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Michael S

@orange-blackbird.bsky.social
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desperate for music, baseball, creativity and comedy to block out stupidity and hate

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 30/10/2025
Want to make sure this letter arrives at the right place.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
So Well Done @schumer.senate.gov !
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Edward Johnson @booksondesign.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Raskin has been very busy today. He also just published this. raskin.house.gov/resources-fo...
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Resources for Marylanders Affected by Troubling New Trump Administration Policies
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The Gulf of America is the chasm between our sentient plurality who still value the rights and responsibilities required of a republic's citizens and the slavish, hatemongering morons who have embraced our current misrule. The Gulf of Mexico remains a body of water.
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Chris D. Jackson @chrisdjackson.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
🚨BREAKING: @DouglasEmhoff reportedly confronted Bruce Fischer, Sen. Deb Fischer's husband, at the inauguration, saying, “Why would you try to shake my hand when you wouldn’t shake my wife’s hand?” This came after Fischer declined to shake VP Harris's hand but attempted to greet Emhoff. 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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Michael S @orange-blackbird.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
so sad to hear about Brian Matusz, watching him take down Big Papi was always a highlight of the #orioles 10 years ago
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The Times of Israel @timesofisrael.com · 29/12/2024
Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, who brokered Israel-Egypt peace, dies at 100
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Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, who brokered Israel-Egypt peace, dies at 100
One-term president from small-town Georgia hosted PM Menachem Begin and Egypt's Anwar Sadat for talks at Camp David to reach landmark peace deal five years after Yom Kippur War The post Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, who brokered Israel-Egypt peace,…
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Sadly prescient.
Text at top reads, “One Year From Now:” along with quote, “I blame Biden. He shoulda done a better job explaining how Trump's policies were gonna screw people like me. That's why I'm still MAGA.” Image below is of a man wearing a MAGA cap speaking to another man holding a microphone.
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Michael S @orange-blackbird.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
As seen in NY❤️
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Michael S @orange-blackbird.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
theonion.com/assad-regime...
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Assad Regime Leaves Note Thanking Locals For Supporting Family-Run Dictatorship
DAMASCUS—Stating that none of it would have been possible without the broken will of the nation’s people, ousted Syrian autocrat Bashar al-Assad left a note Sunday thanking locals for supporting his f...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters — theonion.com/assad-return...
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Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters
MOSCOW—Just days after rebels seized Damascus, deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly returned to practicing ophthalmology at a Moscow LensCrafters, sources confirmed Tuesday. “Which one ...
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 10/12/2024
Donald Trump is building a cabinet of billionaires. This will turn America into a plutocracy and an oligarchy.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The rules apply to everyone else, not his own family. 
A tweet by @anyone_want_chips discussing Donald Trump’s proposed policy to end birthright citizenship. The tweet notes that four of Trump’s children wouldn’t qualify as U.S. citizens under such a rule: Don Jr. (born 1977), Ivanka (born 1981), Eric (born 1984), and Barron (born 2006 before Melania's citizenship in July 2006). The tweet includes photos of Don Jr., Ivanka, Eric, and Barron Trump.
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Shannon Watts @shannonrwatts.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
John Lennon was assassinated 44 years ago today by a man who flew from Hawaii to New York with a handgun in his suitcase. He shot Lennon five times with hollow-point bullets. Since then, over 1.5M people in America have been shot and killed - many more wounded. Imagine…
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 07/12/2024
This is an oligarchy. The founders never intended people to have this much power… EVER Stop the oligarchy
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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
The CEO of an amoral health insurance company has been assassinated, leading to celebrations from an angry populace, moral debates, and a citywide manhunt. Critics are calling it "preachy Oscar bait that wades into heady topics without much to say about them". 49% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Michael S @orange-blackbird.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
youtube.com/watch?v=ZArg... Finally! the post election analysis that I have been looking for
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Michael S @orange-blackbird.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I think this has been the GOP’s plan for years, in Trump they have found their ultimate tool to prove that government is the problem by destroying
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 21/11/2024
For most of recorded history, people have lived under despots and tyrants. But Americans maintain the belief that we can govern ourselves in freedom. No matter the twists and turns of politics, we won't let fear defeat solidarity. My interview with @slate.bsky.social:
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Jamie Raskin: “We Can’t Let The Fear Paralyze Us”
Did Matt Gaetz resign just to block the release of the House ethics report?
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Apparently, the original post I cited from @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social was deleted and replaced to correct for the brother's outcome. I'll repost the photograph so my previous remark is contextualized:
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Michael S @orange-blackbird.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Does picking up Hayes as a centerfield quality right fielder, giving us the best right fielder we’ve had since the mistake of giving up Nicky, make sense as insurance against a Santander deal that isn’t worth the $$ for the team’s needs? #orioles
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Michael S @orange-blackbird.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
#orioles The great wall of Baltimore to become the less great wall, a good compromise, now we can keep Montcastle and unleash Mayo!
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Out of Context Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @ooccouchgags.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
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Michael S @orange-blackbird.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I am not going to sell my car but I am sure as hell deleting X
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