Reposted by Michael FineCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/03/2025#GoldenAgeOfAmerica 🥇 706167423988 0
Reposted by Michael FineWIRED @wired.com · 27/03/2025And no, for the 150th time—150-year-olds are not getting Social Security benefits. www.wired.com/story/elon-m... #ElonMusk #FoxNewswired.comNo, 150-Year-Olds Aren’t Collecting Social Security BenefitsElon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There’s a much simpler explanation. 431380340 0
Reposted by Michael FineMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Thanks, I hate it 1953435806 0
Reposted by Michael FineKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 26/03/2025NBC News: The Espionage Act contains a provision making it crime to disclose national defense secrets "through gross negligence." The law does not require info be classified, because it was written before the classification system existed. The law refers simply to "national defense information."nbcnews.comNegligently disclosing national defense information is illegal — and it doesn't have to be classifiedThe Espionage Act, the law that often has been used in criminal cases involving leaks or mishandling of classified information, contains a provision making it 11963252910699 0
Reposted by Michael FineAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/03/2025Chris Murphy: "They're sitting there telling the American people that 2+2=7...those were attack plans, those were war plans, that was classified information, everybody knows it. The idea that they think they can get away with this level of gaslighting- it just strikes at the foundation of democracy" 810248956447 0
Reposted by Michael FineJoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 28/03/2025I wrote this essay about Noem nearly a year ago. The week, the now “Secretary of Homeland Security”, made a video in front of what looked like a concentration camp, in which she wore a $60K watch and used imprisoned human beings as props. This was the goal. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...open.substack.comPuppy killing to court the mob.MAGA & the glorification of gratuitous violence. 1282709724 0
Reposted by Michael FineRachael Sirianni, PhD @docsirianni.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Hey Bluesky, I was interviewed about the attacks on science for NPR’s All Things Considered. Listen, below! www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...wbur.orgUMass biomedical scientist freezes pediatric brain cancer research due to federal funding problemsUMass Chan Medical School biomedical engineer and professor Rachael Sirianni leads a lab that researches new technologies to help treat brain tumors in children. Delays in federal grants have led her ... 412560 0
Reposted by Michael FineSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025What a photo. Green must be the start of something, not the end. 13005524310311 0
Reposted by Michael FineThe Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 06/03/2025About 83,000 Veterans Affairs employees are facing the axe in the name of “efficiency” leaving those who served outraged.thedailybeast.comBetrayed Veterans Rage Over Trump’s Sweeping VA CutsAbout 83,000 Veterans Affairs employees are facing the axe in the name of “efficiency.” 2310149 0
Michael Fine @rmichaelfine.bsky.social · 06/03/2025David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist at JPMorgan on tariffs... 020 0
Michael Fine @rmichaelfine.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Shared to the WhiteHouse.gov X feed a short while ago. x.com/whitehouse/s... 020 0
Reposted by Michael FinePete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general. If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them. 214312427931285 0
Reposted by Michael FineRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/02/2025James Comer had 2 years to dig into all this supposed govt corruption that Musk is “discovering.” That’s what Oversight Committee is supposed to do. Instead, he spent 2 years on Hunter Biden - which resulted in nothing except a James Comer book deal. 211100342539 0
Michael Fine @rmichaelfine.bsky.social · 11/02/2025I’m reminded - play silly games, win silly prizes. 000 0
Michael Fine @rmichaelfine.bsky.social · 11/02/2025These are high tech hoodlums … that can’t rent a car. 🙃 000 0
Reposted by Michael FinePhil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 11/02/2025For those saying audits are good, you are absolutely right! On the other hand, 19- to 25-year-old computer geeks are NOT trained auditors! #JustSaying 2163886 0
Reposted by Michael FineAsha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11/02/2025“These stories should concern all Americans because they are our family members, neighbors and friends. No American can be proud of a government that carries out change in this way.” The American Bar Association speaks out. Please read and share. www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...americanbar.orgThe ABA supports the rule of lawIt has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor... 23592043680 0
Michael Fine @rmichaelfine.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Another Another voice of reason is in the house. Welcome Pete. 000 0
Michael Fine @rmichaelfine.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Another voice of reason is in the house! Welcome Pete. 000 0
Reposted by Michael FineCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/02/2025(AP) - President Donald Trump said Palestinians won’t have right to return to Gaza under his plan for US ‘ownership’ of the war-torn territory. @apnews.com apnews.com/live/donald-...apnews.comLive updates: Trump says Palestinians won’t have right to return to Gaza under his plan for the territoryPresident Donald Trump said Palestinians won't have right to return to Gaza under his plan for US 'ownership' of the war-torn territory. 68257133 0
Reposted by Michael FineAthena Z @athenasrx.bsky.social · 10/02/2025BLUE VOTERS: we should all download this app 5 Calls- I’m using it each day to tell House and Senate reps that WE MUST FIGHT BACK! It’s easy, the staffers are nice but also it’s usually a voicemail so it’s Fast, it’s Effective! #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue apps.apple.com/us/app/5-cal...apps.apple.com5 Calls: Contact Your Congress**As seen on MSNBC...** 1313584 0
Reposted by Michael FineRandi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 08/11/2024No, we can't agree to disagree. This isn't sports. This isn't us rooting for 2 different teams and the winner of the game has no impact on your life, my life or our kids' lives. You support someone who promises to hurt me and people I love. As Charlie Chaplin said, "I don't shake hands with Nazis." 229103812493 0
Reposted by Michael FineBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Trump has spent literally half of his presidency at Mar-a-Lago. 67683261872 0
Reposted by Michael FineSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 11/02/2025“I have come to wonder whether these expressions of despair and surrender are really masking an irrational longing for a magical way out of this nightmare - a hope that some deus ex machina will swoop down and spare us what we are facing.” open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...open.substack.comDemocracy is Crumbling. Is Anybody Doing Anything?Yes. And You Can Too. 721398400 0
Michael Fine @rmichaelfine.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Troubling conversation from a Vice-President. Americans must call out these kind of bizarre and fascist comments. 000 0
Reposted by Michael FineKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Board member of META asks a very good question. 783125912126 0
Reposted by Michael FineAmbassador (ret.) Janet Sanderson @jastucaz.bsky.social · 09/02/2025 414339556653 0
Reposted by Michael FineRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 09/02/2025We highly recommend y’all crack open a copy of the U.S. Constitution before you break anymore laws… 1357316715740 0
Reposted by Michael FineSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 10/02/2025substack.com/@betoorourke...substack.comBeto O'Rourke on SubstackLast week the Congressional switchboard got 1,600 calls a minute (they usually get 40 per minute). I’m sure we can double that this week. They’re trying to overwhelm us with their attacks on gover... 422901968 0
Reposted by Michael FineRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 10/02/2025While Musk runs the country, Trump had a productive weekend naming himself Chair of the Kennedy Center, picking the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl, canceling pennies, demanding Google Maps rename Gulf of Mexico, invited only White immigrants from Africa, and saved plastic straws. 614118653019 0
Reposted by Michael FineThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Cheney to Vance: “You don’t get to rage-quit the Republic just because you’re losing. That’s tyranny.” 8859581332 0
Michael Fine @rmichaelfine.bsky.social · 09/02/2025With Musk and his henchmen thumbing their nose at long established rules and regulations, will it work? These are unprecedented times. Only time will tell. Judge Halts Access to Treasury Payment Systems by Elon Musk’s Teamnytimes.comJudge Halts DOGE Access to Treasury Payment SystemsThe order came in response to a lawsuit filed by 19 attorneys general accusing the president of failing to faithfully execute the nation’s laws when he let DOGE comb through federal computer systems. 000 0
Reposted by Michael FineFred Wellman @fpwellman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025I realized today that Trump, Musk, DOGE, Vance, Miller, Vought and their many collaborators have broken so many laws already that they know they have to destroy our government and entire way of life to stay out of jail. This is all or nothing. We should respond accordingly. 819192106108 0
Reposted by Michael FineMelanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years. 14015074118101 0
Reposted by Michael FineRaw Story @rawstory.com · 08/02/2025The Senate’s phones were receiving 1,600 calls each minute, compared with the usual 40 calls per minute.rawstory.com'People are really angry': Lawmakers facing voter blowback over Elon Musk's chaosLawmakers on both sides of the aisle are feeling the wrath of constituents as their phone lines light up with complaints, worries and confusion over Elon Musk's efforts to gut government programs and ... 40690244 0
Reposted by Michael FineMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 07/02/2025Despite Elon Musk's tweets, he cannot unilaterally remove entire departments from the U.S. government that were established by legislation. This is brazenly illegal. 758101012446 0
Reposted by Michael FinePopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Normal U.S. Attorneys do not write like this. This is servile and buffoonish, light-years outside how federal prosecutors normally act. Ed Martin has gone Full Renfield. He’s a confessed lackey with vast federal prosecutorial power. 1231858396 0
Reposted by Michael FineThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/02/2025Letitia James of New York and 11 other state attorneys general said that they would sue over a cost-cutting initiative that had given young aides to Elon Musk broad access to the federal government’s most fundamental computer systems.nytimes.comState Attorneys General to Sue Elon Musk’s DOGE Over Access to Government SystemsLetitia James of New York and 11 others said that the so-called Department of Government Efficiency had revealed private information and was “unlawful, unprecedented and unacceptable.” 1033386642 0
Michael Fine @rmichaelfine.bsky.social · 06/02/2025While encouraging news a forensic audit will likely need to be completed to determine what programing changes have been compromised for future access. 000 0
Reposted by Michael FineKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Epic by @wired.com 402187369 0
Reposted by Michael FineAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Watch Andy Beshear and share far and wide 17930971448 0
Reposted by Michael FinePhil Williams @philinvestigates.com · 06/02/2025FROM CNN: The FBI is preparing to disband a team of specialists charged with combating foreign threats to US elections, a source familiar tells CNN. www.cnn.com/politics/liv... 26322481187 0