Michael Chermside

Donald Trump promised the nation he would "drain the swamp" of corruption. Instead he swamped us with corruption, sending the nation down the drain.

can’t believe a narcissist is being so publicly humiliated by a reflecting pool

I want a law firm to file a class action lawsuit against the IRS objecting to their announcement of a $1.7B fund not authorized by Congress. Let every taxpayer who wishes to sign up as a named plaintiff. It would be almost all of us.

Soon, Google intends to lock down Android so no one can run an application that wasn't signed with a Google authorization. Unlike iOS, Android has always been open -- keep it that way! @keepandroidopen.bsky.social keepandroidopen.org

My county in my state just banned poll workers (like myself) from participating in prediction markets on questions of the outcome of the election. It's a good policy. buckscountybeacon.com/2026/04/dela...

Now I want Pope Leo to put out a statement about how Trump is "weak on the sacraments". [https://www.axios.com/2026/04/13/trump-pope-leo-weak-terrible] PS: not really. The strategy of not engaging is actually best.

That a demented old man occupying the Presidency might lose his marbles and begin ordering the military to start a war and commit war crimes WAS a failure mode that was accounted for in the Constitution. That his full cabinet and majorities of both houses of Congress would support it is not.

Ok then, I knew it was coming. Today is the day I quit TikTok. I refuse to support Larry Ellison.

@nortverse.com You posted a poll on Patreon asking free members what would convert them to paid. I only discovered your comic recently and I signed up as a free member on Patreon. My intent is to eventually switch to a paid member if I'm still reading the comic after a while. I have ~20 I pay now.

Knocking down the White House with a wrecking ball is bad, but I am MORE concerned about how he is knocking down 250 years of Democracy. Trump AND the Supreme Court are wrong: America does NOT have a King

The murder of Charlie Kirk is yet another tragedy related to the proliferation of guns in the US. So, if we ever manage to re-establish rule by the Constitution in the US, perhaps we should clarify: 2nd amendment as in Miller, not as in Bruen.

Feeling hopeless? Here are 5 things you can do this week to fight fascism. https://youtu.be/8W-lVRQQGtI?feature=shared

@wearechorus.bsky.social One of the results of the controversy stirred up by the Wired article has been that a lot of people (like me!) who had never heard of Chorus are now aware of it. I think it is doing a good job. Are there ways I can contribute to support Chorus (financially or otherwise)?

The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

When you decide to post something talking about the harms caused by Trump's latest budget, please don't call it "The Big Beautiful Bill". Refer to it by its full name: "The Big Beautiful Billionaires Bill".

@aoc.bsky.social In the past I have donated to "official" groups like the DCCC to support key House races. But more recently I feel that I do not trust the Democratic party establishment. You are one of the figures who I DO trust. Can you recommend a fund or PAC to support close House races?

What the REAL ID Delay Tells Us About Implementing Proof-of-citizenship Laws | 20 years into the program, millions of Americans still don’t have the right ID to board a plane. If similar dysfunction plays out in our elections, the stakes are much higher than a missed flight, reports @votebeat.org.

I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...

For everyone living in Pennsylvania, please don't forget that the primary election is today. 🗳️

"Attorney General shall initiate appropriate action to repeal or amend the implementing regulations for Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 for all agencies" What's Title VI? "prohibits discrimination against or otherwise excluding individuals on the basis of race, color, or national origin"

It seems to me that massive world-wide tariffs should fall under the "major questions doctrine" since the Constitution clearly reserves the right to tax for Congress. Unless the true guiding principle of the major questions doctrine is which party proposed it.

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.

@fetterman.senate.gov I just wanted to say that I saw your post (and vote) around protecting rights for trans people and I appreciate you taking a stand.

I have a free open source project that I have built for schools to use. One school system says "any outside vendor provide evidence of having cyber insurance". Does anyone know of an open source project that obtained cyber insurance? If so, who did they work with and how was that done?

Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.

While legacy media focuses on the umpeenth Hunter Biden story, they ignore that Republicans are *right now* trying to overturn the election in North Carolina by challenging 60,000 votes in the state Supreme Court race won by Democrat Allison Riggs. I discuss with @marcelias.bsky.social:

Holy shit. Google search is so fucking bad and stupid these days. Its "summary" description of Techdirt is taken from the middle of a random article this week by @mdmcjr.press, but makes it look like Techdirt is transphobic!?!? @searchliaison.bsky.social wtf? www.techdirt.com/2024/12/02/c...

There is never any shame in using the library, and much benefit in doing so. They are the closest thing to an unmitigated social good that we have in these United States, which is why the hard right is gunning so fervently for them these days. A world without libraries and librarians is a poor one.

Essential to *any* discussion of Trump’s abortion position is this: “Right now, a majority of Republicans in Congress support an argument that could lead to an effective nationwide abortion ban without the passage of any new legislation. That is a fact.” I dig into this and much more at Law Dork.

The Seventh Circuit allowed Indiana's law banning gender-affirming medical care for minors to go into effect for the first time Tuesday in an unusual, questionable order. I dive into what happened — and why it’s so troubling — at Law Dork tonight.

The New York Times is not well.