mike parwana
@mikeparwana.bsky.social
blacksmith, visual ephemera.
Born Afghan raised Adirondack
Once you’ve left the zoo for enough time you never go back
Born Afghan raised Adirondack
Once you’ve left the zoo for enough time you never go back
2026 is coming. Democrats need to advance legislation for an increase in the Federal Minimum Wage which is stuck at $7.25/hr across much of Trump country.
Push it through.
Push it through.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
2026 is coming. Democrats need to advance legislation for an increase in the Federal Minimum Wage which is stuck at $7.25/hr across much of Trump country.
Push it through.
Push it through.
This is a big travel week, get as comfortable as you want.
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is a big travel week, get as comfortable as you want.
What sort of creature is this?
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
What sort of creature is this?
Is he admitting to issuing illegal orders?
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Is he admitting to issuing illegal orders?
Some musings on the potential sale of the Adirondack Whitney estate.
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Something’s fishy about the Whitney deal
or more correctly, the Hendrickson deal.
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Some musings on the potential sale of the Adirondack Whitney estate.
open.substack.com/pub/mikeparw...
open.substack.com/pub/mikeparw...
Marge Greene pulled a Bill Owens,
waiting to be vested in Congressional retirement then retiring.
Bill Owens stabbed #NY21 Dems in the back.
Let’s hope Georgia sees a similar swing.
waiting to be vested in Congressional retirement then retiring.
Bill Owens stabbed #NY21 Dems in the back.
Let’s hope Georgia sees a similar swing.
November 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Marge Greene pulled a Bill Owens,
waiting to be vested in Congressional retirement then retiring.
Bill Owens stabbed #NY21 Dems in the back.
Let’s hope Georgia sees a similar swing.
waiting to be vested in Congressional retirement then retiring.
Bill Owens stabbed #NY21 Dems in the back.
Let’s hope Georgia sees a similar swing.
I’ve been having this weird feeling at work, like someone’s watching me. Then I noticed this box on the workbench and I realized it’s just Pig Brother.
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I’ve been having this weird feeling at work, like someone’s watching me. Then I noticed this box on the workbench and I realized it’s just Pig Brother.
Thinking of Thanksgiving …
I had some awful fights with my dad and uncle over their support for Trump, but I‘d love to see them for Thanksgiving again - even tho I know we’d still fight.
I had some awful fights with my dad and uncle over their support for Trump, but I‘d love to see them for Thanksgiving again - even tho I know we’d still fight.
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thinking of Thanksgiving …
I had some awful fights with my dad and uncle over their support for Trump, but I‘d love to see them for Thanksgiving again - even tho I know we’d still fight.
I had some awful fights with my dad and uncle over their support for Trump, but I‘d love to see them for Thanksgiving again - even tho I know we’d still fight.
Typically the criminal line-up is more linear
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Typically the criminal line-up is more linear
Reposted by mike parwana
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposted by mike parwana
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
www.justice.gov
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Reposted by mike parwana
A number of outlets have followed up on this great Maria Silva story and credited her reporting. Other have ripped it off in ways that walk right up to the line of plagiarism, and it makes me ripshit.
USCIS halts upstate naturalization ceremonies, leaving hundreds waiting
Clerks in seven counties say federal agency under Department of Homeland Security did not explain the sudden cancellations, which have left hundreds of lawful permanent residents in limbo.
www.timesunion.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A number of outlets have followed up on this great Maria Silva story and credited her reporting. Other have ripped it off in ways that walk right up to the line of plagiarism, and it makes me ripshit.
Reposted by mike parwana
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
He was outside, in the van (with door open) when I took a banana out of my bag, well out of his sight. As soon as I started peeling it he was at the door to collect the banana tax. Similar situation a couple of days ago.
#ESP
#ESP
November 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
He was outside, in the van (with door open) when I took a banana out of my bag, well out of his sight. As soon as I started peeling it he was at the door to collect the banana tax. Similar situation a couple of days ago.
#ESP
#ESP
MBS says the day Khashoggi was murdered and chopped into little pieces was a very painful day - no kidding!
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
MBS says the day Khashoggi was murdered and chopped into little pieces was a very painful day - no kidding!
Reposted by mike parwana
The administration is literally preventing people from becoming citizens ‘the right way’ by cancelling the ceremony to take their oath.
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
USCIS halts upstate naturalization ceremonies, leaving hundreds waiting
Clerks in seven counties say federal agency under Department of Homeland Security did not explain the sudden cancellations, which have left hundreds of lawful permanent residents in limbo.
www.timesunion.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The administration is literally preventing people from becoming citizens ‘the right way’ by cancelling the ceremony to take their oath.
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
My personal data on groceries
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Affordability Crisis
Groceries, housing, and (unrelated) polling results!
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
My personal data on groceries
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2 Arrested at bottle redemption protest in Albany!
My friend Jade fighting Billion$ beer and soda corporations and NY state for fair wages and cleaner environment.
cbs6albany.com/news/local/a...
My friend Jade fighting Billion$ beer and soda corporations and NY state for fair wages and cleaner environment.
cbs6albany.com/news/local/a...
Arrests made as redemption center operators demand fair compensation for unpaid labor
Two people were arrested during a protest outside of the Executive Mansion.On Monday, demonstrators came out to protest what they describe as years of inaction
cbs6albany.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
2 Arrested at bottle redemption protest in Albany!
My friend Jade fighting Billion$ beer and soda corporations and NY state for fair wages and cleaner environment.
cbs6albany.com/news/local/a...
My friend Jade fighting Billion$ beer and soda corporations and NY state for fair wages and cleaner environment.
cbs6albany.com/news/local/a...
During the 1st Trump administration we witnessed a loss of many American vendors, some were decades or even century old businesses, after the implementation of 2018 tariffs.
It’s happening again.
It’s happening again.
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
During the 1st Trump administration we witnessed a loss of many American vendors, some were decades or even century old businesses, after the implementation of 2018 tariffs.
It’s happening again.
It’s happening again.
Scientific poll finds sauerkraut burrito with surprisingly strong favorability and many voters keeping an open mind.
November 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Scientific poll finds sauerkraut burrito with surprisingly strong favorability and many voters keeping an open mind.
