Rory Michaels
@rorymichaels.bsky.social
Working at the intersection of marketing, data, technology and media. Currently Global Streaming Product @ NBCU. 🌈 Recovering political staffer. Probably drinking coffee. Views my own. (He/Him/His)
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I’ve owned chuckhimout.com and .org for a while now. I think it’s time they got some use.
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chuckhimout.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’ve owned chuckhimout.com and .org for a while now. I think it’s time they got some use.
Just caught the clip of @jaketapper.bsky.social parroting GOP talking points blaming dems for the Govt shutdown and YIKES.
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Just caught the clip of @jaketapper.bsky.social parroting GOP talking points blaming dems for the Govt shutdown and YIKES.
I remain convinced that Tim Mellon so hated his stepmother Bunny that he’s funding Trump and his destruction to completely gut her and his father’s legacy. They would be ashamed.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I remain convinced that Tim Mellon so hated his stepmother Bunny that he’s funding Trump and his destruction to completely gut her and his father’s legacy. They would be ashamed.
Hey. So Antifa literally means Anti-Fascist. And frankly. We should all identify as that.
October 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Hey. So Antifa literally means Anti-Fascist. And frankly. We should all identify as that.
My Izzy girl. My whole world. I will miss you forever.
October 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
My Izzy girl. My whole world. I will miss you forever.
This is your reminder that a President cannot lawfully order the military to take up arms against citizens in the United States. He has already done so.
October 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
This is your reminder that a President cannot lawfully order the military to take up arms against citizens in the United States. He has already done so.
Peter Thiel was born in Germany.
I’m a direct descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a descendant of the mayflower. My family still owns the land that was given to them in a kings grant.
JD Vance would have you believe that Peter Thiel is “more American” than I.
I’m a direct descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a descendant of the mayflower. My family still owns the land that was given to them in a kings grant.
JD Vance would have you believe that Peter Thiel is “more American” than I.
July 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Peter Thiel was born in Germany.
I’m a direct descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a descendant of the mayflower. My family still owns the land that was given to them in a kings grant.
JD Vance would have you believe that Peter Thiel is “more American” than I.
I’m a direct descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, a descendant of the mayflower. My family still owns the land that was given to them in a kings grant.
JD Vance would have you believe that Peter Thiel is “more American” than I.
Making good use of our democratic weather machine. pagesix.com/2025/06/26/c...
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s A-list wedding guests flee after heavy thunderstorm ruins welcome party
“It just goes to show you can have all the money in the world but you can’t control the weather,” one onlooker said.
pagesix.com
June 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Making good use of our democratic weather machine. pagesix.com/2025/06/26/c...
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“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
As U.S. Dismantles Voice of America, Rival Powers Hope to Fill the Void
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
“The soft power suicide of the U.S. will be incomprehensible to future historians who will be dumbfounded in their attempts to explain why the global leader voluntarily wrecked one of its greatest national assets...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/b...
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Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.
June 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
Hey @hoyer.house.gov, it’s time to retire.
June 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Hey @hoyer.house.gov, it’s time to retire.
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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In context of the 3,000 arrests/day mandate, this means turbocharging arrests in construction, child&elder care, delivery services, transport, manufacturing. It also means desperate ICE agents prowling the streets for victims. Courts, check-ins, and interviews will be ground zero for arrests...
Important further info: the email was sent only to ICE HSI, the arm of ICE more traditionally involved in worksite raids.
It applies to any agricultural facility, restaurants, and hotels, and bars arresting workers, really.
Other businesses, including factories, are presumably still fair game.
It applies to any agricultural facility, restaurants, and hotels, and bars arresting workers, really.
Other businesses, including factories, are presumably still fair game.
June 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
In context of the 3,000 arrests/day mandate, this means turbocharging arrests in construction, child&elder care, delivery services, transport, manufacturing. It also means desperate ICE agents prowling the streets for victims. Courts, check-ins, and interviews will be ground zero for arrests...
If you ever find yourself on the side of the argument that is pro banning books, or even restricting access. you are most definitely on the wrong side of that argument.
May 11, 2025 at 3:18 AM
If you ever find yourself on the side of the argument that is pro banning books, or even restricting access. you are most definitely on the wrong side of that argument.
Just prior to this I spent a little under a week in the hospital in the UK. In the private ward. It cost me around $20k US out of pocket when it was all said and done.
This meanwhile is how the US hospital system bills, & that doesn’t cover the doctors. Or the 25k extra for the ER hall stretcher.
This meanwhile is how the US hospital system bills, & that doesn’t cover the doctors. Or the 25k extra for the ER hall stretcher.
April 30, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Just prior to this I spent a little under a week in the hospital in the UK. In the private ward. It cost me around $20k US out of pocket when it was all said and done.
This meanwhile is how the US hospital system bills, & that doesn’t cover the doctors. Or the 25k extra for the ER hall stretcher.
This meanwhile is how the US hospital system bills, & that doesn’t cover the doctors. Or the 25k extra for the ER hall stretcher.
I have seen approximately zero episodes of White Lotus but quote the show regularly. Today’s media landscape is so weird.
April 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I have seen approximately zero episodes of White Lotus but quote the show regularly. Today’s media landscape is so weird.
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Two weeks ago I did a thread on how the Founding Fathers declared independence from the crown for behaving literally the same way as the Trump administration.
It's getting worse and Americans need to connect today's events to this founding document.
It's getting worse and Americans need to connect today's events to this founding document.
I just re-read the full Declaration of Independence. It's the most illuminating and depressing thing I've read in a while. Highly recommend folks give it a read.
Many — if not most — of the complaints levied against King George are indistinguishable from those brought against President Trump today.
Many — if not most — of the complaints levied against King George are indistinguishable from those brought against President Trump today.
Declaration of Independence: A Transcription
Note: The following text is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the parchment Declaration of Independence (the document on display in the Rotunda at the National Archives Museum.) The spelling a...
www.archives.gov
April 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Two weeks ago I did a thread on how the Founding Fathers declared independence from the crown for behaving literally the same way as the Trump administration.
It's getting worse and Americans need to connect today's events to this founding document.
It's getting worse and Americans need to connect today's events to this founding document.
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The Onion is aggressively on sale.
Subscribing helps us hire comedy writers who get health insurance and even food to eat, with their mouths. That food is converted into energy which allows them to make sentences that make the government sad.
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Subscribing helps us hire comedy writers who get health insurance and even food to eat, with their mouths. That food is converted into energy which allows them to make sentences that make the government sad.
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March 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The Onion is aggressively on sale.
Subscribing helps us hire comedy writers who get health insurance and even food to eat, with their mouths. That food is converted into energy which allows them to make sentences that make the government sad.
Sign up to let this continue:
membership.theonion.com
Subscribing helps us hire comedy writers who get health insurance and even food to eat, with their mouths. That food is converted into energy which allows them to make sentences that make the government sad.
Sign up to let this continue:
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Are you stuck at Heathrow / Paddington / somewhere because of travel chaos in London today? Tell me about it - DMs are open or patrick.smith@nbcuni.com.
March 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Are you stuck at Heathrow / Paddington / somewhere because of travel chaos in London today? Tell me about it - DMs are open or patrick.smith@nbcuni.com.
Hey @schumer.senate.gov I’m an actual constituent. Is there any way to actually get ahold of your office anymore? Or are you dodging us like you’re dodging any real leadership?
March 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hey @schumer.senate.gov I’m an actual constituent. Is there any way to actually get ahold of your office anymore? Or are you dodging us like you’re dodging any real leadership?
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Me too Gen Z, me too.
it’s not the whole story but gen z does not have faith in a future or a functioning system anymore, and the democratic party leadership isn’t offering anything to gen z
March 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Me too Gen Z, me too.
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I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
March 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Committing now to donating, knocking doors, and making calls for the best candidates to primary @schumer.senate.gov, @nadler.house.gov, and Nancy Pelosi.
It is past time for the old guard to retire.
It is past time for the old guard to retire.
March 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Committing now to donating, knocking doors, and making calls for the best candidates to primary @schumer.senate.gov, @nadler.house.gov, and Nancy Pelosi.
It is past time for the old guard to retire.
It is past time for the old guard to retire.
It is time for @schumer.senate.gov to step down or be primaried. His leadership, if we want to call it that, has been some of the most ineffective, wet-napkin, sophistry-laden, fascist-enabling kind of party leadership that is shameful for democrats. He has to go.
March 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It is time for @schumer.senate.gov to step down or be primaried. His leadership, if we want to call it that, has been some of the most ineffective, wet-napkin, sophistry-laden, fascist-enabling kind of party leadership that is shameful for democrats. He has to go.