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Mike from Burke (now Cville)

@mikefrburkecville.bsky.social

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Refugee from the birdsite. Retired commercial real estate attorney. Giants and Yankees; UVA sports. Haverford College; UVA Law. Bourbon and craft beer. Commish of HMMRBL (fantasy baseball, founded 1985). Westie dad. Semi-repentant TK Little.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 56m

Welcome to Hell.

www.thedailybeast.com/lara-trump-o...

Lara Trump Offers Herself Up to Perform at MAGA Halftime Show

She did so despite admitting that she hadn’t been asked to perform.

www.thedailybeast.com

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1h

Precisely wrong.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Brooke Rollins: "Charlie Kirk is in a way the modern day Thomas Jefferson."

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1h

Take joy where you can, and that’s something to be joyous about!

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1h

Oh, she won’t be the last.

a man is walking down a dirt road in a field

Alt: a man is walking down a dirt road in a field

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 17h

I’d talk about that Argentina thing until my lips bled if I was a Democrat running for anything.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Jeffries: "It's perplexing to us that Rs refuse to spend a dime to protect the healthcare of the American people, but somehow the Trump admin found $40b to bail out a right-wing wannabe dictator in Argentina in ways that are also going to continue to hurt our soybean farmers in Iowa & the Midwest"

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 17h

He couldn’t explain AI if it bit him on his enormous ass.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Trump: "We're dominating China. We're dominating with AI, which seems to be the new big thing. That's the new internet, that's the new whatever."

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 17h

AI just threw up.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 17h

It’s as if they keep showing us who they are.

Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 19h

Holy shit. This is Angelo Elia, a legislative correspondent for Congressman Dave Taylor.

According to @rooster.info, during a Zoom meeting today, he had an American nazi flag displayed in the background.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 20h

I’m not slut-shaming her. I just think she’s a nitwit.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 20h

Eric flosses with bailing twine.

Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 22h

Eric Trump, in three different right-wing media interviews over the past week, accused Jack Smith of "planting" evidence obtained in the Aug. 2023 Mar-a-Lago raid.

Problem: Smith didn't become special counsel until three months after that search. www.mediamatters.org/eric-trump/e...

Eric Trump attacks Jack Smith for “planting” evidence during Mar-a-Lago search that predated Smith’s service as special counsel

www.mediamatters.org

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 23h

I don’t recall anything problematic, but good luck!

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 23h

It’s delicious when racist swine get unmasked.

Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 1d

It’s incredible that the VT State Senator wrapped up in this hasn’t resigned yet — every major GOP leader in the state has called for his resignation. Fixing democracy requires restoring shame to public life. And accountability. Lots of accountability. vtdigger.org/2025/10/14/v...

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 23h

Can I recommend - because I bought this last year for a sci-fi fan of roughly the same age - John Christopher’s Tripods trilogy? Or Lloyd Alexander’s Chronicles of Prydain?

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus, would she fuck right off already?

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

“Someday, we’ll find them,
Designer vaginas,
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.”

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

It’s as if these people are scum.

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

They are who you thought they are, racist shitposters: www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

Now, that’s goddamned hilarious.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Mike Johnson decries 'naked bicyclers' in Portland as 'most threatening thing I've seen'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) insisted that federal agents' abuse of force had not risen to the level of congressional investigations after a judge barred the Department of Homeland Security from using specific tactics against faith leaders and journalists.During a press conference on Tuesday, o...

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

a man with a beard and suspenders is sitting in the grass .

Alt: a man with a beard and suspenders is sitting in the grass .

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

I mean, you want him to cut down on the porn viewing?

a man wearing glasses and a suit says how dare you

Alt: a man wearing glasses and a suit says how dare you

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

But he’s raised it to a new level.

Or lowered it.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

Steve Zahn is one of the all-time underrated actors.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, Mike Johnson doesn’t watch the news or read the paper.

Apparently.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents?

MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet.

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Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 1d

As you’re trying to grant some grace to the graceless Bari Weiss, I have a question:

Does she strike you as a person who understands that she doesn’t know things? I don’t think so.

I used to work at a company whose owner/CEO demanded “what I’m doing” updates on an absurd level. It’s not good.

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 2d

“Concepts of a plan.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

REPORTER: Do you support repealing Obamacare and what's your healthcare plan?

MIKE JOHNSON: We worked on repealing and replacing Obamacare back in 2017. I still have PTSD from the experience. We know that American healthcare needs dramatic reform. We have lots of ideas.

(So, no plan)

Mike from Burke (now Cville) @mikefrburkecville.bsky.social · 2d

Jesus, Finebaum is a tool.