The Mord
@paganroadkill.bsky.social
Rock 'N' Roller. Poli-Geek. News-Nerd. Lifelong Lions fan. Played football, boxed, wrestled, and put the shot. An avid bicyclist who likes to hit his gym. Frustrated writer and actor. Once an on-air talent programming metal and alternative. Love The Blues.
Earlier TFG referenced the Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate race as a "communist versus socialist" contest. Aside from the fact that he's patently stupid and an inveterate liar, maybe a corrupt sociopath who's bungled a war he'd started, screwed our economy, and alienated our allies shouldn't opine.
Lately I've preferred being a mid-evening voter. I like that I can kinda' check in on the turnout. Tonight, at 6:10pm, I was the 180th to cast their ballot in my precinct. A little depressing, really, but I am hoping a sizable number took advantage of early voting or did mail-in. #DefendDemocracy
An outsized level of influence and amount of money has been plowed into the Michigan race to be the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. I was all in for Mallory McMorrow when it'd been a race between three. Now just the two and not as simple or binary as an either/or. That said... VOTE! #Blue2026
Michigan Democrats pick between moderate and progressive in high-profile Senate primary
Michigan voters head to the polls Tuesday for primary elections including a closely watched Democratic U.S. Senate contest between U.S. Rep.
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1/ The Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate primary is a good example that it can be a prickly battle when you're an "other" running for elected office or perceptibly an outlier or troublingly iconoclastic. But I think in terms of positioning and policy, often there is not as big a difference between the
'The Country Isn't Ready': How an Electability Myth Became a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Is America "ready" for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Pete Buttigieg to be president? How the electability myth becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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The proof is in the CFP wins: Michigan, Ohio State, and Indiana. If I'm watching college football, its the Spartans and the Wolverines and any other Big Ten game that might appeal. Then the MAC. And if I can find a good one, a FCS game. If I'm at all watching the SEC, its for the individual talents.
Curt Cignetti fires shot at SEC: 'We don't cry a river, whine and complain'
Flanked by college football's last three national title trophies, Indiana coach Curt Cignetti seemed to target the SEC "hype machine."
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1/ I think my sense of public service has always been a little bit shaped by the idealism of "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" and the harsher truths of "The Candidate". You read enough history and political writings and you'll see that exasperating push-and-pull of governance; those defining big
Turnout is just about everything in terms of shaping the direction our nation will tilt. But being informed and casting a ballot or pulling the lever for an initiative or proposal really is just the start. Pay attention, stay aware, and whoever you'd voted into public office, hold them accountable.
The White House interiors are starting to resemble a bordello with all its garish, tacky, cheap adornments so it follows TFG would be just as classless and ignorant when it comes to our historic sites and public spaces. He's like some ghastly af combination of termite, bed bug, and cockroach.
Critics Say Historic Sites Are Endangered by Trump-Aligned Panel’s Plan
Proponents say the changes to the federal preservation rules are necessary, but critics argue they are alarming and would help expedite the president’s redesign of Washington.
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1/ The Great Lakes invasive carp barrier under joint construction between Michigan, Illinois, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been halted and put under "administrative review" because TFG's delicate ego had been bruised. You know the problems Florida has with invasive species destroying
Army Corps halts work on Great Lakes invasive carp barrier
Project designed to block invasive carp from reaching the Great Lakes is under review.
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Earlier today, TFG at a Milford MI rally: "...I've done more for you than your parents... I have been better to you than your parents. That I can tell you." The sweat from my father's brow has a higher IQ and more integrity than TFG. Plainly, he's a c--t and TFG knows he's a c--t. #FTFG
I've made plans to cross the Gordie Howe twice these upcoming weeks. Once in my hatchback (MT!) and another on my bicycle. And I'm predicting right now, people will stop using "International" and "Bridge - its just gonna' be "the Gordie Howe"... Undeniably a SE Michigander/Western Ontarians thing...
Gretchen Whitmer, Gary Peters mark Gordie Howe Bridge opening in style
The Gordie Howe International Bridge, officials say, is already the largest trade crossing in North America.
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When the agreement was struck to build the GHIB, TFG 1.0, with the exception of referring to it as an "infrastructure priority", was nowhere-to-be-found. Just cheap talking points as he'd never committed to "infrastructure" that entire four years. Now that its completed, TFG 2.0 wants to claim jump.
Inside the Decadelong Saga to Open a New Detroit Bridge to Canada
Trump considered revoking the permit allowing the span to open as trade tensions nearly derailed a project that is finally set to open Monday.
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This week's listens: Peter Frampton/Carry The Light/2026 Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs/Mission Of Mercy/2026 Altered Five Blues Band/Holler If You Hear Me/2021 Kim Mitchell/Kimosabe/1999 Kim Mitchell/Itch/1994
I probably can't stand one-quarter of the ESPN on-air personalities, could care less about the majority of its programming, and their sports gambling push just pisses me off, but I do like and generally follow Get Up with Mike Greenberg and sometimes their NFL Live... This, though, is complete bs.
Linda Cohn shreds ESPN on handling of layoffs: ‘Buffoonery’
Linda Cohn is not pleased with ESPN’s “buffoonery” in its handling of recent layoffs.
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I know TFG is being sued for demolishing the East Wing and my reading is there are few legal restraints, some which require actions by either Congress, Republican held, and the courts, iffy and ignored, anyway, or some federal agency or department inside TFG's administration... It's fucked up.
Kevin M. Levin@civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 2w ago"The proposed rules could make it easier to change or destroy sites like Native American burial grounds or historic downtowns, or build projects that change the view from historic sites such as power lines near Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello estate." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
When it comes to AI, evolving technologies, and rampant, unchecked applications and apparatus, I know I'm not the only one who immediately thinks of Skynet and the nightmarish scenarios that could soon follow...
So much second-guessing before my Lions have even begun training camp (7/29)... Here are the things that right now matter to me: culture, work ethic, professionalism, accountability, and attitude. Bag-and-tag those and we're where we need to be 47 days from the start of the new NFL season. #OnePride
Detroit Lions training camp: What actually matters, what's just noise, and what fans and media get wrong every year
Detroit Lions training camp creates new stars every summer, at least on social media. These are the things that actually make the difference this summer.
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Obama. Still one of the coolest cats on the planet. Great perspective and not everyone can handle sudden fame with the aplomb some will demand be instantaneous. Navigating your unexpected celebrity status must be, at times, a figurative minefield whether a sports professional or a politician.
Barack Obama's Compliment to Caitlin Clark Should Be Lesson For WNBA
Former US President Barack Obama (who is a huge basketball fan) made a surprise appearance at WNBA All-Star Weekend practices in Chicago on Friday morning. Cam
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1/ Its a poorly kept secret TFG interfered with the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge as his proxies Lutnick, Bessent, Mullin, Hoekstra, Hall, and Rogers intervened on behalf of Matthew Moroun, owner of the Ambassador Bridge and a transportation empire. The Canadian-Michigan Crossing
Trump rages after Canada ‘disinvited’ Americans from bridge opening ceremony
The newly completed $4.7 billion bridge connects Michigan to Ontario
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He's a five time draft dodger with a long history of deriding service; from maligning POWs, disparaging a Gold Star family, and calling our military dead "suckers and losers" to poor conduct at dignified transfers, wanting to give himself major military honors, and tapping an unfit halfwit for SOD.
'It's Foul': Gold Star Families React To Trump's Claim That Fallen Soldiers Backed His War
‘It’s crystal clear to me that this is a disgraceful political stunt ahead of a major election,” one Gold Star widow said.
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I swear, there are commentators in the pro football world who speculate worse than any child. These past couple weeks I've seen suggestions or analysis that'd send either Diego Pavia or Brendan Sorsby to my Lions. WTF?! Somebody's shy several billion brain cells. #OnePride #Lions #DetroitvsEverybody
1/ Most of my life I've been only a bridge, tunnel, or ferry crossing to Canada and at different times it hasn't been uncommon for me to find myself somewhere in Ontario 3-5 times a month. I know we've sent plenty of garbage and pollutants their way so its damn disingenuous for us to play victim as
The Trump Administration Blamed Canada For Wildfires… Here’s What IT Didn’t Mention
The problem isn’t Canada. It’s climate change.
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TFG and Hegseth... Liars and failures tripling down on their lies and failures. Two wannabe tough guys posturing for their (dwindling) base as they wade deeper into an asymmetrical war that is deteriorating into a "forever" quagmire at great cost to our military and the American people. Pathetic.
Hegseth blasted at Senate hearing for Iran catastrophe
YouTube video by MS NOW
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There may be a segment in Detroit still clinging to the wondrous hangover that is Motown, but also it feels these past 15-20 years "Detroit Rock City" is nearly emptied bravado as our once vibrant music ecosystem became more corporatized, stratified, and homogenized. Simply, it ain't gotta' be so...
Music census highlights the struggles of Detroit musicians, venues
A lack of places to play, funds to pay artists and organizational help are a few factors.
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I'm not even counting the number of days he's spent at any number of his properties since returning to the Oval, but TFG has spent 116 days golfing. Out of 547 days, 116 days swinging a club as our military is put at further risk in the deepening Iran quagmire and our economy is battered and bruised
Firestorm ignites over Trump’s golf club ‘mingling’ as ‘zero IQ war’ claims American lives
As the deeply unpopular U.S. war against Iran heats up, claiming the lives of at least two U.S. service members on Friday, President Donald Trump was spotted at one of his golf clubs on Saturday, spar...
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1/ Eight people have been killed by ICE with zero cooperation provided to the governing municipalities and no credible investigation initiated by the DOJ into their deaths. At least 52 people have died while held in ICE detention centers. And at least 3800 children have been booked into ICE custody
What the law says about prosecuting ICE agents for murder
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.
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TFG and our servicemen operate in different universes. The latter is sworn to defend and preserve our Constitution and be dependable and accountable to their fellow soldiers. The former is all tough guy talk and belligerent posture and the only fealty he has is to himself and his corrupt fortune.
'If only Trump were sane and decent': President outrages with response to soldiers' deaths
President Donald Trump's brief response to the death of two service members in the Iran conflict has spurred outraged calls that he stand before Congress and explain himself. Frustration mounted after...
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