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Erik “ICE delenda est” Michaelsen
@eriknmichaelsen.bsky.social
Oregon Duck ‘96. Syracuse University College of Law Orangeman ‘00. Friendly neighborhood California bankruptcy lawyer. Twin and dog dad.
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A little about me: I’m from Northern California in the Wine Country. I live in the middle of nowhere. I practice bankruptcy law for a living, and occasionally question my life’s decisions. I also make cocktails, and will make you one if asked nicely.
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Trump is so fucking simple and demented that he can't come up with any insults other than one's appearance because his own brain is turning to goo
"The governor is a big fat slob."

[1 minute later]

"I had a little bit of a Pritzker joke. Some speechwriter wrote some joke about his weight, but I would never want to talk about his weight. I don't talk about people being fat. I refuse to talk about the fact that he's a fat slob."
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Trump: "We're leading in everything. Our auto plants are pouring back into our country. Wait until you see the jobs coming with them. But they're, many of them are under construction."
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Trump on Pritzker: "The governor is a big fat slob"
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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A new X feature over the weekend revealed that dozens of pro-Trump accounts with large followings are not US-based, despite content and bios suggesting otherwise. https://cnn.it/4ojNqJX
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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When I think "where the vast majority of Americans actually are," I think about the millionaire lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein & Harvey Weinstein & Donald Trump who was recently in the news for threatening to sue a pierogi seller in Martha's Vineyard, where he has one of his homes.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"

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November 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."

They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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the horror
jfc. It was determined by a US judge that she could not be deported to Sierra Leone due to danger she would face in the country she fled. So they deported her to Ghana, a country she had never been to, and Ghana deported her to Sierra Leone.

This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Trump moves to blacklist Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organization
www.upi.com
Trump moves to blacklist Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organization - UPI.com
twp.ai
November 25, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Kennedy Sharpens Vaccine Attacks, Without Scientific Backing

HHS Secretary R. Kennedy Jr. claims that the aluminum ingredients in vaccines cause a variety of harmful reactions, from allergies to autism. Scientists say that’s wrong and warn of risks if they’re removed. Here are some of the basics
Kennedy Sharpens Vaccine Attacks, Without Scientific Backing - KFF Health News
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that the aluminum ingredients in vaccines cause a variety of harmful reactions, from allergies to autism. Scientists say that’s wrong and warn of risks if th...
kffhealthnews.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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NEW: Rep. Don Bacon tells @axios.com he was “so angry” last week about the Trump admin’s proposed Russia-Ukraine peace deal that he considered resigning in protest.

He ultimately decided against it, he says, but not before giving Mike Johnson an earful. www.axios.com/2025/11/25/d...
Scoop: GOP Rep. Don Bacon weighed resignation over Trump's Russia-Ukraine peace plan
Rep. Don Bacon said he was "so angry" at Trump's proposed Ukraine plan that he "thought about" resigning in protest.
www.axios.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Trump shields U.S. steelmaking coal from Clean Air Act rules
www.upi.com
Trump shields U.S. steelmaking coal from Clean Air Act rules - UPI.com
twp.ai
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Senator Ruben Gallego didn't mince words. Read the full daily bulletin: www.meidasplus.com/p/today-in-p...
November 24, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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‘F*ck You Guys!’ Sen. Gallego Goes Nuclear On Pete Hegseth Investigating Mark Kelly Mediaite
www.mediaite.com
‘F*ck You Guys!’ Sen. Gallego Goes Nuclear On Pete Hegseth Investigating Mark Kelly
twp.ai
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Oh…
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Racism is so powerful in America it’s our greatest intellectual export
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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“As God is my witness…”

For my American friends

WKRP Turkey Drop
WKRP Turkey Drop
YouTube video by Brian Henigin
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This lady always looks put upon, like she’s been given a task to do and she finds it super annoying.
A federal judge on Monday threw out the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor who brought the charges, Lindsey Halligan, was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Got to see the new Waiting for Godot production with @alexwinter.com and it's phenomenal. Highly recommend. Loved every aspect of the production - set, lights, design, performances. See it if you can!
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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'prompt engineering' for use-of-force reports:

"The Court also notes that, in at least one instance, an agent asked ChatGPT to compile a narrative for a report based off of a brief sentence about an encounter and several images."

coming to a police/paramilitary force, near you soon?
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Once again, an overwhelming majority of Americans don't want to get involved in Venezuela
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We are all going to die
BREAKING: DOGE Dissolves After Successfully Stealing Confidential Information and Taxpayer Data on Every American
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Uh.

No.
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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In which a US congresswoman compares Maduro to Osama bin Laden.
"We can go in and try to finish his regime" -- Rep. Salazar says Maduro is "right in the crosshairs" and Trump can "take him out"
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Time to stop and take a very, very long look at this…
Trump Administration bizarrely demands the University of Pennsylvania hand over "names, phone numbers and physical addresses" for anyone who "belongs to Jewish clubs or groups on campus, and anyone who works in the university’s Jewish studies program"...

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Federal Suit Seeking Names of Some Jewish Employees at Penn Sparks Backlash
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM