Mike Toothman
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- Where is your data going? The creep of authoritarianism..
- NEW: Following our successful motion in court, the dangerous data-sharing agreement between ICE and the IRS has been almost entirely unredacted and made public. americanoversight.org/following-am...
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- ‘We’re collateral damage’ — WV school district hires attorney to review Morrisey’s vaccine mandate westvirginiawatch.com/2025/05/13/w...
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- Reposted by Mike Toothman“In the real world, the world of cause and effect, when we tear down the best among us and provide bogus reasons for why we did it, reality will eventually come for us,” writes the author George Saunders about the firing of Dr. Carla Hayden, who was the librarian of Congress.
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- WTH man? Real World bro also serving as Transportation Sec Sean Duffy reportedly changed his wife's flight to avoid Newark and then went on TV to broadcast it's safe to fly in and out of Newark. @paleofuture.bsky.social w the details. ↘️
- Reposted by Mike ToothmanWe should be helping ordinary Americans on Main Street, not super wealthy Americans who don’t need another tax cut.
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- Reposted by Mike ToothmanJust FYI because evidently Fox or OAN or whatever is pushing the lie that America accepted the Statue of Liberty and that’s equivalent to the plane. Congress VOTED to approve receiving the statue. So congress should vote on the jet
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- Reposted by Mike Toothman"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
- Reposted by Mike ToothmanMore and more workers are walking out today... and this is just the beginning 😏
- Reposted by Mike ToothmanBecause of the layoffs at NIOSH, multiple lifesaving programs have been shut down even though they’re required by law.
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- Reposted by Mike ToothmanFrom The Archives: You People Made Me Give Up My Peanut Farm Before I Got To Be President theonion.com/you-peo...
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- Reposted by Mike ToothmanRemember that several people asked Pam Bondi during confirmation SPECIFICALLY what she would do on matters pertaining to Qatar (which she did not disclose) or GEO (pertinent to the Baraka arrest). She said she'd consult top career lawyer at DOJ abt recusal. Then she fired that lawyer.
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- Reposted by Mike Toothmanas someone who lives nextdoor to both supportive housing and public housing, i need people to understand that the best locations for both are going to be the central neighborhoods in a metropolitan area, where there is easy and reliable access to services and jobs.
- Reposted by Mike ToothmanSCOOP: The first flight of Afrikaner migrants arrives from South Africa at Dulles tomorrow morning. The State Dept is holding a presser at 1PM. Reporters must be at Door 1 in the Departure Area at 12:15. Protesters were not given a permit, but are expected to turn up anyway.
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- Reposted by Mike ToothmanThe nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff. - Carl Sagan, Cosmos
- Reposted by Mike ToothmanDon’t miss this piece.
- Just amazing: Trump grew angry over a Biden-era program with the word "equity" in its name, so he ended it. But a key part of the program was sending money to red states to expand internet access in rural/MAGA country. Now they might not get it. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/1950...
- Reposted by Mike ToothmanIt’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...
- Reposted by Mike ToothmanFederal judges say unsolicited pizza deliveries to jurists' homes that began in February may number in the hundreds across at least 7 states — prompting increased security concerns. Many have gone to judges presiding over lawsuits challenging Trump policies. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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- Reposted by Mike ToothmanToday is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
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- Reposted by Mike ToothmanSo let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street
- Reposted by Mike ToothmanDefendants are presumed innocent unless convicted. Every US Atty (or so I thought) knows you can’t weigh in on guilt like this.
- Reposted by Mike Toothman#OtD 10 May 1941 the Strike of the 100,000 took place in Nazi-occupied Belgium on the first anniversary of German invasion. Authorities granted an 8% pay increase but arrested hundreds and sent many to concentration camps stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8227/strike-of-the-10...
- Reposted by Mike ToothmanSome federal employees have been identified after Attorney General Pam Bondi began seeking records and testimony from journalists.
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- Reposted by Mike ToothmanNext time someone claims that right-wing politics is motivated by "protecting children," remind them of that time right-wing ICE kidnapped a man at a gas station and left his children alone in his truck. #AmericanGestapo
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- Reposted by Mike ToothmanJuneau’s Empty Chair memorial for city residents who were taken away as part of America’s Japanese internment program in 1942, has been covered in paper cranes. #Alaska
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- Reposted by Mike ToothmanHow we beat back the corporate takeover of America: 1. Break up corporate monopolies 2. Continue building union power 3. End Citizens United and get big money out of politics Let’s keep working to unrig the system.
- Reposted by Mike ToothmanHi all! Monday I will start my new job as Class Politics Reporter @thenewrepublic.bsky.social. I could not be more excited. I was honored to spend the last 3 years at 538. In March, ABC shuttered the publication. Over more than a decade, the site set a new standard for political journalism.
- Reposted by Mike ToothmanREPORT: Migrants Drive Washington’s Vibrant Food Industry migrantinsider.com/p/report-mig...
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