Mike Downing
@mikepdowning.bsky.social
🔥Cutting through political nonsense with a blunt, independent voice.
Writer of the FIRE Substack.
Your country, your move..🔥
Writer of the FIRE Substack.
Your country, your move..🔥
Remember the Diary of Anne Frank? What would it be like in America? Could it happen? Of course, it does in future fiction land, read how it unfolds in 2029, in Omaha, Nebraska on my Substack blog. Be sure to subscribe- it's always FREE!
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🌑 The Diary of Rose James: Omaha, 2029
A modern American hiding in her own country
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December 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Remember the Diary of Anne Frank? What would it be like in America? Could it happen? Of course, it does in future fiction land, read how it unfolds in 2029, in Omaha, Nebraska on my Substack blog. Be sure to subscribe- it's always FREE!
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Mike Downing
@mikepdowning.bsky.social
It's really tough to watch as Sec. Noem stands up in front of Congress and lies her sadistic ass off, particularly this time of year. So, a moment of sarcastic relief in this Holiday Season-
The First NOEM.... please feel free to share, and subscribe.
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It's really tough to watch as Sec. Noem stands up in front of Congress and lies her sadistic ass off, particularly this time of year. So, a moment of sarcastic relief in this Holiday Season-
The First NOEM.... please feel free to share, and subscribe.
December 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Mike Downing
@mikepdowning.bsky.social
It's really tough to watch as Sec. Noem stands up in front of Congress and lies her sadistic ass off, particularly this time of year. So, a moment of sarcastic relief in this Holiday Season-
The First NOEM.... please feel free to share, and subscribe.
@mikepdowning.bsky.social
It's really tough to watch as Sec. Noem stands up in front of Congress and lies her sadistic ass off, particularly this time of year. So, a moment of sarcastic relief in this Holiday Season-
The First NOEM.... please feel free to share, and subscribe.
How does the Trump Administration stack up -v- the Obama Administration on communication, transparency, and clarity?
Read and subscribe to my Substack "Fire" blog; it's free, and I make a sincere attempt to keep it balanced.
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Read and subscribe to my Substack "Fire" blog; it's free, and I make a sincere attempt to keep it balanced.
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🎙️ Trump 2.0 vs. Obama: When “Most Transparent Ever” Meets Reality
Your Country, Your Move.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
How does the Trump Administration stack up -v- the Obama Administration on communication, transparency, and clarity?
Read and subscribe to my Substack "Fire" blog; it's free, and I make a sincere attempt to keep it balanced.
financialfire.substack.com/p/trump-20-v...
Read and subscribe to my Substack "Fire" blog; it's free, and I make a sincere attempt to keep it balanced.
financialfire.substack.com/p/trump-20-v...
Trump called for "Good Immigrants, preferably from Europe," and this couple responded to his plea.
Read my Substack blog on the F.I.R.E. channel and subscribe, it's informative, occasionally funny, and "FREE".
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Read my Substack blog on the F.I.R.E. channel and subscribe, it's informative, occasionally funny, and "FREE".
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The Great Norwegian Escape: Arvid & Solveig Discover the American Dream™
From fjords, fairness, and functioning government… to whatever this is.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Trump called for "Good Immigrants, preferably from Europe," and this couple responded to his plea.
Read my Substack blog on the F.I.R.E. channel and subscribe, it's informative, occasionally funny, and "FREE".
financialfire.substack.com/p/the-great-...
Read my Substack blog on the F.I.R.E. channel and subscribe, it's informative, occasionally funny, and "FREE".
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The Fire Political Blog explores just how absurd the claim that Venezuela is providing Fentanyl to the USA is. Trump's murderous "Operation B.S." rolls on, ignoring the threat of War Crime judgment and public excoriation. View and SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE!
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📍The Venezuela Fentanyl Fantasy: A Crisis That Isn’t — and the Real Reason It’s Being Sold to You
How a thousand-mile geographic gap turned into a political storyline — and why it raises serious legal and ethical questions.
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December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Fire Political Blog explores just how absurd the claim that Venezuela is providing Fentanyl to the USA is. Trump's murderous "Operation B.S." rolls on, ignoring the threat of War Crime judgment and public excoriation. View and SUBSCRIBE, it's FREE!
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What if the Confederacy had won the Civil War. What would America have become? It's not pretty!
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2025 America — And the America That Almost Was
If the Confederacy Had Won, the Modern United States Wouldn’t Exist
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December 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
What if the Confederacy had won the Civil War. What would America have become? It's not pretty!
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How does the Trump Administration stack up -v- the Obama Administration on communication, transparency, and clarity?
Read and subscribe to my Substack "Fire" blog; it's free, and I make a sincere attempt to keep it balanced.
substack.com/@politicalfi...
Read and subscribe to my Substack "Fire" blog; it's free, and I make a sincere attempt to keep it balanced.
substack.com/@politicalfi...
🎙️ Trump 2.0 vs. Obama: When “Most Transparent Ever” Meets Reality
Your Country, Your Move.
substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
How does the Trump Administration stack up -v- the Obama Administration on communication, transparency, and clarity?
Read and subscribe to my Substack "Fire" blog; it's free, and I make a sincere attempt to keep it balanced.
substack.com/@politicalfi...
Read and subscribe to my Substack "Fire" blog; it's free, and I make a sincere attempt to keep it balanced.
substack.com/@politicalfi...
After 5 years of Trump as President, the phrase "Make America Great Again" has finally found relevance. After his smoke clears, if it ever does, it will take all the "King's" Horses and all the "King's " Men (not the King, but the leader, you know)... to make us great (again)... Deep Sigh!
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
After 5 years of Trump as President, the phrase "Make America Great Again" has finally found relevance. After his smoke clears, if it ever does, it will take all the "King's" Horses and all the "King's " Men (not the King, but the leader, you know)... to make us great (again)... Deep Sigh!
Why is America in this mess? Read my blog post and find out!
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The Road to Ruin: Why the GOP Keeps Enabling Trump — and What It Really Means for Our Democracy
Your Country... Your Move!
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December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Why is America in this mess? Read my blog post and find out!
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It’s honestly pathetic that we’re still letting swarms of fake X accounts from Russia pump MAGA propaganda into our feeds like it’s normal weather. This isn’t “free speech” — it’s foreign influence ops using our own platforms to rot the country from the inside out. America deserves better.
a man wearing headphones sits at a desk with several monitors and a sign that says " exit "
ALT: a man wearing headphones sits at a desk with several monitors and a sign that says " exit "
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December 2, 2025 at 1:51 AM
It’s honestly pathetic that we’re still letting swarms of fake X accounts from Russia pump MAGA propaganda into our feeds like it’s normal weather. This isn’t “free speech” — it’s foreign influence ops using our own platforms to rot the country from the inside out. America deserves better.
Nope, not wondering. It's all Trump hires. We are use to it by now. He thinks attractive, as it were, equals competent. Stupid people, like Trump, are to stupid to realize they're stupid.
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Nope, not wondering. It's all Trump hires. We are use to it by now. He thinks attractive, as it were, equals competent. Stupid people, like Trump, are to stupid to realize they're stupid.
You can't look much worse than this dismal toad looks today and still be alive. That's a good Monday morning thing!
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
You can't look much worse than this dismal toad looks today and still be alive. That's a good Monday morning thing!
If you add red MAGA hats to everyone in the movie IDIOCRACY, you have the Trump Administration.
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If you add red MAGA hats to everyone in the movie IDIOCRACY, you have the Trump Administration.
Each day, with every word, Trump demonstrates the same hatred, dehumanization of women, and recklessness that he is accused of in the Epstein files. A rich, immoral, uncaring, narcissistic, reckless, self-proclaimed Playboy, in the 90s, who objectifies women? He would have paid to be included!
November 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Each day, with every word, Trump demonstrates the same hatred, dehumanization of women, and recklessness that he is accused of in the Epstein files. A rich, immoral, uncaring, narcissistic, reckless, self-proclaimed Playboy, in the 90s, who objectifies women? He would have paid to be included!
Reposted by Mike Downing
Over the last year, you could have given into anger and despair.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Over the last year, you could have given into anger and despair.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.
We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.
Reposted by Mike Downing
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
JD is going to regret this when the Orange Man looks in the mirror...
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
JD is going to regret this when the Orange Man looks in the mirror...
Hell, it just seemed right!
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Hell, it just seemed right!
Reposted by Mike Downing
This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro must begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for plotting an attempted coup, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has ruled. https://cnn.it/4p1dgDV
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is exactly what you do
With presidents who coup
With presidents who coup
Trump solves (potentially) another global problem that he created.... YIPEE! Good on him and his lying minions.
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Trump solves (potentially) another global problem that he created.... YIPEE! Good on him and his lying minions.
As Thanksgiving approaches, I wonder if the Native Americans watching the Mayflower arrive regret not burning the ships and setting up the 1st Anti-Immigrant policy in North America? Had MAGA been in charge, there would be no Thanksgiving celebration here today, for sure.
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
As Thanksgiving approaches, I wonder if the Native Americans watching the Mayflower arrive regret not burning the ships and setting up the 1st Anti-Immigrant policy in North America? Had MAGA been in charge, there would be no Thanksgiving celebration here today, for sure.
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This sounds a LOT like aiding and abetting criminals. A LOT!
November 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This sounds a LOT like aiding and abetting criminals. A LOT!
Les Parnas: A revelation that major right-wing Twitter "X" accounts pushing MAGA messaging have been operating as foreign actors has emerged. Their narratives have influenced American discourse and directly impacted our elections.
Not a Russian ASS-ET, my ASS-ET!
Not a Russian ASS-ET, my ASS-ET!
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Les Parnas: A revelation that major right-wing Twitter "X" accounts pushing MAGA messaging have been operating as foreign actors has emerged. Their narratives have influenced American discourse and directly impacted our elections.
Not a Russian ASS-ET, my ASS-ET!
Not a Russian ASS-ET, my ASS-ET!