Mike Nelson, Digital Policy Pioneer
@michaelrnelson.bsky.social
Scholar, Carnegie Endowment; Former Tech Strategy, Georgetown, Cloudflare, U.S. Senate, Clinton/Gore White House, FCC, IBM, BGOV, Microsoft. Accelerating the future of the Net and the Cloud
Un-American or Anti-American or both?
Just a reminder that the President tried to steal an election AND 100s of TOP SECRET documents. www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-s...
Just a reminder that the President tried to steal an election AND 100s of TOP SECRET documents. www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-s...
Jack Smith Tells Lawmakers Donald Trump Brought Charges On Himself
The former special counsel came to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a high-stakes deposition.
www.huffpost.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Un-American or Anti-American or both?
Just a reminder that the President tried to steal an election AND 100s of TOP SECRET documents. www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-s...
Just a reminder that the President tried to steal an election AND 100s of TOP SECRET documents. www.huffpost.com/entry/jack-s...
Just a reminder that the Trump Administration is NOT the most transparent government in the history of our country"!! @digiphile.bsky.social
BREAKING: At least 16 files from the Epstein release disappeared from DOJ's webpage, including a photo of Trump, with no explanation.
At least 16 files have disappeared from the DOJ webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein
The Justice Department’s webpage for documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is missing at least 16 of its files a day after they were released.
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Just a reminder that the Trump Administration is NOT the most transparent government in the history of our country"!! @digiphile.bsky.social
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When the Department of Justice blatantly violates the law to protect wealthy and politically connected pedophiles, then we have no Justice Department and we have no justice.
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
When the Department of Justice blatantly violates the law to protect wealthy and politically connected pedophiles, then we have no Justice Department and we have no justice.
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Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/susie...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Thanks, Suze! Abrego Garcia Seizes On Vanity Fair Interview talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/susie...
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Mitt Romney was apparently visited early by 3 ghosts.
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Mitt Romney was apparently visited early by 3 ghosts.
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Mitt Romney, “we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans’ contributing more.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Mitt Romney, “we have reached a point where any mix of solutions to our nation’s economic problems is going to involve the wealthiest Americans’ contributing more.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
A thread describing an absolutely fascinating project about the Deep History (and meaning) of Ukraine. x.com/Mylovanov/st...
Tymofiy Mylovanov on X: "Snyder describes an ongoing research project with unusual scale: 3 years of work by 100+ Ukrainian and international scholars writing a “longue durée” history of Ukraine, from geology and ecology to the present war. 2/" / X
Snyder describes an ongoing research project with unusual scale: 3 years of work by 100+ Ukrainian and international scholars writing a “longue durée” history of Ukraine, from geology and ecology to the present war. 2/
x.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A thread describing an absolutely fascinating project about the Deep History (and meaning) of Ukraine. x.com/Mylovanov/st...
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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice will fail to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files Release in Violation of New Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice will fail to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Walz: "It's very clear that the entire federal government is weaponized against Minnesota. They're threatening us. And this is what happens when you have a floundering presidency and it's about those ballrooms. Now we're back on transgender folks."
December 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Walz: "It's very clear that the entire federal government is weaponized against Minnesota. They're threatening us. And this is what happens when you have a floundering presidency and it's about those ballrooms. Now we're back on transgender folks."
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the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
Elise Stefanik Drops Out of N.Y. Governor’s Race and Will Leave Congress
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
the main reward you are likely to get for total loyalty to trump is the destruction of your career and your reputation www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/n...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12... I like the suggestion that D.C. and other jurisdictions find refuse processing facilities, sewage treatment plants, and dumps that need a new name. Trump Dump has a nice ring to it.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Kennedy Center Adds Trump’s Name to Facade
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12... I like the suggestion that D.C. and other jurisdictions find refuse processing facilities, sewage treatment plants, and dumps that need a new name. Trump Dump has a nice ring to it.
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Since he’s so obsessed with slapping his name on everything, let’s make him happy by releasing the Trumpstein files.
December 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Since he’s so obsessed with slapping his name on everything, let’s make him happy by releasing the Trumpstein files.
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We made these very nerdy videos about reforms we think Democrats need to do if they ever get in power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNhO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNhO...
Why Regulation Will Make Democrats Popular Again // Project 2029: A Reimagining
YouTube video by Fast Politics w/ Molly Jong-Fast
www.youtube.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We made these very nerdy videos about reforms we think Democrats need to do if they ever get in power
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNhO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNhO...
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Lol, yeah.
Robot Slave Tech™️ is a fantasy technology we’re being asked to pretend is real.
Robot Slave Tech™️ is a fantasy technology we’re being asked to pretend is real.
An MIT roboticist who cofounded bankrupt Roomba maker iRobot says Elon Musk's vision of humanoid robot assistants is 'pure fantasy thinking' | Fortune
Rodney Brooks said future “humanoid” robots will have wheels and multiple arms.
fortune.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Lol, yeah.
Robot Slave Tech™️ is a fantasy technology we’re being asked to pretend is real.
Robot Slave Tech™️ is a fantasy technology we’re being asked to pretend is real.
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Reposted by Mike Nelson, Digital Policy Pioneer
Reposted by Mike Nelson, Digital Policy Pioneer
Reposted by Mike Nelson, Digital Policy Pioneer
apparently the shooter may have shot himself in the storage facility after killing the MIT professor. im glad they eventually figured out his identity, but i can't help but feel that if the FBI was better at their job, they could have prevented the murder of this professor. there was a 2 day period
December 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
apparently the shooter may have shot himself in the storage facility after killing the MIT professor. im glad they eventually figured out his identity, but i can't help but feel that if the FBI was better at their job, they could have prevented the murder of this professor. there was a 2 day period
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"Trump doesn’t mind being controversial, shocking, or many other things, provided he’s in the limelight. But this address was something else: just when the president needed to show real Americans that he understood them, he instead looked peevish, aloof, and like he was losing touch."
Why desperate Trump is looking more like Biden than ever
The White House is worried about Trump’s plummeting poll numbers and popularity
inews.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"Trump doesn’t mind being controversial, shocking, or many other things, provided he’s in the limelight. But this address was something else: just when the president needed to show real Americans that he understood them, he instead looked peevish, aloof, and like he was losing touch."
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Absolutely. And this should be required reading 👇 www.propublica.org/article/russ...
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Absolutely. And this should be required reading 👇 www.propublica.org/article/russ...
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LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
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"Among those granted clemency was Jared Wise, a former FBI agent himself. According to bodycam footage submitted in court, Wise urged rioters to kill police during the Capitol siege. Wise now serves in the Trump administration."
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
They prosecuted the Capitol rioters. Now the rioters and the DOJ are after them.
After Trump’s mass pardons of the U.S. Capitol rioters, some have gained influence inside the Justice Department. The January 6 prosecutors describe mounting threats, harassment and fear of lasting da...
www.reuters.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"Among those granted clemency was Jared Wise, a former FBI agent himself. According to bodycam footage submitted in court, Wise urged rioters to kill police during the Capitol siege. Wise now serves in the Trump administration."
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
December 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Massie: Previous presidents told us to go to war over WMDs that did not exist. Now it's the same playbook. Except we're told that drugs are the WMDs. If it were about drugs, we'd bomb Mexico or China or Colombia. This is about oil and regime change.
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Federal law requires the government’s files to be released by Dec. 19.
Epstein Files May Finally Come Out This Week—But Could Be Missing Details On High-Profile Friends
Federal law requires the government’s files to be released by Dec. 19.
www.forbes.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Federal law requires the government’s files to be released by Dec. 19.