Mike Stewart
@mikestewart.bsky.social
Proud to live in world’s leading democracy. Proud Democrat. Proud of Republicans who’ve stood up to election deniers.
The Supreme Court, as the embodiment of rule of law, should be especially protective of transparency required for democracy; massive decisions w/o explanation are what we expect from China, Iran.
The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations for Its Big Decisions www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations for Its Big Decisions www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
Opinion | The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations for Its Big Decisions
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August 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The Supreme Court, as the embodiment of rule of law, should be especially protective of transparency required for democracy; massive decisions w/o explanation are what we expect from China, Iran.
The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations for Its Big Decisions www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
The Supreme Court Owes the Country Explanations for Its Big Decisions www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
Nearly Half of America’s Murderers Get Away With It www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u.... Important article. The failure to meaningfully investigate murders - often of the young - is a national scandal.
Nearly Half of America’s Murderers Get Away With It
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July 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Nearly Half of America’s Murderers Get Away With It www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/u.... Important article. The failure to meaningfully investigate murders - often of the young - is a national scandal.
Cassidy, in Break With Kennedy, Calls for Vaccine Meeting Delay www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
We live in an age when it is necessary to mention that a Senator is a “strong supporter of vaccines.”
We live in an age when it is necessary to mention that a Senator is a “strong supporter of vaccines.”
Cassidy, in Break With Kennedy, Calls for Vaccine Meeting Delay
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June 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Cassidy, in Break With Kennedy, Calls for Vaccine Meeting Delay www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
We live in an age when it is necessary to mention that a Senator is a “strong supporter of vaccines.”
We live in an age when it is necessary to mention that a Senator is a “strong supporter of vaccines.”
A Progressive Future Depends on National Identity www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...
Opinion | A Progressive Future Depends on National Identity
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June 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
A Progressive Future Depends on National Identity www.nytimes.com/2025/06/19/o...
Trump just paused ICE raids on farms and businesses. Because his donors are hurt by them. People should not mistake televised cruelty toward individual immigrants for a coherent immigration policy.
June 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Trump just paused ICE raids on farms and businesses. Because his donors are hurt by them. People should not mistake televised cruelty toward individual immigrants for a coherent immigration policy.
No apology for using force against a U.S. Senator? Not just all Senior Trump officials, but all members of Congress who are silent are complicit.
June 13, 2025 at 8:31 AM
No apology for using force against a U.S. Senator? Not just all Senior Trump officials, but all members of Congress who are silent are complicit.
Reposted by Mike Stewart
NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“
June 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“
Elizabeth Warren: Trump Is Right About This One Thing www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/o...
Warren is great. But completely wrong here. Debt has been the essential fuel of the GOP machine since Reagan. Trump wants to get rid of debt limit because it restricts his fiscal recklessness.
Warren is great. But completely wrong here. Debt has been the essential fuel of the GOP machine since Reagan. Trump wants to get rid of debt limit because it restricts his fiscal recklessness.
Opinion | Elizabeth Warren: Trump Is Right About This One Thing
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June 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Elizabeth Warren: Trump Is Right About This One Thing www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/o...
Warren is great. But completely wrong here. Debt has been the essential fuel of the GOP machine since Reagan. Trump wants to get rid of debt limit because it restricts his fiscal recklessness.
Warren is great. But completely wrong here. Debt has been the essential fuel of the GOP machine since Reagan. Trump wants to get rid of debt limit because it restricts his fiscal recklessness.
Misguided “liberals” like @pkrugman.bsky.social and Modern Monetary Theory charlatans have done their part to normalize the massive deficits that are the essential fuel of the Republican machine and should get the partial credit they deserve for the current Trump fiasco.
May 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Misguided “liberals” like @pkrugman.bsky.social and Modern Monetary Theory charlatans have done their part to normalize the massive deficits that are the essential fuel of the Republican machine and should get the partial credit they deserve for the current Trump fiasco.
The big beneficiary of our no-deficit-too-large political culture is President and Demagogue-in-Chief Trump. Real budgets require real governing. Freed from such restraints, he can promise anything. If Social Security is bankrupted, that’s some future President’s problem.
May 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The big beneficiary of our no-deficit-too-large political culture is President and Demagogue-in-Chief Trump. Real budgets require real governing. Freed from such restraints, he can promise anything. If Social Security is bankrupted, that’s some future President’s problem.
So the House Republicans have completed their performative posturing about deficits and have now decided to … jack up the federal debt and give the borrowed money to their richest supporters. Did any serious person think the outcome would be different?
May 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
So the House Republicans have completed their performative posturing about deficits and have now decided to … jack up the federal debt and give the borrowed money to their richest supporters. Did any serious person think the outcome would be different?
Apparently at her Town Hall where citizens were taxed, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was suggesting that Doge cuts are tied to deficit reduction. She just voted to jack up the debt by trillions in unfunded tax cuts. Such hypocrisy, though routine, is at the center of our failed politics.
April 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Apparently at her Town Hall where citizens were taxed, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was suggesting that Doge cuts are tied to deficit reduction. She just voted to jack up the debt by trillions in unfunded tax cuts. Such hypocrisy, though routine, is at the center of our failed politics.
“We have got to do something to put this country on a more sustainable path.” When R Sen. Thune says that while working to pass multi-trillion tax cut for rich, does he think “I am a gigantic liar and hypocrite?” What does he think, exactly?
April 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“We have got to do something to put this country on a more sustainable path.” When R Sen. Thune says that while working to pass multi-trillion tax cut for rich, does he think “I am a gigantic liar and hypocrite?” What does he think, exactly?
What’s missing from budget debate is the fact that theTrump tax cuts, which overwhelmingly pay out to the already rich, have since 2017 all been funded with deficits. Republicans continue to use debt as an end run around Congress’s responsibility to set budget priorities.
April 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
What’s missing from budget debate is the fact that theTrump tax cuts, which overwhelmingly pay out to the already rich, have since 2017 all been funded with deficits. Republicans continue to use debt as an end run around Congress’s responsibility to set budget priorities.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social once again kept Dems united against Repub plan to drain the Treasury to hand out unfunded tax cuts to Top 1% while undermining Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. That’s good Dem leadership.
April 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social once again kept Dems united against Repub plan to drain the Treasury to hand out unfunded tax cuts to Top 1% while undermining Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. That’s good Dem leadership.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a moderate Republican, slammed President Trump’s decision to fire the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and his top deputy…
NSA director fired on advice of nut. In normal times this alone would render a President unfit for office.
NSA director fired on advice of nut. In normal times this alone would render a President unfit for office.
April 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a moderate Republican, slammed President Trump’s decision to fire the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and his top deputy…
NSA director fired on advice of nut. In normal times this alone would render a President unfit for office.
NSA director fired on advice of nut. In normal times this alone would render a President unfit for office.
From yesterday’s Hands Off protest:
April 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
From yesterday’s Hands Off protest:
Well done!
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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April 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Well done!
Awesome smackdown.
April 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Awesome smackdown.
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A gift article (Musk can eat dirt)
Wisconsin Spring Election Results https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/01/us/elections/results-wisconsin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k4.H5xG.vHjUpPVfhYkg&smid=nytcore-android-share
Wisconsin Spring Election Results https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/01/us/elections/results-wisconsin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k4.H5xG.vHjUpPVfhYkg&smid=nytcore-android-share
Wisconsin Spring Election Results 2025 - The New York Times
Get live results and maps from the 2025 Wisconsin spring elections.
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April 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A gift article (Musk can eat dirt)
Wisconsin Spring Election Results https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/01/us/elections/results-wisconsin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k4.H5xG.vHjUpPVfhYkg&smid=nytcore-android-share
Wisconsin Spring Election Results https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/04/01/us/elections/results-wisconsin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k4.H5xG.vHjUpPVfhYkg&smid=nytcore-android-share
Network effects of protest
10x the participants have 100x the effect
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March 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM