MickieMorganfield
@mickiedances
Reader, digger, planter, ranter. Hellebores, epimediums, viburnums, hydrangeas, blue birds, red-breasted nuthatches, foxes, coyotes and bears live here.
The adverse event report can tally non-verified "it stung" "Ouch" "had a rash" "I puked" complaints - it's not an "Excess Death" toll or STATS on ICU admissions or mortality and morbidity or science. A bot farms of idiots can log in junk that other idiots can see. #MortalityFell with vaccines.
Over 14 years the undocumented population grew by 4.8M. Biden was not president for 14 years. Covid arrived in 2020. We didn't have a vaccine rolled out until Biden was President in 2021. Voters for Trump refused vaccine and died of covid at higher rates than Biden voters: 43% higher excess deaths.
If Michigan votes for the party who tanked the auto industry, ran a candidate convicted of sexual assault & felony financial fraud who slapped absurd tariffs on inputs and consumer goods, and speaks in Gibberish, they deserve the disaster we have as Trump dismantles of the BidenHarris economy.
Jeff Bezos told CNBC in May “we have way too much corporate welfare, way too much corporate subsidies…way too much influence in politics from business” and that we should “go back and figure out what is… happening there.” Trump reduced corporate minimum tax from 35% to 21%, added credits and cuts
We saw a dedicated scientist, surprised by his own fame after successfully leading research/medical agencies through decades of novel disease outbreaks, being grilled by the party who chose a felon convicted of sexual assault as their leader. Jeffrey Epstein's best friend is in the White House.
“Our report shows that people leaving California are increasingly from higher-income neighborhoods,” Dr. Brett Fischer, California Policy Lab. “These movers are, on average, in a weaker financial position than their neighbors and can't afford the quality of life they see their neighbors enjoying.”
idsociety.org/news--publications-new/articles/2022/statement-on-niaid-director-anthony-fauci/ Dr. Fauci led NIAID’s research and response on the front lines of every major infectious diseases outbreak - HIV, swine flu, Ebola, Zika, COVID-19 - enabling NIAID to save millions of lives worldwide.
Detroit-based automakers—General Motors, Ford, Stellantis—were hit by $6.5 billion in #TrumpTariffs and related costs through 2025. BMW, Honda, Hyundai-Kia, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Subaru, and Volkswagen each predicted costs of more than $1 billion.
www.occrp.org/en/project/n... Using leaked documents and official data, reporters identified 1,764 separate busts of cocaine originating from Colombia between 2016 and 2022. (431 busts on large cargo ships yielded 264.8 metric tons of cocaine - in Colombia, Belgium and Spain)
www.msn.com/en-us/news/n... Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejects Trump administration's request to lift an injunction several Democratic-led states secured on June 25 from a lower-court judge who concluded that key parts of the Republican president's order were unconstitutional.
“American taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the starvation wages of large corporations like Walmart and Amazon, McDonald’s, FedEx, Dollar Tree and Dollar General,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont).
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug... Recognizing Smoot-Hawley’s stupidity led to the 1934 Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act. The US began negotiating trade deals that led to the great recovery of world trade and the global economy in the decades after World War II. Then Trump brought back stupidity.
During the hearing today, Blanche narrowed the terms of his order, saying that the only people eligible for the audit protections are the parties who brought the lawsuit against the IRS - Trump, 2 of his sons and Trump Org. (It may not be legal. No one from the IRS signed the one-page order.)
open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/p/lindsey-graham-dead-senate-gop-margin?r=1zu0z8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email On Friday Graham was in Ukraine, shaking Zelenskyy’s hand on his 10th wartime visit - his former self, defending international institutions. Saturday he was on the phone with Trump.
washington.org/press/destin... Over 27M visited the nation’s capital in 2024 – a new record - with $11.4 billion in visitor spending, $2.3 billion in tax revenue and 111,500 jobs supported. As a result, thanks to tourism, each DC household saves $3,608 in taxes. No armed military patrols were needed
Who knew people would believe it? "What we did, that was a scam," producer Bill Pruitt. "That was an entertainment." Media coverage helped Trump make deals that put his name on a wide assortment of properties owned and built by other people, giving the impression that he was king of a vast empire.
ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?co... Anna Vishev appears to have been very busy defending people in trademark violation cases.
www.justice.gov/usao-ndfl/pr... (DOJ claims that government records hidden in an email renamed as a cake recipe included portions of internal DOJ messages and memorandum, a report related to a criminal prosecution in the SDFL that had been court-ordered to remain sealed by Judge Aileen Cannon)
law.yale.edu/studying-law... Most Lowell residents live in Environmental Justice neighborhoods. On April 28, 2025 the Markley Group filed with MassDEP to add 27 diesel generators and 16 cooling towers to a massive data center already plaguing residents with air pollution, noise, odor, dust.
In an act of civil disobedience, active duty USAF Major Jason Watson is arrested on the Capitol steps after calling for the impeachment and removal of President Trump, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on July 1, 2026. The area is public, but protesting is prohibited. (Photo by Allison Bailey/NurPhoto)
www.citizensforethics.org/reports-inve.... Data centers are spiking Ohio utility prices and siphoning local water. One developer who got fast-tracked pays Trump to promote resorts in Dubai. Hussain Sajwani pays Trump Org tens of millions to endorse and brand Sajwani's Middle East golf properties.
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/ap... #TrumpMayPardon Nicole Daedone, whose OneTaste used traumatized, underpaid forced labor in LA, NYC, London, Austin, and Denver. Young, vulnerable women were lured into debt and coerced into sexual acts with investors and clients. 2017 OneTaste sold for $12M.
In addition to the Saudi and Qatari royal funds backing Kushner's Affinity Partners, he is backed by a wealthy collaborator of President Edi Rama - reporteri.net/lajme/rajon/... Close ties with Rama let Kastrati Group wins hundreds of bids in the Albanian government and in neighboring countries.
news.constructconnect.com/google-plans-to-build-a-second-georgia-data-center Google's 270 acre LaGrange, Georgia project highlights the continued expansion of hyperscale data center infrastructure in the Southeast, particularly along major corridors with access to power and water resources.
For the 1976 Bicentennial, The Smithsonian Institution's Folklife Festival lasted 12 weeks and drew 4.5M visitors to the Mall to sample offerings that reflected the country’s myriad regions, ethnic groups and cultural traditions.
www.npr.org/2016/05/10/4... After defaulting on $1B, Trump needed cash. Kiiko Nakahara, daughter of notorious Japanese crime figure Hideki Yokoi - incarcerated owner of the Empire State Building - met Marla at a gym. Donald took a 50% share to try to break Leona Helmsey's lease. Failed. Got paid.
www.npr.org/2016/05/10/4... After defaulting on $1B, Trump needed cash. Kiiko Nakahara, daughter of notorious Japanese crime figure Hideki Yokoi - incarcerated owner of the Empire State Building - met Marla at a gym. Donald took a 50% share to try to break Leona Helmsey's lease. Failed. Got paid.
www.wusa9.com/article/news... 2025: DC judge was unable to stop Trump from taking the $500M USIP facility built with private & public funds. The nonprofit was created in 1985 by Reagan and Congress to address global conflict. Trump installed his Board of Peace, took their endowment.
When Joe Biden was VP, he helped pass the ARA. NPS and DOI were able to rebuild the Reflecting Pool (it had sunk a foot and leaked 30M gal a year) over 50' timber pilings, put back the 1920's granite edges, built the 30 acres around it to connect the memorials with walks, steps, accessible slopes.
www.nps.gov/subjects/nps... Juneteenth, short for “June 19th,” marks the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston in 1865 to take control of Texas and to free all enslaved people. The troops’ arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.