Michael Mechanic
@michaelmechanic.bsky.social
Mother Jones editor; author of "Jackpot," an "entertaining and eviscerating" (Jane Mayer) book on America's wealth insanity (readjackpot.com); piano player turned punk rock drummer turned old-time fiddler; dad of Gen Zers; gardener; curmudgeon about town.
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It's a good day when your book shows up on a senator's desk. You can get your own copy via ReadJackpot.com/order
I don't see anything in the founding documents that says America shall be a hedge fund.
$10 Billion and Counting: Trump Administration Snaps Up Stakes in Private Firms
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I don't see anything in the founding documents that says America shall be a hedge fund.
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
They are getting coal in their stockings.
November 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
They are getting coal in their stockings.
Winning isn't the point. They are just deliberately harassing these people, and wasting their time and money, and will go on doing it until someone kicks them into the street, or more fittingly, into Tartarus.
Appealing the dismissal instead of re-indicting is a way to kick the can down the road and avoid a lot of short-term humiliation over the other flaws in the case.
Leavitt: “We believe the attorney in this case, Lindsey Halligan, is not only extremely qualified…but she was in fact legally appointed. And I know the DOJ will be appealing this in very short order.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Winning isn't the point. They are just deliberately harassing these people, and wasting their time and money, and will go on doing it until someone kicks them into the street, or more fittingly, into Tartarus.
You absolutely should be deplatformed for that pun.
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
You absolutely should be deplatformed for that pun.
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November 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Fugazi's "Suggestion" is perhaps the best feminist anthem ever written by a man. And it's a song everyone mentioned in Epstein's emails, especially Trump, should be forced to listen to on repeat.
Suggestion
YouTube video by Fugazi - Topic
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Fugazi's "Suggestion" is perhaps the best feminist anthem ever written by a man. And it's a song everyone mentioned in Epstein's emails, especially Trump, should be forced to listen to on repeat.
One tragedy of our culture is that the many people who have no interest in hoarding excessive resources and doing selfish things have to waste so much of their time and energy playing defense against the ones who do.
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
One tragedy of our culture is that the many people who have no interest in hoarding excessive resources and doing selfish things have to waste so much of their time and energy playing defense against the ones who do.
So, the Russian dude whom Marco Rubio, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff, Trump's crypto business partner, met with in Miami to hammer out this "peace" proposal is head of Moscow's sovereign wealth fund. It sure leaves one to wonder whether Trump's true agenda was his long-coveted Trump Tower Moscow.
November 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So, the Russian dude whom Marco Rubio, Jared Kushner, and Steve Witkoff, Trump's crypto business partner, met with in Miami to hammer out this "peace" proposal is head of Moscow's sovereign wealth fund. It sure leaves one to wonder whether Trump's true agenda was his long-coveted Trump Tower Moscow.
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You should definitely get Lindsey Halligan to indict them.
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 AM
You should definitely get Lindsey Halligan to indict them.
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Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.
25th
President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
25th
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seems to be throwing some shade at ICE.
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seems to be throwing some shade at ICE.
Putin is a monster and a terrorist, as evidenced by his deliberate bombing of civilian residential buildings, and no US government should take his side.
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Putin is a monster and a terrorist, as evidenced by his deliberate bombing of civilian residential buildings, and no US government should take his side.
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As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
As a retiring but still sitting member of the House, MTG has the opportunity to read into the public record documents that otherwise could not be released... and would be protected by the constitution's speech or debate clause from prosecution.
Trump always likes the last person he talked to. We'll see what he posts tomorrow.
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Trump always likes the last person he talked to. We'll see what he posts tomorrow.
Yeah, well they have their share of 1 percenters for sure. When you hang around rich people, nice as some of them may be, they get really salty when you talk about things like taxing unrealized gains.
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Yeah, well they have their share of 1 percenters for sure. When you hang around rich people, nice as some of them may be, they get really salty when you talk about things like taxing unrealized gains.
Science can and does fall into thinking ruts, and does need the occasional shakeup from within, but Kennedy is regurgitating old, thoroughly debunked ideas. Not bringing anything new to the table. And he's playing with people's lives. Vaccines are among history's top scientific triumphs.
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Science can and does fall into thinking ruts, and does need the occasional shakeup from within, but Kennedy is regurgitating old, thoroughly debunked ideas. Not bringing anything new to the table. And he's playing with people's lives. Vaccines are among history's top scientific triumphs.
Also fascinating
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Also fascinating
More and more de facto bribery, yes. But what has really changed is that these people used to give to both parties pretty equally—like, each side had its own billionaires. Now they're just straight up backing the oligarchy machine. No civic duty or social responsibility at all. Zero. Zilch.
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
More and more de facto bribery, yes. But what has really changed is that these people used to give to both parties pretty equally—like, each side had its own billionaires. Now they're just straight up backing the oligarchy machine. No civic duty or social responsibility at all. Zero. Zilch.
What Steve Wozniak gets at below is kind of what my book, "Jackpot," is about. So if you're looking for gifts for family /friends... It is said to be a good read. Here's a little taste: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
What Steve Wozniak gets at below is kind of what my book, "Jackpot," is about. So if you're looking for gifts for family /friends... It is said to be a good read. Here's a little taste: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
I dunno, man. People wear or don't wear their wedding rings for all sorts of reasons. Seems like a pointless thing to speculate about.
November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I dunno, man. People wear or don't wear their wedding rings for all sorts of reasons. Seems like a pointless thing to speculate about.
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WHERE ARE THEY TODAY ???
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
WHERE ARE THEY TODAY ???
“They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
If you're needing a little Friday shaudenfreude...
If you're needing a little Friday shaudenfreude...
“I told everybody: ‘I’m retired, I sit home all day. If we get any reports of ICE in the neighborhood, somebody text me, and I’ll run over on my scooter and go yell at them.’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
If you're needing a little Friday shaudenfreude...
If you're needing a little Friday shaudenfreude...