Mike Mielke
@mikemielke.bsky.social
Father / Partner / Ideator / Builder / Environmentalist
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My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
December 13, 2025 at 3:07 AM
My kids have measles, there are no toys on the shelves, and I can't afford a steak. But at least there's no sign language interpreter at White House press briefings now.
Trump’s Justice Department is suing California to block its new congressional map.
Pam Bondi sat there and said NOTHING while Texas, North Carolina, Missouri, and other Republican states redrew their maps this year. But California voters approve a new map, and now she wants to go to court.
Pam Bondi sat there and said NOTHING while Texas, North Carolina, Missouri, and other Republican states redrew their maps this year. But California voters approve a new map, and now she wants to go to court.
Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress
The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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The Georgia state election case against Trump is back on. Prosecutor Peter Skandalakis will replace Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Unlike the federal cases, Trump has no authority to pardon anyone for state crimes.
Georgia election interference case against Trump and allies will carry on with new prosecutor to replace Fani Willis | CNN Politics
The sprawling 41-count 2023 racketeering indictment case against President Donald Trump and several allies for their efforts to overturn his 2020 electoral defeat in Georgia will continue and is now i...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
The Georgia state election case against Trump is back on. Prosecutor Peter Skandalakis will replace Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. Unlike the federal cases, Trump has no authority to pardon anyone for state crimes.
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Trump has re-pardoned January 6 insurrectionist Dan Wilson, who was pardoned in January for his role in the attempted government takeover. Now he’s been pardoned again for an unrelated gun conviction in Kentucky.
Don’t ever tell me Trump cares about law and order. He cares about loyalty to Trump.
Don’t ever tell me Trump cares about law and order. He cares about loyalty to Trump.
Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction
The new pardon ends a legal clash over the limits of Trump’s sweeping Day One clemency for those who stormed the Capitol.
www.politico.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Trump has re-pardoned January 6 insurrectionist Dan Wilson, who was pardoned in January for his role in the attempted government takeover. Now he’s been pardoned again for an unrelated gun conviction in Kentucky.
Don’t ever tell me Trump cares about law and order. He cares about loyalty to Trump.
Don’t ever tell me Trump cares about law and order. He cares about loyalty to Trump.
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He’s not the problem…
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
He’s not the problem…
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genuinely crazy to me how unitary executive advocates read the vesting clause as granting a huge scope of essentially royal "inherent" powers. one would think that if the framers intended to give the president royal authority, they would have just said so.
September 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
genuinely crazy to me how unitary executive advocates read the vesting clause as granting a huge scope of essentially royal "inherent" powers. one would think that if the framers intended to give the president royal authority, they would have just said so.
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“About half of all Americans say the cost of groceries is a ‘major’ source of stress in their life right now, while 33% say it's a ‘minor’ source of stress, according to [an AP poll] underscoring the pervasive anxiety most Americans continue to feel about the cost of everyday essentials.” (PBS News)
September 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“About half of all Americans say the cost of groceries is a ‘major’ source of stress in their life right now, while 33% say it's a ‘minor’ source of stress, according to [an AP poll] underscoring the pervasive anxiety most Americans continue to feel about the cost of everyday essentials.” (PBS News)
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A reminder that Antifa panic was created by Microchip, who pled guilty to attempting to get Hillary voters to text their votes in 2016 and who also described helping to make the John Podesta files go viral by creating bullshit controversy.
New: For @msnbc.com I wrote abt Trump’s absurd EO declaring antifa a “domestic terror org”
I trace history of MAGA manufacturing antifa bogeyman to both distract from v real far right violence, & to create a pretext for vigilantes & police to target the wider left www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
I trace history of MAGA manufacturing antifa bogeyman to both distract from v real far right violence, & to create a pretext for vigilantes & police to target the wider left www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump‘s new anti-antifa panic is the start of something much more dangerous
The president signed an executive order Monday declaring antifa a “domestic terrorist organization.”
www.msnbc.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A reminder that Antifa panic was created by Microchip, who pled guilty to attempting to get Hillary voters to text their votes in 2016 and who also described helping to make the John Podesta files go viral by creating bullshit controversy.
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Trump refuses to meet with Senate Democrats working to avoid a government shutdown claiming they want to “create Transgender operations for everybody”
September 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Trump refuses to meet with Senate Democrats working to avoid a government shutdown claiming they want to “create Transgender operations for everybody”
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Stephen Colbert’s opening tonight.
Priceless! Shut your Trap!
Priceless! Shut your Trap!
September 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Buttigieg goes big in Indiana!
Trump Can’t Cancel Us: Buttigieg Rallies, Crow Claps Back, and More Good News
Buttigieg brings the fire, Epstein enablers face the heat, and more
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Buttigieg goes big in Indiana!
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This is so easy to understand. Why aren't more people "getting it?"
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
September 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is so easy to understand. Why aren't more people "getting it?"
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Vote YES on Prop 50‼️
September 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Vote YES on Prop 50‼️
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This practice is bad for America and for every country accepting a role to pass deportees along to people who may kill, torture, or disappear them.
If we can take YEARS to find someone who will accept every cleared GITMO detainee into a place of safety, we can respect human rights in deportation
If we can take YEARS to find someone who will accept every cleared GITMO detainee into a place of safety, we can respect human rights in deportation
NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.
From me for @rollingstone.com:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
www.rollingstone.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This practice is bad for America and for every country accepting a role to pass deportees along to people who may kill, torture, or disappear them.
If we can take YEARS to find someone who will accept every cleared GITMO detainee into a place of safety, we can respect human rights in deportation
If we can take YEARS to find someone who will accept every cleared GITMO detainee into a place of safety, we can respect human rights in deportation
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Love my Gov.
September 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Love my Gov.
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Zelenskyy appeared to push back on this claim earlier this morning.
“Killings must stop as soon as possible, the fire must cease both on the battlefield and in the sky, as well as against our port infrastructure,” he said.
“Killings must stop as soon as possible, the fire must cease both on the battlefield and in the sky, as well as against our port infrastructure,” he said.
Amazing. Trump rolls out red carpet for Putin, gets nothing whatsoever for it, then says it's on Zelensky to end the war. Now he's gone all the way to fully backing Putin's position and comically trying to spin that as world-historical peacemaking on his part.
August 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Zelenskyy appeared to push back on this claim earlier this morning.
“Killings must stop as soon as possible, the fire must cease both on the battlefield and in the sky, as well as against our port infrastructure,” he said.
“Killings must stop as soon as possible, the fire must cease both on the battlefield and in the sky, as well as against our port infrastructure,” he said.
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As Trump tightens his grip on the DC police and escalates his deployment of the National Guard there, it's probably worth noting that an internal Department of Homeland Security memo says operations like the one in LA may be needed "for years to come."
newrepublic.com/article/1990...
newrepublic.com/article/1990...
August 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
As Trump tightens his grip on the DC police and escalates his deployment of the National Guard there, it's probably worth noting that an internal Department of Homeland Security memo says operations like the one in LA may be needed "for years to come."
newrepublic.com/article/1990...
newrepublic.com/article/1990...
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Good point from @wyden.senate.gov: Trump's corrupt BLS firing is now on congressional Republicans. Dems need to hang this around their necks mercilessly.
August 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Good point from @wyden.senate.gov: Trump's corrupt BLS firing is now on congressional Republicans. Dems need to hang this around their necks mercilessly.
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The Epstein distraction effort is going extraterrestrial
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Epstein distraction effort is going extraterrestrial