Mike P. Downing
@mikepdowning.bsky.social
🔥💰 Fire Blog originator and experienced former corporate rat racer, operating from the secret mission control facility high in the N. Cali mountains. No Kings, No Hypocrites, and No Chat (sorry-busy!) 🔥💰
After Tariffs 1.0 gets blown up by the SCOTUS, Tariffs 2.0 will be invented with an entirely new set of BS rules and sidesteps to the Constitution, and on it will go.
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
After Tariffs 1.0 gets blown up by the SCOTUS, Tariffs 2.0 will be invented with an entirely new set of BS rules and sidesteps to the Constitution, and on it will go.
Are you sick of the good old boys retaining office for decades as their constituency lives in sharecropper shacks and can't get healthcare?
Yeah, copy that, I'm sick of it too. Here is one solution.
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Yeah, copy that, I'm sick of it too. Here is one solution.
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🏛️ Dashboard Democracy: Performance Reviews for Politicians
We hire business managers to run society — it’s time we start measuring them like it.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Are you sick of the good old boys retaining office for decades as their constituency lives in sharecropper shacks and can't get healthcare?
Yeah, copy that, I'm sick of it too. Here is one solution.
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Yeah, copy that, I'm sick of it too. Here is one solution.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reconstruction of Trust. Getting America out of the Ditch and Back on the Road.
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🏛 Reconstruction of Trust: Building an America That Can’t Be Broken So Easily (3 of 3)
Your Country, Your Move.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Reconstruction of Trust. Getting America out of the Ditch and Back on the Road.
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After the Storm: Can America Find Its Way Back to Normal?
Your Country, Your Move!
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November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Many people are disappointed that a faction of the Senate Dems voted to end the shutdown. It feels good to get mad and call them names, but there are more real-world considerations to review than just "black and white":
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Enough Is Enough: Why Democrats Saying “Yes” to Reopening Made Sense
Negotiating with MAGA is not Negotiating- it is total chaos perpetuation.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Many people are disappointed that a faction of the Senate Dems voted to end the shutdown. It feels good to get mad and call them names, but there are more real-world considerations to review than just "black and white":
financialfire.substack.com/p/enough-is-...
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The National Christmas Tree, Rudy, makes his last stand. Even trees know what's right.
(fiction)
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(fiction)
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🌲 Rudy’s Last Stand
A Douglas Fir’s Defiant Goodbye to the American Dream
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November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The National Christmas Tree, Rudy, makes his last stand. Even trees know what's right.
(fiction)
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(fiction)
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November 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Trump administration is working hard to impress... who knows who? It makes no sense to enact policies that isolate a huge section of Americans and disenfranchise anyone with a molecule of empathy and compassion. Read on!
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🔢 Simple Arithmetic for the Simple-Minded
When government policy fails basic math, citizens pay the price.
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November 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Trump administration is working hard to impress... who knows who? It makes no sense to enact policies that isolate a huge section of Americans and disenfranchise anyone with a molecule of empathy and compassion. Read on!
financialfire.substack.com/p/simple-ari...
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I loved watching Charlie Brown rationalize why Lucy would not pull the football "this time."
But the Football is like political promises and they are always pulled!
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But the Football is like political promises and they are always pulled!
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🔮 How Many Times Will Lucy Pull the Football?
When every promise comes with a booming echo and zero follow-through.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I loved watching Charlie Brown rationalize why Lucy would not pull the football "this time."
But the Football is like political promises and they are always pulled!
substack.com/@financialfi...
But the Football is like political promises and they are always pulled!
substack.com/@financialfi...
🐾 “Pound for Pound: What Our Shelters Say About Us”
FIRE 🔥 | Your Country, Your Move.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We have become classically conditioned to expect the worst. Read this post!
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Cynical Classical Conditioning
Yeah, Sure I Believe You- NOT!
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November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
We have become classically conditioned to expect the worst. Read this post!
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Reposted by Mike P. Downing
Everyone gets to decide what they believe and how they will respond. But there are a boatload of Billionaires who have turned their backs on Americans, are now complicit with this NAZI regime and WE are financing their efforts. It is time to decide what side you are on!
November 2, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Everyone gets to decide what they believe and how they will respond. But there are a boatload of Billionaires who have turned their backs on Americans, are now complicit with this NAZI regime and WE are financing their efforts. It is time to decide what side you are on!
Reposted by Mike P. Downing
Newsom: "He is not screwing around. He's changing the rules. He's rigging the game because he knows he'll lose if all things are equal. He did not expect California to fight fire with fire."
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Newsom: "He is not screwing around. He's changing the rules. He's rigging the game because he knows he'll lose if all things are equal. He did not expect California to fight fire with fire."
It's like a sick social media game; we, the sane ones, rip tRump a new one daily, waking up to check if he died overnight. Meanwhile, the right-wing propaganda rolls on, and the crimes continue. Trump can survive another 10 years with his maladies. We need a better plan!
November 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It's like a sick social media game; we, the sane ones, rip tRump a new one daily, waking up to check if he died overnight. Meanwhile, the right-wing propaganda rolls on, and the crimes continue. Trump can survive another 10 years with his maladies. We need a better plan!
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I hope everyone survived Halloween, and the little goblins and spooks did not dampen your spirit! The real Goblin is still in the WH. Beginning 11/5, protests in DC begin to exorcise him from his throne.
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November 5: The FALL of the Trump Fascist Regime
The time has come for… THE FALL of the TRUMP FASCIST REGIME! Beginning November 5, 2025 Washington DC Fascism is not a looming threat. It is upon us now. Humanity’s
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November 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I hope everyone survived Halloween, and the little goblins and spooks did not dampen your spirit! The real Goblin is still in the WH. Beginning 11/5, protests in DC begin to exorcise him from his throne.
actionnetwork.org/forms/novemb...
actionnetwork.org/forms/novemb...