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Mike B.

@wrytir.bsky.social

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#SeparationOfFelonAndState Certified non-prophet I never speak in absolutes. Writer ✍️ Novelist Essayist History Politics Science Recovering marketer Amateur movie/media critic #SeparationOfChurchAndState Four give a neat eye pose.

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Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 16d

Behind the Bastards has six episodes on Heinrich Himmler. I'm on e4 where he really starts clawing his way to the center of the party.

Of my many 300- and 400-level WWII courses we only discussed his war-related horrors. BtB goes deep into his development.

I'm not sayin' I'm just sayin'.

David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 16d

Let's pick the very worst person possible other than our president and make him co-president of the United States. Remember when everyone was complaining about Elon being co-president? Or Jared? Well, this is worse than those. By a lot.

Luke Russell @lukerussell.bsky.social · 17d

The Deputy Chief of Staff... is in charge of military strikes? Do we even have a president?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14h

would love to know where vought got the authority to shutdown a government agency established by statute

Reuters @reuters.com · 19h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

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Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 11h

Question for those who've cared (or are caring) for a parent with dementia:

How do you get past the paranoid self-reflection every time you yourself have the occasional, run-of-the-mill forgetful moment or misplace something?

Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 13h

How long until the regime begins offering to pay "patriotic citizens" to inform on their neighbors?

The Steady State @steadystatevets.bsky.social · 13h

Trump is promising secret federal deployments to cities he “won’t name,” keeping Americans on edge. He calls those going in “patriots,” implying only his loyalists are real Americans and dissenters are the enemy. It's authoritarian conditioning.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 14h

The World Meteorological Organization said in its latest bulletin on greenhouse gases that CO2 growth rates have now tripled since the 1960s, and reached levels that existed more than 800,000 years ago. https://to.pbs.org/4hfXYIv

UN agency: CO2 levels hit record high last year, causing more extreme weather

Heat-trapping carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere jumped by the highest amount on record last year, soaring to a level not seen in human civilization and “turbo-charging” the Earth’s climate and c...

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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 18h

New development re: the temp restraining order meant to rein in federal agents' violence towards press and the public in the Chicago area.

Per a court entry filed today, a new hearing in the case has been set for tomorrow morning.

Prelim injunction hearing still set for 10/23, per the court.

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Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 22h

We know more about multiverses than the regime will ever let on about the two guys in Utah and Pennsylvania. Oh, those pesky circumstances, never quite plugging in neatly to the orthodox narrative.

Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

I read about "gamergate" and the times online conflict spills over to the real world. The tone of and some language in the featured chats appear similar to that of gamer culture. The apparent ease of piling on, too.

I shouldn't assume, but these kids look like they spent time in that world.

Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

Read this yesterday. It feels to me like the little media coverage of this piece so far overemphasizes the "young" part of all of this, like it's new or something. I am confident these same convos have taken place in some form or other by subsets of existing R party leaders going back decades.

Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

This was just 200. And they aren't National Guard. They're there to monitor the ceasefire. But when Trump says, "we," all I could think of was, "wasn't this how we got pulled into Vietnam, with a small # in an advisory role?"

And, I hear you ... about everything else. 😞
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US to send 200 troops to Israel to monitor Gaza ceasefire

The US will establish a multinational force in Israel, likely to include troops from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the UAE, officials say.

www.bbc.com

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Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

I really did not like hearing Trump say today that they must disarm, "or *we'll* disarm them." A bit chilling since we already sent a first group of soldiers over there last week.

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Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

True. My bad.

I was thinking of an incident like Jason implied: gas mask, smoke, and firing blindly into a crowd. They don't seem at all bothered by the judge's prohibition on smoke and cs. In fact,they seem even more inclined to thwart her order.

Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

It's only a matter of time before one of them loses whatever composure they have.

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Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

Great idea. Why stop there? One step further: an inflatable frog wearing a Pritzker mask.

Mitchy Mitch @strykie187.bsky.social · 1d

I wanna see Pritzker in an anti-fa frog costume flipping off trump.... that would be epic 😂

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

This post was written before today's car crash and chemical attack. Was referring to the preceding car crashes and chemical attacks.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Yes, you should be surprised and horrified by secret federal police running around our city kidnapping immigrants, crashing cars, launching chemical weapons and shooting and killing people. This is a thing you should be *perpetually* shocked by. We lose when we become numb to it.

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Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 1d

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

If your first thought as a reporter when racing to the scene where an invading fed paramilitary of murderous freaks are blanketing yet another neighborhood in chemical weapons after kidnapping people is to count how many objects are thrown at them, just quit. Just quit

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Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, 'murica. Are we healthy (again) yet?

Liam Nissan™ @theliamnissan.bsky.social · 1d

1,500 measels cases in 42 states. Worst outbreak since 1992. Thank you Donald Trump.

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Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

When one day I'm honored with a Medal of Freedom, I definitely want POTUS to drone on and on about how they accidentally put their shoe on the wrong foot that morning, this one perfect peanut butter and jelly sammich they made, and that time someone delivered their package to the wrong house.

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Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

CNN just teased it (the ICE vehicle accident) citing WLS. They'll come back to it when they get more info.

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Jonathan V. Last @jvl.bsky.social · 1d

In 2020 conservatives were outraged by this picture of an armed cop deporting a child who came to the US illegally.

Today, conservatives would cheer it. What happened? I have a theory . . .

www.thebulwark.com/p/elian-gonz...

Elián González, Trump, and What Happened to “True Conservatism”

Toward a quantum theory of politics.

www.thebulwark.com

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Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

It's really surprising that he hasn't spontaneously combusted yet.

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Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

In the absence of adherence to the Constitution we're becoming the Federalized Cities of America.

Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 1d

When Trumpism is finally purged from our society, which outlet will be the first to run the op-ed, "Was Democracy Really Ever in Peril in the First Place?" and who will pen it?

Mike B. @wrytir.bsky.social · 2d

So, the #EpsteinFiles.

Moses *says* "healthcare" when he really means discharge petition.

The headline should read, "House Speaker Predicts Longest Government Shutdown to Protect Pedophile Party Boss."

PBS News @pbsnews.org · 2d

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen. https://to.pbs.org/3KVlkXz

WATCH: Johnson responds to critics on why he won't call House back for shutdown negotiations

Johnson says he “won't negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen the government.