@bigmelsheridan.bsky.social
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I wrote a quick piece about what it would really mean to abolish ICE
There Must Be Retribution
Abolishing ICE isn't enough. So what is?
stringinamaze.net
January 29, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I wrote a quick piece about what it would really mean to abolish ICE
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
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We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
January 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
We are a rogue state, run by a dictator, and the international community should treat us as such including all appropriate economic and diplomatic sanctions
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.
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"proactive policing" is a lie. it's been well-proven that police don't prevent crime. social interventions do
the patrol function of a police department and the investigative function should be entirely separated. the first does more harm than good. the second doesn't need to be performed by cops
the patrol function of a police department and the investigative function should be entirely separated. the first does more harm than good. the second doesn't need to be performed by cops
If the mayor of Baltimore suddenly announced a "crackdown on crime!" And started stopping and frisking every young Black man in the city, and formed a SCORPION unit of balaclava wearing cops that killed one Black boy a week, but the murder rate went *up* 20%, some would say "He's tough on crime!"🤡
September 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
"proactive policing" is a lie. it's been well-proven that police don't prevent crime. social interventions do
the patrol function of a police department and the investigative function should be entirely separated. the first does more harm than good. the second doesn't need to be performed by cops
the patrol function of a police department and the investigative function should be entirely separated. the first does more harm than good. the second doesn't need to be performed by cops
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New York cannot join California in trying to counteract Texas' gerrymandering, because New York tried to do something good.
Unfortunately, "evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
New York needs to grow up and join the fight.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Unfortunately, "evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
New York needs to grow up and join the fight.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
How Democrats Flubbed the Gerrymandering Arms Race
New York State is a case study in Democrats’ failure to understand the evolving political landscape.
www.thenation.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New York cannot join California in trying to counteract Texas' gerrymandering, because New York tried to do something good.
Unfortunately, "evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
New York needs to grow up and join the fight.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Unfortunately, "evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
New York needs to grow up and join the fight.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Important context to the Supreme Court ruling is that Tennessee only has one gender clinic for kids and it performs 5 top surgeries per year.
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
June 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Important context to the Supreme Court ruling is that Tennessee only has one gender clinic for kids and it performs 5 top surgeries per year.
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
This entire "debate" is about a phenomenon — large numbers of kids being rushed into hormones and surgeries — that doesn't exist.
apnews.com/article/heal...
No Kings protest, MN State Capitol 6.14.25
June 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
No Kings protest, MN State Capitol 6.14.25
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Similarities between ICE & the Gestapo
June 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Similarities between ICE & the Gestapo
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Today, justice failed South Carolina. The state's dangerous abortion ban has forced people to carry pregnancies against their will, suffer severe complications, and even lose their lives.
But know this: we will never back down — and neither should you.
But know this: we will never back down — and neither should you.
SC Supreme Court ruling keeps abortion ban at 6 weeks • SC Daily Gazette
Legislators clearly intended the law to take effect with electrical impulses that begin at six weeks into a pregnancy, justices wrote
scdailygazette.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Today, justice failed South Carolina. The state's dangerous abortion ban has forced people to carry pregnancies against their will, suffer severe complications, and even lose their lives.
But know this: we will never back down — and neither should you.
But know this: we will never back down — and neither should you.
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60% of Americans have a chronic condition. Among people over 65, it's 95%.
Saying most of our health care spending goes to chronic conditions is just another way of saying it goes to health care.
Saying most of our health care spending goes to chronic conditions is just another way of saying it goes to health care.
Dr Oz says being healthy is a patriotic duty
Worse, he says they spend 70% of Medicare & Medicaid funds on chronic illness & aren’t “getting their money’s worth”
This is the quiet part said out loud.
They don’t want to cure chronic illness, they want us to take the blame. They don’t want to pay.
Worse, he says they spend 70% of Medicare & Medicaid funds on chronic illness & aren’t “getting their money’s worth”
This is the quiet part said out loud.
They don’t want to cure chronic illness, they want us to take the blame. They don’t want to pay.
May 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
60% of Americans have a chronic condition. Among people over 65, it's 95%.
Saying most of our health care spending goes to chronic conditions is just another way of saying it goes to health care.
Saying most of our health care spending goes to chronic conditions is just another way of saying it goes to health care.
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Ed Martin, the acting US attorney for DC, has harassed medical journals with letters accusing them of acting as “partisans” in scientific debates.
Those letters may have been inspired—even directed—by RFK Jr. @dfriedman.bsky.social reports:
Those letters may have been inspired—even directed—by RFK Jr. @dfriedman.bsky.social reports:
RFK Jr. may have inspired acting US Attorney’s harassment of medical journals
Ed Martin's nomination may be DOA, but MAHA lives on.
www.motherjones.com
May 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ed Martin, the acting US attorney for DC, has harassed medical journals with letters accusing them of acting as “partisans” in scientific debates.
Those letters may have been inspired—even directed—by RFK Jr. @dfriedman.bsky.social reports:
Those letters may have been inspired—even directed—by RFK Jr. @dfriedman.bsky.social reports:
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Omg. A1 job Harvard.
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
May 7, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Omg. A1 job Harvard.
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Going through US citizens’ phones at the border with no warrant and no probable cause
April 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Going through US citizens’ phones at the border with no warrant and no probable cause