Michael Friedman
@mfriedman803.bsky.social
DC born, Maryland bred; organ transplant recipient; attorney; recovering PITA; bottle washer intern; tolerable human; bow tie wearer; hater of air quotes & folks who say “PIN number.”
“Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.”
“Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.”
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New 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australia. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australia
The native bee was found near a rare wildflower, prompting scientists to call for the area to be protected.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
New 'Lucifer' bee with devil-like horns found in Australia. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Serial criminal freed by serial criminal Trump is, surprise, surprise, surprise….sentenced again. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Serial criminal freed by serial criminal Trump is, surprise, surprise, surprise….sentenced again. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/n...
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You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
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My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died. I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down. That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies. It's because THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can just give up and go home.
November 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can just give up and go home.
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I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.
I think that these 8 Senators are falling on the sword for Schumer and other Senators who wanted the shutdown to end. This allows the majority of Senators to save face; and only retiring or not up for reelection Senators take the heat.
It’s a ruse.
It’s a ruse.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I have come to believe this as well. The list is too strange. I don’t think a majority wanted to cave, but many more than the 8.
As millions receive aid while others wait, and despite the feckless Democrats’ Sunday Night Cave, Trump & goons want to ensure full SNAP payments frozen….just in case?
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States face uncertainty as Trump administration tries to reverse SNAP food payments - WTOP News
States administering a federal food aid program serving about 42 million Americans faced uncertainty Monday over whether they can — and should — provide full monthly benefits during an ongoing legal…
wtop.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
As millions receive aid while others wait, and despite the feckless Democrats’ Sunday Night Cave, Trump & goons want to ensure full SNAP payments frozen….just in case?
wtop.com/national/202...
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Chuck Schumer is why Dems keep losing elections. He is old school, out of touch with his voters, he’s not a fighter and he doesn’t represent our majority anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Chuck Schumer is why Dems keep losing elections. He is old school, out of touch with his voters, he’s not a fighter and he doesn’t represent our majority anymore.
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Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
Just in time for family gatherings for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the USA, Oxygen is introducing a new series…”Killer Grannies”.
“Seriously, I don’t mind sitting at the kids’ table.”
“Seriously, I don’t mind sitting at the kids’ table.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Just in time for family gatherings for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday in the USA, Oxygen is introducing a new series…”Killer Grannies”.
“Seriously, I don’t mind sitting at the kids’ table.”
“Seriously, I don’t mind sitting at the kids’ table.”
Q - Useless, useless - John Wilkes Booth’s final words as he looked at his hands as he lay dying or Congress, Trump & the Roberts’ Court?
A - Yes.
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A - Yes.
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Senate near deal to reopen government (The Hill)
As many as 10 Democratic senators are expected to vote for a bill to reopen the government as soon as Sunday evening or early Monday morning, as a group of m...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Q - Useless, useless - John Wilkes Booth’s final words as he looked at his hands as he lay dying or Congress, Trump & the Roberts’ Court?
A - Yes.
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A - Yes.
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Why should we continue putting up with this idiocy that the President & Congress have created? We elected them to represent us in our best interests. Instead we get less than toddlers who care not about us. A pox on them all, including the useless enablers on the Supreme Court.
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Why should we continue putting up with this idiocy that the President & Congress have created? We elected them to represent us in our best interests. Instead we get less than toddlers who care not about us. A pox on them all, including the useless enablers on the Supreme Court.
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The administration guts renewable energy, not for economic reasons but because Trump is still angry that Scotland won a lawsuit he filed over wind turbines in the sea next to his golf course, claims no responsibility for energy prices going up? They have no shame. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...
Trump firm settles legal bill over Scottish windfarm dispute
Trump Organization will pay £225,000 in costs after fight over windfarm near golf course
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The administration guts renewable energy, not for economic reasons but because Trump is still angry that Scotland won a lawsuit he filed over wind turbines in the sea next to his golf course, claims no responsibility for energy prices going up? They have no shame. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019...
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JFC, America is such a shit show.
ICE violently arrested a protester and pointed assault rifles at unarmed community members filming today in Little Village, Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
JFC, America is such a shit show.
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Waning Gibbous Moon. 2101UT 8 November 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Waning Gibbous Moon. 2101UT 8 November 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
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Methane-cutting cow feed trials brought to an end. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bovaer: Methane-cutting cow feed trials on Arla dairy farms end
The UK's largest dairy co-operative is now reviewing the results of the tests of Bovaer on 30 farms.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Methane-cutting cow feed trials brought to an end. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.
Indian IDOT employee stopped by ICE agents, questioned if he was 'aware' of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Three masked agents questioned an Illinois Department of Transportation employee about his immigration status — and if he had traveled to New York and was “aware” of the mayor-elect in New York City, the governor’s office said.
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Donald Trump claims to be "Pro-Life." Indeed, he was the first sitting president to attend the annual March for Life.
But this didn't stop him from conspiring with Elon Musk to kill 600,000 (so far) people, 2/3 of them children. You see, when Elon says we need more children he means *white* ones.
But this didn't stop him from conspiring with Elon Musk to kill 600,000 (so far) people, 2/3 of them children. You see, when Elon says we need more children he means *white* ones.
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Donald Trump claims to be "Pro-Life." Indeed, he was the first sitting president to attend the annual March for Life.
But this didn't stop him from conspiring with Elon Musk to kill 600,000 (so far) people, 2/3 of them children. You see, when Elon says we need more children he means *white* ones.
But this didn't stop him from conspiring with Elon Musk to kill 600,000 (so far) people, 2/3 of them children. You see, when Elon says we need more children he means *white* ones.
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It’s a jarring contradiction, isn’t it? The very story people celebrate a poor family turned away while seeking refuge mirrors the situations we often condemn today. Yet somehow that connection gets lost in the comfort of tradition.
November 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It’s a jarring contradiction, isn’t it? The very story people celebrate a poor family turned away while seeking refuge mirrors the situations we often condemn today. Yet somehow that connection gets lost in the comfort of tradition.
It is not enough for Trump, Congress & the Roberts’ Court to starve the needy, screwup air travel & shutter our government, etc., they are now back to trying to deport Abrego Garcia removal to deport Liberia.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Trump admin moves to dissolve ban on Abrego Garcia's removal to deport him to Liberia
The DOJ said his removal is "in the public interest."
www.yahoo.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
It is not enough for Trump, Congress & the Roberts’ Court to starve the needy, screwup air travel & shutter our government, etc., they are now back to trying to deport Abrego Garcia removal to deport Liberia.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Angus: Well, Donald, the whole world watched you and your grotesque Great Gatsby gathering with all these barely clad young women and creepy old men at—what is it—the Mar-a-Lago Roach Motel where you live—and thought, this man doesn’t care about his own people.
November 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Angus: Well, Donald, the whole world watched you and your grotesque Great Gatsby gathering with all these barely clad young women and creepy old men at—what is it—the Mar-a-Lago Roach Motel where you live—and thought, this man doesn’t care about his own people.
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And there it is…..
Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week
Two full months since their most recent vote
Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week
Two full months since their most recent vote
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
And there it is…..
Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week
Two full months since their most recent vote
Announcement is made that the U.S. House will be out of session AGAIN next week
Two full months since their most recent vote
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
Simple, Hegseth is bent on getting rid of folks who are smarter and more competent. Surprising the Pentagon hasn’t yet been emptied and advertised for lease.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Simple, Hegseth is bent on getting rid of folks who are smarter and more competent. Surprising the Pentagon hasn’t yet been emptied and advertised for lease.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Hegseth Is Purging Military Leaders With Little Explanation
Simple, Hegseth is bent on getting rid of folks who are smarter and more competent. Surprising the Pentagon hasn’t yet been emptied and advertised for lease.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Simple, Hegseth is bent on getting rid of folks who are smarter and more competent. Surprising the Pentagon hasn’t yet been emptied and advertised for lease.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...