Mike Okuda
@mikeokuda.bsky.social
Graphic designer. Science fan. Space geek. Opinions & politics mine, not my employers'. Evidence matters. Resistance is not futile.
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Faceplanting Senator receives government-funded healthcare after voting to take government-funded healthcare away from citizens is where our metaphors are now.
John Fetterman was transported to a hospital this morning after falling and hitting his face.
Docs discovered he'd had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up, a form of sudden cardiac arrest. His office says he's doing well and “receiving routine observation." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
Docs discovered he'd had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up, a form of sudden cardiac arrest. His office says he's doing well and “receiving routine observation." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
John Fetterman Hospitalized After Fall
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November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Faceplanting Senator receives government-funded healthcare after voting to take government-funded healthcare away from citizens is where our metaphors are now.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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I can’t let down the 32,00 people in my district now facing skyrocketing healthcare costs.
Their tax dollars should be spent on them, and I’ll keep fighting to make sure they get the healthcare funding they need.
Their tax dollars should be spent on them, and I’ll keep fighting to make sure they get the healthcare funding they need.
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I can’t let down the 32,00 people in my district now facing skyrocketing healthcare costs.
Their tax dollars should be spent on them, and I’ll keep fighting to make sure they get the healthcare funding they need.
Their tax dollars should be spent on them, and I’ll keep fighting to make sure they get the healthcare funding they need.
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The American people wanted the government to reopen with their healthcare protected.
What Congress just passed doesn’t do that and it doesn’t represent the priorities of folks in Southwest Ohio.🧵👇🏼
What Congress just passed doesn’t do that and it doesn’t represent the priorities of folks in Southwest Ohio.🧵👇🏼
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The American people wanted the government to reopen with their healthcare protected.
What Congress just passed doesn’t do that and it doesn’t represent the priorities of folks in Southwest Ohio.🧵👇🏼
What Congress just passed doesn’t do that and it doesn’t represent the priorities of folks in Southwest Ohio.🧵👇🏼
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The NYT deciding to go all in on making my trans child’s life substantially worse while they protected SEVERAL child abusers is the kind of thing that could really fucking mess me up if I let it. It’s gonna be a rage knit night I guess.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The NYT deciding to go all in on making my trans child’s life substantially worse while they protected SEVERAL child abusers is the kind of thing that could really fucking mess me up if I let it. It’s gonna be a rage knit night I guess.
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CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 AM
CLAIM: The government is run by a secret society of pedophiles
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
RATING: FALSE. This society is in no way a secret
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At this point we have to assume that if the Epstein files are released they will
- end the Trump Presidency
- implicate many other prominent Republicans
- destroy the careers of AG Bondi and his other defenders
This is beginning to feel like the greatest scandal in American history.
- end the Trump Presidency
- implicate many other prominent Republicans
- destroy the careers of AG Bondi and his other defenders
This is beginning to feel like the greatest scandal in American history.
Trump has done enormous harm to the country.
He is a deeply corrupt and venal man.
He is wildly unpopular, his agenda more so. He's lost the consent of the governed.
He is old, infirm & clearly no longer mentally competent to run a nation.
It is time now to start talking about him moving on👇
He is a deeply corrupt and venal man.
He is wildly unpopular, his agenda more so. He's lost the consent of the governed.
He is old, infirm & clearly no longer mentally competent to run a nation.
It is time now to start talking about him moving on👇
Growing list of reasons Trump should step down:
- Cover up of his involvement in notorious sex trafficking ring
- Unprecedented corruption, self enrichment
- Tariffs are historic, unprecedented abuse of power
- Illegal desecration of most important global symbol of American democracy
- Cover up of his involvement in notorious sex trafficking ring
- Unprecedented corruption, self enrichment
- Tariffs are historic, unprecedented abuse of power
- Illegal desecration of most important global symbol of American democracy
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
At this point we have to assume that if the Epstein files are released they will
- end the Trump Presidency
- implicate many other prominent Republicans
- destroy the careers of AG Bondi and his other defenders
This is beginning to feel like the greatest scandal in American history.
- end the Trump Presidency
- implicate many other prominent Republicans
- destroy the careers of AG Bondi and his other defenders
This is beginning to feel like the greatest scandal in American history.
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What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
What if instead of Cyber Monday (aka Daddy Bezos Day), we did a Support Indie Media Monday?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
What are your favorite indie publications? Who are some of your favorite freelance and indie reporters and commentators?
Can we make this a thing?
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The fact that Trump is calling Mace and Boebert today pleading with them to remove their names from the Epstein petition at the last minute tells you everything you need to know about how incriminating the info in the files is to him and his cronies.
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The fact that Trump is calling Mace and Boebert today pleading with them to remove their names from the Epstein petition at the last minute tells you everything you need to know about how incriminating the info in the files is to him and his cronies.
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I’m loving this for her.
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’m loving this for her.
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All these horrible Epstein emails being in GMAIL means he was getting ads based on his crimes and that's pretty fucked.
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
All these horrible Epstein emails being in GMAIL means he was getting ads based on his crimes and that's pretty fucked.
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MAGA men are now saying the quiet part out loud: they want to repeal the 19th Amendment and strip women of their right to vote. Todd Beeton examines this ugly trend. Also, Jay Kuo unpacks the real failure underlying Senate Democrats' deal to reopen the government.
This Week In The Big Picture
In the aftermath of last week’s blue wave election rout, the 19th Amendment has been trending on X.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
MAGA men are now saying the quiet part out loud: they want to repeal the 19th Amendment and strip women of their right to vote. Todd Beeton examines this ugly trend. Also, Jay Kuo unpacks the real failure underlying Senate Democrats' deal to reopen the government.
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Dr. Tiscareno is also interested in how moons rotate. He was part of a team that used a tiny wobble in the rotation of Saturn’s moon Enceladus to prove that the moon’s subsurface water extends globally as a subsurface ocean.
Learn more about his work: buff.ly/zL19orr
Learn more about his work: buff.ly/zL19orr
Matthew Tiscareno
Senior Research Scientist
www.seti.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Dr. Tiscareno is also interested in how moons rotate. He was part of a team that used a tiny wobble in the rotation of Saturn’s moon Enceladus to prove that the moon’s subsurface water extends globally as a subsurface ocean.
Learn more about his work: buff.ly/zL19orr
Learn more about his work: buff.ly/zL19orr
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Hey gang, I'll be live today at 6p PT/9p ET w host Jason Hunt for his Deep Space Minds series on SciFi4Me.tv!
Talkin' #StarTrek and pioneering canon/BTS work—w 10 yrs of #Portal47. And about our free 10th Anniversary Open House on Thursday—w Trek guest David Goodman!
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Talkin' #StarTrek and pioneering canon/BTS work—w 10 yrs of #Portal47. And about our free 10th Anniversary Open House on Thursday—w Trek guest David Goodman!
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November 13, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Hey gang, I'll be live today at 6p PT/9p ET w host Jason Hunt for his Deep Space Minds series on SciFi4Me.tv!
Talkin' #StarTrek and pioneering canon/BTS work—w 10 yrs of #Portal47. And about our free 10th Anniversary Open House on Thursday—w Trek guest David Goodman!
www.youtube.com/scifi4me
Talkin' #StarTrek and pioneering canon/BTS work—w 10 yrs of #Portal47. And about our free 10th Anniversary Open House on Thursday—w Trek guest David Goodman!
www.youtube.com/scifi4me
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The swindler-in-chief.
Trump Bluntly Fact-Checked After Claiming That Going From 30-Year To 50-Year Mortgages Isn't A 'Big Deal'
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November 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The swindler-in-chief.
On Veterans Day, we honor all the men and women in uniform who have served our nation, including my father, Hiromi Okuda, who was proud of his service in the US Air Force. Photo art by Neil Smith.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
On Veterans Day, we honor all the men and women in uniform who have served our nation, including my father, Hiromi Okuda, who was proud of his service in the US Air Force. Photo art by Neil Smith.
It was 40 years ago today (Nov 11, 1985) that Ralph Winter called from Los Angeles and left a message on the phone in my apartment in Honolulu, asking me if I'd like to work on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. In doing so, he changed my life. Thanks, Ralph!
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It was 40 years ago today (Nov 11, 1985) that Ralph Winter called from Los Angeles and left a message on the phone in my apartment in Honolulu, asking me if I'd like to work on Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. In doing so, he changed my life. Thanks, Ralph!
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Remember
www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/p...
www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/p...
Analysis: How President Trump’s surprise gift to ‘60 Minutes’ completely backfired | CNN Politics
Shortly after President Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview with “60 Minutes” anchor Lesley Stahl, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany showed up with a massively large book in tow.
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Remember
www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/p...
www.cnn.com/2020/10/26/p...
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The Idea that Republicans care for The US Citizens they represent is more than laughable it is delusional.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The Idea that Republicans care for The US Citizens they represent is more than laughable it is delusional.
Republicans have been promising a new, better healthcare plan for over a decade. They had nothing. They still have nothing. They just want to give more tax breaks to the very wealthy. They don't care at all about Americans or American healthcare.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Republicans have been promising a new, better healthcare plan for over a decade. They had nothing. They still have nothing. They just want to give more tax breaks to the very wealthy. They don't care at all about Americans or American healthcare.
Land doesn't vote. People do.
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Land doesn't vote. People do.
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Evil does not even cover the tip.
This is astonishingly evil. Donald Trump wants to end the American dream of home ownership. With a 50 year mortgage, most home buyers will never pay off their homes, will remain in debt to the banks and be forced to work for the rest of their lives.
November 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Evil does not even cover the tip.
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A 50 year mortgage reduces the payment on a $300,000 loan by just $100 per month while adding $150,000 in total interest
Once again, Trump is running a scam
Once again, Trump is running a scam
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A 50 year mortgage reduces the payment on a $300,000 loan by just $100 per month while adding $150,000 in total interest
Once again, Trump is running a scam
Once again, Trump is running a scam
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Trump and the Republicans want you to be in debt forever, rather than working to create affordable housing.
This is astonishingly evil. Donald Trump wants to end the American dream of home ownership. With a 50 year mortgage, most home buyers will never pay off their homes, will remain in debt to the banks and be forced to work for the rest of their lives.
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Trump and the Republicans want you to be in debt forever, rather than working to create affordable housing.