Jeff Burtka🇲🇽🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇺🇦
@jeffburtka.bsky.social
Writing. Running. Outdoors.
Anishinaabe & Wyandot Land (Metro Detroit)
Writer. Lawyer.
Used to blog about the State of Michigan (Lifelong Michigander blog).
I blame it on my elegance.
#detroit #michigan
https://jburtka.journoportfolio.com
Anishinaabe & Wyandot Land (Metro Detroit)
Writer. Lawyer.
Used to blog about the State of Michigan (Lifelong Michigander blog).
I blame it on my elegance.
#detroit #michigan
https://jburtka.journoportfolio.com
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Introduction: Writer/editor/lawyer in metro Detroit working in legal publishing. I’ve written freelance articles on sports, outdoors, environment, and more for various publications, including The Guardian and Outside. Runner and sometimes coach. Pro-democracy. Roots against nazis in movies and life.
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A day after it was reported Pete Hegseth ordered the murder of two men clinging to the wreckage of a boat that was already bombed by US forces
Trump threatened to blow up commercial airline flights into and out of Venezuela. This is what terrorists do
I repeat
We are being governed by psychopaths
Trump threatened to blow up commercial airline flights into and out of Venezuela. This is what terrorists do
I repeat
We are being governed by psychopaths
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A day after it was reported Pete Hegseth ordered the murder of two men clinging to the wreckage of a boat that was already bombed by US forces
Trump threatened to blow up commercial airline flights into and out of Venezuela. This is what terrorists do
I repeat
We are being governed by psychopaths
Trump threatened to blow up commercial airline flights into and out of Venezuela. This is what terrorists do
I repeat
We are being governed by psychopaths
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Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
The remigration/Western Civilization crowd is so damn boring and shallow.
I can't imagine wanting only one kind of person in your country and one culture that everyone must conform to.
It seems like a sad existence to not want to experience diversity of thought, art, culture, etc.
I can't imagine wanting only one kind of person in your country and one culture that everyone must conform to.
It seems like a sad existence to not want to experience diversity of thought, art, culture, etc.
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The remigration/Western Civilization crowd is so damn boring and shallow.
I can't imagine wanting only one kind of person in your country and one culture that everyone must conform to.
It seems like a sad existence to not want to experience diversity of thought, art, culture, etc.
I can't imagine wanting only one kind of person in your country and one culture that everyone must conform to.
It seems like a sad existence to not want to experience diversity of thought, art, culture, etc.
Justice is a myth in this country.
Until it's a reality, we're really far from being great.
And it's not going to become a reality if we keep letting billionaires call all the shots.
Until it's a reality, we're really far from being great.
And it's not going to become a reality if we keep letting billionaires call all the shots.
He scammed over 1,000 people, most of whom were not wealthy - veterans, farmers, teachers, nurses, small businesses owners. Some lost everything. But he’s a rich Republican, so Trump let him get away with it. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Justice is a myth in this country.
Until it's a reality, we're really far from being great.
And it's not going to become a reality if we keep letting billionaires call all the shots.
Until it's a reality, we're really far from being great.
And it's not going to become a reality if we keep letting billionaires call all the shots.
Seen at Gran Castor in Troy, MI.
Detroit area people (and our Ontario friends) of a certain age know.
Detroit area people (and our Ontario friends) of a certain age know.
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Seen at Gran Castor in Troy, MI.
Detroit area people (and our Ontario friends) of a certain age know.
Detroit area people (and our Ontario friends) of a certain age know.
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
This is terrifying.
Also, if you're in the media and covering Trump, the true shame is not being in their hall of shame.
Also, if you're in the media and covering Trump, the true shame is not being in their hall of shame.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This is terrifying.
Also, if you're in the media and covering Trump, the true shame is not being in their hall of shame.
Also, if you're in the media and covering Trump, the true shame is not being in their hall of shame.
A United States without MAGA would be much greater.
November 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A United States without MAGA would be much greater.
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our media is so obsessed with the five famous assholes who unapologetically fucked up instead of all the people who didn't
what about everyone who doesn't "need" a second chance because they didn't expose themselves or assault anyone or move a former student into their house right after graduation?
what about everyone who doesn't "need" a second chance because they didn't expose themselves or assault anyone or move a former student into their house right after graduation?
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
our media is so obsessed with the five famous assholes who unapologetically fucked up instead of all the people who didn't
what about everyone who doesn't "need" a second chance because they didn't expose themselves or assault anyone or move a former student into their house right after graduation?
what about everyone who doesn't "need" a second chance because they didn't expose themselves or assault anyone or move a former student into their house right after graduation?
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"I'm canceled," he says in the sleek profile they gave to him in the New Yorker while his latest special & his new novel is coming out. A lot of people wish they were that canceled.
Louis CK is not in a limbo of cancellation. He's straight up not cancelled & his "cancellation" became a profitable bit for him.
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"I'm canceled," he says in the sleek profile they gave to him in the New Yorker while his latest special & his new novel is coming out. A lot of people wish they were that canceled.
Only the best and most qualified people in this regime.
SMDH
SMDH
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Only the best and most qualified people in this regime.
SMDH
SMDH
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fuck yeah NYC
ICE was blocked and impeded by people all the way to the Lincoln Tunnel
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
fuck yeah NYC
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“Part. Of. A. Team.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“Part. Of. A. Team.”
Exactly
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Exactly
I hope the next president tears down all the gaudy gold-plated shit he's put up in the White House.
This is Mar-a-Lago, so I think he’s probably just getting started with the gold stuff in the White House.
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I hope the next president tears down all the gaudy gold-plated shit he's put up in the White House.
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They are blowing up boats for drug trafficking.
Then he is pardoning a drug trafficker.
Illogical.
Then he is pardoning a drug trafficker.
Illogical.
November 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
They are blowing up boats for drug trafficking.
Then he is pardoning a drug trafficker.
Illogical.
Then he is pardoning a drug trafficker.
Illogical.
Stephen Miller is writing this after he took the presidency away from Trump.
Every accusation is a confession.
Every accusation is a confession.
It should go without saying, but the president has no authority to do this, and anyone reporting the story needs to say as such.
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Stephen Miller is writing this after he took the presidency away from Trump.
Every accusation is a confession.
Every accusation is a confession.
The worst elements of our society are leading this country.
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The worst elements of our society are leading this country.
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Mike Johnson will not see this
Trump posts an image of him holding a sign that reads, “Trump 2028, yes!”
November 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Mike Johnson will not see this
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
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Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Look forward to Bari Weiss asking "has identity politics gone too far?" while studiously ignoring the most virulent identity politics driving American government
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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Worth watching this whole clip. Indistinguishable from Nazi leaders talking about Jews in the 1930s.
TRUMP: If you look at Somalia, they are taking over Minnesota.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
REPORTER: What do the Somalians have to do with this Afghan guy who shot the National Guard members?
TRUMP: Ah, nothing. But Somalians have caused a lot of trouble. They're ripping us off.
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Worth watching this whole clip. Indistinguishable from Nazi leaders talking about Jews in the 1930s.
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Once again, you now live in a country where there are two classes of citizenship, & those of us who hold the second class variety can apparently lose ours if we do not show good behavior to Dear Leader & the far right authoritarian party.
The President of the United States promising a policy of mass denaturalization of citizens "who undermine domestic tranquility"
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Once again, you now live in a country where there are two classes of citizenship, & those of us who hold the second class variety can apparently lose ours if we do not show good behavior to Dear Leader & the far right authoritarian party.