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Michael P. Scott

@empeescott.bsky.social
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retired CA attorney, living in Olympia WA Mundus Sine Caesaribus Only "shithole countries" immunize their Presidents We still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence Let a hundred Luigis bloom

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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 19m
SKODEN!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Trump: "The greatest ballroom ever built -- it's also a tremendous military complex with a drone port on top. Be careful. Don't fall over the edge. And only a Hispanic could survive that fall."
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 9h
To recap: three GOP-led states that wanted the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in order to "send abortion back to the states" are now asking the Court to strike down abortion protections in blue states
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L. M. @standswithfist2025.bsky.social · 12h
Vote out every “do nothing” politician supporting Trump’s lawless cruelty, violence, and OVERT corruption. Spread the word! Vote.org
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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“What did they spend the most political capital trying to do over the last 18 months? Cover up the #EpsteinFiles. They worked harder to cover up the Epstein files than they ever did to lower grocery prices.” Jon Ossoff bsky.app/profile/atru... bsky.app/profile/paul... bsky.app/profile/miag...
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EMCKAYVEE @youremceekayvee.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A bakery called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Kneads
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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 9h
There is a straight line between J6 and the pain everyone is feeling now. Straight line. I want to hear a Democrat tell that story.
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 9h
Every AI generated event poster is incredibly ugly, but I do think it's interesting that that LLMs have essentially created a house style for flyers, especially one so maximalist and ugly and in contravention of of all convention and best practices established in graphic design over centuries.
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Hawthorne Abendsen III ✝🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇹🇼😺🎷 @jasmius.bsky.social · 9h
"Smith told senators his team had 'developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation,' and that he would prosecute a former president on the same facts today 'regardless of whether [he] was a [Trump]lican or a [DSA]crat.” www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
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WATCH: Jack Smith says he would prosecute Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation'
Smith, who in 2022 led investigations into Trump and secured two indictments, said he made decisions in the case "without regard” for Trump’s “political association activities, beliefs, or candidacy i...
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 9h
uh,
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 9h
shocking, I know bsky.app/profile/dave...
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 10h
From your So-Called Liberal Media's "No Big Whoop" file:
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"Hey the REALLY funny thing about all the Hawks/Hawkeyes jokes and the Katie Britt memes is that it all came from a Congressional hearing where a longtime war crimes prosecutor said that he found conclusive evidence that Donald Trump very seriously and intentionally broke the law in like 10 different ways with Rudy Giuliani's help."
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Courtney Bublé @courtneybuble.bsky.social · 12h
New: DOJ has filed a misconduct complaint against federal judges in Minnesota who spoke to the NYT about the administration's immigration crackdown in their state at the beginning of the year Blanche said this was "a clear violation of their ethical duties"
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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
“A sitting US president stole $500 million in another country’s oil money and transferred it into an account in Qatar and it’s barely making headlines… Gee, I wonder why?!” @jerasikehorn.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/jera... bsky.app/profile/lawy... bsky.app/profile/ronf... bsky.app/profile/over...
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 29/09/2026
This open letter is now circulating. Please sign and share through your networks. Thanks. sites.google.com/view/frenk-r...
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We call on Julio Frenk to immediately retract his statements
[Links to several other open letters and faculty statements are below.]
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austin (e/accordion 🪗) @thebadcode.com · 12h
people might not be aware that computer science became “the default major” around the time of the facebook ipo
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 10h
Something to keep in mind as the Trump Crime Family sells us out to the billionaires, Russians, and Chinese. Who will strip us for parts.
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Edward R. Murrow-ish 🎙️ @jamkam6969.bsky.social · 11h
They’re all utterly corrupt and could give a flying f*ck about the country that supported their growth. Like bank robbers on anabolic steroids. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11h
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12h
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 11h
My work today should take as little as 63 hours, depending on how things go.
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 11h
I like to mail drugs in a huge envelope decorated with red-eyed stoners and cartoon bongs, also I use sealing wax and my custom I ❤️ DRUGS stamp. It just makes good sense.
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 13h
Not nearly enough! Wait for Election Day
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 13h
Might as well blame Andrew Jackson
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
Billionaires are vacuuming up all the wealth, while workers get screwed. They’re laughing in our faces while Trump steals from us and builds a ballroom. (H/T @qasimrashid.com)
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 14h
“We’re building a machine that changes history.”
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Progressive News Service @prognews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Federal appeals court rules in favor of motorist searched after fabricated traffic stop. “The officers... claimed Rosales had ‘failed to signal’ his turn. ....dashcam video showed... [the] Mustang’s left-turn signal was blinking as [he] waited at the intersection." reason.com/2026/09/28/t...
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The 5th Circuit rejects qualified immunity for cops who searched a driver after a bogus traffic stop
Dashcam footage contradicted the officers' claim that the driver failed to signal before they questioned him about drugs and searched him.
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes.
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 14h
The absolute best part of the failed MAGA "gotcha!" of Jack Smith yesterday was watching these two smug dipshits, Schmitt and Kennedy, having to swallow their shit-eating grins in real time
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trump has made America pitiful, not great
https://horseytoons.substack.com/p/trump-has-made-america-pitiful-not?r=3gwynu&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
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Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
@jonathanbernstein.bsky.social wrote a while back that there was such a low threshold for getting a Republican scandal claim on Fox News that people weren't bothering to do basic research on them before trying them out, and I think we're seeing a great example of that today
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falls Apart
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Steve Mc @stevecvi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Well... they don't call it "super intelligence" for nothing! Wait, check that - actually they literally do call it "super intelligence" for nothing.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans always say “out to get Trump” to describe attempt to “apply the law to Trump.”
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Chrysostom @chrysost.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is on The Charlie Kirk Show (yes it's still called that) -- and believe it or not, hosts are pretending he owned Smith with his embarrassingly botched gotcha "You caught him in this NBA game too in Atlanta" "Yeah," Schmitt says There's no mention that Schmitt had all his facts wrong
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Dan Ancona @danancona.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is a huge shift. The data is so clear even Third Way is on board. Strength and clarity beat “heterodox” mumbling and weakness every time. Hopefully next time we have this debate Dems can skip over the years of running ads that help Rs.
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The brain still responds to favourite music in dementia nin.nl/news/the-bra... #Alzheimers #dementia #caregiving #music
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The brain still responds to favourite music in dementia - Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience - Master the Mind
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In a moment, CPR would help
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In a sane world, at the very least the staffer who prepared this line of argument would be fired by close of business.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/01/2026
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About theonion.com/democrats-sick-of-bein…
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
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Michael P. Scott @empeescott.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
kenofseattle posts:

An outdoor wall mural of three ICE agents pointing guns at the back of a DoorDash delivery person; the caption above reads "CowardICE"
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Ali Rıza Taşkale @alirizataskale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thanks, Kean, and the Science as Culture team! Now in print. Palantir sits at the centre of an emerging military-tech complex. Its contracts keep growing as the tech elite’s extinction talk shifts from AI to China, and regulation is cast as a gift to a rival power.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Republicans aren't very sharp. Their parents never taught them how to apologize.
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tomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 29/09/2026
The Judiciary chairman just told the room that the Speech or Debate Clause bars a grand jury from pulling toll records. It bars prosecuting legislative acts. It says nothing about who a congressman phoned during a coup attempt. Decades on that committee, and he got that wrong. On purpose.
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'Elder abuse': Experts alarmed by Chuck Grassley 'ranting wildly' at Jack Smith hearing
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) came under fire from critics after he used his opening remarks at a hearing to accuse former special counsel Jack Smith of targeting Republicans.Grassley, who chairs the Sen...
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 29/09/2026
“Christ, what an asshole.”
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ringwac 📎 @ringwac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
THEM: "But you'll ruin that young man's life if you report him for sexual assault." ME: Correct. I'd prefer if he didn't get to become a Supreme Court Judge or run for President.
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