BlueMichigan

BlueMichigan

@bluemichigan.bsky.social

True blue - union made. East Tennessee to the Mitten. Previously Room101MiniLuv at that musky bird zoo. πŸ±πŸ’™πŸΆ Partying like it’s 1984 - Orwells version anyway.

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Anti-trust laws are a must when Democrats gain control of the govt again. But in the meantime, consumers can and should do their part- support media NOT owned by oligarchs and turn off the rest.

Mark Jacob@markjacob.bsky.social

News just broke that Elon Musk made a $1 billion investment in the Ellison family's Skydance, which owns CBS and CNN. Anoher step toward right-wing "media capture," as I wrote about recently in my Stop the Presses newsletter.

Nostalgic about when the election process/outcome didn’t have so much of a β€œlife or death to democracy” vibe about it.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

πŸ‘€ WPLN: β€œNashville voter turnout 15x higher than last midterm so far” πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ πŸ—³οΈ wpln.org/post/nashvil...

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "He violently slashed her neck. Almost cut her head right off. Slashed it violently & viciously. For those people who are able to handle that kind of stuff you know exactly what I'm talking about. Very rarely do you see it run behind the actual ... Her head was barely attached"

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Idk what I was originally expecting, but it’s somehow eleventy gazillion times worse

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

i regret to tell you that Tim Scott is doing the cringy fake preacher thing again tonight

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BREAKING: ABC News asked Mike Rogers about his suggestion that off-duty police officers should be stationed at Detroit polling locations so they can flash their badges at voters. Rogers doubled down, saying he "doesn't know" how that would be considered voter intimidation.

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Stories like this make that incorrect & politically tinged post by CBS News *reporter* Jan Crawford look worse and worse.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Nextβ€”the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed eventsβ€”paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for β€œcanvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

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Leaked audio: Michigan Republican Mike Rogers asking for officers at polling stations to intimidate voters "We called the RNC early and said hey... Let's put police officers, retired or off-duty police officers as our poll watchers in Detroit because go ahead, try to intimidate them. Please."

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One year ago, community members in Wilder, Idaho gathered for a family event on a Sunday afternoon. The event ended with 200 law enforcement agents violently detaining 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens. Watch our new documentary out now on our YouTube channel.

youtube.comTrump Admin's Attack on Rural America: The Wilder Raid | ACLUA family-friendly horse racing event in Wilder, Idaho last October turned into a nightmare when more than 200 heavily armed federal, state, and local law enf...

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This story has more than 100,000 unique views.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

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When JFK ran, they said the country would never elect a Catholic president. When Obama ran, they said the country would never elect a Black president. Michiganders care a lot less about how I pray than what I pray for: peace, dignity, basic goodness for all of our kids.

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β€œThat’s so racist even CBS won’t let you say it” actually sums up how far CBS has fallen.

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social

Yeah, the problem with the tweet *wasn’t* that it violated β€œCBS News standards.”

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Dear CNN: That was NOT a heated debate. That was Abdul calmly and masterfully dismantling a bigoted GOP talking point and so thoroughly handling a GOP implant, the guy opted to leave.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

CNN giving @abdulelsayed.bsky.social’s haters the headline they want after he destroyed a bigot and showed he’s more of a patriot than they will ever be

DrH@drhaup.bsky.social

Dr Abdul El-Sayed: full video + transcript of discussion with Christian Nationalist, "Tommy," re what allegiance to the Constitution actually means. Listen to the whole video. It's great! www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

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new undecided voter at the next NYT roundtable just dropped

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

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SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

thehandbasket.co'Tommy' from viral El-Sayed video is former Sen. Hawley staffer with Christian nationalist tiesThomas Teepell is the son of a former long-time Bobby Jindal staffer who's close to Sean Feucht.
Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social

SCOOP: 'Tommy' from the now-viral exchange with Abdul El-Sayed is Thomas Teepell, a former staffer for Republican Senator Josh Hawley with close ties to Christian Nationalist Sean Feucht. He's the son of a former Bobby Jindal staffer whose consultant work was instrumental in getting Hawley elected.

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Treason is the crime of betraying a state, nation, or sovereign, typically by attempting to overthrow the government, waging war against the country, or giving aid and comfort to its enemies.

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As a Muslim who has been accused of dual loyalty and asked to denounce everything from ISIS to the Iranian state, I breathed a sigh of relief that I think I’d been holding in for like two decades watching this.

Abdul El-Sayed@abdulelsayed.bsky.social

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

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North Carolina A&T students marched back to campus after their polling place was closed. They voted anyway! It took students about 45 minutes to reach Union Square β€” now the closest early polling place. Some sections of sidewalk were missing or obstructed by branches, forcing people into the street.

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The horse carriage industry is coming to an end in New York City. Our administration will make sure workers and owners are protected and the horses are safe.

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The lesson we learn from the Trump Administration: Dont be timid with your corruption. Grift *billions* off your position and you are safe, but try to grift a mere $100,000 off your position and you are fired.