@michaelam.bsky.social
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Well. Education is key.
If we put more resources in teaching our citizens how to get it right the first time, we wouldn't have conservative fundamentalists complain about how, "yall should just pull yerselves up by yer own bootstraps!" Cuz We The People would have already done that. *shrug*
If we put more resources in teaching our citizens how to get it right the first time, we wouldn't have conservative fundamentalists complain about how, "yall should just pull yerselves up by yer own bootstraps!" Cuz We The People would have already done that. *shrug*
December 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Well. Education is key.
If we put more resources in teaching our citizens how to get it right the first time, we wouldn't have conservative fundamentalists complain about how, "yall should just pull yerselves up by yer own bootstraps!" Cuz We The People would have already done that. *shrug*
If we put more resources in teaching our citizens how to get it right the first time, we wouldn't have conservative fundamentalists complain about how, "yall should just pull yerselves up by yer own bootstraps!" Cuz We The People would have already done that. *shrug*
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"Why should we have to pay for people to be smarter when being stupid is so much cheaper. We do stupid better than they do smart so we should get the money and they should not. This makes sense. It's in the bible. My pastor says so! Jesus loves me! Gimme your money!"
December 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Why should we have to pay for people to be smarter when being stupid is so much cheaper. We do stupid better than they do smart so we should get the money and they should not. This makes sense. It's in the bible. My pastor says so! Jesus loves me! Gimme your money!"
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This is what I've always hated about the term identity politics. The implication is whiteness (especially combined with maleness and heterosexuality) is not an identity, but literally everything else is.
December 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
This is what I've always hated about the term identity politics. The implication is whiteness (especially combined with maleness and heterosexuality) is not an identity, but literally everything else is.
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When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
Hiring a Black woman: “identity politics”
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
Hiring a white guy for a job that has been held disproportionately by white guys, because he is a white guy: “subverting” identity politics!
(The author of this sentence is Dylan Byers; you will not be surprised to learn that he is a white guy.)
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
When you hire a white man because they’re a white man that’s not identity politics. Identity politics is when you get hired and you’re not a white man. The anti wokeness hysteria was always a backlash to integration of white collar jobs bsky.app/profile/jami...
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BREAKING: Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes and a group of Democratic members of Congress are asking for an independent review of the Epstein case files to determine whether any of the records have been "tampered" with or concealed, ahead of the release of those files by next week.
December 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
BREAKING: Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes and a group of Democratic members of Congress are asking for an independent review of the Epstein case files to determine whether any of the records have been "tampered" with or concealed, ahead of the release of those files by next week.
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DJT is the garbage.
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
DJT is the garbage.
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Journalist:What happens to the oil, sir?
Trump:I don't know. We keep it, I guess.
Pirates! We are fucking pirates!
. . and the President of the United States says "I don't know. We keep it, I guess."? He doesn't know anything about it?Pardon me for concluding that our once-proud nation is fucked.
Trump:I don't know. We keep it, I guess.
Pirates! We are fucking pirates!
. . and the President of the United States says "I don't know. We keep it, I guess."? He doesn't know anything about it?Pardon me for concluding that our once-proud nation is fucked.
December 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Journalist:What happens to the oil, sir?
Trump:I don't know. We keep it, I guess.
Pirates! We are fucking pirates!
. . and the President of the United States says "I don't know. We keep it, I guess."? He doesn't know anything about it?Pardon me for concluding that our once-proud nation is fucked.
Trump:I don't know. We keep it, I guess.
Pirates! We are fucking pirates!
. . and the President of the United States says "I don't know. We keep it, I guess."? He doesn't know anything about it?Pardon me for concluding that our once-proud nation is fucked.
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Journalist:What happens to the oil, sir?
Trump:I don't know. We keep it, I guess.
Pirates! We are fucking pirates!
. . and the President of the United States says "I don't know. We keep it, I guess."? He doesn't know anything about it?Pardon me for concluding that our once-proud nation is fucked.
Trump:I don't know. We keep it, I guess.
Pirates! We are fucking pirates!
. . and the President of the United States says "I don't know. We keep it, I guess."? He doesn't know anything about it?Pardon me for concluding that our once-proud nation is fucked.
December 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Heritage Foundation releases 'Project 2026', which aims to overturn same-sex marriage ruling 'Obergefell v. Hodges' and "restore traditional marriage and the nuclear family", claiming that "radical ideologies that deny social and biological truths...[are] poisoning our courts, culture, and laws"
Project 2025 architects lay out 2026 policy vision
The foundation's priorities map out the conservative movement's wish list.
www.axios.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Heritage Foundation releases 'Project 2026', which aims to overturn same-sex marriage ruling 'Obergefell v. Hodges' and "restore traditional marriage and the nuclear family", claiming that "radical ideologies that deny social and biological truths...[are] poisoning our courts, culture, and laws"
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A billboard in Richmond, Kentucky.
December 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A billboard in Richmond, Kentucky.
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Promising to slash $2 trillion from the budget and adding $2 trillion instead: "Yeah I'd say it was somewhat successful."
https://x.com/axios/status/1998533535016046642?s=20
https://x.com/axios/status/1998533535016046642?s=20
Axios on X: "JUST IN: Elon Musk says DOGE was only "somewhat successful," wouldn't do it again https://t.co/r9rX5yGWAk" / X
JUST IN: Elon Musk says DOGE was only "somewhat successful," wouldn't do it again https://t.co/r9rX5yGWAk
x.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Promising to slash $2 trillion from the budget and adding $2 trillion instead: "Yeah I'd say it was somewhat successful."
https://x.com/axios/status/1998533535016046642?s=20
https://x.com/axios/status/1998533535016046642?s=20
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They think it’s an anti white epithet rather than a factual description of a set of beliefs
December 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
They think it’s an anti white epithet rather than a factual description of a set of beliefs
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A classic of the genre
December 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A classic of the genre
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Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
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What!?
A new investigation has revealed that grocery delivery service Instacart is using a covert, AI-powered dynamic pricing scheme to charge customers different prices for the same items — potentially costing households over $1,000 more a year.
Instacart Reportedly Using Secret AI-Powered Dynamic Pricing to Jack Up Prices
In an experiment, investigators found that the same grocery basket at a Seattle store cost between $114 and $124.
truthout.org
December 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
What!?
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Last year, under Biden/Harris, the United States was the economic envy of the world. Today, under Trump/Vance, Americans are buying food on credit! WTF, America!
The Republicans literally do not care if you live, die, can’t afford food, housing, or healthcare. This isn’t greatness. This is stupid!
The Republicans literally do not care if you live, die, can’t afford food, housing, or healthcare. This isn’t greatness. This is stupid!
More and more families are taking on debt, especially as buy now, pay later services like Klarna and Affirm become more widely available. And they’re not taking on debt to pay for bigger, luxury items. trib.al/OwPcXSZ
What Does It Mean to Be in an “Affordability Crisis”?
Democrats are running on fixing it. Trump is running from it. But what does this year’s trendy political buzzword really mean?
trib.al
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Last year, under Biden/Harris, the United States was the economic envy of the world. Today, under Trump/Vance, Americans are buying food on credit! WTF, America!
The Republicans literally do not care if you live, die, can’t afford food, housing, or healthcare. This isn’t greatness. This is stupid!
The Republicans literally do not care if you live, die, can’t afford food, housing, or healthcare. This isn’t greatness. This is stupid!
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I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I would like the phrase and concept of "common decency" to make a comeback
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The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
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Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
Federal agents are arresting American citizens.
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
This isn’t about public safety - it’s about stoking fear.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
Federal agents arrest citizen observer watching ICE detain neighbors on her north Minneapolis block
Susan Tincher, a 55-year-old American citizen, appears to be the first observer arrested by federal immigration enforcement officers since the agency launched an immigration surge in the Twin Cities l...
www.mprnews.org
December 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Brett Kavanaugh's "minor inconvience" now includes beating people up and cutting off their wedding rings for [checks notes] "observing ICE from a distance."
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Yes, you are correct. This essay from 2016 explains it perfectly. Racism melts your brain and turns you into a nihilistic monster.
medium.com/%40jonnaivin...
medium.com/%40jonnaivin...
I Know Why Poor Whites Chant Trump, Trump, Trump
From the era of slavery to the rise of Donald Trump, wealthy elites have relied on the loyalty of poor whites.
medium.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Yes, you are correct. This essay from 2016 explains it perfectly. Racism melts your brain and turns you into a nihilistic monster.
medium.com/%40jonnaivin...
medium.com/%40jonnaivin...