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michaelronning.bsky.social
Bookworm, lover of Tolkien, Democrat, open-minded, respects other viewpoints, progressive Christ follower, universalist, choral and classical music.
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The original TT post read “we were diverted going to Dallas to Nashville on Southwest for “gas-fill-up” WTAF! TSA has screened & can stop boarding like any military state country Night Vision in Broad daylight? Opening bags with passengers on board? They aren’t trained agents.

Sickening. Do these people believe they're the good guys?

There have been 102 wildfires in Manitoba this year. The Province has never had to fight so many different fires at once. The climate is changing, the Premier said. Fires continue to spread in Central and Western Canada. www.redcross.ca

Opus Dei slithers out of accountability after Pope Francis’ passing. Listen to what @garethgore.bsky.social , (author of Opus) has to say via his Bluesky. Full video link below: youtu.be/pzOKvPPBdTo?...

Balaji Srinivasan suggests giving Elon Musk “control of a huge swath of land surrounding Starbase, Texas” & designate that land as “a military base or … similar, so that [Musk] can fence it off & determine at his sole discretion who can enter.” Then replicate in other states w/ other Tech Bros. 1/

🚨BREAKING: Ninth Circuit AFFIRMS lower court decision striking down Arizona voter suppression law H.B. 2492 which imposed unconstitutional and burdensome proof of citizenship requirements. A big victory for our clients and the voters of Arizona. A stinging defeat for the RNC.

AGEISM

This is what really holds long-term consequences for not only Americans but global humanity. Criminal Trump’s, Musk led, defunding of climate science research. Without this research, we will neither understand nor be prepared for what I believe will be a civilization-altering crisis within 15 years.

Trump voters seem psychologically unable to reconsider their adoration and loyalty to criminal Trump, even as he announces scheme after scheme to destroy the quality of their lives.

This is straight out of Hitler’s takeover of Germany’s democracy, an evil scheme cooked up by fascist Erik Prince and his cohort of fascist military contractors. I hope you realize that under Trump we are less than two months into the Trump coup at best a pseudo-democracy.

As Trump’s fascist oligarch coup moves into its second month I confess I am surprised that Trump voters don’t yet seem to fully realize how severely Trump is going to damage the quality of their personal life, and the lives of their family.

Do this. Say this. 👇🏻

The Deputy Director of the FBI

PLEASE: Watch what happened in Coeur d'Alene Idaho today. This is fascism. Unmarked cops. 1A violations. RESIST.

Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges. This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.

REPOST if you support our federal workforce and know how dedicated they are to their jobs. Show them you appreciate them!

Dear Governor Kathy Hochul: It's time. You have the power to remove Eric Adams from office as NYC mayor. Take a stand -- and stand up for cleaning up corruption in New York. REMOVE ADAMS NOW. Sincerely, A New Yorker

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

it is genuinely incredible that all you have to do is scratch the surface and it becomes clear that each of these guys is a huge piece of shit

Their aim is nothing short of a new Dark Ages. Anti-science, anti-education, anti-democracy, in favor of needless human suffering. NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Move in Silence. They’ll Never See You Coming

He Prepared. Never Scared. youtu.be/mvp3gOlhIBI?...

80 years. Remember. Always. youtube.com/shorts/9diqz...

Democratic senators will hold the Senate floor all night long in opposition to the nomination of Russ Vought, an organizer of Project 2025, to head the OMB.

1/ ❗Really chilling. Thanks to Sen. Mark Warner, for releasing Memo from acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove to FBI leadership ordering the purge. -Memo is a clear abuse of power and weaponization of DOJ -Memo bolsters FBI lawsuits filed today. VERY clear the list is for retaliatory purposes

@raskin.house.gov has the fire in his voice I need to hear.

Senator Andy Kim just went to the USAID building, talked to the security guard there to confirm employees are being barred entry, and then did a press gaggle right there in front to call it out. This is doing something. This is making an effort on messaging. Other Democratic lawmakers: take notes.

Hey everyone. It’s Feb 3rd, and the Democrats have been at home since Jan 24th because the house is out of session. They should have come back, the place is on fire. Get suing, messaging, demonstrating, speaking, everything and ANYTHING

These are the clowns Congress refuses to stop.

Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive): 1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment* 2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything 3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can 4. Citizens march en mass

Holy shit! Democrats, if you’re looking for a fighter, you found one— @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social for DNC Vice Chair.

We are quite literally seeing the collapse of the United States and democracy in real time second by second. I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this monstrous outcome.

Jan 6 must be fully & conclusively adjudicated in a court of law if this country is to ever move forward. They can't just wish it away unless we let them.

do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you

“Veritas numquam perit” - Seneca

Since Elon Musk is not elected, not confirmed to a cabinet position, has no actual official title in the US Government: Can’t someone just arrest him for going into the servers of our US Treasury department and locking the federal workers out of them? If I did that, I would be.