Mike
@powerlinepunk.bsky.social
Foodie, Spurs basketball fan, politics(non-MAGA), punk rock and music enthusiast, animal lover, anti-fascist.
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Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”
Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.
Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.
October 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Trump in 2017: “Qatar has been a funder of terrorism at a very high level.”
Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.
Trump administration in 2025: We are building a Qatari Air Force facility in the United States.
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As @bobcesca.bsky.social has been warning, stare decisis means nothing to this activist court.
As @bobcesca.bsky.social has been warning, stare decisis means nothing to this activist court.
Clarence Thomas Says the Supreme Court Is Coming for More Precedents
The Supreme Court associate justice said that past rulings aren’t “gospel.”
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September 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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As @bobcesca.bsky.social has been warning, stare decisis means nothing to this activist court.
As @bobcesca.bsky.social has been warning, stare decisis means nothing to this activist court.
I dunno, at this point I’d rather they just say nothing than putting out another useless “strongly worded letter”.
House Democratic Leadership Statement on the Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.
September 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I dunno, at this point I’d rather they just say nothing than putting out another useless “strongly worded letter”.
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Gin Blossoms got this H-E-B turnt, as the kids say.
September 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Gin Blossoms got this H-E-B turnt, as the kids say.
When will actual leadership and opposition show up? After all the decorum and civility attempts dry up?
August 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
When will actual leadership and opposition show up? After all the decorum and civility attempts dry up?
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The Epstein list should be made public not because people want to know who is on it, but to give survivors justice. These women were abused, then exploited again as their trauma was used to fuel power and profit. They deserve truth, not silence, and accountability, not spectacle.
July 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The Epstein list should be made public not because people want to know who is on it, but to give survivors justice. These women were abused, then exploited again as their trauma was used to fuel power and profit. They deserve truth, not silence, and accountability, not spectacle.
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Pretty weird how everyone in America openly understands the sitting president is actively covering up his involvement in a massive pedophilia and human trafficking operation, but we're somehow talking about the "threat" posed by nine-year-old trans girls on soccer teams.
July 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Pretty weird how everyone in America openly understands the sitting president is actively covering up his involvement in a massive pedophilia and human trafficking operation, but we're somehow talking about the "threat" posed by nine-year-old trans girls on soccer teams.
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The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
July 9, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” has cast very different shadows depending on which party holds the White House.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders in 77% of cases.
For the Biden administration, that number was 0%.
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The thing to understand is that district court judges have to follow the law and Supreme Court Justices get to just make up the law.
July 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The thing to understand is that district court judges have to follow the law and Supreme Court Justices get to just make up the law.
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"I'm building great showers in my concentration camp."
Sure. That works.
Sure. That works.
Ron DeSantis on his new camp for migrants: "We've got showers. There you see the shower and bath facilities."
June 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"I'm building great showers in my concentration camp."
Sure. That works.
Sure. That works.
If you call yourself a Democrat and taxing the rich is a bridge too far for you, get the fuck out of the party. I’m so tired of this. We need real change.
Gov. Hochul says she’s not ready to back Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor yet — slamming his plan to tax the rich
Gov. Hochul says she’s not ready to back Zohran Mamdani for NYC mayor yet — slamming his plan to tax the rich
Gov. Kathy Hochul isn't ready to endorse socialist Zohran Mamdani's mayoral run yet, she said Thursday – as she slammed his plans to raise taxes on the rich.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you call yourself a Democrat and taxing the rich is a bridge too far for you, get the fuck out of the party. I’m so tired of this. We need real change.
Fear and anger have always been the cornerstones of the Republican Party. Years and years ago I used to read the Weekly World News for laughs, and they had a columnist called Ed Anger, who would just write about what liberal things pissed him off this week. It fuels them.
always have to remember the right will get hysterical over every issue of the day it does not matter about validity or truth it is all about feeding their constant outrage machine
June 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Fear and anger have always been the cornerstones of the Republican Party. Years and years ago I used to read the Weekly World News for laughs, and they had a columnist called Ed Anger, who would just write about what liberal things pissed him off this week. It fuels them.
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Mamdani should win but he's the latest example of the Democratic Party closing ranks to keep anyone young and exciting and full of energy out of the party - and then they spend countless millions on consultants trying to figure out why they're struggling with young voters
June 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Mamdani should win but he's the latest example of the Democratic Party closing ranks to keep anyone young and exciting and full of energy out of the party - and then they spend countless millions on consultants trying to figure out why they're struggling with young voters
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Correct.
I did an event in DC & there was a party for donors etc after. Was talking to 2 ppl & I said "Things are so bad." They said "No this is how it is. Things swing one way, then another. It's normal."
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
That's when I realized why Dems are toothless. They have no idea what this is. Frogs boiling in water.
June 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Correct.
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Israel is bombing Iran and we're on the verge of WWIII and none of this would be happening if Donald Trump was president
June 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Israel is bombing Iran and we're on the verge of WWIII and none of this would be happening if Donald Trump was president
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We are not your children or your servants.
You work for us.
You work for us.
Las Vegas police immediately arrest two livestreamers when one of them insults an officer after an anti-ICE protest ("honor your oath, bitch"). "You need to learn there's rules: don't run your mouth at me."
June 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We are not your children or your servants.
You work for us.
You work for us.
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A plurality of the country is regularly exposed to this drip feed & it is destroying the Republic
Mentions on this morning's Fox & Friends
Medicaid: 1
Biden: 39
Medicaid: 1
Biden: 39
June 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A plurality of the country is regularly exposed to this drip feed & it is destroying the Republic
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders was once politely asked to leave a restaurant and it generated 100x as much handwringing from the media as this will
Heavily armed paramilitary forces stormed a local San Diego restaurant today, deployed stun grenades against a crowd of onlookers, and kidnapped a handful of kitchen workers.
May 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Sarah Huckabee Sanders was once politely asked to leave a restaurant and it generated 100x as much handwringing from the media as this will
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Kind of thought refusing to release innocent people while simultaneously continuing to pardon guilty people might cause a bigger stir in the press.
May 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Kind of thought refusing to release innocent people while simultaneously continuing to pardon guilty people might cause a bigger stir in the press.
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Couldn't agree more. We wait, we lose. IT ALL. We waited wayyyy too long for Merrick. I have hope for Jeffries, but the jury's still out. He'll impress me, next day make me wonder
Schumer = clear. Not compromised, IMHO. Trapped in 90s cordiality. Weak. It ain't where we are
IT'S NEW LEADER TIME
Schumer = clear. Not compromised, IMHO. Trapped in 90s cordiality. Weak. It ain't where we are
IT'S NEW LEADER TIME
Let's not make the same mistake as we did with Merrick Garland, giving him the benefit of the doubt as he paved the way for Trump! Schumer is doing NOTHING. Compromised? Complicit? Weak? Afraid? Doesn't matter -- he needs to step aside as Leader
May 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Couldn't agree more. We wait, we lose. IT ALL. We waited wayyyy too long for Merrick. I have hope for Jeffries, but the jury's still out. He'll impress me, next day make me wonder
Schumer = clear. Not compromised, IMHO. Trapped in 90s cordiality. Weak. It ain't where we are
IT'S NEW LEADER TIME
Schumer = clear. Not compromised, IMHO. Trapped in 90s cordiality. Weak. It ain't where we are
IT'S NEW LEADER TIME
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The formal acceptance of the Qatari plane by the Trump administration will be largely forgotten within a week's time, if not sooner. Legacy media sees zero incentive in reporting on it beyond that time. If anything, we're more likely to see political reporters post pics of themselves on the plane.
May 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The formal acceptance of the Qatari plane by the Trump administration will be largely forgotten within a week's time, if not sooner. Legacy media sees zero incentive in reporting on it beyond that time. If anything, we're more likely to see political reporters post pics of themselves on the plane.
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May 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Temu AntiChrist strikes again. It’s like Omen 3 if it was written by the Farrelly Brothers.
May 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Temu AntiChrist strikes again. It’s like Omen 3 if it was written by the Farrelly Brothers.