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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1h

ICE is Unforgiveable

On recognizing evil and good

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ICE is Unforgiveable

On recognizing evil and good

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1h

Weekend Wrap! 10/13

I got called MAGA, learned what a "TradSon" is, Diane Keaton passed away and many of us considered a Portland Protest Frog tattoo

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Weekend Wrap! 10/13

I got called MAGA, learned what a "TradSon" is, Diane Keaton passed away and many of us considered a Portland Protest Frog tattoo

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1h

Morning Digest, sponsored by Campaign Legal Center: Another California billionaire might run for governor

But self-funders have a long record of falling short in the Golden State

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Morning Digest, sponsored by Campaign Legal Center: Another California billionaire might run for governor

But self-funders have a long record of falling short in the Golden State

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1h

On love triangles

And how Hollywood (and society in general) has screwed up our ideas about love...

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On love triangles

And how Hollywood (and society in general) has screwed up our ideas about love...

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1h

183. The Missing Defenses of the Court's Behavior

Rather than knocking down straw men or attacking their critics, the justices (and their defenders) would do well to explain why the sharpest criticisms of the Court's recent behavior are *wrong.*

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183. The Missing Defenses of the Court's Behavior

Rather than knocking down straw men or attacking their critics, the justices (and their defenders) would do well to explain why the sharpest criticisms of the Court's recent behavior are *wrong.*

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1h

Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

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Republicans are completely full of it on healthcare

And it becomes more obvious every time they talk about it.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 2h

A Fragile Peace, A Future Now Possible

A Meditation by Rev. Cameron Trimble

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A Fragile Peace, A Future Now Possible

A Meditation by Rev. Cameron Trimble

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 2h

The Week Ahead

October 12, 2025

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The Week Ahead

October 12, 2025

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 19h

The Quiet One: A "True Crime" Take on the Death of American Public Health

The clarity that will only come after the consequences

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The Quiet One: A "True Crime" Take on the Death of American Public Health

The clarity that will only come after the consequences

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, really.

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The Trump Administration’s New Policy Against Passports With ‘X’ Gender Markers Also Affects State IDs. That Matters.

After changing its systems to no longer accept 'X' as a valid gender, the Trump administration is vulnerable to a technicality in US customs law. Yes, really.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 19h

The New Policy Of The Seditious Traitor And His Lackeys Against Passports With ‘X’ Gender Markers Also Affects State IDs. That Matters.

After changing its systems to no longer accept 'X' as a valid gender, the seditious traitor and his lackeys are vulnerable to a technicality in US customs law.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 19h

Purge, Merge, and Surge

The seditious traitor is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

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Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 19h

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Is Trump “doing what he promised”? | Weekly roundup for October 12, 2025

And what does that even mean? Also this week: Shutdown polls; Left-wing populism; Low favorability ratings for all U.S. leaders; Judges' concerns about Trump; + more!

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 19h

CNN's head data reporter distorts polling about the seditious traitor| Weekly roundup for October 12, 2025

And what does that even mean? Also this week: Shutdown polls; Left-wing populism; Low favorability ratings for all U.S. leaders; Judges' concerns about the seditious traitor; + more!

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

When they Bukele the Courts

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When they Bukele the Courts

When Kilmar Abrego Garcia was first deported to El Salvador and his lawyers went to court, arguing an immigration judge had previously prohibited it, Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff,...

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday Musings

Turn Around, Say Thanks

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Sunday Musings

Turn Around, Say Thanks

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

He's never "just joking"

And Republicans know it, even as they play dumb.

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He's never "just joking"

And Republicans know it, even as they play dumb.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

The GOP’s Abortion Pill Hissy Fit

10.10.25

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The GOP’s Abortion Pill Hissy-Fit

10.10.25

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 1d

Side A. Celibate. Asexual. Queer.

My understanding of this vocation is different from those who typically get the microphone in regards to celibacy.

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Side A. Celibate. Asexual. Queer.

My understanding of this vocation is different from those who typically get the microphone in regards to celibacy.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 2d

MIT Rejects The Seditious Traitor’s Bid to Institute Trans Bathroom, Athletics Ban

“A government that can reward colleges and universities for speech it favors today can punish them for speech it dislikes tomorrow.”

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MIT Rejects Trump’s Bid to Institute Trans Bathroom, Athletics Ban

“A government that can reward colleges and universities for speech it favors today can punish them for speech it dislikes tomorrow.”

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 2d

The Once and Future Maternity Home

An Abortion, Every Day guest column

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The Once and Future Maternity Home

An Abortion, Every Day guest column

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 2d

What Happens When Bad Journalism Gets Institutional Credibility?

Bari Weiss's Free Press published a story full of holes that led to Missouri banning trans healthcare. Now she's editor-in-chief of CBS News.

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What Happens When Bad Journalism Gets Institutional Credibility?

Bari Weiss's Free Press published a story full of holes that led to Missouri banning trans healthcare. Now she's editor-in-chief of CBS News.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 2d

Truth, Trials and Troops

Zoom in and zoom out with me today on the latest head-spinning legal developments

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Truth, Trials and Troops

Zoom in and zoom out with me today on the latest head-spinning legal developments

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 2d

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26 Senate Democrats Help Pass Military NDAA Containing Trans Sports, Surgery Ban, No Protection For US Troop Deployments

The bill passed by a wide margin in the Senate and will be the starting point for negotiations with the House, which contain more severe anti-trans riders.

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Mychel (me-SHELL) Vandover 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 @mychelvandover.bsky.social · 2d

26 Senate Democrats Help Pass Military NDAA Containing Trans Sports, Surgery Ban, No Protection For US Troop Deployments

The bill passed by a wide margin in the Senate and will be the starting point for negotiations with the House, which contain more severe anti-trans riders.

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