Michael Friedman

@michael_friedman
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DC born, Maryland bred; organ transplant recipient; attorney; recovering PITA; bottle washer intern; tolerable human; bow tie wearer; hater of air quotes & folks who say “PIN number.”

“Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts.”

#QOTD
Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.
Harry Belafonte
McConnell lets loose on Trump on his way to Senate retirement

McConnell is using what little time left he has in the Senate to serve as a policy counterweight to Trump’s “America First” populism.

Washington Examiner
Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist (@princess-vimentin.bsky.social)

Make your voices heard! The proposed OMB rule negates peer review for approval of grant applications. The political appointee will have the power to randomly override peer review. The last thing we need is the fear of grants getting terminated based on whim. Russ Vought is all over this.🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Bluesky Social

The Life and Grisly Death of a Sports Memorabilia Forger

The most recent takedown of a large fake-autograph operation has collectors wondering who and what are trustworthy anymore.

https://apple.news/AOM0WGNNURB6BKgAjegYA8w

The Life and Grisly Death of a Sports Memorabilia Forger — Bloomberg Businessweek

The most recent takedown of a large fake-autograph operation has collectors wondering who and what are trustworthy anymore.

Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks

Customer data from more than 350 hotels around the world may have been accessed as part of realistic reservation-hijacking scams.

https://apple.news/ATwcziCHSTgOt_svQPT0BAQ

Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks — WIRED

Customer data from more than 350 hotels around the world may have been accessed as part of realistic reservation-hijacking scams.

After Defeat, Massie Opens Door to a 2028 Run. Which Office Is Unclear.

Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a critic of President Trump who lost his primary last week, filed papers for another candidacy but said he was not sure which office he might seek.

The New York Times
Nicolas Cage says he lives a 'very monastic life' at 62 as he focuses on raising his toddler

Compared to the impulsiveness of his youth, Nicolas Cage says his biggest "vices" now are too much caffeine and screen time.

Business Insider
10 Tiny Rituals Dogs Memorize Because They Love You So Much

Animals Around The Globe is a travel platform focused on wildlife and unique destinations, where you can discover all your favourite animal encounters.

Animals Around The Globe

Not gonna agree, or disagree. I am not the writer. That said, what she writes is compelling and her feelings and actions understandable based on their shared histories.

https://apple.news/AFCz1C8TxS9KT6549FYHiCw

Friends And Family Urged Me To See My Dying Sister One Last Time. I Refused. — HuffPost

"You do not owe the dying — or the dead — a better story than the one they lived."

Opinion | The Law They Hate Was a High Point of Our History

The Voting Rights Act has more democratic legitimacy than the court that is trying to destroy it.

The New York Times