Michele 1 L
@michele1l.bsky.social
Cat staff, amateur barista, weather nerd, M&A and corporate law junkie
Apparently the Hatch Act, Appropriations Clause & Anti-Deficiency Act are no longer in effect. I must have missed that news.
October 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Apparently the Hatch Act, Appropriations Clause & Anti-Deficiency Act are no longer in effect. I must have missed that news.
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Really don’t know what to tell people as someone who has written and spoken about the far right and authoritarianism and is in the academic side of this that we crossed the rubicon tonight when Trump declared he and the AG are the sole arbitrators of law.
This is it. It’s here there is no going back
This is it. It’s here there is no going back
February 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Really don’t know what to tell people as someone who has written and spoken about the far right and authoritarianism and is in the academic side of this that we crossed the rubicon tonight when Trump declared he and the AG are the sole arbitrators of law.
This is it. It’s here there is no going back
This is it. It’s here there is no going back
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NEW --There's this guy in the executive branch who in less than a month has already spent NEARLY 11 MILLION DOLLARS of taxpayer money playing golf.
Yet the whole thing has flown under the radar of the crack waste/fraud/abuse squad over at DOGE somehow.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Yet the whole thing has flown under the radar of the crack waste/fraud/abuse squad over at DOGE somehow.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Donald Trump Has Already Spent $10.7 Million Of Taxpayer Money Playing Golf
Somehow, the expense has flown under the radar of the waste, fraud and abuse experts at DOGE.
www.huffpost.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
NEW --There's this guy in the executive branch who in less than a month has already spent NEARLY 11 MILLION DOLLARS of taxpayer money playing golf.
Yet the whole thing has flown under the radar of the crack waste/fraud/abuse squad over at DOGE somehow.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Yet the whole thing has flown under the radar of the crack waste/fraud/abuse squad over at DOGE somehow.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
— The Federalist Papers
— The Federalist Papers
Trump official announces that Trump has signed an executive order claiming that only the president can speak for “what the law is”
(This is not how the Constitution works)
(This is not how the Constitution works)
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”
— The Federalist Papers
— The Federalist Papers
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Seems bad.
But also same thing that Musk did at Twitter, where he fired a bunch of people he needed and then had to beg them to come back.
Just with, well, slightly bigger consequences this time.
But also same thing that Musk did at Twitter, where he fired a bunch of people he needed and then had to beg them to come back.
Just with, well, slightly bigger consequences this time.
Musk's minions are *firing people responsible for securing our nation's nuclear arsenal and their panicked bosses are frantically reaching out to them to say actually no please come back oops*
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
Mass layoffs now paused at US nuclear weapons agency
abcnews.go.com
February 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Seems bad.
But also same thing that Musk did at Twitter, where he fired a bunch of people he needed and then had to beg them to come back.
Just with, well, slightly bigger consequences this time.
But also same thing that Musk did at Twitter, where he fired a bunch of people he needed and then had to beg them to come back.
Just with, well, slightly bigger consequences this time.
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It's. Not. His. Government.
January 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
It's. Not. His. Government.
Not perfect, but my script to my Congressman and Senators this morning:
January 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Not perfect, but my script to my Congressman and Senators this morning:
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In his parting message @jimacosta.bsky.social said we should all post:
I will not give into the lies.
I will not give into the fear.
We understand the assignment, Jim. And fuck @cnn.com.
I will not give into the lies.
I will not give into the fear.
We understand the assignment, Jim. And fuck @cnn.com.
January 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
In his parting message @jimacosta.bsky.social said we should all post:
I will not give into the lies.
I will not give into the fear.
We understand the assignment, Jim. And fuck @cnn.com.
I will not give into the lies.
I will not give into the fear.
We understand the assignment, Jim. And fuck @cnn.com.
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Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
January 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."
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"You are on more medications than your eighty-nine-year-old mother, whose suspicions during your teen years that you were on drugs have finally panned out."
Signs You Are a Gen-Xer Who’s About to Turn Sixty
1. You own music in so many formats that your collection could be housed in an audio museum. 2. Back in your day, people feared measles more than t...
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January 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"You are on more medications than your eighty-nine-year-old mother, whose suspicions during your teen years that you were on drugs have finally panned out."
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This tweet by @juliusgoat.bsky.social from last March just popped up for me again.
It is still apropos.
Machines built to eat people don't stop until they run out of people.
It is still apropos.
Machines built to eat people don't stop until they run out of people.
November 14, 2024 at 10:00 PM
This tweet by @juliusgoat.bsky.social from last March just popped up for me again.
It is still apropos.
Machines built to eat people don't stop until they run out of people.
It is still apropos.
Machines built to eat people don't stop until they run out of people.
Back more regularly after eXiting. Hello! I was able to capture the comet from a few weeks ago, but feels like a lifetime.
November 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Back more regularly after eXiting. Hello! I was able to capture the comet from a few weeks ago, but feels like a lifetime.
@darthbluesky.bsky.social We had to say goodbye to Chip today. He was a very good boy. ❤️🌈
August 2, 2023 at 3:03 AM
@darthbluesky.bsky.social We had to say goodbye to Chip today. He was a very good boy. ❤️🌈
July 19, 2023 at 10:38 PM
Never, ever, waive due diligence.
Hahahaha- Elon is suing the Twitter lawyers that forced him to go through with buying the company. https://www.plainsite.org/dockets/download.html?id=314579501&z=4472a158
www.plainsite.org
July 8, 2023 at 12:03 AM
Never, ever, waive due diligence.
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Okay, okay, my post about the injunction against the federal government from talking to social media companies is finally up: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/06/the-good-the-bad-and-the-incredibly-ugly-in-the-court-ruling-regarding-government-contacts-with-social-media/
The Good, The Bad, And The Incredibly Ugly In The Court Ruling Regarding Government Contacts With So...
One has to think that Donald Trump judicial appointee Judge Terry Doughty deliberately waited until July 4th (when the courts are closed) to release his ruling on the requested preliminary injuncti…
www.techdirt.com
July 6, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Okay, okay, my post about the injunction against the federal government from talking to social media companies is finally up: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/06/the-good-the-bad-and-the-incredibly-ugly-in-the-court-ruling-regarding-government-contacts-with-social-media/
I’ll admit I was Threads curious. It was horrifying, I left so fast I forgot to deactivate my profile before deleting the app. Had to redownload the app again *shudder* to deactivate, then deleted the app again. That’s a nope from me.
July 6, 2023 at 3:10 AM
I’ll admit I was Threads curious. It was horrifying, I left so fast I forgot to deactivate my profile before deleting the app. Had to redownload the app again *shudder* to deactivate, then deleted the app again. That’s a nope from me.
Before the end of my first day here I had better share a picture of my meownager Porter.
July 2, 2023 at 3:41 AM
Before the end of my first day here I had better share a picture of my meownager Porter.
The Twitter rate limit is particularly concerning on severe weather risk days, when Twitter was a good way to get the latest watches, warnings, and spotter reports. Not sure where the weather nerds will end up, but I’m happy to be here. #wx
July 1, 2023 at 7:49 PM
The Twitter rate limit is particularly concerning on severe weather risk days, when Twitter was a good way to get the latest watches, warnings, and spotter reports. Not sure where the weather nerds will end up, but I’m happy to be here. #wx