Mike W
@yodasminion.bsky.social
Dad by day, podcaster by night. Obama fan, 20 year Silicon Valley tech geek, and strongly in favor of women’s bodily autonomy.
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Mike W
@yodasminion.bsky.social
· Jan 22
Trump can order whatever he wants, doesn’t make it so.
Trans people exist; trans rights are human rights.
Trans people exist; trans rights are human rights.
Ok, so the first two episodes of Heated Rivalry and kind of meh. But the last four are amazing. Did they switch writers of did someone just wake up a third of the way into the season and start bringing their A game…
December 31, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Ok, so the first two episodes of Heated Rivalry and kind of meh. But the last four are amazing. Did they switch writers of did someone just wake up a third of the way into the season and start bringing their A game…
I never thought I could credibly utter the words “Ben Shapiro and I completely agree on that,” but this is after me saying “Oh hey, Rand Paul is saying multiple sentences in a row that I agree with completely.”
So hell has frozen over…
So hell has frozen over…
Tucker Carlson Crowned ‘Antisemite of the Year’ After Nick Fuentes Interview and Ben Shapiro Feud Mediaite
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Tucker Carlson Crowned ‘Antisemite of the Year’ After Nick Fuentes Interview and Ben Shapiro Feud
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December 22, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I never thought I could credibly utter the words “Ben Shapiro and I completely agree on that,” but this is after me saying “Oh hey, Rand Paul is saying multiple sentences in a row that I agree with completely.”
So hell has frozen over…
So hell has frozen over…
But wait, I thought Thomas said Gerrymandering was fine, as long as it’s clearly not racially based. (It can be politically or anything else based, just not racially based.)
TX is clearly racially based, so clearly Originalist Integrity-Justice Thomas will hate this…
Oh, wait…
TX is clearly racially based, so clearly Originalist Integrity-Justice Thomas will hate this…
Oh, wait…
The 6 far right extremists on the illegitimate Supreme Court have officially allowed fascist republicans in Texas to use their newly redrawn corrupt racist gerrymandered map in 2026.
These white supremacists won’t stop until US democracy is totally destroyed. Disgusting.
These white supremacists won’t stop until US democracy is totally destroyed. Disgusting.
December 5, 2025 at 6:18 AM
But wait, I thought Thomas said Gerrymandering was fine, as long as it’s clearly not racially based. (It can be politically or anything else based, just not racially based.)
TX is clearly racially based, so clearly Originalist Integrity-Justice Thomas will hate this…
Oh, wait…
TX is clearly racially based, so clearly Originalist Integrity-Justice Thomas will hate this…
Oh, wait…
I was looking for a specific example of what an illegal order would look like for a decision I recently had. I guess I could have just said “For instance, exactly what Pete Hegseth is accused of doing very recently.”
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I was looking for a specific example of what an illegal order would look like for a decision I recently had. I guess I could have just said “For instance, exactly what Pete Hegseth is accused of doing very recently.”
Ok, yeah, this one is pretty good…
December 1, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Ok, yeah, this one is pretty good…
Completely consistent and logical. Y’all just can’t see the seven dimensional quantum chess that he’s playing…
The president has illegally declared war to stop fentanyl trafficking from a country that does not traffic that drug, claiming its leader is trafficking drugs himself, the day after pardoning a former leader of a country who is a convicted drug trafficker.
Just to level set
Just to level set
November 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Completely consistent and logical. Y’all just can’t see the seven dimensional quantum chess that he’s playing…
He’s openly admitting he wants to give (or is currently giving) illegal orders?
Got it got it…
Got it got it…
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
He’s openly admitting he wants to give (or is currently giving) illegal orders?
Got it got it…
Got it got it…
I’m confused, I thought evil foreign countries paid the tariffs, how will this fix anything?
November 15, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I’m confused, I thought evil foreign countries paid the tariffs, how will this fix anything?
Schumer must resign.
Preferably yesterday, but today will do…
Preferably yesterday, but today will do…
Schumer’s resume:
- gets outfoxed by McConnell during two Trump impeachments
- consistently fails to whip the vote when it matters
- folds like a cheap lawn chair under pressure
- thumbs his nose at new progressive candidates
It’s like we brought reading glasses to a gun fight.
- gets outfoxed by McConnell during two Trump impeachments
- consistently fails to whip the vote when it matters
- folds like a cheap lawn chair under pressure
- thumbs his nose at new progressive candidates
It’s like we brought reading glasses to a gun fight.
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Schumer must resign.
Preferably yesterday, but today will do…
Preferably yesterday, but today will do…
What amazes me about this shut down is that Democrats are calling for things that will help Republicans politically. It could save them in the midterms…
And republicans are saying no, because it would feed poor children…
Let that sink in. That’s where we are…
And republicans are saying no, because it would feed poor children…
Let that sink in. That’s where we are…
November 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
What amazes me about this shut down is that Democrats are calling for things that will help Republicans politically. It could save them in the midterms…
And republicans are saying no, because it would feed poor children…
Let that sink in. That’s where we are…
And republicans are saying no, because it would feed poor children…
Let that sink in. That’s where we are…
Guy who is part of the White House whose party runs all branches of government “can’t implement the programs they want?”
Note to Scott: “Having someone’s back” means not voluntarily turning on policies that will shoot them in the face economically. Just FYI…
Note to Scott: “Having someone’s back” means not voluntarily turning on policies that will shoot them in the face economically. Just FYI…
Bessent: "The Chinese have unfortunately turned our soybean farmers into pawns. They're trying to manipulate them and our farmers overwhelmingly back President Trump. They know that he has their back. And we can't implement the programs we want to stabilize the farmers' finances."
October 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Guy who is part of the White House whose party runs all branches of government “can’t implement the programs they want?”
Note to Scott: “Having someone’s back” means not voluntarily turning on policies that will shoot them in the face economically. Just FYI…
Note to Scott: “Having someone’s back” means not voluntarily turning on policies that will shoot them in the face economically. Just FYI…
This, opening my checkbook.
We’re all sick of this, Dems need to start using the tony amount of leverage they have…
We’re all sick of this, Dems need to start using the tony amount of leverage they have…
At this point, any Democrat who votes to keep this government open without extracting very serious concessions — RFK’s resignation, ICE rollback, Epstein Files release, etc — will absolutely face a primary challenger who will set fundraising records.
Republicans run the White House, Congress and Supreme Court on the principle that the only role Dems can play is bailing the GOP out from facing the consequences of their own actions.
They expect Dems to clean up after them and save them from voters’ blame, and sadly some Dems want to do just that.
They expect Dems to clean up after them and save them from voters’ blame, and sadly some Dems want to do just that.
September 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This, opening my checkbook.
We’re all sick of this, Dems need to start using the tony amount of leverage they have…
We’re all sick of this, Dems need to start using the tony amount of leverage they have…
Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past…
Interesting @aselrod.bsky.social point about Trump's efforts to erase the history of slavery: It comes at a time when the American people's historical awareness has actually been on the rise, and it's *this* that must be rolled back at all costs:
www.liberalcurrents.com/maga-is-revi...
www.liberalcurrents.com/maga-is-revi...
MAGA Is Revising the Past to Create the Future They Want
They are aiming to build the future they want by rewriting history.
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past…
Seems pretty obvious to me…
August 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Seems pretty obvious to me…
What sad news to hear; Scott was a pleasure to record with, and great fun to listen to. Please go donate if you can.
Our friend Scott from the Grey 17 podcast has sadly passed away and his family needs help during this time. The news is devastating and our thoughts go out to his family, friends, and community. If you have the means to support that be greatly appreciated.
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Donate to In Memory of Scott: Aid for His Family, organized by Craig McFarland
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August 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
What sad news to hear; Scott was a pleasure to record with, and great fun to listen to. Please go donate if you can.
This, all of this, and that is the order yes.
-Guy who absolutely hates Netanyahu
-Guy who absolutely hates Netanyahu
Feed Gazans. Free the hostages. Two states. Destroy Hamas/Remove Netanyahu. Pretty sure that's roughly in order of importance.
August 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
This, all of this, and that is the order yes.
-Guy who absolutely hates Netanyahu
-Guy who absolutely hates Netanyahu
This always drives me a little nuts. Half of people didn’t die “by 35,” nearly half were dead before 10.
If you lived past 10 your chances of hitting 60 or 70 weren’t too bad (assuming no wars, etc.). Most of the low life expectancy before then was infant mortality, not that everyone died by 40.
If you lived past 10 your chances of hitting 60 or 70 weren’t too bad (assuming no wars, etc.). Most of the low life expectancy before then was infant mortality, not that everyone died by 40.
It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.
July 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This always drives me a little nuts. Half of people didn’t die “by 35,” nearly half were dead before 10.
If you lived past 10 your chances of hitting 60 or 70 weren’t too bad (assuming no wars, etc.). Most of the low life expectancy before then was infant mortality, not that everyone died by 40.
If you lived past 10 your chances of hitting 60 or 70 weren’t too bad (assuming no wars, etc.). Most of the low life expectancy before then was infant mortality, not that everyone died by 40.
I love how instinctually, at his most basic level, when he’s cornered and scared, his knee jerk response is basically “Ok, but we can still hate the successful black people over here right? We don’t agree on it all, but we can still do that right?”
Racists are gonna racist…
Racists are gonna racist…
Trump is like please hate these Black people. don’t worry about the Epstein files. you all hate Black people, remember?
Trump calls for the prosecution of Beyoncé, Oprah, Al Sharpton, and Kamala Harris:
July 27, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I love how instinctually, at his most basic level, when he’s cornered and scared, his knee jerk response is basically “Ok, but we can still hate the successful black people over here right? We don’t agree on it all, but we can still do that right?”
Racists are gonna racist…
Racists are gonna racist…
Housing first works…
It’s undeniable that Mayor Johnston‘s homelessness initiative has transformed the look of Denver. Encampments are essentially gone. I asked the mayor if he is solving homelessness or just hiding it out of sight.
July 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Housing first works…
Hey Bluesky universe, can anyone point to an account that tracks/posts videos of non-uniformed officers kidnapping people off the street?
A Fox News watching family member doesn’t believe me when I’m saying this is happening. Apparently Fox is claiming this is a “hoax” and it’s being faked…
A Fox News watching family member doesn’t believe me when I’m saying this is happening. Apparently Fox is claiming this is a “hoax” and it’s being faked…
July 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Hey Bluesky universe, can anyone point to an account that tracks/posts videos of non-uniformed officers kidnapping people off the street?
A Fox News watching family member doesn’t believe me when I’m saying this is happening. Apparently Fox is claiming this is a “hoax” and it’s being faked…
A Fox News watching family member doesn’t believe me when I’m saying this is happening. Apparently Fox is claiming this is a “hoax” and it’s being faked…
Wait, he backed down?! What a surprise!
-No one, ever
-No one, ever
Perfect read: Taco Flavored Kisses.
Tariffs Delayed Again: Taco Flavored Kisses
Trump. Always. Chickens. Out.
open.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Wait, he backed down?! What a surprise!
-No one, ever
-No one, ever
Reaffirmed!
July 4, 2025. I REAFFIRM:
“A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may DEFINE A TYRANT, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people"
- The Declaration of Independence
“A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may DEFINE A TYRANT, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people"
- The Declaration of Independence
July 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reaffirmed!
The hate flows through me.
By some counts this bill will kill almost as many people as the Vietnam War…
By some counts this bill will kill almost as many people as the Vietnam War…
While most Dems have focused on the draconian cuts to vital programs for those most in need, I have focused on the epic fiscal irresponsibility of this bill caused by massive tax cuts and huge spending increases in defense and DHS. Both equally important. There’s a lot to hate.
July 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The hate flows through me.
By some counts this bill will kill almost as many people as the Vietnam War…
By some counts this bill will kill almost as many people as the Vietnam War…
File under “Did anyone still think this wasn’t a cult?”
Arpineh Masihi, a Trump supporter and Iranian immigrant, was targeted by ICE and taken from her home on June 30.
Her husband, Arthu Sahakyan, told a local news station that even though he misses his wife, he still supports Trump and won’t take his MAGA flag off their house while she’s detained. 🙄
Her husband, Arthu Sahakyan, told a local news station that even though he misses his wife, he still supports Trump and won’t take his MAGA flag off their house while she’s detained. 🙄
MAGA Mom Was Taken by ICE, but Her Husband Refuses to Stop Flying Trump Flag: 'We Understand What He's Doing'
Trump supporter Arpineh Masihi was detained by ICE on June 30. Still, her husband, Arthu Sahakyan, intends to keep their MAGA flag flying outside their home to show his continued commitment to the pre...
people.com
July 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
File under “Did anyone still think this wasn’t a cult?”
When Trump won in 2016 I said to a friend “Well, that’s it, Obamacare is dead.”
Then, against all expectations, one man put his thumb down on the floor of the senate and saved it: the man who Obama defeated in 2008.
All is not lost. Keep calling your representatives and senators.
Fuck this bill…
Then, against all expectations, one man put his thumb down on the floor of the senate and saved it: the man who Obama defeated in 2008.
All is not lost. Keep calling your representatives and senators.
Fuck this bill…
July 3, 2025 at 5:19 AM
When Trump won in 2016 I said to a friend “Well, that’s it, Obamacare is dead.”
Then, against all expectations, one man put his thumb down on the floor of the senate and saved it: the man who Obama defeated in 2008.
All is not lost. Keep calling your representatives and senators.
Fuck this bill…
Then, against all expectations, one man put his thumb down on the floor of the senate and saved it: the man who Obama defeated in 2008.
All is not lost. Keep calling your representatives and senators.
Fuck this bill…