Michael Wade
@michaelwade.bsky.social
Optimist with an eye for the absurd. Occasionally insightful but usually just entertaining myself. History, politics, and football.
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👇🇷🇺🇪🇺🇬🇧"What Russia wants with Nato airspace – and what options it leaves the west" #RussiaIncursions
#NATO #EuropeanAirspace
#NATO #EuropeanAirspace
Wednesday briefing: What Russia wants with Nato airspace – and what options it leaves the west
In today’s newsletter: Intentional or not, recent incursions by drones and fighters jets are testament to Moscow’s increasingly cavalier attitude, and pose difficult questions of the alliance
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
👇🇷🇺🇪🇺🇬🇧"What Russia wants with Nato airspace – and what options it leaves the west" #RussiaIncursions
#NATO #EuropeanAirspace
#NATO #EuropeanAirspace
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Vans full of handcuffed kids. Just arrived.
Los Angeles, Ca
Federal Building
Tonight, 7/12
Los Angeles, Ca
Federal Building
Tonight, 7/12
July 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Vans full of handcuffed kids. Just arrived.
Los Angeles, Ca
Federal Building
Tonight, 7/12
Los Angeles, Ca
Federal Building
Tonight, 7/12
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Truly wild photos coming in from Los Angeles right now.
June 15, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Truly wild photos coming in from Los Angeles right now.
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You can thank the LAPD for creating some of the most iconic protest imagery we’ve seen in a generation
June 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
You can thank the LAPD for creating some of the most iconic protest imagery we’ve seen in a generation
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I don’t know what to say
June 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I don’t know what to say
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He got shot in the head by a tear gas canister, but @acatwithnews.bsky.social reported on three days of escalation and violence by the feds in Los Angeles for Hell World anyway.
www.welcometohellworld.com/it-is-happen...
www.welcometohellworld.com/it-is-happen...
It is happening here
Three days of escalation by the feds in Los Angeles
www.welcometohellworld.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
He got shot in the head by a tear gas canister, but @acatwithnews.bsky.social reported on three days of escalation and violence by the feds in Los Angeles for Hell World anyway.
www.welcometohellworld.com/it-is-happen...
www.welcometohellworld.com/it-is-happen...
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Do you have plans when the Emergency Broadcast System announces that America is now under martial law if not start making them now. Get ready be prepared.
June 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Do you have plans when the Emergency Broadcast System announces that America is now under martial law if not start making them now. Get ready be prepared.
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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
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“You’re going to see more work site enforcement than you’ve ever seen in the history of this nation. We’re going to flood the zone.”
What set off the clashes in LA? Workplace ICE raids—from Home Depot to the garment district—as the Trump administration seeks to increase deportations at all costs.
What set off the clashes in LA? Workplace ICE raids—from Home Depot to the garment district—as the Trump administration seeks to increase deportations at all costs.
The ICE policy that set off chaos in LA
Workplace immigration raids are back—even if they could cripple the US workforce.
www.motherjones.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“You’re going to see more work site enforcement than you’ve ever seen in the history of this nation. We’re going to flood the zone.”
What set off the clashes in LA? Workplace ICE raids—from Home Depot to the garment district—as the Trump administration seeks to increase deportations at all costs.
What set off the clashes in LA? Workplace ICE raids—from Home Depot to the garment district—as the Trump administration seeks to increase deportations at all costs.
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The city of Glendale, in Los Angeles County, announced today that they're quitting an agreement with ICE thad allowed ICE to house its detainees at the Glendale police department.
mynewsla.com/crime/2025/0...
mynewsla.com/crime/2025/0...
Glendale to Stop Housing ICE Detainees - MyNewsLA.com
Glendale city officials Sunday stated they were terminating an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security to house federal immigration detainees at the Glendale ...
mynewsla.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The city of Glendale, in Los Angeles County, announced today that they're quitting an agreement with ICE thad allowed ICE to house its detainees at the Glendale police department.
mynewsla.com/crime/2025/0...
mynewsla.com/crime/2025/0...
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ICE crossed a line in LA
June 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
ICE crossed a line in LA
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If you really want to drive the point home about how fucked up ICE is then people should start forcing Star Wars themes on ICE. Protesters should start playing the imperial march whenever ICE shows up and should also start dressing like the rebel alliance.
June 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you really want to drive the point home about how fucked up ICE is then people should start forcing Star Wars themes on ICE. Protesters should start playing the imperial march whenever ICE shows up and should also start dressing like the rebel alliance.
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Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
May 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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NEW: Abrego Garcia is getting a lot of attention, but many people are asking about the rest of the men being unlawfully held in CECOT. Here's what's going on with them. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/so-what-ab...
So What About Everyone Else at CECOT?
Many have been asking about all the other people unlawfully disappeared to El Salvador, and who is fighting for them.
www.muellershewrote.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NEW: Abrego Garcia is getting a lot of attention, but many people are asking about the rest of the men being unlawfully held in CECOT. Here's what's going on with them. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/so-what-ab...
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Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
CALGARY - During an outdoor campaign rally, security rushed a shaken Pierre Poilievre to safety after he was tragically struck by a lone question from a journalist.
www.thebeaverton.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Poilievre rushed to safety after actual journalist question makes it past security
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney:
"We answered the call to defeat fascism. We know we are not always perfect, but we always strive to be good. We do not do things because they are easy, but because they are right. We will rise to meet this challenge, and we will emerge stronger."
"We answered the call to defeat fascism. We know we are not always perfect, but we always strive to be good. We do not do things because they are easy, but because they are right. We will rise to meet this challenge, and we will emerge stronger."
April 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney:
"We answered the call to defeat fascism. We know we are not always perfect, but we always strive to be good. We do not do things because they are easy, but because they are right. We will rise to meet this challenge, and we will emerge stronger."
"We answered the call to defeat fascism. We know we are not always perfect, but we always strive to be good. We do not do things because they are easy, but because they are right. We will rise to meet this challenge, and we will emerge stronger."
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PM Mark Carney points out the violations already committed by the Trump administration on the CUSMA agreement re question posed by Tonda McCharles. She's asks a follow-up and he explains very clearly to her that we need to reset the overall relationship with the US. #elxn45
April 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
PM Mark Carney points out the violations already committed by the Trump administration on the CUSMA agreement re question posed by Tonda McCharles. She's asks a follow-up and he explains very clearly to her that we need to reset the overall relationship with the US. #elxn45
I don't think this photo gets the attention it deserves.
March 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I don't think this photo gets the attention it deserves.
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This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
IT IS A COUP
This is what should be on every front page in 150 point banner headlines. All I have is this Substack but I lay it beneath your feet and pray to a higher power that I'm wrong.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP.
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next.
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open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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Democracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?
Yes. And You Can Too.
open.substack.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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"Can't spell tariffs without FFS" is my new fave mnemonic
(h/t Catherine Cullen from CBC's The House)
(h/t Catherine Cullen from CBC's The House)
correctly spelling procurement is the new correctly spelling tariffs
February 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"Can't spell tariffs without FFS" is my new fave mnemonic
(h/t Catherine Cullen from CBC's The House)
(h/t Catherine Cullen from CBC's The House)