Michelle Mertz
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Michelle Mertz
@michm8.bsky.social
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What would you do if you were ultra rich?
I would create universal Pre-K programs in every state that doesn’t have one. Once that initiative is done, I would use the remainder of my fortune to buy lunch for every child that goes to a public school.
I would create universal Pre-K programs in every state that doesn’t have one. Once that initiative is done, I would use the remainder of my fortune to buy lunch for every child that goes to a public school.
I would properly fund public schools so that every school is great. Every neighborhood has the best schools. And all kids eat free every day.
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Veteran detained by ICE: I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
December 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Veteran detained by ICE: I identified myself as a US citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas into my car, dragged me out. Even after I complied, I was held for 3 days without charges. No phone call, no lawyer, no medical care
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🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
300,000 Missouri Voters Sign Petition To Put GOP Gerrymander to Statewide Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
🚨BREAKING: More than 300,000 Missourians have signed a petition demanding that the gerrymander be put to a statewide referendum, advocacy organization People Not Politicians announced as it delivered those signatures to the state government Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“It reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany,” Omar said of Stephen Miller’s racist rhetoric—after already having to respond to Trump’s latest racist tirade.
www.jezebel.com/for-the-mill...
www.jezebel.com/for-the-mill...
For the Millionth Time, Rep. Ilhan Omar Has to Call Out the Trump Admin’s Racist Garbage
“It reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany,” Omar said of Stephen Miller’s racist rhetoric—after already having to respond to Trump’s latest racist tirade.
www.jezebel.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
“It reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany,” Omar said of Stephen Miller’s racist rhetoric—after already having to respond to Trump’s latest racist tirade.
www.jezebel.com/for-the-mill...
www.jezebel.com/for-the-mill...
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So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.
New documents reveal how the USS Gettysburg shot down an F/A-18 and nearly hit a second one above the Red Sea last year.
www.businessinsider.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
So not only were we busy telling the world what we were doing on insecure Signal chats, we were shooting down our own people at the same time. It has costs to put incompetent people in charge of national security, and I fear we are just beginning to pay them.
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
www.businessinsider.com/navy-warship...
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Gift!
Biden Says Republicans Aim to Turn LGBTQ Identity Into ‘Something Scary’
By Amy Harmon
"They’re trying to turn it into something scary, something sinister. ...it’s about giving every American an opportunity to be treated with the basic decency, dignity and respect.”
@amyharmon.bsky.social
Biden Says Republicans Aim to Turn LGBTQ Identity Into ‘Something Scary’
By Amy Harmon
"They’re trying to turn it into something scary, something sinister. ...it’s about giving every American an opportunity to be treated with the basic decency, dignity and respect.”
@amyharmon.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Gift!
Biden Says Republicans Aim to Turn LGBTQ Identity Into ‘Something Scary’
By Amy Harmon
"They’re trying to turn it into something scary, something sinister. ...it’s about giving every American an opportunity to be treated with the basic decency, dignity and respect.”
@amyharmon.bsky.social
Biden Says Republicans Aim to Turn LGBTQ Identity Into ‘Something Scary’
By Amy Harmon
"They’re trying to turn it into something scary, something sinister. ...it’s about giving every American an opportunity to be treated with the basic decency, dignity and respect.”
@amyharmon.bsky.social
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Damn good question!
So if Trump and Republicans have cut, like, 30% of government employees and programs, why is debt accelerating at record speed?
Google Trump casinos
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Google Trump casinos
www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
U.S. hits $38 trillion in debt, after the fastest accumulation of $1 trillion outside of the pandemic
This rapid debt accumulation is the fastest outside of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the debt having reached $37 trillion in August.
www.pbs.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Damn good question!
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
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The one thing Donald Trump has always and will always be afraid of is the truth. And right now, he’s scared.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The one thing Donald Trump has always and will always be afraid of is the truth. And right now, he’s scared.
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
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Robert Garcia is the model for how congressional democrats should be operating. Throw out the old approach. It doesn’t work. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Robert Garcia leads Democrats’ strategy on Epstein probe, to GOP's dismay
Rep. Robert Garcia, of Long Beach, has helped lead the House Democrats' push to secure release of the Epstein files, thrusting the second-term congressman into the national spotlight.
www.latimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Robert Garcia is the model for how congressional democrats should be operating. Throw out the old approach. It doesn’t work. www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
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"What we see on the street is just the tip of the iceberg. There's an entire world of homelessness that has been rendered invisible."
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Millions of full-time workers are struggling to afford a place to live. Here’s why
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:04 AM
"What we see on the street is just the tip of the iceberg. There's an entire world of homelessness that has been rendered invisible."
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
Here's the YouTube link to my PBS News Weekend interview:
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The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
I guess they’re just setting him up for hegseth
I guess they’re just setting him up for hegseth
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
I guess they’re just setting him up for hegseth
I guess they’re just setting him up for hegseth
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November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Just in last 48 hours:
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Just in last 48 hours:
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
-President pardons Honduran prez serving 45 years for conspiring to smuggle cocaine to US
-BUT ALSO on verge of war w/VZ based on unsupported claims its govt. is smuggling cocaine to US
-DefSec openly committing war crimes
-Trump envoy selling out Ukraine for deals with Russia
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Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.
Santa Fe tackles rental rates with first-in-US minimum wage approach
Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Santa Fe is the first city in the U.S. to directly link wages to housing affordability, aiming to counter high rents.
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This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is Bear. He is in charge of supervising Thanksgiving dinner preparation. Appointed himself to the role, but takes it very seriously. 14/10 (TT: emileebellant)
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(turkey daniel craig) gobble gobble, the weekend
November 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
(turkey daniel craig) gobble gobble, the weekend
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I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices
Unionize workers are fighting Donald Trump's attacks on wind energy. In Baltimore, they're preparing for the “Green Workforce of the Future."
www.rollingstone.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump’s Vendetta Against Wind is Gutting Jobs and Raising Prices
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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"The time to plant a tree is 25 years ago. The next best time is today."
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"The time to plant a tree is 25 years ago. The next best time is today."