Mike
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“I’ve got something very obvious to tell you. You’re not allowed to give up. We need to utilize this power to not give up, to remember we are a huge power that is being oppressed by these bad dudes.”
- Navalny
“I’ve got something very obvious to tell you. You’re not allowed to give up. We need to utilize this power to not give up, to remember we are a huge power that is being oppressed by these bad dudes.”
- Navalny
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@miked-up.bsky.social
· May 1
Dance floor Mon Mothma is my spirit animal during Trump 2.0.
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Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
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1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
popular.info
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
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Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
December 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):
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Today, we recognize the 84th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. We owe a great debt to the men and women who bravely served during WWII to win the war. We will always honor their memory and sacrifice, including by working to protect the world they fought to create.
December 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Today, we recognize the 84th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. We owe a great debt to the men and women who bravely served during WWII to win the war. We will always honor their memory and sacrifice, including by working to protect the world they fought to create.
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An introduction for Americans for the cult of Opus Dei, the Franco era arch-reactionary secret society at war with the Vatican and in control of the US Supreme Court. reactionary.international/cases/opus-d...
Opus Dei
A Research Consortium on the Illicit Network Undermining Democracy Across the World
reactionary.international
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
An introduction for Americans for the cult of Opus Dei, the Franco era arch-reactionary secret society at war with the Vatican and in control of the US Supreme Court. reactionary.international/cases/opus-d...
Well, they did write it, so…
The Kremlin has welcomed changes in the U.S. National Security Strategy, saying the adjustments that marked a radical departure from Washington's previous policy were "largely consistent" with Moscow's vision.
Changes to U.S. Security Strategy 'Largely Consistent' With Russia's Vision – Kremlin - The Moscow Times
Russia has welcomed changes in the U.S.
www.themoscowtimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Well, they did write it, so…
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Cinema will find a way. 💕
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cinema will find a way. 💕
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This is a year old now. How things have changed.
Thanks to Joe Biden, America’s economy is soaring ahead of its rivals www.ft.com/content/1201...
Why America’s economy is soaring ahead of its rivals
The country’s outperformance is rooted in long-term productivity growth that is the envy of the developed world. Could Trump’s policies endanger its lead?
www.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is a year old now. How things have changed.
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The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.
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And Robert Jackson did it all without a law degree, the old-fashioned way you became a lawyer.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
December 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
And Robert Jackson did it all without a law degree, the old-fashioned way you became a lawyer.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
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And note that Alito complained about the district court inserting itself into an “active primary campaign.”
Supposing the justices proceed to gut the rest of the Voting Rights Act, let’s see if they show the same alarm about states proceeding to wipe out Dem-held districts even closer to November.
Supposing the justices proceed to gut the rest of the Voting Rights Act, let’s see if they show the same alarm about states proceeding to wipe out Dem-held districts even closer to November.
The Supreme Court just handed Texas Republicans at least 2 more House seats & possibly up to 5 despite the state GOP explicitly justifying their remap based on an unconstitutional use of race in redistricting.
Unsurprising from this court, and it's a bad sign for the upcoming Voting Rights Act case
Unsurprising from this court, and it's a bad sign for the upcoming Voting Rights Act case
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
And note that Alito complained about the district court inserting itself into an “active primary campaign.”
Supposing the justices proceed to gut the rest of the Voting Rights Act, let’s see if they show the same alarm about states proceeding to wipe out Dem-held districts even closer to November.
Supposing the justices proceed to gut the rest of the Voting Rights Act, let’s see if they show the same alarm about states proceeding to wipe out Dem-held districts even closer to November.
“The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human. By robbing them of their personality, he puts them outside the pale of moral obligation."
December 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“The propagandist's purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human. By robbing them of their personality, he puts them outside the pale of moral obligation."
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The rhetoric today is nearly indistinguishable from Know-Nothing rhetoric about the Irish, the Italians, and the Jews.
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The rhetoric today is nearly indistinguishable from Know-Nothing rhetoric about the Irish, the Italians, and the Jews.
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Nailed. It.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
December 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Nailed. It.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
This is the kind of man you want leading your country.
There must be justice for each evil act of this administration. This is horrifying.
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
There must be justice for each evil act of this administration. This is horrifying.
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
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Everyone stop, this is important
July 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Everyone stop, this is important
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Ok bring that back right damn now what the fuck
Ben & Jerry's Roasted & Toasted (2015-2016): This Wal-Mart exclusive consisted of *dark* chocolate ice cream loaded with fudge chunks, fudge-covered roasted almonds, and a toasted marshmallow swirl.
November 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Ok bring that back right damn now what the fuck
Social media & AI have cooked us as a society. 🧵
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Social media & AI have cooked us as a society. 🧵
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"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable Asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong."
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
~George Washington to Francis Adrian van der Kemp, May 28, 1788.
Image: Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington, 1804. Public domain.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
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MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...