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Mike Shaw

@zax2000.bsky.social

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A yokel Bostonian bumbling around Seattle. Stints in 北京 and Bali along the way. I used to craft/edit journalists' spam. Geopolitics is my jam. I post, therefore I am.

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Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 26d

Yes, YOU.

Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · Sep 17

I'm subtweeting you.

Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 5m

Your occasional reminder that Trump ran on lowering prices.

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11m

[checks calendar]

Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 3h

Woah.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17h

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’

Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

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Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 3h

I'm sure that "I'll defer to President Trump" is exactly the kind of response from a member of Congress that the founders imagined when they created that whole checks & balances thing.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

DOOCY: What do you think about a Russia to Alaska tunnel?

SEN. JIM BANKS: Maybe it's something that's possible. I don't know. I'll defer to President Trump. I'm sure there's a reason he's raising that prospect. He's several steps ahead.

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Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 3h

Failing to adhere to the dialectic.

Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 3h

That Chicago Sun-Times headline is #overwerked! @thepressbox.bsky.social @bryancurtis.bsky.social

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 4h

I scrolled through the @1stforall.bsky.social's gallery of print front pages for local coverage of "No Kings" protests. Here are some of the standout papers, starting with the Daily Sentinel of Grand Junction, Colorado:

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Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 3h

Disgusting. In China, attacks on the dancing grannies is a bridge too far, even for the CCP. Seriously. The government tried to "Crack down" on them in the 2010s and got tons of backlash from the public. Will Americans stand up for their dancing grannies?

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 5h

The brand new GOP position this morning, apparently, is that old white people suck. I kid you not. #NoKings

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Gayer Than Thou 🏳️‍🌈 @gayerthanthou.bsky.social · 4h

If we don't make "Diarrhea President" a thing, I swear . . .

Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 4h

You laugh but if there's another massive fire, the president can put it out with his shit plane. Then who'll be chanting, "Thank you for being the diarrhea president, sir!"? You will

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Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 10h

Your occasional reminder that Trump ran on lowering prices.

Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 1d

"A beloved family-run grocery store in Florida may have to close its doors after 43 years because of tariffs." www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/ar...

Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 10h

Perfect.

♄⊙⊙†. @hoothoottooh.bsky.social · 22h

Protest sign that says jd vance puts his cast iron skillet in the microwave

Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 10h

So many took mass transit. So. Many.

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Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 10h

It felt bigger. It was awesome.

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 19h

It's one thing when you see the pictures on the news, it's another thing when you see the protesters on your main street or outside your mall

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Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 10h

Well, except for that one thing that happened that time.

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 15h

“likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970” www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Michele Quinn, MD, FACOG she/her @drquinngyn.medsky.social · 19h

I’m totally all for abolishing the police but at least in Portland today they were hamming it up with the No Kings crowd

Portland police taking selfies with protesters

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Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 18h

Just as with the first #NoKings protest in #Seattle back in June, the SPD @seattlepolicedept.bsky.social deserves big props for their great work today. They stayed back from the crowd & relegated themselves to traffic control at least 1-2 blocks away all along the route.

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Halloweean Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 20h

It’s so funny that for the past week republicans have all been like “the only people out there are gonna be Hamas.” Everyone in this crowd is signed up for Kohl’s rewards points.

Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 22h

“This is what democracy looks like.”
“This is what America looks like.”
NYC

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 20h

I just keep thinking about the first guy to put on the frog costume reading the news today and seeing frogs literally all over the world

what a fucking thing, man

that 25 year old did more for the country in a week than most of the NYT op-ed section in a lifetime

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Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 18h

These radical acts of violent, leftist mutual aid are beyond the pale.

Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 19h

Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).

OPERATION INFLATION

www.operationinflation.com

Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 19h

Oooooh. That show is deliciously good.

Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 20h

I am still waiting for my Soros-Antifa check.

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🕯️ Crowley Rae Jepsen 🕯️ @mags.colvett.online · 20h

Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”

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Mike Shaw @zax2000.bsky.social · 20h

The incredible view that the folks inside the Monorail had as they passed over us! 🚝

Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 20h

Seattle No Kings from the monorail

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Jack Cousteau ⚓️ @angrywaterman.bsky.social · 20h

youtube.com/watch?v=P4oW... it’s a war zone. people have become animals.

No Kings protests | More frog costumes, other inflatables seen at anti-Trump demonstrations

YouTube video by KING 5 Seattle

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