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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 5h

Aaron Boone hopes to be classier than <strike>Dodgers</strike> Jays if Yankees win <strike>WS</strike> ALDS

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 5h

Cubs fans got so mad about a playoff loss they pelted one of their own with garbage and he needed police protection at his house

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 6h

2027: In Miranda v US, SCOTUS overturns Miranda v Arizona

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 6h

You’re getting a helping hand without realizing it

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 6h

Smart to get next year’s in now before his premiums get hiked

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 18h

2029: Polls show deep partisan divide on whether ICE ever shot anyone with pepper balls vs it was a Dem hoax

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 19h

The argument for why it would push us over the edge is that the context would matter more than the subject matter. This is a significant political showdown. Bypassing the filibuster to resolve this would be very public in a greater way than one preliminary step in a reconciliation fight.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 1d

Within a month there will be at least two conservative law review articles arguing that “Appropriations made by Law” can include executive orders. SCOTUS will get around to deciding this after Trump leaves office.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 2d

This is where the value of Ohtani really makes an impact. Gives the Dodgers a path to bypass the bullpen. At the very least, reduces the number of innings the bullpen has to handle.

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 2d

Trump will have a plan in two weeks. Just ask him.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 2d

What about the one where he was Black Panther?

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 3d

It’s the judicial version of dying with Covid, not from it

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 3d

It’s not clear from the article how soon voters would start to feel this.

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 4d

Does Brady have any college eligibility remaining?

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 4d

Conservatives all having Build-A-Bears named Charlie Kirk is going to make it extra awkward when Build-A-Bear commits a culture war offense that typically calls for conservatives to make videos shooting the offending company’s products.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 4d

FBI agent declines to perp walk one of their own.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 4d

Sewms fine tome

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 4d

Video killed the podcaster

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 5d

What does the writer think ”per se” is doing in this sentence?

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 5d

This football AI slop is out of control. Look at his body pass through multiple defenders.

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 5d

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 6d

it makes me incandescently furious that roberts invented the idea of banning coercive conditions on funding to kill medicaid expansion and refuses to do a single thing about the fact that the trump administration's entire deal is "coercive conditions on funding"

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 6d

Also hard to imagine Vance winning an election, primary or general, after betraying the MAGA god

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Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 6d

The key to a vibrant marketplace of ideas is a rule against belittling.

Mike Thompson @passwordismiket.bsky.social · 6d

GOP goes nuclear in Senate, changing rules to speed confirmation of Trump nominees after negotiations with Democrats collapse

Senate Republicans Whittle Away Filibuster Protections in Vote on California Clean Cars Rule

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