Michael Irvin Pollard
@michael-i-pollard.bsky.social
Disappointed in the pace of human evolution; observer; ponderer
The metaphorical tool and the literal tool merge on weeknights behind The Tonight Show desk.
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The metaphorical tool and the literal tool merge on weeknights behind The Tonight Show desk.
Too many representatives in congress are using “kitchen table issues” as a cover for not taking on the most heinous, cruel, corrupt and illegal abuses of the current regime. It’s like they don’t want to alienate voters who want healthcare but are cool with terrorizing black and brown communities.
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Too many representatives in congress are using “kitchen table issues” as a cover for not taking on the most heinous, cruel, corrupt and illegal abuses of the current regime. It’s like they don’t want to alienate voters who want healthcare but are cool with terrorizing black and brown communities.
A public act of resistance from a position of power and a blueprint for our elected representatives.
December 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A public act of resistance from a position of power and a blueprint for our elected representatives.
If politicians, corporations and institutions think they can protect their power, privilege and profit through acquiescence to a horrific regime, they are fools. It will take time, but the complicit will suffer right alongside their victims.
December 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
If politicians, corporations and institutions think they can protect their power, privilege and profit through acquiescence to a horrific regime, they are fools. It will take time, but the complicit will suffer right alongside their victims.
Teaching us how it’s done with this elegant, poetic and powerful response to those seeking to silence these voices.
Solange Knowles’ Saint Heron has launched a free digital archival library of literature by Black and brown authors, poets, and artists. Readers can borrow rare and out-of-print books for up to 45 days
Solange Opens Free Digital Library Of Rare Black Books
Solange has launched a digital library archive of Black and brown authors where readers can borrow books at no cost.
peopleofcolorintech.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Teaching us how it’s done with this elegant, poetic and powerful response to those seeking to silence these voices.
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Biden didn’t release the Epstein files because Merrick Garland was actively investigating Epstein/Maxwell co-conspirators all the way up until January 2025. Then Trump shuttered the probe. www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
House Democrats press DOJ for details on Epstein co-conspirators probe that was "inexplicably killed"
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein provided the Justice Department with "precise and detailed" information about 20 alleged co-conspirators, House Democrats say.
www.cbsnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Biden didn’t release the Epstein files because Merrick Garland was actively investigating Epstein/Maxwell co-conspirators all the way up until January 2025. Then Trump shuttered the probe. www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
Not even debatable.
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Not even debatable.
Sent to my Senators.
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Sent to my Senators.
With respect to US Senate Democrats: The Republican fascists only threaten their power. The ascendant Democratic socialists from their own party, however, threaten their privilege. It’s becoming impossible to ignore what current leadership values more.
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 AM
With respect to US Senate Democrats: The Republican fascists only threaten their power. The ascendant Democratic socialists from their own party, however, threaten their privilege. It’s becoming impossible to ignore what current leadership values more.
Another report about what we don’t know that only reinforces what we definitely do know about what’s going on here.
Trump Administration Stops Publishing Immigration Data as It Ramps Up Deportations
“There’s no accountability, no way to assess, no public understanding about what’s really going on,” an immigration expert said.
“There’s no accountability, no way to assess, no public understanding about what’s really going on,” an immigration expert said.
Trump Administration Stops Publishing Immigration Data as It Ramps Up Deportations
“There's no accountability, no way to assess, no public understanding about what's really going on,” an immigration expert said.
www.notus.org
November 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Another report about what we don’t know that only reinforces what we definitely do know about what’s going on here.
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Paying half is classic of the Trump administration: it is going to create an administrative nightmare for clients but also states who now have to rejig their systems. And it remains unnecessary: the money is there to pay all benefits.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
Trump administration will provide only half of usual food stamp benefits in November | CNN Politics
The Trump administration said today that it will provide partial food stamp benefits for November by tapping into the program’s contingency fund amid the ongoing government shutdown.
www.cnn.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Paying half is classic of the Trump administration: it is going to create an administrative nightmare for clients but also states who now have to rejig their systems. And it remains unnecessary: the money is there to pay all benefits.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
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After gleefully and illegally plowing over every statute and regulation they don't like—such as by destroying USAID, refusing to enforce CFPB regs, and withholding SNAP funding—the Trump admin has decided 88 FR 8255 is ironclad law that must be ruthlessly enforced to ensure more people go hungry.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
After gleefully and illegally plowing over every statute and regulation they don't like—such as by destroying USAID, refusing to enforce CFPB regs, and withholding SNAP funding—the Trump admin has decided 88 FR 8255 is ironclad law that must be ruthlessly enforced to ensure more people go hungry.
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Posting this from September now since Conde Nast is merging Teen Vogue into Vogue and cutting the politics section.
www.teenvogue.com/story/men-dr...
www.teenvogue.com/story/men-dr...
How ICE Raids Are Making It Easier for Civilian Men to Assault Immigrant Women
"This phenomenon is only possible because of the outsized power that state agents have always had to abuse and control women and victims' bodies," argues Kylie Cheung.
www.teenvogue.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Posting this from September now since Conde Nast is merging Teen Vogue into Vogue and cutting the politics section.
www.teenvogue.com/story/men-dr...
www.teenvogue.com/story/men-dr...
Yup. I was gonna say that.
Humanity’s quest for a theory of everything drives much of science, but can we ever truly know the universe? | https://bit.ly/47gHJqU
Philosopher of science JB Manchak argues that even with all possible perspectives, it’s impossible to grasp the full structure of spacetime from within.
#philsci 🧪
Philosopher of science JB Manchak argues that even with all possible perspectives, it’s impossible to grasp the full structure of spacetime from within.
#philsci 🧪
The universe is unknowable from within it | JB Manchak
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Yup. I was gonna say that.
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This is amazing!!
October 24, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is amazing!!
I’m thinking about how much horror and shame I would feel if I just found out I had been accidentally sporting a Nazi tattoo for 18 years. I’m thinking it would be somewhat crippling, at least for a little while. I’m thinking I would find it nearly impossible to continue to run for public office.
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I’m thinking about how much horror and shame I would feel if I just found out I had been accidentally sporting a Nazi tattoo for 18 years. I’m thinking it would be somewhat crippling, at least for a little while. I’m thinking I would find it nearly impossible to continue to run for public office.
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I can't really explain fully why this is the thing of all things that got my jaw on the floor but I guess it's such a literal symbol and also such a jaw dropping amount of money while small businesses are struggling to survive the tariffs
Such a visible "go fuck yourself"
Such a visible "go fuck yourself"
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
wapo.st
October 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I can't really explain fully why this is the thing of all things that got my jaw on the floor but I guess it's such a literal symbol and also such a jaw dropping amount of money while small businesses are struggling to survive the tariffs
Such a visible "go fuck yourself"
Such a visible "go fuck yourself"
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And so satisfying.
MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.
October 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
And so satisfying.
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A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....
Thoughts and prayers go out to Mitch McConnell. What I am thinking and praying I’ll keep to myself.
October 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Thoughts and prayers go out to Mitch McConnell. What I am thinking and praying I’ll keep to myself.
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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
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remember when D'Angelo randomly dropped a killer track on the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack, and it turned out that he was such a big fan of the series that he actually playtested the game? RIP to an absolute legend.
Red Dead Redemption 2 - May I? Stand Unshaken (Cinematic Camera)
YouTube video by Brad Potts
www.youtube.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
remember when D'Angelo randomly dropped a killer track on the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack, and it turned out that he was such a big fan of the series that he actually playtested the game? RIP to an absolute legend.
WTF with all these headlines like, “Who Do Voters Blame for the Shutdown?” We ARE the voters! What, we need some media conglomerate to tell us who we’re blaming!? It’s not only insufferably condescending but also disingenuous and manipulative. Ugh…what a mess we’ve become.
October 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
WTF with all these headlines like, “Who Do Voters Blame for the Shutdown?” We ARE the voters! What, we need some media conglomerate to tell us who we’re blaming!? It’s not only insufferably condescending but also disingenuous and manipulative. Ugh…what a mess we’ve become.