Michelle LaLonde
@petitecarcajou.bsky.social
Academic law librarian, adjunct professor, & attorney. J! champion for a day, Wolverine for life. #GoBlue #Michigan #Detroit
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Over the past three weeks, the "nightmare scenario" for November's midterms has grown more plausible www.vox.com/politics/478...
February 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Over the past three weeks, the "nightmare scenario" for November's midterms has grown more plausible www.vox.com/politics/478...
I really want the new CadiF1 team to do well this year, but that livery is tres meh.
Cadillac reveals two-sided livery for its maiden F1 season#F1
Cadillac reveals two-sided livery for its maiden F1 season
Cadillac revealed its first Formula 1 car livery ever in an advertisement which aired during the NFL's Super Bowl LX.<br>The American brand's challenger, whose name is yet to be revealed as of now, will sport a two-sided livery; its left side will be white – though it might actually be a very light shade of grey – while its right flank will be black.<br> <br>Cadillac F1 livery<br>Photo
www.autosport.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 AM
I really want the new CadiF1 team to do well this year, but that livery is tres meh.
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The US deficit is approaching ww2 levels as a percent of GDP.
Because of the “Big Beautiful Bill” that GOP voted for.
We are spending more on INTEREST than on anything else including the military.
This is a time bomb, and the GOP is responsible. Fiscal conservative my ass
Because of the “Big Beautiful Bill” that GOP voted for.
We are spending more on INTEREST than on anything else including the military.
This is a time bomb, and the GOP is responsible. Fiscal conservative my ass
February 9, 2026 at 12:05 AM
The US deficit is approaching ww2 levels as a percent of GDP.
Because of the “Big Beautiful Bill” that GOP voted for.
We are spending more on INTEREST than on anything else including the military.
This is a time bomb, and the GOP is responsible. Fiscal conservative my ass
Because of the “Big Beautiful Bill” that GOP voted for.
We are spending more on INTEREST than on anything else including the military.
This is a time bomb, and the GOP is responsible. Fiscal conservative my ass
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
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🚨BREAKING: The White House Thursday refused to rule out the presence of immigration enforcement at voting locations this November, a response that follows extremist rhetoric about placing federal forces at the polls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
White House ‘can’t guarantee’ ICE won’t be at polls
The federal government has historically recognized polling places as off-limits for immigration enforcement precisely to avoid deterring lawful voters.
www.democracydocket.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
🚨BREAKING: The White House Thursday refused to rule out the presence of immigration enforcement at voting locations this November, a response that follows extremist rhetoric about placing federal forces at the polls. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Wow, this is a tremendous loss for getting (somewhat objective) factual information about other countries.
I’ve been using the CIA World Factbook online since I was a little kid. What a stupid, pointless desecration.
They closed the CIA World Factbook and deleted it entirely.
February 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Wow, this is a tremendous loss for getting (somewhat objective) factual information about other countries.
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Look, if they do this, it's bad.
But also, the math doesn't entire math for me. Cook County alone has ~3,000 voting precincts, and some must have multiple polling stations.
There are ~4,000 armed ICE agents in US. More CBP (who are lumped in w this, prob). But even if we get to 20,000 armed ppl?
But also, the math doesn't entire math for me. Cook County alone has ~3,000 voting precincts, and some must have multiple polling stations.
There are ~4,000 armed ICE agents in US. More CBP (who are lumped in w this, prob). But even if we get to 20,000 armed ppl?
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Look, if they do this, it's bad.
But also, the math doesn't entire math for me. Cook County alone has ~3,000 voting precincts, and some must have multiple polling stations.
There are ~4,000 armed ICE agents in US. More CBP (who are lumped in w this, prob). But even if we get to 20,000 armed ppl?
But also, the math doesn't entire math for me. Cook County alone has ~3,000 voting precincts, and some must have multiple polling stations.
There are ~4,000 armed ICE agents in US. More CBP (who are lumped in w this, prob). But even if we get to 20,000 armed ppl?
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
Some great posts in this thread (with graphs!) to show what an utter dumpster fire that OBBB has been--and how effective it has been as a means to siphon even more wealth to the .001%'ers.
New 25-page @centeronbudget.bsky.social paper from me summarizing the distributional, fiscal, and economic effects of One Big Beautiful Bill's tax cuts and cuts to health care, food assistance, student loans, and climate investments. 🧵
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
www.cbpp.org/research/fed...
Republican Megabill Trades Essential Support to Low-Income People for Skewed Tax Cuts
The sprawling megabill passed by the Republican-controlled Congress and signed by President Trump in July 2025 will redistribute trillions of dollars upward over the next decade, making it harder for ...
www.cbpp.org
February 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Some great posts in this thread (with graphs!) to show what an utter dumpster fire that OBBB has been--and how effective it has been as a means to siphon even more wealth to the .001%'ers.
Is she trying to overturn Heller on her own?!!?
Pirro: "You bring a gun into the District, you mark my words, you're going to jail. I don't care if you have a license in another district and I don't care if you're a law abiding law owner somewhere else. You bring a gun into this District, count on going to jail. And that makes all the difference"
February 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Is she trying to overturn Heller on her own?!!?
I nearly did a spit-take while eating my lunch for that second item.
Amazing coda here.
February 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
I nearly did a spit-take while eating my lunch for that second item.
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Steve Levitsky, the co-author of How Democracies Die, on the dangerous place we have reached as Trump escalates:
“Orbán doesn’t arrest journalists,” he said. “And in Hungary if you walk the streets of Budapest or other Hungarian cities, you will not find heavily armed masked men abducting people."
“Orbán doesn’t arrest journalists,” he said. “And in Hungary if you walk the streets of Budapest or other Hungarian cities, you will not find heavily armed masked men abducting people."
January 31, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Steve Levitsky, the co-author of How Democracies Die, on the dangerous place we have reached as Trump escalates:
“Orbán doesn’t arrest journalists,” he said. “And in Hungary if you walk the streets of Budapest or other Hungarian cities, you will not find heavily armed masked men abducting people."
“Orbán doesn’t arrest journalists,” he said. “And in Hungary if you walk the streets of Budapest or other Hungarian cities, you will not find heavily armed masked men abducting people."
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In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
February 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is two or three days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
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A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that their statements on a slavery exhibit display in Philadelphia were "horrifying."
"You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"
"You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"
Judge Calls DOJ's Statements On Slavery Exhibit Display 'Dangerous' And 'Horrifying'
Senior U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe told the Justice Department's attorneys, "“You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way.”
www.huffpost.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:12 AM
A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers that their statements on a slavery exhibit display in Philadelphia were "horrifying."
"You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"
"You can’t erase history once you’ve learned it. It doesn’t work that way"
Never mind jobs you had, tell me classes you took at college:
1.) Canadian History
2.) Scottish Furniture History (seminar)
3.) Michigan Geology
4.) Dinosaurs and Other Failures
5.) Medieval Tuscan Painting
1.) Canadian History
2.) Scottish Furniture History (seminar)
3.) Michigan Geology
4.) Dinosaurs and Other Failures
5.) Medieval Tuscan Painting
Never mind jobs you had, tell me give classes you took at college (liberal arts edition):
1. The Economics of Education, Poverty, & Crime
2. Philosophy of Mind
3. Business German
4. Native American Religion
5. Faust & Faustus
1. The Economics of Education, Poverty, & Crime
2. Philosophy of Mind
3. Business German
4. Native American Religion
5. Faust & Faustus
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Politics of Terrorism
2. The Epic
3. Metaphysics
4. The Doctrine of God
5. Scuba Diving
1. Politics of Terrorism
2. The Epic
3. Metaphysics
4. The Doctrine of God
5. Scuba Diving
January 31, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Never mind jobs you had, tell me classes you took at college:
1.) Canadian History
2.) Scottish Furniture History (seminar)
3.) Michigan Geology
4.) Dinosaurs and Other Failures
5.) Medieval Tuscan Painting
1.) Canadian History
2.) Scottish Furniture History (seminar)
3.) Michigan Geology
4.) Dinosaurs and Other Failures
5.) Medieval Tuscan Painting
I may have totally lost it on seeing this again today. 💔💔💔
Catherine O'Hara & Eugene Levy performing "A Kiss At The End Of The Rainbow" from A MIGHTY WIND at the 2004 Oscars🌈💔
January 30, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I may have totally lost it on seeing this again today. 💔💔💔
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This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan
January 28, 2026 at 4:53 AM
This is the democratic opposition party in Italy protesting against ICE involvement in the Winter Olympics in Milan
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"But if people in Minneapolis can be treated this way then Americans *anywhere* can be treated this way. Your world only looks free because the regime has not yet sent its agents to your door."
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
Emergency Triad: Another American Has Been Murdered by Our Government
It’s worse than it looks and it looks plenty bad.
www.thebulwark.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:39 PM
"But if people in Minneapolis can be treated this way then Americans *anywhere* can be treated this way. Your world only looks free because the regime has not yet sent its agents to your door."
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
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All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
All of this is fucking senseless. Minnesota did not have an immigration problem. Trump sent his Nazi thugs here because he's racist against Somali people and to own libs like Tim Walz. Now two Minnesotans are dead and Minneapolis is on the verge of going up in flames. None. Of. This. Was. Necessary.
I truly hope she’s wrong, but the Democrats would be foolish not to take her warnings seriously & should find ways to take preventive action so that this doesn’t happen.
Please read and share this. It shapes all my thinking about the future of the US right now, and it explains why Trump and the GOP are behaving the way they do.
There is a near zero chance a Democrat will be sworn in as President in 2029, no matter how people vote.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
There is a near zero chance a Democrat will be sworn in as President in 2029, no matter how people vote.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
'Trump Has Already Rigged the 2028 Presidential Election': US Defence Insider
Regardless of how people vote, the chances of a Democrat Government coming to power in 2029 is now virtually nil, argues Brynn Tannehill
bylinetimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I truly hope she’s wrong, but the Democrats would be foolish not to take her warnings seriously & should find ways to take preventive action so that this doesn’t happen.
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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People are missing a big thing about the saga of the detained 5-year-old. When Vance calls the father an "illegal alien" it seems to reflect a little-known Trump admin move that attempts to nullify asylum claims before they are even heard.
This policy is a horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
This policy is a horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
January 23, 2026 at 6:21 PM
People are missing a big thing about the saga of the detained 5-year-old. When Vance calls the father an "illegal alien" it seems to reflect a little-known Trump admin move that attempts to nullify asylum claims before they are even heard.
This policy is a horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
This policy is a horror:
newrepublic.com/article/2056...
This is some absolute BS--and not a surprise, alas.
“We have a nice little database, & now you’re considered domestic terrorists” says an ICE agent after photographing a civilian who was videotaping them. Posted today by Brian Allen on X. h/t @allenanalysis.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 6:32 PM
This is some absolute BS--and not a surprise, alas.
What in the fossil fuel f— is this?
The Trump administration today announced a new government-backed fossil fuel industry mascot.
Meet Coalie the lump of coal!
Meet Coalie the lump of coal!
January 22, 2026 at 8:34 PM
What in the fossil fuel f— is this?
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How these heartless jerks do this to adults who are here & just living their lives is hard enough to understand, but a child going to kindergarten?!?! Absolute monsters. A Nuremberg trial isn’t good enough for ICE.
How these heartless jerks do this to adults who are here & just living their lives is hard enough to understand, but a child going to kindergarten?!?! Absolute monsters. A Nuremberg trial isn’t good enough for ICE.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 22, 2026 at 4:12 AM
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How these heartless jerks do this to adults who are here & just living their lives is hard enough to understand, but a child going to kindergarten?!?! Absolute monsters. A Nuremberg trial isn’t good enough for ICE.
How these heartless jerks do this to adults who are here & just living their lives is hard enough to understand, but a child going to kindergarten?!?! Absolute monsters. A Nuremberg trial isn’t good enough for ICE.