Mike

Mike

@flymike.bsky.social

A view from the sky. Writer, consultant; aviation & airlines & chocolate. Live life fully, appreciate the planet and be nice to people.

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NEWS: Canada just checkmated the United States. Breaking with the U.S., Canada has struck a major deal with China: Ottawa will cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for dramatically lower tariffs on Canadian farm products.

This.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

What do these companies have in common? -Cigna -Comcast -General Mills -Allstate -Marriott -Hilton -Walmart -Amazon -Microsoft -Meta All promised after January 6, 2021 to stop funding lawmakers who tried to overturn the 2020 election. And all have broken that promise.

“White House floats military option for Greenland, rattling Denmark and NATO” - Washington Post In a related matter, the US has moved 11 C-17 Globemaster aircraft and 2 AC-130J gunships to bases in England. It’s 1,520 miles from RAF Fairford to Greenland.

Amazing the depth of lies being published by the White House.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

As if we all don’t have eyes and didn’t witness this happen in real time. These liars continue to be a stain on our nation. Sad and destructive. A betrayal of all who came before them. 🇺🇸

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FIVE YEARS & he has not been held accountable for one of the most disgraceful events in this nation's history. Trying to overturn a fair election in an attempted coup against his own government is the very definition of TREASON. We can never move forward until this is fully adjudicated. #ShameOnUS🇺🇸

Exactly it. What if Russia kidnapped Marco Rubio because he takes cocaine? Law enforcement operation? Legal?

Sabrina Fernandes@sabrinafernandes.bsky.social

Rubio is claiming that they did not need Congress permission because it was a law enforcement mission. The US is behaving as a global police state, extending its own arbitrary legal decisions to the whole world. This is not a problem just for Venezuela.

DOJ has violated the law by withholding Epstein Files. Trump has violated international law by removing a foreign leader. But he had time to buy marble and play golf yesterday as US military was launching attacks on the people of Venezuela.

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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty

Three more boats bombed and more killed, including one boat sitting there looking like they were fishing. “the Trump administration is facing increasing scrutiny from lawmakers over the boat strike campaign, which has killed at least 95 people in 25 known strikes since early September.” -AP

Trump’s FBI assigned 934 FBI employees to the “Epstein Transparency Project” between March 17-22. $850,000 in “premium pay.” FBI worked more than 14,000 overtime hours. They were tasked with redacting Trump’s name, along with other high-profile individuals, in the files. - Bloomberg

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Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering. Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed. At least two suspects are in custody.

War crimes.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: You said that second strike was in accordance with the law of armed conflict, but the Navy's own manual says that firing on survivors from a wrecked vessel is an example of a war crime LEAVITT: I would reiterate that the strike was conducted in accordance with the law of armed conflict

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In the last week, Donald Trump has called for the murder of Congressional Democrats and threatened to unilaterally declare an invasion of Venezuela. If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.

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How did this guy and a drug kingpin buy their pardons from Trump? This is our-in-the-open corruption, and Republicans are accepting it.

The New York Times@nytimes.com

President Trump has set free a private equity executive who had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence for his role in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of victims.

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Demolishing the East Wing of the White House before finalizing plans for what will be built above its ruins is a near-perfect metaphor for Trump's approach to economic policy. The only difference is the wrecking crew doesn’t claim the rubble is evidence of unprecedented growth.

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You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.

Now we know why this was leaked. Contractors are pissed.

Tony Negron@tnite02.bsky.social

Hahaha contractors are not getting paid. Oh my this is so true to form for our Cheapskate in Chief. Hope he can’t find other contractors. Tony

Mark Kelly, James Comey and Letitia James: They're among at least 470 people, organizations and institutions that Reuters has identified as targets of President Trump's second‑term "retribution" campaign — they’re punished or pressured through orders, investigations, firings and funding decisions.

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To anyone who thinks it’s an “exaggeration” that the rule of law is in danger… U.S. Senator Mark Kelly is being investigated for the “crime” of telling people not to commit crimes. We’ve fallen far.

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When it comes to Saudi Arabia, the president isn't putting America first. He's putting his own wealth and his own personal interests ahead of everything else. Ahead of you.

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Swedish Deputy PM: Sweden needs to pick its friends wisely, and we are choosing Canada… So when we come to America, we come to Canada now.

Different sex trafficker gets Trump help. Hard to keep track.

Chris Morran@themorrancave.bsky.social

NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House. By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro