Mike in the Box
@mike-in-the-box.bsky.social
Pro-democracy American.
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On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
![STEWART RHODES (FOUNDER, OATH KEEPERS): And one other thing I want to say is that President Trump, as commander in chief, always has absolute authority to call all of us up as the militia because every one of us — in federal statues defining the militia, it's every able-bodied male from age 17-45. And for us veterans, it goes up to age 64 because of our prior training and experience.
Right now, under federal statutes, President Trump can call us up as the militia if he sees it necessary, especially for three purposes: to repel invasions, to suppress insurrections, and to execute the laws of the union. And right now, we see all three of those in play.
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And the militia is all of us. So the National Guard is part of the militia, which is why it's completely lawful for him to use the National Guard as he has, and he should do more of that, I think, across the country.
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He could just say given the circumstances of an invasion, insurrection, and resistance against federal law being being enforced, I'm calling up the militia, ordering all the men to come together [in] every county, put the veterans in charge of training and organizing all the other men and just have them stand too and await his orders. He can do that and I think he should do that. And so that's what I'll be advocating for from him. So from the bottom, from down the rank and file, we can let President Trump know that we're ready to serve, encourage him to do that, call us up as a militia, order us all to come together in our counties under his command, which gives you complete legal sanction to do what you're doing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:af7tqcetuyt352aolf3znlxe/bafkreialm4skuozqobejpd6vx4m6kuwsgtidxmmxvj3ftcff6otiuyohiy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
New:
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers
He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...
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Like, some of y’all are being straight evil. My uncle’s church is literally doing collections right now to get people food and diapers through the shutdown.
There is a human cost to indifference.
If you *actually* want to fight and win, then give Dems BOTH houses come midterms.
There is a human cost to indifference.
If you *actually* want to fight and win, then give Dems BOTH houses come midterms.
Lot of people telling on themselves that they have never even been slightly poor.
November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Like, some of y’all are being straight evil. My uncle’s church is literally doing collections right now to get people food and diapers through the shutdown.
There is a human cost to indifference.
If you *actually* want to fight and win, then give Dems BOTH houses come midterms.
There is a human cost to indifference.
If you *actually* want to fight and win, then give Dems BOTH houses come midterms.
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Alarmed by Hezbollah rearming, Israel presses Beirut to act before the IDF has to https://www.timesofisrael.com/alarmed-by-hezbollah-rearming-israel-presses-beirut-to-act-before-the-idf-has-to/
Alarmed by Hezbollah rearming, Israel presses Beirut to act before the IDF has to
Increasingly intense strikes are signaling Jerusalem's impatience with Lebanon's efforts to disarm the terror group, but pressure may not be enough to stave off a fresh military op
www.timesofisrael.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Alarmed by Hezbollah rearming, Israel presses Beirut to act before the IDF has to https://www.timesofisrael.com/alarmed-by-hezbollah-rearming-israel-presses-beirut-to-act-before-the-idf-has-to/
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The number of people in the last 18-odd hours who’ve told me as a federal employee (contractor, so I have no guarantee of backpay) some version of, “well, you’re already fucked, so just take one for the team” has been really eye-opening.
And not in a good way.
And not in a good way.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The number of people in the last 18-odd hours who’ve told me as a federal employee (contractor, so I have no guarantee of backpay) some version of, “well, you’re already fucked, so just take one for the team” has been really eye-opening.
And not in a good way.
And not in a good way.
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"The MRI was not disclosed in the report of the president’s latest visit to the Walter Reed Medical Center …
Asked about this by the Daily Beast on Friday, along with a request for an update on the president’s health given this week’s events, the White House declined to answer.”
Asked about this by the Daily Beast on Friday, along with a request for an update on the president’s health given this week’s events, the White House declined to answer.”
“Over the past 48 hours alone, the Daily Beast has counted at least a dozen times when Trump has either confused names and dates, mixed up facts, or even appeared to drift off in public, prompting the obvious question: Is the president OK?” www.thedailybeast.com/12-reasons-w...
12 Reasons Why Trump, 79, May Be Losing The Plot
A series of confusing rants and apparent naps have prompted fresh questions about the president’s health.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"The MRI was not disclosed in the report of the president’s latest visit to the Walter Reed Medical Center …
Asked about this by the Daily Beast on Friday, along with a request for an update on the president’s health given this week’s events, the White House declined to answer.”
Asked about this by the Daily Beast on Friday, along with a request for an update on the president’s health given this week’s events, the White House declined to answer.”
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it's honestly amazing how he can string together words and phrases onto something sentence-like and just yammer on for minutes at a time saying nothing and understanding less
president chatgpt
president chatgpt
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
it's honestly amazing how he can string together words and phrases onto something sentence-like and just yammer on for minutes at a time saying nothing and understanding less
president chatgpt
president chatgpt
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So, we're fucked.
VAN SUSTEREN: Is the Republican healthcare solution going to go into effect at midnight on Dec. 31? Because people are gonna get sticker shock
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
MIKE JOHNSON: We have November and December to work on it
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
So, we're fucked.
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These people are just right-wingers, period, full stop, nothing else can explain their inherent need to lie about charismatic and driven queer people in positions of power.
When Pete Buttigieg says he would take medicine that makes gay men straight. What do you think is Mr. Buttigieg's attitude towards gays, men and medicine?
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
These people are just right-wingers, period, full stop, nothing else can explain their inherent need to lie about charismatic and driven queer people in positions of power.
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This case has one of my favorite non-dispositive facts of all time - that the prisoner showed up to jail with a Fifth Circuit decision saying dreadlocks could not he cut, and the guards threw it out and shaved him anyway
At 10am, Supreme Court hears arguments in this religious rights case involving a Rastafarian prison inmate whose dreadlocks were cut off against his wishes:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court weighs Rastafarian man's religious rights claim over shorn dreadlocks
Damon Landor is seeking damages after Louisiana prison officials cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This case has one of my favorite non-dispositive facts of all time - that the prisoner showed up to jail with a Fifth Circuit decision saying dreadlocks could not he cut, and the guards threw it out and shaved him anyway
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The ACA cuts happened in the reconciliation bill in July, every single Democrat voted against it and they got 3 detectors so Vance had to break the tie, and the Dems just shut down the government for 40 days to try and get them to undo it, it is absolutely deranged to blame this on “Democrats”
Yes - this is a loss because Democrats have now signed on to ACA cuts as a complicit party and once again made it a less effective issue for the mid terms
From that perspective, this would be a failure, right? Because the Dems lose the narrative that they did everything to stand in the way of ACA cuts.
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The ACA cuts happened in the reconciliation bill in July, every single Democrat voted against it and they got 3 detectors so Vance had to break the tie, and the Dems just shut down the government for 40 days to try and get them to undo it, it is absolutely deranged to blame this on “Democrats”
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Angus King is who Bluesky thinks Chuck Schumer is
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Angus King is who Bluesky thinks Chuck Schumer is
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The thing about winning is that if you wanna win the policies you want you have to actually win elections. We lost elections in 24. So now we don’t get to win policies. Lots of folks seem to struggle with that. Gotta elect majorities.
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The thing about winning is that if you wanna win the policies you want you have to actually win elections. We lost elections in 24. So now we don’t get to win policies. Lots of folks seem to struggle with that. Gotta elect majorities.
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Q: So Dr Oz said that--
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Q: So Dr Oz said that--
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
JEFFRIES: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr Oz seriously.
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Not at all surprising since Bluesky has the greatest concentration of anti-Democrat activists of any social media platform.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Not at all surprising since Bluesky has the greatest concentration of anti-Democrat activists of any social media platform.
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The left's attitude towards Federal employees forced to work for free forever:
shrek says some of you may die in front of two knights
ALT: shrek says some of you may die in front of two knights
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The left's attitude towards Federal employees forced to work for free forever:
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This was not a surprise to anyone who followed me and other actual reporters who know Supreme Court procedure.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This was not a surprise to anyone who followed me and other actual reporters who know Supreme Court procedure.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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Why does the thing Americans voted for keep happening? Why won’t somebody just stop the thing that the majority of the people who participated in a representational democracy voted for? How could we possibly have stopped this thing in a country where an absurd number of people just aren’t voting?
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Why does the thing Americans voted for keep happening? Why won’t somebody just stop the thing that the majority of the people who participated in a representational democracy voted for? How could we possibly have stopped this thing in a country where an absurd number of people just aren’t voting?
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Republicans voted to originally kill the ACA subsidies in their Bad Betrayal Bill. 100% of Democrats voted against it. It still passed.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Republicans voted to originally kill the ACA subsidies in their Bad Betrayal Bill. 100% of Democrats voted against it. It still passed.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.
Republicans voted to completely repeal the ACA 70+ times (failing thanks to Dem solidarity).
Your healthcare costs skyrocketing is ENTIRELY due to the GOP.
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22 million Americans will pay so much more for healthcare because of this, including 32,000 folks in my district in SW Ohio.
All while the vast majority of Americans – in poll after poll – have made it clear what they want: reopen the government and extend our healthcare subsidies... (1/2)
All while the vast majority of Americans – in poll after poll – have made it clear what they want: reopen the government and extend our healthcare subsidies... (1/2)
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
22 million Americans will pay so much more for healthcare because of this, including 32,000 folks in my district in SW Ohio.
All while the vast majority of Americans – in poll after poll – have made it clear what they want: reopen the government and extend our healthcare subsidies... (1/2)
All while the vast majority of Americans – in poll after poll – have made it clear what they want: reopen the government and extend our healthcare subsidies... (1/2)
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court denied an attempt to challenge Obergefell v. Hodges, the case affirming marriage equality nationwide.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
Our freedom to marry remains the law of the land.
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A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win
I have what I suspect is a somewhat counterintuitive take on the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A Quick Take on Team Cave’s Big Win talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/a-qui...
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For fucks sake, Phil. Think it through.
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 AM
For fucks sake, Phil. Think it through.
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… and here’s Shaheen’s
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 AM
… and here’s Shaheen’s
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In a new blog post, Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab, a social media platform known as a haven for white nationalists, lauded the "economic miracle" of Nazi Germany, claiming that the Nazis "understood a fundamental truth our leaders deny: that an economy must serve its own people first."
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In a new blog post, Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab, a social media platform known as a haven for white nationalists, lauded the "economic miracle" of Nazi Germany, claiming that the Nazis "understood a fundamental truth our leaders deny: that an economy must serve its own people first."