Michael Staudt
@talkinggraymatters.bsky.social
Husband and father of two amazing daughters. Banking and personal finance professional. Heavy on human empathy and the rule of law... tough times ahead.
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Three-time Trump voter: I'm looking at this awful picture of the Obamas. What an embarrassment to our country. He is not worthy of the presidency. He takes bribes blatantly, and now he's being a racist blatantly. He's pathetic as a president, and I want to apologize for supporting this rotten man.
February 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Three-time Trump voter: I'm looking at this awful picture of the Obamas. What an embarrassment to our country. He is not worthy of the presidency. He takes bribes blatantly, and now he's being a racist blatantly. He's pathetic as a president, and I want to apologize for supporting this rotten man.
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Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Warning: video is hard to watch
Warning: video is hard to watch
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Here's what ICE is up to in Northeast Minneapolis today. Absolutely heartbreaking.
Warning: video is hard to watch
Warning: video is hard to watch
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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I ask this every now and then and I’ve yet to get a good answer.
How long does it take for people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history?
How long does it take for people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history?
January 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I ask this every now and then and I’ve yet to get a good answer.
How long does it take for people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history?
How long does it take for people to realize they’re on the wrong side of history?
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Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
January 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
December 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
Eugenics is exactly what his mythos revolves around. If you need vaccines and can't survive a swim in a river of feces, then what good are you, right?
Since his appointment, RFK Jr. has pursued a brutal vision of American health that several experts liken to a sort of eugenics. Kennedy has made it clear that certain deaths are acceptable or even preferable to a world where every child is vaccinated.
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
Read more: www.theverge.com/health/66136...
December 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Eugenics is exactly what his mythos revolves around. If you need vaccines and can't survive a swim in a river of feces, then what good are you, right?
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Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
“I believe all Americans should be able to strive for financial success. But we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans contributing more”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
“I believe all Americans should be able to strive for financial success. But we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans contributing more”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
“I believe all Americans should be able to strive for financial success. But we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans contributing more”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
“I believe all Americans should be able to strive for financial success. But we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans contributing more”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
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Uneducated voters pose a greater risk to this nation than undocumented immigrants ever will.
December 18, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Uneducated voters pose a greater risk to this nation than undocumented immigrants ever will.
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ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
ProPublica could not find evidence Trump ever lived at either of the two Florida properties he claimed as principal residences in the 1990s.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
Legal documents and other records from the period give his address as Trump Tower in Manhattan.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
November 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob."
—FDR, 1936
—FDR, 1936
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Once again, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for the win. 😂
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Once again, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social for the win. 😂
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Government shutdowns come with real consequences: limited air traffic safety oversight, federal workers aren't paid, SNAP funding issues and much more.
Meanwhile, Trump is building a ballroom and ramping long-term efforts to fire civil servants.
This is NOT okay.
Meanwhile, Trump is building a ballroom and ramping long-term efforts to fire civil servants.
This is NOT okay.
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Government shutdowns come with real consequences: limited air traffic safety oversight, federal workers aren't paid, SNAP funding issues and much more.
Meanwhile, Trump is building a ballroom and ramping long-term efforts to fire civil servants.
This is NOT okay.
Meanwhile, Trump is building a ballroom and ramping long-term efforts to fire civil servants.
This is NOT okay.
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$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
October 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
$170B for ICE and Border Patrol
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
$40B for Argentina
$1B to refurbish Trump's Qatar jet
$230M for Trump's DOJ "compensation"
$200M for Kristi Noem's jets
$98M for Trump's golf outings
But no money to lower your healthcare costs.
I honestly couldn't feel this post more deeply... live in the light, be decent, and commit to the bit.
I figure all my posts will be read aloud by my inquisitors at my trial so i try to make them funny
October 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I honestly couldn't feel this post more deeply... live in the light, be decent, and commit to the bit.
Falls showed up!
October 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Falls showed up!
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Secret Army - Russian Roulette (4th October 1978). Kessler organises a garden party - one which his guests will never forget.
October 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Secret Army - Russian Roulette (4th October 1978). Kessler organises a garden party - one which his guests will never forget.
Don't look away.
August 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Don't look away.
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Don’t look away
August 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Don’t look away
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If I were charged with a federal crime, I’d hire Pam Bondi’s brother as my lawyer. Because I don’t think this is a coincidence.
DOJ drops charges against another client of AG Pam Bondi's brother Brad
For the second time in less than a month, the DOJ has dropped charges against a client represented by Brad Bondi, the brother of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
abcnews.go.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
If I were charged with a federal crime, I’d hire Pam Bondi’s brother as my lawyer. Because I don’t think this is a coincidence.
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There are too many Democrats who are afraid to bite the corporate hands that feed them.
It's time for the party to reject Big Money.
It's time for the party to reject Big Money.
August 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There are too many Democrats who are afraid to bite the corporate hands that feed them.
It's time for the party to reject Big Money.
It's time for the party to reject Big Money.