Michael Burgess
@mjburgess.bsky.social
former Director New York State Office for Aging, author, Franklin and Eleanor in New York, A Long Shot to Glory: How Lake Placid Saved the Winter Olympics, Keeper of the Olympic Flame: Jack Shea vs the Nazi Olympics
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I am quite sure that the Trumpsters who tried to overthrow the government on January 6 we're asked to stop. The police officers did not shoot them in the head.
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 AM
I am quite sure that the Trumpsters who tried to overthrow the government on January 6 we're asked to stop. The police officers did not shoot them in the head.
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"Peace President." [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
January 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"Peace President." [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
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James Talarico: “The biggest divide in this country is not left vs right, it’s top vs bottom — this new war is just the latest example of how billionaires run this country, run this economy, run this goverment, & now run our foreign policy”
January 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
James Talarico: “The biggest divide in this country is not left vs right, it’s top vs bottom — this new war is just the latest example of how billionaires run this country, run this economy, run this goverment, & now run our foreign policy”
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
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Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
October 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Amazon just announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.
Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.
This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.
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"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."
www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...
www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...
Faith leaders blocked from sharing Communion with detainees at Broadview ICE center
A large group of Chicago area Catholics marched to the ICE detention center in Broadview Saturday, hoping to share Communion with detainees.
www.fox32chicago.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns and lay people led a march from a Catholic church in Maywood to the ICE detention center in Broadview..."
www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...
www.fox32chicago.com/news/faith-l...
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Presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity.
Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.
Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.
But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents.
The legacy of the Roberts court.
Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.
Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.
But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents.
The legacy of the Roberts court.
October 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Presidents? SCOTUS gives them immunity.
Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.
Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.
But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents.
The legacy of the Roberts court.
Corporations? SCOTUS makes it easier for them to pollute.
Billionaires? SCOTUS says they can buy elections.
But if you look Latino, speak Spanish, or work at a low wage job, SCOTUS says you can be abducted by masked agents.
The legacy of the Roberts court.
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History repeats.
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
History repeats.
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
Dems need to file impeachment resolution to make it clear that when they take the House Trump will face impeachment for vindictive indictment
Dems need to file impeachment resolution to make it clear that when they take the House Trump will face impeachment for vindictive indictment
September 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Dems need to file impeachment resolution to make it clear that when they take the House Trump will face impeachment for vindictive indictment
Dems need to file impeachment resolution to make it clear that when they take the House Trump will face impeachment for vindictive indictment
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It’s MAGA that is seceding, not us.
They are seceding from
- the modern world of science and fact
- from the global order America imagined and built after WWII
- from the West
- from our democracy, rule of law and Constitutional order
We are staying true to America. They are betraying it.
They are seceding from
- the modern world of science and fact
- from the global order America imagined and built after WWII
- from the West
- from our democracy, rule of law and Constitutional order
We are staying true to America. They are betraying it.
September 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It’s MAGA that is seceding, not us.
They are seceding from
- the modern world of science and fact
- from the global order America imagined and built after WWII
- from the West
- from our democracy, rule of law and Constitutional order
We are staying true to America. They are betraying it.
They are seceding from
- the modern world of science and fact
- from the global order America imagined and built after WWII
- from the West
- from our democracy, rule of law and Constitutional order
We are staying true to America. They are betraying it.
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Previous generations fought fascism in nearly every corner of the earth. Today it’s on our streets, silencing opposition and attempting to control the airwaves.
The GOP has declared all out war on free speech. It’s up to us to fight for it.
The GOP has declared all out war on free speech. It’s up to us to fight for it.
September 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Previous generations fought fascism in nearly every corner of the earth. Today it’s on our streets, silencing opposition and attempting to control the airwaves.
The GOP has declared all out war on free speech. It’s up to us to fight for it.
The GOP has declared all out war on free speech. It’s up to us to fight for it.
These are my grandparents and great grandparents As a child I knew them except my great grandfather. They all came from southern Italy. They had little but they made my life so much better Italians were viewed by some in that era as criminals and genetically inferior. They were wrong
September 1, 2025 at 12:06 AM
These are my grandparents and great grandparents As a child I knew them except my great grandfather. They all came from southern Italy. They had little but they made my life so much better Italians were viewed by some in that era as criminals and genetically inferior. They were wrong
"Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted in different scales. Better the occasional faults of a Gov't that lives in a spirit of charity than the constant omission of a Gov't frozen in the ice of its own indifference." President FDR
August 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted in different scales. Better the occasional faults of a Gov't that lives in a spirit of charity than the constant omission of a Gov't frozen in the ice of its own indifference." President FDR
Looks like Trump is soft on slavery and thinks Lincoln was "woke" when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation
August 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Looks like Trump is soft on slavery and thinks Lincoln was "woke" when he signed the Emancipation Proclamation
@maddow.msnbc.com Putin invaded and slaughtered innocent civilians same as Hitler, I don’t recall FDR meeting Hitler and then telling Churchill to make a deal
August 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
@maddow.msnbc.com Putin invaded and slaughtered innocent civilians same as Hitler, I don’t recall FDR meeting Hitler and then telling Churchill to make a deal
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com Putin invaded and slaughtered innocent civilians same as Hitler, I don’t recall FDR meeting Hitler and then telling Churchill to make a deal
August 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com Putin invaded and slaughtered innocent civilians same as Hitler, I don’t recall FDR meeting Hitler and then telling Churchill to make a deal
I would rather be called woke than cruel
August 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I would rather be called woke than cruel
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The test of a successful president has nothing to do with how much he gets done in 100 days or how much power he accumulates.
The real test is how much better off are the people, and how much stronger is our democracy.
By these measures, the second term of Trump is a travesty.
The real test is how much better off are the people, and how much stronger is our democracy.
By these measures, the second term of Trump is a travesty.
April 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The test of a successful president has nothing to do with how much he gets done in 100 days or how much power he accumulates.
The real test is how much better off are the people, and how much stronger is our democracy.
By these measures, the second term of Trump is a travesty.
The real test is how much better off are the people, and how much stronger is our democracy.
By these measures, the second term of Trump is a travesty.
Interesting that Trump is attacking universities and threatening their funding for not combatting anti-Semitism ideology yet he is the prime proponent of an anti-immigrant ideology that dehumanizes people who are from other countries
April 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Interesting that Trump is attacking universities and threatening their funding for not combatting anti-Semitism ideology yet he is the prime proponent of an anti-immigrant ideology that dehumanizes people who are from other countries
@maddow.msnbc.com RFK Jr eliminates administration for Community Living, independent federal agency for aging services by counties overseeing meals, transportation , caregivers
March 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
@maddow.msnbc.com RFK Jr eliminates administration for Community Living, independent federal agency for aging services by counties overseeing meals, transportation , caregivers