Michele Dostert
@micheledostert.bsky.social
Moved over from X. Mid-westerner. Slava Ukraina! Life-long Dem.
Until we fix the right-wing propaganda hold on the populace, things will get rapidly worse.
Until we fix the right-wing propaganda hold on the populace, things will get rapidly worse.
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This is so embarrassing.
The cartel drones Pam Bondi was sounding the alarm about during the hearing turned out to be… party balloons.
This administration is so incompetent.
The cartel drones Pam Bondi was sounding the alarm about during the hearing turned out to be… party balloons.
This administration is so incompetent.
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 AM
This is so embarrassing.
The cartel drones Pam Bondi was sounding the alarm about during the hearing turned out to be… party balloons.
This administration is so incompetent.
The cartel drones Pam Bondi was sounding the alarm about during the hearing turned out to be… party balloons.
This administration is so incompetent.
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honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
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Remember when Pam Bondi sold between $1 million & $5 million in Trump Media (DJT) stock back on April 2, 2025—
The same day Trump announced new tariffs during a “Liberation Day” press conference held after markets closed — & then (DJT) fell 13% in the following days
The same day Trump announced new tariffs during a “Liberation Day” press conference held after markets closed — & then (DJT) fell 13% in the following days
February 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Remember when Pam Bondi sold between $1 million & $5 million in Trump Media (DJT) stock back on April 2, 2025—
The same day Trump announced new tariffs during a “Liberation Day” press conference held after markets closed — & then (DJT) fell 13% in the following days
The same day Trump announced new tariffs during a “Liberation Day” press conference held after markets closed — & then (DJT) fell 13% in the following days
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In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
Incredibly powerful opinion chronicling the awfulness in Whipple and the ways it interfered with the right to counsel.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
One key part of the ruling (that ICE will likely appeal ASAP); Judge Brasel bars ICE from transferring anyone out of Minnesota within 72 hours of arrest.
February 13, 2026 at 1:03 AM
In other words, long enough that habeas petitions can be filed on their behalf in Minnesota before they're whisked off to an immigration detention facility somewhere in the Fifth Circuit (where, under that court's current law, they wouldn't be eligible for a bond hearing).
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Funny how these dudes always want a tradwife but clutches pearls when they are asked to be trad-husbands.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Funny how these dudes always want a tradwife but clutches pearls when they are asked to be trad-husbands.
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Fellow citizens, the U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services and the chief guardian of our physical well-being for the next three years.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Fellow citizens, the U.S. Secretary for Health and Human Services and the chief guardian of our physical well-being for the next three years.
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Kavanaugh Stops.
Now street legal, courtesy of the most debased court in the land. Be alarmed, sure, but not shocked.
Now street legal, courtesy of the most debased court in the land. Be alarmed, sure, but not shocked.
This is the second account - the first being in Chicago - of DHS agents mass detaining people and then *sorting them by race*.
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
February 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Kavanaugh Stops.
Now street legal, courtesy of the most debased court in the land. Be alarmed, sure, but not shocked.
Now street legal, courtesy of the most debased court in the land. Be alarmed, sure, but not shocked.
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There needs to be some serious accountability for the colossal harm to life these absolute demons have caused, and will cause. Life in prison is the moderate option.
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
There needs to be some serious accountability for the colossal harm to life these absolute demons have caused, and will cause. Life in prison is the moderate option.
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Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?
February 13, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Will Fox be updating their story on this and giving it the same amount of airtime as they did initial arrest?
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BREAKING
Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing.
Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says.
Doc buff.ly/rccakD7
Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing.
Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says.
Doc buff.ly/rccakD7
February 12, 2026 at 4:04 PM
BREAKING
Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing.
Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says.
Doc buff.ly/rccakD7
Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing.
Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says.
Doc buff.ly/rccakD7
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Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
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Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner
The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
www.wsj.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Breaking WSJ:
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.
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shocked that every QT of this is NOT "food ways could often be different"
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 10:26 PM
shocked that every QT of this is NOT "food ways could often be different"
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I know 1 thing for certain.
A Kamala Harris appointed AG would not start talking about stock numbers when asked about the Epstein files.
A Kamala Harris appointed AG would not start talking about stock numbers when asked about the Epstein files.
February 12, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I know 1 thing for certain.
A Kamala Harris appointed AG would not start talking about stock numbers when asked about the Epstein files.
A Kamala Harris appointed AG would not start talking about stock numbers when asked about the Epstein files.
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“Russia’s South Caucasus.”
Something has gone seriously wrong at the Washington Post
Something has gone seriously wrong at the Washington Post
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
“Russia’s South Caucasus.”
Something has gone seriously wrong at the Washington Post
Something has gone seriously wrong at the Washington Post
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Bush 41 declared David Duke to be not a republican and practically endorsed the Democrat running against him. A year later voters turned out bush because Ross Perot was funny. 🤷♂️
Republicans have very few principles beyond winning.
And voters taught them through their own actions that being racists, bigots, and catering to the rich won elections.
If voters voted against every Republican who was racist regardless of the opponent, they'd change overnight.
And voters taught them through their own actions that being racists, bigots, and catering to the rich won elections.
If voters voted against every Republican who was racist regardless of the opponent, they'd change overnight.
February 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Bush 41 declared David Duke to be not a republican and practically endorsed the Democrat running against him. A year later voters turned out bush because Ross Perot was funny. 🤷♂️
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
February 12, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Trump's big, ugly budget megabill gives ICE more agents than the FBI, more jails than the federal Bureau of Prisons, and a larger budget than most countries' militaries.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
It does this by stripping food away from children, the disabled, and the working poor.
Not one more penny.
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GALLEGO: Why is the agent who shot Renee Good holding a camera phone & weapon?
LYONS: The US attorney was requiring to have video leading up to arrests, so officials have used phones for that
GALLEGO: Maybe you shouldn't be trying to be an influencer and wielding a weapon at the same time
LYONS: The US attorney was requiring to have video leading up to arrests, so officials have used phones for that
GALLEGO: Maybe you shouldn't be trying to be an influencer and wielding a weapon at the same time
February 12, 2026 at 6:06 PM
GALLEGO: Why is the agent who shot Renee Good holding a camera phone & weapon?
LYONS: The US attorney was requiring to have video leading up to arrests, so officials have used phones for that
GALLEGO: Maybe you shouldn't be trying to be an influencer and wielding a weapon at the same time
LYONS: The US attorney was requiring to have video leading up to arrests, so officials have used phones for that
GALLEGO: Maybe you shouldn't be trying to be an influencer and wielding a weapon at the same time
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under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
February 12, 2026 at 4:47 PM
under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
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Yes! This really feels like it. Rich, powerful, famous people are often stupid in exactly this way: they assume they have access to all the secret geniuses of the world, don’t realize that most of that is a mirage of wealth, and aren’t sharp enough to catch frauds. So you get these Gatsby figures
I agree, he sounds more like Bernie Madoff. His name spread through the rich-people-grapevine. "I've got a guy" type speak, a guy who gives good advice and is valuable to know. But when you look at his actual accomplishments, he just never said 'no'.
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Yes! This really feels like it. Rich, powerful, famous people are often stupid in exactly this way: they assume they have access to all the secret geniuses of the world, don’t realize that most of that is a mirage of wealth, and aren’t sharp enough to catch frauds. So you get these Gatsby figures
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So the confrontations, violent apprehensions, and general fear bearing down on communities like Minnesota is only the beginning of the nightmare. Behind the scenes, Orwellian anti-judicial antics thwart lawful recourse. And hidden from sight, non-citizens are tortured for being noncitizens.
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February 11, 2026 at 9:57 PM
So the confrontations, violent apprehensions, and general fear bearing down on communities like Minnesota is only the beginning of the nightmare. Behind the scenes, Orwellian anti-judicial antics thwart lawful recourse. And hidden from sight, non-citizens are tortured for being noncitizens.
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