Michael Laser
@mlaser54.bsky.social
• Writer of novels (Eulogy; 6-321; Old Buddy Old Pal; My Impending Death; etc.) and other things (The Word-Lover’s Lexicon).
• https://michaellaser.com/
• https://michaellaser.com/
Pete says it very well.
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Pete says it very well.
My letter in the New York Times.
(Scroll down - it's the 3rd letter on the page.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
(Scroll down - it's the 3rd letter on the page.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
Opinion | Seeking to Stop a Slide Into Autocracy
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My letter in the New York Times.
(Scroll down - it's the 3rd letter on the page.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
(Scroll down - it's the 3rd letter on the page.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
Who does this? Who stacks human beings like lumber? The villains of dystopian scifi, that’s who. But this being done on the orders of our president, with our tax dollars. And most of these men haven’t been convicted of a crime. It’s a show of brute force—and it's monstrous.
@vanhollen.senate.gov
@vanhollen.senate.gov
April 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Who does this? Who stacks human beings like lumber? The villains of dystopian scifi, that’s who. But this being done on the orders of our president, with our tax dollars. And most of these men haven’t been convicted of a crime. It’s a show of brute force—and it's monstrous.
@vanhollen.senate.gov
@vanhollen.senate.gov
Nice juxtaposition here.
March 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Nice juxtaposition here.
Reposted by Michael Laser
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February 9, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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MIKE LUCKOVICH APPRECIATION POST
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
February 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
MIKE LUCKOVICH APPRECIATION POST
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
@mluckovich.bsky.social is one of the greatest political cartoonists of all time. Thank you for 3 decades of scathing satire, remarkable insight and helping us all laugh to avoid weeping openly. 🙏
Your longtime fan, Mar🐫
"You'll never have to vote again," Trump said last July.
Are most Americans okay with this? I don't think so.
Time to take this threat seriously.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Are most Americans okay with this? I don't think so.
Time to take this threat seriously.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump tells Christians they won't have to vote after this election
It was not clear what the former president meant by his remarks.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"You'll never have to vote again," Trump said last July.
Are most Americans okay with this? I don't think so.
Time to take this threat seriously.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Are most Americans okay with this? I don't think so.
Time to take this threat seriously.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Couldn't sleep. Nightmarish visions. Maybe this will help.
January 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Couldn't sleep. Nightmarish visions. Maybe this will help.
Written 4 years ago, but painfully apt right now: "Rhinoceros" meets the Trump era.
medium.com/@michaellase...
medium.com/@michaellase...
Monstrosity
A Play by Michael Laser
medium.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Written 4 years ago, but painfully apt right now: "Rhinoceros" meets the Trump era.
medium.com/@michaellase...
medium.com/@michaellase...
Is there room over here for the sort of infantile/hilarious memes that were so common at the Other Place? It's the one thing I miss. I hope some of that nonsense will show up here soon.
December 29, 2024 at 3:20 AM
Is there room over here for the sort of infantile/hilarious memes that were so common at the Other Place? It's the one thing I miss. I hope some of that nonsense will show up here soon.
What I've wished for ever since... a month and a half ago.
Kara Swisher, the popular podcaster and veteran tech reporter told Axios she’s trying to put together a team of wealthy investors to buy The Washington Post from Jeff Bezos
December 20, 2024 at 8:38 PM
What I've wished for ever since... a month and a half ago.
"Musk is now threatening to financially back a primary challenge to any Republican senator who opposes Trump’s nominees."
Memo To: Supreme Court
Do we still think money is speech, and the richest man in the world gets to shape Congress to his liking?
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Memo To: Supreme Court
Do we still think money is speech, and the richest man in the world gets to shape Congress to his liking?
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Charlie Sykes: Elon Musk's threat to primary GOP detractors is a symptom of a much larger problem
We have a conjunction of massive wealth and massive political power with the absence of accountability. Will anybody stand up and say, "Stop"?
www.msnbc.com
December 20, 2024 at 6:48 PM
"Musk is now threatening to financially back a primary challenge to any Republican senator who opposes Trump’s nominees."
Memo To: Supreme Court
Do we still think money is speech, and the richest man in the world gets to shape Congress to his liking?
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Memo To: Supreme Court
Do we still think money is speech, and the richest man in the world gets to shape Congress to his liking?
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Philosophical question: Can 2 opposite things both be true?
December 17, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Philosophical question: Can 2 opposite things both be true?
If you’re seeing this, there’s a good chance you already know 90% of what’s in this essay. But I needed to set it down anyway, for the record.
Sleepwalking into Catastrophe
We’ve gone quiet, haven’t we?
medium.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:03 PM
If you’re seeing this, there’s a good chance you already know 90% of what’s in this essay. But I needed to set it down anyway, for the record.
Reposted by Michael Laser
December 11, 2024 at 5:32 PM
An alarming little nugget from today's Washington Post:
An architect of Project 2025, Vought says he will force federal agencies entrusted with producing reliable, nonpartisan, independent statistics to bow to the president’s will.
[cont'd in comments below]
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
An architect of Project 2025, Vought says he will force federal agencies entrusted with producing reliable, nonpartisan, independent statistics to bow to the president’s will.
[cont'd in comments below]
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The GOP’s top priority for 2025: Repeal the laws of arithmetic
Republicans are reinventing math to justify extending pricey Trump tax policies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:13 PM
An alarming little nugget from today's Washington Post:
An architect of Project 2025, Vought says he will force federal agencies entrusted with producing reliable, nonpartisan, independent statistics to bow to the president’s will.
[cont'd in comments below]
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
An architect of Project 2025, Vought says he will force federal agencies entrusted with producing reliable, nonpartisan, independent statistics to bow to the president’s will.
[cont'd in comments below]
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
a practical guide to resisting, for those in a position to slow down the slide to tyranny.
thecycle.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
thecycle.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
How to be Sand in the Gears of Tyranny
A Guest Essay by Emily Galvin-Almanza
thecycle.substack.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:01 AM
a practical guide to resisting, for those in a position to slow down the slide to tyranny.
thecycle.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...
thecycle.substack.com/p/how-to-be-...