Mike Simmonds
@smikesme.bsky.social
Planting natives in Southland AoNZ for a living. Baking for fun.
Joining dots to make confident sounding analysis of things I know nothing about since 1974
Joining dots to make confident sounding analysis of things I know nothing about since 1974
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Literally the reason Twitter sucks now is all these foreigners logged on willing to do racism for pennies on the dollar and undercut our home-grown American racists. We need to erect serious trade barriers to protect the integrity of our domestic racism industry and preserve racist jobs.
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Literally the reason Twitter sucks now is all these foreigners logged on willing to do racism for pennies on the dollar and undercut our home-grown American racists. We need to erect serious trade barriers to protect the integrity of our domestic racism industry and preserve racist jobs.
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So, the question is, did Trump know it was a Russian wishlist when he was pushing Ukraine to accept it by Thanksgiving? Or does he know absolutely nothing about anything going on in the entire administration and just spouts whatever nonsense people tell him?
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
So, the question is, did Trump know it was a Russian wishlist when he was pushing Ukraine to accept it by Thanksgiving? Or does he know absolutely nothing about anything going on in the entire administration and just spouts whatever nonsense people tell him?
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Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
WASHINGTON—In an effort to bring an end to what he described as an anti-American trend in filmmaking, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday imposing a 100% tax on the profits of movi...
theonion.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump Imposes 100% Tax On Movies Where Slaves Escape
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Pertinent in the light of MTG’s swipe at Trump in her resignation speech.
He’s now a lame duck and he’s the only one who doesn’t realise it.
He’s now a lame duck and he’s the only one who doesn’t realise it.
Comedy Of Terrors
America’s most inept administration will destroy itself
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November 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Pertinent in the light of MTG’s swipe at Trump in her resignation speech.
He’s now a lame duck and he’s the only one who doesn’t realise it.
He’s now a lame duck and he’s the only one who doesn’t realise it.
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🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for the European Commission messaged me today about the EU's commitment to "equality" in response to the Trump administration issuing new rules saying countries with DEI policies are infringing on human rights. A Commission spokesperson messaged:
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🔥 BREAKING: A spokesperson for the European Commission messaged me today about the EU's commitment to "equality" in response to the Trump administration issuing new rules saying countries with DEI policies are infringing on human rights. A Commission spokesperson messaged:
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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I don't usually repost memes, but this one really spoke to me.
This is something I would love to see happen.
This is something I would love to see happen.
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I don't usually repost memes, but this one really spoke to me.
This is something I would love to see happen.
This is something I would love to see happen.
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Every time a trump attorney appears before the court, a disbarment gets its wings
This is nuts.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Every time a trump attorney appears before the court, a disbarment gets its wings
“What I read was he was defining the crime of sedition. That is a factual statement... "
Mike Johnson defending trumps response to a factual statement by saying his was a factual statement.
Excuse me Mr Speaker, can you spell hypocrisy?
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
Mike Johnson defending trumps response to a factual statement by saying his was a factual statement.
Excuse me Mr Speaker, can you spell hypocrisy?
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
Trump accuses Democratic lawmakers who urged military to disobey illegal orders of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that Democratic lawmakers who urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders should be put to death, sparking an outcry among D...
edition.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
“What I read was he was defining the crime of sedition. That is a factual statement... "
Mike Johnson defending trumps response to a factual statement by saying his was a factual statement.
Excuse me Mr Speaker, can you spell hypocrisy?
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
Mike Johnson defending trumps response to a factual statement by saying his was a factual statement.
Excuse me Mr Speaker, can you spell hypocrisy?
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
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Netanyahu: “A Palestinian state will not be established. It’s an existential threat to Israel and unrealistic even with reforms.”
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Netanyahu: “A Palestinian state will not be established. It’s an existential threat to Israel and unrealistic even with reforms.”
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⚠️ Something very scary is happening in the markets
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
⚠️ Something very scary is happening in the markets
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...Journalist Motasem Dalloul says Israel is manufacturing pretexts to strike Palestinians – alleging fake Hamas attacks to justify hitting targets in Gaza the army had already selected.
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
...Journalist Motasem Dalloul says Israel is manufacturing pretexts to strike Palestinians – alleging fake Hamas attacks to justify hitting targets in Gaza the army had already selected.
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If you follow my work you know that I often ask my audience to support my journalism. This time, it's different. My fiancee's mother has been diagnosed with stage IV cancer. She's on fixed income and we had to relocate her to Dallas for care. She needs your help.
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Donate to Extend Patti's Joyful Life Amidst Cancer Fight, organized by Kaitlin Siebert
On October 30th, 2025, my mom, Patti, was diagnosed with stage IV color… Kaitlin Siebert needs your support for Extend Patti's Joyful Life Amidst Cancer Fight
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November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
If you follow my work you know that I often ask my audience to support my journalism. This time, it's different. My fiancee's mother has been diagnosed with stage IV cancer. She's on fixed income and we had to relocate her to Dallas for care. She needs your help.
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OK - now on Syria Temporary Protected Status, SDNY Judge Failla announcing her decision. On the morning of Nov 17, Inner City Press live tweeted the argument. With that account blocked since, with no help from X "Support,", will skeet this here, below
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
OK - now on Syria Temporary Protected Status, SDNY Judge Failla announcing her decision. On the morning of Nov 17, Inner City Press live tweeted the argument. With that account blocked since, with no help from X "Support,", will skeet this here, below
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I am super excited for this, and it'll be my first time on the other side of an author Q&A. Noelle's book is great, and couldn't be more timely or relevant to the *waves hands* we're going through right now.
Happy to share that Vroman’s is hosting the launch for The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism, and the Lure of Belonging. I’ll be joined by author @rothschildmd.bsky.social, a leading expert on conspiracy movements.
If you’re in the area, we’d love to see you: vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
If you’re in the area, we’d love to see you: vromansbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I am super excited for this, and it'll be my first time on the other side of an author Q&A. Noelle's book is great, and couldn't be more timely or relevant to the *waves hands* we're going through right now.
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‘Net zero’ has always been beside the point, as Tim points out. The challenge of decarbonisation is bigger — and the opportunities are much larger — than the extremely impoverished political arguments we have about the term
Just here to remind you that, with “net zero”, we’re having a meaningless argument about a meaningless frame in order to distract from the single most important and meaningful issue confronting us.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
This is politics today.
We should stop wasting time and energy and build a new system.
Net zero reality and the extinction of politics-as-usual
On words without meaning, meaning without worlds
The sheer inanity, the ecocidal banality of our current political discourse was encapsulated perfectly this morning on the floor of the House of Repre...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
‘Net zero’ has always been beside the point, as Tim points out. The challenge of decarbonisation is bigger — and the opportunities are much larger — than the extremely impoverished political arguments we have about the term
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"They’re just going to break every rule. They don’t care."
The Unraveling of the Justice Department, via NYT:
The Unraveling of the Justice Department, via NYT:
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
"They’re just going to break every rule. They don’t care."
The Unraveling of the Justice Department, via NYT:
The Unraveling of the Justice Department, via NYT:
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Twitter is protecting Israelis by not translating what they say because of the amount of hate speech and calls for violence
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Twitter is protecting Israelis by not translating what they say because of the amount of hate speech and calls for violence
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I'm really down on new subscribers for the month, so if you've got any interest in the early days of conspiracism's transition from the fringe to the mainstream, this series will be a must read. Even $5 a month is a big help in rebuilding!
NEW: For paid subscribers on Patreon, I wrote about a disappointing interview Art Bell did with David Icke in 1998. Despite promoting a notoriously antisemitic book, Bell doesn't mention the book's raving Jew hatred, or even seem to know it exists.
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The Heart of Art #2: 11/11/98, with David Icke | Mike Rothschild
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November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I'm really down on new subscribers for the month, so if you've got any interest in the early days of conspiracism's transition from the fringe to the mainstream, this series will be a must read. Even $5 a month is a big help in rebuilding!
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Spotify is helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops running ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Spotify is helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops running ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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2/ other recent projects
November 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
2/ other recent projects
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Gonna send every company I purchase from emails asking how I did
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Gonna send every company I purchase from emails asking how I did
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Although many people are saying it, I do not believe our current president sucked off former president Bill Clinton on camera. I have not seen sufficient evidence that our current president gave the former president a blowie in a way that was memorialized in a photo. That's not something I believe.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Although many people are saying it, I do not believe our current president sucked off former president Bill Clinton on camera. I have not seen sufficient evidence that our current president gave the former president a blowie in a way that was memorialized in a photo. That's not something I believe.
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Part two of my "Heart of Art" series drops for paid subscribers on Monday. It features Art Bell interviewing one of the most important figures in modern conspiracism, and making an absolute whitewash out of it. Subscribe now to see it first!
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Get more from Mike Rothschild on Patreon
Documenting the Eaton Fire and its aftermath
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November 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Part two of my "Heart of Art" series drops for paid subscribers on Monday. It features Art Bell interviewing one of the most important figures in modern conspiracism, and making an absolute whitewash out of it. Subscribe now to see it first!
patreon.com/MikeRothschild
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While Trump is cornered, I wanted to re-up this one about his true motivations and what’s at stake.
TRUMP IS NOT AN AMERICAN
A new way to see the global Far Right elite
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
While Trump is cornered, I wanted to re-up this one about his true motivations and what’s at stake.