Micah
@fatcrab.bsky.social
Intellectual Property and Technology Attorney, dad, and obnoxious resident of Medford, Massachusetts. I also play, chat, and make content for TTRPGs.
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Excellent deep-dive into the violence perpetrated by fascist Zionist thugs at UCLA. Democrats, Republicans, the ADL, and the media have spent over a year lying that the violence was an antisemitic attack on Jews, and have used it and other lies to eviscerate higher education in the US:
“That was the day that it hit: UCLA has changed forever. It marked a turning point in the militarization of campus.”
Read Will Alden's deep dive on political dynamics at California's largest public university:
jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...
Read Will Alden's deep dive on political dynamics at California's largest public university:
jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...
Portrait of a Campus in Crisis
UCLA capitulated to its own hardline pro-Israel activists long before President Trump came calling. As a result, its students have repeatedly become…
jewishcurrents.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Excellent deep-dive into the violence perpetrated by fascist Zionist thugs at UCLA. Democrats, Republicans, the ADL, and the media have spent over a year lying that the violence was an antisemitic attack on Jews, and have used it and other lies to eviscerate higher education in the US:
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HAPPENING NOW: I’m hosting my fifth Shadow Hearing, focusing today on Trump’s detention abuses.
The administration is kidnapping and disappearing immigrants to detention centers with absolutely horrific conditions. If Republicans won’t conduct oversight, we will.
The administration is kidnapping and disappearing immigrants to detention centers with absolutely horrific conditions. If Republicans won’t conduct oversight, we will.
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
HAPPENING NOW: I’m hosting my fifth Shadow Hearing, focusing today on Trump’s detention abuses.
The administration is kidnapping and disappearing immigrants to detention centers with absolutely horrific conditions. If Republicans won’t conduct oversight, we will.
The administration is kidnapping and disappearing immigrants to detention centers with absolutely horrific conditions. If Republicans won’t conduct oversight, we will.
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FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Federal Agents Repeatedly Lied About What They Did During Aggressive Immigration Raids: Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis used a blistering 233-page ruling to painstakingly detail how agents falsely asserted in court and in official reports that they had been confronted with unrelenti...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge has dismissed the DOJ’s cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York AG Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor Trump handpicked to charge them had been unlawfully serving since September.
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump’s Political Prosecutions of former FBI Chief Comey, NY AG James
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge has dismissed the DOJ’s cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York AG Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor Trump handpicked to charge them had been unlawfully serving since September.
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Border Patrol has been in Charlotte for less than a week and has already tried to arrest this U.S. citizen TWICE. www.charlotteobserver.com/article31293...
‘Why just me?’ Charlotte man says Border Patrol broke pickup window, stole keys
“Are you an illegal immigrant?” the man said an officer asked. He replied that he didn’t have to answer and asked why he was singled out.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Border Patrol has been in Charlotte for less than a week and has already tried to arrest this U.S. citizen TWICE. www.charlotteobserver.com/article31293...
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NEW: A federal judge ordered the DOJ to provide former FBI Director James Comey with all materials it presented to a grand jury for his two-count indictment, citing "substantive irregularities" he found that may constitute "misconduct" by the DOJ.
Judge Sees ‘Profound Investigative Missteps’ in Trump’s Comey Prosecution
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEW: A federal judge ordered the DOJ to provide former FBI Director James Comey with all materials it presented to a grand jury for his two-count indictment, citing "substantive irregularities" he found that may constitute "misconduct" by the DOJ.
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This was Alessandra Korap Munduruku this morning. She lives in the Brazilian state where COP is taking place this year! She was not given a pass into the Blue Zone.
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
November 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This was Alessandra Korap Munduruku this morning. She lives in the Brazilian state where COP is taking place this year! She was not given a pass into the Blue Zone.
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
These are the voices you should be listening to, boosting, and celebrating. Not the politicians who are attending #COP30!
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Chuck Schumer and Jeffries need to resign or be voted out. They held onto this information and only released it now to save face after the backlash from them caving.
“One side pulls bullshit to distract from the Epstein files, the other pulls the Epstein files to distract from bullshit” -Redditor
“One side pulls bullshit to distract from the Epstein files, the other pulls the Epstein files to distract from bullshit” -Redditor
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Chuck Schumer and Jeffries need to resign or be voted out. They held onto this information and only released it now to save face after the backlash from them caving.
“One side pulls bullshit to distract from the Epstein files, the other pulls the Epstein files to distract from bullshit” -Redditor
“One side pulls bullshit to distract from the Epstein files, the other pulls the Epstein files to distract from bullshit” -Redditor
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Mass. reps pan deal to reopen government without securing protections from soaring healthcare insurance premiums for Americans: https://bit.ly/3WOEC3M
Markey, Warren, Mass. delegation pan deal to reopen federal government
They oppose an agreement that fails to address an upcoming spike in healthcare costs.
www.wgbh.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Mass. reps pan deal to reopen government without securing protections from soaring healthcare insurance premiums for Americans: https://bit.ly/3WOEC3M
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
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Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
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I am appalled that the Israeli government plans to demolish Umm Al-Kheir in the West Bank. Palestinians have called this land home for generations. Any effort to expel them to expand Israeli settlements is a blatant violation of international law. www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
Israel plans to demolish West Bank village after residents challenge settler outpost
Lawyers for the Palestinian Village Accused Israeli Authorities of Using Decades-old Demolition Orders as Retaliation Against Residents Who Challenged Illegal Settler Construction, Calling It a Warnin...
www.haaretz.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I am appalled that the Israeli government plans to demolish Umm Al-Kheir in the West Bank. Palestinians have called this land home for generations. Any effort to expel them to expand Israeli settlements is a blatant violation of international law. www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...
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Now let’s do the nation. Free, universal child care is the proactive, pro-economy, pro-family vision we need for the future.
In U.S. first, New Mexico launches free child care for all
Under the program, families, regardless of income, can receive state vouchers to cover public and private child care fees.
www.nbcnews.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Now let’s do the nation. Free, universal child care is the proactive, pro-economy, pro-family vision we need for the future.
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The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The ADL has decided to treat fascists as allies and progressives as enemies. For a group that is tasked with protecting American Jews, that is a world historic fuck up.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
I will never forgive these people for their moral decrepitude.
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Der Spekter has been covering the campaign to drop the ADL from schools and they just keep giving everyone more reasons to do so
"The removal eliminated a passage that read, “Our founders established ADL with the clear understanding that the fight against any one form of prejudice or hate cannot succeed without countering hate of all forms.”"
ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The removal took place after FBI Director Kash Patel said he would cut ties with the ADL, though it is unclear if that has happened.
www.jta.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Der Spekter has been covering the campaign to drop the ADL from schools and they just keep giving everyone more reasons to do so
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What our Chelsea schools have experienced in the last 10 months is harrowing.
Masked agents abducting our students, parents, & neighbors.
The freezing of federal funds our schools rely on.
I held a wellness check-in at Chelsea High because we're choosing community over chaos.
Masked agents abducting our students, parents, & neighbors.
The freezing of federal funds our schools rely on.
I held a wellness check-in at Chelsea High because we're choosing community over chaos.
October 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
What our Chelsea schools have experienced in the last 10 months is harrowing.
Masked agents abducting our students, parents, & neighbors.
The freezing of federal funds our schools rely on.
I held a wellness check-in at Chelsea High because we're choosing community over chaos.
Masked agents abducting our students, parents, & neighbors.
The freezing of federal funds our schools rely on.
I held a wellness check-in at Chelsea High because we're choosing community over chaos.
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WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state."
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump is using the shutdown HE CREATED as an excuse to keep firing our dedicated federal workers.
Workers who have been doing their jobs for decades and keeping our Commonwealth and country running.
This is unlawful, and every single one of these workers must be reinstated.
Workers who have been doing their jobs for decades and keeping our Commonwealth and country running.
This is unlawful, and every single one of these workers must be reinstated.
Federal workers in Boston area say they haven’t seen a shutdown this chaotic or seemingly vindictive - The Boston Globe
As the government shutdown continues with no sign of a deal in sight, government workers are seeing their paychecks shrink or cut entirely.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Trump is using the shutdown HE CREATED as an excuse to keep firing our dedicated federal workers.
Workers who have been doing their jobs for decades and keeping our Commonwealth and country running.
This is unlawful, and every single one of these workers must be reinstated.
Workers who have been doing their jobs for decades and keeping our Commonwealth and country running.
This is unlawful, and every single one of these workers must be reinstated.
When folks tell you it's only SOME of the Israeli government and not all of them....ceasefire or no, the entire Israeli political society needs to be denazified.
"In Hebrew they commented on our appearances, called us Hamas, gestapo, and whores, and joked about our obvious discomfort as people shifted and vocalized in pain. A speaker blasted Israeli pop music."
Read Emily Wilder's dispatch from Israeli custody:
jewishcurrents.org/forty-eight-...
Read Emily Wilder's dispatch from Israeli custody:
jewishcurrents.org/forty-eight-...
Forty-Eight Hours in Israeli Captivity
A journalist captured on a flotilla mission recounts treatment at the hands of the Israeli navy, border police, and prison guards.
jewishcurrents.org
October 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
When folks tell you it's only SOME of the Israeli government and not all of them....ceasefire or no, the entire Israeli political society needs to be denazified.
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i'm so tired of non-jews pretending they give a fuck about antisemitism by calling things antisemitic that are clearly not
Fox News host Emily Compagno claims that the backlash to Bari Weiss being named CBS News editor-in-chief is due to her being Jewish:
"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."
"This kind of thing would make me laugh if there was not an antisemitic thread in there."
October 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
i'm so tired of non-jews pretending they give a fuck about antisemitism by calling things antisemitic that are clearly not
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You can't make this up. A Palestinian author literally banned from a BANNED BOOK WEEK event.
Solidarity with @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
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Solidarity with @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
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NC State Blocks Palestinian-American Author Hannah Moushabeck From Reading Her Children’s Book Due to UNC System Rules
NC State administration barred Palestinian-American author Hannah Moushabeck from reading her children’s book “Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine” due to the University of North Carolina system r...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
You can't make this up. A Palestinian author literally banned from a BANNED BOOK WEEK event.
Solidarity with @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
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Solidarity with @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽
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Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.
“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.
“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.
October 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Multiple airports are now announcing they will refuse to play Kristi Noem’s government-funded video blaming “Democrats” for the government shutdown.
“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.
“We believe the Hatch Act clearly prohibits use of public assets for political purposes and messaging,” one airport said.
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NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.
The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.
At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.