Mike Orren
@mikeorren.com
Media, strategy, ops / Windmill-tilter / Treasurer, Agape Clinic / ✝️ in search of a ⛪️ / Duke Blue Devil / Gulf of Mexico
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Trump isn’t even trying to hide the fact that the DOJ is completely politicized and the rule of law no longer applies federally
![Donald Trump announces he has commuted George Santos’ sentence in his federal fraud case:
“at least Santos had the Courage, Conviction, and Intelligence to ALWAYS VOTE REPUBLICAN! […] I just signed a Commutation, releasing George Santos from prison, IMMEDIATELY. Good luck George, have a great life!”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/bafkreiaqs3kadqbcjqceidytl7crzonhd5nnldivweukjrpytiklwfiqji@jpeg)
October 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Trump isn’t even trying to hide the fact that the DOJ is completely politicized and the rule of law no longer applies federally
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Johan Tetzel, 1517:
Indulgence purchases are up 50% from last year.
Martin Luther:
Clearly we have a revival on our hands.
Indulgence purchases are up 50% from last year.
Martin Luther:
Clearly we have a revival on our hands.
October 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Johan Tetzel, 1517:
Indulgence purchases are up 50% from last year.
Martin Luther:
Clearly we have a revival on our hands.
Indulgence purchases are up 50% from last year.
Martin Luther:
Clearly we have a revival on our hands.
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A people who refuse to despise one another are immune to authoritarians because an authoritarian’s power depends on certain groups of people despising other groups of people.
This is why there’s so much power in Jesus’ words, “love your enemies.”
It is an act of resistance.
This is why there’s so much power in Jesus’ words, “love your enemies.”
It is an act of resistance.
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
A people who refuse to despise one another are immune to authoritarians because an authoritarian’s power depends on certain groups of people despising other groups of people.
This is why there’s so much power in Jesus’ words, “love your enemies.”
It is an act of resistance.
This is why there’s so much power in Jesus’ words, “love your enemies.”
It is an act of resistance.
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LAT Media Group reports a net loss before taxes of $48.1M in 2024, up from $30M in 2023, with a $21.5M loss in H1 2025; 50%+ of revenue still came from print (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
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October 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
LAT Media Group reports a net loss before taxes of $48.1M in 2024, up from $30M in 2023, with a $21.5M loss in H1 2025; 50%+ of revenue still came from print (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
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All the BW apologists at mainstream outlets should feel extra embarrassed about their advocacy for her, and her elevation to the top of CBS News, after this. It's incredibly worth a half-hour of your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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October 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
All the BW apologists at mainstream outlets should feel extra embarrassed about their advocacy for her, and her elevation to the top of CBS News, after this. It's incredibly worth a half-hour of your time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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All the journalists who rushed to lionize Kirk and decry political violence are gonna get right on this, right?
Right?
Right?
Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...
October 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
All the journalists who rushed to lionize Kirk and decry political violence are gonna get right on this, right?
Right?
Right?
Will @googlenews.bsky.social please take the freakin White House out of the Google News feed? It’s not a news source and shows up in feeds every day.
September 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Will @googlenews.bsky.social please take the freakin White House out of the Google News feed? It’s not a news source and shows up in feeds every day.
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So much for the new rules stopping Pentagon insiders from talking to the press against the official line
Three current Pentagon insiders told The Intercept that new Department of War rules are an egregious assault on press freedom.
Unnamed Pentagon Officials Ridicule Hegseth’s Plan to Stop War Department Leaks
Three current Pentagon insiders told The Intercept that new Department of War rules are an egregious assault on press freedom.
interc.pt
September 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
So much for the new rules stopping Pentagon insiders from talking to the press against the official line
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Letter from Lyndon Johnson to the Smothers Brothers, 1968
September 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Letter from Lyndon Johnson to the Smothers Brothers, 1968
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I don’t think any country in the history of the world has ever done anything as stupidly self destructive as what Trump and RFK jr are doing with vaccines.
September 19, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I don’t think any country in the history of the world has ever done anything as stupidly self destructive as what Trump and RFK jr are doing with vaccines.
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It's not just the authoritarianism — it's how shameless, how *gleeful* this administration is about it
September 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's not just the authoritarianism — it's how shameless, how *gleeful* this administration is about it
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You’d think someone would say something.
@wsj.com @jeffsonnenfeld.bsky.social
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@wsj.com @jeffsonnenfeld.bsky.social
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September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
You’d think someone would say something.
@wsj.com @jeffsonnenfeld.bsky.social
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@wsj.com @jeffsonnenfeld.bsky.social
www.wsj.com/business/ins...
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idk i read in the free press that the real risk to free speech is three oberlin undergraduates who say geometry is ableist. this is pretty confusing to me.
September 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
idk i read in the free press that the real risk to free speech is three oberlin undergraduates who say geometry is ableist. this is pretty confusing to me.
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the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
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Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people.
September 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Weird that the FCC Chair had no issue with Kilmeade wanting to euthanize homeless people.
God bless @jeffjarvis.bsky.social
Jennings: He does not have a right to have a TV show where he lies his ass off to the American people and attacks half this country on a nightly basis
Phillip: There are plenty of people over on another network who lied about the last election, who denigrate half the country every single night.
Phillip: There are plenty of people over on another network who lied about the last election, who denigrate half the country every single night.
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
God bless @jeffjarvis.bsky.social
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Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
September 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
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David Frum on Jimmy Kimmel: "This is not cancel culture because it's not culture. It's state repression. It's an order from the government. Here is the script, you must read, if you do not read it, you will be taken off the air."
September 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
David Frum on Jimmy Kimmel: "This is not cancel culture because it's not culture. It's state repression. It's an order from the government. Here is the script, you must read, if you do not read it, you will be taken off the air."
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While you still can, if you’re asking “who’s Sinclair?” John Oliver has you covered:
September 18, 2025 at 12:52 AM
While you still can, if you’re asking “who’s Sinclair?” John Oliver has you covered:
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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By the head of the Federal Communications Commission, in 2022:
September 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
By the head of the Federal Communications Commission, in 2022:
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I will say, turning a couple of the country’s most famous comedians into free speech martyrs seems like you’re basically fast-tracking your way into a color revolution
September 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I will say, turning a couple of the country’s most famous comedians into free speech martyrs seems like you’re basically fast-tracking your way into a color revolution