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Mike Chesser

@michaelchesser81.bsky.social
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physician, Navy veteran, pro-democracy

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h
Texas-based Dynamic Frontier Holdings, linked to Konstantin Sokolov, RU-US businessman who was a private donor to Trump’s $350M WH ballroom, received authorization from the Treasury Dep to complete an acquisition of Teghut, one of Armenia’s largest copper mines, involving sanctioned Russian bank.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 17h
Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard.
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The Great Pumpkinsquatch - Scott Kelley Ernest 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @mxscottkernest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals youtu.be/GwqOZ0eaoDI?...
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BOMBSHELL: WaPo reports Trump's ads were funded with money meant for slain officers' funerals
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Count on it 👇
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Mike Chesser @michaelchesser81.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Stephen Miller: Secretary of Cruelty and Sadism Pete Hegseth: Secretary of White Christian Militarism Marco Rubio: Secretary of Empire Scott Bessent: Secretary of Financial Sycophancy Todd Blanche: Consigliere Doug Burgum: National Park Realtor RFK Jr: Secretary of Snake Oil Sales
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Jeff Roush @jeffroushwriting.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tonight’s #FridayLimericks look at Trump’s ongoing war against investigating crime. When a criminal President reigns With a grudge and dementia-fried brains, To investigate crime Makes you liberal slime— And a threat to his ill-gotten gains.
Chart showing dramatic recent leap in Trump’s net worth.
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Every time I conclude for certain that Tommy Tuberville is the dumbest senator ever, Marsha pops back up to remind me that it can always get dumber.
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NPR @npr.org · 02/10/2026
Americans owe $220 billion in medical debt, according to a federal survey. (via @wbur.org) n.pr/4ASBqXF
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Letters announcing medical-debt relief arrive as a welcome surprise
Americans owe $220 billion in medical debt, according to a federal survey.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My favorite pastor, one who actually gets it, is Rev. Benjamin Cremer. I love his common-sense posts about this Christofascist bullshit the Trump administration is trying to push on us. Don't fall for it. It's all nonsense. Everyone should know right from wrong. I'll always keep fighting fascism.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 02/10/2026
President Trump and his admin are delusional. This economy only works for billionaires and CEOs, not working people. And this November, we’re going to elect candidates who will balance the scales and create an economy that works for all of us.
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Mike Chesser @michaelchesser81.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
10,000 US troops headed to the Persian Gulf. When was the last time that we had a press briefing for the war?
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're all Epstein pigs
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Lpeterp @lpeterp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NOTE: these positions are now CENTER in the US...
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 01/10/2026
CEO compensation has increased 1,316% since 1978. And worker compensation? Just 28%. The system is rigged. We need to start taxing the rich so they pay their fair share.
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Definitely a Russian Asset! “SO THE US VOTED WITH RUSSIA AT THE UN AGAINST CONDEMNING RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE. IF THAT DOESN'T TELL YOU THERE'S A TRAITOR IN THE WHITE HOUSE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES." @CHEWY _TINMANG6
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
irony is dead -- Sarah Huckabee Sanders is on Fox & Friends decrying "manufactured" conservative outrage
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carljungfranz.bsky.social @carljungfranz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
* Jung used the term "concretism" to describe a primitive or defensive state of mind that cannot distinguish between a subjective psychological reality & an objective physical fact. *
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
UNREAL: Senate Republicans and John Fetterman Block Measure To Probe Killings of Nine Americans by Israelis in West Bank. Yep these Republicans and Fetterman voted to protect Israel over US citizens. This is TREASONOUS! www.mediaite.com/media/news/s...
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Senate Republicans and John Fetterman Block Measure To Probe Killings of Nine Americans by Israelis in West Bank
Senate Republicans voted almost unanimously against a measure that would require the State Department to investigate Israeli violence in the West Bank that, since 2022, has resulted in the deaths of a...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that tens of thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in various blue states, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in a new lawsuit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS has failed to provide records to prove Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says
Key federal agencies failed to provide any records to back up President Donald Trump’s allegations that 278,000 noncitizens are improperly registered to vote, a nonpartisan government watchdog said in...
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Teri King @volleygirl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Adam Kidan went to federal prison with Jack Abramoff and was ordered to repay $21.7 million. Trump pardoned him in July. His money turned up in eight Republican Senate campaigns. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-pard...
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They can lose your plan and sit on the files. Demand the release. The letter’s already written. #GOPWarOnHealthcare
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Tell Congress: Demand AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files now
Contact Congress today!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 29/09/2026
"A common argument I hear in favor of wealth taxes is about the ability of wealthy people to leverage their assets as a form of untaxed income. … If it is true that the asset-rich are skirting taxes with loans, the obvious solution is to close the loophole." www.liberalcurrents.com/tax-the-weal...
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Tax the Wealthy, Not Wealth
Don’t miss the forest for the tallest trees.
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Mike Chesser @michaelchesser81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith and Anthony Fauci are dedicated, brave public servants. Watching these Republican senators trash them makes me ashamed of my country. These senators are too cowardly to stand up to Trump’s treachery.
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Rabbi Jill Zimmerman @rabbijill.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I am appalled that the GOP trash Jack smith & Fauci, who are lifelong dedicated public servants, “dirtbags” & “criminals” OMG . I’m just so sad
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Mike Chesser @michaelchesser81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Senator John Kennedy is full of shit, up to his eyeballs.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The rich would prefer you to believe that the "free market" is subject to the immutable law of supply and demand. But for years, the wealthy and powerful have manipulated the market for their own gain. There is nothing “free” about it. Watch.
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🌹WeegieFromWA 🍀 @onefussyone.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
They look very well fed and clothed. after a long, arduous journey. Wonder how that happens.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene @mtgreenee
We have not seen a caravan headed to the U.S.
southern border in several years, why now?
Oh yeah, there is an election coming and the GOP
needs to scare you into voting because nothing else
is working.
@AnthonyAgue
Over 400 aliens predominantly from Honduras
entered Mexico on Thursday, ready to make their way
to the US southern border ... Here's footage of the
caravan. Someone is incentivizing this movement, this
is not organic.
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Mike Chesser @michaelchesser81.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Thiel’s Antichrist Confession: “If you’re evil… maybe you’re actually kind of good”
How Peter Thiel became the Devil himself.
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Mike Chesser @michaelchesser81.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Republicans are puzzled right now. Why aren’t their usual dog whistles (trans athletes, communist scare, Antifa, etc) keeping the faithful in line?
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Mike Chesser @michaelchesser81.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dante Moore had a concussive seizure. It doesn’t imply a more severe concussion, and typically has good prognosis.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
On this day in 1994, the Clinton administration's heathcare reform plan was declared "dead" by Congress. Over 30 years later, the US is still the only industrialized country without universal healthcare. This should be a national outrage.
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Belana @belana9.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey my Bluesky friends! Especially my Trekkie buddies!😍 Here’s this outstanding PSA from lovely🤩 ❤️George HosatoTakei🤩❤️ 🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽🖖🏽 #USDemocracy
PSA from George 
Stating if you’re turned away at the polls because your name is not on the register, don’t walk away. Say this: I request a provisional ballot as required by law.

Don’t let them steal your vote. 
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Mike Chesser @michaelchesser81.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
When we began burning fossil fuel to make our lives more comfortable, we didn’t know that we were dooming future generations to a hot, inhospitable planet. Even now we could do something to slow down the warming of the planet, but the petroleum industry has bought off our politicians.
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Mike Chesser @michaelchesser81.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
How long until Trump blames Biden for the audio problems in this Tenn vs Texas game?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Susan Collins is always horrified by the predictable results of her own vote, which means Mainers who genuinely care about Susan Collins should elect Troy Jackson as he won’t vote for things that wind up upsetting Susan Collins, unlike Susan Collins
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Super Intelligence Peasants, remember this when you vote They're not thinking about you
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 26/09/2026
"Democrats on net highly support the public ownership and operation of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, the electrical grid, rail system, and artificial intelligence." www.liberalcurrents.com/what-are-dem...
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What Are Democrats Thinking?
Democratic voters want to end the filibuster, nationalize artificial intelligence, and prosecute every Trump toady.
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Communism is pure evil until it’s not…
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Bill Leibenguth @bill-leibenguth.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Publius 2.0 @dadaman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We know 100% that China is helping Iran literally kill US service members but Trump welcomes President Xi like he's the greatest guy in the world. This is outrageous! thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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GOP senators dismayed by Trump embrace of Xi after China helped Iran target US troops
Republican senators are expressing concern and dismay over President Trump’s lavish welcome of Chinese President Xi Jinping to a two-day summit in Washington after it was revealed earlier this mont…
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 25/09/2026
The DOJ dropped 23,000 criminal cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — while prosecuting 32,000 new immigration cases in the first six months of Trump’s second term. (Published March)
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration
Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ abandoned a record number of cases — including hundreds of investigations into terrorism, white-collar crime and drugs — in just the first six months of Presi...
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Raskin made a holy shit observation on MS Now this afternoon: Since taking office, Trump has made a million dollars per hour for himself. Every hour, he has made more than twice the president’s annual salary.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
Endless pursuit of wealth and power by western leaders led us here. What strikes me most is how many saw what was coming, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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The west is in freefall – and the worst part is that we were warned, but chose not to listen | Owen Jones
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Mike Chesser @michaelchesser81.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
One of these days Gov Sarah Huckabee Sanders is going to break her arm patting herself on the back. Seems like every day she’s holding another press conference to congratulate herself on something. Folks losing Medicaid coverage? Not a word.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 24/09/2026
Whatdya think about 2 more years of whatever this is?
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/09/2026
But this is, unfortunately, right now, with this presidency. lnk.thebulwark.com/4rorqAQ
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