Mike In Houston
@mikeinhouston.bsky.social
Firmly left-of-center. Fluent in sarcasm, adept at Boolean searches, bringer of receipts & champion eye-roller.
Aftermath: The investigation into Epstein’s death, and the suppression of surveillance footage, occurred under the Trump Justice Department & Trump FBI (Bondi, Patel, Bongino).
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Aftermath: The investigation into Epstein’s death, and the suppression of surveillance footage, occurred under the Trump Justice Department & Trump FBI (Bondi, Patel, Bongino).
2018–2019: Epstein is arrested and federally charged again under Republican FBI Director Christopher Wray, and prosecuted under Republican Attorney General Bill Barr.
2019: Epstein dies in federal custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan—on Donald Trump’s watch.
2019: Epstein dies in federal custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan—on Donald Trump’s watch.
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
2018–2019: Epstein is arrested and federally charged again under Republican FBI Director Christopher Wray, and prosecuted under Republican Attorney General Bill Barr.
2019: Epstein dies in federal custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan—on Donald Trump’s watch.
2019: Epstein dies in federal custody at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan—on Donald Trump’s watch.
2008: Epstein receives a sweetheart plea deal brokered by Republican U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, who later became Trump’s Secretary of Labor.
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
2008: Epstein receives a sweetheart plea deal brokered by Republican U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, who later became Trump’s Secretary of Labor.
With that in mind, potamos (of the river) would mean that the Potomac River is basically River of the River?
July 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
With that in mind, potamos (of the river) would mean that the Potomac River is basically River of the River?
I'm just wondering what the average BMI of that crowd is... and how many of them rely on Medicaid.
July 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I'm just wondering what the average BMI of that crowd is... and how many of them rely on Medicaid.
Trump is rationalized as anti-war because:
He says so (and repetition = truth in cultic dynamics).
Contradictions are rebranded as strategy, strength, or necessity.
Group identity overrules evidence—to question him is to betray the tribe.
He says so (and repetition = truth in cultic dynamics).
Contradictions are rebranded as strategy, strength, or necessity.
Group identity overrules evidence—to question him is to betray the tribe.
June 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump is rationalized as anti-war because:
He says so (and repetition = truth in cultic dynamics).
Contradictions are rebranded as strategy, strength, or necessity.
Group identity overrules evidence—to question him is to betray the tribe.
He says so (and repetition = truth in cultic dynamics).
Contradictions are rebranded as strategy, strength, or necessity.
Group identity overrules evidence—to question him is to betray the tribe.
Right-wing columnists like Megan McArdle are eager to flog anything that isn't the Trump/Musk break-up or the Big Beautiful Medicare cuts.
June 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Right-wing columnists like Megan McArdle are eager to flog anything that isn't the Trump/Musk break-up or the Big Beautiful Medicare cuts.
1. MMR vaccines aren’t made from ground up abortions
2. Anti-vaxxers ARE more likely to have leprosy or some other nasty communicable disease
2. Anti-vaxxers ARE more likely to have leprosy or some other nasty communicable disease
May 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
1. MMR vaccines aren’t made from ground up abortions
2. Anti-vaxxers ARE more likely to have leprosy or some other nasty communicable disease
2. Anti-vaxxers ARE more likely to have leprosy or some other nasty communicable disease
But they can tell you what *you’re* doing that triggers *them* with no problem.
May 11, 2025 at 8:23 PM
But they can tell you what *you’re* doing that triggers *them* with no problem.
I wonder if we will be able to de-MAGA like Germany did post WWII...
May 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I wonder if we will be able to de-MAGA like Germany did post WWII...
I went round & round on that… the most rational response was “if it’s the teachings of” why isn’t it the learnings? English amirite?
May 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I went round & round on that… the most rational response was “if it’s the teachings of” why isn’t it the learnings? English amirite?
No wonder Hornets are flinging themselves off deck…
May 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
No wonder Hornets are flinging themselves off deck…
And yet, she's gone because you guys wanted censor her.
May 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
And yet, she's gone because you guys wanted censor her.
They're counting on getting away with it once - that becomes the precedent for the next time, etc.. They need Republicans in Congress to acquiesce and the Courts to shrug as it being a dispute between the Congress & the Executive.
May 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
They're counting on getting away with it once - that becomes the precedent for the next time, etc.. They need Republicans in Congress to acquiesce and the Courts to shrug as it being a dispute between the Congress & the Executive.
Simply:
This isn’t budget politics. It’s about one man trying to cancel Congress and spend our money like a dictator.
No votes by Democrats on anything budget-related - including the debt ceiling. Attach riders on everything. Don't Schumer your way into "compromise".
This isn’t budget politics. It’s about one man trying to cancel Congress and spend our money like a dictator.
No votes by Democrats on anything budget-related - including the debt ceiling. Attach riders on everything. Don't Schumer your way into "compromise".
May 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Simply:
This isn’t budget politics. It’s about one man trying to cancel Congress and spend our money like a dictator.
No votes by Democrats on anything budget-related - including the debt ceiling. Attach riders on everything. Don't Schumer your way into "compromise".
This isn’t budget politics. It’s about one man trying to cancel Congress and spend our money like a dictator.
No votes by Democrats on anything budget-related - including the debt ceiling. Attach riders on everything. Don't Schumer your way into "compromise".
I hear they're launching a new RFK Jr. line of children's coffins...
April 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I hear they're launching a new RFK Jr. line of children's coffins...