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Michael D

@saltymichael.bsky.social

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Post-Christian, former church leader. Co-author of “Finding Eve”. Proud father of two amazing daughters. I love Idaho, despise her politics. No MAGAts, no DMs, please. Author, Divide by Two Wheels.

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Michael D @saltymichael.bsky.social · Nov 16

I am Michael Devitt. My wife and I wrote a book about raising our transgender teen in politically-repressive Idaho.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3h

Nice recap

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 1h

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 5h

Divider-In-Chief

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

vought's view is that the president is an elected dictator and lo and behold he is seizing outright the power of the purse

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 6h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6h

NEW: Fat Satan appoints Lauren Boebert ambassador to Idaho.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Michael D @saltymichael.bsky.social · 5h

God, people are weird. “I found a completely mythical place that never existed!”

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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 6h

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Jack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 8h

This isn’t about politics; it’s about ownership of the scoreboard. When the scoreboard changes owners, the game changes. The sale no one voted on...and why you should care.🔥👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

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Newfie912 @newfie912.bsky.social · 1d

Lock her up!

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Isabel Santos @isabelsantos.bsky.social · 19h

The author argues Trump’s presidency has desensitized the public to his behavior and criticizes GOP defenses of his actions as dangerous, noting that his conduct can’t be excused by pointing to his opponents’ actions.
www.rawstory.com/trump-267417...

White House reporter exposes one of the most insidious legacies of Trump’s tenure

White House correspondent Andrew Egger tells The Bulwark that one of the most insidious things about Donald Trump’s decade-long turn atop our politics is the way “we seem to be losing some of our inab...

www.rawstory.com

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Michael D @saltymichael.bsky.social · 8h

25th Amendment NOW. God, he is such a fucking dumbass.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Pierre Polyester @canadian-critic.bsky.social · 1d

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Allen Dell @urgeoverkill.bsky.social · 14h

Definitely didn’t happen. He doesn’t even know the “persons” name. Get the fuck out of here ! 🖕🏻

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 14h

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

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Amy Siskind @amysiskind.com · 10h

When Marjorie Taylor Greene has become the voice of reason in your party, just maybe you’ve lost the plot line 😜🤷🏻‍♀️

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 1d

Jeff Bezos and the Walmart family starting to have second thoughts yet?

MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

NEWS: Trump just announced the U.S. will impose a 100% tariff on all Chinese goods starting November 1

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Chris Jensen @chrisjensenj.bsky.social · 1d

Is there anything more 2025 than replacing a competent woman with a mediocre man

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 12h

When the bailout for Argentina…is actually a bailout for the Treasury Secretary’s hedge fund billionaires.

They get richer…and it just gets harder for you.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Big Investors Await Windfall From Trump’s Argentina Bailout

www.nytimes.com

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Michael D @saltymichael.bsky.social · 8h

Ain’t it the truth??

Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10h

Trader Joe's Exec1: we'll sell lots of really good stuff at good prices

Exec2: that doesn't sound at all evil. We're a big company, we're supposed to be evil

Founder1: we are going to have the most inadequate, cramped, badly designed parking lots in the fucking world

Founder2: ok that works