Michael Welch
@mawpamplemousse.bsky.social
Boston area middle school special education math teacher (ret.)
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I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage
January 26, 2026 at 2:13 AM
I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage
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People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.
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STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
January 25, 2026 at 8:52 PM
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (NBPA) AND ITS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE FATAL SHOOTING IN MINNEAPOLIS BY ICE
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New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 20, 2026 at 11:13 PM
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
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One of the most devastating moves toward higher costs & fascism is happening right now & corporate media is silent.
Nexstar Media Group acquiring Tegna would give 1 company control of 80% of U.S. households.
The FCC is supposed to be independent. Instead Brendan Carr is serving Trump. Share this.
Nexstar Media Group acquiring Tegna would give 1 company control of 80% of U.S. households.
The FCC is supposed to be independent. Instead Brendan Carr is serving Trump. Share this.
Corporate Media is Hiding This Massive Power Grab
YouTube video by Qasim Rashid
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January 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
One of the most devastating moves toward higher costs & fascism is happening right now & corporate media is silent.
Nexstar Media Group acquiring Tegna would give 1 company control of 80% of U.S. households.
The FCC is supposed to be independent. Instead Brendan Carr is serving Trump. Share this.
Nexstar Media Group acquiring Tegna would give 1 company control of 80% of U.S. households.
The FCC is supposed to be independent. Instead Brendan Carr is serving Trump. Share this.
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The hardest thing, that I still struggle with, is to keep coming back to the idea that you cannot pick and choose who we save. We save the people we think are “worthy” by saving everyone, even the people we hate, the people we think deserve to suffer. There is no other way.
January 10, 2026 at 5:38 AM
The hardest thing, that I still struggle with, is to keep coming back to the idea that you cannot pick and choose who we save. We save the people we think are “worthy” by saving everyone, even the people we hate, the people we think deserve to suffer. There is no other way.
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our society protects white women like it does fetuses. theoretically and from a distance, until they become an actual person, at which point they are too much of a hassle and probably deserve all the bad things that happen to them
January 10, 2026 at 12:31 AM
our society protects white women like it does fetuses. theoretically and from a distance, until they become an actual person, at which point they are too much of a hassle and probably deserve all the bad things that happen to them
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7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election:
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 AM
7 Democrats just voted today to confirm a Trump judicial nominee who refused to say what happened on January 6 or answer who won the 2020 election:
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
Durbin
Hassan
Kaine
King
Klobuchar
Shaheen
Welch
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Too many analyses of why the US doesn't see the same kinds of protests as the Arab Spring or France or Nepal ignore that we have the largest carceral system in the history of the world. If our police were a military, only our actual military and the Chinese military would be larger.
January 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Too many analyses of why the US doesn't see the same kinds of protests as the Arab Spring or France or Nepal ignore that we have the largest carceral system in the history of the world. If our police were a military, only our actual military and the Chinese military would be larger.
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Trump didn’t inform Congress before invading Venezuela and capturing Maduro and his wife.
You know who he did inform?
The oil companies.
He gave his rich billionaire buddies a heads up and did not tell Congress.
We no longer have a Democracy. We are in full blown oligarchy.
You know who he did inform?
The oil companies.
He gave his rich billionaire buddies a heads up and did not tell Congress.
We no longer have a Democracy. We are in full blown oligarchy.
January 5, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Trump didn’t inform Congress before invading Venezuela and capturing Maduro and his wife.
You know who he did inform?
The oil companies.
He gave his rich billionaire buddies a heads up and did not tell Congress.
We no longer have a Democracy. We are in full blown oligarchy.
You know who he did inform?
The oil companies.
He gave his rich billionaire buddies a heads up and did not tell Congress.
We no longer have a Democracy. We are in full blown oligarchy.
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Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
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Zelensky shouldn't step foot on USA again until trump is removed. It's not safe
January 4, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Zelensky shouldn't step foot on USA again until trump is removed. It's not safe
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And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela
Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Globa...
www.wsj.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:13 PM
And there ya have it…
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”
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As I note here, this is basically Trump taking his ICE raids global…
First Thoughts on Trump’s Excellent Venezuela Adventure talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/first...
First Thoughts on Trump’s Excellent Venezuela Adventure talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/first...
First Thoughts on Trump’s Excellent Venezuela Adventure
Let me share a few thoughts about the US action overnight in...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM
As I note here, this is basically Trump taking his ICE raids global…
First Thoughts on Trump’s Excellent Venezuela Adventure talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/first...
First Thoughts on Trump’s Excellent Venezuela Adventure talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/first...
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Trump wants arrests, detention, and pressure tactics that force people to give up their cases. The result is more chaos, more delay, and a court system that’s being deliberately broken.
January 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Trump wants arrests, detention, and pressure tactics that force people to give up their cases. The result is more chaos, more delay, and a court system that’s being deliberately broken.
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POTUS is a convicted felon and was indicted for abusing power to overthrow a legal election, and we have Supreme Court justices who openly accept lavish gifts from people with interests before the court and its really weird to me that most people are…at most casually annoyed? And mostly w/ inflation
January 1, 2026 at 9:11 AM
POTUS is a convicted felon and was indicted for abusing power to overthrow a legal election, and we have Supreme Court justices who openly accept lavish gifts from people with interests before the court and its really weird to me that most people are…at most casually annoyed? And mostly w/ inflation
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Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 1, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
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Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
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Corollary of thinking anything in society you don’t like is the govt repressing you—interracial couples in TV commercials, “Happy Holidays,” trans people you never meet being themselves, etc.—is thinking that the president, Supreme Court, and police aren’t govt when they do something you agree with.
I think one of the defining things about our era and about conservativism, is an inability to distinguish between like, the actual government, and mid-level marketing managers at Target (who choose "happy holidays" to avoid leaving out non-Christian customers)
In retrospect the Bush-era War On Christmas stuff seems more ominous than it did at the time. It was just cable news guys crying about dumb/fake shit, then and now; I mean the campaign to turn Christmas, which most everyone likes and feels warmly about, into just another thing to get mad about.
December 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Corollary of thinking anything in society you don’t like is the govt repressing you—interracial couples in TV commercials, “Happy Holidays,” trans people you never meet being themselves, etc.—is thinking that the president, Supreme Court, and police aren’t govt when they do something you agree with.
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Recreating this legendary Peanuts scene. Yeah hoe!
December 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Recreating this legendary Peanuts scene. Yeah hoe!
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Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
It must be read:
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TAPPER: “This is one of the documents Trump’s DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. ALL BLACK. That’s the ‘transparency’ we’re getting.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
December 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
TAPPER: “This is one of the documents Trump’s DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. ALL BLACK. That’s the ‘transparency’ we’re getting.” #TrumpEpsteinCoverup
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I’ve never heard of using this standard for redactions before…
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’ve never heard of using this standard for redactions before…
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Holy crap, this story. "They pursued women in a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.... the two men discussed how much pubic hair a particular woman had, and whether there was enough for Mr. Epstein to floss his teeth with. " www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
‘Don’s Best Friend’: How Epstein and Trump Bonded Over the Pursuit of Women
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Holy crap, this story. "They pursued women in a game of ego and dominance. Female bodies were currency.... the two men discussed how much pubic hair a particular woman had, and whether there was enough for Mr. Epstein to floss his teeth with. " www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...