MickieMorganfield
@mickiedances.bsky.social
Reader, digger, planter, ranter. Hellebores, epimediums, viburnums, hydrangeas, blue birds, foxes, coyotes and bears live here.
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025... Steve Cropper - The twanging guitar line that opens Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man”—that’s him. Same for the chugging riff on Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour” and the chopping rhythm on the soul instrumental “Green Onions.”
Play It, Steve!
The late Steve Cropper laid a template for generations of rock-and-roll guitarists.
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2025... Steve Cropper - The twanging guitar line that opens Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man”—that’s him. Same for the chugging riff on Wilson Pickett’s “In the Midnight Hour” and the chopping rhythm on the soul instrumental “Green Onions.”
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Since 1991, the USA universal HBV birth dose has prevented 500,000+ childhood infections and prevented 90,100 childhood deaths. Taiwan began vaccinating all children in 1984. Mortality from a life-threatening form of hepatitis B in infants fell by more than 90%.
Since 1991, the USA universal HBV birth dose has prevented 500,000+ childhood infections and prevented 90,100 childhood deaths. Taiwan began vaccinating all children in 1984. Mortality from a life-threatening form of hepatitis B in infants fell by more than 90%.
Vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B saves lives. Why might a CDC panel stop recommending it?
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Since 1991, the USA universal HBV birth dose has prevented 500,000+ childhood infections and prevented 90,100 childhood deaths. Taiwan began vaccinating all children in 1984. Mortality from a life-threatening form of hepatitis B in infants fell by more than 90%.
Since 1991, the USA universal HBV birth dose has prevented 500,000+ childhood infections and prevented 90,100 childhood deaths. Taiwan began vaccinating all children in 1984. Mortality from a life-threatening form of hepatitis B in infants fell by more than 90%.
nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000008243127/london-oligarchs-sanctions-putin.html?smid=url-share Welcome to Londongrad, Where Kleptocrats Wash Their Money Clean. Britain, the USA, everybody is having a hard time quitting its addiction to Russian money and gas. Golden visas! TitsUp for tyrants!
Video: Opinion | Welcome to Londongrad, Where Kleptocrats Wash Their Money Clean
Britain is having a hard time quitting its addiction to Russian money.
nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000008243127/london-oligarchs-sanctions-putin.html?smid=url-share Welcome to Londongrad, Where Kleptocrats Wash Their Money Clean. Britain, the USA, everybody is having a hard time quitting its addiction to Russian money and gas. Golden visas! TitsUp for tyrants!
Reposted by MickieMorganfield
Trump issues second pardon to Jan. 6 defendant for separate gun offense www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... DOJ initially argued that Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 rioters didn’t extend to Wilson’s gun crime. The department changed its position after “further clarity on the intent of the Presidential Pardon.”
Trump issues second pardon to Jan. 6 defendant for separate gun offense
Daniel Edwin Wilson of Louisville, Kentucky, was under investigation for his role in the riot when authorities found six guns and roughly 4,800 rounds of ammunition in his home. Because of prior felon...
www.pbs.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Trump issues second pardon to Jan. 6 defendant for separate gun offense www.pbs.org/newshour/pol... DOJ initially argued that Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 rioters didn’t extend to Wilson’s gun crime. The department changed its position after “further clarity on the intent of the Presidential Pardon.”
talking with Paul Krugman about the Trump economy and zombie Republican policies open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Wow.
talking with Paul Krugman about the Trump economy and zombie Republican policies
A recording from Paul Krugman and John Harwood's live video
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
talking with Paul Krugman about the Trump economy and zombie Republican policies open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Wow.
Trump Renames United States Institute of Peace for Himself nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u... Ronald Reagan signed USIP into law in 1984. Trump shut it down in March 2025. Campaigning for a Nobel Peace Prize, Trump has re-named the United States Peace Institute, in a now dormant building, after himself.
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Trump Renames United States Institute of Peace for Himself nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u... Ronald Reagan signed USIP into law in 1984. Trump shut it down in March 2025. Campaigning for a Nobel Peace Prize, Trump has re-named the United States Peace Institute, in a now dormant building, after himself.
open.substack.com/pub/deanbake... The Guardian piece indicates that mispricing occurs in over 20% of all Dollar Store sales. The errors are often large, as much as 50% above shelf price. Mispricing by major retailers would seem to be exactly the sort of reason for which God created government.
Dollar Stores: Where Trumpian Sleaze Meets Affordability
Ripping off lower-income shoppers is about as MAGA as it gets
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
open.substack.com/pub/deanbake... The Guardian piece indicates that mispricing occurs in over 20% of all Dollar Store sales. The errors are often large, as much as 50% above shelf price. Mispricing by major retailers would seem to be exactly the sort of reason for which God created government.
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
My guess is that few economists will be willing to say this openly, but basically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. (Dumb, subservient, and willing to lie)
My guess is that few economists will be willing to say this openly, but basically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. (Dumb, subservient, and willing to lie)
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 AM
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
My guess is that few economists will be willing to say this openly, but basically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. (Dumb, subservient, and willing to lie)
My guess is that few economists will be willing to say this openly, but basically everyone understands that Hassett is an ideological DEI hire. (Dumb, subservient, and willing to lie)
Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities politi.co/4pFixkf via
@politico
Nov 30, 2025 ONAWAY, Michigan — Loss of disaster aid to two electric utilities in rural northern Michigan will cost residents tens of millions of dollars.
@politico
Nov 30, 2025 ONAWAY, Michigan — Loss of disaster aid to two electric utilities in rural northern Michigan will cost residents tens of millions of dollars.
Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities
The president denied the state’s request for federal aid to rebuild power lines after a fierce ice storm last March, a move that could force thousands of rural electricity customers to pay the entire ...
politi.co
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities politi.co/4pFixkf via
@politico
Nov 30, 2025 ONAWAY, Michigan — Loss of disaster aid to two electric utilities in rural northern Michigan will cost residents tens of millions of dollars.
@politico
Nov 30, 2025 ONAWAY, Michigan — Loss of disaster aid to two electric utilities in rural northern Michigan will cost residents tens of millions of dollars.
aje.io/hib5ms Testimony from witnesses, former traffickers and documents stated that Hernandez facilitated the importation into the US of 400 tonnes of cocaine — 4.5 billion doses — with coconspirators armed with machineguns, assault rifles, grenade launchers. Cartels paid him millions.
Was ex-Honduras leader Hernandez victim of Biden ‘set-up’, as Trump claims?
Trump's plan to pardon ex-Honduran President Hernandez, convicted in a drug case, raises concerns over US credibility.
aje.io
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
aje.io/hib5ms Testimony from witnesses, former traffickers and documents stated that Hernandez facilitated the importation into the US of 400 tonnes of cocaine — 4.5 billion doses — with coconspirators armed with machineguns, assault rifles, grenade launchers. Cartels paid him millions.
Reposted by MickieMorganfield
forbes.com/sites/palashghosh/2021/02/09/new-york-money-manager-pleads-not-guilty-in-18-billion-fraud-case/ 2021: Interpol, 8 states, SEC charge Gentile. Investors put $1.8B into GPB funds. Zero profit. Faked reports. $355K Ferrari. Private Jets. Putin Mob Boss Chernaya involved. Trump Pardon 2025.
New York Money Manager Pleads Not Guilty In $1.8 Billion Fraud Case
David Gentile also allegedly has links to Russian organized crime figure
forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
forbes.com/sites/palashghosh/2021/02/09/new-york-money-manager-pleads-not-guilty-in-18-billion-fraud-case/ 2021: Interpol, 8 states, SEC charge Gentile. Investors put $1.8B into GPB funds. Zero profit. Faked reports. $355K Ferrari. Private Jets. Putin Mob Boss Chernaya involved. Trump Pardon 2025.
Putin Mafia Boss Funded David Gentile's $1.8 Billion GPB Ponzi Scheme scientologymoneyproject.com/2022/03/09/t... @JeffreAugustine
AG Merrick Garland's Task Force KleptoCapture, located and seized American-based assets of kleptocrats propping up Putin.
AG Merrick Garland's Task Force KleptoCapture, located and seized American-based assets of kleptocrats propping up Putin.
The Russian Mobster & Friend of Vladimir Putin Whose Money Funded the Start Up of Scientologist David Gentile's $1.8 Billion GPB Capital Ponzi Scheme
Western sanctions against Russia include the seizure of assets held by Vladimir Putin’s Kleptocrat class of oligarchs. Kleptocracy is the practice of the political elite plundering, stealing, or other...
scientologymoneyproject.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Putin Mafia Boss Funded David Gentile's $1.8 Billion GPB Ponzi Scheme scientologymoneyproject.com/2022/03/09/t... @JeffreAugustine
AG Merrick Garland's Task Force KleptoCapture, located and seized American-based assets of kleptocrats propping up Putin.
AG Merrick Garland's Task Force KleptoCapture, located and seized American-based assets of kleptocrats propping up Putin.
Reposted by MickieMorganfield
scientologymoneyproject.com/2022/03/09/the-russian-mobster-friend-of-vladimir-putin-whose-money-funded-the-start-up-of-scientologist-david-gentiles-1-8-billion-gpb-capital-ponzi-scheme/
David Gentile started GPB Capital. Putin Mafia Michael Chernaya's daughters were his partners. Garland got him.
David Gentile started GPB Capital. Putin Mafia Michael Chernaya's daughters were his partners. Garland got him.
The Russian Mobster & Friend of Vladimir Putin Whose Money Funded the Start Up of Scientologist David Gentile's $1.8 Billion GPB Capital Ponzi Scheme
Western sanctions against Russia include the seizure of assets held by Vladimir Putin’s Kleptocrat class of oligarchs. Kleptocracy is the practice of the political elite plundering, stealing, or other...
scientologymoneyproject.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
scientologymoneyproject.com/2022/03/09/the-russian-mobster-friend-of-vladimir-putin-whose-money-funded-the-start-up-of-scientologist-david-gentiles-1-8-billion-gpb-capital-ponzi-scheme/
David Gentile started GPB Capital. Putin Mafia Michael Chernaya's daughters were his partners. Garland got him.
David Gentile started GPB Capital. Putin Mafia Michael Chernaya's daughters were his partners. Garland got him.
State of the Stack, One Year In
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
State of the Stack, One Year In
I guess I’m not retired yet
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
State of the Stack, One Year In
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
newrepublic.com/post/203813/... Rise in prices, rise in shoppers using BNPL buy now pay later platforms. So, not such a hot Black Friday, as American consumers take on more debt under Trump.
Trump Tried to Brag About Black Friday. The Truth Is Far More Grim.
A closer look at sales data gives a much darker picture of the economy.
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:39 PM
newrepublic.com/post/203813/... Rise in prices, rise in shoppers using BNPL buy now pay later platforms. So, not such a hot Black Friday, as American consumers take on more debt under Trump.
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com Despite being vetted prior to his CIA service and by the first Trump DOS prior to his SIV, the refugee was under stress, suffering PTSD, dismissed by a gutted bureaucracy.
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work
The National Guard shooting suspect felt abandoned by the CIA after working together for so long, his fellow unit member said.
newrepublic.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Alleged D.C. Shooter Begged CIA for Help as He Tried to Find Work newrepublic.com/post/203784/... via @newrepublic.com Despite being vetted prior to his CIA service and by the first Trump DOS prior to his SIV, the refugee was under stress, suffering PTSD, dismissed by a gutted bureaucracy.
Reposted by MickieMorganfield
share.google/jXDJO1MrH31h1oiMf Sales at Trump Panama were intended to launder illicit money – Russian gangster money, drug cartel money, people and gun smuggling money. Panama was “perceived to be highly corrupt.” Developers paid for the Trump name. Ivanka's first big deal made them millions.
Trump's Panama tower used for money laundering by condo owners, reports say
Trump Ocean Club drew people accused of corruption and future president benefited from laundered funds, reports say
share.google
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
share.google/jXDJO1MrH31h1oiMf Sales at Trump Panama were intended to launder illicit money – Russian gangster money, drug cartel money, people and gun smuggling money. Panama was “perceived to be highly corrupt.” Developers paid for the Trump name. Ivanka's first big deal made them millions.
Trump: Pro-crypto or Pro-crime?
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Trump: Pro-crypto or Pro-crime?
Or are they the same thing?
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trump: Pro-crypto or Pro-crime?
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Reposted by MickieMorganfield
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... Ivanka's first international real estate deal involved handsome conmen brokering sales, Drug Cartels laundering dirty money - lucrative lifeline for a failing enterprise called Trump Organization. Add a dash of Russian Mafia and felons for spice #LightsOut
Narco-a-lago: Money Laundering at Trump Ocean Club Panama
We investigate how profits from Colombian cartels’ narcotics trafficking were laundered through a development that bore Donald Trump’s name
globalwitness.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... Ivanka's first international real estate deal involved handsome conmen brokering sales, Drug Cartels laundering dirty money - lucrative lifeline for a failing enterprise called Trump Organization. Add a dash of Russian Mafia and felons for spice #LightsOut
Reposted by MickieMorganfield
Today is the deadline!
There is $688 left to raise to close this lifesaving Toonie Tuesday fundraiser.
#NAFO #donatetoukraine #boostUA #UkrainianView
There is $688 left to raise to close this lifesaving Toonie Tuesday fundraiser.
#NAFO #donatetoukraine #boostUA #UkrainianView
November 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Today is the deadline!
There is $688 left to raise to close this lifesaving Toonie Tuesday fundraiser.
#NAFO #donatetoukraine #boostUA #UkrainianView
There is $688 left to raise to close this lifesaving Toonie Tuesday fundraiser.
#NAFO #donatetoukraine #boostUA #UkrainianView
Reposted by MickieMorganfield
I gno this fun guy
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I gno this fun guy
Reposted by MickieMorganfield
When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
Reposted by MickieMorganfield
“Hallie Shoffner’s running for the Senate to fight for the Arkansans that Tom Cotton’s spent ten years shoving to the back of the line”
Let’s vote Tom Cotten out and Hallie Shoffner in!
#Pinks #HallieShoffner #TomCotton #Arkansas
Let’s vote Tom Cotten out and Hallie Shoffner in!
#Pinks #HallieShoffner #TomCotton #Arkansas
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“Hallie Shoffner’s running for the Senate to fight for the Arkansans that Tom Cotton’s spent ten years shoving to the back of the line”
Let’s vote Tom Cotten out and Hallie Shoffner in!
#Pinks #HallieShoffner #TomCotton #Arkansas
Let’s vote Tom Cotten out and Hallie Shoffner in!
#Pinks #HallieShoffner #TomCotton #Arkansas
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008
Trump’s cronies are undermining financial stability
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Getting Ready to Party Like It’s 2008
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Commanders argued that the high visibility missions put National Guard in danger. Trump DOJ countered that the risk was merely “speculative.” It wasn’t. There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one is the risk of endangering them.
Commanders argued that the high visibility missions put National Guard in danger. Trump DOJ countered that the risk was merely “speculative.” It wasn’t. There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one is the risk of endangering them.
A Terrible and Avoidable Tragedy in D.C.
Trump was warned that members of the military could be attacked.
www.theatlantic.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Commanders argued that the high visibility missions put National Guard in danger. Trump DOJ countered that the risk was merely “speculative.” It wasn’t. There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one is the risk of endangering them.
Commanders argued that the high visibility missions put National Guard in danger. Trump DOJ countered that the risk was merely “speculative.” It wasn’t. There are costs to performatively deploying members of the military—one is the risk of endangering them.