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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 4h

In 86 they went further and began to tax unemployment. Yes, you (and your employer) paid a tax to pay for unemployment insurance. Then you pay a tax on that as income when you receive it (if you're lucky enough to receive it).

NEVER LET ANYONE CLAIM REAGAN WAS THE VOICE OF REASON.

HE. WAS. NOT.

Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 5h

Any Turnip Shepherds in the house tonight?

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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 15h

Fuck Israel. That's the post.

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 1d

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 4d

500 hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics are at risk of closing because of the Trump-Republican big, ugly bill. Many are in rural areas.

Meanwhile, Republican-held US House districts and states Trump won in 2024 rely more on ACA coverage.

They're selling out their own voters.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 5h

My husband is playing that game right now (Ghost of Yotei). It's breathtakingly beautiful and the story is really great. The main character (the woman on the right) is a BAD. ASS.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 5h

My favorite detail is that he ONLY eats beef cooked in tallow. Now I love beef but that sounds not only monotonous but incredibly fattening.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 5h

If any of you spent as much time opposing Trump as you do screaming at Harris now that she's out of office, you might actually do something useful.

I'm out. Never mind. This is pointless. Go have your little leftist jerk off club. You're the best, purest leftists in the world, Mommy told you.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 1d

One great aspect of iconic inflatable costumes (aside from how they instantly undermine propaganda about war zones) is that it's useless to arrest the person wearing one. Cuffing a frog would make law enforcement look pathetic. And carting one off just guarantees that more will show up the next day.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 5h

So arresting a TV producer is "a good job?"

Zip-tying the hands of a toddler is "a good job?"

Arresting and holding US citizens without charge is "a good job?"

There are so many follow up questions to ask and not even get very aggressive.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 5h

In JohnsonLand "Broader"="whiter."

Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 5h

I started to and then I thought "these people are not worth it. AND the person who posted that is a 'Christian Science practitioner' so they're already doing mumbo jumbo nonsense."

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 6h

The hilarious thing about all of this "male loneliness" stuff is that the tools are right in front of their boneheaded faces.

GET. SOME. THERAPY. DUDE.

Get some therapy. But that simple (though sometimes agonizing) thing never crosses their mind. They want a simple solution.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 6h

When introducing "Mississippi Goddamn," Nina Simone used to say "This is a show tune, but the show hasn't been written for it. Yet."

Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 6h

When was the last time you picketed Dan Quale or Mike Pence giving a speech? Dick Cheney, an ACTUAL WAR CRIMINAL?

Never? I thought so.

Maybe you should be doing something useful for a change. s

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 6h

25th Amendment anyone?

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 6h

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 6h

She knows, ya'll. She knows.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 6h

He's never passed a piece of legislation through Congress but been there since 08. He's just a chaos monkey, like the rest. He did not run to govern. He ran to be a culture warrior. (Also, he's my age and LOOKS LIKE SHIT). And he covered up for a doctor that raped male students at Ohio State.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 6h

This is simply not true. They've had 20 years to come up with an alternative plan to the ACA. They have come up with absolutely nothing.

So this is not just patronizing toward Marge, it's a lie. As usual.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 6h

"Reboot during business hours."

Jennifer Goodland, Revolution Nerd @libraryjenn.bsky.social · 6h

This one and “microfilm smells like pickles” from @marccold.bsky.social gave me chills

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In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"withdrawal from regional consortium"

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 7h

Better be careful if you ever have a chilled bottle of Cristal.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 7h

It's amazing how otherwise serious policy makers will stand there with a straight face and say "building more housing does not solve homelessness." The person in question was a member of the San Francisco Board of supervisors, Aaron Peskin.

Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 7h

"Assaulting an officer" is always the last refuge when they have no other charge for you. It's almost always a lie.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20h

I prefer “anti-fascist“ for a host of reasons and this is a nice practical one.

Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 21h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Mike Friedman @mfriedmannola.bsky.social · 18h

Yeah, I have deep IT skills, so I might've been able to do it at 45, but I'm 61 now. It won't happen. I'm too close to retirement.

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