JediMike70
@jedimike70.bsky.social
Teacher-Librarian. Lover of books, music, travel, quizbowl, photography, sports, and the great outdoors. Fond of democracy, social justice, and free press. Husband of one & father of two. All-around nerd (and proud of it).
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I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
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You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
November 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.
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I prosecuted international drug trafficking organizations for the Justice Department. In fact, for years one of my cases was listed as the #1 noted case on DOJ's Special Operations Division website.
But killing people with no trial or due process is wrong. It is cruel and degrades America.
But killing people with no trial or due process is wrong. It is cruel and degrades America.
November 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I prosecuted international drug trafficking organizations for the Justice Department. In fact, for years one of my cases was listed as the #1 noted case on DOJ's Special Operations Division website.
But killing people with no trial or due process is wrong. It is cruel and degrades America.
But killing people with no trial or due process is wrong. It is cruel and degrades America.
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Shapiro: I think another lesson from last night is that the American people have pretty good bullshit meters—and they know that Donald Trump’s bullshitting them. Look, I think you know two million Pennsylvanians don’t have access to SNAP right now, don’t have access to food right now.
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Shapiro: I think another lesson from last night is that the American people have pretty good bullshit meters—and they know that Donald Trump’s bullshitting them. Look, I think you know two million Pennsylvanians don’t have access to SNAP right now, don’t have access to food right now.
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Trump’s ingenious plan to make things more affordable for us is to slap tariffs on a large percentage of things we buy each month, while deporting a big chunk of the labor pool that produces our food supply.
We really don’t appreciate this man enough.
We really don’t appreciate this man enough.
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Trump’s ingenious plan to make things more affordable for us is to slap tariffs on a large percentage of things we buy each month, while deporting a big chunk of the labor pool that produces our food supply.
We really don’t appreciate this man enough.
We really don’t appreciate this man enough.
Remember when Donald Trump said the media was trying to break up his relationship with Musk and that it was never going to happen? Good times. 🤣
June 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Remember when Donald Trump said the media was trying to break up his relationship with Musk and that it was never going to happen? Good times. 🤣
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This seems bad
"The FAA is losing not only its chief air traffic officer but its associate administrator for commercial space, his deputy, the director of the audit and evaluation office, the assistant administrator for civil rights and the assistant administrator for finance and management."
Huh.
Huh.
This story has a dozen or so nice anecdotes on why institutional competence matters and exactly what we've lost by this administration's hackneyed "reforms."
wapo.st/43fc1aw
wapo.st/43fc1aw
May 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This seems bad
I owe Trump an apology. I thought he was a 2-bit con man, but turns out he is
President of the United Shysters of America.
C.E.O. of U.S. Steal.
Governor of Crime-ia.
Supreme Leader of Greed.
He is King Con.
He is the Emperor of Avarice.
He is the Pontiff of the Graft-lic Church.
President of the United Shysters of America.
C.E.O. of U.S. Steal.
Governor of Crime-ia.
Supreme Leader of Greed.
He is King Con.
He is the Emperor of Avarice.
He is the Pontiff of the Graft-lic Church.
May 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I owe Trump an apology. I thought he was a 2-bit con man, but turns out he is
President of the United Shysters of America.
C.E.O. of U.S. Steal.
Governor of Crime-ia.
Supreme Leader of Greed.
He is King Con.
He is the Emperor of Avarice.
He is the Pontiff of the Graft-lic Church.
President of the United Shysters of America.
C.E.O. of U.S. Steal.
Governor of Crime-ia.
Supreme Leader of Greed.
He is King Con.
He is the Emperor of Avarice.
He is the Pontiff of the Graft-lic Church.
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“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.”
2 Timothy 4:3 NIV
2 Timothy 4:3 NIV
2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itch...
For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want
bible.com
May 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.”
2 Timothy 4:3 NIV
2 Timothy 4:3 NIV
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Protect and defend editorial cartoonists this World Press Freedom Day
May 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Protect and defend editorial cartoonists this World Press Freedom Day
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“Are you worried?” That is always the first question.
“Of course I am worried,” I respond. “The president of the United States considers me an enemy and has promised retribution. I would be an idiot not to be worried. But I am not going to give in. I will continue to fight.”
“Of course I am worried,” I respond. “The president of the United States considers me an enemy and has promised retribution. I would be an idiot not to be worried. But I am not going to give in. I will continue to fight.”
I Worry, but I Fight
From Marc | Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.
www.democracydocket.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“Are you worried?” That is always the first question.
“Of course I am worried,” I respond. “The president of the United States considers me an enemy and has promised retribution. I would be an idiot not to be worried. But I am not going to give in. I will continue to fight.”
“Of course I am worried,” I respond. “The president of the United States considers me an enemy and has promised retribution. I would be an idiot not to be worried. But I am not going to give in. I will continue to fight.”
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"History—the sort Trump is working to erase—teaches us that when a government becomes tyrannical, the people have rights, and courage, and the will to band together against the odds to overthrow tyrants, whether kings, Confederates, or tech oligarchs."
Trump’s Big New Propaganda Push
Nothing says “restoring truth and sanity to American history” quite like lying about it.
www.thebulwark.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"History—the sort Trump is working to erase—teaches us that when a government becomes tyrannical, the people have rights, and courage, and the will to band together against the odds to overthrow tyrants, whether kings, Confederates, or tech oligarchs."
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“I would be lying if I said I don’t worry. I do. But as I wrote last month: “Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.” — @marcelias.bsky.social (4/5/25). Me too, Marc. In solidarity, LHT
April 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“I would be lying if I said I don’t worry. I do. But as I wrote last month: “Despite that worry, I cannot stop standing up for what is right. I cannot turn a blind eye to injustice.” — @marcelias.bsky.social (4/5/25). Me too, Marc. In solidarity, LHT
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Day 2 of the Golden Era.
April 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Day 2 of the Golden Era.
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Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world
It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction
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They underreacted because they still think he’s going to reverse them in a few days. Wait until they realize he isn’t.
April 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
They underreacted because they still think he’s going to reverse them in a few days. Wait until they realize he isn’t.
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The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words
"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
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"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
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April 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The @financialtimes.com is not mincing words
"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
on.ft.com/3YjtOLV
"America’s astonishing act of self-harm"
on.ft.com/3YjtOLV
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Tariffs are taxes. Consumers pay those taxes, and they are regressive—meaning they hit low and middle income people harder than high income people.
Coupled with Trump's tax cuts for the rich, this will be the largest transfer of wealth from the working and middle class to the wealthy in history.
Coupled with Trump's tax cuts for the rich, this will be the largest transfer of wealth from the working and middle class to the wealthy in history.
April 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Tariffs are taxes. Consumers pay those taxes, and they are regressive—meaning they hit low and middle income people harder than high income people.
Coupled with Trump's tax cuts for the rich, this will be the largest transfer of wealth from the working and middle class to the wealthy in history.
Coupled with Trump's tax cuts for the rich, this will be the largest transfer of wealth from the working and middle class to the wealthy in history.
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"All we say to America is, 'Be true to what you said on paper.'"
These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now.
Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.
These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now.
Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.
April 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"All we say to America is, 'Be true to what you said on paper.'"
These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now.
Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.
These words — spoken by MLK Jr. shortly before he was killed on this day in 1968 — ring just as true now.
Let's honor his legacy by continuing the fight for social and economic justice.
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They want to imprison anyone for burning down a Tesla.
For 20 years.
How much for burning down the stock market?
For 20 years.
How much for burning down the stock market?
April 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
They want to imprison anyone for burning down a Tesla.
For 20 years.
How much for burning down the stock market?
For 20 years.
How much for burning down the stock market?
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I bet everyone around trump KNEW that his formula for reciprocal tariffs was insane, but just could NOT tell him that and instead smiled and said “yes sir you’re so smart! Brilliant!”
April 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I bet everyone around trump KNEW that his formula for reciprocal tariffs was insane, but just could NOT tell him that and instead smiled and said “yes sir you’re so smart! Brilliant!”
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By raising tariffs, Donald Trump just unleashed the largest peacetime tax increase in American history. And you’re going to be paying for it.
April 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
By raising tariffs, Donald Trump just unleashed the largest peacetime tax increase in American history. And you’re going to be paying for it.
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Don't try to cheer me up www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Billionaires Poised to Lose Near Half-Trillion Dollars in 2 Days
The world’s 500 richest people are seeing the biggest two-day loss ever recorded by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as fallout from President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement continues to roil glob...
www.bloomberg.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Don't try to cheer me up www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Your nightly reminder that 3 months ago we were FINE. Humming along nicely.
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Your nightly reminder that 3 months ago we were FINE. Humming along nicely.