Mike Babin
@mikebabin.bsky.social
Spending more time here than there.
Hoping that soon the above won't make any sense.
You have 10k followers and 5 posts? Nope, don't waste my time.
Not looking for thirst trap accounts and no need to DM me.
You can just as easily say "hi" in main.
Hoping that soon the above won't make any sense.
You have 10k followers and 5 posts? Nope, don't waste my time.
Not looking for thirst trap accounts and no need to DM me.
You can just as easily say "hi" in main.
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They updated the website today to remove the word "independent"
Before (left), after (right)
Before (left), after (right)
December 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
They updated the website today to remove the word "independent"
Before (left), after (right)
Before (left), after (right)
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"But how will we pay for this? And what about the fairness & moral hazard of this non-universal large-scale redistribution?"
Oh, I'm sorry. We only ask those questions when Democrats are proposing policies that benefit left-coded constituencies.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Oh, I'm sorry. We only ask those questions when Democrats are proposing policies that benefit left-coded constituencies.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
CNN reporting on the mechanics of Trump $1776 check. Maybe this gimmick will proceed. www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/p...
December 18, 2025 at 6:46 AM
"But how will we pay for this? And what about the fairness & moral hazard of this non-universal large-scale redistribution?"
Oh, I'm sorry. We only ask those questions when Democrats are proposing policies that benefit left-coded constituencies.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Oh, I'm sorry. We only ask those questions when Democrats are proposing policies that benefit left-coded constituencies.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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What the Democrats can learn from the UK Labour Party's complete implosion after moving right on immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
What the Democrats can learn from the UK Labour Party's complete implosion after moving right on immigration
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/the-cost-o...
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1. None
2. Yuge
2. Yuge
So...
1. How much pressure was placed on the broadcast networks by FCC Chair Carr to air what turned out to be an idiotic tantrum?
2. How much of a mistake was it for the Trump regime to expose Trump's dementia/insanity to a much larger TV audience while preempting very popular programming?
1. How much pressure was placed on the broadcast networks by FCC Chair Carr to air what turned out to be an idiotic tantrum?
2. How much of a mistake was it for the Trump regime to expose Trump's dementia/insanity to a much larger TV audience while preempting very popular programming?
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
1. None
2. Yuge
2. Yuge
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It's hard for us folks to get but a lot of Trump's supporters *genuinely think he's a good person*.
We can keep asking them "This. This right here. Is this what a good person does?"
We can keep asking them "This. This right here. Is this what a good person does?"
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It's hard for us folks to get but a lot of Trump's supporters *genuinely think he's a good person*.
We can keep asking them "This. This right here. Is this what a good person does?"
We can keep asking them "This. This right here. Is this what a good person does?"
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I think part of the problem is that once something is deemed a classic, it must be respected as perfection. But Kubrick was more than capable of messing up. (Exhibit A: The Shining.) And it's okay to say "you know, maybe 2001 didn't need to be fifteen hours long"
2001 has some of the best mechanical design committed to film, and a visual depiction of life and travel in space that holds up even today. But its pacing was brutally slow. Couldn’t get through it as a kid. Even owning it on Blu-ray I still tune out after HAL is dealt with.
December 16, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I think part of the problem is that once something is deemed a classic, it must be respected as perfection. But Kubrick was more than capable of messing up. (Exhibit A: The Shining.) And it's okay to say "you know, maybe 2001 didn't need to be fifteen hours long"
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i think there are few good reasons to spend any significant amount of time on social media. i think "if i post enough, then i can #influence elon musk and jack posobiec" is one of the worst
December 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
i think there are few good reasons to spend any significant amount of time on social media. i think "if i post enough, then i can #influence elon musk and jack posobiec" is one of the worst
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maybe if i make enough content, for free, to enrich the people who hate me, they'll finally listen to me
I really disagree with this and think nihilism is often used as an excuse for undisciplined behavior.
counterpoint: nothing you post on any social media platform will in any way combat the dangerousness of the right
December 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
maybe if i make enough content, for free, to enrich the people who hate me, they'll finally listen to me
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Yep. I don't doubt MPD juked their stats. Many do.
But also -- and I know this is going to come as a shock -- but a lot of white cops resent working for black chiefs. And a lot of male cops resent working for women chiefs. This is a black woman chief.
So this "investigation" is . . . not much.
But also -- and I know this is going to come as a shock -- but a lot of white cops resent working for black chiefs. And a lot of male cops resent working for women chiefs. This is a black woman chief.
So this "investigation" is . . . not much.
Buried under 12 paragraphs and 4 ads is this: that an investigation into the politicization of data was conducted not by … actually reviewing any data … but just by interviewing senior officials who disliked their chief.
So more politics.
So more politics.
December 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Yep. I don't doubt MPD juked their stats. Many do.
But also -- and I know this is going to come as a shock -- but a lot of white cops resent working for black chiefs. And a lot of male cops resent working for women chiefs. This is a black woman chief.
So this "investigation" is . . . not much.
But also -- and I know this is going to come as a shock -- but a lot of white cops resent working for black chiefs. And a lot of male cops resent working for women chiefs. This is a black woman chief.
So this "investigation" is . . . not much.
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I think where Trump differs from Congressional Republicans on the filibuster is, they see it as something they will want to use in the future, whereas he's thinking of killing it as a step toward permanent rule. Kill it, pass laws that make it impossible for Dems to win again, bada bing.
Trump: "We should knock out the filibuster. If you did that, we'd get voter ID, you'd have no mail in voting, all things that make our elections dishonest."
December 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I think where Trump differs from Congressional Republicans on the filibuster is, they see it as something they will want to use in the future, whereas he's thinking of killing it as a step toward permanent rule. Kill it, pass laws that make it impossible for Dems to win again, bada bing.
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We're sitting Shiva tonight for Rob Reiner at 9PM. Join @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social , @sonnybunch.bsky.social , @richardrushfield.bsky.social, @daveweigel.bsky.social to talk his movies and more.
Watch on:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/iBofLeW...
Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Watch on:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/iBofLeW...
Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Remembering The Best of Rob Reiner (w/ Sonny Bunch, Bill Kristol, David Weigel & Richard Rushfield)
YouTube video by The Bulwark
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:38 PM
We're sitting Shiva tonight for Rob Reiner at 9PM. Join @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social , @sonnybunch.bsky.social , @richardrushfield.bsky.social, @daveweigel.bsky.social to talk his movies and more.
Watch on:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/iBofLeW...
Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Watch on:
YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/iBofLeW...
Substack: open.substack.com/live-stream/...
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Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
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Dear Bluesky hammer&sickle crowd:
That new dude in your group? He’s an FBI agent.
That new dude in your group? He’s an FBI agent.
December 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Dear Bluesky hammer&sickle crowd:
That new dude in your group? He’s an FBI agent.
That new dude in your group? He’s an FBI agent.
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Someday he will be gone. But we will never forgive or forget the people who supported him.
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Someday he will be gone. But we will never forgive or forget the people who supported him.
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even if there was any shred of actual truth to this, how does this help you: "we are sending bailout funds to our fabulously rich treasury secretary"
Brooke Rollins: "On the China soybeans, Secretary Bessent -- himself a soybean farmer ... "
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
even if there was any shred of actual truth to this, how does this help you: "we are sending bailout funds to our fabulously rich treasury secretary"
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ChatGPT hallucinating a well-governed United States.
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
ChatGPT hallucinating a well-governed United States.
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For all of you saying " no, the problem is the pardon power" I simply ask you this-- when President Good Person is elected, do we want them to have the power to free people. Trump and his corrupt regime have unjustly imprisoned and punished?
December 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
For all of you saying " no, the problem is the pardon power" I simply ask you this-- when President Good Person is elected, do we want them to have the power to free people. Trump and his corrupt regime have unjustly imprisoned and punished?
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The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 AM
The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
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"you just want to have a beer with him"
I absolutely fucking did not, thank you very much
I absolutely fucking did not, thank you very much
heard george w bush’s voice in the martin scorsese documentary for the first time in years and felt the exact same surge of involuntary hostility towards it that i always used to feel
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"you just want to have a beer with him"
I absolutely fucking did not, thank you very much
I absolutely fucking did not, thank you very much
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"Let this be a reminder to all of us: Watch what Trump does, not what he says..."
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November 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"Let this be a reminder to all of us: Watch what Trump does, not what he says..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I remember Dawning Realization Month for the NFT people too. Think this is going to take much longer because of how wrapped up the whole economy is in this, but it really feels like it's happening.
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fighting for my life against the persistent and insistent intrusive thought
November 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
fighting for my life against the persistent and insistent intrusive thought
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Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately.