Michael Burgess
@mjburgess.bsky.social
former Director New York State Office for Aging, author, Franklin and Eleanor in New York, A Long Shot to Glory: How Lake Placid Saved the Winter Olympics, Keeper of the Olympic Flame: Jack Shea vs the Nazi Olympics
Trump is ensuring that there will be an era of major progressive reform in the coming years
February 15, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Trump is ensuring that there will be an era of major progressive reform in the coming years
Yes we should be spending all that ICE warehouse money and housing the homeless
February 15, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Yes we should be spending all that ICE warehouse money and housing the homeless
Yes they can all of us
February 15, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Yes they can all of us
Courts will strike it down. It’s illegal
February 15, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Courts will strike it down. It’s illegal
This may be the big story - how the Russians had the dirt on Trump and others and that is why he has been deferential to Putin and had many secret conversations with him
February 11, 2026 at 3:25 AM
This may be the big story - how the Russians had the dirt on Trump and others and that is why he has been deferential to Putin and had many secret conversations with him
It’s all about Putin knowing about Trump and Epstein
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 AM
It’s all about Putin knowing about Trump and Epstein
If they Have ICE at polling stations more people will turn out to protest and vote
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
If they Have ICE at polling stations more people will turn out to protest and vote
Epstein Walls closing in on Trump
February 7, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Epstein Walls closing in on Trump
Yes democratic patriotism trumps fascism
February 7, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Yes democratic patriotism trumps fascism
Yes thank you Marc
February 7, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Yes thank you Marc
Interfaith leaders back in front lines of public protests as they were in civil rights movement
February 7, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Interfaith leaders back in front lines of public protests as they were in civil rights movement
He bought it to enhance his power and influence and he ended up diminished and scorned by staff and readers
February 5, 2026 at 2:10 AM
He bought it to enhance his power and influence and he ended up diminished and scorned by staff and readers
The oligarchs are used to being admired but can't stand that they are called out for their personal indulgence and excess as they fire employees. As they chase more and more wealth at the expense of others, they lose any social respect they had. Seems like a bad trade
February 5, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The oligarchs are used to being admired but can't stand that they are called out for their personal indulgence and excess as they fire employees. As they chase more and more wealth at the expense of others, they lose any social respect they had. Seems like a bad trade
Cruelty, hatred and internment camps are the legacy of fascists and Trump aspires to share their shame in history
February 5, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Cruelty, hatred and internment camps are the legacy of fascists and Trump aspires to share their shame in history
American fascism
February 4, 2026 at 3:10 AM
American fascism
Sounds like Putin might be involved again. Russia, Russia , Russia
February 3, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Sounds like Putin might be involved again. Russia, Russia , Russia
Didn’t work in Texas so it is not just blue cities they need to worry about it’s a nationwide blue wave coming to drown them
February 3, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Didn’t work in Texas so it is not just blue cities they need to worry about it’s a nationwide blue wave coming to drown them
Trump loves optics and he doesn't like the narrative that he is the villain. Trump, Miller and Vance are being politically consumed by their cruelty
February 1, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Trump loves optics and he doesn't like the narrative that he is the villain. Trump, Miller and Vance are being politically consumed by their cruelty
the spontaneous growth of the protest movement reminds me of the outrage and growth of the antiwar movement after the Kent State shootings in 1970
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
the spontaneous growth of the protest movement reminds me of the outrage and growth of the antiwar movement after the Kent State shootings in 1970
The brave people who stand against ICE in the sub-zero cold in Minneapolis will be seen in the history books just as the civll rights protestors who were beaten in heat of Selma and young children who were chased by dogs and sprayed by high powered hoses in Birmingham
January 29, 2026 at 3:34 AM
The brave people who stand against ICE in the sub-zero cold in Minneapolis will be seen in the history books just as the civll rights protestors who were beaten in heat of Selma and young children who were chased by dogs and sprayed by high powered hoses in Birmingham
They make it up but Trump is now like the Wizard of Oz the curtain has been pulled back and people are seeing the Wizard is a weak man not all powerful
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 AM
They make it up but Trump is now like the Wizard of Oz the curtain has been pulled back and people are seeing the Wizard is a weak man not all powerful
their cruelty is now consuming them
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 AM
their cruelty is now consuming them
Yes, the scenes of brave people resisting ICE in the sub-zero cold streets of Minneapolis will go down in history just as the civil rights marchers who were beaten in the heat at Selma and the little children who braved the dogs and water hoses in Birmingham
January 29, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Yes, the scenes of brave people resisting ICE in the sub-zero cold streets of Minneapolis will go down in history just as the civil rights marchers who were beaten in the heat at Selma and the little children who braved the dogs and water hoses in Birmingham
They lie as they breathe
January 25, 2026 at 7:08 PM
They lie as they breathe