@mgcwme.bsky.social
Revised: Andy is still gov and Mitch is definitely not running, but I’ve left the bluegrass for bluer AND greener pastures. Former vet nurse, until those darling goldens got too heavy to “anesthetized” lift (we try to avoid the term “dead” lift).
An interview worth watching, I think. Boo on the FCC, if they indeed applied pressure to stop its being aired. Ugly shades of Taliban-esque repression?
youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk
youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk
Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
youtu.be
September 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
An interview worth watching, I think. Boo on the FCC, if they indeed applied pressure to stop its being aired. Ugly shades of Taliban-esque repression?
youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk
youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk
And…MapQuest returns to relevance.
Millions of people rely on the information they obtain via a search engine corporation which just proved it would alter digital reality if instructed to do so by those in political power.
That’s some crazy shit, Google.
That’s some crazy shit, Google.
August 31, 2026 at 6:56 AM
And…MapQuest returns to relevance.
None of us can afford to sleep through the midterms, only to wake up in 2028 to the prescience of Ossoff’s take on our current situation.
Ossoff: "I have zero interest in running for president in 2028, and frankly zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now ... these midterms are the whole ballgame ... I don't know that we have a free and fair election in 2028 unless we restore checks and balances in these 2026 midterms."
August 18, 2026 at 1:55 PM
None of us can afford to sleep through the midterms, only to wake up in 2028 to the prescience of Ossoff’s take on our current situation.
Moving on, to the trial balloon phase….
Jeff Landry's suspension of an ongoing election in Louisiana is blatantly illegal and overtly fascist. It's a trial balloon for what Donald Trump is planning to do across the country in November.
May 5, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Moving on, to the trial balloon phase….
And so it begins….
Louisiana U.S. House primaries are suspended after VRA ruling
www.npr.org/2026/04/30/n...
Louisiana U.S. House primaries are suspended after VRA ruling
www.npr.org/2026/04/30/n...
U.S. House primaries in Louisiana are suspended after Voting Rights Act ruling
Louisiana suspended its upcoming primaries for the U.S. House, following Wednesday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the state's congressional map is an "unconstitutional racial gerrymander."
www.npr.org
April 30, 2026 at 11:52 PM
And so it begins….
Louisiana U.S. House primaries are suspended after VRA ruling
www.npr.org/2026/04/30/n...
Louisiana U.S. House primaries are suspended after VRA ruling
www.npr.org/2026/04/30/n...
There are no longer inviolable norms or guardrails.
“Rules, conventions, morals, reality itself: all exist so long as their existence is convenient to the preservation of power. Otherwise, they, like all else, are expendable.”
Omar El Akkad
“One day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.”
“Rules, conventions, morals, reality itself: all exist so long as their existence is convenient to the preservation of power. Otherwise, they, like all else, are expendable.”
Omar El Akkad
“One day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.”
April 29, 2026 at 1:50 AM
There are no longer inviolable norms or guardrails.
“Rules, conventions, morals, reality itself: all exist so long as their existence is convenient to the preservation of power. Otherwise, they, like all else, are expendable.”
Omar El Akkad
“One day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.”
“Rules, conventions, morals, reality itself: all exist so long as their existence is convenient to the preservation of power. Otherwise, they, like all else, are expendable.”
Omar El Akkad
“One day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.”
I dislike intensely when I think Rand Paul suddenly makes sense, but he’s not wrong in this exchange.
Rand Paul:
“I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force.”
The entire confirmation hearing in one sentence.
“I just wonder if someone who applauds violence against their political opponents is the right person to lead an agency that has struggled to accept limits to the proper use of force.”
The entire confirmation hearing in one sentence.
March 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM
I dislike intensely when I think Rand Paul suddenly makes sense, but he’s not wrong in this exchange.
New York to the rescue again, perhaps?
I hope this is one of the most consequential pieces I will have ever written.
Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do
Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do
Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY officials can now do
Options for New York Governor, Attorney General, legislature, and city officials in pursuit of accountability for Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
www.justsecurity.org
March 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
New York to the rescue again, perhaps?
A good day for puppies everywhere. RIP Cricket.
March 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
A good day for puppies everywhere. RIP Cricket.
Indubitably! 🧐
I knew I saw this somewhere before. Funny that it’s almost exactly what’s actually happening now.
February 15, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Indubitably! 🧐
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I bet if you just did a simple survey, not one American in 10K would be able to accurately tell you the current level of immigration to the US, whether that level is up or down from the previous decade, what countries are most represented among immigrants, or what current US immigration policy is.
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
I bet if you just did a simple survey, not one American in 10K would be able to accurately tell you the current level of immigration to the US, whether that level is up or down from the previous decade, what countries are most represented among immigrants, or what current US immigration policy is.
You should follow the amazing @anntelnaes.bsky.social.
February 12, 2026 at 4:13 AM
You should follow the amazing @anntelnaes.bsky.social.
Thank goodness we still have representatives like Sean Casten in Congress, working on our behalf.
The Trump Administration claims the Treasury has authority over Venezuelan assets.
I asked Treasury Secretary Bessent directly what grants him this authority.
He seemed to have no idea that he controlled these assets, let alone the authority behind them.
I asked Treasury Secretary Bessent directly what grants him this authority.
He seemed to have no idea that he controlled these assets, let alone the authority behind them.
February 5, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Thank goodness we still have representatives like Sean Casten in Congress, working on our behalf.
The new “Forced Sale to Mango’s Oligarch Buddies” version of TkTck” has also apparently changed its privacy disclaimer…seems to say they can scoop up your private info such as immigration status and use that info how they will. May want to not automatically sign off on this notice.
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 7:55 AM
The new “Forced Sale to Mango’s Oligarch Buddies” version of TkTck” has also apparently changed its privacy disclaimer…seems to say they can scoop up your private info such as immigration status and use that info how they will. May want to not automatically sign off on this notice.
Well, @fulmerford.com and Frank Wilhoit are spot-on.
It immediately brought to mind Frank Wilhoit's law: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
It immediately brought to mind Frank Wilhoit's law: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
January 25, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Well, @fulmerford.com and Frank Wilhoit are spot-on.
It immediately brought to mind Frank Wilhoit's law: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
It immediately brought to mind Frank Wilhoit's law: "Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
The illegitimate gun gestapo is now targeting the helpers, the real patriots, those standing up and in harm’s way for all of us.
Before joining the Veterans Administration, Alex Pretti did medical research to help treat cancer. His work is published in medical journals.
January 25, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The illegitimate gun gestapo is now targeting the helpers, the real patriots, those standing up and in harm’s way for all of us.
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NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
JWV gives us the context we need, though I doubt any ICE hires would refrain from breaking down one’s door, even were it explained to them.
Learn more about why ICE’s new policy that lets agents enter your home without a judicial warrant is dead wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
January 23, 2026 at 6:28 PM
JWV gives us the context we need, though I doubt any ICE hires would refrain from breaking down one’s door, even were it explained to them.
“Trump is as dangerous as we fear and as powerful as we allow him to be.”
-Jon Lovett
-Jon Lovett
January 22, 2026 at 3:38 PM
“Trump is as dangerous as we fear and as powerful as we allow him to be.”
-Jon Lovett
-Jon Lovett
A five year old taken from school, used as bait, then shipped out of state to a facility they refuse to let any congressperson inspect. And 🧊 wants additional funding for these “services”?! Call your congress member daily! 202-224-3121.
Liam Ramos, a preschooler ICE detained the five-year-old Minnesota boy as he returned home from school and transported him to a detention center in Texas.
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
A five year old taken from school, used as bait, then shipped out of state to a facility they refuse to let any congressperson inspect. And 🧊 wants additional funding for these “services”?! Call your congress member daily! 202-224-3121.
Oh my god, @npr.org should have just let the live feed from Davos run, instead of switching to regular programming, so everyone could actually hear the crazy talk being spewed by the demented (dementia’d) fool. Lies and, possibly, spilling military secrets as well? WTH?! Time for the 25th is overdue
January 21, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Oh my god, @npr.org should have just let the live feed from Davos run, instead of switching to regular programming, so everyone could actually hear the crazy talk being spewed by the demented (dementia’d) fool. Lies and, possibly, spilling military secrets as well? WTH?! Time for the 25th is overdue
4 months ago…feels more like an epoch…an era…an age. SO much tap-dancing (not to mention drums of war), to avoid releasing complete, unredacted Epstein files. Sure seems like evidence of a guilty mind.
Hmmm, why could he possibly want a war? Oh yeah, might it be something related to his convo with Zelensky to the effect that elections might have to be canceled in the event of war?! Desperate be the dictator wannabe.
As U.S. warships and troops gathered in the Caribbean, President Maduro said that he would respond to military action. In August,U.S. began moving warships and troops into the Caribbean, near Venezuelan waters. The administration said it was to combat drug trafficking.
Trump badly wants a war!
😡🤬
Trump badly wants a war!
😡🤬
January 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM
4 months ago…feels more like an epoch…an era…an age. SO much tap-dancing (not to mention drums of war), to avoid releasing complete, unredacted Epstein files. Sure seems like evidence of a guilty mind.
Thomas Paine was incredibly prescient.
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Thomas Paine was incredibly prescient.
It’s ALWAYS projection. He tells us what he is and always has been planning, because he knows that, in fair elections, he won’t prevail. The goal ever since 2020 has been to tip the scales enough to counterbalance the antipathy to his policies at the voting booth.
January 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
It’s ALWAYS projection. He tells us what he is and always has been planning, because he knows that, in fair elections, he won’t prevail. The goal ever since 2020 has been to tip the scales enough to counterbalance the antipathy to his policies at the voting booth.