Michelle Randall
@michellr22sd.bsky.social
Bleeding-heart liberal. Hiker. Aurora and storm lover. Indie music fan. Court opinion reader. Save the National Parks!
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GOLDMAN: If your department deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application, you are violating the law, correct?
KRISTI NOEM: Joe Biden left us--
GOLDMAN: I'm not asking about Joe Biden
NOEM: *keeps talking over him*
GOLDMAN: The answer is yes
KRISTI NOEM: Joe Biden left us--
GOLDMAN: I'm not asking about Joe Biden
NOEM: *keeps talking over him*
GOLDMAN: The answer is yes
December 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
GOLDMAN: If your department deports anyone with an ongoing asylum application, you are violating the law, correct?
KRISTI NOEM: Joe Biden left us--
GOLDMAN: I'm not asking about Joe Biden
NOEM: *keeps talking over him*
GOLDMAN: The answer is yes
KRISTI NOEM: Joe Biden left us--
GOLDMAN: I'm not asking about Joe Biden
NOEM: *keeps talking over him*
GOLDMAN: The answer is yes
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In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In a normal administration, this would be a career-ending, weeks-long scandal
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In 1945, the US Army put out a training manual designed to equip rank and file soldiers with the tools to spot and combat incipient fascism were it to emerge in post-war America. Those lessons are just as American as Miller's illiberal bigotry, and worth remembering today. bsky.app/profile/seth...
The first fascistic tactic to look out for is a hate campaign against a particular religious, racial, or ethnic group. Like, for example, let's say a candidate emerges who calls all people of one nationality "rapists" and "criminals," while promising to ban immigrants from only one religious group.
November 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In 1945, the US Army put out a training manual designed to equip rank and file soldiers with the tools to spot and combat incipient fascism were it to emerge in post-war America. Those lessons are just as American as Miller's illiberal bigotry, and worth remembering today. bsky.app/profile/seth...
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47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
47 years ago today, dozens of turkeys met their unfortunate demise in a Cincinnati parking lot.
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
I was born this way
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I'm on the right track, baby
I was born this way
I was born this way
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November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
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Goldman moves to rename a bill targeting immigrants who attack dogs “The Kristi Noem Canine Relief Act”
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Goldman moves to rename a bill targeting immigrants who attack dogs “The Kristi Noem Canine Relief Act”
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Francesca Scorsese has a "Hey everyone, my dad is Martin Scorsese!" energy that is delightful and endearing.
Martin Scorsese and his daughter Francesca read Letterboxd reviews and guessed which Scorsese movie they were about.
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Francesca Scorsese has a "Hey everyone, my dad is Martin Scorsese!" energy that is delightful and endearing.
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky.
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky.
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
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I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,
…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing
…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing
October 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I see protest discourse is hitting the feed again ahead of No Kings—idk man, go, don’t go,
…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing
…but if you do go make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing and if you don’t go, make sure to link up with an org that’ll help you get into longterm organizing
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Karl Marx: "The theory of communism can be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property."
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: The Trump regime is systematically turning private companies into government-owned companies.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: The Trump regime is systematically turning private companies into government-owned companies.
EISEN: What do you say to people who say the government taking stakes in private companies and picking winners and losers sound socialist?
BESSENT: We're not going to come in and takes stakes in non-strategic industries, but we've identified seven industries
BESSENT: We're not going to come in and takes stakes in non-strategic industries, but we've identified seven industries
October 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Karl Marx: "The theory of communism can be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property."
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: The Trump regime is systematically turning private companies into government-owned companies.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: The Trump regime is systematically turning private companies into government-owned companies.
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"In a normal political moment, Dems would be right to focus on policies that make people’s lives better. But this isn’t an ordinary moment. For the love of God, it was days ago that Trump put every officer in the armed forces in a room & told them he plans to use soldiers against American citizens."
Here’s How Trump Loses the Shutdown
God help us but Gavin Newsom is the only Democrat who understands power.
www.thebulwark.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"In a normal political moment, Dems would be right to focus on policies that make people’s lives better. But this isn’t an ordinary moment. For the love of God, it was days ago that Trump put every officer in the armed forces in a room & told them he plans to use soldiers against American citizens."
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This is some of the best messaging I’ve seen so far from the Democratic Party. Please forward far and wide.
@indivisible.org
@indivisiblenoco.com
@indivisible-co.bsky.social
NOCO
#copolitics
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Hold the line -
@hickenlooper.senate.gov
@bennet.senate.gov
@indivisible.org
@indivisiblenoco.com
@indivisible-co.bsky.social
NOCO
#copolitics
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Hold the line -
@hickenlooper.senate.gov
@bennet.senate.gov
October 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is some of the best messaging I’ve seen so far from the Democratic Party. Please forward far and wide.
@indivisible.org
@indivisiblenoco.com
@indivisible-co.bsky.social
NOCO
#copolitics
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Hold the line -
@hickenlooper.senate.gov
@bennet.senate.gov
@indivisible.org
@indivisiblenoco.com
@indivisible-co.bsky.social
NOCO
#copolitics
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Hold the line -
@hickenlooper.senate.gov
@bennet.senate.gov
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STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?
MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement
STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement
MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement
STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?
MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement
STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement
MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement
STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement
Disgusting POS.
Let’s catch this guy:
“The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is searching for a man wanted for allegedly decapitating a sea lion in Pacific Grove.”
Point Pinos Beach, Pacific Grove, CA.
www.msn.com/en-us/public...
“The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is searching for a man wanted for allegedly decapitating a sea lion in Pacific Grove.”
Point Pinos Beach, Pacific Grove, CA.
www.msn.com/en-us/public...
September 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Disgusting POS.
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I feel as though not enough is being made of a president who wants to send troops into a state because he saw old clips of something on TV, thought it was happening IRL, and then said he was confused about it.
September 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I feel as though not enough is being made of a president who wants to send troops into a state because he saw old clips of something on TV, thought it was happening IRL, and then said he was confused about it.
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The modern economy relies on the cold chain, an unbroken series of links that keeps food chilled all the way from the farm to your plate. Here’s the story of the birth of that chain, beginning with a thrifty butcher and a train-hopping chemist.
buff.ly/ACmIF5P
buff.ly/ACmIF5P
npr.org
September 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The modern economy relies on the cold chain, an unbroken series of links that keeps food chilled all the way from the farm to your plate. Here’s the story of the birth of that chain, beginning with a thrifty butcher and a train-hopping chemist.
buff.ly/ACmIF5P
buff.ly/ACmIF5P
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I thought maybe it was time for a judge story.
This is a story of the time a federal judge made fun of me, repeatedly, for passing out during a cross-examination.
/1
This is a story of the time a federal judge made fun of me, repeatedly, for passing out during a cross-examination.
/1
September 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I thought maybe it was time for a judge story.
This is a story of the time a federal judge made fun of me, repeatedly, for passing out during a cross-examination.
/1
This is a story of the time a federal judge made fun of me, repeatedly, for passing out during a cross-examination.
/1
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
September 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’s happening. The takedown of Jimmy Kimmel is likely the start of a campaign to use the murder of Charlie Kirk as a pretext to use the power of the White House to wipe out Trump’s critics and his political opponents.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
But we aren’t powerless. We can mobilize and organize. Now.
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I reposted this in the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep, but you should read it (or as much of it as you can stand: a little goes a long way.) it’s interesting to me that this lawsuit didn’t get much coverage today. President sues nation’s leading news outlet for “defamation?”
No words.
Specifically, no adjectives. We’re out of them. He used them all up.
Specifically, no adjectives. We’re out of them. He used them all up.
September 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I reposted this in the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep, but you should read it (or as much of it as you can stand: a little goes a long way.) it’s interesting to me that this lawsuit didn’t get much coverage today. President sues nation’s leading news outlet for “defamation?”