Michael
@michaelchar.bsky.social
Ohio born, Michigan raised. Michigan State B.A., Northwestern M.S. U.S. Army vet. Former journalist, retired D.C. lobbyist (pro environment & pro modern infrastructure). Jewish. Believer in science and law. Democrat. Dog lover. 🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦
Do Childhood Vaccines Cause Tornadoes?
It hasn’t been ruled out.
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:23 PM
As the old legal saying goes, suspicious driving patterns are conclusive proof the criminal intent.
#DrivingSuspicoiusly #CriminalMinds
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#DrivingSuspicoiusly #CriminalMinds
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
As the old legal saying goes, suspicious driving patterns are conclusive proof the criminal intent.
#DrivingSuspicoiusly #CriminalMinds
apnews.com/article/immi...
#DrivingSuspicoiusly #CriminalMinds
apnews.com/article/immi...
Corruption disqualified her from public office? What a novel idea.
#Corruption #FedReserve
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/b...
#Corruption #FedReserve
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/b...
Former Fed Official Violated Trading Rules, Disclosures Show
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Corruption disqualified her from public office? What a novel idea.
#Corruption #FedReserve
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/b...
#Corruption #FedReserve
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/b...
End the Senate filibuster, says Trump.
"We will pass legislation that you've never seen before."
Not since the Nurmberg laws, anyway.
#Trump #Filibuster #Senate
"We will pass legislation that you've never seen before."
Not since the Nurmberg laws, anyway.
#Trump #Filibuster #Senate
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
End the Senate filibuster, says Trump.
"We will pass legislation that you've never seen before."
Not since the Nurmberg laws, anyway.
#Trump #Filibuster #Senate
"We will pass legislation that you've never seen before."
Not since the Nurmberg laws, anyway.
#Trump #Filibuster #Senate
The Mamdani campaign gave a lonely generation something to bond over. “Addicted to their screens, strapped for cash, spiritually unmoored and socially stunted by the pandemic, young New Yorkers needed a reason to get out of the house. They found it in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral run." New York Times
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Mamdani campaign gave a lonely generation something to bond over. “Addicted to their screens, strapped for cash, spiritually unmoored and socially stunted by the pandemic, young New Yorkers needed a reason to get out of the house. They found it in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral run." New York Times
American "justice" appears to be somewhat elastic.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
#Bondi #Noem #DOJ #Garcia
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
#Bondi #Noem #DOJ #Garcia
Federal Judge Skewers Top Trump Officials Over ‘Troubling’ Statements Against Abrego Garcia
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
American "justice" appears to be somewhat elastic.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
#Bondi #Noem #DOJ #Garcia
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
#Bondi #Noem #DOJ #Garcia
Academia has too few white students, who have been discriminated against for hundreds of years--or since 2024.
#Education #Universities
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
#Education #Universities
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
White House Moves Toward Settlement With First Public University
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Academia has too few white students, who have been discriminated against for hundreds of years--or since 2024.
#Education #Universities
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
#Education #Universities
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
In case anyone missed the point of October 7.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...
#Hamas #Pogrom #JewHatred
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...
#Hamas #Pogrom #JewHatred
A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In case anyone missed the point of October 7.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...
#Hamas #Pogrom #JewHatred
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...
#Hamas #Pogrom #JewHatred
Israeli hostage "deals," popular among liberals, beget more terror--and more hostages.
#Terrorism #Israel
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#Terrorism #Israel
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When the left sacrificed hostages
And won elections in the process
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Israeli hostage "deals," popular among liberals, beget more terror--and more hostages.
#Terrorism #Israel
open.substack.com/pub/abinyami...
#Terrorism #Israel
open.substack.com/pub/abinyami...
Jews worship in semi-fortified isolation. Christians, who carried out anti-Jewish pogroms for millennia, worship openly and peacefully. Who is the greater evil?
#Judaism #Christianity
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#Judaism #Christianity
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May God bless and keep the wall...
...far away from us
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Jews worship in semi-fortified isolation. Christians, who carried out anti-Jewish pogroms for millennia, worship openly and peacefully. Who is the greater evil?
#Judaism #Christianity
open.substack.com/pub/abinyami...
#Judaism #Christianity
open.substack.com/pub/abinyami...
Trump had indicated . . . that he would leverage the shutdown to inflict pain on programs and workers that Democrats prioritize. On Wednesday, (OMB) said the administration will use the shutdown to block funding from infrastructure projects in states run by Democrats.
#PettyPolitics
#PettyPolitics
October 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Trump had indicated . . . that he would leverage the shutdown to inflict pain on programs and workers that Democrats prioritize. On Wednesday, (OMB) said the administration will use the shutdown to block funding from infrastructure projects in states run by Democrats.
#PettyPolitics
#PettyPolitics
Patton and Bismarck could solve America's domestic terrorism problem. Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!
borrowing from a simpsons joke: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lFZ...
The Simpsons - Bart gets war advice from Herman
YouTube video by letsbepandas
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Patton and Bismarck could solve America's domestic terrorism problem. Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!
#SCOTUS approves an interpretation of the Impoundment Control Act that allows #Trump to unconstitutionally override congressional control of federal spending.
www.vox.com/politics/463...
www.vox.com/politics/463...
The Supreme Court’s newest decision could make it impossible to end the shutdown
How do you negotiate with a man who can break his promises at any time?
www.vox.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
#SCOTUS approves an interpretation of the Impoundment Control Act that allows #Trump to unconstitutionally override congressional control of federal spending.
www.vox.com/politics/463...
www.vox.com/politics/463...
The U. S. government shut down overnight. No one in D.C. is working for us. Can anyone tell me the difference between today and, say, last week or last month?
#Government #Shutdown #Politics #UnitedStates
#Government #Shutdown #Politics #UnitedStates
October 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The U. S. government shut down overnight. No one in D.C. is working for us. Can anyone tell me the difference between today and, say, last week or last month?
#Government #Shutdown #Politics #UnitedStates
#Government #Shutdown #Politics #UnitedStates
"Don’t laugh. Don’t laugh. You’re not allowed to do that . . . [a]nd if you want to do anything you want, you can do anything that you want."
Babbler-im-Chief said so.
Yeah, let's do what we want, whatever that is.
Thank you for your attention.
#Trump #Leadership #Pentagon #Milsky
Babbler-im-Chief said so.
Yeah, let's do what we want, whatever that is.
Thank you for your attention.
#Trump #Leadership #Pentagon #Milsky
September 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
"Don’t laugh. Don’t laugh. You’re not allowed to do that . . . [a]nd if you want to do anything you want, you can do anything that you want."
Babbler-im-Chief said so.
Yeah, let's do what we want, whatever that is.
Thank you for your attention.
#Trump #Leadership #Pentagon #Milsky
Babbler-im-Chief said so.
Yeah, let's do what we want, whatever that is.
Thank you for your attention.
#Trump #Leadership #Pentagon #Milsky
"Move out and draw fire."
Start with Portland or Memphis. Just don't go to Des Moines, a city full of Iowans, a warlike people.
#Hegseth #WarDepartment #DomesticInsurgency #AmericaAtWar
Start with Portland or Memphis. Just don't go to Des Moines, a city full of Iowans, a warlike people.
#Hegseth #WarDepartment #DomesticInsurgency #AmericaAtWar
September 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"Move out and draw fire."
Start with Portland or Memphis. Just don't go to Des Moines, a city full of Iowans, a warlike people.
#Hegseth #WarDepartment #DomesticInsurgency #AmericaAtWar
Start with Portland or Memphis. Just don't go to Des Moines, a city full of Iowans, a warlike people.
#Hegseth #WarDepartment #DomesticInsurgency #AmericaAtWar
Trump gets Netanyahu to apologize to Qatar for being mean and bombing Doha.
#Trump #Netanyahu #Gaza #MiddleEastPeace
youtube.com/watch?v=KniU...
#Trump #Netanyahu #Gaza #MiddleEastPeace
youtube.com/watch?v=KniU...
A Fish Called Wanda - Apologies
YouTube video by goniolito
youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Trump gets Netanyahu to apologize to Qatar for being mean and bombing Doha.
#Trump #Netanyahu #Gaza #MiddleEastPeace
youtube.com/watch?v=KniU...
#Trump #Netanyahu #Gaza #MiddleEastPeace
youtube.com/watch?v=KniU...