Michael Hale
@studentofnature.bsky.social
Research Scientist
Support all science—your life depends on it.
Support all science—your life depends on it.
Reposted by Michael Hale
Hegseth has made clear that he thinks he’s on a modern day crusade.
I just want to point out that’s Doug Wilson speaking at the Pentagon. Doug Wilson wants: the 19th amendment repealed, non-Christian religions outlawed, the death penalty for homosexuality, women barred from working or holding office, blasphemy laws, and one party theocratic rule.
February 18, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Hegseth has made clear that he thinks he’s on a modern day crusade.
Reposted by Michael Hale
Imagine you’re a Muslim person working in the military or DoD and you realize this guy was an invited guest of the Secretary of Defense to pray today. Just reprehensible garbage from top to bottom. Everyone in this administration is a garbage person.
As Doug Wilson claims that Muslims are a threat to Western Civilization, Tucker Carlson asks a question:
Carlson: Is the problem with the Muslims of Europe that they're too Muslim or that they're criminals?
Wilson: Well, that's the same thing.
Carlson: Is the problem with the Muslims of Europe that they're too Muslim or that they're criminals?
Wilson: Well, that's the same thing.
February 18, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Imagine you’re a Muslim person working in the military or DoD and you realize this guy was an invited guest of the Secretary of Defense to pray today. Just reprehensible garbage from top to bottom. Everyone in this administration is a garbage person.
Reposted by Michael Hale
Check this out. Share with MAGA everywhere- BUT w/out saying a word directly TO them. Just post where they may see it.
Remember:
MAGA-with-regrets, people who've found the strength to leave, have great influence in getting others out.
It's VERY hard to leave a cult.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Remember:
MAGA-with-regrets, people who've found the strength to leave, have great influence in getting others out.
It's VERY hard to leave a cult.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
February 18, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Check this out. Share with MAGA everywhere- BUT w/out saying a word directly TO them. Just post where they may see it.
Remember:
MAGA-with-regrets, people who've found the strength to leave, have great influence in getting others out.
It's VERY hard to leave a cult.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Remember:
MAGA-with-regrets, people who've found the strength to leave, have great influence in getting others out.
It's VERY hard to leave a cult.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
Reposted by Michael Hale
Pete Hegseth is turning the Pentagon into a proving ground for aggressive Christian nationalism. This week he got some help from Doug Wilson. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
Hegseth Invites Christian Nationalist Extremist Doug Wilson to Lead Pentagon Worship Service
Pete Hegseth is turning the Pentagon into a proving ground for aggressive Christian nationalism.
www.peoplefor.org
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Pete Hegseth is turning the Pentagon into a proving ground for aggressive Christian nationalism. This week he got some help from Doug Wilson. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...
Reposted by Michael Hale
Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
February 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Ted Lieu: “Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands and thousands of times. In those files, there are highly disturbing allegations of Donald Trump raping children … of Donald Trump threatening to kill children. So I encourage the press to go look at these allegations.”
Reposted by Michael Hale
Last year, surveillance giant Palantir (who got an 8-figure contract from ICE) paid $0 in federal income tax despite making $1.5 BILLION, partly due to new tax cuts in Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill.
They cut Medicaid & SNAP to pay for this.
This monstrosity must be reversed.
They cut Medicaid & SNAP to pay for this.
This monstrosity must be reversed.
Palantir Pays Zero Federal Income Tax Despite Explosive Growth, Largely Due to Trump Tax Law
Palantir reported $1.5 billion of U.S. income but paid exactly zero federal income tax in 2025. Despite explosive growth, tax breaks from the Trump tax law helped Palantir avoid paying even a dime of...
itep.org
February 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Last year, surveillance giant Palantir (who got an 8-figure contract from ICE) paid $0 in federal income tax despite making $1.5 BILLION, partly due to new tax cuts in Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill.
They cut Medicaid & SNAP to pay for this.
This monstrosity must be reversed.
They cut Medicaid & SNAP to pay for this.
This monstrosity must be reversed.
Reposted by Michael Hale
Over a million views in 11 hours. Guess the bad guys trying to silence this Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social really didn’t work, huh? Such a shame… #StreisandEffect @colbertlateshow.bsky.social youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Over a million views in 11 hours. Guess the bad guys trying to silence this Colbert interview with @jamestalarico.bsky.social really didn’t work, huh? Such a shame… #StreisandEffect @colbertlateshow.bsky.social youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Reposted by Michael Hale
Our assignment is to embarrass fascist hack and Trump-panderer Bari Weiss by making sure this segment, which she banned from airing, gets more views on YouTube than it would have gotten on CBS. #StreisandEffect
Trump’s propaganda czar Brendan Carr and Trump-controlled CBS refused to let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico. You can watch the interview here, and it already has 1.4M views. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Our assignment is to embarrass fascist hack and Trump-panderer Bari Weiss by making sure this segment, which she banned from airing, gets more views on YouTube than it would have gotten on CBS. #StreisandEffect
Reposted by Michael Hale
(CNN) - The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
February 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
(CNN) - The United States has fallen to its worst-ever position in a leading global index that measures perception of corruption in the public sector among independent experts and businesspeople.
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/b...
Reposted by Michael Hale
the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
the rollout of the mRNA vaccines was one of the greatest public health triumphs in history and the end result has been the all-around triumph of the antivax movement and I will never get over it
Reposted by Michael Hale
Reposted by Michael Hale
Powerful delivery here
Ossoff: "Among today's false prophets are the election deniers who indulge this president's obsession with overturning the 2020 election. Hear me when I say this -- they tell a lie so absurd, and therefore so debasing, that the act of telling it proves the teller's total and humiliating submission."
February 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Powerful delivery here
Reposted by Michael Hale
Yeah sure Storm the Capital, Change Laws of the Constitution, force Americans to get and pay for unobtainable requirements to vote..to weed out the (avg) of 4 illegal immigrant votes per Election
February 15, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Yeah sure Storm the Capital, Change Laws of the Constitution, force Americans to get and pay for unobtainable requirements to vote..to weed out the (avg) of 4 illegal immigrant votes per Election
Reposted by Michael Hale
Mike Lindell is asked to explain why he has spent over half of the $350,000 in campaign contributions he’s taken in buying copies of his own book. He says he hands them out instead of fliers and “we got them for a good price.”
February 16, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Mike Lindell is asked to explain why he has spent over half of the $350,000 in campaign contributions he’s taken in buying copies of his own book. He says he hands them out instead of fliers and “we got them for a good price.”
Reposted by Michael Hale
I will never not share my favorite public health poster.
February 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I will never not share my favorite public health poster.
Reposted by Michael Hale
Reposted by Michael Hale
Trump's dictatorship coup is now fully in the open. Wake up America.
February 14, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Trump's dictatorship coup is now fully in the open. Wake up America.
Reposted by Michael Hale
Reposted by Michael Hale
We absolutely must not let this pass:
Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
February 15, 2026 at 1:22 AM
We absolutely must not let this pass:
Reposted by Michael Hale
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
CCTV footage appears to show DHS agents posing as people having car trouble in order to lure a target out of his house before arresting them. The target comes out and starts helping them before 3 vehicles surround the scene. The car "experiencing" trouble then drives off with them.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.
Reposted by Michael Hale
For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
February 15, 2026 at 12:05 AM
For those unaware, a quick primer on perhaps the most dangerous of the oligarchs.
Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel.
Reposted by Michael Hale
Trump's former attorney. "THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"
February 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Trump's former attorney. "THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"
Reposted by Michael Hale
Reposted by Michael Hale
NEW: CBP signs a new deal with Clearview AI to access its scraped image database for "tactical targeting," including efforts to “disrupt, degrade, and dismantle” networks of people labeled security threats.
CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for ‘Tactical Targeting’
US Border Patrol intelligence units will gain access to a face recognition tool built on billions of images scraped from the internet.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:37 PM
NEW: CBP signs a new deal with Clearview AI to access its scraped image database for "tactical targeting," including efforts to “disrupt, degrade, and dismantle” networks of people labeled security threats.
Reposted by Michael Hale
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office
February 14, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office