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Michael J. Stern

@michaeljstern.bsky.social
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USA Today opinion columnist. Also in: Chicago Tribune; Los Angeles Times; Guardian; Boston Globe; HuffPost; Hill; NY Daily News, etc. Former federal prosecutor, state prosecutor, and defense attorney for indigent defendants. 🌊 🏳️‍🌈 #LGBT

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 9h
Pathological liars just can’t stop lying. Trump: “I’m the only president that donated his salary. They pay me $550,000 a year.” The presidential salary is $400,000. JFK and Hoover donated their salaries and didn’t rob the country blind.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Ossoff on Mike Collins: "This is a congressman who called for executing immigrants by throwing them out of helicopter. He is a fanatic and Trump puppet."
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 9h
I can’t believe people are replying by saying this is fake and staged. The lack of empathy for a pilot who was stabbed & passengers who were bloodied saving the people on the plane is astonishing. Just say you’re good with a plane filled with Jews crashing into Israel. Don’t dance around it. 
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 6h
WARNING: The Ellison family is about to own CBS News AND CNN. A judge just cleared the deal. Closing: days away. When one family controls what tens of millions watch, democracy loses a watchdog. Independent media isn't a luxury. It's your last line of defense.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 11h
Problem is, I think they believed, but didn’t give a damn.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 7h
DA says Cornell never gave him a statement from "Jane Doe" in which she says she was raped. Why didn't Cornell provide the statement? I handled sexual assault cases. The DA could have asked the woman to come in for an interview. Simple. Why wasn't it done? www.cnn.com/2026/09/30/u...
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What Cornell’s Jane Doe told investigators in 2024 prompts fresh questions in newly reopened investigation | CNN
A signed statement made by Jane Doe to Cornell University police in 2024 when she first went to school officials with allegations she was gang raped is raising new questions about what law enforcement...
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 11h
I’m cringing.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 9h
I can’t believe people are replying by saying this is fake and staged. The lack of empathy for a pilot who was stabbed & passengers who were bloodied saving the people on the plane is astonishing. Just say you’re good with a plane filled with Jews crashing into Israel. Don’t dance around it. 
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 10h
Maybe it’s the fact that she is having an affair with Cory Lewandowski…or her husband likes to dress up as a woman with inflatable breasts, but this comes a surprise to no one. www.latimes.com/world-nation... 
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Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem files for divorce from her husband of 34 years
The filing, made in April but posted online Monday, comes after questions arose earlier this year about the nature of Kristi Noem's relationship with a top advisor.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 10h
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Conduit Church on Instagram: "Words matter. Facts matter. You can criticize Israel’s policies, but words like “apartheid” and “genocide” have specific meanings. Know the facts before repeating the nar...
5,061 likes, 284 comments - conduit.church on September 24, 2026: "Words matter. Facts matter. You can criticize Israel’s policies, but words like “apartheid” and “genocide” have specific meanings. Kn...
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 10h
On a flight from Dubai to Israel, a pilot stabbed his copilot and tried to take over the plane. Was this intended to be a 9/11 style attack on Israel? And if it was, why is the media ignoring this crucial point? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/w...
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A Bloody Attack on a FlyDubai Plane Headed to Israel, and a Terrifying Plunge
“I don’t deserve to die like this,” said one passenger on Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The motive of the cockpit stabbing remains unknown, officials said.
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
NEW AD: Today on House Hunters, Ken Paxton is shopping for a new house. Will he buy the three-story luxury lodge in Oklahoma? The condos at a wellness resort in Utah? The ocean-view property in Hawaii? (Spoiler alert: He won’t take one — he’ll take 15.)
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 11h
I’m cringing.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16h
👀 🔥
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14h
James Talarico walks out to a standing ovation from 50,000 Texans at the State Fair Classic.
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William "Chip" Nagel @cto1usn.bsky.social · 19h
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 11h
Trump’s new AI chatbot wasn’t hallucinating, he lost the 2020 election. But when the newest rollout from the White House contradicted Trump’s rhetoric, they pulled the plug. Now when asked about it, the AI tool says “I do not offer political commentary on elections” and dismisses the question...
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 12h
This, a thousand times. Just imagine the MAGA outrage. And yet when a rotund, orange Umpa Loompa does it, they are silent.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 11h
From woke to white supremacy in one administration.
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Sukie 💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🌊 @froggybottompond.bsky.social · 20h
''I'd like to go ahead and solve it. The Atlanta Hawks.''
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 11h
Problem is, I think they believed, but didn’t give a damn.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 11h
Laying one up for Jack Smith.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith is what Robert Mueller was supposed to be.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 12h
On point.
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This, a thousand times. Just imagine the MAGA outrage. And yet when a rotund, orange Umpa Loompa does it, they are silent.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 14h
Exactly.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 16h
A pilot flying a FlyDubai jet, on the way to Israel, stabbed another pilot and tried to crash the plane in what looks like it may be terrorism-related. www.cnn.com/2026/09/30/w...
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Live updates: A pilot may have sought to crash Israel-bound flight, Netanyahu says | CNN
The Flydubai flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia after a struggle in the cockpit in what the Israeli PM called “a most serious security incident.” Follow for live updates.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
FAFO moments make me smile.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 19h
Seems pretty apparent that Jennings lied about his back and forth substantive discussion with McConnell.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 19h
If you're a Republican and you refuse to debate your Democratic opponent on FOX NEWS, you're a corrupt bastard who is even too low for Fox.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The sign being used in stores across Canada, thanks to Trump. =====================
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Richard Wayne Bowling @rchrdwynbwlngk100.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Why did Eric Schmitt fuck up his gotcha moment so badly? No one involved considered the possibility that Jack Smith attended a women’s basketball game. A MAGAt undone by misogyny. Not at all surprising.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 21h
If it ruins her life, at the very least it should ruin his life. Yes, conviction and punishment for rape should ruin someone’s life. Don’t want a ruined life? Don’t rape. 
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Eric Foltz @ericfoltz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We should probably thank the Republicans for the brilliant idea of holding these hearings right before the election and reminding everyone that Trump is a criminal. They really are a bunch of morons.
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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha1.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Schmitt: "Did you attend a Hawks game on February 3rd?" Smith: "That is incorrect. I was in Hollywood attending a dinner gathering at the home of actor Ethan Hawke." Schmitt: "AHA! WE GOT YOU!"
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End Citizens United @endcitizensunited.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For once, Ken Paxton is being honest: if it weren't for our broken campaign finance system, he'd have no shot. #UnrigWashington candidate @jamestalarico.bsky.social is running to reform our system and fight for Texans. Ken Paxton can't say the same. #TXSEN
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Live Updates: FlyDubai Flight to Israel Is Diverted After Clash Between Pilots
Passengers intervened after the pilot and co-pilot fought during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. It was not clear what had prompted the...
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Ray @raymolson22.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We are not being governed. We are being looted.
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Buffalo Temple of Music, Sports, and Whatever @sethfromthe716.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is going to lose his shit when they tell him about the Chicago Blackhawks, Seattle Seahawks, Miami RedHawks, or the Kansas Jayhawks.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 30/09/2026
Sen. Eric Schmitt was so overzealous to try and get Jack Smith, a good and honest man who has done great work, that Schmitt embarrassed himself by accusing Smith of going to the wrong basketball game. You can't make this stuff up. And right wing media will pretend it never happened.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt is what happens when a state becomes so red that you don’t need to be a talented politician to become a US Senator. And to be fair, there are examples of this in blue states too. Iron sharpens iron.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When you walk into a heaping pile of poo that you should have seen and people keep reminding you how stupid a move that was because it was your own poo.
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Psaki's Apprentice @sleepycongressman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every GOP is to blame for the shit hole America is in right now, Every one, without exception
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thank goodness, because I love Diet Coke. medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09...
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Major trial examines sugar-free sweetened soft drinks
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have conducted the longest and most comprehensive randomized controlled trial of non-nutritive sweetened (NNS) soft drinks.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
So many stupid and incompetent GOP members of Congress, it's painful.
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Michigan Senate GOP candidate Mike Rogers photoshopped his body. 😂
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