Mike -- No Kings
@mjz1957.bsky.social
Retired; Part Time lecturer @ Columbia; Former Wall St. managing director; UW Badgers, Tufts Jumbos. If I had one of those coat-of-arms doohickies, I'd want the inscription to read: "ubi democratia regnat, vita vincit et humanitas viget." or "mmm donuts
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Mike -- No Kings
@mjz1957.bsky.social
· Nov 11
“Governments are instituted […], deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”
But when a party
1) Makes registering to vote harder
2) Makes the act of voting harder
3) Gives themselves power to overturn elections
They are not exercising just powers, just power.
But when a party
1) Makes registering to vote harder
2) Makes the act of voting harder
3) Gives themselves power to overturn elections
They are not exercising just powers, just power.
6:30 AM and it’s time to start shelling the chestnuts, the longest part of prepping the stuffing
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
6:30 AM and it’s time to start shelling the chestnuts, the longest part of prepping the stuffing
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"Ah, but the strawberries, that's, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist..."
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
ABC “News” Is Fake News
ABC “News” is not journalism — it’s a Democrat spin operation masquerading as a broadcast network. The network’s longstanding commitment to hoaxes,
www.whitehouse.gov
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"Ah, but the strawberries, that's, that's where I had them, they laughed at me and made jokes, but I proved beyond the shadow of a doubt, with geometric logic, that a duplicate key to the ward room icebox did exist..."
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
Climate Change Is Stressing Italy’s Cows, and Coming for Your Burrata
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Republicans want to replace the Affordable Care Act with their own plan, Half-Assed Care (HAC). The GOP HAC plan will be to healthcare as a 12-year old’s rocket sketch on an old envelope is to successful space flight, resembling healthcare, but garbage by the end of the day.
The Not-So-Impressive “New” Health Care Ideas Republicans Want to Rush Out
www.thebulwark.com/p/not-so-imp...
www.thebulwark.com/p/not-so-imp...
The Not-So-Impressive “New” Health Care Ideas Republicans Want to Rush Out
What GOP leaders are missing in their mad scramble to remake health care policy.
www.thebulwark.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Republicans want to replace the Affordable Care Act with their own plan, Half-Assed Care (HAC). The GOP HAC plan will be to healthcare as a 12-year old’s rocket sketch on an old envelope is to successful space flight, resembling healthcare, but garbage by the end of the day.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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“Conservative politicians wrapped themselves in the Founders’ language, invoking constitutional principles at every opportunity.
And what happens when they finally achieve power? Systematic constitutional violations excused as necessary.”
And what happens when they finally achieve power? Systematic constitutional violations excused as necessary.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“Conservative politicians wrapped themselves in the Founders’ language, invoking constitutional principles at every opportunity.
And what happens when they finally achieve power? Systematic constitutional violations excused as necessary.”
And what happens when they finally achieve power? Systematic constitutional violations excused as necessary.”
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The 2026 U.S. Rhodes Scholars Have Been Named. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
The 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholars For 2026 Are Announced
The 2026 cohort of Rhodes Scholars from the United States was announced Saturday. The 32 Rhodes Scholars will go to Oxford University next October for graduate studies.
www.forbes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The 2026 U.S. Rhodes Scholars Have Been Named. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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Gift article 🎁 wapo.st/3LHtdAj
First, the frogs died. Then people got sick.
An emerging area of research is uncovering hidden links between nature and human health.
wapo.st
November 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Gift article 🎁 wapo.st/3LHtdAj
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I love sharing data and debunking wrongs on all things oil and gas prices and try to save everyone money by giving heads up on what’s coming to your gas (or diesel) pump. I’d be forever grateful if you shared my account so others can follow and stay up to date!
November 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I love sharing data and debunking wrongs on all things oil and gas prices and try to save everyone money by giving heads up on what’s coming to your gas (or diesel) pump. I’d be forever grateful if you shared my account so others can follow and stay up to date!
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Truth
The only person whose standard of living has improved during this Trump term is Ghislaine Maxwell.
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Truth
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Here are the 10 recipients of the Barry Prize for 2025. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
American Academy Of Sciences & Letters Awards 10 Barry Prizes For 2025
The American Academy of Sciences & Letters has named the 10 recipients of this year’s Barry Prize, awarded to U.S. scholars for distinguished intellectual achievements.
www.forbes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Here are the 10 recipients of the Barry Prize for 2025. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
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I'd like 'things constituents don't say' for $1,000
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'd like 'things constituents don't say' for $1,000
Outside my front door this AM
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Outside my front door this AM
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The fact that someone was fooled by a spoof from a website (literally) called the Dunning-Kruger Times has no bearing at all on my confidence that he would definitely have the upper hand in any negotiation with President Xi, or Putin.
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The fact that someone was fooled by a spoof from a website (literally) called the Dunning-Kruger Times has no bearing at all on my confidence that he would definitely have the upper hand in any negotiation with President Xi, or Putin.
When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like gramps here, not screaming like the people on the bus he was driving.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like gramps here, not screaming like the people on the bus he was driving.
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NYT: The tax cuts come amid “steep cuts to health care for the elderly and food stamps for the poorest Americans.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NYT: The tax cuts come amid “steep cuts to health care for the elderly and food stamps for the poorest Americans.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Gift Article
Another debacle of Trumpian proportions
The Kennedy Center Crackup www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Another debacle of Trumpian proportions
The Kennedy Center Crackup www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Kennedy Center Crackup
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Gift Article
Another debacle of Trumpian proportions
The Kennedy Center Crackup www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Another debacle of Trumpian proportions
The Kennedy Center Crackup www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Welcome to America, or not...
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Welcome to America, or not...
The 'Don't you know who I am?' is strong with this one.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The 'Don't you know who I am?' is strong with this one.
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Check out my inaugural newsletter for @thebulwark.com. And enjoy the Will Ferrell easter egg if you find it.
"Fortunately for Donald Trump, there’s One Weird Trick that can help cure stagflation without turning to Congress or the Fed. He could just cut tariffs." Or SCOTUS could do it for him - and us.
The first edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...
The first edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...
How the Supreme Court Could Save Christmas
If Trump lets them.
www.thebulwark.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Check out my inaugural newsletter for @thebulwark.com. And enjoy the Will Ferrell easter egg if you find it.
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"there is Darwinian competition between societies and the winner will be the one that rejects empathy in favor of hard but necessary choices" should set off alarm bells from a guy this powerful.
(Instead of 'societies' it might have been 'races' in the original German, but clear enough)
(Instead of 'societies' it might have been 'races' in the original German, but clear enough)
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"there is Darwinian competition between societies and the winner will be the one that rejects empathy in favor of hard but necessary choices" should set off alarm bells from a guy this powerful.
(Instead of 'societies' it might have been 'races' in the original German, but clear enough)
(Instead of 'societies' it might have been 'races' in the original German, but clear enough)
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment