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Mike Engel

@michaelengel.bsky.social

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I like D&D and baseball and other nerdy stuff. Liberal in a red state. he/him/his

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hi new peeps - Sometimes I will post about wrestling, and I'll try to use #WWEngel for that. I will also sometimes post about D&D and will try to use #DNDEngel - so if you don't wanna see that nonsense, you can mute those hashtags

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 11h

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 8h

spongebob squarepants is standing in front of a rainbow and says taste the rainbow .

Alt: spongebob squarepants is standing in front of a rainbow and says taste the rainbow .

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 8h

a yellow skeleton is standing on a concrete floor holding a bottle .

Alt: a yellow skeleton is standing on a concrete floor holding a bottle .

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 8h

Thaaaaat's more like it

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 8h

Philly, cmon.

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 8h

it'd be so funny if Kershaw came in and got shelled

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 9h

How do you hit a ball that far

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JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10h

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 10h

Fucking awful headline

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10h

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

The Bad Blood Between Trump and Pritzker Goes Back Decades

President Trump’s declaration that Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed is the latest clash between two feuding billionaires.

on.wsj.com

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 10h

Maikel Garcia woulda made that play, tell ya that much

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 10h

Am I having a stroke or does someone keep clacking wooden blocks together in Yankee Stadium? Driving me crazy.

Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 14h

needs a fresh coat of paint before he skips town

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING

President Trump may go to the Middle East as early as Friday, after his checkup at Walter Reed, the White House says.

Statement from the Press Secretary
"On Friday morning, President Trump will visit
Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting
and remarks with the troops. While there, President
Trump will stop by for his routine yearly check up.
He will then return to the White House. President
Trump is considering going to the Middle East shortly thereafter." - White House Press Secretary
Karoline Leavitt
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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 14h

What did the Chicago pope do to Priester

Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 14h

I'm on a browser so maybe that's it? STill at work so ... haven't fussed around enough apparently

Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 14h

youtube tv should let me multiview these games - (maybe it can and I just am clueless how nowadays)

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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 14h

Wow, tell me more about Weimar Germany and what came after?

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15h

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 14h

now seattle in trouble

Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 14h

tigers less in trouble

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 15h

tigers in trouble

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Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 19h

Bad Bunny has more than one song, at least.

Andrew Mearns @mearns.bsky.social · 20h

lmao this dolt is beyond parody.
yeah Lee Greenwood, totally appealing to all audiences. you nailed it buddy

“Lee Greenwood for Super Bowl halftime show!” says the idiot

Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 19h

Granted, it's just one episode so far, and it's gonna shift to breakout tables soon, but I realllly liked the first episode. Very intrigue. Much drama. Wow.

Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 19h

(nothin' against TSwift, just not as into her as others, just like most of the people I know have no idea what CR even is)

Mike Engel @michaelengel.bsky.social · 20h

I'm in the cultural zone that hasn't listened to the new Taylor Swift but has watched Critical Role's new campaign debut episode twice.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

Senator Jim Banks V
@SenatorBanks
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The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states.
It included illegal immigrants and handed
Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it.
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voting districts. As preparod by the Biden administration, the 2020 Censas roports miscountod the population of fourteen states, ' wrongly allocating six congressional scats aod Electoral
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Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding
Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in
tum clabaabod by a consttubocalty-mandalcd dcccacaal ccavas. Pcual agcco nely on census data to allocate billions of dollars in federal funding, much of which hinges ee opulation. And states use consus data to deaw congrossicnal and voting districts, »hich the
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Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…

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Tim Murphy @timothypmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

honestly kind of amazing how hard they're working to completely invent a world in which Charlie Kirk was shot by anyone other than one random guy. They didn't even really do this with *Trump*

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 1d

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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