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@thewritermike

Poetry & prose from the edge of memory. Myth-soaked, grief-blooded, and liminal. Michael Bates writes what haunts & heals: raven feathers, ghost mirrors, forgotten names, and Sacred Woods.

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04.03.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Kansas Revokes IDs for 1,000+ Transgender Residents Under New State Law More than 1,000 transgender Kansas residents have had their driver's licenses and birth certificates invalidated under a new state law that took effect Thursday. The legislation requires gender marker...

It was never about protecting cisgen women and girls. This law strips transgender adult male and females of their right to pursue liberty.

www.finedayradio.com/news/tv-delm...

27.02.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 6833 πŸ” 2645 πŸ’¬ 527 πŸ“Œ 251
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Klobuchar: "One of the things that most struck me about this State of the Union is that he spent only 2.9 minutes talking about affordability out of an hour and 47 minute speech, and 3.9 minutes talking about healthcare. These are the number one issues on the minds of people."

25.02.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 4589 πŸ” 1432 πŸ’¬ 227 πŸ“Œ 69
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23.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I stand with the US Women's Hockey Team!

24.02.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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24.02.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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24.02.2026 03:44 πŸ‘ 49 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

That he did. And he had to threaten to pack the Supreme Court to get them to stop trying to block his wildly popular programs...

24.02.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Michele’sπŸ’™πŸŒŠ (@democraticwarrior) SHE KNOWS! 🎀

substack.com/@democraticw...

22.02.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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21.02.2026 09:38 πŸ‘ 1757 πŸ” 484 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 17
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18.02.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 36 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Liam
So glad he's home with his dad now

18.02.2026 14:21 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump pardons 5 former NFL players for crimes ranging from perjury to drug trafficking President Donald Trump has pardoned five former NFL players for crimes that include perjury, counterfeiting and drug trafficking.

Maga loves pedophiles and drug traffickers. Why do they keep pardoning drug traffickers? Who is this benefiting? I'm so tired of the mixed message. Is trafficking illegal drugs ok or not? #pinks #proudblue

apnews.com/article/dona...

13.02.2026 04:48 πŸ‘ 377 πŸ” 235 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 16

Howard Lutnick claimed he vowed-in 2005-that he would never spend time with Jeffrey Epstein

Yet it appears the relationship between them became so close-even after Epstein was convicted of a child prostitution charge in 2008-that Lutnick apparently went to Epstein’s island

IN 2012

Lutnick must go

09.02.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 1391 πŸ” 667 πŸ’¬ 69 πŸ“Œ 33
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CALL TO ACTIVISM (@calltoactivism) 🚨BOMBSHELL: Rep. Ro Khanna says the files Trump ordered the FBI to redact in March were SURVIVOR TESTIMONY. Not names. Not contact info. The 302 reports where they gave details of horrific abuse and...

They were literally covering up evidence.

Now consider that they redacted Trump’s name over 950,000 times.

You do the math.

11.02.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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07.02.2026 05:21 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

That skin on her face looks like a pocked gravel road in a backwater redneck town...

08.02.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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07.02.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

This guy needs to go to jail!

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01.02.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 294 πŸ” 308 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 26

Let’s find him and make him famous.
He likes to kick dogs and probably children. #IceNazi #IcePussy

06.02.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of an X.com post by MeidasTouch asking β€œWhat is he afraid of?” above an embedded post by Acyn (@Acyn) stating that Republican Oversight Chairman James Comer refuses to hold a public hearing for Hillary Clinton’s deposition, saying committee hearings are more for entertainment than substance. Below is a TV split-screen showing James Comer speaking on Fox News and Hillary Clinton speaking at a podium, with a chyron reading β€œHillary Clinton wants her Epstein testimony to be public.”

Screenshot of an X.com post by MeidasTouch asking β€œWhat is he afraid of?” above an embedded post by Acyn (@Acyn) stating that Republican Oversight Chairman James Comer refuses to hold a public hearing for Hillary Clinton’s deposition, saying committee hearings are more for entertainment than substance. Below is a TV split-screen showing James Comer speaking on Fox News and Hillary Clinton speaking at a podium, with a chyron reading β€œHillary Clinton wants her Epstein testimony to be public.”

He's afraid of the truth from a woman who’s been right about Trump on everything.

06.02.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 1620 πŸ” 311 πŸ’¬ 66 πŸ“Œ 13
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IT'S COMING ...
FASCISM IS IN CONTROL ...
JUST LIKE PUTIN ...

tRUMPSTEIN WILL GIVE HIMSELF 95% OF OUR VOTES ... 🀬🀬🀬

SO WHAT'S THE PLAN???

06.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 10739 πŸ” 6608 πŸ’¬ 976 πŸ“Œ 602
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It’s so bad even Tim Scott isn’t afraid to criticize it.

06.02.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 4173 πŸ” 878 πŸ’¬ 646 πŸ“Œ 115
The text relates to atheist philosophy, explaining the prayer is not th reason things you wish for actually happen and pointing out simple facts like it rains whether or not you pray for it to do so.

The text relates to atheist philosophy, explaining the prayer is not th reason things you wish for actually happen and pointing out simple facts like it rains whether or not you pray for it to do so.

06.02.2026 15:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

US Supreme Cowards

06.02.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of masked ICE!

Picture of masked ICE!

Dear Schumer and Jeffries,
Y’all need to step out of your bubble and read the room.
We don’t want to β€œreform” ICE.
We want to defund them and send them to jail for crimes against humanity.

WTF are y’all talking about?
#Voices4Victory
#DemVoice1
#Pinks
#SheShed
#wtpBLUE

06.02.2026 01:12 πŸ‘ 649 πŸ” 253 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 17
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TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trumpβ€˜s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer.

(I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)οΏΌ

06.02.2026 04:20 πŸ‘ 4054 πŸ” 2095 πŸ’¬ 482 πŸ“Œ 654

You run a real classy shop, Bezos.

04.02.2026 18:39 πŸ‘ 753 πŸ” 254 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 10