Mike -- No Kings
@mjz1957.bsky.social
Retired; Part Time lecturer @ Columbia; Former Wall St. managing director; UW Badgers, Tufts Jumbos. If I had one of those coat-of-arms doohickies, I'd want the inscription to read: "ubi democratia regnat, vita vincit et humanitas viget." or "mmm donuts
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Mike -- No Kings
@mjz1957.bsky.social
· Nov 11
“Governments are instituted […], deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed”
But when a party
1) Makes registering to vote harder
2) Makes the act of voting harder
3) Gives themselves power to overturn elections
They are not exercising just powers, just power.
But when a party
1) Makes registering to vote harder
2) Makes the act of voting harder
3) Gives themselves power to overturn elections
They are not exercising just powers, just power.
I'd like 'things constituents don't say' for $1,000
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'd like 'things constituents don't say' for $1,000
Outside my front door this AM
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Outside my front door this AM
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The fact that someone was fooled by a spoof from a website (literally) called the Dunning-Kruger Times has no bearing at all on my confidence that he would definitely have the upper hand in any negotiation with President Xi, or Putin.
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The fact that someone was fooled by a spoof from a website (literally) called the Dunning-Kruger Times has no bearing at all on my confidence that he would definitely have the upper hand in any negotiation with President Xi, or Putin.
When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like gramps here, not screaming like the people on the bus he was driving.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
When I die, I want to go peacefully in my sleep like gramps here, not screaming like the people on the bus he was driving.
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NYT: The tax cuts come amid “steep cuts to health care for the elderly and food stamps for the poorest Americans.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NYT: The tax cuts come amid “steep cuts to health care for the elderly and food stamps for the poorest Americans.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
Gift Article
Another debacle of Trumpian proportions
The Kennedy Center Crackup www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Another debacle of Trumpian proportions
The Kennedy Center Crackup www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Kennedy Center Crackup
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Gift Article
Another debacle of Trumpian proportions
The Kennedy Center Crackup www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Another debacle of Trumpian proportions
The Kennedy Center Crackup www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Welcome to America, or not...
November 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Welcome to America, or not...
The 'Don't you know who I am?' is strong with this one.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The 'Don't you know who I am?' is strong with this one.
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Check out my inaugural newsletter for @thebulwark.com. And enjoy the Will Ferrell easter egg if you find it.
"Fortunately for Donald Trump, there’s One Weird Trick that can help cure stagflation without turning to Congress or the Fed. He could just cut tariffs." Or SCOTUS could do it for him - and us.
The first edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...
The first edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...
How the Supreme Court Could Save Christmas
If Trump lets them.
www.thebulwark.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Check out my inaugural newsletter for @thebulwark.com. And enjoy the Will Ferrell easter egg if you find it.
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"there is Darwinian competition between societies and the winner will be the one that rejects empathy in favor of hard but necessary choices" should set off alarm bells from a guy this powerful.
(Instead of 'societies' it might have been 'races' in the original German, but clear enough)
(Instead of 'societies' it might have been 'races' in the original German, but clear enough)
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
"there is Darwinian competition between societies and the winner will be the one that rejects empathy in favor of hard but necessary choices" should set off alarm bells from a guy this powerful.
(Instead of 'societies' it might have been 'races' in the original German, but clear enough)
(Instead of 'societies' it might have been 'races' in the original German, but clear enough)
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
Sandwich beats wrap.
BREAKING: A man who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., is found not guilty of assault.
Man who threw sandwich at federal agent in Washington is found not guilty of assault charge
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Sandwich beats wrap.
With Sean Duffy and the Republicans at the helm, it looks like more will be driving on Thanksgiving. You may be asked for directions when Apple maps fail.
Here's a very old recording of the best answer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6V2...
Here's a very old recording of the best answer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6V2...
November 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
With Sean Duffy and the Republicans at the helm, it looks like more will be driving on Thanksgiving. You may be asked for directions when Apple maps fail.
Here's a very old recording of the best answer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6V2...
Here's a very old recording of the best answer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6V2...
Where do oil and gas come in on the Thanksgiving dinner?
Does anyone have a good Pennzoil stuffing recipe?
Does anyone have a good Pennzoil stuffing recipe?
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Where do oil and gas come in on the Thanksgiving dinner?
Does anyone have a good Pennzoil stuffing recipe?
Does anyone have a good Pennzoil stuffing recipe?
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A lot of people probably won't get how finely crafted this joke is and how many layers it has, applause to Jane
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
A lot of people probably won't get how finely crafted this joke is and how many layers it has, applause to Jane
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Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, sex assaults in several states, FBI says
FBI urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity—including by allowing calls to local police
FBI urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity—including by allowing calls to local police
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, sex assaults in several states, FBI says
FBI urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity—including by allowing calls to local police
FBI urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity—including by allowing calls to local police
The shutdown reduction is expected to affect the busiest airports...in other words Sean Duffy is saying "you can go where you want as long as it's a place no one wants to go."
Welcome to Donald Trump’s No Fly Zone. www.cnn.com/2025/11/05/u...
Trump administration will reduce traffic at 40 airports across the US starting Friday if shutdown continues | CNN
The Federal Aviation Administration will reduce flights at dozens of major airports as early as Friday if no shutdown deal is reached, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced at a news conferenc...
www.cnn.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The shutdown reduction is expected to affect the busiest airports...in other words Sean Duffy is saying "you can go where you want as long as it's a place no one wants to go."
President Travis Bickle can't believe it when he isn't hailed as a hero
WHITE HOUSE: LOOKING INTO EXECUTIVE ORDER ON ELECTIONS
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
President Travis Bickle can't believe it when he isn't hailed as a hero
This is called the "They call me MISTER Supercilious" pose.
This aging Alfred E. Newman is considered the adult in the room.
This aging Alfred E. Newman is considered the adult in the room.
Bessent Plans to Attend Tariff Arguments at the Supreme Court www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Bessent Plans to Attend Tariff Arguments at the Supreme Court
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is called the "They call me MISTER Supercilious" pose.
This aging Alfred E. Newman is considered the adult in the room.
This aging Alfred E. Newman is considered the adult in the room.
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@treasurydept.bsky.social Secretary says the Supreme Court should declare Trump's IEEPA tariff policy legal because... it's one of Trump's "signature policies."
Now, I'm not a lawyer but I don't think that is actually in the Constitution.
Now, I'm not a lawyer but I don't think that is actually in the Constitution.
November 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
@treasurydept.bsky.social Secretary says the Supreme Court should declare Trump's IEEPA tariff policy legal because... it's one of Trump's "signature policies."
Now, I'm not a lawyer but I don't think that is actually in the Constitution.
Now, I'm not a lawyer but I don't think that is actually in the Constitution.
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Point is, it's not that they couldn't do it. They didn't want to.
-Sep 30: USDA releases guidance saying they can use contingency fund
-Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
-Oct 23: USDA deletes guidance saying they can use contingency fund
-Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
-Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
-Nov 1: no funds go out
-Oct 10: USDA tells states to prepare for lapse
-Oct 23: USDA deletes guidance saying they can use contingency fund
-Oct 24: USDA says it can’t use contingency fund
-Oct 31: Courts tell USDA to release funds
-Nov 1: no funds go out
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Point is, it's not that they couldn't do it. They didn't want to.
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Basic primer on Trump cabinet interviews these days:
Cut off anyone who starts to lecture on the shutdown being Democrats' fault. We know you think that. There is no news value in allowing a filibuster on that.
Ask if Trump will promise no recission, no impoundment on any budget deal.
Cut off anyone who starts to lecture on the shutdown being Democrats' fault. We know you think that. There is no news value in allowing a filibuster on that.
Ask if Trump will promise no recission, no impoundment on any budget deal.
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Basic primer on Trump cabinet interviews these days:
Cut off anyone who starts to lecture on the shutdown being Democrats' fault. We know you think that. There is no news value in allowing a filibuster on that.
Ask if Trump will promise no recission, no impoundment on any budget deal.
Cut off anyone who starts to lecture on the shutdown being Democrats' fault. We know you think that. There is no news value in allowing a filibuster on that.
Ask if Trump will promise no recission, no impoundment on any budget deal.
Polished marble needs a warning
November 1, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Polished marble needs a warning
"But judge, I didn't throw my whole wife under the bus, just part of her..."
JD Vance says he’s raising his kids Christian and hopes his wife, Usha, comes around to the faith
“I honestly do wish that. I believe in the Christian gospel, and I hope eventually, my wife comes to see it the same way."
“I honestly do wish that. I believe in the Christian gospel, and I hope eventually, my wife comes to see it the same way."
October 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"But judge, I didn't throw my whole wife under the bus, just part of her..."