Hendrik Michael
@hendrikmichael.bsky.social
Researching journalism & media change, storytelling & strategic communication.
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An incompetent scene. DT's people are oblivious. There is no way to secure Venezuela unless they have a ton of boots on the ground. Continued bombing and assaults alone either strengthen the powers that be or the systems in place degrade to a point where the country collapses into civil conflict.
January 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
An incompetent scene. DT's people are oblivious. There is no way to secure Venezuela unless they have a ton of boots on the ground. Continued bombing and assaults alone either strengthen the powers that be or the systems in place degrade to a point where the country collapses into civil conflict.
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I swear to god, a kid I went to high school with who was posting the “Harris will send me to war” memes reposted this with “we’re so back”
Trump posts footage of the Maduro raid set to "Fortunate Son" -- a protest song about the Vietnam War draft
January 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I swear to god, a kid I went to high school with who was posting the “Harris will send me to war” memes reposted this with “we’re so back”
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So good.
This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
December 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
So good.
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Matt Gaetz, James O’Keefe, and Laura Loomer have replaced the Pentagon press corps.
I am not kidding. Look at the thread below.
One of the military’s most critical lines of accountability is now a closed-circuit conspiracy carousel.
I am not kidding. Look at the thread below.
One of the military’s most critical lines of accountability is now a closed-circuit conspiracy carousel.
moments after Matt Gaetz asks a question at the Pentagon press briefing, Laura Loomer gets her turn
December 2, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Matt Gaetz, James O’Keefe, and Laura Loomer have replaced the Pentagon press corps.
I am not kidding. Look at the thread below.
One of the military’s most critical lines of accountability is now a closed-circuit conspiracy carousel.
I am not kidding. Look at the thread below.
One of the military’s most critical lines of accountability is now a closed-circuit conspiracy carousel.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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Poll: Americans say “too divided”
Pundit: Dems are being too divisive
Poll: Legal system unfair
Pundit: The public thinks Trump should get away with crimes
Poll: Low trust in media
Pundits: MSM is too far left
Every time they see a nonspecific term and assume everyone thinks like a Republican.
Pundit: Dems are being too divisive
Poll: Legal system unfair
Pundit: The public thinks Trump should get away with crimes
Poll: Low trust in media
Pundits: MSM is too far left
Every time they see a nonspecific term and assume everyone thinks like a Republican.
I will never understand the pundit obsession with getting Democrats to solve "political division."
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
Not only is this what they're already doing, but Klein admits that Republicans will never do the same. So elections will remain constant GOP smears and simping Democratic promises of bipartisanship.
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Poll: Americans say “too divided”
Pundit: Dems are being too divisive
Poll: Legal system unfair
Pundit: The public thinks Trump should get away with crimes
Poll: Low trust in media
Pundits: MSM is too far left
Every time they see a nonspecific term and assume everyone thinks like a Republican.
Pundit: Dems are being too divisive
Poll: Legal system unfair
Pundit: The public thinks Trump should get away with crimes
Poll: Low trust in media
Pundits: MSM is too far left
Every time they see a nonspecific term and assume everyone thinks like a Republican.
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"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
Scandalogy 6: Power, Protest and the Politics of Emotion will be at HAW Hamburg. Call for papers is now open: www.haw-hamburg.de/scandalogy/. Abstracts from all corners of the #commsky welcome! Deadline: 15 Nov 2025
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October 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Scandalogy 6: Power, Protest and the Politics of Emotion will be at HAW Hamburg. Call for papers is now open: www.haw-hamburg.de/scandalogy/. Abstracts from all corners of the #commsky welcome! Deadline: 15 Nov 2025
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Wenn man TV-Interviews zur NRW-Wahl sieht, fällt auf: Der AfD-Begriff „Altparteien“ ist inzwischen im alltäglichen Sprachgebrauch angekommen.
Das ist, was Politikwissenschaftler*innen mit Normalisierung meinen (zu der wir uns die Finger blutig schreiben seit Jahr & Tag 🙄).
Das ist, was Politikwissenschaftler*innen mit Normalisierung meinen (zu der wir uns die Finger blutig schreiben seit Jahr & Tag 🙄).
September 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Wenn man TV-Interviews zur NRW-Wahl sieht, fällt auf: Der AfD-Begriff „Altparteien“ ist inzwischen im alltäglichen Sprachgebrauch angekommen.
Das ist, was Politikwissenschaftler*innen mit Normalisierung meinen (zu der wir uns die Finger blutig schreiben seit Jahr & Tag 🙄).
Das ist, was Politikwissenschaftler*innen mit Normalisierung meinen (zu der wir uns die Finger blutig schreiben seit Jahr & Tag 🙄).
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Save to assume Trump has destroyed $100's of billions of US over the next few years between trade & investment & high-skilled immigration & tourism. But I bet those ICE agents had some much fun coming up with racist nicknames to shout while tortoring legal foreign workers bsky.app/profile/carl...
September 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Save to assume Trump has destroyed $100's of billions of US over the next few years between trade & investment & high-skilled immigration & tourism. But I bet those ICE agents had some much fun coming up with racist nicknames to shout while tortoring legal foreign workers bsky.app/profile/carl...
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People are homeless because they can’t afford rent.
Because capitalism wrings out every piece of productivity from people while just barely maintaining their survival so they can continue to work.
Because suffering on the streets is a threat to make you go clock in.
It’s not a personal failure.
Because capitalism wrings out every piece of productivity from people while just barely maintaining their survival so they can continue to work.
Because suffering on the streets is a threat to make you go clock in.
It’s not a personal failure.
September 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
People are homeless because they can’t afford rent.
Because capitalism wrings out every piece of productivity from people while just barely maintaining their survival so they can continue to work.
Because suffering on the streets is a threat to make you go clock in.
It’s not a personal failure.
Because capitalism wrings out every piece of productivity from people while just barely maintaining their survival so they can continue to work.
Because suffering on the streets is a threat to make you go clock in.
It’s not a personal failure.
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„Grenzdebil“
Harald Welzer attestiert der politischen Klasse einen „grenzdebilen Zirkelschluss"
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(Ein Beitrag aus der aktuellen @tazfuturzwei.bsky.social )
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(Ein Beitrag aus der aktuellen @tazfuturzwei.bsky.social )
September 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
„Grenzdebil“
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$50 says that’s Stephen Miller wearing his skin
September 1, 2025 at 3:43 PM
$50 says that’s Stephen Miller wearing his skin
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Dass Menschen ganz von selbst 'rechts' werden, weil sie sich ohnmächtig fühlen, Zukunftsängste haben, ihre Privilegien sichern und ihre Frustration an Schwächeren ausleben wollen, um sich selbstwirksam zu fühlen - diese schon 80 Jahre alte Analyse ist einfach zu hoch für das deutsche Feuilleton...
Bekanntlich muss die Linke einfach die Bluse zumachen, dann hören die Rechtsextremen von ganz allein wieder auf.
August 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Dass Menschen ganz von selbst 'rechts' werden, weil sie sich ohnmächtig fühlen, Zukunftsängste haben, ihre Privilegien sichern und ihre Frustration an Schwächeren ausleben wollen, um sich selbstwirksam zu fühlen - diese schon 80 Jahre alte Analyse ist einfach zu hoch für das deutsche Feuilleton...
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It’s incredible how all these quislings spend their time saying Trump’s dictatorial actions are “distractions” from how unpopular he is when…dictatorial actions are obviously necessary to consolidate power despite being unpopular.
Jeffries on Trump planning a military crackdown in Chicago: "We should continue to support local law enforcement and not simply allow Donald Trump to play games with the lives of the American people as part of his effort to manufacture a crisis and create a distraction because he's deeply unpopular"
August 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
It’s incredible how all these quislings spend their time saying Trump’s dictatorial actions are “distractions” from how unpopular he is when…dictatorial actions are obviously necessary to consolidate power despite being unpopular.
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Lando's leadership of Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back turned out to be a tragically prescient parable for our time. Leaders of institutions: Pay attention! A story in four parts.
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
March 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Lando's leadership of Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back turned out to be a tragically prescient parable for our time. Leaders of institutions: Pay attention! A story in four parts.
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
cc: Paul Weiss, Columbia University
bcc: all law firms, universities, and civil society organizations
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Doesn’t matter how much the @nytimes.com will two-side everything, it will never be enough to satisfy this unstable maniac. So- why continue?
March 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Doesn’t matter how much the @nytimes.com will two-side everything, it will never be enough to satisfy this unstable maniac. So- why continue?
Take notes Columbia!
Anyone who contemplated complying with a fascist like Donald Trump needs to read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie first.
You can never satisfy the mouse.
The mouse will always ask for more.
The best time to say "no" is with the first request for the cookie.
You can never satisfy the mouse.
The mouse will always ask for more.
The best time to say "no" is with the first request for the cookie.
March 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Take notes Columbia!