Mike Clarke @mikeclarke.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New Seahawks owner: I never read the room www.axios.com/local/seattl...axios.comSeahawks' new owner on moving the team: "Never say never"The Seahawks' Lumen Field lease runs through 2032, with renewal options extending through 2062. 010
Reposted by Mike ClarkeCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing 14037881250
Reposted by Mike ClarkeAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The rise of 287(g) programs has meant that ICE is increasingly using local police as a very significant force multiplier, with up to 1 in 8 arrests of noncitizens in the interior now being carried out by state and local police. This is going to have profound impacts on community relations. 43866400
Reposted by Mike ClarkeNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Greatest trick AI leaders have pulled is convincing many people—especially influential people in govt, media, and business—that their software is intelligent, independent, yet never culpable. Humans build it, humans deploy it, but no one bears responsibility for the things that happen when they do. 421663463
Reposted by Mike ClarkeBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Could be some good reasons the U.S. Constitution doesn’t authorize one person to take the country to war based on their erratic whims and the last person they spoke with. 19472137
Reposted by Mike ClarkeRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... 341127534653
Reposted by Mike ClarkeProject Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 10/09/2026Today, we filed a FOIA request with DHS concerning an AI-generated image the @DHSgov X account posted this morning. The image depicts a Transformer facing a South Asian man, over a caption telling "Mr. Singh" to self-deport and get off American roads. We want the prompt. 451357352
Reposted by Mike ClarkeBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This is VERY bad. Congressional investigation immediately. They’re trying to use Palantir to figure out who you voted for. 0% chance this ends well. Stop it ASAP.axios.comExclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tacticThe move offers a glimpse into how authorities are now digging into voter rolls and registration practices. 323115195014
Reposted by Mike ClarkeCongresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 24/07/202617 years ago today, the federal minimum wage was increased to $7.25—17 years ago! That was last time we had a federal minimum wage increase. It's past time we change that. 33168622331
Reposted by Mike ClarkeOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026feels like a real landmark of impunity that major corporations are making federal crimes part of the interview process 5140611060
Reposted by Mike ClarkeLeah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026KBJ dissenting in Wolford (decision invalidating Hawaii law that creates a presumption of no firearms on private property w/o property owner's consent): "Today’s decision makes one thing clear: The Court’s objective is protecting guns, not consistently preserving any principle of law." 10533183
Reposted by Mike ClarkeAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This is BIG. After spending over $1 BILLION on the purchase of multiple commercial warehouses that ICE planned to convert into the largest jails/prisons in the nation, ICE is now largely abandoning the idea and will aim to sell off multiple warehouses at a loss. 1453090977
Reposted by Mike ClarkeMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Your regular reminder that this clearly-it's-a-war is neither approved by Congress nor the UN Security Council & it is an egregious violation of the US Constitution, international law, & our signed, ratified treaty commitments, & if we were a serious country, we would care about these things 12638197
Reposted by Mike ClarkeMarty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 31/05/2026As horrifying as this campaign of premeditated murder is, what might be even more disturbing is the utter indifference of Congress, the public and our allies to such a shocking and unapologetic obliteration of the many laws and norms against targeting civilians. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/w...nytimes.comThe U.S. Boat Strike Campaign Has Now Killed Over 200 People 15256382127
Reposted by Mike ClarkeAdam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 31/05/2026“Residents described entire communities abandoning fishing because the small ‘lanchas,’ or speedboats, used by traffickers and fishers are often indistinguishable.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/31/w...nytimes.comThe U.S. Boat Strike Campaign Has Now Killed Over 200 People 712575
Reposted by Mike ClarkeGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Boy it sure seems like someone should ask JD Vance what he thinks of the White House ordering DOJ to settle a lawsuit with Trump that could result in the IRS handing him millions of dollars. 25753258
Reposted by Mike ClarkeSenator Tammy Baldwin @baldwin.senate.gov · 24/04/2026This is what Wisconsinites have to pay to watch the Brewers, Bucks, and Packers play, and it’s simply outrageous. My new bill will put an end to those sky-high costs, making local games free for local fans. 2372351694
Reposted by Mike ClarkeSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 17/04/2026I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about. Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization. 14993503036
Mike Clarke @mikeclarke.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Any senator or congressperson who is not calling for this, to pre-empt the stated intent of this psychopath, will be complicit in the genocide that results and, in the the fullness of time, shall be prosecuted as war criminals. 020
Reposted by Mike ClarkeSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 05/04/2026This is an actual post. This is not funny. This is beyond desperate. This is a deeply unwell man who doesn’t belong anywhere near the levers of power. Every member of his cabinet and Congress is complicit in not demanding his removal now. 25103837711478
Mike Clarke @mikeclarke.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Low rate limits are good actually. Take a break and use your brain for a while so it doesn't atrophy. 020
Mike Clarke @mikeclarke.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Possible. Try to search for current U.S. casualty numbers in the Iran conflict and you’ll find no updates (and hence no news articles) in over a week. For as long as I can remember you could get daily updates for any major conflict the U.S. was engaged in. The legacy fourth estate is in shambles. 120
Reposted by Mike ClarkeRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Jaw-dropping admission by DOJ to court. DOJ admits to having repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge - ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses! DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations." DOJ blames ICE (page 2) 30183473715
Reposted by Mike ClarkeEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Around 7000 Americans were killed on Iwo Jima and 19,000 wounded, and it was part of a campaign that ended with a nuclear weapon being used, so maybe not the wisest comparison. 47863441590
Reposted by Mike ClarkeDavid Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 21/03/2026Concentration camps. Use the term. Do not stop using the term until this current American regime falls and the camps are liberated. Then use the term in The Hague. This is Trumpism. This is white nationalism. This is he moral gutter into which America has fallen.theguardian.comRecord deaths in US immigration custody expose systemic failuresFamilies, advocates and lawmakers say poor care, opaque investigations and bureaucracy leave deaths unexplained 22274833436
Reposted by Mike Clarkesouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 04/03/2026A US submarine sinking a lonely, dinky Iranian surface ship an ocean away from the theater of the main conflict—and 9000 miles from North America—makes it pretty clear the US is fighting a general war, without the declaration required by the Constitution. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...reuters.comU.S. sub sinks Iranian warship off Sri Lanka, killing 87 and expanding war zoneA U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship off the southern coast of Sri Lanka, killing dozens of sailors and dramatically widening Washington's pursuit of the Iranian navy. 528133964916
Reposted by Mike ClarkeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/03/2026WELCH: Mr. Yoho is also the husband of your former spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin? NOEM: Yes WELCH: So your former assistant and her husband are the ones that got the DHS no bid contract for $143m. Any dispute about that? NOEM: No. 957167326348
Reposted by Mike ClarkeErin Kissane @kissane.myatproto.social · 27/02/2026I come not to praise Claude or whatever but giving unaccountable robot decisionmaking to thundering dipshits who just shot down their own drone with a laser does seem like wrong side of history business 9612125
Reposted by Mike ClarkeBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/02/2026look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british 445246855090
Reposted by Mike ClarkeNPR @npr.org · 13/02/2026In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9pn.prRFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of themIn his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. 57449412223
Reposted by Mike ClarkeBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 12/02/2026At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures. Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:bloodinthemachine.comGoogle is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut tiesThe search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads. 442048893
Reposted by Mike ClarkeBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it. 230152565816
Reposted by Mike ClarkeDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026A bus stop near Tesla's flagship store in London. Imagine a Super Bowl ad that showed only this. 7046611114
Reposted by Mike ClarkeOmg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue 5783269614046
Reposted by Mike ClarkeAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Right at the top, Judge Reyes lays out her official findings, after reviewing the evidence. She says it is "substantially likely" that Secretary Noem's decision to end Haitian TPS was "preordained" and based on Secretary Noem's general "hostility to nonwhite immigrants." 5519136
Reposted by Mike ClarkeJon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 31/01/2026"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...mprnews.orgSt. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting residentThe police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in... 31668882374
Reposted by Mike ClarkeNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 30/01/2026They want everyone to know it came from the top, that it's corrupt and anti-1A, and they like that. Because they don't have anywhere close to the capacity to silence everyone by force. So they use a show of intimidation to try to chill speech, and to try to raise their supporters' flagging spirits. 321232386
Reposted by Mike ClarkeChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/01/2026🚨 Federal agents also arrested independent journalist Georgia Fort after she filmed and reported on a protest at a Minnesota church tied to an anti-ICE demonstration. They’re targeting freedom of the press! 681524737
Reposted by Mike ClarkePhilip Bump @pbump.com · 29/01/2026Finally got around to a bit of research I'd been meaning to explore, and: There is no documented instance of an ICE officer being identified and assaulted while off duty because he wasn't masked. www.pbump.net/o/ices-excus...pbump.netICE’s excuse for wearing masks has never actually manifestedThere have been incidents of harassment and threats. But there are no apparent incidents in which identified ICE officers have been assaulted off-duty. 459119704471
Mike Clarke @mikeclarke.bsky.social · 26/01/2026“Supposed to” means when the system is working properly, but when it’s not… judges have to stop avoiding responsibility for administering justice, and doing it rapidly. 000
Reposted by Mike ClarkeThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 26/01/2026Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on ICE: "They are an undisciplined militia and the leadership is awful...This is not policing and it's not military service. It's something dangerously undefined." 18740351253
Reposted by Mike ClarkeRick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Absolutely reprehensible that AG Bondi is offering ICE stand down in exchange for access to voting rolls. Outrageous and disgusting. It shows ICE is in Minneapolis is not for law enforcement purposes. Instead it’s a way to stir up shit in blue states and extort them. 25566662402
Reposted by Mike ClarkeAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/01/2026The Star Tribune reports that federal agents "attempted to order local police from the scene" where a man was shot and killed by feds this morning, but Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara refused and "instructed his officers to preserve the scene."startribune.comLive: Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, police chief saysA video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him. 943216578215
Reposted by Mike ClarkeRanger Matt @tamranger.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Four attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held, which they say would violate 5th & 6th Amendment rights to due process & the right to consult with counsel. abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-a...abcnews.go.comLawyers allege Dept. of Homeland Security is denying legal counsel to Minnesota detaineesFour attorneys told ABC News they have been denied access to their clients at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, where they are being held. 11587574188
Reposted by Mike ClarkeAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Training cannot correct for deficiencies resulting from a lack of vetting. Remember what federal LEOs are normally screened for (CARLA F. BAD): Character Associates Reputation Loyalty Ability Finances Bias Alcohol/Addictions Drugs ICE is not being vetted against any of these. Shut it down. 541645503
