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Mike Lawler

@mikelawler1.bsky.social
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fyi, I am NOT Congressman Mike Lawler- NY. That guy is an ass. I am an actor, hiker, dog lover, reader of Timothy Ryback, Chris Hedges, David Sirota, Wallace Shawn, among others.

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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
After Ashley Moody Epstein Probe, Donors Linked to Him Poured Money Into her Senate Campaign open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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After Ashley Moody Epstein Probe, Donors Linked to Him Poured Money Into her Senate Campaign
As Florida Attorney General, Ashley Moody came up empty handed investigating the work-release program abused by Jeffrey Epstein.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Mike Rogers’s Wife Raked in Lucrative Government Security Contracts While Rogers Served as Intel Chair open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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Mike Rogers’s Wife Raked in Lucrative Government Security Contracts While Rogers Served as Intel Chair
Before his second marriage, according to financial disclosures, the Michigan Senate candidate had few assets to his name and little wealth. That would soon change as the taxpayer dollars flowed.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Good things are happening! Dark money gets a preelection sunburn, a domestic-abuse lifeline lives on, an unlikely state signs a prescription for corporate greed, and The Lever interviews a new insurgent in the rebellion against Citizens United. www.levernews.com/you-love-to-...
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You Love To See It: Breaking Bad Money
Democracy stages a Southwestern rebellion, abuse victims find shelter, UnitedHealth faces a preexisting investigation, and the anti-Citizens United movement grows.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Millions Lose Private Medicare Plans and Face Rising Costs www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/b...
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Private Medicare Plans Are Raising Costs And Forcing Millions To Find New Insurance
As enrollment for Medicare Advantage begins this month, older Americans are confronting fewer options because insurers are discontinuing coverage in many areas.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Thoughts on the Mass Rape at Cornell University chrishedges.substack.com/p/thoughts-o...
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Thoughts on the Mass Rape at Cornell University
The Chi Pi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.(Photo by Matt Burkhartt / AFP via Getty Images)
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On the defensive, Sarah Longwell says there’s no evidence Democrats’ alliance with Liz Cheney hurt Kamala Harris. Swing-state polling says otherwise. www.levernews.com/bulwark-2024...
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The Bulwark Now Wants You To Forget 2024
On the defensive, Sarah Longwell says there’s no evidence Democrats’ alliance with Liz Cheney hurt Kamala Harris. Swing-state polling says otherwise.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The former GOP operatives behind The Bulwark helped sell Democrats a losing strategy. Now they’re positioning themselves to shape the party’s 2028 nominee. www.levernews.com/bulwark-neoc...
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It’s Not A Bulwark. It’s A Plot.
The former GOP operatives behind The Bulwark helped sell Democrats a losing strategy. Now they’re positioning themselves to shape the party’s 2028 nominee.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Cruelty, Deprivation, Indignity: My 22 Months in Israeli Prison open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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Cruelty, Deprivation, Indignity: My 22 Months in Israeli Prison
Palestinian journalist Mujahed Al-Saadi documents his harrowing experience in Israeli detention two years after being arrested from his home in Jenin.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A quiet rule change could signal “the end of independent financial regulators” just as the SEC prepares to deregulate crypto, mega-IPOs, and corporate governance. www.levernews.com/sec-quorum-r...
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Trump SEC Quorum Rule Lets One Commissioner Act Alone
A quiet rule change could signal “the end of independent financial regulators” just as the SEC prepares to deregulate crypto, mega-IPOs, and corporate governance.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era (w/ Susan Neiman) | TCHR chrishedges.substack.com/p/call-it-ev...
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Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era (w/ Susan Neiman) | TCHR
In her new book, “Call It Evil: Understanding the Trump Era,” Susan Neiman investigates the structural evils of the Trump administration and how people are becoming ‘Good Germans’ in our fascist era.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A landmark settlement confronts decades of PFAS pollution — but not the corporate system that keeps moving the toxic waste elsewhere. www.levernews.com/the-global-s...
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How Chemours Moves Toxic PFAS Waste Around The World
A landmark settlement confronts decades of PFAS pollution — but not the corporate system that keeps moving the toxic waste elsewhere.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave
The bombing of an Iranian school, killing 120 children, is one of the worst U.S. war crimes since Vietnam. Drop Site spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, and witnesses. This is their story.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Wasn’t Jesus Woke?” open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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“Wasn’t Jesus Woke?”
Kansas pastor Adam Hamilton is challenging party lines in a tight Senate race.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The most frightening thing about rogue AI agents may be how faithfully they mirror the powerful humans who created them. www.levernews.com/the-machines...
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The Machines Escaped. Their Masters Did So First.
The most frightening thing about rogue AI agents may be how faithfully they mirror the powerful humans who created them.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Donald Trump and the Age of Evil chrishedges.substack.com/p/donald-tru...
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Donald Trump and the Age of Evil
By any standard of morality, Trump is depraved. But adorned with the power of the state, he descends to another level — the level of evil.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Democratic Party Consultants Surround Troy Jackson with Pro-Israel Donors open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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Democratic Party Consultants Surround Troy Jackson with Pro-Israel Donors
After two failed attempts to nominate a Maine candidate friendly to the party establishment, the consultant class is finding better success with its third approach, co-optation.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🎥 ⭐Your one letter could create 143,500 film & TV jobs next year. ⭐🎥 Join our Action Network campaign to get a federal production incentive passed. #InvestinAmericanMedia #AmericanMediaRenaissance actionnetwork.org/letters/more...
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Federal Film Production Incentive
🎥 ⭐Your one letter could create 143,500 film & TV jobs next year. ⭐🎥 Join our Action Network campaign to get a federal production incentive passed. #InvestinAmericanMedia #AmericanMediaRenaissance
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Interesting that the CA El Niño emergency declaration (which needed to happen months ago) is announced the same day Newsom/Bonta basically destroy what’s left of Hollywood. Also would love to know how much HBO’s impending release of the epic Gibney Musk doc came into play behind the scenes.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that it's a big flashing signal to every other company that there is no antitrust enforcement in America and you can bully your way into getting whatever you want. It's a monumentally bad decision.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Palestinian-American Journalist Naqaa Hamed Detained by Israeli Forces After Settlers Targeted Her open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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Palestinian-American Journalist Naqaa Hamed Detained by Israeli Forces After Settlers Targeted Her
The freelance journalist and Drop Site contributor was arrested by Israeli authorities as she returned from covering Israeli settler attacks in Masafer Yatta.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Massie’s Courageous Act Brings War Powers and Impeachment Before the House on Constitution Day kucinichreport.substack.com/p/massies-co...
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Massie’s Courageous Act Brings War Powers and Impeachment Before the House on Constitution Day
Eight Articles Charge Secretary Hegseth With Unauthorized War, Extrajudicial Killings and Abuse of Power. Call your Representative now. Ensure they vote for Impeachment.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A super PAC founded by allies of Ted Cruz spent $90K on an ad featuring the Michigan Democrat laughing next to the words “celebrate 9/11.” www.levernews.com/ted-cruz-lin...
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Cruz-Linked PAC Targets El-Sayed In “Death To America” Ad
The group, founded by allies of the Texas senator, spent $90K on an ad featuring the Michigan Democrat laughing next to the words “celebrate 9/11.”
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Weeks before the midterms, the Democrats’ highest-profile icons are publicly celebrating the AI industry’s revolving-door corruption aiming to infiltrate the party. www.levernews.com/why-are-dems...
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Why Are Dems Touting Their Capture By AI Oligarchs?
Weeks before the midterms, the Democrats’ highest-profile icons are publicly celebrating the AI industry’s revolving-door corruption aiming to infiltrate the party.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Silicon Valley says its machines could destroy humanity. The more immediate danger is letting the people building them write their own rules. www.levernews.com/the-ai-dooms...
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Under Cover Of AI Doomsday, Big Tech Is Writing Its Own Rules
Silicon Valley says its machines could destroy humanity. The more immediate danger is letting the people building AI decide how they’re governed.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ramón Laureano regrets playing through pain, but won’t rule out comeback with Padres www.nytimes.com/athletic/758... Go Ramon!
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Ramón Laureano regrets playing through pain, but won’t rule out comeback with Padres (Gift Article)
“I have no idea why I kept playing,” said the Padres outfielder, who's currently rehabbing his surgically repaired right hip in Arizona.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Osama Bin Trump chrishedges.substack.com/p/osama-bin-...
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Osama Bin Trump
Our imperial overreach began 25 years ago with the War on Terror. It is being brought to a grim conclusion by Donald Trump’s war on Iran.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the Table www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/m...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor Say the End of the World Is Now on the Table
In a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A new study suggests Democrats’ broken promises won’t just cost them elections — they could fuel an even more dangerous MAGA backlash. www.levernews.com/how-status-q...
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How Status Quo Democrats Could Create Another Trump
A new study suggests Democrats’ broken promises won’t just cost them elections — they could fuel an even more dangerous MAGA backlash.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
could this ginormous sack of shit please stop lying about how he was rescued at Ground Zero? open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
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could this ginormous sack of shit please stop lying about how he was rescued at Ground Zero?
is that really too much to ask?
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New Hampshire congressional candidate Maura Sullivan worked for a biotech giant accused of using “shell” customers to inflate its business — and its executives are now campaign donors. www.levernews.com/the-billiona...
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The Billionaire-Backed Democrat With An Enron-Sized Problem
New Hampshire congressional candidate Maura Sullivan worked for a biotech giant accused of using “shell” customers to inflate its business — and its executives are now campaign donors.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This Senate Frontrunner Oversaw “Quality And Compliance.” Women Suffered “Life-Altering Harm.” www.levernews.com/this-senate-...
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This Senate Frontrunner Oversaw “Quality And Compliance.” Women Suffered “Life-Altering Harm.”
New Hampshire GOP Senate hopeful John Sununu oversaw product safety and FDA communications at Boston Scientific as it fought to keep pelvic mesh on the market amid mounting lawsuits.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Former Rep. Max Rose helps lead an influential network intervening in Democratic primaries — while quietly advising a tech-funded political operation targeting AI regulation. www.levernews.com/he-champions...
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He Champions Centrist Dems On Cable. He Also Works For Big AI.
Former Rep. Max Rose helps lead an influential network intervening in Democratic primaries — while quietly advising a tech-funded political operation targeting AI regulation.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
www.youtube.com/live/Z8QKSUx... "This Labor Day, shit's too expensive".
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2026 State of the Unions | AFL-CIO
YouTube video by AFL-CIO
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Trump’s SEC is moving to let Wall Street firms fund the politicians who decide where your retirement savings are invested. www.levernews.com/trumps-about...
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Trump’s About To Let Wall Street “Pay To Play” With Your Pension
Trump’s SEC is moving to let Wall Street firms fund the politicians who decide where your retirement savings are invested.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What the Third Reich Can Teach Us About America Today www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/b...
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Book Review: ‘53 Days,’ by Timothy W. Ryback
In “53 Days,” the historian Timothy W. Ryback shows how the Nazis used democratic means to destroy German democracy.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
How a front for fossil fuel is using affordability fears, former Democratic officials, and dubious polling to turn establishment Democrats against the climate left. www.levernews.com/a-natural-ga...
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A Natural Gas Astroturf Group Says It Flipped NY Gov. Hochul
How a front for fossil fuel is using affordability fears, former Democratic officials, and dubious polling to turn establishment Democrats against the climate left.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Seth Moulton once called progressive populism a recipe for losing. Now he’s asking Wall Street financiers to help him claim the progressive mantle. www.levernews.com/the-corporat...
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The Corporate Dem Asking Super PACs To Call Him A Progressive
Seth Moulton once called progressive populism a recipe for losing. Now he’s asking Wall Street financiers to help him claim the progressive mantle.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Next Election May be Our Last chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-next-e...
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The Next Election May be Our Last
Donald Trump is determined to subvert the midterms. All that can save us, if he succeeds, is a national strike.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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Dolly Parton’s Superpower
Dolly Parton had a power no president does: the ability to influence basically anyone for the better.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
GEO Group made the donation weeks after securing two five-year immigration detention-center contracts expected to generate more than $160 million annually. www.levernews.com/private-pris...
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Private Prison Giant Gave Trump-aligned Super PAC $1.4 Million After Landing Mega ICE Contracts
GEO Group made the donation weeks after securing two five-year immigration detention-center contracts expected to generate more than $160 million annually.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Michigan Republican Mike Rogers holds millions in AI-related investments while backing Donald Trump’s push to fast-track the infrastructure fueling the industry. www.levernews.com/the-senate-c...
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The Senate Candidate Who Could Get Rich Off Data Centers
Michigan Republican Mike Rogers holds millions in AI-related investments while backing Donald Trump’s push to fast-track the infrastructure fueling the industry.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Despite lawmakers’ warnings about Musk, New York gave the world’s first trillionaire a critical approval in his plan to turn X into an “everything app.” www.levernews.com/exclusive-el...
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Elon Musk’s Banking Empire Just Got Gov. Hochul’s Blessing
Despite lawmakers’ warnings about Musk, New York gave the world’s first trillionaire a critical approval in his plan to turn X into an “everything app.”
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
If the Shock Glove Fits open.substack.com/pub/kenklipp...
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If the Shock Glove Fits
ICE’s electrified gloves are more desperate than diabolical
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Admiral Bone Spurs hates his sailors open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...
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Admiral Bone Spurs hates his sailors
the crew aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln deserve better than this
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 14/08/2026
Michael LaRosa is all over Fox News purporting to speak for Democrats while trying to help MAGA destroy @abdulelsayed.bsky.social, which could prevent Dems from taking back the Senate. When he's on TV, they aren't disclosing what he does for a living. I pointed that out, and then LaRosa freaked.
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Israel's Brutal Retaliation Against Imprisoned Palestinian Doctors Seeking Legal Appeals open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...
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Israel's Brutal Retaliation Against Imprisoned Palestinian Doctors Seeking Legal Appeals
The escalated abuse against Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya following a legal challenge to his detention has sent a chilling message to the families of detained medical workers in Gaza.
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Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Screenwriter Adam McKay on the WGA lawsuit to block Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger. Read more writer testimony here: vist.ly/5ci4w. #BlockTheMerger
Text discussing WGA lawsuit against Paramount-Warner Bros. merger by Adam McKay.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 26/07/2026
As Gov. Whitmer tries to stop Abdul El-Sayed, remember: Whitmer’s dad was Blue Cross’s CEO, she appointed a Blue Cross CEO co-chair of her transition & got more Blue Cross cash than any MI candidate — as Blue Cross denies 1 in 6 claims Story at LeverNews [dot] com
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Mike Lawler @mikelawler1.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Michigan’s Democratic governor is helping her healthcare donors try to stop Abdul El-Sayed’s crusade. www.levernews.com/whitmers-war...
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Whitmer’s War Against Medicare For All
Michigan’s Democratic governor is helping her healthcare donors try to stop Abdul El-Sayed’s crusade.
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Adam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
And of course: bsky.app/profile/slud...
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