MichiganBlue 💙
Resist.
- Our smart tv used to to turn on all by itself as we think our neighbor’s tv was the same brand or code. We activated a setting and that no longer happens.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Armed ICE agents and soldiers at the polls are nothing more than another effort by Trump to intimidate voters and steal elections. Hear this, Donald Trump and Steve Bannon: California will never back down from defending our democracy.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Please don’t yell at me, but: The KamalaHQ account on X has reactivated. The video accompanying the post teases: “TOMORROW”
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙No, the GOP can't "take over" national elections. But take Trump's threats seriously anyway. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙It would be truly incredible if two people could be found who said nice things about Dershowitz behind his back.
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- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Still can't read TPUSA without seeing the toilet paper
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙If you can't stand up for a fellow journalist when she's being ridiculously bullied and demeaned for asking a basic question of a public leader, you sure as hell aren't going stand up for anything as abstract as a national principle or ethos. American journalism is dying. And with it, our republic.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙With us, it's like herding cats or stubborn goats, but conservatives are always trying to make daddy proud. ..like dogs or obedient sheep.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Rhetoric didn’t kill Renee Good or Alex Pretti. An unaccountable federal police force did.
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- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙TOMORROW: Get trained on the tools you need to exercise your constitutional right to monitor ICE and other federal agencies as they terrorize our communities. Over 200,000 people joined last week’s ICE watch training. Let’s make this call even bigger: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Many of Trump's conspiracy theory-prone allies have been running with the idea of federalizing elections ever since Trump gave them the runway for it. talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙The government is coming for your guns… youtube.com/shorts/8L3Ir...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Studies suggest Nazism may be a leading cause of job dissatisfaction among Nazis.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Someone for the love of god, please do something.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Epstein's network is protecting itself from retribution -- power policing itself.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Normalization bias is a HUGE part of how we got here. Many people—including many (not all) journalists—spent years performing non-alarmist, cool-kid in-group signaling instead of paying attention to what was happening before our eyes and speaking clearly about the potential implications.
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- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Big Balls is back for Season 2!
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙NEWS Elon Musk and others LOSE their bid to duck depositions in DOGE litigation. Judge doubts protections for "high-ranking government officials" for multiple reasons. It's unclear they ever had that status, and Musk "left government service." Doc buff.ly/uhpSOTz
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Attorneys preparing for this deposition— YOU’VE GOT ONE SHOT ONE OPPORTUNITY DO NOT MISS YOUR CHANCE TO #WITAOD???
- NEWS Elon Musk and others LOSE their bid to duck depositions in DOGE litigation. Judge doubts protections for "high-ranking government officials" for multiple reasons. It's unclear they ever had that status, and Musk "left government service." Doc buff.ly/uhpSOTz
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Immigrants are carrying this country on their backs while the right screams into the void. Here’s the Cato Institute report: www.cato.org/blog/cato-st...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Immigrants: 📌Pay more in taxes and take fewer benefits 📌Work more, earn more than the average native-born worker 📌Cost less in retirement, they do not drain Social Security for decades 📌Barely touch welfare, there is no free ride Undocumented immigrants alone saved $1.7 trillion. 2/3
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Another big loss -- @nitasha.bsky.social's reporting on the tech business has been awesome, informative, engaging, and A1-worthy
- My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Senator Wyden from Oregon expresses “deep concerns about CIA activities”:
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Rep. Robert García is 🔥 🔥 🔥
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Steve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms. "We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November." "We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙The Alabama House of Representatives approved legislation on Tuesday that prohibits foreign nationals from making political contributions. via @alabamareflector.com
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Nuremberg was a compromise between the Soviet desire for show trials and the British demand for immediate executions
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙again, the hogs do not know that they are playing with fire
- Was talking to a random nice older woman from East Isles last night and ICE came up. She then detailed, totally free of irony, her plan for reforming US government, which included the simultaneous mass execution of every leading member of the Trump administration, many of whom were mentioned by name
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Definitely owns the title
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Republicans unable to prevent two from playing at their game.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Some infuriating context for this is Will Lewis -- Bezos's imported Charles Marimow -- smarmily telling reporters that they were the reason the Post's readership was declining nymag.com/intelligence...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙We also have absolutely no interest in replacing human talent with AI slop generators.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙As The Washington Post goes dark, today is a good day to give your money to nonprofit newsrooms like @mississippifreepress.org. Far from laying people off, we're hiring *more* journalists and growing vital, democracy-building work. And we have no paywalls! Give here: givebutter.com/mfpdonate
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Or you can join me on YouTube. youtube.com/live/Brkpfmo...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙It’s like Democrats could embrace immigrant rights and win elections on it instead of trying to be draconian in a kinder way.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Elections are already under attack tRump directed the USPS to delay timestamps on mail in ballots New ID laws Demands by the DOJ for Voter registrations watch now for INcrease in the voting age New threats to "Nationalize" or "Federalize" elections. Fewer polling places No same day registration
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙That is extremely unAmerican. Not surprised they are going to destroy elections from even happening. They spread misinformation and used intimidation tactics in the 2024 election to tilt it their way.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Remember the Constitution doesn't provide for do-overs. Intimidating voters in line to produce a response to justify shuttering polling places in Dem neighborhoods for "public safety" long enough on election day is enough to change the outcome with NO opportunity for legal redress.
- 🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Maybe if Trump-kowtower Jeff Bezos didn't spend $75 million on "Melania" in a hopeless effort to please Donald Trump, he would have some extra cash to fund Washington Post staff. Then again, maybe he wrongly thinks it will take a killing to satisfy the insatiable monster.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Tim Pool on mass layoffs at The Washington Post: “Let's talk about the death of this industry. And, is it good? Is it bad? Well, you know, I think it's kind of a good thing.
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙It is terrible to see what is happening at The Washington Post. Democracy Docket is a small newsroom, but it is growing. If you want to work for an independent, pro-democracy media outlet, I encourage you to apply. ats.rippling.com/democracy-do...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Thinking today of this statement Bezos made in 2019, when the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him with compromising photos. See the highlighted portion below, about his "unswerving" support of The Post's mission. medium.com/@jeffreypbez...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙fun fact: $WMT is a larger weighting in the $QQQ than $AMD $AVGO $PLTR or $NFLX
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙AMD stock plummets despite Q4 earnings beat
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙Govt attorney who was representing the Justice Department in court is no longer detailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota after telling a judge her job “sucks” and asking to be held in contempt so she “could get 24 hours of sleep.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
- Reposted by MichiganBlue 💙HASSETT, last week: “People haven’t turned the machines on yet.” BESSENT, today: “I can’t snap my fingers and create factories.”
