michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 1hThey have never pretended to tell the truth. Never. That's what's so amazing. I can't even call it BS because BS presumes that they're trying to trick you. They're not trying at all. They don't care whether we know they're violating the Hatch Act. They're like WTF are you going to do about it? 000
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19hJD Vance defends Trump's taxpayer-funded propaganda videos: "If you look at the message of those advertisements, they are not partisan, it's not like we're advocating for a particular candidate" 5511417326
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialDr. Amy Acton @amyactonoh.bsky.social · 14hAs a doctor, I’ve spent my career with Ohioans on some of the hardest days of their lives. The last thing anyone should worry about in those moments is whether or not they can afford the care they need. 351433352
michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 1hThank you! Everyone has been focusing on Trump…the crowd and the entire demographic they represent are absolute human detritus that no decent people should be subsidizing. 000
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialenahchine.bsky.social @enahchine.bsky.social · 2hTonight, Trump suggested that Iran take out Los Angeles and San Diego to cheers of Nebraska Republicans. The media will sanewash Trump, but it is time to stop supporting farmers with blue state money. It is time those bums either work or lose their farms. No socialism for red states. 111
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15hWhy is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption? 493154805794
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialVincenzo @vincenzodon.bsky.social · 6hIn your lifetime, did you think you’d ever hear a president of the United States suggest that a country we are at war with should take out two of our cities? With glee, I might add. 233
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 14hI could hug @anandwrites.bsky.social for this. This is so true but you NEVER hear it in US media. Never. Truly doing god's work. 484186253
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 8hGov. Josh Shapiro: "Measles was eliminated back in the year 2000. And now, 26 years later, we’re dealing with it coming roaring back. Pennsylvania has now eclipsed 1,000 cases across 39 counties, with five deaths." Shapiro says amid the outbreak, vaccinations have now doubled. 12032241134
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialmichaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · 8h"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary," ~ Pablo Picasso 6789105
michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 2hThere was a cheering crowd. This is far beyond merely Trump. 010
michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 2hTo a cheering crowd. It's long overdue that we start ostracising these people. They should be shunned from all polite society for being the moral degenerates they are. 0140
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialEric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 17hTwo things: A) It's the biggest blessing from party elders that Abdul El-Sayed can get to have Barack Obama campaign with him). B) You bring in Barack Obama when you need the closer. This is bringing on Jordan with the Flu. This is Ben Wallace in Game 5 against the Lakers. 13448921032
michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 2hRed States and counties throughout the country. The hate is incredible and it's from dependents. 000
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10hTrump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay." 126632081266
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 5hincredible this will get little to no coverage 782240398
michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 17hWhy are we having him shoved in our faces recently? 010
michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 17hLike spousal abuse. There they go threatening people with their absence. Wonder what the line on Polymarket is for Man City sanctions? 000
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 18hWe are aware of an individual using a UK number on Telegram and WhatsApp under the name “Antony Kevin” to seek assistance recruiting journalists and analysts working on Syria. They claim to work for Bellingcat, but do not. Please disregard requests from them and contact [contact@bellingcat.com]. 0320152
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 18hToday is the first day of the Supreme Court's term. My yearly print preview of all the things the Republicans will take away from us this time, is now avaialble on Al Gore's Internet in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comThe People vs. the Supreme CourtThis term the Supreme Court has plans to trampleeven more of our rights. But we, the people, are not powerlessin the face of their power grab. 6451149
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 18hwhoa if true Trump Drops Bombshell Evidence Biden Actively Campaigned Against Him — theonion.com/trump-drops-...theonion.comTrump Drops Bombshell Evidence Biden Actively Campaigned Against HimWASHINGTON—During an address to the nation Tuesday in which he claimed to have obtained definitive proof that the election was stolen, President Donald Trump presented bombshell evidence showing his o... 5593
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20hWasn’t there something else that he did which was really, really evil? 1446115242165
michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 18hOur media is so f*cked. We're surrounded by propaganda. 060
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.social🎃Alice Anne Fayth🎃 @aliceannefayth.bsky.social · 20hDefinitely a better headline but… Feels like the weight of what caused him to be disgraced should be the decision he made to engage child molestation itself, rather than the ensuing scandal. 😕 641822
michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 18hWow, talk about burying the lede. This is pure propaganda! 010
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialMelissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 19hOMG they left out his pedophilia!!! 2868
michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 19hPeople voted to harm children. So children are being harmed. 000
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialAngry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 19hWell, hot damn... Thanks RFK jr.! Because of federal rules, children covered by Medicaid won't be able to access vaccines that are no longer recommended by the federal government, even as children with private insurance will. x.com/TPM/status/2...x.comTalking Points Memo (@TPM) on XBecause of federal rules, children covered by Medicaid won't be able to access vaccines that are no longer recommended by the federal government, even as children with private insurance will. https://... 41010
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20hTalking with Volodymyr Yermolenko about the layers of Ukrainian history. ukraineworld.org/en/podcasts/...ukraineworld.orgTimothy Snyder on the Deep Layers of Ukrainian HistoryFrom the early proto-cities to the interplay between settled and nomadic cultures. The conversation opens Ukraine as a vibrant central zone. 221659
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 20hI spelled out "superpower suicide" in this essay from May 2026. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power, and succeeded with such rapidity. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...snyder.substack.comOn Superpower SuicideAnd the recovery of justice 391201414
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19hFor Americans voting from abroad www.votefromabroad.org/request/your...votefromabroad.orgFederal Post Card Application Form | VoteFromAbroad.orgVote from Abroad: Step-by-step instructions to assist a voter to produce a Federal Post Card Application form suitable to send to the Local Election Official. 3260135
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialProPublica @propublica.org · 21hNEW: Remember when John Oliver opened a church to expose how easy it was to get tax exemptions? This year, ProPublica reporters set out to establish private schools to test if, truly, anyone could open one. We founded two. Here’s how.propublica.orgHow ProPublica Reporters Became Private School Owners in 24 HoursThe reporting experiment demonstrates how easy it can be to open private schools that might then access public money. No credentials or background checks required. 7852592295
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialMelissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 19hThis is mind-blowing. 1209
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialbuilder08.bsky.social @builder08.bsky.social · 21hBut ripping off Medicaid is A okay👌 with Rick Scott 3834
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2026Nobody is prepared for the world of drone warfare that is coming, in fact is already here www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...nytimes.comU.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New ThreatsThe withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. 1281604592
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23hHow is it not news when the president nods off in public meetings and press conferences dozens of times? If you follow independent media, you see it and know about it. But why hasn’t CBS, NBC or ABC showed a montage of it on their evening news? They simply refuse to ever show it. 795117013192
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026💯 10459132179
michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Indeed policy has been regressive. This actually started to change for the better under Biden for the first time in 50 years and in the midst of a pandemic. The American rebuke of MAGA cannot be overstated. 0230
Reposted by @michaelam.bsky.socialCassandra 🏴🇪🇺🌐 @troybairn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Momentum will be lost pretty much immediately. Why? - the economic and fiscal outlook is dire. Trump, the Iran and Ukraine wars, Suez and Panama problems etc are not Labour’s fault, but they are going to get the blame, because governments always do. - bond markets - cost of living fury - … 161
michaelam.bsky.social @michaelam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In financial markets, the term is “capitulation”. There's accountability for political parties and individual politicians but not yet for the UK public/electorate which has sacrificed its economic and cultural prosperity for chauvinism. Correction requires capitulation. A valuation is happening. 032