T. Michael Phelan
thephelan.bsky.social
T. Michael Phelan
@thephelan.bsky.social
the T stands for "The"
Bullying works.
April 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
the Senator from Idaho blocked Social Security Expansion from getting a vote?
What a piece of crap-o
WATCH: @sanders.senate.gov calls for the Senate to vote on his Social Security Expansion Act, which is overwhelmingly popular with Democratic, Republican, and independent voters.

Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID) blocks it from getting a vote.

What are Republicans afraid of?
February 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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lord knows I try
Our about-to-be next FBI director just called journalism “the most powerful enemy the US has ever seen.”
February 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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BREAKING — I've confirmed the DOGE staffers at SSA. They are Marko Elez (who was previously fired for racist posts and then reinstated), Ethan Shaotran, Nikhil Rajpal, and Gautier Cole-Killian.

This is per Social Security Works, a non-profit working to protect/expand Social Security.
February 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Trying to get information about applying to Social Security? Your wait times are about to get longer.
New — Social Security Administration (SSA) probationary employees were told today that they have eight hours to agree to be reassigned to a field office, tele-service center or payment center and waive all rights to appeal reassignment, or they will be fired, agency source tells me.
February 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I don’t think Americans voted to wait in longer lines to get on a plane that crashes news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
TSA Cuts Hundreds of Jobs as Trump Moves Rile Federal Workforce
The Transportation Security Administration eliminated more than 200 jobs as President Donald Trump moves to slash the size of the federal workforce.
news.bgov.com
February 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is why it's a bad idea for people to think they can kiss up to Trump and outsmart him to get what they want.

Trump isn't going to change, but he's going to make you shovel his shit.

This is the most anti-union thing I can remember seeing from a union leader.
February 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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All those pundits who said Trump was too lazy to be a dictator really underestimated the possibility of a lazy man delegating all the dictator shit to a megalomaniac who does a lot of cocaine
February 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I don't see how increasing the number of plane crashes is going to bring down the price of eggs.
February 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
It brings me no pleasure to report an error in today's @slate.bsky.social crossword. Jaylen Brown was a Finals MVP, not an NBA MVP!!!!!
January 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
RIP to a real one, who didn't just change cinema and television forever.

He is the true GOAT of website "under construction" pages.
January 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I wish the last few Democratic presidents were at least as contemptuous of Trump and George W. Bush as Shaq and Charles Barkley are of current NBA players.
January 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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No, the framing is, "this is colonial adventurism. We just ended two decades-long wars. We don't need to start wars with allies."

Enough of this "well we can make a deal with Trump to get something we want." Stop that. It's not only a fool's errand, you're making common cause with mad king demands.
He got the framing right, all these discussions need to begin with statehood for DC, PR, VI and etc
January 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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seen on the picket line in chicago...... 😳😳💖💖💖
December 22, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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December 22, 2024 at 7:05 PM
WSJ is so sad.

Amazon workers aren't trying to steal Christmas, greedy bosses who have spent 2 years illegally pretending that Amazon Labor Union didn't win an election are trying to steal Christmas.
December 22, 2024 at 8:37 PM
is it time to start posting?
December 22, 2024 at 8:07 PM