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Mike

@mikeyay.bsky.social

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• Makin it up as I go • Navy vet • Mi casa es su casa • Always voted Democrat and we'll keep at it • Stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Canada 🇨🇦 • 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ ally • trump is a vile piece of shit

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Mike @mikeyay.bsky.social · Jan 23

Skye Perryman's team at Democracy Forward is on the front line of our democracy and a breathe of fresh air.

Democracy Forward @democracyforward.org · Jan 22

The Trump admin already fired public servants who work for all Americans. Civil servants owe a duty to the Constitution & work for both GOP & Dem admins. Efforts to politicize & terminate those not ideologues is unAmerican. @skyeperryman.bsky.social discussed w/ NBC4. Visit: CivilServiceStrong.org

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Mike @mikeyay.bsky.social · 6h

Right! Sinister

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😅 if there was a look, he's got it.

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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 12h

The Trump admin just admitted — in a buried Labor Dept. filing — that its own immigration crackdown is hurting farmers and driving up food prices. The report warns the “near total cessation” of migrant labor is threatening “the stability of domestic food production.” F***ing DUH.

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Mike @mikeyay.bsky.social · 11h

Portland Frogs are making a good case for tourism and reason to visit.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Mike @mikeyay.bsky.social · 14h

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Leasa @fishgirl66.bsky.social · 18h

This is how you write a headline. Finally @cnn.com

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Mike @mikeyay.bsky.social · 17h

Kid Rock is only qualified to give advice about the quality of meth.

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Mike @mikeyay.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Thiel puts the pasty white in Elmer's glue.

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Mike @mikeyay.bsky.social · 1d

I hope George RR Martin finishes Winds of Winter before the stupidest authoritarian regime takes over.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

No one is covering the GOP's scheme to rig congressional maps for 2026 as closely as Democracy Docket. It is providing gavel to gavel coverage of the ongoing hearing over whether the Texas gerrymander will be in place for the midterms.

Support its work by subscribing now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

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Mike @mikeyay.bsky.social · 1d

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Senator Dick Durbin @durbin.senate.gov · 1d

We’re outside of the Broadview ICE facility.

It’s clearer than ever before.

What’s happening in Illinois is an unprecedented, unlawful abuse of power.

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Mike @mikeyay.bsky.social · 1d

Seriously! They bought the voting machines! We all trust they'll be accurate and truthful. 🤦🏾‍♂️

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

This is dedicated to those who believed DJT and legacy media coverage that Project 2025 was nothing to be concerned about.

Also, this isn’t legal.

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Mike @mikeyay.bsky.social · 1d

We'd save tax dollars if the Whitehouse painted their inside walls Heinz red.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.

My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 1d

I was on the ground today in Broadview with Senator Durbin to conduct Congressional oversight on ICE’s processing facility.  As elected officials, we have a duty to ensure transparency within federal facilities. What is ICE hiding? Kristi Noem, what are you hiding?

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 1d

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

A new report reveals that an upcoming Supreme Court case could eliminate:

❌ 27 blue congressional districts
❌ 30% of Congressional Black Caucus seats
❌ 11% of Hispanic Caucus seats

And the effects could ripple for over a generation.

GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns