Reposted by MikeDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16hEvery one of these guys is thinking the same thing: how much money can I extract from giving Defense contracts to the tech industry? Even the govt officials are calculating when to make the jump over to the vendors they are nominally going to be buying from. 1137490
Reposted by MikeSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21275712501
Reposted by Mikebrasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Obviously not this senator’s staff… 2557249
Reposted by MikeMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The underlying theory Senate Republicans are going with is that Joe Biden secretly ordered DOJ to investigate Trump, something they have produced no evidence to support and also they're all fine with Trump publicly ordering DOJ to investigate his enemies. 25601170
Reposted by MikeRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day. 1542180883458
Reposted by MikeThe Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"...the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common..." "Doctor Who: The Face of Evil" part 4 (1977). #DoctorWho 513236
Reposted by MikeMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026ETHAN HAWKE on why you shouldn’t have a favourite Beatle… 1101435294
Reposted by MikeRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Raskin 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. 8141891737
Reposted by MikeRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Republicans wrecked the free market with tariffs and another stupid war and are now looking for government intervention and bailouts to fix the problem but the Democrats are communists. 582325550
Reposted by MikeJessie🦇 @atropius.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I caught the cutest thing ever on the Katmai bear cams 11939157
Reposted by Mikemonstrous_gloss @monstrousgloss.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I think about this scene from Andor a LOT and repeat this phrase to myself often: "Power doesn't panic." 4607148
Reposted by MikeRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Christ, these people are monsters. Just monsters. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... 13253681943
Reposted by Mikee.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 21/09/2026you think it's a coincidence that the most evil and corrupt people alive want you to believe that trans people are the real problem? 2936801015
Reposted by MikeFrederick Deknatel @freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If Biden or Obama had started a war that led to attacks like these on American bases—and then covered it up for months—the political backlash would eclipse Benghazi. One service member: "We're not defending these bases. We're just watching them get destroyed." www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...cbsnews.comNew photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacksThe images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity. 291004461
Reposted by MikeTim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Rough week to tell people that your application to join the FBI finally went through. 845338812
Reposted by Miketomwellborn3rd @wellborn.net · 11/09/2026Assistant Chief Gerald A. Barbara, head tilted back, taking in the burning towers. The frame is quiet. Whatever he was calculating, he finished the math and went in. He didn't come out. That's the whole story of that morning in one man, one glance, one decision most of us will never have to make. 15313
Reposted by MikeSeth Masket @smotus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026What are the odds that Edith Keeler shared some other beliefs with opponents of the US entry into WWII? 8445
Reposted by MikeThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Far-right movements and parties everywhere build their claim to power on the assertion that they represent the “will of the people” and those who embody the supposed “essence” of the nation. Mainstream voices must not perpetuate such nationalistic essentialism. 122449
Reposted by MikeJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 07/09/2026👀 MUST WATCH: This video is so well done — and absolutely hilarious! 🤣🤣 860102434563
Reposted by Mikegamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Non-voters are called apathetic, but they’re not. they’re politically homeless and feel abandoned by the existing order. Fascism mobilizes them and gives their anger and ignorance a scapegoat. Turns humiliation into hatred. Explanation is not exoneration, but that’s how it happens. 12468126
Reposted by MikeFrank Conniff @frankconniff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“I regret voting for Trump“ is what people who didn’t vote or voted 3rd party should say. 5454995
Reposted by MikeWe Geek Girls @wegeekgirls.bsky.social · 05/09/2026‘Batman: The Animated Series’ premiered on this day 34 years ago! (September 5, 1992) 🦇 Created by Bruce Timm & Eric Radomski. Voice cast: Kevin Conroy, Arleen Sorkin, Mark Hamill, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Loren Lester, Bob Hastings, Robert Costanzo, Richard Moll, Mari Devon, & more. #OnThisDay #BTAS 471889775
Reposted by MikeThe Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 05/09/2026#OnThisDay in 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 1 probe to study the outer solar system. It's still transmitting data, and at over 15.9 billion miles away is the most distant man-made object. In 1990, Voyager 1 took the famous 'Pale Blue Dot' image, showing Earth from over 6 billion kilometres away. 31711
Reposted by MikeRep. Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Epstein Files would like a word… 1519769
Reposted by MikeKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026If the media is going to insist that politicians denounce their supporters who make extremist statements, I have a suggestion for someone a bit more important than a Twitch streamer.campaign-trails.ghost.ioDenouncing ExtremistsOne of the media's favorite activities is demanding that Democratic politicians denounce individuals on their side who have made extreme statements. This is a pattern that stretches back to the 1992 ... 7339771014
Reposted by MikeMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The first known aerial photo of New York — taken by James A. Hart (from a hot air balloon) in 1906. 17017
Reposted by MikeAngry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026People are falling for the DSA vs Establishment trap again. Didn’t we learn our lesson in 2016 and 2024? It’s the establishment’s job to build a coalition that can win EVERYWHERE. In some places, that means ultra-progressive. In others, it means establishment. The tent is big enough for all of us. 812136903348
Reposted by MikeBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026US media: Why in the world are people voting for democratic socialists? Financial Times: “US corporate profits have hit a record high while workers’ slice of the pie has sunk to historic lows.” 462776830
Reposted by MikeThe Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry was not the 80-year-old Home Alone 2 cast member we were asking for. 289217053499
Reposted by MikeSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026U.S. debt surpassed 100% of GDP this year and is on track to reach 188% over the next 30 years, according to new analysis by @bbkogan.bsky.social and @jaredb-econ.bsky.social. They find the debt would instead be trending down toward 48%, were it not for the Bush and Trump tax cuts. 14207124
Reposted by MikeRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Your regular reminder that if not for the Trump and Bush tax cuts, federal revenues would keep pace with federal spending indefinitely. Instead, these tax cuts have added at least $10 trillion to the debt. The so called "party of fiscal responsibility" is full of it. 12353161990
Reposted by MikeBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century 7234431178
Reposted by MikeSteve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Trump promised to balance the budget. Musk projected $2 trillion in savings. This year, the deficit grew by 18% — with $200 billion of that due to refunds of his illegal tariffs. My @nytimes.com Chart 27631338
Reposted by MikeMerrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Nighttime Munchies with Inky, Vlad and Breezy. 1156260
Reposted by MikeMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/08/2026Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.aiddata.orgBefore reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learnedWhy we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports. 374422809
Reposted by MikeDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Scenes from a personalist regime; The President”s personal lawyer is sworn into high office by another of the Presidents’s personal lawyers, now a judge 552010571
Reposted by Mikejohn.in.chicago @john-in-chicago.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I remember watching this when it aired live in September, 1976, the Muppet Show's first season. I didn't know who Rita Moreno was, only that she was amazing. She won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. Happy Sunday Funday! 🥵 36497662298
Reposted by MikeUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026You can go home again, the General Temporal Theory asserts, so long as you understand that home is a place where you have never been. 0367
Reposted by MikeDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 09/08/2026I would say the same thing to the left's endless armies of factional warriors, who spend most of their waking hours attacking other people in the left coalition. The fascists are on the loose. They are tearing everything down. They must be stopped. Fucking focus. 1586490
Reposted by MikeTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 06/08/2026James Talarico: 50 years ago, a corporate lawyer named Lewis Powell circulated a memo around DC — a blueprint for how corporations could amass political power, reverse the gains of the Great Society and the New Deal, and rig the system for themselves. And it worked. 6834901184
Reposted by MikeRobert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Happy Dogust, everybody. 359359
Reposted by MikeSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Yep this is exactly the local good ol' boy playbook. Just scaled all the way up to state level. 524445