mikey52
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dad, grandpa, parents Canadian, retired 15+ yrs, UMich grad, very liberal, public schools 30 years, ice hockey 30 yrs, autocross 20 yrs, genealogy 30+ years/mainly Scottish....
[Sorry paywall]"To be honest, the president's reaction & the use of the FBI against us is exactly why we made the video. He believes in using the federal government against his perceived adversaries, & he's not afraid to use the arms of the government against people he disagrees with" Slotkin said.
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
[Sorry paywall]"To be honest, the president's reaction & the use of the FBI against us is exactly why we made the video. He believes in using the federal government against his perceived adversaries, & he's not afraid to use the arms of the government against people he disagrees with" Slotkin said.
Long, insightiful article. Kennedy is like a modern day traveling "medicine man" with a wagon from the 1800s, with a theatrical medicine show, a "doctor" or "professor" who sold patented elixirs, tonics, and salves.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Long, insightiful article. Kennedy is like a modern day traveling "medicine man" with a wagon from the 1800s, with a theatrical medicine show, a "doctor" or "professor" who sold patented elixirs, tonics, and salves.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
If you start watching you can't stop. Bargiel becomes the first person to climb Mount Everest and ski back down without supplementary oxygen. After nearly 16 hours climbing Bargiel clipped into his skis on the summit of the tallest mountain on earth and started his descent.
youtu.be/cjZvFY6__qw?...
youtu.be/cjZvFY6__qw?...
I Skied Down Mount Everest (world first, no oxygen)
YouTube video by Red Bull
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you start watching you can't stop. Bargiel becomes the first person to climb Mount Everest and ski back down without supplementary oxygen. After nearly 16 hours climbing Bargiel clipped into his skis on the summit of the tallest mountain on earth and started his descent.
youtu.be/cjZvFY6__qw?...
youtu.be/cjZvFY6__qw?...
What set this rally apart wasn’t just the great speaker lineup or the huge turnout, it was how thoroughly the mainstream media ignored the scene. www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
November 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
What set this rally apart wasn’t just the great speaker lineup or the huge turnout, it was how thoroughly the mainstream media ignored the scene. www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
Worth a quick peruse. Project 2025 is alive and well...
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
Supreme Court does not act on Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship – for now
The Supreme Court did not act on Monday on the challenges to President Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship – the guarantee of citizenship to […]
www.scotusblog.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Worth a quick peruse. Project 2025 is alive and well...
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...
Happened Saturday. Had to use duckkduckgo to find this page. The rally aimed to spotlight what they considered serious wrongdoing by the president. The demonstration came amid mounting criticism over rising prices and the ongoing fallout from the Epstein scandal.
news.meaww.com/thousands-ta...
news.meaww.com/thousands-ta...
Thousands take to DC streets for 'Remove the Regime' rally calling for Trump’s impeachment
'We will no longer tolerate inaction or delay from elected officials as Donald Trump commits actual treason,' the protest's website said
news.meaww.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Happened Saturday. Had to use duckkduckgo to find this page. The rally aimed to spotlight what they considered serious wrongdoing by the president. The demonstration came amid mounting criticism over rising prices and the ongoing fallout from the Epstein scandal.
news.meaww.com/thousands-ta...
news.meaww.com/thousands-ta...
“That turkey could have invested in Eric and Don Jr.’s crypto scams or given me a gold-plated 747, but it chose not to,” he said. “ I have done many great things for turkeys,” including “making the price of them go up forty percent.” www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-refu...
Trump Refuses to Pardon Turkey After it Fails to Bribe Him
"This turkey is a terrible person," Trump said.
www.borowitzreport.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“That turkey could have invested in Eric and Don Jr.’s crypto scams or given me a gold-plated 747, but it chose not to,” he said. “ I have done many great things for turkeys,” including “making the price of them go up forty percent.” www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-refu...
Seeing all of these MAGA accounts get exposed as foreign actors trying to destroy the United States is a complete vindication of Democrats who have been warning about this.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Many prominent Maga personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals
Users posing as rightwing Americans are operating internationally, per the platform’s transparency feature
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Seeing all of these MAGA accounts get exposed as foreign actors trying to destroy the United States is a complete vindication of Democrats who have been warning about this.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A Pittsburgh cathedral lauds the veterans who are now receiving MAGA death threats for citing Uniform Code of Military Justice rules.
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A Pittsburgh cathedral lauds the veterans who are now receiving MAGA death threats for citing Uniform Code of Military Justice rules.
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Top comment, "Had a great attitude, never called people names, was not rude to people, especially to reporters, loved his family, took criticism in stride, dressed great, was comical and could laugh at a joke."
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Top comment, "Had a great attitude, never called people names, was not rude to people, especially to reporters, loved his family, took criticism in stride, dressed great, was comical and could laugh at a joke."
Re: Kremlin/Trump peace plan:
The plan reads like gibberish; time to stop pretending this is a well-intentioned compromise.
Combined with Trump’s alignment with Kremlin interests, that failure is not accidental. The plan’s absurdity is the feature.
www.johnrraymond.greatlibrary.io/post/part-2-...
The plan reads like gibberish; time to stop pretending this is a well-intentioned compromise.
Combined with Trump’s alignment with Kremlin interests, that failure is not accidental. The plan’s absurdity is the feature.
www.johnrraymond.greatlibrary.io/post/part-2-...
Part 2: A Plan So Bonkers Even William Spaniel Can See It
The leaked 28-point peace proposal for the war between Ukraine and Russia—crafted in the name of a deal, but all too clearly serving Moscow—has triggered widespread alarm. What makes the reaction espe...
www.johnrraymond.greatlibrary.io
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Re: Kremlin/Trump peace plan:
The plan reads like gibberish; time to stop pretending this is a well-intentioned compromise.
Combined with Trump’s alignment with Kremlin interests, that failure is not accidental. The plan’s absurdity is the feature.
www.johnrraymond.greatlibrary.io/post/part-2-...
The plan reads like gibberish; time to stop pretending this is a well-intentioned compromise.
Combined with Trump’s alignment with Kremlin interests, that failure is not accidental. The plan’s absurdity is the feature.
www.johnrraymond.greatlibrary.io/post/part-2-...
Reposted by mikey52
Not all heroes wear capes.
Some take pictures.
Some take pictures.
photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Not all heroes wear capes.
Some take pictures.
Some take pictures.
Pete Souza, former White House photographer on Slotkin's et. al. military support statement...
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Pete Souza, former White House photographer on Slotkin's et. al. military support statement...
Some believed his idea, that women should be fetishized, sexualized, domesticized, not respected.. something people had to hide. What’s changed: trump emboldened others not pretend to respect women. The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
President Piggy
This is what consequence-free misogyny looks like.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Some believed his idea, that women should be fetishized, sexualized, domesticized, not respected.. something people had to hide. What’s changed: trump emboldened others not pretend to respect women. The fish rots from the head. The pig is in the Oval Office. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025...
Reposted by mikey52
"He knew the bonds of party must always yield to the single bond we share as Americans. For him, a choice between defense of the Constitution and defense of your political party was no choice at all."
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"He knew the bonds of party must always yield to the single bond we share as Americans. For him, a choice between defense of the Constitution and defense of your political party was no choice at all."
Karoline Leavitt deliberately changed the words “unlawful orders”, which Democratic senators used, to “lawful orders”, thereby entirely changing it to the opposite of the truth.
They should sue her for billions of $, just as Trump has sued media outlets.
They should sue her for billions of $, just as Trump has sued media outlets.
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Karoline Leavitt deliberately changed the words “unlawful orders”, which Democratic senators used, to “lawful orders”, thereby entirely changing it to the opposite of the truth.
They should sue her for billions of $, just as Trump has sued media outlets.
They should sue her for billions of $, just as Trump has sued media outlets.
DId your salary double or triple after COVID? Did McD's worker paychecks double or triple? Where did all these profits go?
November 20, 2025 at 10:27 PM
DId your salary double or triple after COVID? Did McD's worker paychecks double or triple? Where did all these profits go?
Definitely worth 30 minutes of you Thursday evening.
Stacy: in the South they've been dealing with crushing vote suppression tactics for decades. Voter suppression starts in the year before the election making it a challenge/even impossible to register to vote! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Stacy: in the South they've been dealing with crushing vote suppression tactics for decades. Voter suppression starts in the year before the election making it a challenge/even impossible to register to vote! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Live with Stacey Abrams and Joyce Vance
What you can be doing, right now!
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Definitely worth 30 minutes of you Thursday evening.
Stacy: in the South they've been dealing with crushing vote suppression tactics for decades. Voter suppression starts in the year before the election making it a challenge/even impossible to register to vote! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Stacy: in the South they've been dealing with crushing vote suppression tactics for decades. Voter suppression starts in the year before the election making it a challenge/even impossible to register to vote! open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...