Michael Zigismund
@michaelzigismund.bsky.social
I practice immigration law and criminal defense, and I love avocados.
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How difficult is it to "follow the rules to come in the right way"? Three harrowing stories shed some light.
Link to must-see 10-minute video in comments.
Link to must-see 10-minute video in comments.
November 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
How difficult is it to "follow the rules to come in the right way"? Three harrowing stories shed some light.
Link to must-see 10-minute video in comments.
Link to must-see 10-minute video in comments.
I missed this story! Trump’s Labor Department admits a lack of immigrants spells catastrophic consequences for the nation’s food supply.
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I missed this story! Trump’s Labor Department admits a lack of immigrants spells catastrophic consequences for the nation’s food supply.
President law-and-order thinks anyone calling for the military to follow the law by disobeying unlawful orders should be executed.
Meanwhile, legal experts, including the top military lawyer overseeing Trump's Pacific-Caribbean murder spree, challenge the killings' legality.
Meanwhile, legal experts, including the top military lawyer overseeing Trump's Pacific-Caribbean murder spree, challenge the killings' legality.
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
President law-and-order thinks anyone calling for the military to follow the law by disobeying unlawful orders should be executed.
Meanwhile, legal experts, including the top military lawyer overseeing Trump's Pacific-Caribbean murder spree, challenge the killings' legality.
Meanwhile, legal experts, including the top military lawyer overseeing Trump's Pacific-Caribbean murder spree, challenge the killings' legality.
Kimmel might consider interviewing neo-Nazi antisemites like Nick Fuentes if he wants Trump to stop bothering him.
(Didn’t get the joke? Look up Trump’s anodyne response to Tucker Carlson’s kid-gloves interview with Fuentes.)
(Didn’t get the joke? Look up Trump’s anodyne response to Tucker Carlson’s kid-gloves interview with Fuentes.)
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Kimmel might consider interviewing neo-Nazi antisemites like Nick Fuentes if he wants Trump to stop bothering him.
(Didn’t get the joke? Look up Trump’s anodyne response to Tucker Carlson’s kid-gloves interview with Fuentes.)
(Didn’t get the joke? Look up Trump’s anodyne response to Tucker Carlson’s kid-gloves interview with Fuentes.)
Trump & Co. know tariffs raise prices
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Trump & Co. know tariffs raise prices
What’s shocking is that the central bright spot of US economic performance this year has been the stock market.
Now we don’t even have that 😫
Source: Bloomberg, 11/12/2025
Now we don’t even have that 😫
Source: Bloomberg, 11/12/2025
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
What’s shocking is that the central bright spot of US economic performance this year has been the stock market.
Now we don’t even have that 😫
Source: Bloomberg, 11/12/2025
Now we don’t even have that 😫
Source: Bloomberg, 11/12/2025
More evidence that tariffs raise prices: Amazon raised its prices more than Target & Walmart did because Amazon is more exposed to tariffs
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
More evidence that tariffs raise prices: Amazon raised its prices more than Target & Walmart did because Amazon is more exposed to tariffs
Trade barriers don’t just raise prices. They also limit consumer options (which also raises prices by dampening supply)
And quality suffers as competition is throttled.
Any defender of trade barriers is an impasta.
And quality suffers as competition is throttled.
Any defender of trade barriers is an impasta.
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Trade barriers don’t just raise prices. They also limit consumer options (which also raises prices by dampening supply)
And quality suffers as competition is throttled.
Any defender of trade barriers is an impasta.
And quality suffers as competition is throttled.
Any defender of trade barriers is an impasta.
Trump’s attorney just admitted to the Supreme Court that Americans pay 30-80% of tariffs’ costs
(h/t @scottlincicome.bsky.social)
(h/t @scottlincicome.bsky.social)
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Trump’s attorney just admitted to the Supreme Court that Americans pay 30-80% of tariffs’ costs
(h/t @scottlincicome.bsky.social)
(h/t @scottlincicome.bsky.social)
Tangle is so illuminating!
2 weeks ago, they published the self-explanatory, “Yes, things are pretty bad right now. A frank assessment of the state of the country.”
Last week, a conservative rebuttal said: yes, but also consider Dems’ earlier abuses.
Sources in comments.
2 weeks ago, they published the self-explanatory, “Yes, things are pretty bad right now. A frank assessment of the state of the country.”
Last week, a conservative rebuttal said: yes, but also consider Dems’ earlier abuses.
Sources in comments.
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Tangle is so illuminating!
2 weeks ago, they published the self-explanatory, “Yes, things are pretty bad right now. A frank assessment of the state of the country.”
Last week, a conservative rebuttal said: yes, but also consider Dems’ earlier abuses.
Sources in comments.
2 weeks ago, they published the self-explanatory, “Yes, things are pretty bad right now. A frank assessment of the state of the country.”
Last week, a conservative rebuttal said: yes, but also consider Dems’ earlier abuses.
Sources in comments.
We've known about the UAE backing the Rapid Support Forces for about two years now 😢
October 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We've known about the UAE backing the Rapid Support Forces for about two years now 😢
Wondering why egg prices are down? Maybe because Trump allowed more imported eggs.
Meanwhile, he’s eyeing more imported Argentinian beef to lower beef prices.
Is there a lesson here about other import restrictions? 🤔
Sources: The Poultry Site (10/13); Econbrowser (10/26)
Meanwhile, he’s eyeing more imported Argentinian beef to lower beef prices.
Is there a lesson here about other import restrictions? 🤔
Sources: The Poultry Site (10/13); Econbrowser (10/26)
October 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Wondering why egg prices are down? Maybe because Trump allowed more imported eggs.
Meanwhile, he’s eyeing more imported Argentinian beef to lower beef prices.
Is there a lesson here about other import restrictions? 🤔
Sources: The Poultry Site (10/13); Econbrowser (10/26)
Meanwhile, he’s eyeing more imported Argentinian beef to lower beef prices.
Is there a lesson here about other import restrictions? 🤔
Sources: The Poultry Site (10/13); Econbrowser (10/26)
Source: Ground News
As for "enemy of the people" - see the wiki for "Donald Trump's conflict with the media"
As for "enemy of the people" - see the wiki for "Donald Trump's conflict with the media"
October 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Source: Ground News
As for "enemy of the people" - see the wiki for "Donald Trump's conflict with the media"
As for "enemy of the people" - see the wiki for "Donald Trump's conflict with the media"
Trump is openly stealing $230 million from the American people and the right-wing media yawns.
Who’s “the enemy of the people” again?
Who’s “the enemy of the people” again?
October 23, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Trump is openly stealing $230 million from the American people and the right-wing media yawns.
Who’s “the enemy of the people” again?
Who’s “the enemy of the people” again?
More analysis shows tariff revenue will barely dent the US fiscal debt
(Tax Foundation, 9/24/2025)
(Tax Foundation, 9/24/2025)
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
More analysis shows tariff revenue will barely dent the US fiscal debt
(Tax Foundation, 9/24/2025)
(Tax Foundation, 9/24/2025)
Self-censorship is bad, unless it's the right kind of self-censorship
October 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Self-censorship is bad, unless it's the right kind of self-censorship
We’ve arrived at the Two Minutes Hate of our political descent
(Image: Andrew Egger, The Bulwark, 10/17/2025)
(Image: Andrew Egger, The Bulwark, 10/17/2025)
October 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We’ve arrived at the Two Minutes Hate of our political descent
(Image: Andrew Egger, The Bulwark, 10/17/2025)
(Image: Andrew Egger, The Bulwark, 10/17/2025)
Thank heavens we finally have an anti-war president
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thank heavens we finally have an anti-war president
Once upon a time (September 2025), Republicans were concerned about demonizing rhetoric. But as in all monarchies, the rules don’t apply to royal courtiers. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Once upon a time (September 2025), Republicans were concerned about demonizing rhetoric. But as in all monarchies, the rules don’t apply to royal courtiers. #NoKings
Your latest dispatch from "The Most Transparent Administration in History!"
October 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Your latest dispatch from "The Most Transparent Administration in History!"
“Oh hey, that supply/demand thing that we have centuries of data for is still a thing. Good to know.” – Adam Bates
October 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“Oh hey, that supply/demand thing that we have centuries of data for is still a thing. Good to know.” – Adam Bates
Trump’s strategy of “declaring victory first and forcing others to fill in the details” (WSJ) is inherently shaky because the follow up is critical.
For example, in the Congo or any other conflict Trump claims to have “solved.”
Meanwhile, the Gaza ceasefire is already fraying.
For example, in the Congo or any other conflict Trump claims to have “solved.”
Meanwhile, the Gaza ceasefire is already fraying.
October 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Trump’s strategy of “declaring victory first and forcing others to fill in the details” (WSJ) is inherently shaky because the follow up is critical.
For example, in the Congo or any other conflict Trump claims to have “solved.”
Meanwhile, the Gaza ceasefire is already fraying.
For example, in the Congo or any other conflict Trump claims to have “solved.”
Meanwhile, the Gaza ceasefire is already fraying.
Trump took credit for the Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire in July.
It is now October and Trump looks forward to... a Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire.
It is now October and Trump looks forward to... a Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire.
October 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Trump took credit for the Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire in July.
It is now October and Trump looks forward to... a Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire.
It is now October and Trump looks forward to... a Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire.
An under-reported aspect of Trump and his circle’s corruption is how a tariff policy dependent solely on his whims has enriched trade lobbyists with connections to Trump and his circle
October 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
An under-reported aspect of Trump and his circle’s corruption is how a tariff policy dependent solely on his whims has enriched trade lobbyists with connections to Trump and his circle