Reposted by mpowersCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that. 18473791611580
Reposted by mpowersRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Kudos to Stephen Colbert for speaking out. Surrendering to the Trump regime's tyranny only invites more of it. Paramount clearly seems to care more about getting a merger approved than its own integrity. 19147531258
Reposted by mpowersBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Among all the big bad things happening on our planet, there's one Big Good Thing, the sudden, startling rise of solar energy. It changes the power dynamic, in every sense of the word 'power.' www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...newyorker.com4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a MomentIn the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system. 281381402
Reposted by mpowersKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/07/2025For the life of me I don’t understand going to the effort - time, money, everything - of running for Congress, winning, and then just rolling over. It makes no sense. 75794271219
Reposted by mpowersErik Ledbetter @bandoblue.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Some thoughts about the military parade in my hometown of Washington DC today -- specifically, the route. Military parades in DC are quite rare. But when they happen, they have always begun, symbolically and geographically, at the Capitol and moved outward. 1/ 9042121898
Reposted by mpowersIlya Somin @ilyasomin.bsky.social · 13/06/2025In this post, I consider federal Judge Charles Breyer's compelling ruling against Trump's federalization of California National Guard. Situation here is yet another example of Trump's abusive invocation of emergency powers (as with Alien Enemies Act and tariffs): reason.com/volokh/2025/...reason.comFederal Court Rightly Invalidates Trump's Illegal Federalization of California National Guard TroopsEarlier tonight, Federal District Court Judge Charles Breyer issued a ruling against President Donald Trump's federalization of some 4000 California 417943
mpowers @michael.mpowers.net · 20/05/2025Because everyone else is sharing it. Because it’s awesome. 010
Reposted by mpowersJack McCallum @jackmack12.bsky.social · 04/05/2025I wish Gregg Popovich nothing but the best as he steps away from the San Antonio Spurs bench. There was nothing quite like dealing with Pop. He resisted my every attempt to do this story on him, but in the end he kinda sorta cooperated. The man is one of a kind. Please enjoy. bit.ly/4m0KLoKbit.lyPop ArtPicture a parking lot in a small Texas town in the early 1990s, heat curling up from the blacktop like incense from an altar, a few dozen fans watching a 1059675
Reposted by mpowersDiane Seltzer Esq @whatajlp.bsky.social · 24/04/2025It’s working! As of 8:30 this morning, a total of 22,893 ballots had been cast, representing 25.5% of the eligible voters. To put this into context, since the D.C. Bar was established in 1972, the largest number of ballots ever cast in an election was 10,714 in 1990.And voting goes through June 4! 804126689
Reposted by mpowersChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I would like for stupid people to stop making important decisions that affect my life 339149962372
Reposted by mpowersKathryn Brightbill ✒️ @kebrightbill.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Activists on Bluesky: Stop fedposting anything you don't want to see in an indictment GMU libertarians on Twitter: Rose Garden executions when? 2235
Reposted by mpowersKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Sad to hear of the passing of Dorothea von Moltke, who was a Princeton institution in her own right. www.tapinto.net/towns/prince...tapinto.netDorothea von Moltke, 1968-2025 -- Princeton Bookseller and Community BuilderPrinceton, NJ – For more about Von Moltke and Labyrinth Books, read the article in Princeton Magazine, or the 2016 article in U.S. 1. newspaper.Von Moltke made Labyrinth Books a valuable 518713
Reposted by mpowersgisele600.bsky.social @gisele600.bsky.social · 30/03/2025If you want to learn more about UBI, the only transitional solution to the technological unemployment that AI is threatening, check out my website named after my late son who was an ardent supporter: fundforhumanity.orgfundforhumanity.orgThe Gerald Huff Fund For Humanity - The Gerald Huff Fund for HumanityGet To Know Basic Income Get the latest info and updates about Basic Income in the U.S. Basic Income Pilots (BIP) is a comprehensive resource that gathers a ... 0157
Reposted by mpowersElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/03/2025Great @npr.org article on the vital work that our friends at the @archive.org are doing to preserve online history against political attacks.npr.orgAs the Trump administration purges web pages, this group is rushing to save themThe Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history. 9728218
Reposted by mpowersLisa Lin Doh @lisalindo.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Oh. My. Actual God. Duuuuuude. 35520
mpowers @michael.mpowers.net · 03/03/2025NYT trying to figure out why Drumpf hates Canada and someone picked this photo for no reason. 010
mpowers @michael.mpowers.net · 02/03/2025If Donald really were secretly Putin’s puppet, what would he be doing differently? 010
Reposted by mpowersGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 26/02/2025I shared this note with the owner of the Washington Post this morning. 1102152183158
Reposted by mpowersKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 26/02/2025So the Washington Post is going to stay in the WH press pool, then? 1322620
Reposted by mpowersjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/02/2025the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president 53019722021158
Reposted by mpowerssouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14/02/2025The interim US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, a FedSoc member and former Scalia clerk, has done more to publicly expose the corruption of the Trump administration this week at greater personal cost than any elected official I can think of. 10997652052
Reposted by mpowersLori Jean 🟦 @loraluwma.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Bowing down and licking boots. Buh bye Google. Low down trash right wingers. 1110535
Reposted by mpowersSharG @hapkidogal.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Ladies and gentlemen lets let Google know it is The Gulf Of Mexico. When you google it by the side of your top entry will be 3 dots. There is a place there to make it known It is incorrect if labelled with America. 57372121
Reposted by mpowersBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 10/02/2025“A minorrrrrrrr” 1197223182297
mpowers @michael.mpowers.net · 08/02/2025I keep saying this.nytimes.comOpinion | Now Will We Believe What Is Happening Right Before Our Eyes? (Gift Article)There can be no appeasement. None. 011
Reposted by mpowersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/02/2025Draw your own conclusions, but Donald Trump is not behaving like a leader who expects democratic accountability for himself or his party next year or in 2028. 873234904223
Reposted by mpowersRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 02/02/2025"What would Mitch McConnell do?" is the only question Democrats in Congress should be asking themselves right now. And then they should do it. 421057175
Reposted by mpowersRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 31/01/2025The entire staff of 60 Minutes should resign. This would be a dangerous, historic act of cowardice. It requires an extraordinary, historic response. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/b...nytimes.comParamount in Settlement Talks With Trump Over ‘60 Minutes’ LawsuitA settlement, if reached, would be an extraordinary concession by a major U.S. media company to a sitting president. 983914873
Reposted by mpowersJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Sounds like a cheap hit. But maybe it wasn’t a great time to freeze hiring of new air traffic controllers for no reason why there was already a shortage. I’m not sure this is a stretch. 951458395
Reposted by mpowersJim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope. 801312698227079
Reposted by mpowersSharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 27/01/2025fascinating how Deneen is so comfortable becoming the Heidegger/Schmitt of the MAGA era 1475082
Reposted by mpowersAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/01/2025One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground. 419914961619212
Reposted by mpowersArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 20/01/2025President Biden in his final speech: "We chose the best damn team in the world." Fact. No felons, alleged rapists, puppy murderers, conspiracy theory whack jobs, or a slew of billionaire oligarchs. 362001415
Reposted by mpowersKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Giant sucking sound in DC 1141489109
