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Writer, editor, royalty history nut, soap opera addict.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This is a senator L. Louise Lucas appreciation post
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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Adventures with Porn Stars: On the Town with XXX Hunk Ryan Block
In the 90s when porn stars were superstars
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Why can’t castles show me the royal knick-knacks I’m hungry for? substack.com/@askmrmickey...
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What I Would Like to See at Schloss Sigmaringen
Is it too much to ask for them to show EXACTLY what I'd like to see?
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The truly gorgeous- and glamorous- Capucine. open.substack.com/pub/askmrmic...
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The Most Glamorous Women You've Never Heard Of: Capucine
One of the most stunning actresses ever
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
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Fashion School Flop: My 1992 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Hip-Hop Collection
Jackie Ho! was both culturally insensitive and before it's time
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Remembering the wonderful model Stella Tennant open.substack.com/pub/askmrmic...
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Remembering Stella Tennant
A superstar model and a delightful woman
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
When it comes to glamour, it’s hard to beat these Greek princesses. open.substack.com/pub/askmrmic...
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The Most Glamorous Women You've Never Heard Of: The Daughters of Nicholas of Greece
The most royal of the royals
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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A Horse is a horse, of course, of course
I'm not an equestrian. I just love hanging out with horses
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
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Visiting the Home of my Least Favorite Royal
I’ve never met a palace I didn’t like
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
substack.com/@askmrmickey... Fat and All That! Where my plus-sized pals at?
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AskMrMickey (@askmrmickey)
I love talking about fatness because I’ve been researching the topic my whole life.
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The Founders knew Congress - especially the House - was the backbone of U.S. democracy. It should be a huge story that Mike Johnson, serving Trump, has all but shut it down From the Reichstag Fire to Putin's toothless Duma, this is what dictators do. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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It didn’t take a Reichstag Fire to burn down Congress | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, what’s troubling about Maine’s Nazi tattoo flap.
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
open.substack.com/pub/askmrmic... Reminder that I’m a serious journalist!
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Mr Mickey & Porn Star Jeff Palmer
From the Archives
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 10/10/2025
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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The Briefing with Jen Psaki @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
"As someone who has the cultural background of a grandfather who was killed fighting fascism in Greece, that's sort of embedded in my brain." Dr. Demetre Daskalakis sees eugenics at play in RFK Jr's anti-vaccine perspective.
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Yes I love castles. This is fabulous Weikersheim in Baden Württemberg.
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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Eyeopening walkthrough of DC by this creator. If you aren’t in DC, worth a watch all the way to the end—
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Fun times with Ariel Foxman in Provincetown.
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Greg Palast @gregpalast.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Tesla made $405M last quarter — but only by selling $595M in emissions credits. Musk is not in the car business. He’s a pollution salesman. #ElonMusk #Tesla www.gregpalast.com/elon-musk-th...
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Elon Musk: Pollution Salesman
Elon Musk is not in the car business; he is a pollution salesman.
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Khalid El Khatib @kmelkhat.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I wrote about my favorite products for hosting a summer dinner party for @consumerreports.org 😎 www.consumerreports.org/home-garden/...
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10 Staples for a City-Smart Summer Dinner Party - Consumer Reports
The best gear to elevate the flavor and the feeling of a perfect summer dinner party, including a top-rated frying pan, smart speakers, a mixer, and more.
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
So much fun last night at the opening of #PaperBoys at Trotter & Sholer . The show is open until August 9th at 168 Suffolk St. Come see us!
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Here’s a preview of the amazing art in #PaperBoys, the art show I curated at Trotter & Sholer Gallery. Join us for the opening Thursday, July 10th 5-8 pm at 168 Suffolk St.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/07/2025
Weird thing for a Republican congressman to be celebrating but at least he's being honest
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
The man who’s pretending that he’s burning down the universities in order to protect Jewish students:
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Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Border Czar Tom Homan says that once Congress passes Trump's budget bill, he'll have more money than ever to carry out arrests and deportations: "You think we're arresting people now? You wait 'til we get the funding to do what we gotta do."
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PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The way this will get under that paper thin skin of his…
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium. ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
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Heather M. Collins🗽 @heathersdesk.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Do you know how badly you have to screw up as a Republican to get this kind of turnout in IDAHO? #NOKINGS
View of the No Kings protest from the 4th floor of the Boise Capitol Building
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Pete Hesgeth — who wants to rename the Navy ship that honors Medgar Evers, a WWII veteran who landed on Omaha Beach — is using that same beach for a photo op in which he promises we will “never forget” the veterans there. What an unbelievable asshole.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
How utterly shorn of dignity and self-respect must one be to speak this way about … Donald Trump and Elon Musk? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Re-upping this “One First” post from April asking—and trying to answer—five questions about the domestic use of the military:
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142. Five Questions About Domestic Use of the Military
The federal government's authorities to use the military for domestic law enforcement are old, broad, and vague. They may soon become far more relevant than they've been for quite a long time.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Don’t turn away.
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
It’s almost time for our 25th charity sale to build schools, hospitals and women’s centers in India! This year we’re have a VIP pre-sale cocktail party on Friday, June 13th where a few lucky shoppers have first access to the sale. citta.org/vip-cocktail...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Full interview and more from MeidasTouch here: youtu.be/Hp4vk3P9dJ4
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Trump Witnesses FALL APART at INTENSE HEARING
YouTube video by Katie Phang
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
9 people were killed in a tornado last night in KY. The NWS office responsible for that area has faced some of the most extreme cuts by the Trump administration, including the loss of overnight forecasting. Last night, they were rushing to find help for the office. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/w...
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After Cuts, a Kentucky Weather Office Scrambles for Staffing as Severe Storms Bear Down
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Michael P. Breen @mpbreen21.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Younger folks around here might shocked to learn that once upon a time Bill Clinton let a few campaign donors have a sleepover at the White House & the national media spent months treating it as the greatest scandal in the history of the republic
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Ask Mr Mickey @askmrmickey.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Making friends at the @animalhaven.bsky.social benefit . Photo by BFA
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Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
In Georgia, we don’t say “towards Europe”; instead, we say “Back to Europe” to underline the centuries-long longing for our historical homeland. And I think it’s simply beautiful 🇬🇪🇪🇺 📸 Dato Simonia
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 09/05/2025
Today's front page.
The front page of the Chicago Sun-Times, featuring the pope waving under the words "DA POPE!" Subheadline says, "Chicagoan Robert Prevost, known to many on the South Side as 'Father Bob' and now to millions as Pope Leo XIV, becomes first American pontiff. The best coverage of Chicago's pope, pages 2-10."
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Oona Hathaway @oonahathaway.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The firing of the Librarian of Congress is worse than many appreciate. The Librarian is appointed for a ten year term by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The position is nonpartisan and runs the critically important Congressional Research Service. www.npr.org/2025/05/09/n...
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Librarian of Congress firing is latest move in upheaval of U.S. cultural institutions
President Trump fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, via email late Thursday night, the latest in a string of actions the president has taken to shape American cultural institutions.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
I know some of you may do this anyway, but I nonetheless urge you NOT to send items like these to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, 601 D St. NW, Washington, DC 20530. Please do NOT do that. Thank you.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
As part of our campaign against antisemitism, we will be attacking George Soros and other wealthy Jews, who are to blame for this scourge. by JD Vance
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
NY Times Editorial Board: “The first 100 days of President Trump’s second term have done more damage to American democracy than anything else since the demise of Reconstruction. Mr. Trump is attempting to create a presidency unconstrained by Congress or the courts…” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/o...
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Opinion | Fight Like Our Democracy Depends on It (Gift Article)
The patriotic response to today’s threat to American democracy is to oppose Trump soberly and strategically.
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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Cole Escola vs. George Clooney is the Tony showdown we needed.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 01/05/2025
Translation: Christmas is cancelled. Trump's man-made economic crisis could lead to empty shelves and disrupt supply chains as early as 2 weeks from now. Every single free market-loving "pro-business" elected Republican should be pushed on this today.
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Matt McDermott @mattmfm.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
If Biden was asked a question about Harvard and went on a long rant about Harlem, it would be front page news and Republicans would be drawing up articles of impeachment. Trump is suffering severe mental decline and it’s about time it gets the attention it deserves.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
We cooked
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