S. Michele Nix
@michelendc.bsky.social
New here! Writer. Commentator. Democracy/NatSec/Politics. Fellow @TheGCSP. Veteran speechwriter & spox. @DHS. @WhiteHouse 41.
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Twenty-five girls were abducted by bandits from a secondary school in Nigeria’s Kebbi state, police say. One staff member was killed and another injured in the abduction.
25 girls have been abducted from a secondary school in Nigeria, police say
Police in Nigeria say bandits abducted 25 girls from a secondary school in Kebbi state. The incident happened early Monday morning.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Twenty-five girls were abducted by bandits from a secondary school in Nigeria’s Kebbi state, police say. One staff member was killed and another injured in the abduction.
#windmills @rpsagainsttrump.bsky. #diaperdiplomacy
July 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
#windmills @rpsagainsttrump.bsky. #diaperdiplomacy
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Reporter: I'm going to show you what 20,000 people in the streets of downtown Los Angeles looks like
June 14, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Reporter: I'm going to show you what 20,000 people in the streets of downtown Los Angeles looks like
US reputation sinks around the World (Pew Research).
June 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
US reputation sinks around the World (Pew Research).
Sad to learn of Joseph Nye's passing. What a remarkable thinker, writer, educator and public servant. Rest easy.
Joseph Nye, who coined the term ‘soft power’, dies aged 88
https://www.ft.com/content/f78aab9d-9cb0-4194-a9a3-b6d545dfc725
https://www.ft.com/content/f78aab9d-9cb0-4194-a9a3-b6d545dfc725
Joseph Nye, who coined the term ‘soft power’, dies aged 88
Former dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government served in two US presidential administrations
www.ft.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Sad to learn of Joseph Nye's passing. What a remarkable thinker, writer, educator and public servant. Rest easy.
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Today we lost one of the greatest thinkers in political science—Joseph Nye. His writings didn’t just inform me; they shaped my worldview. From his reflections on power and geopolitics to his foresight on America’s global role, his insights were prophetic. His legacy will endure for generations.
May 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Today we lost one of the greatest thinkers in political science—Joseph Nye. His writings didn’t just inform me; they shaped my worldview. From his reflections on power and geopolitics to his foresight on America’s global role, his insights were prophetic. His legacy will endure for generations.
Just another ordinary day.
May 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just another ordinary day.
"Some Trump administration officials are stockpiling toilet paper and food before Trump’s tariffs cause prices to skyrocket."
Spooked by Trade Wars, Trump Officials Hoard Supplies: 'It Would Be Stupid Not To!'
Donald Trump’s aides and administration officials are hoarding toilet paper, food, and household supplies before his tariffs cause prices to spike.
www.rollingstone.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"Some Trump administration officials are stockpiling toilet paper and food before Trump’s tariffs cause prices to skyrocket."
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Liz Oyer, the Justice Department’s recently fired pardon attorney, made a staggering claim on social media this week: President Donald Trump’s pardons of people convicted of white-collar crimes have cost Americans $1 billion.
Fired DOJ attorney says on TikTok that Trump pardons cost $1 billion
Former pardon attorney Liz Oyer says Americans lost out on restitution because President Donald Trump sidestepped the usual clemency process to pardon allies.
wapo.st
May 1, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Liz Oyer, the Justice Department’s recently fired pardon attorney, made a staggering claim on social media this week: President Donald Trump’s pardons of people convicted of white-collar crimes have cost Americans $1 billion.
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The White House is producing and hosting its own propaganda website to spin its narrative about what it’s “accomplishing.”
This would be a good tactic for the opposition to take on with its own narrative.
www.axios.com/2025/04/30/t...
This would be a good tactic for the opposition to take on with its own narrative.
www.axios.com/2025/04/30/t...
Scoop: White House launches Drudge-style website to promote Trump
The site represents the administration's latest effort to circumvent the mainstream media and present itself in a positive light.
www.axios.com
May 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The White House is producing and hosting its own propaganda website to spin its narrative about what it’s “accomplishing.”
This would be a good tactic for the opposition to take on with its own narrative.
www.axios.com/2025/04/30/t...
This would be a good tactic for the opposition to take on with its own narrative.
www.axios.com/2025/04/30/t...
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
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Our cover this week.
April 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Our cover this week.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on Trump's tariffs
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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April 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
April 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Let’s be clear. When the President defies the Supreme Court, it is the role of Congress to remove him from office. Full stop.
"Mr. Trump has fixated on punishing — among others — elected Republicans and officials in his administration who have defied him or later opposed him."
Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies
The president targeted two officials from his first administration and an elite law firm as part of his campaign for retribution.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"Mr. Trump has fixated on punishing — among others — elected Republicans and officials in his administration who have defied him or later opposed him."
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You can tell who the Good Guys are because they're the ones smashing a car window to drag a mother away from her child while wearing ski masks.
“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
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Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
You can tell who the Good Guys are because they're the ones smashing a car window to drag a mother away from her child while wearing ski masks.
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He has never acted rationally. But rational people kept constructing rational edifices to explain his behavior.
FUNDSTRAT tonight:
“.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”
“.. in the last few days, we have had many conversations with macro fund managers. .. A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane.”
April 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
He has never acted rationally. But rational people kept constructing rational edifices to explain his behavior.
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White House threatens to VETO the new Grassley/Cantwell bill to require Congress’s approval to impose tariffs. This affirms that it will effectively require two-thirds of the House and Senate to limit (or undo) President Trump’s moves on tariffs.
April 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
White House threatens to VETO the new Grassley/Cantwell bill to require Congress’s approval to impose tariffs. This affirms that it will effectively require two-thirds of the House and Senate to limit (or undo) President Trump’s moves on tariffs.
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UPDATE
Latest results in the critical Wisconsin Supreme Court election
(20% of votes in):
Susan Crawford (endorsed by Democrats)
Votes: 246,895
Percentage: 53.8%
Brad Schimel (endorsed by Republicans)
Votes: 212,062
Percentage: 46.2%
Latest results in the critical Wisconsin Supreme Court election
(20% of votes in):
Susan Crawford (endorsed by Democrats)
Votes: 246,895
Percentage: 53.8%
Brad Schimel (endorsed by Republicans)
Votes: 212,062
Percentage: 46.2%
April 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
UPDATE
Latest results in the critical Wisconsin Supreme Court election
(20% of votes in):
Susan Crawford (endorsed by Democrats)
Votes: 246,895
Percentage: 53.8%
Brad Schimel (endorsed by Republicans)
Votes: 212,062
Percentage: 46.2%
Latest results in the critical Wisconsin Supreme Court election
(20% of votes in):
Susan Crawford (endorsed by Democrats)
Votes: 246,895
Percentage: 53.8%
Brad Schimel (endorsed by Republicans)
Votes: 212,062
Percentage: 46.2%
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Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏
April 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏
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Senator Cory Booker has now broken the record for the longest Senate Floor speech, previously held by Strom Thurmond (24 hours 18 minutes).
April 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Senator Cory Booker has now broken the record for the longest Senate Floor speech, previously held by Strom Thurmond (24 hours 18 minutes).
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"The Trump administration acknowledged . . . it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"The Trump administration acknowledged . . . it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."