Michelle 🧘🏻‍♀️

Michelle 🧘🏻‍♀️

@itsamichellething.bsky.social

Gen X, Washington State. Knitter, Gardener, Reader. Keep raising hell, friends. Motto: Everything is made up.

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I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Democracy 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

Lula has been reelected president, Brazilian media has now called. An extraordinary comeback for the left-wing politician who trailed by 2 points in round 1 but managed to hold off Flávio Bolsonaro, the former president's son.

Can confirm the Washington/Oregon relationship is the best. 🥰 Can also confirm the Washington/Idaho relationship is like neighbors who don’t make eye contact when mowing the lawn.

Brilliant Maps@brilliantmaps.bsky.social

Every US State’s Favorite State Besides Their Own (With Arrows) Credit: Matt Shirley It's surprising how few states reciprocally like each other. Full list: brilliantmaps.com/fav-us-st...

It’s us against the Trillionaire.

Team Talarico@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social

NEW AD: Have you seen these anti-Talarico attack ads? Elon Musk paid for nearly all of them. The world's first trillionaire knows if he drags the most corrupt politician in Texas across the finish line, Ken Paxton will owe him everything. Elon Musk: Texas is not for sale.

Washington State: this is immoral. We need to hold our state leaders feet to the fire on this.

ProPublica@propublica.org

NEW: A 2018 Washington state law was supposed to help workers who got sick cleaning up Hanford, a former federal nuclear weapons site. Eight years later, the DOE has spent nearly $12 million fighting to deny them benefits. with @cascadepbs.org

49 more states better step up to the plate.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social

BREAKING: New Mexico judge says Meta must pay $25 billion for deceiving users about data privacy. The company was found to have committed 43 million violations of New Mexico law since n this case stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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If our system of justice can determine that shooting a one year-old is justified, then we do not have a system of justice, and our goal should be the eradication of the system we have and its replacement with something better.

Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social

JUST IN: The police shooting that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley as he sat in his mother’s lap in a Walmart parking lot in Senatobia, Miss., in June “was justified,” Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office said on Monday. Her office will not charge the white officer who shot the child.

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If we tax Elon Musk and his fellow billionaires appropriately, every child in America can have healthcare, education, and a well funded social safety net instead of some racist billionaire’s pathetic pr stunt

CNN@cnn.com

Elon Musk has said he will give every child in America a stake in SpaceX, his $2 trillion aerospace and artificial intelligence company, as tech firms face intensifying scrutiny over their impact on society. https://cnn.it/4yWTjTJ

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Billionaires didn’t prop up Trump for just a few years of fat contracts and get out jail free cards. Until they are put in check, their oligopolies broken up, their hold over state and federal governments shattered, our national nightmare will continue. Be single-minded in this pursuit.

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Replying to @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social

I’m normally not the vindictive sort, but if the Dems win in 2029, I hope the new POTUS “goes medieval” on Musk, Thiel, Zuck, et al. Start by seizing control of SpaceX & Starlink on grounds of national security.

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Replying to @ezralevin.bsky.social

Meta has revealed itself as a fundamental enemy of American democracy: we should target it as such and the next government should treat it as such

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Folks, I know it’s easy to get excited about all the polls showing Democrats ahead and feel like this election is a done deal. But we can’t take anything for granted. That’s why I’m urging you to take part in a No Kings early voting event today where you live. https://www.nokings.org/

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When you see all these corrupt, ridiculously unqualified and incompetent Trump officials in action, realize that it is only possible because Republicans have the majority in the senate and voted to confirm them. The only way to stop it is to take that majority away.

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Democrats need to run hard against Elon Musk. They need to warn the public that the world's richest man is spending $276 million to attempt a hostile takeover of our government.

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We must crush Elon Musk and the oligarchs. It's either us or them. They are playing for all the marbles.

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Whistles work! New York, get some whistles.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com

In case you missed it last night: we are seeing reports all over the country of immigration surges and state violence. If you need whistles for your community, we will send you 100-3000 3d printed for free, and we will love doing it. 3dwhistles.com

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These are desperate, desperate moves from a demented old loser who has to resort to begging the remnant of his cult to start a riot so he can create some sham pretext to intimidate voters. Power doesn’t panic. And Trump is in full-on panic.

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Replying to @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social

These people don't even want to pay *regular* taxes and they expect us to believe their little pyramid scheme will lead to universal basic income. Lol. Lmao.

Washington voters, do not vote to subject our daughters to genital exams just to play sports. The Republican party of pedophiles and rapists is out of their GD minds. Stop them.

Ari Drennen@aridrennen.bsky.social

An initiative on the ballot in Washington State this fall would require families to pay for their daughters to have a genital exam or other sex test if they want to play sports AT ANY LEVEL, and the left is sleeping on it. I talked to KUOW:

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*so important*: if you’re voting by mail, assume the USPS will delay because it’s its policy. You can: —put it in drop box —go to counter to watch them postmark in front of you —if you’re dropping it in a mailbox, do it VERY EARLY.

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If you asked me to summarize the most significant existential political truth that I fear too few liberals truly understand, it would be this.

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22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million to defeat Prop 40. Their combined wealth in January 2025 was $439 BILLION. By September 2026, it had grown to $722 BILLION. They're accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could.

Fellow Washington State voters, don’t let the rich get away with not paying their fair share.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

In March, Washington State passed a tax on millionaires to fund public education, childcare, and expand its earned income tax credit. Now, special interest groups backed by the rich are trying to trick voters into repealing the tax by claiming it will apply to non-millionaires. Don't fall for it.

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🚨EXCLUSIVE: AI safety rules were about to be enacted - then $25 million from OpenAI's president was deposited in Trump's super PAC and the rule disappeared. @levernews.com unearths documents exposing how AI oligarchs got Trump to kill rules they now claim to support. A must-read - pass it on👇

levernews.comAI Regulation Was Coming. Then Trump Killed It.After a flood of tech industry cash, President Donald Trump killed a requirement that AI giants disclose their riskiest experiments to national security officials. Now lawmakers are scrambling to catc...

Spokane, we made the races to watch section.

Taniel@taniel.bsky.social

Sheriffs & DAs have huge powers over criminal justice, e.g.: often deciding how much local assistance ICE gets. So I worked all year on whittling down the thousands (!) of these races happening in 2026 to find the ones that matter most. NEW TODAY: Learn about the 25 most pivotal November races.

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I promise, no matter what they say they are doing, Meta is using this to scrape everything they can find on your devices and recording everything you do or say. It is what they’ve done with every product they’ve ever released. Nothing of yours is safe if you use this, no matter how careful you are.

inc.comMeta’s New Muse AI Agent Read My Private Messages. I Never Asked It ToPermission isn't the same and what a user actually expects your AI product will do with their personal information.