Michael Martin
zenjive.bsky.social
Michael Martin
@zenjive.bsky.social
Blue Texan... Well, actually more of a socialist.
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June 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Former Capitol police officer Michael Fanone when confronting Proud Boys insurrectionist Enrique Tarrio: “You are a traitor to this country.”

RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone!
February 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I love Nina Simone, hadn't heard this one before today.

youtu.be/0tllTDwQKV8?...
Nina Simone - Backlash Blues (Official Audio)
YouTube video by NinaSimoneVEVO
youtu.be
February 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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"No Democrat should be voting to advance [President Donald] Trump's nominees while all of this stuff is going on."
'Stop playing nice!' AOC mad at Dem colleagues refusing to 'block everything' in Congress
Hours after Democratic lawmakers warned that billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of federal agencies is "what the beginning of dictatorship looks like," expressed outrage at being barred from entering th...
www.rawstory.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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"I gotta wonder whether Trump's tantrum was just about shorting the stock market."
'Ooof!' Trump mocked for falling for 'trick' in Mexico tariff deal
President Donald Trump temporarily backed down on his tariff threats against Mexico after reaching an agreement with his counterpart Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo — which prompted a range of reactions.The t...
www.rawstory.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Tom Morello was right.
And now, we are living in the bonafide Rage Against the Machine era.
It is time to organize.
Our government is not failing us, it is actively trying to destroy us.
#ResistForRealThisTIme
January 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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That time when I wrote this seven and one half years ago
Cryptocurrency Might be a Path to Authoritarianism
Extreme libertarians built blockchain to decentralize government and corporate power. It could consolidate their control instead.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If Adolf Hitler were here today
They'd send a limousine, anyway
youtu.be/96UtZPLiT90?...
The Clash - (White Man) in Hammersmith Palais (Official Video)
YouTube video by theclashVEVO
youtu.be
January 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Elon Musk's and X's Role in 2024 Election Interference, a letter from an alleged X whistleblower.

"What started as US election interference has now spread to other countries. We're currently doing the same thing in Germany and other European nations."

theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks...
January 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Andros totally threw shade at Wonder Woman!
youtu.be/UOzl4oozS8Q?...
On Nazis vs American Japanese Imprisonment - Wonder Woman Andros Judgement from Outer Space
YouTube video by randomlifts
youtu.be
November 18, 2024 at 8:15 PM
This (after almost 40 years?) is still my favorite comic strip.
November 14, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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Max miller v Matt Gaetz
November 14, 2024 at 12:32 AM
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Too woke? Not woke enough. Not nearly. Not even close.

To thine own woke self be true.
November 13, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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Stop being afraid.

Start preparing to fight.
November 13, 2024 at 2:10 AM
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I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.

We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.

It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.

🧵
November 11, 2024 at 12:35 PM