Michael Azevedo
@michaelazevedo.bsky.social
Curious citizen, hopeful skeptic. Host of MAKING MEDIA NOW podcast. Voice over guy. Bad at social media.
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
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Remember, when Vance was caught spewing racist lies that Haitian immigrants were eating people's pets, he admitted that "if I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do."
Proudly, openly a liar.
Proudly, openly a liar.
January 9, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Remember, when Vance was caught spewing racist lies that Haitian immigrants were eating people's pets, he admitted that "if I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do."
Proudly, openly a liar.
Proudly, openly a liar.
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My people, I know you can't afford hamburger, but I bring you the gift of racism!
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
My people, I know you can't afford hamburger, but I bring you the gift of racism!
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Everyone is downplaying that Mar-A-Lago is a vector in the Epstein pipeline so it’s good to point this out
“ At just 16 years old, she took a job at Mar a Lago, believing she had secured a dream summer position. But that dream quickly morphed into a nightmare when Ghislaine Maxwell preyed upon her…. They trafficked her”
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Everyone is downplaying that Mar-A-Lago is a vector in the Epstein pipeline so it’s good to point this out
Gotta love when @nytimes.com tip-toes up to the line of saying something that's been obvious for months and then uses the most anodyne language possible. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That’s No Longer the Case.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Gotta love when @nytimes.com tip-toes up to the line of saying something that's been obvious for months and then uses the most anodyne language possible. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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The fix is in.
Ghislaine Maxwell, transferred to a club med prison after Trump's lawyer met with her (and she likely spilled what she knows about Trump), is now being waited on "hand and foot" by guards and is getting her commutation application ready with help from the warden.
Ghislaine Maxwell, transferred to a club med prison after Trump's lawyer met with her (and she likely spilled what she knows about Trump), is now being waited on "hand and foot" by guards and is getting her commutation application ready with help from the warden.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The fix is in.
Ghislaine Maxwell, transferred to a club med prison after Trump's lawyer met with her (and she likely spilled what she knows about Trump), is now being waited on "hand and foot" by guards and is getting her commutation application ready with help from the warden.
Ghislaine Maxwell, transferred to a club med prison after Trump's lawyer met with her (and she likely spilled what she knows about Trump), is now being waited on "hand and foot" by guards and is getting her commutation application ready with help from the warden.
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Harry Enten: "Voters blame Trump, not Biden for the state of the economy. The vast majority of Americans (75%) & even Republicans (57%!!!) say Trump's not doing enough to lower costs...
GOP in Congress should be scared as we just saw economy-first voters go big for Dems in VA & NJ Gov."
GOP in Congress should be scared as we just saw economy-first voters go big for Dems in VA & NJ Gov."
November 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Harry Enten: "Voters blame Trump, not Biden for the state of the economy. The vast majority of Americans (75%) & even Republicans (57%!!!) say Trump's not doing enough to lower costs...
GOP in Congress should be scared as we just saw economy-first voters go big for Dems in VA & NJ Gov."
GOP in Congress should be scared as we just saw economy-first voters go big for Dems in VA & NJ Gov."
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The Senate is still meeting and holding votes as normal despite the shutdown.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Senate is still meeting and holding votes as normal despite the shutdown.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
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Jeffries: "The reason why they continue to unlawfully block the swearing in of Adelita Grijalva is because they are actively hiding the Epstein files from the American people. And they're protecting someone, clearly -- the wealthy, the well off, the privileged, and the well-connected."
October 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Jeffries: "The reason why they continue to unlawfully block the swearing in of Adelita Grijalva is because they are actively hiding the Epstein files from the American people. And they're protecting someone, clearly -- the wealthy, the well off, the privileged, and the well-connected."
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In the midst of a government shutdown, and in the face of fundamental challenges to the rule of law and to democratic accountability, the House of Representatives--the people's house, the heart of our democratic republic--hasn't cast a vote since Sep. 19. An extraordinary failure of responsibility.
October 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In the midst of a government shutdown, and in the face of fundamental challenges to the rule of law and to democratic accountability, the House of Representatives--the people's house, the heart of our democratic republic--hasn't cast a vote since Sep. 19. An extraordinary failure of responsibility.
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EXCLUSIVE: Senator Elizabeth Warren is now probing the United States Treasury Department over alleged United States purchases of Argentine pesos during the massive bailout.
This is big news. meidasnews.com/news/warren-...
This is big news. meidasnews.com/news/warren-...
meidasnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Senator Elizabeth Warren is now probing the United States Treasury Department over alleged United States purchases of Argentine pesos during the massive bailout.
This is big news. meidasnews.com/news/warren-...
This is big news. meidasnews.com/news/warren-...
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Gov. Shapiro: "The federal government under the Trump administration cut funding for energy projects...that were going to lead to more energy production in Pennsylvania...More energy means more freedom...Why the federal government is cutting that funding is inexplicable to me."
October 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Gov. Shapiro: "The federal government under the Trump administration cut funding for energy projects...that were going to lead to more energy production in Pennsylvania...More energy means more freedom...Why the federal government is cutting that funding is inexplicable to me."
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
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Incredibly dangerous. Literally the title is "Enough Is Enough … I Choose VIOLENCE!"
dailycaller.com/2025/09/26/i...
dailycaller.com/2025/09/26/i...
September 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Incredibly dangerous. Literally the title is "Enough Is Enough … I Choose VIOLENCE!"
dailycaller.com/2025/09/26/i...
dailycaller.com/2025/09/26/i...
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Does my Epstein look big in this flag?
August 18, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Does my Epstein look big in this flag?
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Lots of great signs at today's #FightTheTrumpTakeover at Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas County, OR.
August 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Lots of great signs at today's #FightTheTrumpTakeover at Clackamas Town Center in Clackamas County, OR.
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The U.S. Constitution gives a heck of a lot of power over elections for the House, Senate, and President to *Congress.*
It gives precisely zero power over elections to the President.
Trump’s bluster is scary, but it’s also bluster.
It gives precisely zero power over elections to the President.
Trump’s bluster is scary, but it’s also bluster.
August 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The U.S. Constitution gives a heck of a lot of power over elections for the House, Senate, and President to *Congress.*
It gives precisely zero power over elections to the President.
Trump’s bluster is scary, but it’s also bluster.
It gives precisely zero power over elections to the President.
Trump’s bluster is scary, but it’s also bluster.
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In some ways, the drug prices thing is the platonic ideal of Trump assertions:
An incredibly wrong statement that isn’t sensible much less possible, a media that won’t push back, and an American discourse that will adopt it uncritically, making culture just a hair worse. Great work, all around.
An incredibly wrong statement that isn’t sensible much less possible, a media that won’t push back, and an American discourse that will adopt it uncritically, making culture just a hair worse. Great work, all around.
August 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
In some ways, the drug prices thing is the platonic ideal of Trump assertions:
An incredibly wrong statement that isn’t sensible much less possible, a media that won’t push back, and an American discourse that will adopt it uncritically, making culture just a hair worse. Great work, all around.
An incredibly wrong statement that isn’t sensible much less possible, a media that won’t push back, and an American discourse that will adopt it uncritically, making culture just a hair worse. Great work, all around.
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Too many of us are so ungrateful for the miracles we’ve been given.
“We take vaccines so for granted in the United States” ...“Women in the developing world know the power of [vaccines]. They will walk 10 kilometers in the heat with their child and line up to get a vaccine because they have seen death.”
Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates
August 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Too many of us are so ungrateful for the miracles we’ve been given.
Hey look, it's @nytimes.com with more "analysis" that, minus specific names and dates, could have been written last October. But their Politics teams was hypnotized by The Weave, held Harris to a standard they never imposed on Trump, and ached for the clicks. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
Trump’s Efforts to Control Information Echo an Authoritarian Playbook
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Hey look, it's @nytimes.com with more "analysis" that, minus specific names and dates, could have been written last October. But their Politics teams was hypnotized by The Weave, held Harris to a standard they never imposed on Trump, and ached for the clicks. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...
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Brutal. But well-deserved.
WATCH: The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper undresses @scottjenningsky , pointing out he went from trashing Trump to rallying for him and defending his every move nightly on @abbydphillip’s @cnn show - to make money.
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6kuDHTU/
Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6kuDHTU/
July 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Brutal. But well-deserved.
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Rep. Massie: "Ro [Khanna] and I carefully crafted this legislation so that the victim's names will be redacted and no child pornography will be released...It's the president's own AG, FBI director, children, and vice president who said that these files need to be released."
July 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Rep. Massie: "Ro [Khanna] and I carefully crafted this legislation so that the victim's names will be redacted and no child pornography will be released...It's the president's own AG, FBI director, children, and vice president who said that these files need to be released."
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Q: "[Mike Johnson] is accusing you of trying to inflict political pain on your party...Is he right?"
Massie: "Is the pain that he's talking about that somebody in our party will be embarrassed those files?" That's not a good excuse...I don't really know what he means by that."
Massie: "Is the pain that he's talking about that somebody in our party will be embarrassed those files?" That's not a good excuse...I don't really know what he means by that."
July 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Q: "[Mike Johnson] is accusing you of trying to inflict political pain on your party...Is he right?"
Massie: "Is the pain that he's talking about that somebody in our party will be embarrassed those files?" That's not a good excuse...I don't really know what he means by that."
Massie: "Is the pain that he's talking about that somebody in our party will be embarrassed those files?" That's not a good excuse...I don't really know what he means by that."