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Michael Wade

@mikewords.bsky.social

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Writer. Journalist. Ph.D. molecular biologist. Former biopharm exec. Sentient neural network. Small Language Model.

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Michael Wade @mikewords.bsky.social · Nov 22

In journalism school the iconic prof “Shoe” told us he’d flip through the newspaper until something made him say “what the hell????” Then he’d write his column. I say that like 12 times a minute now.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 56m

TEXAS senate candidate Rep. @jamestalarico.bsky.social (grandson of a Baptist preacher): “I put my hand on a Bible and swore an oath to the constitution, not the other way around.”

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Michael Wade @mikewords.bsky.social · 22m

Seems like she’s the only one who can’t hear the frogs 🐸

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 46m

“I … met with the governor, met with the mayor, met with the chief of police, and the superintendent of the highway patrol. They’re all lying, and disingenuous, and dishonest people,” Noem said, because they wouldn’t back up her baseless claims that the streets were overrun with terrorists.

ICE Barbie Says an Entire State’s Worth of Officials Are “Lying”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is convinced, against all evidence, that Portland is a war zone.

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 7h

A reason why we got here is that the media stopped reporting facts and replaced reporting with making everything a reality tv show where contestants fight one another. It turned lying from a liability into an advantage since it would no longer be punished

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 5h

This sequel really sucks.
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3h

Saturday, October 18. Everywhere. Find your local event at nokings.org.

#NoKings

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4h

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

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Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 4h

THESE are the promises I want to hear.

Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Michael Wade @mikewords.bsky.social · 2h

Poseidon be spicy today off Emerald Isle, NC

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Michael Wade @mikewords.bsky.social · 2h

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Michael Wade @mikewords.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, some fundamental oaths are being violated, but not in Illinois, my dude.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6h

STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said Pritzker should be in jail. Do you think he has committed a crime?

VANCE: I think Pritzker has certainly failed to keep the people of Illinois safe

S: It's a yes or no question

V: I certainly think he has violated his fundamental oath. That seems pretty criminal to me

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 22h

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

Save this graph for the next time @MarshaBlackburn @SpeakerJohnson @JDVance try to hold $50 Billion for rural hospitals out as a of win for the 🇺🇸 people

We’re bad at math but $1.1 TRILLION in cuts (for tax cuts for the rich) > $50 BILLION

They think we are all morons

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 9h

Dumbest gaslighting ever. Who was president on January 6?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 7h

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 7h

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21h

The mainstream media loves making it seam like dysfunction in Washington is coming from both parties.

Hello?

Much of the GOP no longer accepts the rule of law, or the norms of democracy, or the legitimacy of the opposing party.

Enough of the false equivalence.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

🤷🏽‍♂️ 🇺🇸 💰

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

Anti-vax onstage, Pfizer backstage.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Marge Greene yesterday, Loomer today.

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Michael Wade @mikewords.bsky.social · 2d

No one voted for this.

Michael Wade @mikewords.bsky.social · 2d

WTF? Is this for maintenance of the bribe plane or something?

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 2d

Nothing says “America First” like letting another country put an Air Force base in Idaho

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Sen. Adam Schiff: I can tell you this: Those of us on the president's enemies list — and it is a long and growing list — will not be intimidated. We will not be deterred, we will do our jobs, we will stand up to this president."

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Michael Wade @mikewords.bsky.social · 2d

He always has that golf-champ at his own club thing to fall back on.

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