Mike Bob Helen

Mike Bob Helen

@mstanger.bsky.social

I’d rather be on Beaver Island (with my wife, of course). Cubs fan since 1968. Peace, social justice, and genealogy.

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Mike Bob Helen reposted

THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

Republican lawmakers are incensed about Trump's dismissal of Ukraine — and powerless to stop him. That frustration hit a new peak on Monday as they sought to address Trump’s decision to purchase Russian diesel, waive sanctions on Moscow, and potentially stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine.

Mike Bob Helen reposted

"So let me explain why I like to pay taxes for schools, even though I don’t personally have a kid in school: It’s because I don’t like living in a country with a bunch of stupid people.” ~ John Green

Politico@politico.com

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

Mike Bob Helen reposted

Replying to @cwebbonline.com

JD Vance's name doesn't match his Birth Certificate. By Conservative GOP thinking, doesn't that mean he shouldn't be allowed to vote or even hold elected office?

Mike Bob Helen reposted

This is psychosis. The president of the United States is psychotic. Is the media going to start talking about this, or continue to normalize it?

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Trump: It was just announced that we have the best economic numbers of any president in the history of our country

Mike Bob Helen reposted

And at the turn of the 20th Century, the American people saw the wisdom of antitrust, food and drug regulation, child labor laws, and national park preservation. Let’s go!

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

Mike Bob Helen reposted

Black woman born and raised in Florida doesn’t belong in America.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JD Vance on Angie Nixon: "Get the hell out of here. You don't belong in America"

Mike Bob Helen reposted

It's already pretty obvious what Xi thinks of the Orange Chicken here

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Sen. Mike Lee: "I won't be a bit surprised if President Trump decides at one point to say, 'You know, President Xi, let's go visit Panda Express and see what you think of their broccoli beef.' I'd love to see that happen. That's the kind of thing President Trump likes to do."

Mike Bob Helen reposted

"deregulation" is a misnomer. These industries want to be able to commit crimes with impunity. It's like if I wanted to dump my sewage on my neighbor's lawn. It's not regulation that stops me, it's the laws being enforced.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?

Mike Bob Helen reposted

Mike Bob Helen reposted

She “declined?” “Declined”? You can’t just decline to get a security clearance. You either get one or you don’t have a job. So much dysfunction in this White House. When will the GOP have had enough? Why risk the country for this? www.ms.now/news/trump-a...

ms.nowTrump aide Natalie Harp worked at the White House without security clearance for a yearThe close aide to the president, known to filter much of the information reaching the commander-in-chief, ultimately relented in recent months after pressure from White House staff.

Mike Bob Helen reposted

A bunch of cops cheering at a political rally — in uniform — as the president and AG endorse a candidate and attack their political opponents is not normal. And it is not okay.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche is speaking at a Trump rally to endorse Bruce Blakeman

Mike Bob Helen reposted

The White House normally gets $2.5 million a year for maintenance. Trump’s team has allocated $875 million.   That’s 350 years’ worth of the usual budget spent by a single administration.

Mike Bob Helen reposted

This is a goddamn monstrosity . This is a concentration camp, funneling humans into a for-profit system that either works them to death or kills them theough neglect. #prosecuteGEO

La Resistencia@laresistencianw.bsky.social

On August 12 at around 12 am, at least 140 people had not been given dinner yet. In the video, people can be heard crying for help, for food, and for freedom.

Mike Bob Helen reposted

Eerily similar to the verbiage on the Access Hollywood tape, except instead of bragging about assaulting women he’s talking about pilfering historical artifacts, most of which we will likely never see again.

Mike Bob Helen reposted

Showing up and taking the 5th is not contemptuous, it’s a constitutional right. NOT showing up at all like Jim Jordan didn’t when he was subpoenaed? THAT is contempt.

Mike Bob Helen reposted

He started a costly, illegal war. Gas prices are spiking again. Inflation's crushing families. …And Trump is busy trying to test paint a 150-year-old government building because he doesn't like the color gray. Priorities. Taxpayer-funded ones, of course. 🙃

Mike Bob Helen reposted

Too bad Rand Paul and his fellow MAGA Republican senators aren’t as eager to prosecute the child sex offenders identified in the Epstein files as they are to malign an 85-year-old scientist who devoted his career to fighting deadly diseases.

Mike Bob Helen reposted

The CIA started this war 73 years ago when it helped overthrow Iran's democracy.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth to Van Hollen: "I would take issue with your characterization that we started this war. Iran started this war 47 year ago."

Mike Bob Helen reposted

Just a reminder that patriotism isn't holding a bible and wrapping yourself in the flag while you violate the Constitution and plunder the country. Happy 4th of July, stay cool and safe!!

Mike Bob Helen reposted

He's not working, it's not the president's house, and you're celebrating the assisted suicide of a once great nation.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Markwayne Mullin: "I spoke to the president this morning. On his birthday, he's still working. We have a big day today and we're celebrating it in a big way in front of the president's house at the White House."

Mike Bob Helen reposted

"Last September, the President of Kazakhstan calls Donald Trump and says he wants to grant tungsten mining rights to an American company. And the very next month, Eric and Don Jr. get a stake in the American company pursuing the mining deal. Six days later ...

Jon Ossoff@ossoff.bsky.social

The President of Kazakhstan calls Donald Trump…

Mike Bob Helen reposted

E. Jean Carroll didn't just "accuse" Trump of sexual assault. She won a civil lawsuit against Trump for sexual assault. A jury found that Trump sexually assaulted her. She deserves for us to call it what it is.

Mike Bob Helen reposted

Replying to @thefranc.bsky.social

The impeachment process is not a political strategy or something to be scheduled according to convenience. It is a sworn duty of every member of Congress that’s necessary to support and defend the Constitution. They fail to honor their oaths because we let them. It is time for us to say, “No more.”

Mike Bob Helen reposted

Using credit cards because you don’t have the money to pay inflated prices isn’t spending—it’s borrowing. The Trump administration is *full* of incompetent liars.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hassett on American consumers: "Credit card spending is through the roof. They're spending more on gasoline, but they're spending more on everything else too."

Mike Bob Helen reposted

Jesus, even I know Allen could get into the hotel with a gun, because the security wasn't at the entrance of the hotel, only at the entrance to the event underneath the hotel. I read it in the AP. This admin is run by morons. That's the simplest explanation for why anything bad happens.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

STEPHANOPOULOS: How was he able to get the guns into the hotel? BLANCHE: It's a good question. I'm not sure.

Mike Bob Helen reposted

Trump's $1.5 trillion military budget request is batshit crazy. The $600 billion increase from the 2025 budget is 20 times the cost of extending the enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which Trump and Republicans said we couldn't afford deanbaker22.substack.com/p/a-600-bill...

deanbaker22.substack.comA $600 Billion Increase for the Military is a Ton of MoneyTrump's request is tens or hundreds of times larger than items that ordinarily provoke huge debate in Washington