Michael McGrady Jr 🏳️🌈🫡
@mdmcjr.press
MDNI❌ Journalist and academic person - AVN.com, ThePitchKC.com, thehumanist.com; as seen in Techpolicy.press, Techdirt.com; others; soon a book author. https://linktr.ee/michaelmcgradyjr bisexual❤️. Based in MO.
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AI porn is destroying the adult film industry.
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I'm looking to talk to Tea users who were impacted by the hack we covered a few months ago. If you're one of those people please email me at emanuel@404media.co or hit me up on signal at @emanuel.404 www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
How Tea’s Founder Convinced Millions of Women to Spill Their Secrets, Then Exposed Them to the World
A 404 Media investigation reveals how the man who started Tea, the ‘women dating safety’ app, tried to hire a female ‘face’ for the company and then hijack her grassroots community.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I'm looking to talk to Tea users who were impacted by the hack we covered a few months ago. If you're one of those people please email me at emanuel@404media.co or hit me up on signal at @emanuel.404 www.404media.co/how-teas-fou...
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According to the diocese, the priest was legally working here. Now, he’s in ICE detention: www.ncronline.org/news/texas-e...
Texas Episcopal diocese says one of its priests has been detained by ICE
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas announced on Saturday (Nov. 1) that one of its priests, a Kenyan national, has been detained by immigration officials despite working in the state legally.
www.ncronline.org
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
According to the diocese, the priest was legally working here. Now, he’s in ICE detention: www.ncronline.org/news/texas-e...
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At Law Dork, I look into the challenges to DOJ’s subpoenas seeking invasive information from providers of gender-affirming medical care for trans minors. I write about 4 rulings for the challengers, 3 public opinions, and 2 instances of judges directly questioning the actions of DOJ’s lawyers.
Multiple judges call out DOJ's methods of defending its invasive trans care subpoenas
A trio of public rulings, including one on Friday, all side with providers. Two rulings also raised sharp questions about DOJ's moves in recent months.
www.lawdork.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
At Law Dork, I look into the challenges to DOJ’s subpoenas seeking invasive information from providers of gender-affirming medical care for trans minors. I write about 4 rulings for the challengers, 3 public opinions, and 2 instances of judges directly questioning the actions of DOJ’s lawyers.
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America has become less religious — about 28% of Americans claim no religion — because white Americans are less religious.
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Why Trump's immigration crackdown may make America less Christian
(RNS) — America has become less religious because white Americans are less religious. Most recent immigrants are religious, and many are Christians.
religionnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
America has become less religious — about 28% of Americans claim no religion — because white Americans are less religious.
religionnews.com/2025/11/18/w...
religionnews.com/2025/11/18/w...
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I am so grateful that the Guardian wrote a major story about the FBS because as a birth worker I was sounding the alarm about these people on every platform I had. I even detailed them in a 2019 thanatology talk I presented. They’re so dangerous.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I am so grateful that the Guardian wrote a major story about the FBS because as a birth worker I was sounding the alarm about these people on every platform I had. I even detailed them in a 2019 thanatology talk I presented. They’re so dangerous.
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
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NEW: Trump has offered his personal support to MAGA influencer Nick Sortor and invited him to the White House as a star journalist. While Sortor was at an event with Trump, Bondi, Patel and Noem, a warrant for his arrest was active in Kentucky.
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MAGA influencer invited to White House as a favorite Trump "journalist" has an active warrant for his arrest
A woman said he stole her dog, then assaulted her after she rebuffed his sexual advances. Now Nick Sortor is facing arrest in Kentucky for violating his probation.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
NEW: Trump has offered his personal support to MAGA influencer Nick Sortor and invited him to the White House as a star journalist. While Sortor was at an event with Trump, Bondi, Patel and Noem, a warrant for his arrest was active in Kentucky.
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/maga-influ...
jacquelinesweet.substack.com/p/maga-influ...
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An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
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"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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Man detained by ICE found dead, hanging with hands and feet tied—attorney
The Chinese national died in Pennsylvania in August, but his family's requests for answers from DHS have gone unmet.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged."
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...
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Trump is calling for the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military not to follow any illegal orders to be arrested, and he’s reposting replies saying they should be hanged and calling them terrorists.
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Trump is calling for the six Democratic lawmakers who urged the military not to follow any illegal orders to be arrested, and he’s reposting replies saying they should be hanged and calling them terrorists.
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Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. 🏳️⚧️
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. 🏳️⚧️
AI porn is destroying the adult film industry.
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
AI porn is destroying the adult film industry.
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Graham Platner's getting a lot of buzz in Maine's Democratic Senate race. He's running as a blue collar rural guy with rough edges, but he’s also an alumnus of the elite Hotchkiss School and the grandson of a celebrated Manhattan architect.
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Graham Platner's getting a lot of buzz in Maine's Democratic Senate race. He's running as a blue collar rural guy with rough edges, but he’s also an alumnus of the elite Hotchkiss School and the grandson of a celebrated Manhattan architect.
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wrote about trump not knowing why he got an MRI, and how his ignorance is not cognitive decline, but a deliberate choice for evil. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/mri-says-t...
MRI Says Trump Is A Bad Person
Trump's evil has cooked his brain
www.everythingishorrible.net
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
wrote about trump not knowing why he got an MRI, and how his ignorance is not cognitive decline, but a deliberate choice for evil. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/mri-says-t...
Marjorie Taylor Greene is a transphobic she-witch.
November 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene is a transphobic she-witch.
The refreshing part of the Epstein files is that it implicates many in the ruling class — regardless of their politics.
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The refreshing part of the Epstein files is that it implicates many in the ruling class — regardless of their politics.
I wish my undergrads would stop thinking that a peer reviewed sources is an article they find online and have their friends read.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I wish my undergrads would stop thinking that a peer reviewed sources is an article they find online and have their friends read.
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NEW: Trump says America needs more foreign workers.
His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
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His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
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Trump Organization Sought Record Number Of Foreign Workers In 2025
Labor Department data show President Donald Trump’s businesses applied to hire at least 184 foreign workers for seasonal jobs at golf courses, a winery and Mar–a-Lago.
www.forbes.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
NEW: Trump says America needs more foreign workers.
His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
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His company requested a record 184 of them for 2025.
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In 2023, long before Weiss-hating was cool, I wrote this piece for Assigned asking "What is Bari Weiss' Free Press?"
I concluded that it wasn't a news organization but something designed to look like one while pushing a right wing political agenda.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
I concluded that it wasn't a news organization but something designed to look like one while pushing a right wing political agenda.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
What is Bari Weiss’ “Free Press”? — Assigned
Local reporting now completely contradicts a recent scoop from former New York Times editor’s site, about a clinic in St. Louis that provides gender affirming care for youth. What does that say about ...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In 2023, long before Weiss-hating was cool, I wrote this piece for Assigned asking "What is Bari Weiss' Free Press?"
I concluded that it wasn't a news organization but something designed to look like one while pushing a right wing political agenda.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
I concluded that it wasn't a news organization but something designed to look like one while pushing a right wing political agenda.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
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Trump “spent hours” with one of the victims in Epstein’s home, according to email exchange between Maxwell and Epstein.
And theres more!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
And theres more!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trump “spent hours” with one of the victims in Epstein’s home, according to email exchange between Maxwell and Epstein.
And theres more!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
And theres more!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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BBQ influencer Michael Duarte, known online as ‘Food With Bear Hands,’ dies in ‘horrible incident’ in Texas
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2377872/bbq-influencer-michael-duarte-known-online-as-food-with-bear-hands-dies-in-horrible-incident-in-texas/
Michael Duarte, the influencer and chef …
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2377872/bbq-influencer-michael-duarte-known-online-as-food-with-bear-hands-dies-in-horrible-incident-in-texas/
Michael Duarte, the influencer and chef …
BBQ influencer Michael Duarte, known online as 'Food With Bear Hands,' dies in ‘horrible incident’ in Texas - Dining and Cooking
Michael Duarte, the influencer and chef known for his love of all things barbecue, died in a “horrible incident” while traveling with his family in Texas, his
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November 12, 2025 at 7:55 AM
BBQ influencer Michael Duarte, known online as ‘Food With Bear Hands,’ dies in ‘horrible incident’ in Texas
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2377872/bbq-influencer-michael-duarte-known-online-as-food-with-bear-hands-dies-in-horrible-incident-in-texas/
Michael Duarte, the influencer and chef …
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2377872/bbq-influencer-michael-duarte-known-online-as-food-with-bear-hands-dies-in-horrible-incident-in-texas/
Michael Duarte, the influencer and chef …
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wrote about Scott Galloway's book on manliness, and how his main recommendation to fix the crisis of masculinity is...for men to be more like Scott Galloway.
which is not a great rec given what he has to say about Scott Galloway. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/manly-scot...
which is not a great rec given what he has to say about Scott Galloway. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/manly-scot...
Manly Scott Galloway Explains How to Be a Man
The key is to be more like Scott Galloway, apparently
www.everythingishorrible.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
wrote about Scott Galloway's book on manliness, and how his main recommendation to fix the crisis of masculinity is...for men to be more like Scott Galloway.
which is not a great rec given what he has to say about Scott Galloway. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/manly-scot...
which is not a great rec given what he has to say about Scott Galloway. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/manly-scot...
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Across commentary feeds, grassroots mobilizations, and legislative initiatives, their focus on queer communities is explicit.
www.advocate.com/news/anti-lg...
www.advocate.com/news/anti-lg...
12 far-right influencers targeting the LGBTQ+ community
These right-wing extremists have targeted Pride events, DEI programs, and drag queens.
www.advocate.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Across commentary feeds, grassroots mobilizations, and legislative initiatives, their focus on queer communities is explicit.
www.advocate.com/news/anti-lg...
www.advocate.com/news/anti-lg...