@michaelwitha.bsky.social
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We must pay billions to farmers
Because we cut off their customers with tariffs
And pay billions to Argentina
Whose farmers are selling to the customers we forfeited
Because that is America First
Because we cut off their customers with tariffs
And pay billions to Argentina
Whose farmers are selling to the customers we forfeited
Because that is America First
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 AM
We must pay billions to farmers
Because we cut off their customers with tariffs
And pay billions to Argentina
Whose farmers are selling to the customers we forfeited
Because that is America First
Because we cut off their customers with tariffs
And pay billions to Argentina
Whose farmers are selling to the customers we forfeited
Because that is America First
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I'm not a political genius, but I'm pretty sure the party that published a 600-page manifesto on how they want to shut down the federal government are the ones who shut down the federal government.
September 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm not a political genius, but I'm pretty sure the party that published a 600-page manifesto on how they want to shut down the federal government are the ones who shut down the federal government.
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If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
August 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
If you say 'heteronormative' or 'unhoused person' or 'food insecurity' you're basically talking gibberish and nobody can understand you but if you say you can see inflammation in children at the airport and that vaccines lower IQ or that germs are a myth you get to fire all the scientists.
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
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State Department colleagues today 🇺🇲❤️
4/“ We didn’t fail our mission. On the contrary, we showed up every day with courage and conviction, in service of something bigger than ourselves. And now, that work—and us—are being treated as frivolous and expendable.”
July 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
State Department colleagues today 🇺🇲❤️
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Despite promises of cuts from Trump and Elon, the U.S. spent about $220 billion more in the first 100 days than it did last year. We’re spending far more and getting far less. So where is all the money going?
May 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Despite promises of cuts from Trump and Elon, the U.S. spent about $220 billion more in the first 100 days than it did last year. We’re spending far more and getting far less. So where is all the money going?
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"By February, staff were locked out. Phone lines dead. HIV treatments in Africa halted. Food relief suspended in Haiti. Contracts canceled. The message wasn’t subtle: this government no longer builds; it erases."
"[T]he test? Whether you can eliminate a congressionally mandated agency, cancel lifesaving programs midstream, fire thousands of public servants, and reassign global health responsibilities to a shell office down the hall—and get away with it.
So far, they are."
So far, they are."
The Test of Our Time: USAID, Authoritarianism, and the Slow Coup We’re Failing to Stop
While billionaires buy democracy wholesale, the institutions meant to protect it are being dismantled piece by piece.
substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"By February, staff were locked out. Phone lines dead. HIV treatments in Africa halted. Food relief suspended in Haiti. Contracts canceled. The message wasn’t subtle: this government no longer builds; it erases."
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Yes, Donald, that’s how the Constitution works it guarantees due process, even when it’s “inconvenient” for you. Also, your “hundreds of thousands” remark is dramatic, as usual. Sorry we can’t just sum it all up in a drunk Signal chat to your buddies and family.
April 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Yes, Donald, that’s how the Constitution works it guarantees due process, even when it’s “inconvenient” for you. Also, your “hundreds of thousands” remark is dramatic, as usual. Sorry we can’t just sum it all up in a drunk Signal chat to your buddies and family.
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Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
April 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
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We're hearing that Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs--local staff hired by USAID in country) received Reduction in Force (RIF--essentially termination) notices today. FSNs are at the heart of our Missions' work. Our hearts are breaking. 💔
April 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We're hearing that Foreign Service Nationals (FSNs--local staff hired by USAID in country) received Reduction in Force (RIF--essentially termination) notices today. FSNs are at the heart of our Missions' work. Our hearts are breaking. 💔
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Breaking news: Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) broke a record Tuesday night for the longest U.S. Senate floor speech of the modern era, surpassing Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 remarks inside the chamber that lasted 24 hours.
Cory Booker breaks modern record for longest speech from Senate floor
The New Jersey Democrat is speaking in protest of the Trump administration’s policies. His record-breaking speech is not delaying the Senate from a vote, so it is not a filibuster.
wapo.st
April 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Breaking news: Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) broke a record Tuesday night for the longest U.S. Senate floor speech of the modern era, surpassing Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 1957 remarks inside the chamber that lasted 24 hours.
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Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits
If Sen. Cory Booker makes it to 7:19 p.m. EST, he will break segregationist Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond's record for his 24 hour 18 minute Senate floor speech against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
April 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Just so everybody understands, Booker has been speaking cogently about the issues the entire time and Strom Thurmond famously spent hours reading from the encyclopedia, because segregationists were and are dumbshits
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In a video posted by Elon Musk’s PAC, a $1M check recipient linked voting to receiving the money:
“My name’s Ekaterina Deistler. …I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.”
“My name’s Ekaterina Deistler. …I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.”
March 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
In a video posted by Elon Musk’s PAC, a $1M check recipient linked voting to receiving the money:
“My name’s Ekaterina Deistler. …I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.”
“My name’s Ekaterina Deistler. …I did exactly what Elon Musk told everyone to do: sign the petition, refer friends and family, vote, and now I have a million dollars.”