Mike Dalen
@ridges-on-ripple.bsky.social
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Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our government’s priorities are entirely backward. And purposefully so.
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The top is after Trump’s DOJ redactions below is without, I can almost figure out who they are protecting
December 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The top is after Trump’s DOJ redactions below is without, I can almost figure out who they are protecting
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This statement is a sick joke. US foreign policy is a sick joke, being implemented by enemies of truth, freedom & democracy - people driven by personal greed & the opportunity to exploit the suffering of others by trading US power and prestige for death & business opportunities.
December 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This statement is a sick joke. US foreign policy is a sick joke, being implemented by enemies of truth, freedom & democracy - people driven by personal greed & the opportunity to exploit the suffering of others by trading US power and prestige for death & business opportunities.
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MAGA: I voted for this!
$400 million ballroom.
Triumphal arch.
Qatari jet.
Renaming an arts center.
Foreign crypto deals.
Blowing up boats.
Saudi golf resorts.
High tariffs on goods.
Record deficits.
Epstein cover up.
Pardons for drug traffickers and rich fraudsters.
$400 million ballroom.
Triumphal arch.
Qatari jet.
Renaming an arts center.
Foreign crypto deals.
Blowing up boats.
Saudi golf resorts.
High tariffs on goods.
Record deficits.
Epstein cover up.
Pardons for drug traffickers and rich fraudsters.
December 20, 2025 at 1:25 AM
MAGA: I voted for this!
$400 million ballroom.
Triumphal arch.
Qatari jet.
Renaming an arts center.
Foreign crypto deals.
Blowing up boats.
Saudi golf resorts.
High tariffs on goods.
Record deficits.
Epstein cover up.
Pardons for drug traffickers and rich fraudsters.
$400 million ballroom.
Triumphal arch.
Qatari jet.
Renaming an arts center.
Foreign crypto deals.
Blowing up boats.
Saudi golf resorts.
High tariffs on goods.
Record deficits.
Epstein cover up.
Pardons for drug traffickers and rich fraudsters.
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Jones: Everything you hear from Tuberville is framed as a sports analogy. When you view everything that way, you’re always stuck in an us-versus-them, winners-versus-losers mentality. That’s how he operates.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Jones: Everything you hear from Tuberville is framed as a sports analogy. When you view everything that way, you’re always stuck in an us-versus-them, winners-versus-losers mentality. That’s how he operates.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
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Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
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Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Former Democratic U.S. Sen. Doug Jones officially entered Alabama's 2026 gubernatorial race Monday, saying Alabamians "deserve a governor who is going to fight for them."
Doug Jones enters 2026 Alabama governor's race | Alabama Reflector
Jones posted a video to Twitter Monday where he confirmed the “worst kept secret” in Alabama. He also teased an official kickoff next month.
alabamareflector.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Former Democratic U.S. Sen. Doug Jones officially entered Alabama's 2026 gubernatorial race Monday, saying Alabamians "deserve a governor who is going to fight for them."
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Maybe putting a dozen narcissistic poser Fox hosts in charge of sprawling federal agencies with millions of combined employees and vastly important responsibilities with enormous power wasn’t the greatest plan.
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Maybe putting a dozen narcissistic poser Fox hosts in charge of sprawling federal agencies with millions of combined employees and vastly important responsibilities with enormous power wasn’t the greatest plan.
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Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
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Trump Invites Jeffrey Epstein On Stage To Explain There No Conspiracy https://theonion.com/trump-invites-jeffrey-epstein-on-stage-to-explain-there-no-conspiracy/
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump Invites Jeffrey Epstein On Stage To Explain There No Conspiracy https://theonion.com/trump-invites-jeffrey-epstein-on-stage-to-explain-there-no-conspiracy/
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He wants to starve you and your family, deny you healthcare, and intimidate your kids with jackbooted thugs while he builds a ballroom for himself and his pals, runs multibillion-dollar crypto scams, throws grotesque Great Gatsby-themed balls in Florida, and redecorates a House you pay for like this
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
He wants to starve you and your family, deny you healthcare, and intimidate your kids with jackbooted thugs while he builds a ballroom for himself and his pals, runs multibillion-dollar crypto scams, throws grotesque Great Gatsby-themed balls in Florida, and redecorates a House you pay for like this
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November 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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"Applications of technology that are friendly to the Administration are going unchallenged, in part because tech companies have become increasingly willing to support Trump's whims...
Only tools that exist independent of Big Tech seem like safe bets for dissent."
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
Only tools that exist independent of Big Tech seem like safe bets for dissent."
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
ICE and the Smartphone Panopticon
A new wave of digital tools has emerged to help citizens monitor Trump’s crackdown. But internet surveillance can also be used against you.
www.newyorker.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Applications of technology that are friendly to the Administration are going unchallenged, in part because tech companies have become increasingly willing to support Trump's whims...
Only tools that exist independent of Big Tech seem like safe bets for dissent."
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
Only tools that exist independent of Big Tech seem like safe bets for dissent."
www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
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What do Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Comcast, Meta, and HP have in common?
They all once pledged to stop donations to anyone who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And now they're all donors to Trump's White House ballroom. https://popular.info/p/these-corporations-stopped-worrying
They all once pledged to stop donations to anyone who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And now they're all donors to Trump's White House ballroom. https://popular.info/p/these-corporations-stopped-worrying
These Corporations Stopped Worrying About Democracy and Bought Trump a Ballroom
It has been nearly five years since the 2020 presidential election, but President Trump continues to baselessly insist i
popular.info
October 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What do Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Comcast, Meta, and HP have in common?
They all once pledged to stop donations to anyone who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And now they're all donors to Trump's White House ballroom. https://popular.info/p/these-corporations-stopped-worrying
They all once pledged to stop donations to anyone who tried to overturn the 2020 election.
And now they're all donors to Trump's White House ballroom. https://popular.info/p/these-corporations-stopped-worrying
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Imagine if in another country the president’s masked army racially profiled in opposition areas as he enriches himself (even raiding the treasury), oligarchs renovated a massive ballroom for him, and his unofficial top advisor said he won’t leave.
Is this how democracies end?
Is this how democracies end?
October 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Imagine if in another country the president’s masked army racially profiled in opposition areas as he enriches himself (even raiding the treasury), oligarchs renovated a massive ballroom for him, and his unofficial top advisor said he won’t leave.
Is this how democracies end?
Is this how democracies end?
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"In the final analysis, we are one people, one house -- the American house,” said former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, to about 2,000 people at a "No Kings" protest in Birmingham, Alabama on Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey for Alabama Reflector)
October 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"In the final analysis, we are one people, one house -- the American house,” said former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, to about 2,000 people at a "No Kings" protest in Birmingham, Alabama on Oct. 18, 2025. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey for Alabama Reflector)
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This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.
October 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This doesn’t even include the ones who had pending case but he had their charges dropped.
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Do you think pro-Ukraine Republicans like John Thune, Lindsey Graham, Roger Wicker and many others will finally admit that Trump never had any intention of helping Ukraine and is Putin’s useful idiot? Probably not, because they are cowards.
October 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Do you think pro-Ukraine Republicans like John Thune, Lindsey Graham, Roger Wicker and many others will finally admit that Trump never had any intention of helping Ukraine and is Putin’s useful idiot? Probably not, because they are cowards.
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The people running this country have zero respect for the Constitution, laws, rules of ethics and professional responsibility, traditions or norms. They are lawless gangsters drunk on power and nobody in their party outside the admin has the courage or integrity to stop them.
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The people running this country have zero respect for the Constitution, laws, rules of ethics and professional responsibility, traditions or norms. They are lawless gangsters drunk on power and nobody in their party outside the admin has the courage or integrity to stop them.
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China purchased 54% of US grown soybeans last year for $13.2 billion
China has purchased $0 in US soybeans this year
#ArtOfTheDeal
China has purchased $0 in US soybeans this year
#ArtOfTheDeal
September 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
China purchased 54% of US grown soybeans last year for $13.2 billion
China has purchased $0 in US soybeans this year
#ArtOfTheDeal
China has purchased $0 in US soybeans this year
#ArtOfTheDeal
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Maybe putting a podcaster and a Mar-a-Lago groupie in charge of the FBI wasn’t the best plan.
September 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Maybe putting a podcaster and a Mar-a-Lago groupie in charge of the FBI wasn’t the best plan.
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Jones: What I’m seeing today is different. It’s no longer simply black and white like it was in 1963. We now have much broader problems in America — deeper divisions among races, religions, genders, and sexual orientations. Those divisions are growing, and people are stoking that fear and anger.
September 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Jones: What I’m seeing today is different. It’s no longer simply black and white like it was in 1963. We now have much broader problems in America — deeper divisions among races, religions, genders, and sexual orientations. Those divisions are growing, and people are stoking that fear and anger.
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