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Michael Kirkpatrick

@mthek.bsky.social

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An image with a black and white background and a Latin American immigrant and a title SchrΓΆinger's Immigrant. On the left, it reads, "Lazily collecting all the welfare." On the right, it reads, "But also somehow taking all the jobs."

An image with a black and white background and a Latin American immigrant and a title SchrΓΆinger's Immigrant. On the left, it reads, "Lazily collecting all the welfare." On the right, it reads, "But also somehow taking all the jobs."

07.07.2025 05:29 β€” πŸ‘ 31027    πŸ” 7540    πŸ’¬ 515    πŸ“Œ 284

β€œShow me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are.”
Thomas Carlyle

07.07.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They'll cave. They always cave.

03.07.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A clickable link to the store would be useful. Can'twait. @legroff.bsky.social

02.07.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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30.06.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A worker harvesting cherries

A worker harvesting cherries

It's peak season in WA State cherries. Workers are paid piece rate and earn $4.50 per 22lb bucket. (The same as they earned in 2022). If they work super fast they can harvest 50 to 60 buckets in a 9 hour day during this very short peak season. #WeFeedYou

28.06.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 696    πŸ” 212    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 6

Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:

A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.

22.06.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 44602    πŸ” 10353    πŸ’¬ 1837    πŸ“Œ 715
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Euromillions Winner’s Identity Revealed After Person Seen Buying Kerrygold THE ANONYMOUS nature of the Ireland's €250mn Euromillions jackpot winner barely lasted 14 hours after a ludicrously extravagant purchase gave away their identity, WWN can reveal. "I said to Jakub on...

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20.06.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded in a huge fireball on a test stand during preparations for its next launch at the Elon Musk-led company’s base in South Texas. https://trib.al/UM4fCXL

19.06.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1090    πŸ” 290    πŸ’¬ 289    πŸ“Œ 239
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Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids ICE agents have been told to continue conducting enforcement operations at agricultural businesses despite concerns about effects on the food industry.

🚨Stephen Miller gets his way. Just a few days after Ag. Sec. Rollins convinced Trump to briefly back down, quotas and indiscriminate raids are back.

Farms, restaurants, and hotels are now subject to ICE raids again, with intense pressure on ICE to hit 3,000 arrests a day. Miller remains in charge.

17.06.2025 02:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1636    πŸ” 713    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 74
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Trump coveted a military spectacle but his parade proved underwhelming: β€˜Just kind of lame’ Trump’s army parade was neither the totalitarian North Korean spectacle that critics had grimly predicted, nor the triumph of Maga nationalism fans craved

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

15.06.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Marthe Cohn, a Wartime Jewish Nurse Who Spied for the French, Dies at 105

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

15.06.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Director by Daniel Kehlmann review – the author’s best work yet This portrait of German film-maker GW Pabst and his moral struggles under the Nazis has the darkness and ambiguity of a modern Grimms’ fairytale

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

14.06.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Paul Durcan, Irish Poet of Tortured and Tender Souls, Is Dead at 80

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/b...

07.06.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doctors at the CDC say children should receive Covid vaccines. A disgraced ex-environmental lawyer who spent 20 years abusing heroin says they shouldn't. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

31.05.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3839    πŸ” 874    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 23
Headline from the independent: Trump gives rambling speech about trophy wives, golf and the 'great late' Al Capone in politically-charged West Point address

Headline from the independent: Trump gives rambling speech about trophy wives, golf and the 'great late' Al Capone in politically-charged West Point address

Headline from the New York Times: Trump Gives Commencement Address at West Point, Stressing a New Era

Headline from the New York Times: Trump Gives Commencement Address at West Point, Stressing a New Era

Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.

25.05.2025 07:39 β€” πŸ‘ 12286    πŸ” 3626    πŸ’¬ 364    πŸ“Œ 447
George Jones & Keith Richards "Burn Your Playhouse Down"
YouTube video by 3 Chord Philosophy George Jones & Keith Richards "Burn Your Playhouse Down"

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25.05.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How the β€˜Food Babe’ Went From Obama Ally to Trump Crusader

Who is running the cray cray place?|

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/d...

23.05.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Donald Trumpβ€˜s insane and inaccurate rant about the deaths of white South Africans renews questions about Biden’s mental state

22.05.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1179    πŸ” 180    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 8

Really important thread on persecution of scientists and immigrants and a woman who is both.

18.05.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 272    πŸ” 86    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

With his liberation day tariffs, the president liberated us from our reputation, our alliances, and our prosperity, all without gaining a single concession from any trade partner. The art of the deal puts America First.

by Marco Rubio

17.05.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1076    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

@lamargraham.bsky.social

17.05.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Carys Davies wins the Ondaatje prize for Clear, a β€˜masterpiece of exquisite, craggy detail’ The Welsh novelist’s third novel, set on a Scottish island during the Highland Clearances, has won Β£10,000 for writing that β€˜best evokes the spirit of a place’

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

17.05.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Kid Rock’s restaurant workers asked to go home to avoid rumored Ice raids Nashville establishments owned by Trump supporter Steve Smith struggled as undocumented staff left mid-service

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

16.05.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

put up a statue for this

13.05.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Donald Trump, who I do not support, holding people in jail without cause, which I do not support, is not nearly as bad as Rachel Maddow banning people from her show without cause.

by Glenn Greenwald

10.05.2025 01:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1192    πŸ” 80    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3

Brilliant!

09.05.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 845    πŸ” 167    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

We wanted to understand how shortages of strollers and car seats will affect new parents. So we talked to three incels at a Wendy's in Pine Valley.

08.05.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1164    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 3
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Trump tariffs to hit small farms in Maga heartlands hardest, analysis predicts Major corporations are best placed to benefit from Trump polices at the expense of independent farmers

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

08.05.2025 14:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Illegals by Shaun Walker review – gripping true stories of spies who lived deep undercover An eye-opening account of the old Soviet tactic of embedding secret agents where you’d least expect them

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

07.05.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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