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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 1h

Oh my god, it's like when Wolverine gets shot!

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 2h

Tanya Donelly. See "This Hungry Life" as Exhibit A.

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 3d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 5h

Okay. So another Dem just tried to fight me in my mentions over Amy McGrath. It was pure armchair analysis, and weird.

But here's why I'm bringing it up: we HAVE to get it together, fellow Dems.

We're seeing democracy-eroding acts from this administration Every. Day.

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 6h

Me, sending an email to my editor about writing plans and deadlines for my 2026 projects: "But we might all be dead or lose our freedom by then, so who knows"

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 6h

I voted today. Please send your ballot in ASAP so the campaign can focus GOTV efforts on the areas that are falling behind.

Indivisible SF @indivisiblesf.bsky.social · 6h

YES on Prop 50. Save our elections! Trump wants to prevent fair elections by germandering Texas.

Prop 50 levels the playing field.

Ballots are arriving now. Please mail yours back immediately! blog. buff.ly/zAZ5ppC

We need help! Please join our canvassing buff.ly/Ei6kd4v

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 7h

I am laughing so hard I’m crying. Is this going to be @mcbride.house.gov new thing the entire shutdown joining up with different Democrats to look for how Republicans?

Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 7h

We are in the second week of the Republican shutdown.

Where are House Republicans? On vacation.

Went looking around the Capitol to see if any Republicans had the common sense to come back. Featuring @mcbride.house.gov.

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 6h

Strange Days is a fucking great movie with a killer soundtrack.

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 7h

So @jessicachobot.bsky.social has a new podcast called Occulture Shock that dives into weird/occult history. The latest ep is a fascinating look at the real Illuminati panic of the 1800s created the environment for Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It's such a mirror for today's tech bros.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 8h

Starving children screaming. Elon Musk must be so proud.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 7h

Splinter shakes his head in disappointment

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Amanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 11h

When we run, we can win. Anywhere and everywhere.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 17h

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 11h

I was on @megdowell.com's podcast to discuss the Revenge of the Sith novelization and how that ties back into how I used a very specific Twitter moment to help put me in front of the Star Wars editorial team.

Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/6dAH...

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 11h

Kiddo was reviewing a "jobs in government branches" assignment yesterday, which 1) HAHA HOLY SHIT THESE DAYS 2) when she couldn't remember who works in legislative, I said "what is Padme's job?" and she goes "SENATOR"

a man and a woman are standing next to each other with the words so this is how liberty dies

Alt: Padme from Revenge of the Sith telling Bail "So this is how liberty dies"

media.tenor.com

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 13h

"By the way, remember how I watch porn with my son? Not the black son that I adopted and abandoned, my holy white son who also likes porn. Like me. I like porn.""

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 13h

We have an entire generation of failed media literacy and that's why these assholes think Star Wars bacta tanks and Star Trek biobeds are real

Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 15h

Really looking forward to Jay Bhattacharya announcing Gold Standard MedBed Centers of Excellence on Steve Bannon’s War Room

open.substack.com/pub/pandemic...

The "MedBed" Conspiracy, Explained

A Deep Dive into Presidential Absurdity

open.substack.com

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 15h

Who crucifies dogs???

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Eric Trump: "You saw what Jake Tapper did to Lara Trump. She said what everybody knew and everybody was saying and he came out and crucified her like a dog. They have tried to kill us at every road."

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 16h

In a completely unsurprising move, ICE took out Australian immigrants the Heeler family

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 16h

It's the new version of insult fighting from Monkey Island

Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 1d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, I am so fucking pissed that people's polite racism and misogyny has led to a reality where I am trying to spread constructive political information on social media instead of getting hyped about this "young, dumb, and fun" San Jose Sharks team.

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 1d

As basic question from an ex-police reporter: Can some of our journalists detail the training regimen all these new federal agents receive? The lethal incompetence involving use of force and perameters of the 4A suggests they are just handed guns, masks and badges and told to go fuck people up.

John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 2d

ICE is made up of men who have failed the human test and have nothing of value to offer this nation.

Adults with decency and options and possibilities don’t do this shit.

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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

Hi, I'm a trans Californian who reported on the CA bills. This headline is misleading at best. You haven't noted that he has until the 12th to sign the other bills, leaving that out is irresponsible and fearmongers.

People can and should still pressure him on those bills.

bsky.app/profile/mady...

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @madycast.com · 1d

He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.

The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.

There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!

www.gov.ca.gov/contact/

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

just thinking about the SMELL of screwdrivers with the cheapest Safeway-brand vodka is enough to make me ill.

Years later, I had high-quality vodka and I could not believe the difference. I had spent 10 years thinking vodka only tasted/burned like Safeway brand.

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Saskia Popescu @saskiapopescu.bsky.social · 1d

Very important article and worth the read - Opinion | 6 U.S. surgeons general: RFK Jr. threatens the health of Americans - The Washington Post

Opinion | Six surgeons general: It’s our duty to warn the nation about RFK Jr.

We took an oath to declare dangers when we found them. We’re doing that again today.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Mike Chen @mikechenwriter.bsky.social · 1d

If you dare cross into the warzone of San Francisco to promote the book, let me know -- I'd love to host and hang out!

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