Michele
@mymuse18.bsky.social
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December 24, 2025
December 24, 2025
Happy holidays to you all, however you celebrate...or don’t.
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December 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
December 24, 2025
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Santa's World Tour 2025 has come to a successful conclusion.
NORAD Santa Tracker is standing down until next year.
Thank you all for being a part of the festivities & allowing a little magic to brighten the night.
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays.
May peace find us all.
NORAD Santa Tracker is standing down until next year.
Thank you all for being a part of the festivities & allowing a little magic to brighten the night.
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays.
May peace find us all.
December 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Santa's World Tour 2025 has come to a successful conclusion.
NORAD Santa Tracker is standing down until next year.
Thank you all for being a part of the festivities & allowing a little magic to brighten the night.
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays.
May peace find us all.
NORAD Santa Tracker is standing down until next year.
Thank you all for being a part of the festivities & allowing a little magic to brighten the night.
Merry Christmas. Happy Holidays.
May peace find us all.
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We must never believe what we are being told. We must not believe these charlatans who would deceive us for their cynical political, immoral, and godless purposes.
December 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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The answer to WSJ Editorial Writer James Freeman’s Rhetorical Question “What Would America Do Without Leftist Legal Pundits Parading As Legal Experts”
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The Answer to WSJ Editorial Writer James Freeman's Rhetorical Question "What Would America Do Without Leftist Legal Pundits Parading As Legal Experts"
Yesterday, with dripping contempt for the country’s “liberal” legal experts, James Freeman of the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board presumptuously purported to ask on behalf of all Americans, “What ...
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December 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The answer to WSJ Editorial Writer James Freeman’s Rhetorical Question “What Would America Do Without Leftist Legal Pundits Parading As Legal Experts”
open.substack.com/pub/judgelut...
open.substack.com/pub/judgelut...
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THEY ARE OUR SPACES.
They don’t belong to him.
They don’t belong to him.
December 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
THEY ARE OUR SPACES.
They don’t belong to him.
They don’t belong to him.
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Economist @pkrugman.bsky.social explains the key difference between Republican emphasis on incentives and Democratic emphasis on resources and explains why making sure people have access to resources creates a strong economy.
youtu.be/A8V00Z5McYA
youtu.be/A8V00Z5McYA
A Conversation with Paul Krugman
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Economist @pkrugman.bsky.social explains the key difference between Republican emphasis on incentives and Democratic emphasis on resources and explains why making sure people have access to resources creates a strong economy.
youtu.be/A8V00Z5McYA
youtu.be/A8V00Z5McYA
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Once again we see the Trump ethos that says simply being rich makes you “the best.”
You don’t need to have earned that money yourself or even done anything ethical to get it; if you’ve got cash in your bank account, that’s good enough for him to trust you and think you’re special.
You don’t need to have earned that money yourself or even done anything ethical to get it; if you’ve got cash in your bank account, that’s good enough for him to trust you and think you’re special.
Lutnick: "We should be bringing in the best and brightest, and that's what Donald Trump is changing about our immigration system. Let's expedite the best and brightest who are gonna give a million dollars to the US to prove they're at the top of the list."
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Once again we see the Trump ethos that says simply being rich makes you “the best.”
You don’t need to have earned that money yourself or even done anything ethical to get it; if you’ve got cash in your bank account, that’s good enough for him to trust you and think you’re special.
You don’t need to have earned that money yourself or even done anything ethical to get it; if you’ve got cash in your bank account, that’s good enough for him to trust you and think you’re special.
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We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
We now learn that Fifa had a very specific "ask" in exchange for its "Peace Award" to Trump, with loads of gold trinkets, and that was dismissal of a criminal corruption case against senior Fifa officials. And Trump granted it. Another corrupt bargain, barely noticed (and ignored by US media).
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Bookmarking this to use whenever Republicans tell me how much they care about the national debt
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Bookmarking this to use whenever Republicans tell me how much they care about the national debt
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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Some news as I try to bring some order to all the different things I do:
American Conversations: Marc Elias
Hi Folks:
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Some news as I try to bring some order to all the different things I do:
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I had the absolute pleasure of joining @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a conversation yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L...
American Conversations: Zohran Mamdani
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I had the absolute pleasure of joining @hcrichardson.bsky.social for a conversation yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N15L...
Watching Rockefeller Tree lighting.....I didn't even recognize Gwen Stefani. Or her voice.
Wow.
Wow.
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Watching Rockefeller Tree lighting.....I didn't even recognize Gwen Stefani. Or her voice.
Wow.
Wow.
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Costco has filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin seeking a refund on the money paid by Costco due to tariffs.
I want one too.
I want one too.
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Costco has filed a lawsuit against the Trump admin seeking a refund on the money paid by Costco due to tariffs.
I want one too.
I want one too.
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Both taken this weekend:
November 30, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Both taken this weekend:
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Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Community notes don’t get much more brutal than this
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Today we mark #WorldAIDSDay. It's a day to remember the millions of lives lost to HIV and AIDS, but also to celebrate the lives saved by the scientific advancements of the last 40+ years. Compassion, science, and humanity has led the way.
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Today we mark #WorldAIDSDay. It's a day to remember the millions of lives lost to HIV and AIDS, but also to celebrate the lives saved by the scientific advancements of the last 40+ years. Compassion, science, and humanity has led the way.
Themselves, the first time is the close second.
This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Themselves, the first time is the close second.
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I’m starting to get the sense that it was a bad idea to put a deeply insecure, sexual assaulting Fox News host with a drinking problem and a crusader tattoo who said he was into war crimes in charge of the military.
November 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I’m starting to get the sense that it was a bad idea to put a deeply insecure, sexual assaulting Fox News host with a drinking problem and a crusader tattoo who said he was into war crimes in charge of the military.
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✨🎈Tonight's the night! The Macy’s balloons are inflating into giants, from their sleepy flat selves to the giants you know and love. First started as a private overnight prep back in the 1930s, the public-facing "Inflation" show opened in 1994, and now it kicks off (in 2025) from 1-6 PM.
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
✨🎈Tonight's the night! The Macy’s balloons are inflating into giants, from their sleepy flat selves to the giants you know and love. First started as a private overnight prep back in the 1930s, the public-facing "Inflation" show opened in 1994, and now it kicks off (in 2025) from 1-6 PM.
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Today is the anniversary of the British evacuating New York City after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's how I learned about it: the piece that introduced me to the terrific work of @bencarp.bsky.social
Evacuation Day: Marking the End of the Revolutionary War
We know how to honor the image of soldiers charging forward, but we often forget to cheer the backs of troops as they peaceably depart.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Today is the anniversary of the British evacuating New York City after the end of the Revolutionary War. Here's how I learned about it: the piece that introduced me to the terrific work of @bencarp.bsky.social
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
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Trump and his Administration are targeting me because I said something they didn’t like — but here’s the thing: I won’t be intimidated into silence. I’ve overcome challenges a lot tougher than Donald Trump or Pete Hegseth.
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Trump and his Administration are targeting me because I said something they didn’t like — but here’s the thing: I won’t be intimidated into silence. I’ve overcome challenges a lot tougher than Donald Trump or Pete Hegseth.