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Michael the Blue Dot in the Big Red Sea

@michaelthebluedot.bsky.social
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Old, poor and tired. Red State Resident. Here for politics, sanity and an alternative to Elon’s X. No DMs unless you have information about my royal ancestry and a castle inheritance. Hopefully it’s in good shape with indoor plumbing.

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Social Justice @supergamer1234.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump just said from his Irish golf resort that we shouldn't regulate AI because "China will win." Nothing inspires confidence like a tech policy crafted between holes at a country club 🏌️‍♂️ www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China
President Donald Trump is playing down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence
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lavndrblue.bsky.social @lavndrblue.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
WHERE IS MITCH MCCONNELL? ⚰️?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This is a real sentence from DOJ's legal filing this weekend: "although ballot mail does not present the same operational issues as cremated remains or replica explosives, it is sensitive mail that raises unique operational considerations."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/08/2026
these are two odd looking guys
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Senile Satan: “I’m signing an Executive Order that changes the name of German Measles to American Measles.” 🇺🇸
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 31/08/2026
The Pentagon influencer scandal keeps getting bigger. More partisan online personalities. More government jobs. More taxpayer money. Who hired them, what are they being paid to do, and are military officers violating the UCMJ? This deserves answers.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I think this is an accurate assessment - at least somewhere around this number. The problem isn’t rebuilding the bases, it’s force protection. Iran knows what works, now they’re reconstituting their capabilities during the lull in fighting. Emboldening them was a grave mistake
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Al Toth @atoth99.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
So Trump is bragging about bringing in a ton of beef tariff free from another country. Doesn't that screw the USA ranchers?
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 12/08/2026
So i guess the GOP is cool with ICE using electric shock gloves? That feels a bit…. Hmmm…. Communist?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Proud to be on this list! www.stopthepresses.news/p/25-must-fo...
stopthepresses.news
25 must-follow people in pro-democracy media
One way to fight negativity is to lift up inspirational voices
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 10/08/2026
You may have seen the scary headlines about migrants from Morocco “crossing into Spain.” There’s some important context missing: they reached a Spanish territory in North Africa, not mainland Europe. That distinction matters. But FoxNews and the adminstration doesn't want you to know this
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A novel—and, no doubt, fleeting—moment of self-awareness.
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 05/08/2026
The fact that the Democratic senators are agreeing to a continuing resolution until Dec 11th with NO compromises for them is absolute political malpractice and head scratching. Why not even try to ban like…. The arch? Anything!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/08/2026
Trump on Venezuela: "They had the tragedy the other day with the problem, as you know. That was a terrible problem. The uhhh, earthquake I guess you would call it." (The quake was in June)
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Coffee, straight out of my nose.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
*Spits coffee out…. 🤣 #BookSky
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Ted Cruz says Texas is 3rd world country.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
“If you zoom in on the guitarist’s sunglasses you can see a crowd of less than a dozen people… the organizers appear to have recently deleted that image.” 😬 🕶️
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Trump’s regime tried to sue a jazz drummer for $1 million because his conscience wouldn't let him perform under Trump's name. A judge just threw the case out and ordered the regime to pay HIS legal bills instead. Read this incredible victory: 👇 www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/a-federal-...
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Olivia @matt-melo.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
True greatness lies in inclusion and unity, not in seizing power by inciting fear and division. Refuse to turn back safeguard our shared democratic future. 🇺🇸
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 31/05/2026
And Trump’s sick mind would rather destroy Republicans than fail alone.
theguardian.com
Republicans would rather self-destruct than save themselves from Trump | Sidney Blumenthal
As the president’s popularity withers, the party has no will to stage an intervention against him
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Here’s a thought — Maybe these people don’t deserve to be handsomely rewarded? (From NPR)
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
When did the motto of the United States get changed from "E Pluribus Unum" to "We Don't Give a Fuck About You Unless You're a Billionaire"?
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Rep. Mike Levin @levin.house.gov · 21/05/2026
🚨Last night in House Appropriations, all Republicans present voted to allow THEMSELVES to get settlements from the January 6th Slush Fund. I am not making this up.
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 21/05/2026
The January 6th Slush Fund hasn’t even opened applications yet, and look who’s lining up. Andrew Taake, accused of attacking police with bear spray on January 6th, while he was already out on pretrial release for child solicitation in Texas. He now has to register as a sex offender.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Trump's new 5-year plan includes taking equity in quantum computing operations. Trump will take equity stakes worth a total of $2bn in a slew of quantum computing companies, including a start-up backed by a firm with links to the Trump family and one taken public by a Pentagon official.
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US to invest $2bn in nine quantum computing companies
Beneficiaries include start-up backed by firm with links to the Trump family
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 21/05/2026
Oh— "Trump’s Tax Immunity Could Save Him More Than $600 Million" by @danalexander21.bsky.social for Forbes
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Why Trump’s Tax Immunity Could Save Him More Than $600 Million
The president secures a get-out-of-jail-free card for tax improprieties, just as he’s hauling in record amounts of cash.
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KittyAKAJody @kittywestmeow.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
DON’T JUST VENT-VOTE BY 6/2 was today’s message. We’ve all been on edge for the Gov race & maybe that’s why a jerk STOPPED his van on the 405, got OUT then yelled at us and gave us many fingers‼️ @indivisiblewestsidela.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbhubbell.bsky.social @bocksam.bsky.social
West LA Freeway Brigade on the Palms Overpass over 405S in LA. Black boards with white letters spell out: DON’T JUST VENT - VOTE BY 6/2 along with NO WAR NO ICE 
Distressed American flags CA flag and Pride flags fly high above message on fencing with some protesters standing behind letters. 
Traffic flows below.
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
And let’s not forget the writers, producers and crew who also made the Late Show what it was and who have lost their jobs because our president is a thin-skinned thug who deeply fears the ridicule he so richly deserves.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I saw this in Erin Brockovich. bsky.app/profile/acyn...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Can't thank Stephen Colbert enough for the decades of laughs he's given us. He's been positively therapeutic in these troubled times & I can't wait to see what he does next! 👀 (plus, he let me sit behind his desk) 🙏
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 11/05/2026
This is Lily. She’s been accused of drinking her mom’s slushie. Will not be taking any questions at this time. 14/10 (IG: iceedoglilly)
a golden retriever sits smiling in the front passenger seat of a car. the window is rolled down just a couple of inches. blue skies with puffy clouds and some happy little trees are in the background. it’s a totally normal photo of a golden in a car, minus the fact that the tongue sticking out of her mouth is bright blue.you’re peering down into a styrofoam cup that was in a car’s cupholder. it is mostly empty but has some blue slushie way down at the bottom with a mysteriously tongue-shaped hole carved through the ice in one spot. the back of a golden retriever’s head is visible in the upper right corner of the photo. the dog may or may not be avoiding eye contact.
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The woman who knows too much: Why Ghislaine Maxwell will get a pardon open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...
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Why Ghislaine Maxwell will get a pardon
A leaked jailhouse email may offer one clue
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Julie K. Brown @jkbjournalist.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Well my X account has been hacked. No one at X is responding. Frustrating. If anyone knows somebody at x to help me recover my acct I would appreciate it. In the meantime it appears someone named @julia_happyrock has control of my X account.
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a man in a suit and tie is saying help help
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying help help
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 27/04/2026
FRIDAY: Workers, students, and families will be calling out of work, walking out of school, and refusing to shop as part of the nationwide day of economic disruption. There are many ways you can help make a difference on May Day: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i...
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
I have so many questions.
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
NO 👇 BULLSHIT DETECTED HERE, MR. PRESIDENT.......
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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
No men in women’s sport you say?
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Dan Scavino trying and failing to get a “USA! USA!” chant going at the WHCD after the shooting incident. Video-Matthew Belloni.
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jflem2.bsky.social @jflem2.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
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Trump family could pocket billions from IRS suit: analyst (Raw Story)
President Donald Trump will funnel a potential IRS payout into a family shell company, a political analyst has claimed. Trump and his sons are negotiating wi...
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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I miss the days when American politics were just corrupt instead of in-your-face-who-cares-what-you-think-one-family-will-profit-no-matter-what-danger-the-rest-of-us-are-placed-in corrupt.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 23/04/2026
it is important to emphasize that this was *the point*. this was *intentional*. elon musk is a vicious white supremacist who thinks poor african children ought to die, so that the world can be whiter
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
The UAE invested billions in the Trump family’s cryptocurrency ventures. But the UAE is now facing an economic downturn due to Trump’s war on Iran. In response, Trump may grant the UAE a financial bailout from the U.S. What might Trump get in return? A bigger boost to his net worth? Hello?
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