Mike Willoughby
@mikeyvegas.bsky.social
I help Democratic candidates, progressive organizations, and labor create winning campaigns.
Trash panda. Old hand. Nevada forever.
Offset guitars, effects pedals, Shoegaze.
Trash panda. Old hand. Nevada forever.
Offset guitars, effects pedals, Shoegaze.
Over on Threads, I’ve been posting a beat every day for the month of January.
I call it 31 beats in 31 days.
This is day 1. Time to play catch up!
I call it 31 beats in 31 days.
This is day 1. Time to play catch up!
January 23, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Over on Threads, I’ve been posting a beat every day for the month of January.
I call it 31 beats in 31 days.
This is day 1. Time to play catch up!
I call it 31 beats in 31 days.
This is day 1. Time to play catch up!
No one is coming, it’s up to us.
All we have is each other. ❤️
All we have is each other. ❤️
Each time I have sat down to write something since the election, I am bothered by this recurring phrase that I simply cannot get out of my head.
So, this time I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
So, this time I am going to just say it out loud: we are on our own. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-a...
We Are on Our Own
From Marc | Our institutions are not going to save us. Only we can do that.
www.democracydocket.com
January 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
No one is coming, it’s up to us.
All we have is each other. ❤️
All we have is each other. ❤️
::Laughs in 9mm::
Everything about this post is just dumb as shit but I especially like that he's telling people you're safe from Tommy guns in your cybertruck
January 13, 2025 at 6:38 AM
::Laughs in 9mm::
Y’all ever hear the rumor about WY’s favorite TV Dr. having an illicit affair with Pete Williams when he was in Casper?
Or was this just a local thing? 🧐
Or was this just a local thing? 🧐
January 13, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Y’all ever hear the rumor about WY’s favorite TV Dr. having an illicit affair with Pete Williams when he was in Casper?
Or was this just a local thing? 🧐
Or was this just a local thing? 🧐
Reposted by Mike Willoughby
If RFK Jr. is confirmed. @donttreadonkids.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
If RFK Jr. is confirmed. @donttreadonkids.bsky.social
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Look at Gov. Gavin Newsom out here exposing lies 🔥
January 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Look at Gov. Gavin Newsom out here exposing lies 🔥
Welp, just got blocked by my first moron on the platform 🥂
Fair warning that if you get stupid with me in the replies I’ll absolutely show you what I mean about aggressively engaging bad actors.
Your kids’ kids will be born with an imprint of my foot on THEIR asses.
We’re not suffering fools.
Fair warning that if you get stupid with me in the replies I’ll absolutely show you what I mean about aggressively engaging bad actors.
Your kids’ kids will be born with an imprint of my foot on THEIR asses.
We’re not suffering fools.
January 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Welp, just got blocked by my first moron on the platform 🥂
Fair warning that if you get stupid with me in the replies I’ll absolutely show you what I mean about aggressively engaging bad actors.
Your kids’ kids will be born with an imprint of my foot on THEIR asses.
We’re not suffering fools.
Fair warning that if you get stupid with me in the replies I’ll absolutely show you what I mean about aggressively engaging bad actors.
Your kids’ kids will be born with an imprint of my foot on THEIR asses.
We’re not suffering fools.
::whispers:: Leak the document
Staffers of DC, you have the chance to do amazing work in the coming days, months, years.
You’ll still have a future after you get fired, probably even a better one.
Your country needs you to step up.
If Trumpers can do it, so can you!
Staffers of DC, you have the chance to do amazing work in the coming days, months, years.
You’ll still have a future after you get fired, probably even a better one.
Your country needs you to step up.
If Trumpers can do it, so can you!
"Democrats on the committee ... suggest the FBI report may not be thorough ... One person who worked closely with Hegseth in the past and another who was contacted by Congress ... told NBC News they are concerned the FBI has not reached out to them."
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Key senators receive Pete Hegseth's FBI background check days out from confirmation hearing
Democrats have expressed concern over the delay and how thorough the report on Trump’s embattled defense secretary pick will be.
www.nbcnews.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
::whispers:: Leak the document
Staffers of DC, you have the chance to do amazing work in the coming days, months, years.
You’ll still have a future after you get fired, probably even a better one.
Your country needs you to step up.
If Trumpers can do it, so can you!
Staffers of DC, you have the chance to do amazing work in the coming days, months, years.
You’ll still have a future after you get fired, probably even a better one.
Your country needs you to step up.
If Trumpers can do it, so can you!
“You think it’s January to an Ocelot?” is something that’s going to live in my brain for a LONG time.
GREAT line, and something to remember.
GREAT line, and something to remember.
I wish people could step back for a second, think about how many of the things we think are true are complete constructions. There isn’t even any such thing as a calendar. Not really. A physical calendar is not the month, it’s just a representation. You think it’s January to an ocelot?
January 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
“You think it’s January to an Ocelot?” is something that’s going to live in my brain for a LONG time.
GREAT line, and something to remember.
GREAT line, and something to remember.
The biggest thing holding progressives back is the unwillingness to engage in actual attacks against conservatives.
We think that being factually correct and academic concepts matter to the electorate as a sum total. In reality it’s all emotion and always has been.
It’s a fight. Act like it.
We think that being factually correct and academic concepts matter to the electorate as a sum total. In reality it’s all emotion and always has been.
It’s a fight. Act like it.
January 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The biggest thing holding progressives back is the unwillingness to engage in actual attacks against conservatives.
We think that being factually correct and academic concepts matter to the electorate as a sum total. In reality it’s all emotion and always has been.
It’s a fight. Act like it.
We think that being factually correct and academic concepts matter to the electorate as a sum total. In reality it’s all emotion and always has been.
It’s a fight. Act like it.
There’s a reason they’re trying to tie it to specific people like Gov Newsom and Mayor Bass.
The climate crisis is coming home to roost, and it doesn’t care how wealthy or famous you are.
The climate crisis is coming home to roost, and it doesn’t care how wealthy or famous you are.
The LA wildfires didn’t just scorch the land—they wrecked sewer systems, knocked out power, and disrupted transportation.
The climate crisis isn’t some distant threat; it’s tearing apart the systems we rely on every day.
www.cnn.com/weather/live...
The climate crisis isn’t some distant threat; it’s tearing apart the systems we rely on every day.
www.cnn.com/weather/live...
Live updates: At least 10 dead in Los Angeles wildfires as Palisades, Kenneth, Eaton fires burn | CNN
Apocalyptic scenes have emerged across Los Angeles County, where deadly wildfires remain mostly uncontained. Follow for live updates.
www.cnn.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:57 AM
There’s a reason they’re trying to tie it to specific people like Gov Newsom and Mayor Bass.
The climate crisis is coming home to roost, and it doesn’t care how wealthy or famous you are.
The climate crisis is coming home to roost, and it doesn’t care how wealthy or famous you are.
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The LA wildfires are already estimated to cost between $135 and $150 billion in damages—and with thousands more homes at risk, that number may rise.
Due to climate change, California’s wet season is shrinking.
www.accuweather.com/en/press/med...
Due to climate change, California’s wet season is shrinking.
www.accuweather.com/en/press/med...
www.accuweather.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The LA wildfires are already estimated to cost between $135 and $150 billion in damages—and with thousands more homes at risk, that number may rise.
Due to climate change, California’s wet season is shrinking.
www.accuweather.com/en/press/med...
Due to climate change, California’s wet season is shrinking.
www.accuweather.com/en/press/med...
The key word being “fight.”
You’re in one, whether you want to be or not.
Act accordingly.
You’re in one, whether you want to be or not.
Act accordingly.
The criminal justice system failed to hold Trump accountable. It is not true that the powerful stand before the same bar of justice and no one is above the law.
Norms will not protect us. We need to build a new opposition hardened by reality and prepared to fight with every legal tool available.
Norms will not protect us. We need to build a new opposition hardened by reality and prepared to fight with every legal tool available.
January 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The key word being “fight.”
You’re in one, whether you want to be or not.
Act accordingly.
You’re in one, whether you want to be or not.
Act accordingly.
This meat mountain.
A svelte 19lbs, down from 21.
A svelte 19lbs, down from 21.
January 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This meat mountain.
A svelte 19lbs, down from 21.
A svelte 19lbs, down from 21.
Every single second they spend on doing dumb shit that doesn’t have a path to success (like this) is one that they’re not spending doing something worse.
Democrats hold both houses. Odds are that this will *never* see the light of day.
Democrats hold both houses. Odds are that this will *never* see the light of day.
“One is too many.”
Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony announced a new task force to support a bill barring transgender athletes from women’s sports and blocking them from competing against cisgender female athletes.
@rociohdz.bsky.social reports:
Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony announced a new task force to support a bill barring transgender athletes from women’s sports and blocking them from competing against cisgender female athletes.
@rociohdz.bsky.social reports:
Lieutenant governor’s new task force continues debate over transgender student athletes - The Nevada Independent
A new task force announced Monday by Lt. Gov. Stavros Anthony (R) will support a bill barring transgender athletes from women’s sports and block them from competing against cisgender female athletes.
buff.ly
January 11, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Every single second they spend on doing dumb shit that doesn’t have a path to success (like this) is one that they’re not spending doing something worse.
Democrats hold both houses. Odds are that this will *never* see the light of day.
Democrats hold both houses. Odds are that this will *never* see the light of day.
My daughter and the rest of my family are watching An American Tail in the other room.
I can’t watch. It’s honestly too much given where we are.
Nothing but tears, over here, gang.
Nothing but tears. 💔
I can’t watch. It’s honestly too much given where we are.
Nothing but tears, over here, gang.
Nothing but tears. 💔
January 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
My daughter and the rest of my family are watching An American Tail in the other room.
I can’t watch. It’s honestly too much given where we are.
Nothing but tears, over here, gang.
Nothing but tears. 💔
I can’t watch. It’s honestly too much given where we are.
Nothing but tears, over here, gang.
Nothing but tears. 💔
This is correct.
TikTok is a brainrot firehouse and a major contributor to mis and disinformation and the spread of conspiracy theories.
And that’s by design.
It’s time to pull the plug on the CCP’s influence operation on us.
TikTok is a brainrot firehouse and a major contributor to mis and disinformation and the spread of conspiracy theories.
And that’s by design.
It’s time to pull the plug on the CCP’s influence operation on us.
If TiKTok wasn’t a benefit for Chinese intel, they would sell.
They could make a killing. But it’s not about the money
They could make a killing. But it’s not about the money
January 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This is correct.
TikTok is a brainrot firehouse and a major contributor to mis and disinformation and the spread of conspiracy theories.
And that’s by design.
It’s time to pull the plug on the CCP’s influence operation on us.
TikTok is a brainrot firehouse and a major contributor to mis and disinformation and the spread of conspiracy theories.
And that’s by design.
It’s time to pull the plug on the CCP’s influence operation on us.
They’re going to use “immigration” as the excuse to bloody up Gov Newsom as much as possible in the lead up to ‘28. They’ll also use it to prop up Abbot in TX and DeSantis in FL.
Lives will be wrecked, and we will all pay the price. Literally and figuratively.
Lives will be wrecked, and we will all pay the price. Literally and figuratively.
"He predicted immigrants, even ones with documents, would stop shopping, going to school and seeking health care."
This is exactly what some people want.
(story by @calmatters.org, via @statesnewsroom.com)
This is exactly what some people want.
(story by @calmatters.org, via @statesnewsroom.com)
A surprising immigration raid in Kern County foreshadows what awaits farmworkers and businesses
In summary “If this is the new normal, this is absolute economic devastation,” says one local economist.
www.newsfromthestates.com
January 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
They’re going to use “immigration” as the excuse to bloody up Gov Newsom as much as possible in the lead up to ‘28. They’ll also use it to prop up Abbot in TX and DeSantis in FL.
Lives will be wrecked, and we will all pay the price. Literally and figuratively.
Lives will be wrecked, and we will all pay the price. Literally and figuratively.
Reposted by Mike Willoughby
The policy would be funded by customers, based on their electricity usage. Shareholders would commit to a 10% co-insurance payment for the amounts funded – up to $50 million for each of the two $500 million policies, but only if either fund is depleted by claims.
nevadacurrent.com/2025/01/07/n...
nevadacurrent.com/2025/01/07/n...
NV Energy seeks to hike rates to fund self-insurance policies against wildfires • Nevada Current
NV Energy is asking the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to allow it to establish $1 billion in wildfire self-insurance policies — $500 million each for its subsidiaries in Northern and Southern ...
nevadacurrent.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The policy would be funded by customers, based on their electricity usage. Shareholders would commit to a 10% co-insurance payment for the amounts funded – up to $50 million for each of the two $500 million policies, but only if either fund is depleted by claims.
nevadacurrent.com/2025/01/07/n...
nevadacurrent.com/2025/01/07/n...
Don’t let the sweet face fool you. He’s an absolute menace and a possible war criminal who has an Interpol red notice.
January 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Don’t let the sweet face fool you. He’s an absolute menace and a possible war criminal who has an Interpol red notice.
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🚨 BIG NEWS: President Biden just created two new national monuments in California, Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands.
The creation of these monuments — which will protect 848,000 acres from drilling, mining, and development – safeguards landscapes that Tribes have revered for thousands of years.
The creation of these monuments — which will protect 848,000 acres from drilling, mining, and development – safeguards landscapes that Tribes have revered for thousands of years.
Biden to Designate Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments in California
With these two new monuments, Mr. Biden has protected more federal land and waters than any other president, about 674 million acres.
buff.ly
January 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🚨 BIG NEWS: President Biden just created two new national monuments in California, Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands.
The creation of these monuments — which will protect 848,000 acres from drilling, mining, and development – safeguards landscapes that Tribes have revered for thousands of years.
The creation of these monuments — which will protect 848,000 acres from drilling, mining, and development – safeguards landscapes that Tribes have revered for thousands of years.
Reposted by Mike Willoughby
Clean energy companies are clear: Meeting our nation’s growing energy needs means investing in clean energy. Innovation is the future—fossil fuels can’t keep up.
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
Green-Energy Firms’ Pitch to Trump: You’re Going to Need a Lot of Power
Instead of touting projects as “clean and affordable,” renewables firms are highlighting their projects’ ability to meet energy needs.
www.wsj.com
January 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Clean energy companies are clear: Meeting our nation’s growing energy needs means investing in clean energy. Innovation is the future—fossil fuels can’t keep up.
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Happy Monday to everyone except Jeff Bezos.
Amazon is the top employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients. And it’s not even close. • Nevada Current
In the four years since Amazon became the leading employer of Nevada Medicaid recipients, the retail giant has surged from having 7,892 employees and dependents on Medicaid to 18,093. That’s a 143% in...
nevadacurrent.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Happy Monday to everyone except Jeff Bezos.
Reposted by Mike Willoughby
Check out @statesnewsroom.com three-part "Camped Out" series online. Reporters from across the States Newsroom networked looked at how officials are ramping up efforts to criminalize homelessness and restrict where the unhoused sleep. Here is a thread of our work.
December 19, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Check out @statesnewsroom.com three-part "Camped Out" series online. Reporters from across the States Newsroom networked looked at how officials are ramping up efforts to criminalize homelessness and restrict where the unhoused sleep. Here is a thread of our work.
Reposted by Mike Willoughby
Chris Wright, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy cherry-picks information about the climate crisis to back his false claims.
For scientists, he’s flat-out misrepresenting their work.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
For scientists, he’s flat-out misrepresenting their work.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump energy pick misinterprets studies to support claims, scientists say
As energy secretary, oil executive Chris Wright would be in a key position to carry out Trump’s vision for rolling back clean energy subsidies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Chris Wright, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy cherry-picks information about the climate crisis to back his false claims.
For scientists, he’s flat-out misrepresenting their work.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
For scientists, he’s flat-out misrepresenting their work.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...