Peter Michaud
@mtownie.bsky.social
Retired lawyer, nurse, lobbyist who likes to make music and get outdoors.
Typical behavior for this outfit: accuse others of a particular behavior just before or just after you engage in the exact same behavior yourself.
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Justice Department quietly replaced 'identical' Trump signatures on recent pardons
President Donald Trump is facing new scrutiny over the use of a replicated signature on several recent pardons.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Typical behavior for this outfit: accuse others of a particular behavior just before or just after you engage in the exact same behavior yourself.
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Good article about a good guy.
November 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Good article about a good guy.
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OK, we warned you that this stuff was going to happen. Now it’s here.
So it’s time to lick your wounded egos, then all of us can get to work to try to fix this mess. We’ll even shut up about it if you help.
Or do you need to see more people suffer while the rich party in gold encrusted splendor?
So it’s time to lick your wounded egos, then all of us can get to work to try to fix this mess. We’ll even shut up about it if you help.
Or do you need to see more people suffer while the rich party in gold encrusted splendor?
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
OK, we warned you that this stuff was going to happen. Now it’s here.
So it’s time to lick your wounded egos, then all of us can get to work to try to fix this mess. We’ll even shut up about it if you help.
Or do you need to see more people suffer while the rich party in gold encrusted splendor?
So it’s time to lick your wounded egos, then all of us can get to work to try to fix this mess. We’ll even shut up about it if you help.
Or do you need to see more people suffer while the rich party in gold encrusted splendor?
When human beings don’t freak you out.
Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
Character isn't something you tell people about.
It's something you live.
November 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
When human beings don’t freak you out.
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If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
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Tonight we mourn the destruction of The People’s House. Will no one stop this madness?
Not the point, I know, but couldn't the Post have had a reporter walk over and take a look?
"...according to a photo shared with The Washington Post and two people who witnessed the activity and spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe it."
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"...according to a photo shared with The Washington Post and two people who witnessed the activity and spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe it."
wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Tonight we mourn the destruction of The People’s House. Will no one stop this madness?
Hey Pete, how about starting to put your plans into effect by firing the fat commander in chief?
(Full disclosure: I’m not too svelte myself, but I’m not a leader of the military.)
(Full disclosure: I’m not too svelte myself, but I’m not a leader of the military.)
October 2, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Hey Pete, how about starting to put your plans into effect by firing the fat commander in chief?
(Full disclosure: I’m not too svelte myself, but I’m not a leader of the military.)
(Full disclosure: I’m not too svelte myself, but I’m not a leader of the military.)
So to go along with the newly renamed “Department of War”, will DHHS become the “Department of Sickness and Death”? Seems fitting.
September 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
So to go along with the newly renamed “Department of War”, will DHHS become the “Department of Sickness and Death”? Seems fitting.
Hmmmm.
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
August 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Hmmmm.
When you think about it, there are few verbal behaviors lower than lying that other people are lying.
August 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
When you think about it, there are few verbal behaviors lower than lying that other people are lying.
I’m so proud of my president, he’s doing such a great job as Putin’s errand boy. Such a good boy!
August 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I’m so proud of my president, he’s doing such a great job as Putin’s errand boy. Such a good boy!
This is what having your ally’s back looks like. aje.io/1ala4y
European leaders to shore up Ukraine’s Zelenskyy for DC talks with Trump
Ukraine and its European allies have criticised Putin’s stance on the war after the Alaska summit as a way to buy time.
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August 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is what having your ally’s back looks like. aje.io/1ala4y
Gee, Gospodin President, what else are you going to give Putin? How about one of your golf courses? Or Mar-a-Lago?
August 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Gee, Gospodin President, what else are you going to give Putin? How about one of your golf courses? Or Mar-a-Lago?
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I remember seeing this photo at the time and thinking: There is a leader who understands body language.
Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
August 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I remember seeing this photo at the time and thinking: There is a leader who understands body language.
Not as long as certain members of this administration are in town.
Bondi: "Let me be crystal clear: crime in DC is ending and ending today."
August 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Not as long as certain members of this administration are in town.
It ain’t gonna go away…until he does, and maybe not even then. There is much work to be done.
August 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It ain’t gonna go away…until he does, and maybe not even then. There is much work to be done.
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“Garber, in a conversation with one faculty member, said that the suggestion that Harvard was open to paying $500 million is ‘false’ and claimed that the figure was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials...”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard President Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal With Trump | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 has told faculty that a deal with the Trump administration is not imminent and denied that the University is considering a $500 million settlement, according to th...
www.thecrimson.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“Garber, in a conversation with one faculty member, said that the suggestion that Harvard was open to paying $500 million is ‘false’ and claimed that the figure was apparently leaked to the press by White House officials...”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Is there any truth to the rumor that wherever a certain name appears in the Epstein files, it’s been crossed out and the name “Barack Hussein Obama” written in…in black Sharpie?
July 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Is there any truth to the rumor that wherever a certain name appears in the Epstein files, it’s been crossed out and the name “Barack Hussein Obama” written in…in black Sharpie?
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"O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free."
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free."
Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes, read by Willie Jennings
YouTube video by Beinecke Library at Yale
www.youtube.com
July 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free."
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free."
So let’s get people upset about tax breaks for zillionaires and hospital closings while we build up a massive secret army for the king. Should be pretty easy.
July 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
So let’s get people upset about tax breaks for zillionaires and hospital closings while we build up a massive secret army for the king. Should be pretty easy.
How many tax dollars have been spent on Kristi Noem’s costumes…so far?
July 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
How many tax dollars have been spent on Kristi Noem’s costumes…so far?