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People-loving mom of one. Outspoken, yet respectful. Navigating raising a kind kid in a cruel world. Politics nerd 💙. Sports junkie.
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Disgusted by @abcnews mainstreaming Steve Bannon. This guy is a domestic terrorist!

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

A hero. Thank you for stepping up for your community.

submitted 61 days ago • 463 comments

The issue with Pete Hegseth being a drunk is simple: Do you want a drunk in charge of the nuclear codes? open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

submitted 99 days ago • 57 comments

Trump is itching to get his Cabinet in place. President Biden should help him by ordering FBI background checks on all Trump nominees to begin immediately.

submitted 112 days ago • 465 comments

All of these ridiculous cabinet appointments got me thinking: what kind of person ACCEPTS a nomination for a post in which they’re not qualified?!

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

Politics 101: Recess Appointments

submitted 113 days ago • 718 comments

What freakin planet are we on?!? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/u...

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

Do something kind today. It will make a difference to someone. 💙

submitted 115 days ago • 18 comments

I wrote about my friend Molly Jong Fast's new Vanity Fair piece and why I disagree with it. open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...

submitted 114 days ago • 13 comments

NEW: Secretary of Defense nominee Hegseth PAID a woman who accused him of sexual assault to keep her quiet. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 116 days ago • 1517 comments

"It is being framed as a review of how the U.S. first got into the war in Afghanistan and how the U.S. ultimately withdrew." Do not accept this framing. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

submitted 116 days ago • 244 comments

This is not a mandate, sure he won the popular vote but it’s not a mandate.

submitted 116 days ago • 1162 comments

WOW. NBC News is reporting that more than half of the Republican Senate caucus privately admits that the Gaetz nomination will not succeed. Repost if you think they should make their concerns public.

submitted 116 days ago • 178 comments

I just wrote about the ruling by the Trump appointed federal judge in Texas that just took away overtime pay from at least 4 million Americans. The case is Texas v. Department of Labor, E.D. Tex., No. 24-00499, and I bet you’ve never even heard of it until now. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

submitted 116 days ago • 95 comments

Anyone else feel like we need the prequel to the Handmaids Tale to come out? It seems like these current times would be an appropriate precursor to Gilead.

submitted 117 days ago • 431 comments