Michele Dostert
@micheledostert.bsky.social
Moved over from X. Mid-westerner. Slava Ukraina! Life-long Dem.
Until we fix the right-wing propaganda hold on the populace, things will get rapidly worse.
Until we fix the right-wing propaganda hold on the populace, things will get rapidly worse.
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Anyone who still identifies as a Republican, at this late date, is objectively either evil, or dangerously, certifiably stupid.
November 20, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Anyone who still identifies as a Republican, at this late date, is objectively either evil, or dangerously, certifiably stupid.
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Weird how conservatives didn't mention all those years that they think it's fine to fire people for their beliefs! What an unfortunate misunderstanding we've had around this. Oh well!
November 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Weird how conservatives didn't mention all those years that they think it's fine to fire people for their beliefs! What an unfortunate misunderstanding we've had around this. Oh well!
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I believe this question has been answered in the Fourth Circuit, and the answer is ‘no, a defective original indictment cannot serve as a basis for tolling of the statute of limitations or the §§ 3288, 3289 savings clauses’
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I believe this question has been answered in the Fourth Circuit, and the answer is ‘no, a defective original indictment cannot serve as a basis for tolling of the statute of limitations or the §§ 3288, 3289 savings clauses’
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
scholar.google.com/scholar_case...
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It’s clear, based on the right hand screenshot, that CDC political leadership (such as it is) wants to remove “Vaccines do not cause autism.” Everyone who voted for Trump or sat out the election owns this.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 AM
It’s clear, based on the right hand screenshot, that CDC political leadership (such as it is) wants to remove “Vaccines do not cause autism.” Everyone who voted for Trump or sat out the election owns this.
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The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
The House has voted unanimously to repeal the provisions in the shutdown package which allow GOP Senators to sue the federal government and get as much as $1 million in damages - because the feds looked at their phone records in the Jan. 6 investigation.
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The Geiers were famous for using Lupron (a medical castration drug) on autistic boys to “ take the wolf out” as they put it in a long -vanished article that used to be on the NYT website. Vile and evil men.
The study in question was conducted by anti-vaxxers David Geier, who Kennedy hired to study vaccines and autism, and his father, Mark.
Neither one has a medical license. Mark is a former physician but his son, David, is not.
Both were disciplined for practicing medicine without a license in MD.
Neither one has a medical license. Mark is a former physician but his son, David, is not.
Both were disciplined for practicing medicine without a license in MD.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The Geiers were famous for using Lupron (a medical castration drug) on autistic boys to “ take the wolf out” as they put it in a long -vanished article that used to be on the NYT website. Vile and evil men.
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MI6 has the Epstein files. Leak 'em. Sans redactions.
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
MI6 has the Epstein files. Leak 'em. Sans redactions.
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
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Basic DOj argument: so there were a lot of mistakes. Still can’t give over GJ materials
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Basic DOj argument: so there were a lot of mistakes. Still can’t give over GJ materials
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There are folks I know who are not leaving home unless they absolutely have to because they are afraid they will be attacked by ICE agents. Why are they afraid if they're not breaking any laws? Because they aren't white.
This country should be ashamed of itself. It's incredibly sad and infuriating.
This country should be ashamed of itself. It's incredibly sad and infuriating.
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
There are folks I know who are not leaving home unless they absolutely have to because they are afraid they will be attacked by ICE agents. Why are they afraid if they're not breaking any laws? Because they aren't white.
This country should be ashamed of itself. It's incredibly sad and infuriating.
This country should be ashamed of itself. It's incredibly sad and infuriating.
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It really is incredible that the US government has created a law enforcement division exclusively staffed by people too stupid and incompetent to be cops
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
It really is incredible that the US government has created a law enforcement division exclusively staffed by people too stupid and incompetent to be cops
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So to get the two votes, rather than re-draft a no bill in the Comey case and present the new indictment to the grand jury, Halligan had the foreperson sign the new charges while a second grand juror WATCHED? Did Halligan just cuck justice?
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
So to get the two votes, rather than re-draft a no bill in the Comey case and present the new indictment to the grand jury, Halligan had the foreperson sign the new charges while a second grand juror WATCHED? Did Halligan just cuck justice?
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How about this headline, eh? More of this, please.
November 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
How about this headline, eh? More of this, please.
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wonder if the Washington Post has any strong words about the President being buddy buddy with the man who ordered to have one of their reporters dismembered
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
wonder if the Washington Post has any strong words about the President being buddy buddy with the man who ordered to have one of their reporters dismembered
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The only way to for the public to see complete Epstein files is to leak it. Do it. Now. Anything else is complicit.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The only way to for the public to see complete Epstein files is to leak it. Do it. Now. Anything else is complicit.
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I agree completely, but it does seem like this movement is rapidly becoming a spent force
JVL’s footnote that a substantial part of the GOP base wants authoritarianism — and a clear majority at least tolerates it — remains a daunting generational project.
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I agree completely, but it does seem like this movement is rapidly becoming a spent force
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The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
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And just like that, the Epstein files are now part of an ongoing investigation. Certainly can’t release them NOW. Nope, too bad.
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
And just like that, the Epstein files are now part of an ongoing investigation. Certainly can’t release them NOW. Nope, too bad.
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HAYES: “2 female reporters asking obviously totally newsworthy Q’s — one gets called ‘PIGGY’ the other gets called ‘INSUBORDINATE’ because she didn’t bow and scrape to the Saudi King.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
HAYES: “2 female reporters asking obviously totally newsworthy Q’s — one gets called ‘PIGGY’ the other gets called ‘INSUBORDINATE’ because she didn’t bow and scrape to the Saudi King.”
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Larry Summers apologizes in person to all of his students, particularly those he aspires to fuck.
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Larry Summers apologizes in person to all of his students, particularly those he aspires to fuck.
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Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.
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It's hard out there for a lickspittle.
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
It's hard out there for a lickspittle.
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🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.
In Stunning Admission, DOJ Says Grand Jury Never Saw Indictment Against Comey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
🚨BREAKING: Federal prosecutors admitted Wednesday that the grand jury handling the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey never reviewed or voted on the final indictment used to charge him — a virtually unprecedented revelation that could topple the entire case.
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"Quiet, piggy!"
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"Quiet, piggy!"
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If I were sick, I would simply choose to be healthy. Bing bang boom bsky.app/profile/atru...
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
If I were sick, I would simply choose to be healthy. Bing bang boom bsky.app/profile/atru...