Michael 💙 🍉
@mblackard.bsky.social
Video game producer l Bit Reactor ex: Firaxis, Airship Syn, Volition, Certain Affinity, CIG, Bliz
Founder of Friend’em
Www.friendem.net
Personal account - thoughts are my own
Founder of Friend’em
Www.friendem.net
Personal account - thoughts are my own
I love my circle of life deck so much!
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I love my circle of life deck so much!
Is the song Chasing Cars in the POV of a dog?
November 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Is the song Chasing Cars in the POV of a dog?
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
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Primary all of them
The final tally to advance the CR is 62-38.
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
The Democrats who voted for cloture, giving Donald Trump everything he wants:
Cortez Masto (NV)
Durbin (IL)
Fetterman (PA)
Gillibrand (NY)
Hassan (NH)
Peters (MI)
Schatz (HI)
Schumer (NY)
Shaheen (NH)
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Primary all of them
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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1. This morning, a flurry of movement in federal rulemaking signals Trump's intent to ban transgender youth care nationwide.
If these rules go into effect, the administration may be successful in doing so.
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If these rules go into effect, the administration may be successful in doing so.
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Trump Admin Attempts To Ban Trans Youth Care Nationwide With New Federal Rules
Three new rules pushed by the Trump administration may serve as the next wave of a federal crackdown on trans youth care.
www.erininthemorning.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
1. This morning, a flurry of movement in federal rulemaking signals Trump's intent to ban transgender youth care nationwide.
If these rules go into effect, the administration may be successful in doing so.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
If these rules go into effect, the administration may be successful in doing so.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
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October 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Every now and then I go back and read the Citizens United ruling to see if it is as unhinged as I thought, and every time I do that I see it is actually far more deranged than I remembered.
levernews.com/book
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I love Pokemon ZA so freaking much! I think this is my Pokemon favorite title to date. I haven’t had this much want to keep playing in a long long time!
Gah! So good!
Gah! So good!
October 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I love Pokemon ZA so freaking much! I think this is my Pokemon favorite title to date. I haven’t had this much want to keep playing in a long long time!
Gah! So good!
Gah! So good!
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If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
October 19, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If you were at the No Kings events, please wear a mask for the next few days.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
Covid is not over.
You can infect others before you feel symptomatic.
People are losing their healthcare. They’re losing their food assistance. They’re losing housing.
We need to protect each other.
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"The Supreme Court Case That Could End Free and Fair Elections"
As Trump pressures states to redraw electoral maps to favor Republicans, the nation's far-right justices appear poised to weaken the Voting Rights Act and silence American minority voters:
As Trump pressures states to redraw electoral maps to favor Republicans, the nation's far-right justices appear poised to weaken the Voting Rights Act and silence American minority voters:
The Supreme Court Case That Could End Free and Fair Elections
As Trump pressures states to redraw electoral maps to favor Republicans, the nation's far-right justices appear poised to weaken the Voting Rights Act and silence the voters it was meant to protect.
zeteo.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"The Supreme Court Case That Could End Free and Fair Elections"
As Trump pressures states to redraw electoral maps to favor Republicans, the nation's far-right justices appear poised to weaken the Voting Rights Act and silence American minority voters:
As Trump pressures states to redraw electoral maps to favor Republicans, the nation's far-right justices appear poised to weaken the Voting Rights Act and silence American minority voters:
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literally no need for this
the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems.
I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.
the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems.
I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.
State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.
October 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
literally no need for this
the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems.
I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.
the protesters were just standing there, not causing any problems. then here come the police, causing problems.
I need @govpritzker.illinois.gov to tell these goons to go home. And if he can't or won't do so, I need to know that, too.
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Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID?
And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.
Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.
And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.
Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.
October 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Remember the first few months of this year, when all we talked about was DOGE and spending cuts and waste, and this administration gutted USAID?
And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.
Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.
And now they’re giving $40 billion (!) to Argentina.
Insane the amount of amnesia in this country and in our politics and media.
I’d like to understand the Dissidia situation. I love the franchise. I’ve played them all - I don’t understand why there hasn’t been a tighter knit experience like duodecim again
October 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I’d like to understand the Dissidia situation. I love the franchise. I’ve played them all - I don’t understand why there hasn’t been a tighter knit experience like duodecim again
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we need to abolish this shit
October 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
we need to abolish this shit
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You must defer to the president’s determination that there is an armed rebellion in Chicago, argues the govt’s lawyer.
That’s the Trump admin’s stance on everything. When the law doesn’t allow it, lie about the facts until it’s something that would be legal, then insist others live inside the lie.
That’s the Trump admin’s stance on everything. When the law doesn’t allow it, lie about the facts until it’s something that would be legal, then insist others live inside the lie.
Perry: DOJ's definition of rebellion would mean that
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding
"literally all nonviolent protest” could be considered evidence of rebellion. Is that your argument?
Hamilton: The president has determined there is a danger of a rebellion, and you must defer to that finding
October 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
You must defer to the president’s determination that there is an armed rebellion in Chicago, argues the govt’s lawyer.
That’s the Trump admin’s stance on everything. When the law doesn’t allow it, lie about the facts until it’s something that would be legal, then insist others live inside the lie.
That’s the Trump admin’s stance on everything. When the law doesn’t allow it, lie about the facts until it’s something that would be legal, then insist others live inside the lie.
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If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
October 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If this stuff would end up on the news it would absolutely motivate voters. Plenty of people who don't give a shit about politics would absolutely give af about this.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
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This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
October 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will.
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
The villains have shut down the government and are pointing fingers at Democrats cuz they want people to fall for an obvious lie…it’s so tiring
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The villains have shut down the government and are pointing fingers at Democrats cuz they want people to fall for an obvious lie…it’s so tiring