Michael
@chieflybombast.bsky.social
gay refugee from the other place just like the rest of you
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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Here's my take on the Jimmy Kimmel stuff (complete with videos and transcripts of what he actually said): www.readtpa.com/p/read-the-j...
Read the Jimmy Kimmel Monologue That Led to an FCC Crackdown
The comedian condemned Kirk's murder and called it "monstrous." That wasn't enough. He had to mourn correctly or lose his show.
www.readtpa.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Here's my take on the Jimmy Kimmel stuff (complete with videos and transcripts of what he actually said): www.readtpa.com/p/read-the-j...
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I’ve seen arguments that the fascists don’t need a reason to use the power of the state to punish their political opponents. I disagree strongly with this sentiment. Public opinion absolutely matters. They can and will get away with more attacks if people buy into their lies about collective guilt.
September 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve seen arguments that the fascists don’t need a reason to use the power of the state to punish their political opponents. I disagree strongly with this sentiment. Public opinion absolutely matters. They can and will get away with more attacks if people buy into their lies about collective guilt.
Got told I looked like I got no sleep last night by a TSA agent 🔫
September 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Got told I looked like I got no sleep last night by a TSA agent 🔫
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You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
You know that boat the administration blew up? A former law enforcement official told the NYT the boat seemed to be carrying not drugs but *’migrants *
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...
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This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
August 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Unlike most government officials, Cook's salary isn't paid out by the Treasury. The Fed is self-financing, it turns a profit and is authorized by law to use that to pay its expenses.
If they just keep paying her, and continue to let her participate, it's not even clear what he could do about that.
If they just keep paying her, and continue to let her participate, it's not even clear what he could do about that.
August 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Unlike most government officials, Cook's salary isn't paid out by the Treasury. The Fed is self-financing, it turns a profit and is authorized by law to use that to pay its expenses.
If they just keep paying her, and continue to let her participate, it's not even clear what he could do about that.
If they just keep paying her, and continue to let her participate, it's not even clear what he could do about that.
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Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
August 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Dear journalists:
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her.
Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
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Bluesky discourse about whether or not Dems will Do Something needs to pay attention to what the people in question have the power to do, but of course it will not.
August 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Bluesky discourse about whether or not Dems will Do Something needs to pay attention to what the people in question have the power to do, but of course it will not.
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GodDAMN
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
GodDAMN
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May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
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when they're done unwinding the great society, the victories of the civil rights movement, and the new deal, they will simply move on to unwinding the political resolutions of the civil war
August 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
when they're done unwinding the great society, the victories of the civil rights movement, and the new deal, they will simply move on to unwinding the political resolutions of the civil war
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all-timer www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kati...
www.buzzfeednews.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
all-timer www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kati...
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I'll add: the book is special and worth reading, but if you're more of an audiobook person, it's probably the best audiobook I've ever listened to. the first person perspective/diary aspect of the story (and the great voice actor!) really lends itself to the format. phenomenal. highly recommend
imho The Remains of the Day is one of the best things I've read for understanding modern politics. It's obviously all very attenuated given the actual subject matter, but the book paints such a clear picture of a certain type of guy who I think is just omnipresent in our current governing elite
August 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I'll add: the book is special and worth reading, but if you're more of an audiobook person, it's probably the best audiobook I've ever listened to. the first person perspective/diary aspect of the story (and the great voice actor!) really lends itself to the format. phenomenal. highly recommend
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The Roman Senate in the west lasted until 603 AD, 630 years after the end of the Republic.
JUST IN: A D.C. Circuit panel just cleared the way the Trump administration to block significant foreign assistance funds appropriated by Congress, ruling that only the head of GAO could sue over alleged violations of the Impoundment Control Act.
media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
August 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The Roman Senate in the west lasted until 603 AD, 630 years after the end of the Republic.
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History will look upon the lost interregnum as an era when the hard work of preventing a return of Trump to power after the violent failed coup was seen as already done, and that every action to secure democracy was treated by the administration as unwarranted provocation rather than vital medicine
August 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
History will look upon the lost interregnum as an era when the hard work of preventing a return of Trump to power after the violent failed coup was seen as already done, and that every action to secure democracy was treated by the administration as unwarranted provocation rather than vital medicine
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Hey y'all have you heard about this Epstein thing?
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship: A definitive timeline | CNN Politics
A timeline of Trump’s interactions with Epstein and Maxwell reveals a long pattern of social proximity and one that stands in sharp contrast to Trump’s public downplaying of their friendship.
www.cnn.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hey y'all have you heard about this Epstein thing?
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I'm not kidding about this, a DOJ that trotted out a new scammer, CEO, or corrupt politician every month that they are prosecuting to the fullest extent of the law, would, I suspect, keep the president's approval ratings in the stratosphere. especially once the convictions or pleas roll in
"we will take the people who make your phone unusable by calling 12 times a day and hang them in the town square" would win 70% of the vote
I think Democrats should offer voters a broadly defined anti-fraud platform. Yes, obviously, start with Trump’s influence peddling, but don’t stop there. Online fraud is massive, almost every phone call you get is a scam, and the solution has to be federal or it just won’t work.
August 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I'm not kidding about this, a DOJ that trotted out a new scammer, CEO, or corrupt politician every month that they are prosecuting to the fullest extent of the law, would, I suspect, keep the president's approval ratings in the stratosphere. especially once the convictions or pleas roll in
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I not only think we should tear down Confederate monuments, but we should replace them monuments to the Union Army with the explicit mention of how virtuous it was to wage war against traitors and slavers.
I will melt down your Stonewall Jackson statue and fashion him into Philip Sheridan.
I will melt down your Stonewall Jackson statue and fashion him into Philip Sheridan.
August 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I not only think we should tear down Confederate monuments, but we should replace them monuments to the Union Army with the explicit mention of how virtuous it was to wage war against traitors and slavers.
I will melt down your Stonewall Jackson statue and fashion him into Philip Sheridan.
I will melt down your Stonewall Jackson statue and fashion him into Philip Sheridan.
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Bombshell report from The New York Times reveals that President Donald Trump spoke directly to Andrew Cuomo about how to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...
August 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Bombshell report from The New York Times reveals that President Donald Trump spoke directly to Andrew Cuomo about how to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...
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this is a must-read. and it's not great that zero democratic politicians/candidates have been willing to speak up about this level of corruption over the last decade. no wonder consultants are so terrified zohran
August 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
this is a must-read. and it's not great that zero democratic politicians/candidates have been willing to speak up about this level of corruption over the last decade. no wonder consultants are so terrified zohran
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The editors who published this should go straight to The Hague. I mean literally, according to the terms of international law such as it exists.
August 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The editors who published this should go straight to The Hague. I mean literally, according to the terms of international law such as it exists.
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the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic
Emil Bove has been confirmed to a lifetime federal judgeship on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals
July 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
the republican party is a criminal conspiracy against the american republic
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BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
July 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.
American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.