Michelle Mogé
@michellesedai.bsky.social
She/her, happily married mom in NH with 1 teenager. I’m a cannabis legalization advocate, Wheel of Time fan, GenX Swiftie, founder of NH’s Feminist Brunch Club, and now, Councilor at Large in Derry, NH.
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On a single day in June, two journalists in New Jersey and one in Texas — over 2,000 miles apart — were charged for covering public meetings and publishing police blotter.
The arrests show that authorities can use prosecutions to chill reporting.
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The arrests show that authorities can use prosecutions to chill reporting.
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Press arrests used to silence protest coverage in 2025
More than 30 journalists detained, nearly all released without charges or with them quickly dropped
pressfreedomtracker.us
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
On a single day in June, two journalists in New Jersey and one in Texas — over 2,000 miles apart — were charged for covering public meetings and publishing police blotter.
The arrests show that authorities can use prosecutions to chill reporting.
Read more:
The arrests show that authorities can use prosecutions to chill reporting.
Read more:
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The Tracker documented nearly as many assaults of journalists in 2025 — 170 — as it did in the previous three years combined.
Half of those arrested this year were assaulted by officers in the lead-up to or in the course of being detained.
Half of those arrested this year were assaulted by officers in the lead-up to or in the course of being detained.
Press arrests used to silence protest coverage in 2025
More than 30 journalists detained, nearly all released without charges or with them quickly dropped
pressfreedomtracker.us
December 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The Tracker documented nearly as many assaults of journalists in 2025 — 170 — as it did in the previous three years combined.
Half of those arrested this year were assaulted by officers in the lead-up to or in the course of being detained.
Half of those arrested this year were assaulted by officers in the lead-up to or in the course of being detained.
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“But I know one reporter who mastered a new skill they don’t teach in journalism school...While his hands are behind him in zip ties, he can pull out his phone and still type out emergency messages asking for help. I’ve been on the receiving end of quite a few of those."
Yeah...been there
Yeah...been there
From LA to Chicago, press arrests were used to silence protest coverage across the country in 2025.
Each arrest signaled a shift in how authorities police information and those who gather it.
Read @pressfreedomtracker.us's new report by @stephaniesugars.bsky.social:
Each arrest signaled a shift in how authorities police information and those who gather it.
Read @pressfreedomtracker.us's new report by @stephaniesugars.bsky.social:
Press arrests used to silence protest coverage in 2025
More than 30 journalists detained, nearly all released without charges or with them quickly dropped
pressfreedomtracker.us
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“But I know one reporter who mastered a new skill they don’t teach in journalism school...While his hands are behind him in zip ties, he can pull out his phone and still type out emergency messages asking for help. I’ve been on the receiving end of quite a few of those."
Yeah...been there
Yeah...been there
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Quick reminder that he is not a residency trained physician and I with my mere masters have greater clinical acumen than this abhorrent sellout
We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer...
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Quick reminder that he is not a residency trained physician and I with my mere masters have greater clinical acumen than this abhorrent sellout
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This article quotes Jason Lee Van Dyke, a self-described fascist who I found participated in a Patriot Front private chat room, to say he is not a member of Patriot Front and to defend Patriot Front's reputation. The article does not mention his fascist beliefs or his participation in the chat room.
Patriot Front, a White supremacist group, has been quietly building a 124-acre compound in the mountains of east Tennessee, where they train members and host fight clubs. https://cnn.it/44rpU6V
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
This article quotes Jason Lee Van Dyke, a self-described fascist who I found participated in a Patriot Front private chat room, to say he is not a member of Patriot Front and to defend Patriot Front's reputation. The article does not mention his fascist beliefs or his participation in the chat room.
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Mike Johnson wants to dismantle the ACA because of Obama. Its just that simple. It has nothing to do with money
Despite the fact that a significant number of swing-district Republicans want to join Dems to vote for a clean bill to extend ACA subsidies which would easily pass the House, Mike Johnson refuses to bring it to the floor. NBC:
December 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Mike Johnson wants to dismantle the ACA because of Obama. Its just that simple. It has nothing to do with money
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Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
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Nearly 1 million people used CBP One to enter the U.S. at legal ports of entry. Now DHS is sending notices ending their parole and telling them to leave “immediately,” which can also cancel work permits.
www.msn.com/en-sg/news/o...
www.msn.com/en-sg/news/o...
MSN
Migrants who were temporarily allowed to live in the United States by using a Biden-era online appointment app have been told to leave the country 'immediately.'
www.msn.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Nearly 1 million people used CBP One to enter the U.S. at legal ports of entry. Now DHS is sending notices ending their parole and telling them to leave “immediately,” which can also cancel work permits.
www.msn.com/en-sg/news/o...
www.msn.com/en-sg/news/o...
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Following trends in Trump 2.0, Jackling was reassigned from violent crimes to ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations.
Some context on why multiple witnesses have been saying this:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Some context on why multiple witnesses have been saying this:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Nearly half of FBI agents in major offices reassigned to immigration enforcement
Data shows stunning shift in law enforcement priorities that has raised public safety concerns
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Following trends in Trump 2.0, Jackling was reassigned from violent crimes to ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations.
Some context on why multiple witnesses have been saying this:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Some context on why multiple witnesses have been saying this:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Sarah Weicksel’s upcoming book, A Nation Unraveled, comes out from @uncpress.bsky.social on January 6. So the @historians.org staff took the opportunity today to celebrate her accomplishment before the holidays and #AHA26. uncpress.org/978146968914...
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Sarah Weicksel’s upcoming book, A Nation Unraveled, comes out from @uncpress.bsky.social on January 6. So the @historians.org staff took the opportunity today to celebrate her accomplishment before the holidays and #AHA26. uncpress.org/978146968914...
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Vox has a publicized relationship with OpenAI. Why would anyone trust a single word written on your website about AI?
This particular skeet is NYT PitchBot levels of WTF-ery without any of the delicious satire.
Gross. So gross y'all made any points the author had moot upon reading.
This particular skeet is NYT PitchBot levels of WTF-ery without any of the delicious satire.
Gross. So gross y'all made any points the author had moot upon reading.
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Vox has a publicized relationship with OpenAI. Why would anyone trust a single word written on your website about AI?
This particular skeet is NYT PitchBot levels of WTF-ery without any of the delicious satire.
Gross. So gross y'all made any points the author had moot upon reading.
This particular skeet is NYT PitchBot levels of WTF-ery without any of the delicious satire.
Gross. So gross y'all made any points the author had moot upon reading.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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"Shelters across the country have been at a crisis point for the past few years now ... Once empty cages have filled again, some with double the number of animals they were built for."
The reason so many organizations are struggling isn’t as straightforward as it may seem.
Learn More www.humaneworld.org/en/all-anima...
Learn More www.humaneworld.org/en/all-anima...
December 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Shelters across the country have been at a crisis point for the past few years now ... Once empty cages have filled again, some with double the number of animals they were built for."
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Yep.
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Yep.
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Suddenly they don’t like showing when they bomb boats? Jeepers, it’s Almost like they have something to hide
December 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Suddenly they don’t like showing when they bomb boats? Jeepers, it’s Almost like they have something to hide
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BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
BREAKING: Mike Johnson just said he won't call a vote this year to extend enhanced subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — effectively guaranteeing they will expire at the end of this month.
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This is amazing because it encapsulates two core characteristics of Trumpism: 1) the deep conviction that children are parental property; 2) a profound unwillingness to adjust one’s behaviour in order to live with others
Welcome to the pissed-off parent pushback: After years of therapists and others encouraging adult children to cut ties with families they deem harmful or “toxic,” estranged parents are speaking out on.wsj.com/4s49U52
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is amazing because it encapsulates two core characteristics of Trumpism: 1) the deep conviction that children are parental property; 2) a profound unwillingness to adjust one’s behaviour in order to live with others
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Hog wash, Bessent
(1) The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act became law in 2010 in response to years of deregulation that brought the 2008 meltdown. (2) The regulations under Dodd- Frank took years. (3) they didn’t go far enough & many have been rolled back or eviscerated
(1) The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act became law in 2010 in response to years of deregulation that brought the 2008 meltdown. (2) The regulations under Dodd- Frank took years. (3) they didn’t go far enough & many have been rolled back or eviscerated
Bessent: "These 2008, 2009, 2010 financial rules were too tight. They hamstrung the American financial system. It was time for a change ... we have to take the financial system out of this straitjacket ... the regulated system is too constrained."
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Hog wash, Bessent
(1) The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act became law in 2010 in response to years of deregulation that brought the 2008 meltdown. (2) The regulations under Dodd- Frank took years. (3) they didn’t go far enough & many have been rolled back or eviscerated
(1) The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act became law in 2010 in response to years of deregulation that brought the 2008 meltdown. (2) The regulations under Dodd- Frank took years. (3) they didn’t go far enough & many have been rolled back or eviscerated
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We've heard a lot about the consequences of fracking when it comes to the climate, but this article does a good job of explaining that fracking also has extremely negative consequences for agriculture, farming and ranching-- all vital economic engines in places like West Texas:
Fracking waste threatens Permian Basin water supplies, imperils oil industry plans
Drilling is producting massive amounts of wastewater. That has regulators and companies scrambling for places to put it.
www.eenews.net
December 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We've heard a lot about the consequences of fracking when it comes to the climate, but this article does a good job of explaining that fracking also has extremely negative consequences for agriculture, farming and ranching-- all vital economic engines in places like West Texas:
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"All the Empty Rooms" Examines the Lasting Grief of School Shootings
In this moving short documentary, a journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.
Available now via Netflix @netflix.com
In this moving short documentary, a journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.
Available now via Netflix @netflix.com
All the Empty Rooms Examines the Lasting Grief of School Shootings
“In many ways, this film is about silence,” says filmmaker Joshua Seftel.
www.netflix.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"All the Empty Rooms" Examines the Lasting Grief of School Shootings
In this moving short documentary, a journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.
Available now via Netflix @netflix.com
In this moving short documentary, a journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.
Available now via Netflix @netflix.com
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Use our action center to tell lawmakers to stop the Trump administration from deporting Heng Guan, who helped journalists expose the horrors of Uyghur prison camps in Xinjiang, China.
His life could be at risk.
His life could be at risk.
Defend Whistleblowers
Whistleblowers and the journalists they work with should be celebrated, not punished.
freedom.press
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to stop the Trump administration from deporting Heng Guan, who helped journalists expose the horrors of Uyghur prison camps in Xinjiang, China.
His life could be at risk.
His life could be at risk.
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If you give multiple interviews to Vanity Fair and don’t know whether or not you are on or off the record - then you are not qualified to be a chief of staff.
Speaking as a chief of staff.
Speaking as a chief of staff.
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If you give multiple interviews to Vanity Fair and don’t know whether or not you are on or off the record - then you are not qualified to be a chief of staff.
Speaking as a chief of staff.
Speaking as a chief of staff.
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One of the things that you see at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina is a Jim Crow era Coke machine that was designed to fit into a segregated bus station. One machine two sides.
The Coke cost more on the Black side.
The Coke cost more on the Black side.
Amazing how many articles are just “I’m a white guy who didn’t get the promotion I wanted and the only answer to this problem that concerns every single one of us is to re-segregate the workplace”
December 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
One of the things that you see at the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina is a Jim Crow era Coke machine that was designed to fit into a segregated bus station. One machine two sides.
The Coke cost more on the Black side.
The Coke cost more on the Black side.
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Publishing the first one the same year journalists of color continue to experience mass layoffs and freelance budgets have shrunk even more, further limiting opportunities for new and non-staff writers from marginalized backgrounds, is wild.
December 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Publishing the first one the same year journalists of color continue to experience mass layoffs and freelance budgets have shrunk even more, further limiting opportunities for new and non-staff writers from marginalized backgrounds, is wild.