Reposted by Mike VarakKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10hI'm not sure if @oversightdemocrats.bsky.social have issued a statement on this yet, but they should publicly announce that if Russ Vought tries to fuck with the election in any way they will fire him out of a cannon when they take power. 1071966558
Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Honestly opening this app up is like gambling- maybe I’ll see something fun, or I’ll lose and see that fascism has done a weird unexpected thing that benefits no one but is racist as shit 000
Reposted by Mike Varakspooky halloween txt @metaltxt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There's so much discussion about artists being political or whatever and then Hayley posts like this once a week 210720
Reposted by Mike VarakChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 02/10/2026why does the WaPo print headline on the botched TN execution read like The Onion 622231295
Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Lol- jail for a thousand years for all of these clowns 000
Reposted by Mike VarakPaul Cezanne @cezanne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Uncle Dominique as a Lawyer, 1866 botfrens.com/collections/43/content… 1223
Reposted by Mike VarakThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It cannot be said any more clearly. Trump should have been arrested on January 20, 2021, and held without bail. Trump should be arrested now, or at least on January 20, 2029, if a Democrat wins. Let the justice system go to work. And if SCOTUS frees him, send him to prison in New York. 1420872
Reposted by Mike Varakshawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026new: federal authorities tapped into a network of flock license plate readers and surveillance cameras owned by chicagoland police during their failed attempts to prosecute marimar martinez and anthony ruiz for following immigration agents last october.chicagoreader.comFeds tapped local surveillance networks in botched Chicago prosecutions - Chicago ReaderDuring their failed efforts to prosecute Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ruiz, federal authorities accessed a network of Chicagoland license plate readers and surveillance cameras. 112479
Reposted by Mike Varak☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 02/01/2024chris rufo (twitter): we’re going to lie and say school teachers are involved in satanic ritual abuse of children and these dumb fuck journalists will buy it jake tapper: and now we take a look at mcmartin preschool and the grave allegations against it chris rufo: thank you jake, fearless as ever 4767136
Reposted by Mike VarakThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Future presidential debates should probably feature questions like "are you stupid enough to start a cold war with Canada" or "who pays a tariff" 311021179
Reposted by Mike VarakLake Huron! Live! @lake-huron.live · 28/09/2026Current* conditions near Wasaga Beach, ON: 021
Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Maskless, Jonathon?!open.spotify.comI Was Dancing In The Lesbian BarJonathan Richman · I, Jonathan · Song · 1992 010
Reposted by Mike VarakKen Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026just want to point out how crazy it is the justice department put this in writing 24531124
Reposted by Mike VarakAdam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 23/09/2026As Greg says, we all know why they call it "Remigration" in the first place. Just horrid. Every document associated with this "office" should serve as evidence for future prosecutions. 521557
Reposted by Mike VarakOmri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Worth noting that the Kol Nidre BS is a traditional antisemitic trope going back *literally* to the middle ages. It's in the same category as using blood to make matzoh. So, congratulations to Aladwan for going to the sources. 217049
Reposted by Mike VarakTom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is amazing as there was literally a top 40 hit explicitly about how Fleetwood Mac were square music for olds 1610113
Reposted by Mike VarakThe Legacy Sites @legacysites.eji.org · 21/09/2026At our Legacy Museum, visitors can see 800 jars of soil collected from lynching sites across the country. Part of our Community Remembrance Project, the jars provide a tangible way for communities and Museum visitors to confront the legacy of racial terror lynchings. 24631
Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026War criminal George W Bush on the timeline again. Reminder that he belongs in The Hague and gave us Roberts and Alito- not all painters are good people. 010
Reposted by Mike VarakJim Furbranes @unlox.bsky.social · 21/09/2026ME WITH A TIME MACHINE: even accounting for inflation, we’re talking about the most expensive diesel ever. the proximate cause is Trump starting a war in Iran- 2024 MEDIAN VOTER: hawk tuah! ME: yeah pure adventurism, quickly getting bogged down in- what 2024 MEDIAN VOTER: spit on that thang! 10921110
Reposted by Mike VarakKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:deadline.comDone! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. DiscoveryParamount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD. 16835731392
Reposted by Mike Varak28 Days Lehner 🪦 @danlehner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026friend told me a story about her dad’s college music class where they wrote different examples of classical compositions John Williams ripped off and John Williams showed up for a masterclass one day, saw it, went over to the blackboard and started adding more examples 211648254
Reposted by Mike VarakPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 20/09/2026www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/co... The come to Stinson Beach creepypasta has a perfectly dreamlike feel to it, *evocatively* unexplained shit. It's 15 years old now.reddit.comFrom the nosleep community on RedditExplore this post and more from the nosleep community 2257
Reposted by Mike VarakSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 160191353863
Reposted by Mike VarakJay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Is this real? I so desperately want it to be real. It's been such a long day. 89011
Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Ahh Friday night- what a great time to check in and see if I can find a new thing to be mad at 000
Reposted by Mike VarakMisterJayEm @misterjayem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Lyle: The People's Elon Musk 041
Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 16/09/2026More of this- accuse them of starting a war in Iran to distract from Epstein too 000
Reposted by Mike VarakJae @jaehanley.social · 15/09/2026We fucked over domestic EV production and banned the Chinese ones, only to make oil changes unaffordable in less than a year. 44759147
Reposted by Mike VarakJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026GOP candidate strongly favored to win seat in Florida legislature talkingpointsmemo.com/news/florida... 19353132
Reposted by Mike VarakCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Trump didn't want to be in a photo with this guy, so now we know the real reason he didn't attend the wedding 59017
Reposted by Mike VarakNina Metz @ninametz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“Enslaved African people were seared with hot metal brands bearing the royal crown, according to research by historians who have documented the monarchy’s centuries-long involvement in Britain’s slave trade” The British monarchy’s current wealth (which is substantial) is directly tied to slaverytheguardian.comThe royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave tradeFrom Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade 072
Reposted by Mike VarakJohn Lingan @johnlingan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just one man's opinion but the version of Shelter From the Storm on Hard Rain is a top 10 all-time Dylan performance, and the stage outfits here only improve it. 141
Reposted by Mike VarakSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026You don't think of 2% being a particularly high rate of anything, but "2% of the House GOP caucus" is way too high of a percentage for that particular thing. 1222248
Reposted by Mike VarakLynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Things we loved to hate. As with the Thompson Center, the Lucas Museum. No, it wasn't on the lakefront. Yes, it was a weird building. God forbid the "City of Architecture" risk something new or radical. Oh, well, we'll always have the parking lot. arcchicago.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-...arcchicago.blogspot.comThe Heresy: Why Chicago Should Welcome the George Lucas Museumclick images for larger view Seven years ago, I spent a lot of time writing in opposition to then Mayor Richard M. Daley's shameless bli... 031
Reposted by Mike Varakdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 10/09/2026it appears a new elephant graveyard just dropped 1518510
Reposted by Mike VarakEmily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I used to frame this as: If we could pass a constitutional amendment guaranteeing trans people access to comprehensive gender-affirming healthcare, the bathroom of their choice, etc., in exchange for us giving up sports, do you think the people who don't want trans people in sports would go for it? 41116223
Reposted by Mike VarakAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“im not interested in your childrens genitals” is just such an easy thing to say 693724606
Mike Varak @mikevarak.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This place is obviously a huge bummer- gonna delete at least for the long weekend 🖕🤠🖕 020
Reposted by Mike VarakLynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It's Lous Sullivan birthday! For his 150th, back in 2010, there were some small observances, but nothing could match burning down not one, not two, but THREE of his precious buildings that year. lynnbecker.com/repeat/harve... 062
Reposted by Mike VarakJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 03/09/2026The first wave of Democratic candidates to understand that “The Supreme Court is a corrupt cesspool of pro-Trump reactionaries and there is only one way to fix it” is a winning message will become stars in a hurryballsandstrikes.substack.comDemocrats Who Are Still Afraid of Supreme Court Expansion Need to Grow UpDemocrats are finally grasping that their voters do not like the Supreme Court and do not want to be represented by politicians who defend it. 271644293