson Donne novel, is just fifty cents for your e-reader. #BlackFriday #BlackFriyay
openroadmedia.com/ebook/when-o...
One of my absolute favorite artists and a bona fide Legend.
Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” has died at 81. www.scrippsnews.com/obituaries/j...
Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film 'The Harder They Come,' dead at 81
Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience, has died at 81.
www.scrippsnews.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
One of my absolute favorite artists and a bona fide Legend.
Remember, in fascism you’re not a Christian unless The Authorities say you’re a Christian, even if you’re a priest.
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Remember, in fascism you’re not a Christian unless The Authorities say you’re a Christian, even if you’re a priest.
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I got an actual "Your silence on this subject is deafening" message this AM, so, super-quick: Nobody here owes anyone commentary about anything. This is a public park. It's full of interesting people. We hang out here, make friends, and chat, and then we leave to do whatever it is we do. That's it!
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I got an actual "Your silence on this subject is deafening" message this AM, so, super-quick: Nobody here owes anyone commentary about anything. This is a public park. It's full of interesting people. We hang out here, make friends, and chat, and then we leave to do whatever it is we do. That's it!
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This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
November 14, 2025 at 12:17 AM
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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We’re going the distance, we’re going for speed here at That Noise at 2 a.m., where we’re talking about running and nothing else. Nope, just running.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We’re going the distance, we’re going for speed here at That Noise at 2 a.m., where we’re talking about running and nothing else. Nope, just running.
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So thank you if you can help and thank you for looking even if you can’t. Also, here is PayPal if you prefer it.
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
So thank you if you can help and thank you for looking even if you can’t. Also, here is PayPal if you prefer it.
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Hey everyone. Sorry to be asking with things the way they are , but the power steering pump is almost dead on our car and it’s going to cost around $1000 to fix. It’s an older Mazda and it’s tucked into the most awkward place ever! And it’s original to the car. IYKYK. WD-40 going to make a fortune.
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hey everyone. Sorry to be asking with things the way they are , but the power steering pump is almost dead on our car and it’s going to cost around $1000 to fix. It’s an older Mazda and it’s tucked into the most awkward place ever! And it’s original to the car. IYKYK. WD-40 going to make a fortune.
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Today, we honor the brave men and women who’ve worn our nation’s uniform—protecting our freedoms, defending our democracy, and inspiring us all to serve something greater than ourselves. We owe you a profound debt of gratitude. Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today, we honor the brave men and women who’ve worn our nation’s uniform—protecting our freedoms, defending our democracy, and inspiring us all to serve something greater than ourselves. We owe you a profound debt of gratitude. Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸
Couple things: WE have been plenty capable of spending energy in multiple directions at once, the problem you aren’t getting is we’re sick of YOUR lack of energy spend on any part of this fight. Maybe if you actually FOUGHT once in a while you’d get less smoke from us.
But there are real dangers out there that must be fought; and energy spent fighting each other is energy lost to that bigger fight.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Couple things: WE have been plenty capable of spending energy in multiple directions at once, the problem you aren’t getting is we’re sick of YOUR lack of energy spend on any part of this fight. Maybe if you actually FOUGHT once in a while you’d get less smoke from us.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
Fuck this performative loser and his fucking harmonicas.
Kaine on why he thinks just getting a vote on healthcare is a win: "We're the minority party, but everybody will get to see who is standing for them when it comes to lowering their healthcare costs"
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Fuck this performative loser and his fucking harmonicas.
Is it too much to ask for a senator who’ll get in a fucking car to get back to Maine from D.C. rather than sell us out for a quicker flight home?
Angus King: "This initial strategy didn't work. And now we have one. We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed. I grant that. But a reasonable chance -- 10, 20, 30% -- is a lot better than 0% which is where we were."
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Is it too much to ask for a senator who’ll get in a fucking car to get back to Maine from D.C. rather than sell us out for a quicker flight home?
We’ve known, Jeanne. We didn’t need another lesson, Jeanne. All you’re showing us is who’ll sell us out to them for a quicker trip home on the weekends, Jeanne.
Shaheen: "I think we can get a bipartisan bill out of the Senate that will address this [healthcare] issue. And if not, we know that the voters are going to know who's on their side and who's going to hold them accountable."
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
We’ve known, Jeanne. We didn’t need another lesson, Jeanne. All you’re showing us is who’ll sell us out to them for a quicker trip home on the weekends, Jeanne.
What a fucking loser.
Angus King: "This initial strategy didn't work. And now we have one. We're gonna have a guaranteed vote on the ACA, and it may not succeed. I grant that. But a reasonable chance -- 10, 20, 30% -- is a lot better than 0% which is where we were."
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
What a fucking loser.
Regardless of how hard I’m working to get rid of Trump and MAGA in 2028, every D senator who thought they could get away with this bullshit and be safe deserves to be primaried and I will gleefully support all their challengers.
How about we shut down the government for this very popular and specific goal and then, hear me out, we hold out for like a month and a half and then, ok this part is important, after a watershed election where we ran the table, ONLY THEN, fold and don't get the one thing we said we wanted.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Regardless of how hard I’m working to get rid of Trump and MAGA in 2028, every D senator who thought they could get away with this bullshit and be safe deserves to be primaried and I will gleefully support all their challengers.
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
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“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 AM
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...