Reposted by Michael DanielsJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-... 8634291342
Reposted by Michael DanielsAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 09/07/2026If Other Jobs Were Like US Senator www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/... 163195693
Reposted by Michael DanielsMrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 18/06/2026 224834
Reposted by Michael DanielsWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 17/03/2026A journalist filed a brief live blog entry on an apparent Iranian missile strike that hit no one and caused no serious damage. Next thing he knew, angry Polymarket users were demanding he change the story—and threatening his life and family if he refused. My story: wapo.st/4lI6Pon (gift link)wapo.stA journalist reported a missile strike. Then came the death threats.An Israeli war reporter says online gamblers demanded he change a published story so they could win a payout on prediction market Polymarket. 15411184
Reposted by Michael DanielsKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Grimly: we're in a Post Correspondence era 22467
Reposted by Michael DanielsSen. Pumpkin Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 27/02/2026do not dodname his department, mike 2825
Reposted by Michael DanielsRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 24/01/2026You may think this Board of Peace thing is a way to pay Trump bribes, and it is, but because that’s not maximally stupid I think the actual purpose is to give Trump a Board of Peace Prize. 919628
Reposted by Michael DanielsAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 05/01/2025warning! some snowflakes may be asymmetrical 71175
Reposted by Michael DanielsPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Not looking forward to the 2044 controversy about whether a Dem president handled the withdrawal from Venezuela right 412055348
Reposted by Michael Danielssarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 31/12/2025no one asked for a sequel to the shitposting fire emblem triangle article but i wrote one anyway www.theverge.com/policy/84960...theverge.comThe year politics became brainrotYou don’t bring a persuasive argument to a gunfight. 1336659
Reposted by Michael DanielsAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 29/11/2025“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024. It’s almost as if there were signs! bsky.app/profile/anna... 641594403
Reposted by Michael DanielsKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/09/2025About this Florida vaccine story: When they were little - 1 yr and 3 1/2 - my two older boys, who’d had all their shots, got whooping cough. We asked their pediatrician what would’ve happened if they hadn’t been vaccinated. “Oh, they’d have died.” 733229796756
Reposted by Michael Danielsghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/08/2025I kinda sniffed at the headline—suicidal teen commits suicide is tragic but not necessarily the machine’s fault— and then the article and especially the logs are so so much worse than I thought they would be. 40800158
Reposted by Michael Danielsjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/08/2025i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real. 781228376219
Reposted by Michael DanielsJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 05/06/2025I am so glad "why tariff banana" thought is reaching members of Congress. It's the most obvious example of how insane this administration's trade policy has been—officials like Lutnick can't give a good justification for it because there simply isn't one 872874457
Reposted by Michael DanielsMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 03/06/2025“The president’s solutions-focused approach to legal roadblocks necessitated thinking outside the constitutional box.”buff.lyNew York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution”“The president remained steadfast in his novel interpretation of constitutional law.” “Faced with the choice between clinging to the letter of the ... 19914235
Reposted by Michael DanielsHealth Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 02/06/2025I'm reading the report behind these headlines about glyphosate and it may be the most scientifically illiterate thing I've come across (although it's a close thing with the recent MAHA report). 1/n 21574210
Reposted by Michael DanielsKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 29/05/2025Do you think you can counter "you consider them men in sports contexts, how are they not men in bathroom contexts"? Because that is a logical haymaker Dems are sleepwalking right into. Argue the science, explain how transition works, please! 319528
Reposted by Michael DanielsAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Some women want love. Some seek power and money. Some seek attention and fame. Me? I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is. My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇 www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-... 1033399663
Reposted by Michael DanielsAnton Hur @antonhur.com · 06/12/2024Korea's preeminent *conservative* paper of record exclusively reports that President Yoon ordered someone at the National Intelligence Service (Korean CIA) to arrest the head of his own party (who would later vote against martial law) and when the NIS man refused, ordered his dismissal.chosun.com“‘정치인 체포’ 지시 받았다는 홍장원 1차장, 정치적 발언 문제돼 국정원 차원 인사 조치”정치인 체포 지시 받았다는 홍장원 1차장, 정치적 발언 문제돼 국정원 차원 인사 조치 정보소식통 尹, 洪차장에 직접 전화로 지시 31082340
Reposted by Michael DanielsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/11/2024The Onion has purchased InfoWars.theonion.comHere’s Why I Decided To Buy ‘InfoWars’Today we celebrate a new addition to the Global Tetrahedron LLC family of brands. And let me say, I really do see it as a family. Much like family members, our brands are abstract nodes of wealth, int... 23961311215
Reposted by Michael DanielsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Does anybody need millions of dollars worth of supplements? 588120111405
Reposted by Michael DanielsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Hi everyone. The Onion, with the help of the Sandy Hook families, has purchased InfoWars. We are planning on making it a very funny, very stupid website. We have retained the services of some Onion and Clickhole Hall of Famers to pull this off. I can't wait to show you what we have cooked up.nytimes.comThe Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of BankruptcyThe satirical news site planned to turn Infowars into a parody of itself, mocking “weird internet personalities” who peddle conspiracy theories and health supplements. 23225863715916
Reposted by Michael DanielsKaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 31/10/2024Me, cheerfully opening that “origins” tab thinking it can’t be that bad and immediately getting hit with racism so intense my brain shorts out and I Kubrick-stare for a solid 20 seconds 4036456
Reposted by Michael DanielsDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 13/10/2024I see Politico has decided not to f**k around with headlines anymore. www.politico.com/news/2024/10...politico.comWe watched 20 Trump rallies. His racist, anti-immigrant messaging is getting darker.A POLITICO analysis of more than 20 of his rallies and campaign events shows Trump has demonized minority groups in all of them. 662143612
Reposted by Michael DanielsPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 09/10/2024Better a hundred innocent men be lethally injected than two prosecutors be impugned 22915178
Reposted by Michael DanielsPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 26/09/2024MAGA torn between glee at a Democrat being charged and horror at a cop being held accountable 171756217
Reposted by Michael DanielsPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20/08/2024Anyway congrats to Glenn Kessler for at least fact-checking adults, as opposed to lying about what his sources told him about a ten-year-old rape victim. www.levernews.com/emails-raise...levernews.comEmails Raise Questions About WaPo Fact CheckerThe Post corrected Glenn Kessler’s column questioning reporting about a child rape victim, shortly after The Lever obtained emails showing inaccuracies. 19687140
Reposted by Michael DanielsPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 03/07/2024Classic American political dialogue is premised on the idea that we share fundamental values but disagree on how best to promote them. I haven’t believed this for a while. Other than “I prefer to be alive and not dead” and “I like pudding,” I do not share values with these people. 491604271
Reposted by Michael DanielsPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 21/06/2024Roberts: wait Bruen says WHAT? Fuck fuck fuck I gotta stop voting on shit when I’m drunk. Okay. You can do this Johnny. You went to Harvard. Let’s parse our way out of this mess. Fuckin’ Thomas, I should have known better. 44722158
Reposted by Michael DanielsWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 17/06/2024The Federal Trade Commission, of all entities, is out here writing absolute bangers about AI snake oil. www.ftc.gov/business-gui... 5550122165
Reposted by Michael DanielsJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 30/05/2024Average American president has been convicted of .74 felonies 332713739
Reposted by Michael DanielsMike Masnick @masnick.com · 24/05/2024Congress still won't stop automakers from selling your driving data to data brokers and insurance companies, but they want to make sure @elonjet.net can't tell you if Elon is flying to Texas. 221150530
Reposted by Michael DanielsTeddy Wilson @reportbywilson.bsky.social · 24/04/2024We have reached the "anti-Israel protesters are paid" by Jews portion of the program. 28545146
Reposted by Michael DanielsEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 21/04/2024I found a group of 17,000 people called "Facebook complaints center" and every single post on there is amazing 26829161
Reposted by Michael DanielsRav BOO!dram 🎃👻 @rvbdrm.com · 05/04/2024Ah. Twitter’s AI, Grok, JUST FUCKING MADE UP that Iran is attacking Tel Aviv. It was first seen in the trending column. Bluechecks are running with the story 48946308
Reposted by Michael DanielsPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/03/2024I expect a lot of drama over the fact that Judge Kaplan gave SBF “only” 25 years. What if I told you 25 years is a lot? I would have been a bit surprised if he went below 20 but this doesn’t surprise me, based on how courts treat white collar stuff. 6770547
Reposted by Michael Danielssouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 20/03/2024I’ve… never read an obit like this before. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/a... (via @theferocity.bsky.social, 🎁 link) 4530662
Reposted by Michael DanielsMatthew Segal @segalmr.bsky.social · 19/03/2024COURT: allowing states to enforce the express insurrection disqualification in the U.S. Constitution would lead to "chaos" but it's fine for a state to have its own immigration system 351822689
Reposted by Michael DanielsFour Years Ago Today @fouryearsagotoday.bsky.social · 09/03/2024March 9, 2020, a Monday. Stung by headlines already questioning the administration's response to the looming Covid threat, Trump spends the day tweeting defensively. The Dow plunges 8%. 221062400
Reposted by Michael DanielsKatharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 06/03/2024Still laughing hours after I read this. So true so true 4458361196
Reposted by Michael DanielsAshaa 🐦⬛ (Soma) @coyote.band · 05/03/2024There is a Republican on the Wisconsin Elections Commission who bragged about “major reductions” in “overwhelming Black and Hispanic areas.” This was revealed in January 2023. He is still serving! urbanmilwaukee.com/2023/01/10/m... 8765352
Reposted by Michael DanielsZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 04/03/2024@kenwhite.bsky.social, is David Franklin Slater, age 63, an Air Force civilian employee accused of leaking classified materials in response to the following communications, a good client? www.justice.gov/opa/pr/air-force-employee-indicted-unlawful-disclosure-classified-national-defense-information 1211716