Mitch Flax 🥑
@mitchcalculated.bsky.social
I like literacy, numeracy, computing, empanadas, and liveable cities. I founded a public charter middle school in Queens.
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“well, my neighbor got thrown in a gulag, my kid has measles and the ps6 costs as much as a ford bronco, but i just can’t get past dems refusing to say joe biden was old in 2025” - a voter who definitely exists
May 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
“well, my neighbor got thrown in a gulag, my kid has measles and the ps6 costs as much as a ford bronco, but i just can’t get past dems refusing to say joe biden was old in 2025” - a voter who definitely exists
Please please please a journalist has to ask the press secretary this question
Ok
Here’s the question
Is trump paying the $40 million tariff on the plane?
Here’s the question
Is trump paying the $40 million tariff on the plane?
May 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Please please please a journalist has to ask the press secretary this question
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It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
May 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.
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Has anyone asked the Department of Homeland Security why the agents it hires for ICE, HSI, etc. are so cowardly, weak and out-of-shape that a) they won't even show their faces in public and b) they need to pretend they were "assaulted" by two woman members of Congress, one of whom is 80 years old?
May 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Has anyone asked the Department of Homeland Security why the agents it hires for ICE, HSI, etc. are so cowardly, weak and out-of-shape that a) they won't even show their faces in public and b) they need to pretend they were "assaulted" by two woman members of Congress, one of whom is 80 years old?
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
I really, really need to stop arguing with strangers on the internet.
May 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I really, really need to stop arguing with strangers on the internet.
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NYPD Tickets Dead Cyclist For Obstructing Bike Lane
May 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
NYPD Tickets Dead Cyclist For Obstructing Bike Lane
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"[Road violence is] literally happening in every single one of our districts and it’s about trying to make sure that we do right by our constituents," said Council Member Yusef Salaam.
Council Member Yusef Salaam Throws Support Behind Albany Push To Rein In Speeding Drivers - Streetsblog New York City
Council Member Yusef Salaam is using his lived experience to move towards the ultimate North Star of street safety: holding repeatedly reckless drivers accountable.
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April 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"[Road violence is] literally happening in every single one of our districts and it’s about trying to make sure that we do right by our constituents," said Council Member Yusef Salaam.
I am begging Democrats from @schumer.senate.gov on down to take their cues from communication like this. It’s direct, it’s honest, and it pulls no punches. Americans want politicians who talk like human beings, not poll-tested robots. Rep. Crockett is nailing that.
100 days of Trump 2.0 and what do we have? Mass deportations, pardons for insurrectionists, federal purges, economic whiplash, and tariffs choking families.
This ain’t leadership—it’s vengeance in a suit. He’s not rebuilding America, he’s gutting it.
This ain’t leadership—it’s vengeance in a suit. He’s not rebuilding America, he’s gutting it.
April 30, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I am begging Democrats from @schumer.senate.gov on down to take their cues from communication like this. It’s direct, it’s honest, and it pulls no punches. Americans want politicians who talk like human beings, not poll-tested robots. Rep. Crockett is nailing that.
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100 days of Trump 2.0 and what do we have? Mass deportations, pardons for insurrectionists, federal purges, economic whiplash, and tariffs choking families.
This ain’t leadership—it’s vengeance in a suit. He’s not rebuilding America, he’s gutting it.
This ain’t leadership—it’s vengeance in a suit. He’s not rebuilding America, he’s gutting it.
April 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
100 days of Trump 2.0 and what do we have? Mass deportations, pardons for insurrectionists, federal purges, economic whiplash, and tariffs choking families.
This ain’t leadership—it’s vengeance in a suit. He’s not rebuilding America, he’s gutting it.
This ain’t leadership—it’s vengeance in a suit. He’s not rebuilding America, he’s gutting it.
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they know there's going to be an apocalypse for trucking jobs due to tariffs so they're trying to stem the political damage by making it so the layoffs disproportionately affect non-english speaking truckers
"We're gonna ensure that our truckers, who are the backbone of our policy, are all able to speak English" -- Leavitt says Trump will sign an order demanding that all truckers can speak English
April 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
they know there's going to be an apocalypse for trucking jobs due to tariffs so they're trying to stem the political damage by making it so the layoffs disproportionately affect non-english speaking truckers
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Pritzker invokes his own Jewish background in responding to Trump:
"Stop tearing down the Constitution in the name of my ancestors. Do not claim that your authoritarian power grabs are about anti-semitism. When you destroy social justice, you are disparaging the very foundation of Judaism."
"Stop tearing down the Constitution in the name of my ancestors. Do not claim that your authoritarian power grabs are about anti-semitism. When you destroy social justice, you are disparaging the very foundation of Judaism."
April 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Pritzker invokes his own Jewish background in responding to Trump:
"Stop tearing down the Constitution in the name of my ancestors. Do not claim that your authoritarian power grabs are about anti-semitism. When you destroy social justice, you are disparaging the very foundation of Judaism."
"Stop tearing down the Constitution in the name of my ancestors. Do not claim that your authoritarian power grabs are about anti-semitism. When you destroy social justice, you are disparaging the very foundation of Judaism."
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This is how 60-70% of American adults think about housing markets.
April 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is how 60-70% of American adults think about housing markets.
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Can check off heckling Cuomo from my bucket list.
"I was Gov for 11 years"
"You resigned in disgrace!"
"I was Gov for 11 years"
"You resigned in disgrace!"
April 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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This is deranged. Jan. 6 defendants were repped by one of the best public defender offices in the U.S. They were more likely to be released pretrial & got comparatively light sentences. SCOTUS threw out a bunch of convictions, which almost never happens. They got gold-plated due process!
April 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This is deranged. Jan. 6 defendants were repped by one of the best public defender offices in the U.S. They were more likely to be released pretrial & got comparatively light sentences. SCOTUS threw out a bunch of convictions, which almost never happens. They got gold-plated due process!
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For the record, Council Member Chris Banks just said the words that "we all want safety, but parking is more important."
April 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
For the record, Council Member Chris Banks just said the words that "we all want safety, but parking is more important."
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Didn’t Ben Franklin say that those willing to trade safety for parking deserve neither safety nor parking?
April 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Didn’t Ben Franklin say that those willing to trade safety for parking deserve neither safety nor parking?
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NYT actually published this sentence, which asks us to take baseless moral panic bullshit seriously as a reasonable position.
Supporters of the Holocaust considered Jews to be subhuman saboteurs of German society, too. So fucking what??
Supporters of the Holocaust considered Jews to be subhuman saboteurs of German society, too. So fucking what??
April 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NYT actually published this sentence, which asks us to take baseless moral panic bullshit seriously as a reasonable position.
Supporters of the Holocaust considered Jews to be subhuman saboteurs of German society, too. So fucking what??
Supporters of the Holocaust considered Jews to be subhuman saboteurs of German society, too. So fucking what??
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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Legit the best thing any Dem has done to date in response to Trump and it happened because he cared more about serving his constituents than public polling about immigration.
I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
April 18, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Legit the best thing any Dem has done to date in response to Trump and it happened because he cared more about serving his constituents than public polling about immigration.
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
April 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
The current American regime claims, via a variety of changing stories and statements, that this guy they kidnapped is a dangerous gang member who committed crimes. That they refuse to show any evidence of, to the public or to a judge. In America. In 2025. After originally admitting it was a mistake.
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The current American regime claims, via a variety of changing stories and statements, that this guy they kidnapped is a dangerous gang member who committed crimes. That they refuse to show any evidence of, to the public or to a judge. In America. In 2025. After originally admitting it was a mistake.
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We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We've seen videos like this before, but usually when you see a tearful wife pleading with the kidnappers who have taken her husband, she's not talking to the U.S. president