@chappamd.bsky.social
Brand new to this social media thing. Stumbling around trying to learn to walk.
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Wild — as the community note says, Trump’s DOJ released a publicly available pic of MJ & Clinton & Diana Ross with their own kids and implied it’s them with victims
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Wild — as the community note says, Trump’s DOJ released a publicly available pic of MJ & Clinton & Diana Ross with their own kids and implied it’s them with victims
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
They aren’t just redacting, they’re doctoring
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"What I want more than anything is for these cowards simply to acknowledge that this regime is so cartoonishly evil that, if we had described it to them a year ago, they would have insisted the thing they now defend was nothing but a malicious fantasy."
Trump, Hunger Games, and the Kennedy Center
The dystopia everyone said was impossible is already here.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"What I want more than anything is for these cowards simply to acknowledge that this regime is so cartoonishly evil that, if we had described it to them a year ago, they would have insisted the thing they now defend was nothing but a malicious fantasy."
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December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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The death of 56-year-old Nenko Stanev Gantchev at the newly reopened North Lake ICE detention center in Baldwin, Michigan exposes the dangerous lack of transparency and oversight ICE's detention system, where conditions have long been criticized for inadequate medical care.
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The death of 56-year-old Nenko Stanev Gantchev at the newly reopened North Lake ICE detention center in Baldwin, Michigan exposes the dangerous lack of transparency and oversight ICE's detention system, where conditions have long been criticized for inadequate medical care.
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My latest interview with Mike Grisdale on 106.3 MAC FM Radio is now available on YouTube! Click the link to listen to the full episode here: youtu.be/aPC0ZdIF-KQ.
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Meet Callie Barr: An Introduction to Her Campaign | Interview on 106.3 MAC-FM
YouTube video by Callie Barr
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December 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
My latest interview with Mike Grisdale on 106.3 MAC FM Radio is now available on YouTube! Click the link to listen to the full episode here: youtu.be/aPC0ZdIF-KQ.
Don't forget to subscribe to my channel to be notified of new episodes!
#MI01 #Affordablelife #callieforcongress #1063macfm
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While Matt Hall and extremist House Republicans are pulling tricks to strip funding away from kids with cancer and hungry seniors, Michigan Democrats are fighting to keep the promises that our state made to the people of Michigan. www.michiganpublic.org/politics-gov...
Michigan Senate votes to restore hundreds of millions in state funding canceled by GOP-led committee
The Democratic-led Michigan Senate has voted to restore most of the $645 million in state funding that a Republican-led House committee unilaterally canceled last week.
www.michiganpublic.org
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
While Matt Hall and extremist House Republicans are pulling tricks to strip funding away from kids with cancer and hungry seniors, Michigan Democrats are fighting to keep the promises that our state made to the people of Michigan. www.michiganpublic.org/politics-gov...
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So, not a bonus. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, who are in this case the same person
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
So, not a bonus. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, who are in this case the same person
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I'm fighting for Medicare for All because I want every single American to have healthcare when they need it.
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I'm fighting for Medicare for All because I want every single American to have healthcare when they need it.
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My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
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The best way to prevent a spill in the Straits of Mackinac is to not allow the Canadian company that owns the pipeline to go under the straits. No Line 5! #NoLine5 #StopLine5
Research funded through oil industry tax will validate spill-tracking tools used by responders in one of the most complex Great Lakes waterways.
Coast Guard to test oil spill tracking models in Straits of Mackinac
Research funded through oil industry tax will validate spill-tracking tools used by responders in one of the most complex Great Lakes waterways.
www.mlive.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The best way to prevent a spill in the Straits of Mackinac is to not allow the Canadian company that owns the pipeline to go under the straits. No Line 5! #NoLine5 #StopLine5
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"Even by Trump standards, that is pretty disgusting....It is insane in a real way."
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk Trump's, well, insane "Truth" post about the Reiner murders:
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk Trump's, well, insane "Truth" post about the Reiner murders:
December 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"Even by Trump standards, that is pretty disgusting....It is insane in a real way."
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk Trump's, well, insane "Truth" post about the Reiner murders:
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social and @jvl.bsky.social talk Trump's, well, insane "Truth" post about the Reiner murders:
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Early childhood educators make ALL careers possible — yet they’re vastly underpaid, including here in Michigan.
In this commentary, educator Emily Blunt says we need to lead the way in valuing and paying ECE professionals what they truly deserve.
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/14/l...
In this commentary, educator Emily Blunt says we need to lead the way in valuing and paying ECE professionals what they truly deserve.
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/14/l...
Let’s be the leaders and best when it comes to pay for early childhood education professionals • Michigan Advance
Teachers in early childhood education (ECE) make all other professions possible, both in teaching children during their most formative years and by caring for the children of working parents. But thei...
michiganadvance.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Early childhood educators make ALL careers possible — yet they’re vastly underpaid, including here in Michigan.
In this commentary, educator Emily Blunt says we need to lead the way in valuing and paying ECE professionals what they truly deserve.
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/14/l...
In this commentary, educator Emily Blunt says we need to lead the way in valuing and paying ECE professionals what they truly deserve.
michiganadvance.com/2025/12/14/l...
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"Corporate media can’t get more independent. There’s no path to independence for them, no way to get out from under an oligarch. Once you hand someone else control, it’s gone."
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December 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Corporate media can’t get more independent. There’s no path to independence for them, no way to get out from under an oligarch. Once you hand someone else control, it’s gone."
But independent media can get bigger. That's where we need your help. Subscribe now to support our mission: bit.ly/3KI0340
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The party of states rights.
This seems rather, uh, dictatorial.
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives wanted devolution and the return of power to states.
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives wanted devolution and the return of power to states.
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The party of states rights.
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"I truthfully don't understand why we brought special operators into this to launch drone aircraft and destroy boats and kill people other than performative politics," Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) tells Tim Miller. "It doesn't make any sense." lnk.thebulwark.com/4rM6OSX?utm_...
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"I truthfully don't understand why we brought special operators into this to launch drone aircraft and destroy boats and kill people other than performative politics," Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) tells Tim Miller. "It doesn't make any sense." lnk.thebulwark.com/4rM6OSX?utm_...
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The biggest lie told to American farmers, and who profited from it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The biggest lie told to American farmers, and who profited from it.👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
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Americans are struggling to pay their bills and afford groceries, and we've got a President who is asleep at the wheel.
December 6, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Americans are struggling to pay their bills and afford groceries, and we've got a President who is asleep at the wheel.
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It's Day 4 of the Affordable LIFE Advent Calendar: Pass Comprehensive Insurance Reform.
Have you been impacted by insurance denials or increasing premiums? Share your stories in the comments.
#MI01 #AffordableLIFE #Healthcare #InsuranceReform #ACA #RuralStrong #wedeseservebetter
Have you been impacted by insurance denials or increasing premiums? Share your stories in the comments.
#MI01 #AffordableLIFE #Healthcare #InsuranceReform #ACA #RuralStrong #wedeseservebetter
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It's Day 4 of the Affordable LIFE Advent Calendar: Pass Comprehensive Insurance Reform.
Have you been impacted by insurance denials or increasing premiums? Share your stories in the comments.
#MI01 #AffordableLIFE #Healthcare #InsuranceReform #ACA #RuralStrong #wedeseservebetter
Have you been impacted by insurance denials or increasing premiums? Share your stories in the comments.
#MI01 #AffordableLIFE #Healthcare #InsuranceReform #ACA #RuralStrong #wedeseservebetter
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It's Day 3 of the Affordable LIFE Advent Calendar!
Part of living an Affordable Life is ending the tariff wars that are harming our farmers here in Upper and Northern Michigan!
Have you felt the impact?
#MI01 #AffordableLIFE #Endtradewars #ProtectourFarmers #Ruralstrong
Part of living an Affordable Life is ending the tariff wars that are harming our farmers here in Upper and Northern Michigan!
Have you felt the impact?
#MI01 #AffordableLIFE #Endtradewars #ProtectourFarmers #Ruralstrong
December 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It's Day 3 of the Affordable LIFE Advent Calendar!
Part of living an Affordable Life is ending the tariff wars that are harming our farmers here in Upper and Northern Michigan!
Have you felt the impact?
#MI01 #AffordableLIFE #Endtradewars #ProtectourFarmers #Ruralstrong
Part of living an Affordable Life is ending the tariff wars that are harming our farmers here in Upper and Northern Michigan!
Have you felt the impact?
#MI01 #AffordableLIFE #Endtradewars #ProtectourFarmers #Ruralstrong
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It's day 2 of the Affordable LIFE Advent Calendar!
December 2nd: Protect Social Security
#AffordableLIFE #MI01 #WEDESERVEBETTER #SocialSecurity
December 2nd: Protect Social Security
#AffordableLIFE #MI01 #WEDESERVEBETTER #SocialSecurity
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It's day 2 of the Affordable LIFE Advent Calendar!
December 2nd: Protect Social Security
#AffordableLIFE #MI01 #WEDESERVEBETTER #SocialSecurity
December 2nd: Protect Social Security
#AffordableLIFE #MI01 #WEDESERVEBETTER #SocialSecurity