Michael Bilow

Isn't that an axolotl?

This is incredibly stupid: the Constitution itself requires two-thirds vote of each chamber to propose an amendment.

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If you get one conviction, you get them all.

Not so simple.

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What could go wrong? Will Trump trust Hamas as much as he trusts Putin?

I honestly had no idea you were alone all morning! You do iron-man service, every day for hours.

I learned a lot about classical music by osmosis, driving to college every morning listening to the legendary Robert J. Lurtsema on @wgbh.org whose "Morning Pro Musica" ran 7am–12pm for 7 days a week.

Trump administration ends support for disabled Americans facing homelessness The cutback is the latest in a series of hits to the poorest Americans from the White House.

Trump administration cuts federal support for disabled Americans facing homelessness www.axios.com/2025/10/07/t...

The new web site from @oceanstatemedia.bsky.social is incredibly frustrating. Listening to the radio, I wanted to find the interview of RI House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi by @iandonnis.bsky.social on his "One on One" replacing "Political Roundtable," but I could not.

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YouTube video by infolivetvenglish Hatikva at Bergen-Belsen

In rare and moving footage dated to April 20th 1945, inmates at Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp sing the anthem of hope 'Hatikva.'

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@radiostoryteller.bsky.social Smetana's (pronounced with accent on the first syllable, "SMET-ən-ə") "Die Moldau" is based on a traditional melody "La Mantovana" which also inspired, through a Romanian variant, the Zionist anthem "HaTikvah" ("The Hope").

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Discussing the new Downton Abbey movie —

Her: Rich people worrying about rich people.

Me: Rich people don't even notice non-rich people unless they have guillotines.

Opinion | Lessons From a Long War

Outstanding op-ed by Bret Stepens in @nytopinion.nytimes.com today, assessing the two-year anniversary of the Oct 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

The Legacy of October 7 Douglas Murray, Amit Segal, Eli Sharabi, Coleman Hughes, and others mark two years since Hamas’s attack on Israel.

On Oct 7, The Free Press observes the two-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel with a special issue featuring a number of respected contributors and interviewees.

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Could the Gaza War End Soon?, by @mikebilow.bsky.social

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Watching @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social on @msnbc.com. What is his lapel pin? It's sort of a US flag, but not quite.

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

Just watched @crockett.house.gov on @theweekendprime.bsky.social say "Don't fall for the okey doke." What does that mean? Is it a Southern thing?

ChatGPT seems very friendly, but why does it keep asking if I know where is Sarah Connor?

That's my point.

As I predicted while the Oct 7 was still ongoing: motifri.com/hamas-opinion/ —

That Hamas managed to take Israeli hostages… puts the government of Israel into an untenable political position, preventing so much as a cease fire and forcing what may turn into an Israeli reoccupation of Gaza…

Hamas says it's ready to release all Israeli hostages but does not offer clear 'yes' to Trump's plan - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The statement came as Trump issued a deadline of 6 p.m. Sunday for Hamas to respond to his proposal to end the war.

Hamas freeing the hostages puts Israel into an untenable position, unable to continue the war with the same ferocity.

Almost anything else is to some extent negotiable, including disarmament and removal from government.

But this should end the war.

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Last I knew, US law prohibits the likeness of any living person on the coins.

Last I knew, US law prohibits the likeness of any living person on the coins.

Problems with free markets as religious faith become obvious with a modicum of rational thought. No sane person asks whether slavery was good for the slaves, but people actually assert that.

An economist spots a $20 bill on the sidewalk: "That can't be real or someone would have picked it up."

Why are Donald Trump and Russell Vought shutting down the government?

Once you accept on faith that everything should be privatized, it follows to destroy public funding for universities, medical research, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Like Jonestown.

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As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...

We just received a message from Apple's App Review that #ICEBlock has been removed from the App Store due to "objectionable content". The only thing we can imagine is this is due to pressure from the Trump Admin.

We have responded and we'll fight this! #resist

Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.

Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.

They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.

But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.

RIP, Jamal.

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‘Could have been an email’: Officials balk at Hegseth's generals meeting The last-minute gathering featured hundreds of senior military officials, who swear an oath to the Constitution, attending something more akin to a campaign rally.

The goal of the military is not "war fighting" but deterrence. Obviously combat readiness achieves deterrence, but the goal is to avoid combat. War is a failure of deterrence.

The long "Pax Americana" proved that peace, not war, is the measure of military success.

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I doubt she can find anyone else in the office to do it.