Michael Mechanic
@michaelmechanic.bsky.social
Mother Jones editor; author of "Jackpot," an "entertaining and eviscerating" (Jane Mayer) book on America's wealth insanity (readjackpot.com); piano player turned punk rock drummer turned old-time fiddler; dad of Gen Zers; gardener; curmudgeon about town.
Apart from being heartless, this just doesn't seem like a smart political strategy.
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Apart from being heartless, this just doesn't seem like a smart political strategy.
Musk has so far lost $7 billion today. How absurd is that? He'll probably make it up tomorrow.
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Musk has so far lost $7 billion today. How absurd is that? He'll probably make it up tomorrow.
I guess the Trump Labor Department's ideal workforce is, uh... frat boys?
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I guess the Trump Labor Department's ideal workforce is, uh... frat boys?
I dunno, man. The story may be legit, but to run it now, instead of like 10 months ago, just comes across as less than unbiased.
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I dunno, man. The story may be legit, but to run it now, instead of like 10 months ago, just comes across as less than unbiased.
USDA homepage today. For federal employees to engage in partisan messaging on official channels is explicitly ILLEGAL under 5 U.S. Code § 7323. They are doing this all across the federal government. Is anybody going to sue them? (See www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...)
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
USDA homepage today. For federal employees to engage in partisan messaging on official channels is explicitly ILLEGAL under 5 U.S. Code § 7323. They are doing this all across the federal government. Is anybody going to sue them? (See www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/...)
Trump is screwing the pooch, and everybody knows it. New polling from @washingtonpost.com.
October 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trump is screwing the pooch, and everybody knows it. New polling from @washingtonpost.com.
This Reuters chart is pretty remarkable and I think it reveals Trump's true agenda, which is really all about just cashing in on his presidency.
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This Reuters chart is pretty remarkable and I think it reveals Trump's true agenda, which is really all about just cashing in on his presidency.
Bob Spence calls himself a "kid from the 60s." He's been to a lot of demos, but yesterday's #NoKings was his biggest yet. Top concern: "They have learned how to take power and they are following the playbook of every autocrat in history."
October 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Bob Spence calls himself a "kid from the 60s." He's been to a lot of demos, but yesterday's #NoKings was his biggest yet. Top concern: "They have learned how to take power and they are following the playbook of every autocrat in history."
Okay, JD, here are four young people who don't participate in your racist, pro-Hitler group chats. Instead, they come out and support the true spirit of their country. I met them at the Oakland #NoKings yesterday.
October 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Okay, JD, here are four young people who don't participate in your racist, pro-Hitler group chats. Instead, they come out and support the true spirit of their country. I met them at the Oakland #NoKings yesterday.
NYT: "When asked if the president had a comment on the demonstrations, Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, gave a brief response in an email. "'Who cares,' she said.
Can you imagine a more sociopathic response?
WE care, motherfucker!
Can you imagine a more sociopathic response?
WE care, motherfucker!
October 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
NYT: "When asked if the president had a comment on the demonstrations, Abigail Jackson, a White House spokeswoman, gave a brief response in an email. "'Who cares,' she said.
Can you imagine a more sociopathic response?
WE care, motherfucker!
Can you imagine a more sociopathic response?
WE care, motherfucker!
October 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Breaking this baby out to go talk to my fellow Oaklanders and ask why they are participating in what Republican leaders are calling a "hate America" rally. (Which is just embarrassing, frankly.) #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Breaking this baby out to go talk to my fellow Oaklanders and ask why they are participating in what Republican leaders are calling a "hate America" rally. (Which is just embarrassing, frankly.) #NoKings
This does not make me want to drink their beer, honestly.
October 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This does not make me want to drink their beer, honestly.
A cancer on the body politic.
October 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A cancer on the body politic.
No need for these "stupid" rules of engagement," says Hegseth. Like, you know, making sure you are aiming at the right target, and not targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. www.trngcmd.marines.mil/Portals/207/...
September 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
No need for these "stupid" rules of engagement," says Hegseth. Like, you know, making sure you are aiming at the right target, and not targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. www.trngcmd.marines.mil/Portals/207/...
Isn't it great that we have a president who never passes up on an opportunity to profit from his office?
September 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Isn't it great that we have a president who never passes up on an opportunity to profit from his office?
Does this mean he's going after some 22-year-old's mom?
September 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Does this mean he's going after some 22-year-old's mom?
That's funny, because there were more than 67,000 likes on this post from the president's own son following the brutal hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband—which Donald Trump also made light of during speeches.
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
That's funny, because there were more than 67,000 likes on this post from the president's own son following the brutal hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband—which Donald Trump also made light of during speeches.
Who can name the source of these phrases? No cheating!
September 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Who can name the source of these phrases? No cheating!
This is meaningless. There's no "left" ideology. People are all over the map. And to claim "they"—who is this they?—reject truth and good and embrace false and evil...I mean, it's such utter nonsense. Elected leaders should know better than to say such stupid, stupid, incendiary things.
September 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is meaningless. There's no "left" ideology. People are all over the map. And to claim "they"—who is this they?—reject truth and good and embrace false and evil...I mean, it's such utter nonsense. Elected leaders should know better than to say such stupid, stupid, incendiary things.
I'd remind Higgins of our Constitution's First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech..."
And that, after the brutal attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband, Trump Jr. tweeted an image of a hammer and underwear, saying, “Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready.”
And that, after the brutal attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband, Trump Jr. tweeted an image of a hammer and underwear, saying, “Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready.”
September 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I'd remind Higgins of our Constitution's First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech..."
And that, after the brutal attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband, Trump Jr. tweeted an image of a hammer and underwear, saying, “Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready.”
And that, after the brutal attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband, Trump Jr. tweeted an image of a hammer and underwear, saying, “Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready.”