Michael Mills
michaelrmillls.bsky.social
Michael Mills
@michaelrmillls.bsky.social
Producer. Parent. Performer. Seriously concerned citizen who believes we can do so much better than this.
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top risks 2026 is officially out

after 28 years of analyzing geopolitical risks
this year is the tipping point:
Eurasia Group | The Top Risks of 2026
www.eurasiagroup.net
January 5, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Published in November , this column describes nearly everything unfolding today …

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/o...
Opinion | This Is the Dark, Unspoken Promise of Trump’s Return
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.
June 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Three sets of executive actions — the removal of independent agency heads, federal funding freezes, and the shuttering of federal agencies — underscore the administration’s hostility to checks and balances.
Lawsuits Reveal the Administration’s Attacks on Congressional Power
The hundreds of legal challenges to executive actions expose the administration’s efforts to seize legislative authority.
www.brennancenter.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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May 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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This is no longer left vs. right.

It’s democracy vs. autocracy.

Everyone must pick a side.

We choose democracy.

Join us on 4/19.
April 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This should be the biggest story in the country….
There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.
March 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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There’s a major shift in U.S. cybersecurity policy. A recent CISA memo removed Russia from its list of priorities, focusing instead on China and local systems. Analysts were told not to track Russian cyber threats.
March 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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February 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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“The reason we face the worst is because it helps us imagine the best.” What a fantastic, hopeful read. Treat yourself to this, and then spread it around.
I wrote about the worst people in the world, charting the depths of their depravity and vastness of their incompetence, and offered some thoughts about the opportunity presented by their failure to acknowledge reality and their refusal to access any form of human virtue.

www.the-reframe.com/the/
The Worst and the Dimmest
It's not a coincidence that we're being led by the least qualified monsters available; it's a deliberate strategy. Facing the Worst - a series about directional alignment.
www.the-reframe.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]
February 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
One day into Bluesky and the algorithm thinks I’m super into images of the cosmos and stacks of books.
November 16, 2024 at 8:47 PM