Michael Gatton
@mgatton.bsky.social
Retired NYC teacher. NC Democrat. Anti-fascist. Angry old man.
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I asked @aoc.bsky.social about why she posted this tweet, and she said “because JD Vance is a goober, man.”
December 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I asked @aoc.bsky.social about why she posted this tweet, and she said “because JD Vance is a goober, man.”
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Here’s an idea: It isn’t yet November 2028 and we have far better choices than Newsom
If we’re talking a choice between existing shit or Newsome - I’ll take Newsome’s non dementia thinking over the orange felon any day - he may be ‘bad’ to use your words but he’s way better than the current shite we’ve got!
December 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Here’s an idea: It isn’t yet November 2028 and we have far better choices than Newsom
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Newsom is real bad. Just very bad political instincts.
December 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Newsom is real bad. Just very bad political instincts.
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Newsom will sell out liberalism quicker than Bill Clinton chatting to Dick Morris about polls in 1996
December 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Newsom will sell out liberalism quicker than Bill Clinton chatting to Dick Morris about polls in 1996
But yeah, lets cripple scientific research.
ANOTHER HUGE L FOR CANCER LMAOO GET WRECKED #science #medicine #cancer #biology
YouTube video by Dr. Cal your Science Pal
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December 17, 2025 at 11:56 AM
But yeah, lets cripple scientific research.
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Trump ran on a promise that ICE would go after the “worst" criminals.
But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force.
Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.
But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force.
Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Trump ran on a promise that ICE would go after the “worst" criminals.
But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force.
Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.
But the real crime is in oligarchs taking $170b from your healthcare and food assistance to form a secret police force.
Our country has defeated fascism before and it is time we fight to uphold our legacy.
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democratic leaders need to comment on things. its a key part of their jobs.
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
democratic leaders need to comment on things. its a key part of their jobs.
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"it speaks for itself" has never worked. so yes, we do need dem officeholders to create friction, generating content.
Why does Democratic leadership need to comment on it? Do you not know Trump's post was repulsive and inhuman without them telling you? The rule is you do not get in the way of your opponent ruining themselves.
December 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"it speaks for itself" has never worked. so yes, we do need dem officeholders to create friction, generating content.
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i have no idea why she would limit herself to the senate
NEW: AOC came to Washington after she beat a longtime incumbent Democrat in a primary. But so far, she's staying mum and not endorsing Brad Lander against Goldman or Michael Blake against Ritchie Torres. It comes as many want her to run for Senate.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Could AOC’s silence be sign of a Senate run?
A series of progressives are staging primary challenges in the vein of Ocasio-Cortez’s insurgent 2018 run
www.independent.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
i have no idea why she would limit herself to the senate
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Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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In many parts of Europe populist-right parties have moderated as they have grown, shedding unpopular policies and personnel. If anything, the AfD in Germany is growing more radical econ.st/3KSptMm
Illustration: Javier Palma
Illustration: Javier Palma
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In many parts of Europe populist-right parties have moderated as they have grown, shedding unpopular policies and personnel. If anything, the AfD in Germany is growing more radical econ.st/3KSptMm
Illustration: Javier Palma
Illustration: Javier Palma
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There aren’t always 2 sides to things. Some times one “side” is just wrong, and maybe even stupid and/or evil.
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
There aren’t always 2 sides to things. Some times one “side” is just wrong, and maybe even stupid and/or evil.
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"Amid America’s fall, the news media has largely failed to meet the moment...Trump is covered with deference; with headlines and stories that often take him at face value."
@sulliview.bsky.social is relentlessly staying on this and it's good to see:
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...
@sulliview.bsky.social is relentlessly staying on this and it's good to see:
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...
America has tragically changed, but journalism is still stuck in old ways
The swift slide into authoritarianism should have been a five-alarm fire for the media
margaretsullivan.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Amid America’s fall, the news media has largely failed to meet the moment...Trump is covered with deference; with headlines and stories that often take him at face value."
@sulliview.bsky.social is relentlessly staying on this and it's good to see:
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...
@sulliview.bsky.social is relentlessly staying on this and it's good to see:
margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/america-ha...
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Jesus fucking Christ, America. We are a shithole country with a shithole president and a shithole congress that does nothing to stop this entirely preventable violence. Fuck your guns and fuck you.
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Jesus fucking Christ, America. We are a shithole country with a shithole president and a shithole congress that does nothing to stop this entirely preventable violence. Fuck your guns and fuck you.
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John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
John Oliver really was not kidding about the overwhelming rebellious power of just saying “Fuck you, make me.”
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This man is a monster. He has no human empathy. He is an embarrassment to this country. People lost their jobs and are still being hounded because of much more banal comments about Charlie Kirk.
Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
This man is a monster. He has no human empathy. He is an embarrassment to this country. People lost their jobs and are still being hounded because of much more banal comments about Charlie Kirk.
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incredible things happening at the nazi bar
December 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
incredible things happening at the nazi bar
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“There are only 2 legitimate reasons why livestock producers might have ramped up their antibiotic purchases in 2024: either they raised a lot more animals or they had to fight off a lot more diseases than usual. But neither explanation makes sense” www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The meat industry is sabotaging one of modern medicine’s greatest miracles
The US was making progress on its antibiotics-in-meat problem. Now it’s backsliding.
www.vox.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
“There are only 2 legitimate reasons why livestock producers might have ramped up their antibiotic purchases in 2024: either they raised a lot more animals or they had to fight off a lot more diseases than usual. But neither explanation makes sense” www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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This is very sharp and hits an undercovered topic:
The Constitution guarantees your right to follow, record, protest, and notify others about the agents and what you see. These are core First Amendment rights, and DHS has clearly ordered its agents to threaten and violate those rights. cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
December 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is very sharp and hits an undercovered topic:
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Just an unrelenting piece of shit.
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Just an unrelenting piece of shit.
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From the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
Donald Trump condemned for ‘disgusting’ and ‘depraved’ statement after deaths of Rob Reiner and wife Michele – live updates
US president fiercely criticized for claiming Hollywood director was killed due to his having ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
From the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...
What's more disturbing is that anyone on Earth can read that and not think damn, this man should not be president of the United States. He should not be allowed to finish his term. Totally deranged and dangerous man.
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What's more disturbing is that anyone on Earth can read that and not think damn, this man should not be president of the United States. He should not be allowed to finish his term. Totally deranged and dangerous man.
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Again: Xitter is vastly less influential than it used to be because normies don't like being bombarded by skull measurers all day. We don't need to bail it out, just keep watching as it sinks.
IMO it's hard to combat the dangerousness of the right by participating in a platform where they aren't present.
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Again: Xitter is vastly less influential than it used to be because normies don't like being bombarded by skull measurers all day. We don't need to bail it out, just keep watching as it sinks.
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Manchin is not a stupid man. But so many senators get so invested in the mythology of the filibuster. It’s like a religious belief — factually disproving it does nothing but irritate adherents.
So Joe Manchin doesn't understand the history of the filibuster - or the metaphorical use of "holy grail"
December 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Manchin is not a stupid man. But so many senators get so invested in the mythology of the filibuster. It’s like a religious belief — factually disproving it does nothing but irritate adherents.
Mood
Built to Spill - You Were Right
YouTube video by MrAlstec
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December 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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