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Mike Ward

@mikeward.bsky.social

(he/him) @sthmtnmike from the bad place. Artist, illustrator, book reader, mandolin & guitar picker, Lego sorter & curator.

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A distraught man came to Broadview searching for his wife of five years after she was taken by ICE at her court hearing. He wasn’t told anything, tracked her by her phone, and was left weeping in the parking lot.

07.11.2025 05:06 β€” πŸ‘ 11006    πŸ” 4677    πŸ’¬ 235    πŸ“Œ 427
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty

07.11.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 14213    πŸ” 4945    πŸ’¬ 1267    πŸ“Œ 935

I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul

07.11.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4846    πŸ” 1098    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 29
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.

06.11.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 51164    πŸ” 13778    πŸ’¬ 1001    πŸ“Œ 1145

He's so mad the spotlight is on someone else.

06.11.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 503    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ‘€ β€œHey Matt, Aftyn says Speaker Johnson’s plan is to stall seating @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social until you cancel out her vote to the release the Epstein files. Is that true?”

We bumped into Matt Van Epps at BNA ✈️- He again stayed silent 🀐when we asked about what @aftynbehn.bsky.social told usπŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

06.11.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1426    πŸ” 651    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 70
04.11.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8234    πŸ” 2225    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 73
Mike Johnson: β€˜My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Mike Johnson: β€˜My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Mike Johnson: β€˜My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

03.11.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 29841    πŸ” 7863    πŸ’¬ 882    πŸ“Œ 515

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

03.11.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 44336    πŸ” 12434    πŸ’¬ 1399    πŸ“Œ 733

We've got you πŸ‘

03.11.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 9360    πŸ” 3059    πŸ’¬ 261    πŸ“Œ 273
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🧾 Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes' Mehdi debunks the president's lies, unpacks the failure of our mainstream media, and has the latest from Gaza, as well as Trump's 'Great Gatsby'-esque Halloween party.

"Factchecking Trump on '60 Minutes'"

In today's 'First Draft' morning newsletter from Zeteo, I counted and debunked at least *17 obvious, brazen lies* that the president told CBS's Norah O'Donnell, and that she just let slide:

03.11.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3214    πŸ” 1098    πŸ’¬ 196    πŸ“Œ 80

Saying it again:

"So what you’re telling us is you need less evidence to kill somebody than you do to hold them."

03.11.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is so much worse than Biden using an autopen. I guess all of Trump’s pardons should be considered null and void. Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

03.11.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is some disturbing ICE Gestapo footage. They point guns at citizens and threaten to shoot them. They punch a guy in the back of the head repeatedly when he’s down and already subdued, then later slam his head into the side of their vehicle.

This took place on 10/31/2025 in Evanston, IL.

03.11.2025 04:43 β€” πŸ‘ 596    πŸ” 324    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 36
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.

03.11.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 24616    πŸ” 9281    πŸ’¬ 1371    πŸ“Œ 737

@butterflygirl24.bsky.social

@butterflygirl24.bsky.social

And here's a good example.

Clearly AI and several people have told the poster it's clearly AI but they're ignoring them.

That's a block.

03.11.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 267    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0
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We need more accountability like this.
Hold this administration to their broken promises on immigration and more.

02.11.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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β€œWe were screaming and filming, and that’s when the officer pulled the gun out and pointed it at us and threatened to shoot us. We were posing no immediate threat to him, and we were filming and making noise.”

01.11.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 398    πŸ” 225    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 32

Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.

01.11.2025 14:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2841    πŸ” 1438    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 91

Taxpayer funded skinheads.

01.11.2025 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE is a domestic terrorist organization.

01.11.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3750    πŸ” 1811    πŸ’¬ 258    πŸ“Œ 165

What is the guidance on which products and dates to watch out for if you have purchased these products?

31.10.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Speaker Mike Johnson's halloween costume:
Weenie waiting for the Rapture

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/speaker-jo...

31.10.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 413    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 10

A whole lotta meh.

31.10.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SHE WAS THE GODDAMNED SONG!!!! 🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾🀌🏾

30.10.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThis disturbing incident echoes a similar episode from February 2015, when detainees also found white worms in their food … those who complained were brutalized w/pepper spray and physical violence, and the facility operator issued threats of prosecution against complainants.” #AbuseofPowerWatch

30.10.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

30.09.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 7440    πŸ” 2684    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 207

Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.

30.10.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2847    πŸ” 1226    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 56
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I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.

29.10.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7608    πŸ” 4020    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 805
The Kavanaugh Stop’s Legacy: 50 Days, 170+ Detained Citizens, ZeroΒ Answers It was just last month that Brett Kavanaugh gave his explanation for why it was perfectly okay for Homeland Security goons to profile brown people and detain them based on nothing more than the color of their skin. While his cowardly colleagues in the majority on that shadow docket decision refused to explain their thinking, Kavanaugh actually wrote a concurrence that was so out of touch with reality as to be embarrassing.

The Kavanaugh Stop’s Legacy: 50 Days, 170+ Detained Citizens, ZeroΒ Answers

It was just last month that Brett Kavanaugh gave his explanation for why it was perfectly okay for Homeland Security goons to profile brown people and detain them based on nothing more than the color of their skin. While…

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