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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Omg. When you’ve lost Joe DiGenova….
diGenova just told me by phone when I asked about his abrupt exit:
"If you want indictments where there's no evidence, you have an ethical problem"
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Can we say that dystopian America has finally arrived now? www.404media.co/a-secretive-...
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A Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans’ Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over
404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Square and Stationary Earth" map from 1893 pixeum.org/exhibits/775...
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Flat Earth map - Orlando Ferguson - 1893
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth [ 2025-11-30 20:06:46 ]
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Metacognitive difficulties in learning to code including the three new difficulties from using AI coding agents. Great video: youtu.be/DkhhE97Swmo?... #coding #llm
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great lecture by @eoinaldo.substack.com at the @libraryofmistakes.bsky.social tonight. I'm definitely going to pick up his book tomorrow.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ART OF THE DEAL!!!
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
She's either completely nuts, or his latest Russian handler. No I'm not being misogynistic. This is not normal professional behavior. It's obsessively creepy and weird.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
TIL that the American legal system has discriminated against people based on their dialect. In this case, Miranda rights were violated, but the judge threw it out: slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Suspect Asks for “a Lawyer, Dawg.” Judge Says He Asked for “a Lawyer Dog.”
This assault on the Sixth Amendment is barking mad.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I agree with Republicans. I want a bigger government too. I just want it with more social programs and environmental protections, not with more flock cameras and military spending.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This cat, I swear
My cat Teddy in a cute pose
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Had a photo with these fine young gentlemen today. Hoping @doctorow.pluralistic.net and Jimmy Wales come back to Edinburgh for another talk soon!
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
@doctorow.pluralistic.net Thanks for the stickers! I really enjoyed your talk today. 🤖💩
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Well this isn't terrifying: "Every eyebrow raise, every flicker of doubt, every moment of discomfort was scanned and analyzed by an algorithm designed to detect who would obey orders without question—and who might resist," www.rawstory.com/trump-ai-sto...
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'Stopped me cold': Ex-Trump insider reveals 'eyebrow-raising' reason for military meeting
There may be a surprising reason why President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called an in-person meeting of America's top military brass this week, according to a former Trump-world ...
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
"During his recent visit, US Vice-President JD Vance said he did not want the UK to go down a "very dark path" of losing free speech." I mean, come on, JD. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point
How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Who's ready for President Just Dance Vance to make his first appearance?
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
I was all set to write up a big political post about there being no point to DOGE and all its cuts if Trump is going to just outfit the whole oval office in gold, but this, this is just so much better.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
After Big Balls was beaten up, Trump deployed the National Guard to DC to "clean up crime" even though crime in DC hit a 30 year low last year. So are Republicans just going to roll over and allow this military state to continue to spread across the US? www.foxnews.com/politics/nat...
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
I want the NFT
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Downtown Indy earlier today. I know exactly who can blame for these turds.
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Holy shit you guys, the Newsom meme game is giving me so much life right now. 😂😂😂
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
300,000 people dead due to DOGE cuts after 4 months. Projected to be 14 million by the end of Trump's term. All for only $18/taxpayer. And that tax money didn't even go back to you. It went to the ultra-wealthy. This is why you shouldn't vote Republican. www.reddit.com/r/law/s/7NLX...
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Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts
A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Sign the petition to stop Indiana from opening the ‘Speedway Slammer’ ICE detention center. chng.it/2KNGPz5WL6
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Sign the Petition
Stop Indiana From Opening the ‘Speedway Slammer’ ICE Detention Center
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Better get your handmaid outfits ready, ladies. apnews.com/article/wome...
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Hegseth reposts video on social media featuring pastors saying women shouldn't be allowed to vote
The man who oversees the nation’s military has reposted a video on X, formerly Twitter, about a Christian nationalist church that included various pastors saying women should no longer be allowed to v...
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Headlines in 10-20 years: "Child mortality rate hits record high" www.npr.org/2025/08/05/n...
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RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine contracts
The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Her visa doesn't expire until December, but ICE grabbed her anyway. So Trump is only going after the criminals, right? www.wthr.com/article/news...
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Purdue pharmacy student released days after ICE arrest
Yeonsoo Go was released to her mother in Manhattan Monday, days after she was detained over an allegedly expired visa and taken to an ICE facility in Louisiana.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/08/2025
🚨 Ken Paxton wants Dems arrested for refusing to help rig an election. That’s rich coming from a guy indicted on three felony counts of securities fraud, accused by his top deputies of bribery, abuse of office, while allegedly using burner phones, secret emails & fake names to dodge accountability.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
It's been done before
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 02/08/2025
Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” are on a hunger strike over what they call inhumane, dangerous conditions. Some haven’t eaten in 10 days. One of them, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized and still refuses food until they are treated with dignity.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Another protest tomorrow (Saturday)
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Corporation for Public Broadcasting and many public members stations are now shutting down even though most Americans are in favor of it and lots of rural areas get vital information from it. And it's all because they reported facts about Donald Trump. www.npr.org/2025/08/01/n...
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting says it's shutting down
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funnels federal money to public media stations, says it's winding down operations after President Trump signed a law rescinding all funding.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
@taylorsloan.me hey, I think I own your old townhouse. I got a package delivered for you. Can you DM me?
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I didn’t have a crystal ball…I just read Project 2025. Q
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Ok, so we watch a lot of UFC, but this is literally the plot of the movie Idiocracy. www.npr.org/2025/07/04/n...
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President Trump says he wants to stage UFC fight on White House grounds
President Trump has announced that an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout will be held on the grounds of the White House next year, one of many events to be held to celebrate America's 250th birthday.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Good that people are starting to converge on this, but I fear it may be too late. www.npr.org/2025/07/01/n...
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Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem
76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Just talked to a trusted inside source—Trump’s inner circle is rattled by the No Kings protests nationwide. They didn’t mention Trump directly, but it’s clear they know just how toxic his brand has become. #NoKings
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Sergio olmos @sergioolmos.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
LAPD physically beat protestors with Batons outside the federal building. 4:53pm
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
John Oliver hits it out of the park again with exposing Trump's more recent attacks on the media and bending them to his will. youtu.be/07JQr5W3970?...
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Trump & The Press: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
President with criminal record deports hundreds of people with no criminal record. www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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About 90% of migrants sent to El Salvador lacked U.S. criminal record
The reality is that of 238 migrants expelled to the Central American country, just a small fraction had ever been charged with serious crimes in the U.S.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/04/2025
What happened today reeks of insider trading. Trump’s tweet wasn’t random—it was a signal. Someone cashed in, and the public deserves to know who and how much. Follow. The. Money. “This entire White House is one giant grift.” —Sen. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social shining a spotlight on it! 🔥
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The government isn't just killing free speech. We're entering the age of the Thought Police. apnews.com/article/mahm...
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Pressed for evidence against Mahmoud Khalil, government cites its power to deport people for beliefs
The U.S. government has submitted a two-page memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio as its main evidence in its deportation case against Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil.
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Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 04/04/2025
Almost half of the country’s health insurance now rests in the hands of a man who once sold miracle pills — with zero proof they worked — on daytime TV.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Big protest tomorrow at the Statehouse and across Indiana
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
ARE YOU READY FOR APRIL 5TH? With over a quarter of a million sign ups, we are taking action across the world this Saturday to protest Trump and his Tech Bro in Chief. Join us on April 5th and help Remove the corrupt politicians, Reverse the damage, and Restore our democracy.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
They're burning books again: apnews.com/article/mili...
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Cory Booker @corybooker.com · 02/04/2025
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
And *in a matter of months". Yeah, we're all screwed. futurism.com/elon-musk-re...
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Elon Musk Secretly Working to Rewrite the Social Security Codebase Using AI
The latest move by President Trump's oligarch buddy is to totally rewrite the code for Social Security Payments, consequences be damned.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
The government you tried to overthrow may owe you compensation! We are truly living in the stupidest timeline. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Trump floats possibility of compensation for Jan. 6 rioters
“A lot of the people that are in the government now talk about it,” the president said.
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
In surprise to no one, RFK doesn't want the truth: “However, it has become clear that truth and transparency are not desired by the secretary, but rather he wishes subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies,” Marks wrote. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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FDA's top vaccine scientist, Dr. Peter Marks, is out
In his resignation letter, Marks wrote that health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wanted "subservient confirmation of his misinformation and lies."
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Mike Hall @mikehallishere.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
For a list of businesses *not* to shop at, just search here. These are MAGA supporting, "anti-woke" businesses that intentionally signed up to be on this website. www.publicsquare.com/marketplace
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America's Marketplace
America's Marketplace
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