Mike Metcalf
@gimmesumtruth.bsky.social
“First they fascinate the fools. Then they muzzle the intelligent.”
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Views are my own
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Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
It may take a while but it'll be worth it.
December 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It may take a while but it'll be worth it.
“Every sentence functions as psychic armor for a self-concept that cannot afford a single scratch. If ego were drywall, this message is an entire Home Depot’s worth of spackle.”
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We Asked AI Models to Analyze Trump’s Latest Bizarre Rant. Verdict: ‘Profound Narcissistic Vulnerability’
Three AI models analyzed Trump’s latest rant and reached the same conclusion: a blast of grandiosity, insecurity, and authoritarian paranoia.
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December 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“Every sentence functions as psychic armor for a self-concept that cannot afford a single scratch. If ego were drywall, this message is an entire Home Depot’s worth of spackle.”
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Inventing the label "narco-terrorist" is a clear indication of guilt.
Rand Paul: "This is an insane policy. It's inconsistent. It's not war. It's not the way we've ever done this. If we can blow up a boat in the ocean, what about when they get to Miami & put it in a truck? Can you shoot a grenade launcher at the truck? No! We arrest people b/c sometimes we're wrong."
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Inventing the label "narco-terrorist" is a clear indication of guilt.
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Reposted by Mike Metcalf
🚨Pam Bondi just ordered the FBI to compile a list of American "extremists" and to establish a bounty fund to reward tipsters, per DOJ memo leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🚨Pam Bondi just ordered the FBI to compile a list of American "extremists" and to establish a bounty fund to reward tipsters, per DOJ memo leaked to me: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
Inventing a label like “narcoterrorist” is already an admission of guilt.
The boat wasn’t headed to the U.S., which we would have learned with a little due process instead of murder. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Inventing a label like “narcoterrorist” is already an admission of guilt.
WHO and global data sets show that a large group of countries, including most of Europe, much of Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and an increasing number of African and Latin American countries, recommend a universal birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine.
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
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December 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
WHO and global data sets show that a large group of countries, including most of Europe, much of Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and an increasing number of African and Latin American countries, recommend a universal birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine.
New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights
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December 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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BREAKING: WELL, WELL, WELL! Newly unearthed footage shows Pete Hegseth saying EXACTLY what the six Democrats said in their video that prompted Trump and Hegseth to hysterically smear them as traitors!
You must refuse illegal orders.
You must refuse illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
BREAKING: WELL, WELL, WELL! Newly unearthed footage shows Pete Hegseth saying EXACTLY what the six Democrats said in their video that prompted Trump and Hegseth to hysterically smear them as traitors!
You must refuse illegal orders.
You must refuse illegal orders.
No amount of retribution will remove the stain of his crimes on J6.
Raging Trump Spirals Further as Push to Jail Enemies Backfires Badly
With Trump seething at Democrats even as his efforts to prosecute foes hit new setbacks, a sharp legal commentator explains why Trump’s revenge project is running aground—and why he’s at fault for all of it.
With Trump seething at Democrats even as his efforts to prosecute foes hit new setbacks, a sharp legal commentator explains why Trump’s revenge project is running aground—and why he’s at fault for all of it.
Raging Trump Spirals Further as Push to Jail Enemies Backfires Badly
With Trump seething at Dems even as his efforts to prosecute foes hit new setbacks, a sharp legal commentator explains why Trump’s revenge project is running aground—and why he’s at fault for all of i...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
No amount of retribution will remove the stain of his crimes on J6.
The Producer Price Index Final Demand bounced back in September, rising by 0.31% month-to-month (+3.8% annualized), after the drop in August (-1.6% annualized), seasonally adjusted, according to the delayed release by the BLS today
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wolfstreet.com/2025/11/25/p...
PPI Inflation Bounces Back | Wolf Street
wolfstreet.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Producer Price Index Final Demand bounced back in September, rising by 0.31% month-to-month (+3.8% annualized), after the drop in August (-1.6% annualized), seasonally adjusted, according to the delayed release by the BLS today
wolfstreet.com/2025/11/25/p...
wolfstreet.com/2025/11/25/p...
Jawohl
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Jawohl
The clock is running.
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The clock is running.
It takes real talent to be this incompetent all the time.
Court dismisses the indictment against former FBI Director James Comey on the grounds that Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed interim US Attorney.
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It takes real talent to be this incompetent all the time.
It appears that under a Trump Administration, advising someone to not commit a crime is a crime.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/24/m...
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Sen. Mark Kelly faces Pentagon investigation for making video on refusing 'unlawful orders'
The Defense Department suggested that the investigation of the Arizona Democrat Kelly stems from urging military members to refuse to follow unlawful orders.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
It appears that under a Trump Administration, advising someone to not commit a crime is a crime.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/24/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/24/m...