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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 20h

It says “unforeseen military requirement.” The regular payroll to military is not unforeseen and the government shutdown is not a military requirement.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 1d

May have been a hint when video evidence of police brutality was met with responses like “should have complied!”

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 1d

Inconceivable!

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 1d

Yes that’s definitely why people find this place exhausting and not people’s inability to detect sarcasm. You are so smart.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 1d

The ”artificial“ in “AI-generated media” modifies the word “intelligence,” not “media”. So the intelligence is artificial but the media is not!

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 1d

That train carrying antifa?

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 2d

But that letterhead…

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 2d

This question all depends on which scheming vizier can best weaponize this development toward their policy goal.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 3d

A government run by the Facebook comment section.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 3d

Who is the “we” here?

*ACA subsidies end under a GOP trifecta*

“Dems have immiserated millions!”

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 3d

I think that would be a political gift to Dems

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 3d

Aaron Boone hopes to be classier than <strike>Dodgers</strike> Jays if Yankees win <strike>WS</strike> ALDS

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 3d

Cubs fans got so mad about a playoff loss they pelted one of their own with garbage and he needed police protection at his house

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 3d

2027: In Miranda v US, SCOTUS overturns Miranda v Arizona

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 3d

You’re getting a helping hand without realizing it

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 3d

Smart to get next year’s in now before his premiums get hiked

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 4d

2029: Polls show deep partisan divide on whether ICE ever shot anyone with pepper balls vs it was a Dem hoax

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 4d

The argument for why it would push us over the edge is that the context would matter more than the subject matter. This is a significant political showdown. Bypassing the filibuster to resolve this would be very public in a greater way than one preliminary step in a reconciliation fight.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 5d

Within a month there will be at least two conservative law review articles arguing that “Appropriations made by Law” can include executive orders. SCOTUS will get around to deciding this after Trump leaves office.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 5d

This is where the value of Ohtani really makes an impact. Gives the Dodgers a path to bypass the bullpen. At the very least, reduces the number of innings the bullpen has to handle.

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 5d

Trump will have a plan in two weeks. Just ask him.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 6d

What about the one where he was Black Panther?

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 7d

It’s the judicial version of dying with Covid, not from it

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 7d

It’s not clear from the article how soon voters would start to feel this.

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 8d

Does Brady have any college eligibility remaining?

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