Mike in the Box
@mike-in-the-box.bsky.social
Pro-democracy American.
I ignore all DMs, so please don't take it personally.
I ignore all DMs, so please don't take it personally.
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NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
NEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
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Trump removed the acting watchdog for the Federal Housing Finance Agency last week, one of several recent removals of acting inspectors general.
As POGO's Faith Williams said, “We are looking at a system now that is much weaker." https://bit.ly/4nUwI3P
As POGO's Faith Williams said, “We are looking at a system now that is much weaker." https://bit.ly/4nUwI3P
Housing regulator watchdog ousted, another in Trump's ongoing replacement of acting inspectors general
Trump has replaced at least five acting IGs and fired nearly 20 of the oversight officials.
www.govexec.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trump removed the acting watchdog for the Federal Housing Finance Agency last week, one of several recent removals of acting inspectors general.
As POGO's Faith Williams said, “We are looking at a system now that is much weaker." https://bit.ly/4nUwI3P
As POGO's Faith Williams said, “We are looking at a system now that is much weaker." https://bit.ly/4nUwI3P
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The difference, though, is that the economy now under Trump is getting worse, inflation is increasing, job growth is happening, etc. The puzzle about Biden was that the economy was actually good & everyone thought it was terrible:
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November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The difference, though, is that the economy now under Trump is getting worse, inflation is increasing, job growth is happening, etc. The puzzle about Biden was that the economy was actually good & everyone thought it was terrible:
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bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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“Miracle” Mile “shopping center” in Chicago
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
“Miracle” Mile “shopping center” in Chicago
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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Democrats already lost, bud, they don't have control of the House, the Senate, SCOTUS, or the Presidency.
You're literally living through what you claim to want, yet you're still unable to make your ideas come to pass! Why is that? Dems just didn't lose *enough*?
You're literally living through what you claim to want, yet you're still unable to make your ideas come to pass! Why is that? Dems just didn't lose *enough*?
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Democrats already lost, bud, they don't have control of the House, the Senate, SCOTUS, or the Presidency.
You're literally living through what you claim to want, yet you're still unable to make your ideas come to pass! Why is that? Dems just didn't lose *enough*?
You're literally living through what you claim to want, yet you're still unable to make your ideas come to pass! Why is that? Dems just didn't lose *enough*?
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He can still resign now.
In an emotional excerpt from his new book, Sen. John Fetterman said he should have dropped out of his 2022 senatorial race while severely battling depression after his stroke.
John Fetterman said he ‘should have quit’ Senate bid in an excerpt from his new book
John Fetterman gave an emotional look into his struggle with depression in an excerpt of his new book Unfettered.
www.inquirer.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
He can still resign now.
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There’s been a lot of talk about MTG ‘going sane,’ but let’s all be cautious in that asssssment ok?
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
There’s been a lot of talk about MTG ‘going sane,’ but let’s all be cautious in that asssssment ok?
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F both of them.
Jon Stewart mocked Democrats for squandering last week’s election wins while Stephen Colbert said the party achieved “jack squat” from the shutdown.
Late Night Hosts Mock Senate Democrats Saying They ‘Caved’ On Shutdown
Jon Stewart mocked Democrats for squandering last week’s election wins while Stephen Colbert said the party achieved “jack squat” from the shutdown.
www.forbes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
F both of them.
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Just to remind anyone we never had issues with mail in voting until this fat fuck came along. Really thanks white voters.
Unfortunately I am here to tell you: it's time to worry about what the Supreme Court is going to do to mail ballots postmarked by election day that arrive after election day, in states across the country. This could be enormous.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
SCOTUS to Hear GOP Lawsuit That Could Radically Restrict Mail Voting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Just to remind anyone we never had issues with mail in voting until this fat fuck came along. Really thanks white voters.
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The fact that Democrats get blamed for the Republicans taking away the subsidies but for some reason never got any credit for getting them in the first place has my blood boiling.
November 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The fact that Democrats get blamed for the Republicans taking away the subsidies but for some reason never got any credit for getting them in the first place has my blood boiling.
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Being pissed is fine. It’s good. Saying that Democrats are the ones who took health care subsidies away is a vicious fucking lie that is meant to demotivate people, to republicans’ benefit, and you know it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Being pissed is fine. It’s good. Saying that Democrats are the ones who took health care subsidies away is a vicious fucking lie that is meant to demotivate people, to republicans’ benefit, and you know it.
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What the actual fuck???
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
Democrats want to extend Obamacare credits. Republicans have other ideas. (Politico)
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
What the actual fuck???
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
“Cassidy has been exhorting his colleagues to back a new idea to put money into employer-sponsored accounts that would allow individuals to set aside pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.”
HALF OF ACA ENROLLEES ARE SELF-EMPLOYED.
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Schumer didn't negotiate this and voted against it and released a statement against it and is reported to have tried to push the eight who voted for it to not do so.
But other than all of that, I guess this is totally Schumer's fault somehow.
But other than all of that, I guess this is totally Schumer's fault somehow.
Schumer allows a provision to go into the supposedly “clean” CR to allow people like Ted Cruz to file lawsuits for money over Jack Smith’s J6 investigation. Amazing Dem leadership in the senate. Thanks Chuck!
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Schumer didn't negotiate this and voted against it and released a statement against it and is reported to have tried to push the eight who voted for it to not do so.
But other than all of that, I guess this is totally Schumer's fault somehow.
But other than all of that, I guess this is totally Schumer's fault somehow.
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Impersonating a federal officer is a felony‼️
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Impersonating a federal officer is a felony‼️
Oh shit.
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Oh shit.
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They. Were. Going. To. Do. That. With. SNAP. Suspended. And. Exhausted. Unpaid. ATC. Workers. Too.
There was no good option here! That outcome ended last November
There was no good option here! That outcome ended last November
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
They. Were. Going. To. Do. That. With. SNAP. Suspended. And. Exhausted. Unpaid. ATC. Workers. Too.
There was no good option here! That outcome ended last November
There was no good option here! That outcome ended last November
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The loudest, most irritated of the counter-protesters just got jumped after yelling that N-word at protesters.
Police are on scene
Police are on scene
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The loudest, most irritated of the counter-protesters just got jumped after yelling that N-word at protesters.
Police are on scene
Police are on scene
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I know this is frowned upon to say out loud sometimes but anyone who bashes or calls for a primary against Lauren Underwood, one of the most effective legislators in Congress & 1 of the people in charge of recruiting House candidates to win the House back in 2026, is too stupid to have an opinion.
November 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I know this is frowned upon to say out loud sometimes but anyone who bashes or calls for a primary against Lauren Underwood, one of the most effective legislators in Congress & 1 of the people in charge of recruiting House candidates to win the House back in 2026, is too stupid to have an opinion.
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Blocking people who demand that Senator Schumer be replaced for voting yes.
"But he voted no."
*agitated flailing*
"Then he should be replaced for not making ALL Dems vote no! AND he can't spin straw into gold!!11!"
LOL. Shifting goalposts = unserious person.
"But he voted no."
*agitated flailing*
"Then he should be replaced for not making ALL Dems vote no! AND he can't spin straw into gold!!11!"
LOL. Shifting goalposts = unserious person.
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Blocking people who demand that Senator Schumer be replaced for voting yes.
"But he voted no."
*agitated flailing*
"Then he should be replaced for not making ALL Dems vote no! AND he can't spin straw into gold!!11!"
LOL. Shifting goalposts = unserious person.
"But he voted no."
*agitated flailing*
"Then he should be replaced for not making ALL Dems vote no! AND he can't spin straw into gold!!11!"
LOL. Shifting goalposts = unserious person.
Many of us thought Indivisible was a pro-democracy group, or an anti-Republican group. It is, in fact, an anti-Democratic Party group.
The group behind “No Kings,” @indivisible.org warns primary challengers for some Senate Dems are coming after the big cave in shutdown battle. youtu.be/rGU51i00ed8?...
BREAKING: MESSAGE TO SENATE: 'SELLOUTS GET PRIMARIED' Ezra Levin weighs in
YouTube video by Jim Acosta
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Many of us thought Indivisible was a pro-democracy group, or an anti-Republican group. It is, in fact, an anti-Democratic Party group.
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This site has a serious anti-dem, anti-Black and antisemitic problem.
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This site has a serious anti-dem, anti-Black and antisemitic problem.
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I don't fuck with Indivisible any more. A lot of orgs I do not fuck with because of this mess.
@mohaveindv.bsky.social deleted their post blaming the Jews for buying off these Democrats and using our shady Jew money to coerce them into voting on cloture, but not before it was unironically reposted by 400 people.
I wonder why they decided to delete it?
I wonder why they decided to delete it?
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I don't fuck with Indivisible any more. A lot of orgs I do not fuck with because of this mess.
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Instagram has become a marketplace for neo-Nazis. Influencers are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the Holocaust, and sell merchandise. Their content, drenched in antisemitism, misogyny, and racism, reaches millions daily. Meta knows it — but refuses to act.
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Instagram’s Antisemitism Economy
Instagram has become a marketplace for antisemitism. Influencers like Hayden McDougall, Dylan Shane, Jake Shields, and Myron Gaines are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the H...
globalextremism.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Instagram has become a marketplace for neo-Nazis. Influencers are using the platform’s massive reach to glorify Hitler, deny the Holocaust, and sell merchandise. Their content, drenched in antisemitism, misogyny, and racism, reaches millions daily. Meta knows it — but refuses to act.
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