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Michael D
@saltymichael.bsky.social
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Post-Christian, former church leader. Co-author of “Finding Eve”. Proud father of two amazing daughters. I love Idaho, despise her politics. No MAGAts, no DMs, please. Author, Divide by Two Wheels.
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Michael D @saltymichael.bsky.social · Nov 16
I am Michael Devitt. My wife and I wrote a book about raising our transgender teen in politically-repressive Idaho.
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Michael D @saltymichael.bsky.social · 7m
Who knew that a stroke was the pathway to MAGA….
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Will🇺🇸📎✌️🌲 @econaturalist.bsky.social · 23h
This guy turned out to be a disappointment.
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 19h
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 18h
Yes, you did.

But I sure as fuck didn't!
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 19h
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2h
The nation’s largest private prison company is asking the Supreme Court to give federal contractors blanket immunity from lawsuits — including human trafficking claims.

If they win, private contractors could operate with even less accountability than they do now.
The Human Trafficking Case That Could Hand Government Contractors Blanket Immunity
In a little-noticed Supreme Court case, the country’s largest private prison operator argues companies should be shielded from lawsuits when doing the government’s dirty work.
www.levernews.com
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 2h
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Michael D @saltymichael.bsky.social · 17m
I knew I hated Salesforce for a reason….
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KD📚🌎🌊🇺🇸 @kdnerak33.bsky.social · 22h
Labeling people who disagree with you as terrorists or Antifa so you can use the military against them is textbook fascism.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h
Echoes of a very dark past.

From the Chicago Sun Times: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h
an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can
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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 5h
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 1d
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 21h
If you still think Mike Johnson won't be up for some fuckery in 2026, just look at how he's treating Adelita Grijalva
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Michael D @saltymichael.bsky.social · 27m
Because it is loaded up with a bunch of hateful shit, like anti-trans stuff. Good for them.
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 58m
Our job is not to throw 15 million people off health care and double insurance premiums for more than 20 million.

Our job is not to shutter community health centers, nursing homes and rural hospitals.

Our job is to fix a broken system and guarantee health care to all.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1h
a russ vought special
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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1h
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.
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Jordan S. Carroll @jordanscarroll.bsky.social · 4h
Peter Thiel strikes me as a guy who somehow drove himself mad trying to come up with little quips for cocktail parties. If you pay attention to his political statements, they are all oft-repeated anecdotes and observations where the payoff is that he's actually quite clever.
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Michael D @saltymichael.bsky.social · 1h
Just another Idaho embarrassment.
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Christopher Knight LAT @knightlat.bsky.social · 18h
Raving lunatic. Please put him on the TeeVee, preferably with Stephen Miller
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | He Believes America Should Be a Theocracy. He Says His Influence Is Growing.
www.nytimes.com
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Atticus Finch (of Georgia) @atticus59914029.bsky.social · 17h
Oh.
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 20h
WGN, this woman’s employer, is now reporting she was not charged with any crimes and was released.

DHS said earlier she was arrested for assault for throwing objects at agents.
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Phoenix🔥 @fivetimessix.bsky.social · 1h
😂😂😂😂😂😂
I wish he'd gotten away.
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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 3h
Little man Johnson does not need ONE democratic vote to pass a standalone bill to pay our military.

These are disgusting, despicable, human beings.
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 1h
Four died in a mass shooting at a homecoming game in the hometown of Kermit the frog in Leland, Mississippi, last night.

Two others died in a shooting at Heidelberg's homecoming Friday night.

Another Mississippi campus saw a shooting last night in Rolling Fork. Unclear if there were casualties.
Six Dead, At Least 12 Injured in Three Mississippi Shootings
Six people are confirmed dead and at least 12 others injured in three separate shootings in Mississippi on the night of Friday, Oct. 10.
www.mississippifreepress.org
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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 4h
every single tech idea is like “soon our robots will be capable of playing catch with your kid, freeing you up to spend more time working on your employers’ spreadsheets”
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 2h
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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 3h
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4h
Me to @chrislhayes.bsky.social on the Comey and James and (probably imminent) Bolton prosecutions

"It doesn’t matter what your politics are. If you say he’s stupid, which he is, if you say he is wrong, which he is, if you say he’s a criminal or sleezy, which he is ... then you’re his enemy.”
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