Michael
@michael60647.bsky.social
Left-Leaning, Music Lover, Retired Lithographic Stripper.
My opinions are mine.
Joined BlueSky on March 12, 2024
My opinions are mine.
Joined BlueSky on March 12, 2024
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I'm old enough to remember when CBS News and journalists like Edward R. Murrow held power to account, instead of capitulating to it.
January 7, 2026 at 5:01 PM
I'm old enough to remember when CBS News and journalists like Edward R. Murrow held power to account, instead of capitulating to it.
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Oregon officials are opening an investigation into a shooting by federal agents in Portland that left a married couple wounded and sparked renewed outrage in the city over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown there and across the US. https://cnn.it/49odEFW
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Oregon officials are opening an investigation into a shooting by federal agents in Portland that left a married couple wounded and sparked renewed outrage in the city over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown there and across the US. https://cnn.it/49odEFW
Something, something, those who don't learn from the past, something.
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
January 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Something, something, those who don't learn from the past, something.
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Say her name, Renée Nicole Good!
January 9, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Say her name, Renée Nicole Good!
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The Trump administration announced Tuesday its decision to withhold billions of federal dollars from five Democrat-led states, including Illinois, intended to provide child care and support for low-income families.
https://to.wttw.com/4aSNGNk
https://to.wttw.com/4aSNGNk
January 9, 2026 at 5:46 PM
The Trump administration announced Tuesday its decision to withhold billions of federal dollars from five Democrat-led states, including Illinois, intended to provide child care and support for low-income families.
https://to.wttw.com/4aSNGNk
https://to.wttw.com/4aSNGNk
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Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot returned to a podium Thursday to launch a project as a “private citizen” to collect and publish videos of alleged abuses by federal agents. blockclubchi.co/49KI86h
January 8, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot returned to a podium Thursday to launch a project as a “private citizen” to collect and publish videos of alleged abuses by federal agents. blockclubchi.co/49KI86h
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Well, you see, it's so they can shoot people and sow terror.
They're not really about immigration enforcement.
They're not really about immigration enforcement.
January 7, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Well, you see, it's so they can shoot people and sow terror.
They're not really about immigration enforcement.
They're not really about immigration enforcement.
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We strongly condemn the deadly shooting of a Minneapolis resident by a federal immigration enforcement officer during an ICE and CBP operation. Our hearts are with the victim and their loved ones, and with the Twin Cities community that is once again being terrorized by federal immigration raids.
January 7, 2026 at 8:08 PM
We strongly condemn the deadly shooting of a Minneapolis resident by a federal immigration enforcement officer during an ICE and CBP operation. Our hearts are with the victim and their loved ones, and with the Twin Cities community that is once again being terrorized by federal immigration raids.
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“Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois and Colorado will be cut off from around $7 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash assistance to households with children, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
Monstrously cruel.
Monstrously cruel.
Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
“Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois and Colorado will be cut off from around $7 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash assistance to households with children, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
Monstrously cruel.
Monstrously cruel.
Free Museum Days In 2026: The Adler, Art Institute, Shedd And More blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/06/f...
Free Museum Days In 2026: The Adler, Art Institute, Shedd And More
Explore cultural hubs like the Swedish American Museum and Museum of Mexican Art or visit landmarks like the Art Institute of Chicago and DuSable Black History Museum.
blockclubchicago.org
January 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Free Museum Days In 2026: The Adler, Art Institute, Shedd And More blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/06/f...
We are totally f'ed.
January 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
We are totally f'ed.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov is there a way to appeal to Canada about making Illinois a Province?
Please
Please
January 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov is there a way to appeal to Canada about making Illinois a Province?
Please
Please
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Never has a President wagged a dog harder than Trump and MAGA now.
To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.
To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.
January 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Never has a President wagged a dog harder than Trump and MAGA now.
To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.
To distract from Epstein, the explosion of health and homeowners insurance costs, and the tariffs that are decimating small businesses, Trump is plunging this country into a war and using our soldiers as pawns.
Well crap!
We are all going to die . . . soon.
We are all going to die . . . soon.
January 3, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Well crap!
We are all going to die . . . soon.
We are all going to die . . . soon.
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Deputy Chair @repilhan.bsky.social : “Trump’s invasion of Venezuela is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional. He has no authority to deploy U.S. forces into foreign countries to bomb them, capture heads of state, and overthrow governments in regime-change wars.”
January 3, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Deputy Chair @repilhan.bsky.social : “Trump’s invasion of Venezuela is blatantly illegal and unconstitutional. He has no authority to deploy U.S. forces into foreign countries to bomb them, capture heads of state, and overthrow governments in regime-change wars.”
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Jack Smith spent more than 8 hours answering questions in a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee on Dec 17
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
Jack Smith Deposition
YouTube video by House Judiciary GOP
https://youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
January 1, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Jack Smith spent more than 8 hours answering questions in a closed-door deposition before the House Judiciary Committee on Dec 17
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
It’s worth watching — you can see why Smith wanted to testify publicly — and why the committee waited until New Year’s Eve to release the video
youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE?si…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Here's hoping that 2026 is the best year ever.
Peace, BlueSkyers
Here's hoping that 2026 is the best year ever.
Peace, BlueSkyers
December 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Here's hoping that 2026 is the best year ever.
Peace, BlueSkyers
Here's hoping that 2026 is the best year ever.
Peace, BlueSkyers
If large companies are building AI "farms" and are sucking up terawatts of electricity that they demand, then why are we, the average home electrical user expected to pay for their demand?
If they need more, they should pay for it.
Build their own power plant, dammit!
If they need more, they should pay for it.
Build their own power plant, dammit!
December 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If large companies are building AI "farms" and are sucking up terawatts of electricity that they demand, then why are we, the average home electrical user expected to pay for their demand?
If they need more, they should pay for it.
Build their own power plant, dammit!
If they need more, they should pay for it.
Build their own power plant, dammit!
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The CFPB serves as the federal watchdog for consumer protection, and consumers will ultimately pay the price if the CFPB’s oversight is removed. I stand with my fellow AGs to oppose the illegal attempts to dismantle this critical bureau: tinyurl.com/5362ftht
December 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The CFPB serves as the federal watchdog for consumer protection, and consumers will ultimately pay the price if the CFPB’s oversight is removed. I stand with my fellow AGs to oppose the illegal attempts to dismantle this critical bureau: tinyurl.com/5362ftht
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NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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ICE goons abducted and disappeared a US citizen activist in Dublin, Ohio, on December 21, 2025.
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
ICE goons abducted and disappeared a US citizen activist in Dublin, Ohio, on December 21, 2025.