Mike Maples
@mikemaples.bsky.social
Art is the curation of accidents. Screenwriter, working in LA.
Oregon Duck.
Oregon Duck.
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Trump judges rule presidents can exile reporters for "wrong opinions" First Amendment stops at Oval Office door. DOJ argued banning citizens from White House tours based on politics is legal. As a veteran who defended the Constitution, watching courts dismantle it for a dictator makes me rage-sick.
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Trump judges rule presidents can exile reporters for "wrong opinions" First Amendment stops at Oval Office door. DOJ argued banning citizens from White House tours based on politics is legal. As a veteran who defended the Constitution, watching courts dismantle it for a dictator makes me rage-sick.
OMG this is soooo on brand.
The type of things that happen when a foolish reality TV actor appoints a petty, drunk talk show chatterbox to run our military:
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
OMG this is soooo on brand.
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🚨 Initially I did not grant this the bandwidth it warranted. They have my attention now. 1/2
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🚨 Initially I did not grant this the bandwidth it warranted. They have my attention now. 1/2
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Important Court Updates in Abrego Garcia Case and John Bolton Case
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Important Court Updates in Abrego Garcia Case and John Bolton Case
YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner
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November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Important Court Updates in Abrego Garcia Case and John Bolton Case
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🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
Hehe.
Twitter implemented a new feature last night that displayed the country an account is in. So many of the ‘America First’ accounts were from foreign countries that they had to disable the feature within hours. 🙄
November 22, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Hehe.
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
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Marjorie Tsylor Greene was hated by the left for years and never had to fear for her life. She is hated by the right for two days and hires a security detail. What does that tell you?
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Marjorie Tsylor Greene was hated by the left for years and never had to fear for her life. She is hated by the right for two days and hires a security detail. What does that tell you?
Every single promise Musk has made about Tesla and its world transformative technology has failed, literally every single one. So why do movers and thinkers take anything he says seriously? He leveraged the world’s biggest fortune against those promises and when it collapses he will be toast.
Elon Musk suggests AI will make work 'optional' and money irrelevant #TheHill
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Elon Musk suggests AI will make work ‘optional’ and money irrelevant
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November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Every single promise Musk has made about Tesla and its world transformative technology has failed, literally every single one. So why do movers and thinkers take anything he says seriously? He leveraged the world’s biggest fortune against those promises and when it collapses he will be toast.
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That part
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
That part
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I would say that he is a fool and a weakling but that would imply that his trade war was ever anything else but a scam to generate insider information so friends and family could get rich shorting stocks. (2/2)
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I would say that he is a fool and a weakling but that would imply that his trade war was ever anything else but a scam to generate insider information so friends and family could get rich shorting stocks. (2/2)
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Trump lost his trade war in every possible sense. It hurt the economy; it made us look ludicrous and lawless; and it gave Beijing a chance to reach for world power. And there is nothing Trump can do about any of this except back down and blame others. (1/2)
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump lost his trade war in every possible sense. It hurt the economy; it made us look ludicrous and lawless; and it gave Beijing a chance to reach for world power. And there is nothing Trump can do about any of this except back down and blame others. (1/2)
Why is every fucking GOP policy absolutely awful for the people in this country from both parties and why the fuck doesn’t the right admit it?
We found the US is on track to have the fewest foreign food safety inspections since 2011, excluding pandemic years.
In recent years, the FDA has typically been able to conduct ~110 inspections each month, but in March, the number of inspections dropped almost in half.
🔗: https://propub.li/4qTLkmN
In recent years, the FDA has typically been able to conduct ~110 inspections each month, but in March, the number of inspections dropped almost in half.
🔗: https://propub.li/4qTLkmN
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Why is every fucking GOP policy absolutely awful for the people in this country from both parties and why the fuck doesn’t the right admit it?
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"You’d think,after years of shutdowns,tantrums, and dysfunction, we’d learn. But here we are again; planes grounded, families separated, livelihoods upended, all because the Republican Party can’t bring itself to admit that healthcare is a human right, not a political bargaining chip"
MICHAEL COHEN
MICHAEL COHEN
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"You’d think,after years of shutdowns,tantrums, and dysfunction, we’d learn. But here we are again; planes grounded, families separated, livelihoods upended, all because the Republican Party can’t bring itself to admit that healthcare is a human right, not a political bargaining chip"
MICHAEL COHEN
MICHAEL COHEN
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
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ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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The whole pundit class is so useless because they're not actually experts in anything! They're not researchers. They're not doing practical work. They're just prolific take-havers with a platform that people interpret as authority. It's just a periodic letter to the editor written by the same guy!
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The whole pundit class is so useless because they're not actually experts in anything! They're not researchers. They're not doing practical work. They're just prolific take-havers with a platform that people interpret as authority. It's just a periodic letter to the editor written by the same guy!
But tell us again Mr. President what a disaster the Biden economy was and how you’ve fixed it
The data, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, shows that company layoffs soared last month to more than 153,000, marking the worst October for job reductions since 2003.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
But tell us again Mr. President what a disaster the Biden economy was and how you’ve fixed it
Trump has that, fuck, I’m next aren’t I, look about him.
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Trump has that, fuck, I’m next aren’t I, look about him.
Worst of the worst, my fucking ass.
A damn daycare. This is sick. What are we doing?
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Worst of the worst, my fucking ass.
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Trump just admitted it the shutdown’s been disastrous for Republicans. While millions suffer, voters know who to blame. The GOP’s chaos strategy backfired, and Democrats are the ones standing up for workers, families, and sanity.
The meltdown is theirs.
The momentum is ours.🔥
The meltdown is theirs.
The momentum is ours.🔥
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Trump just admitted it the shutdown’s been disastrous for Republicans. While millions suffer, voters know who to blame. The GOP’s chaos strategy backfired, and Democrats are the ones standing up for workers, families, and sanity.
The meltdown is theirs.
The momentum is ours.🔥
The meltdown is theirs.
The momentum is ours.🔥
Fucking absurd headline. Do better #AP
BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.
bit.ly
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Fucking absurd headline. Do better #AP
Kitchen table issues?
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is escalating her foul-mouthed tirade unleashed at Charleston International Airport Thursday as security did not meet her as she traveled.
'It's on': Nancy Mace declares war on unpaid TSA agents as airport tirade fallout grows
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) is escalating her foul-mouthed tirade unleashed at Charleston International Airport Thursday as security did not meet her as she traveled. On Monday, she accused the airport of lying about the ordeal.Taking to X, Mace wrote, "Wait until we release audio between my staff and th...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Kitchen table issues?
Phenomenal thread. I wish the people who need to read it could.
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I’ve spent the last 3 days tracking right-wing influencers morning and night. What I found is a machine, not a movement. Every day follows the same rhythm of fear, outrage, and punishment. It’s emotional conditioning disguised as news. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
I’ve spent the last 3 days tracking right-wing influencers morning and night. What I found is a machine, not a movement. Every day follows the same rhythm of fear, outrage, and punishment. It’s emotional conditioning disguised as news. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
November 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Phenomenal thread. I wish the people who need to read it could.