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Michael Hess

@michaelhess.bsky.social
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Girl-Dad, Liberal, Anti-fascist, and crow-friend with a penchant for costumes and playing Pirate. Occasionally known to have pocket bacon. Sol Menden on TT

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Michael Hess @michaelhess.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
How does HeathEquity formerly Wageworks) FSA deny repayment of a $30 Co-Pay at a Kaiser point of service? As if an insurance co-pay isnt a covered medical expense. Then cancels my card access to the rest of my FSA money pool already deducted from my pay checks. 3 times I provided reciepts.
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Michael Hess @michaelhess.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Join tonights zoom training to learn more about how we can help oppose Trump's mass detention agenda. mobilize.us/s/L6Pfh9
mobilize.us
Movement Call: National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention · Indivisible
The Trump administration is converting warehouses across the country into mass detention facilities — and communities are already fighting back. Join Indivisible, Detention Watch Network, Disappeared ...
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Michael Hess @michaelhess.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Vive la Revolution!
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 13/07/2025
So let me get this straight. In two days we went from “the Epstein list doesn’t exist” to “the Epstein list that certainly exists was created by Obama n such” Ya ok
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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 29/05/2025
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Mark Streich @theglobalvc.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
And let's see what Fox said about Obama receiving, *checking article*, cigars, rum, and some jewelry. www.foxnews.com/politics/oba...
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Obama White House's lavish gifts from foreign friends revealed
Cuban cigars and rum, sculptures decorated in gold and precious gems and even jewelry adorned in diamonds and rubies are among the many lavish gifts the Obama family and those in the administration re...
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James Leno @lenojames.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
When is a gift not a gift? When it is filled with the latest tracking and eavesdropping technology.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Do you agree Trump should be impeached and removed? Tell Congress that here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress to Impeach Trump
Contact Congress today!
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.' The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..." www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...
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Homeland Security Dept. accuses lawmakers of ‘storming’ an ICE facility despite oversight laws saying they could be there | CNN Politics
The battle over immigration came to a dramatic head Friday afternoon when Democratic lawmakers faced off with Homeland Security Department officers as they tried to visit a Newark, New Jersey Immigrat...
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Michael Hess @michaelhess.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Another Punkrock Homesteading gem...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Boom! We are almost at 5,000 letters demanding Congress stop Trump's authoritarian military parade. Help us pass 5,000 here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org
Tell Congress: Stop Trump's wasteful and authoritarian birthday military parade
Contact Congress today!
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Michael Hess @michaelhess.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Car and home insurance should be pre-tax expenses and payable with your FSA/HSA.
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Whatifisaidit @whatifisaidit.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
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Federal authorities arrest Wisconsin judge
Federal authorities have arrested a Wisconsin-based judge amid an investigation into whether she tried to help a migrant lacking permanent legal status avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtro…
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work. snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
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God @thegodshow.com · 18/04/2025
EXACTLY.
johnroycomic says:
Right wing Star Wars fans at some level realize that throwing a wrongly accused man into an off shore mega prison where no leaves is literally what the Empire does in Andor, right?
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Michael Hess @michaelhess.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
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Michael Hess @michaelhess.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
It's interesting that Trump ended his truth post this morning with his initials when he normally does not. "THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT" Then, four hours later, he puts a 90-day hold on the tariffs and the market rebounds. Was it a tipoff to his oligarch buddies who were getting "yippy"?
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Michael Hess @michaelhess.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
This.
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Dawn 🇮🇹 ✌🏻🐈‍⬛🐈💙 🍷fly 🦅 fly 💚 @charlieharry.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
There ya have it Fuck every single one of these traitors! Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Primary all of them! Go to their meetings and make your displeasure known Do not donate one dime to any of them. They are not working for democracy!
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dharmalee3❌👑 @dharmalee3.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Swing Left swingleft.org/ Working Families Party workingfamilies.org Move On front.moveon.org Indivisible indivisible.org Mobilize www.mobilize.us Demcast demcast.com/team/ 5 Calls app 5calls.org/all/ Call your senator(s) 202-224-3121
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 12/03/2025
Dismantling the Department of Education has nothing to do with improving outcomes for our kids, it’s simply about taking away resources from our public schools.
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it's Candy Love @candylovely.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 11/03/2025
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
'Stunning reversal': Billionaires at Trump's inauguration see dramatic decline in wealth. Losses of $145 billion in total so far! This is a great article that breaks the losses down for you! www.rawstory.com/trump-billio...
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'Stunning reversal': Billionaires at Trump's inauguration see dramatic decline in wealth
The tech billionaires who had front-row seats as President Donald Trump was being sworn in on Jan. 20 – including Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos – have seen their wealth drop by a staggering $210 billion combined as the president’s economic policies have upended markets, a Bloomberg analy...
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
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John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 01/03/2025
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org
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We're not done yet | 18F
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Nailed it www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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Opinion | This Never Happened With an American President Before
Trump’s behavior in the Oval Office with Zelensky was an unparalleled break with American foreign policy.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting. The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense
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Michael Hess @michaelhess.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
It's hasn't even been 40 days yet. Just 1,420 days to go.
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God @thegodshow.com · 27/02/2025
We should be writing Project 2029—defining the society we want, clearly and publicly. Let’s start today.
thegodpodcast.com
Announcing Project 2029
The Progressive Blueprint for a Fairer, Stronger Future.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Side eyes all the huge blue maga lib accounts who have been making memes that Bannon is an ally cause he hates Musk. 😐
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 17/02/2025
📢 App Version 1.98 is rolling out now, including: (1/5) • a new option for who can reply to your posts • search posts by a user • lots of little improvements to make the app feel better!
Bluesky 1.98. Improvements: You can now restrict replies to "Followers only". New settings page: Post Interaction Settings. Added "Search posts" to user profiles. Improvements to the search page. New translation: Interlingua
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a “dire threat to the American people and our way of life”. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.
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Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
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Michael Hess @michaelhess.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
With the accidental firing of Nuclear Security oversight personnel, do we currently know, for sure, if all of our warheads are accounted for? What company doesn't have employees' home phone and alternate e-mail on file for Business Resumption Plan purposes in case of an emergency? I call bullshit.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/02/2025
The UK has a shadow cabinet - political positions within the party that isn’t in power - and so should we. Plus, we need weekly press briefings led by @petebuttigieg.bsky.social on the state of the union. Business-as-usual time is over.
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God @thegodshow.com · 17/02/2025
When a judge stops the president from doing something illegal, that’s not a “threat to democracy,” that’s a check on the president’s power. That's the whole damn point.
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Michael Hess @michaelhess.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Interesting Oklahoma House Bill 1343 just introduced (not yet passed). "The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is hereby abolished... (1)
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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
BREAKING: The Trump Administration made a big nuclear blunder, firing more than 300 employees responsible for our nuclear weapons, Trump’s Plan to Transform the White House into Mar-a-Lago, and more! Consider subscribing to support my work. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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The Trump Administration's Massive Nuclear Blunder as Trump Pushes to Transform the White House into Mar-a-Lago | Morning Rundown
The Trump Administration made a massive nuclear blunder, firing more than 300 employees responsible for our nuclear weapons, Trump’s Plan to Transform the White House into Mar-a-Lago, and more!
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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
How bout the orange fuckwad allowing & approving????
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
6 questions, 3 scotches.
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Lauren Windsor @laurenwindsor.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Gonna be really hard for Pam Bondi to prosecute all of Elon's alleged fraud claims when they've gutted DOJ... Wait, they haven't filed ANY charges... It's almost like Elon is full of shit.
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annigo.bsky.social @annigo.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
🤣😂🤣 🚽 BREAKING: Protesters in New York City have been throwing water balloons filled with their urine at Trump Tower’s windows repeatedly throughout the day as they drive past, so janitors have stopped trying to wash it off and now the entire block smells like piss. #tRumpstinks
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Other98 @other98.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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Jacqs @fooyoo2.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
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