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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 23m

Dozens of sitting judges shared with The Times their concerns about risks to the courts’ legitimacy as the Supreme Court releases opaque orders about Trump administration policies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2h

Trump’s remarks contain a fundamental fallacy, as multiple fact-checking outlets have pointed out that percentages don’t work that way. What’s astonishing is that Trump has been making this claim for months.
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Trump Makes Stunning Mathematically Impossible Claim On National Television

President Donald Trump made a stunning, mathematically impossible claim during a nationally televised press event at the White House.

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 21h

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

That was the latest in a string of moves that suggested the DOJ had become a tool of vengeance against those whom Trump views as his enemies.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Report on Soros Cited by Justice Dept. Does Not Show Funding for Terrorism

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 1d

Trump exerted leverage for Gaza deal but tough questions remain

“There is an enormous number of potential sticking points that are going to really determine whether this ceasefire ends up being the beginning of peace or just another twist in the cycle of violence”

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 1d

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside, laying the groundwork to potentially suck greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere or harvest moisture from desert environments.
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Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to discovery that could trap C02 and bring water to deserts

The Nobel committee said that the three laureates “have developed a new form of molecular architecture.”

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 1d

In WWII, the US military was part of a massive global anti-fascist alliance. They stormed Normandy and crushed fascist regimes. Today, their descendants make up a huge part of our society. How will they feel watching Trump attack “antifa” — and smear the legacy of those who died fighting fascism?

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

Surveyed 50 D.C. legal insiders—ex-DOJ officials, WH counsels, judges—split evenly by party, nearly all alarmed: they see Trump’s second term as a direct threat to the rule of law, using the system to punish foes, reward allies. Courts? Barely pushing back.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

Opinion | Should They Just Go Ahead and Put Up a Gold Trump Sign on the Supreme Court?

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

Schumer and Jeffries just visited the Oval, but Trump was probably asleep or medicated and doesn't remember.

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 2d

Deranged lying of a serial killer.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2d

Trump: "You can’t even find any boats in the water anymore. Like a subway train loaded up with drugs. Every boat -- every single boat that you see getting taken out kills 25,000 Americans. Think of that. It’s pretty tough stuff. But it kills 25,000 Americans."

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

-“we’re the ones saving health care” 🤥 (they just cut $1 TRILLION from Medicaid, he hasn’t had a plan in 10 years)

-He then ignores basic math saying he’ll cut drug costs “500%” (not how it works)

-And says they’re “only cutting Democrat programs” (that help regular folks)

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

Trump regime data, deleted from the government website, shows the threat of domestic violence is significantly greater from the right wing.

Read the report 👇: cdn.thejournal.ie/media/2025/0...

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Why the White House’s ‘antifa roundtable’ took an exceedingly weird turn

Trump administration officials made bizarre claims related to antifa that were rooted in the idea that it’s an actual organization. It really isn’t.

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

The Trump regime plans to deploy America's counter-terrorism apparatus against left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence.

Yet their own data shows the threat of political violence is primarily from the right wing.

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Threats of Domestic Terrorism are more prevalent from the right.

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said the vessel in the latest attack in the Caribbean by U.S. forces was Colombian and that Colombian nationals were on board.
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Colombia says boat destroyed by U.S. attack in Carribean was Colombian - UPI.com

At least one of the boats taken out by U.S. forces seeking to stem to drug flows to the United States via the Caribbean was Colombian, claims President Petro.

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

Senate Republicans voted against legislation that would have imposed restrictions on the Trump regime's unprecedented use of deadly military force to target vessels in the Caribbean. #WarPowers
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Senate Republicans vote down legislation to check Trump's use of war powers against cartels

Senate Republicans have voted down legislation that would have put a check on President Donald Trump’s ability to use deadly military force against drug cartels.

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

A NIJ study that the Trump regime removed from the internet suggests that right-wing violence poses a significantly greater threat than left-wing violence.

#DomesticTerrorism

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

Military personnel swear allegiance to the Constitution and serve the American people – not one leader or party

George Washington: What it means to be a citizen-soldier.

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George Washington: What it means to be a citizen-soldier.

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

Warrior Ethos

I will always place the mission first
I will never accept defeat.
I will never quit.
I will never leave a fallen comrade.

#WarriorEthos #Military #Veterans

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

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Maddow: Trump is losing more supporters every day — while the opposition only grows

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

DOJ Deletes Study Alleging Rise In Far-Right Terrorism In US

The latest NIJ-funded research underscores a stark reality: since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist actors.

www.newsweek.com/department-j...

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 2d

The U.S. literally was part of the original anti-fascist coalition. During World War II, the Allies fought against the Axis powers. That war was, by definition, an anti-fascist effort.

Antifa stormed Normandy, liberated concentration camps, and crushed fascist regimes. That’s as “antifa” as it gets

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 3d

Plenary authority, with its sweeping, unchecked assumption of power, has previously been compared to the powers to rule by decree forced through by the governments of dictators, including Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Plenary authority, the dictator phrase that caused Stephen Miller to stop talking

Miller suggests Trump wields absolute power over decisions to send in the National Guard, before suddenly stopping speaking in an awkward interview moment

www.independent.co.uk

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 4d

The announcement last week that the Puerto Rican rapper BAD BUNNY would take the stage on football’s biggest night has caused widespread furor from the right 😀
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John Oliver Calls Bad Bunny ‘One of the Hottest, Most Commercially Successful People Alive’ Amid Super Bowl Controversy, Slams ‘Nauseating’ ICE Raids

John Oliver has made it clear where he stands amid controversy over Bad Bunny being tapped for next year's Super Bowl Halftime Show.

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 4d

US Supreme Court to examine Colorado's gay 'conversion therapy' ban

The case gives #SCOTUS another opportunity to elevate the interests of a conservative Christian litigant at the expense of protections for #LGBT people.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 4d

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A Judge’s Home Exploded. What Happened Next Should Terrify America.

YouTube video by Anonymous

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Mike NC @mike1545.bsky.social · 4d

Despite $45B in new funding to massively expand ICE’s detention network, immigration arrests have fallen and overcrowding has worsened. Bureaucratic bottlenecks, costly state-run deals, and leadership infighting have stalled the Trump regime's deportation drive.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

As Money Rushed In, ICE’s Rapid Expansion Stalled Out

Immigration arrests have declined and jail overcrowding is worse despite billions in new funds.

www.theatlantic.com

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