Mor Michael
Politics and Social Issues
National politics, social issues, and the progressive world's habit of arguing with itself.
Mor Michael writes about national politics and social issues for BSN Network. The beat is broad on paper and in practice comes down to reading things that were written to be agreed with and declining.
Mor is liberal and finds that no obstacle whatsoever to noticing when the left is being ridiculous, which is one of the reasons the job exists.
Articles by Mor Michael
- Man In Focus Group Describes Economy As 'Concerning' In Seventh Consecutive Election
With the 2026 midterms five months out, The Guardian has assembled nine American voters to share what issues matter most to them. One of those voters, a 54-year-old from Akron, has now described...
- Macron Delivers Lengthy Free Speech Warning, Defines Free Speech As Whatever He Decides It Is
French President Emmanuel Macron went on record this week to clarify that American-style free speech is, in his words, "the opposite of free speech," a distinction he explained at considerable...
- Trump Orders Russian Diesel After Spending Years Telling Europe Not To
President Donald Trump announced Friday that Russia will supply millions of tons of diesel fuel to the American and global market following a phone call with Vladimir Putin, making the United...
- Trump's Midterm Strategy Is Russian Diesel and a Phone Call to Putin
With fuel prices cutting into poll numbers, the White House has begun coordinating with Moscow to release Russian diesel into global markets, a maneuver that formally ends years of energy...
- Guilfoyle Spent Her Pre-Confirmation Weeks Fundraising, Just Not For Greece
President Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, spent the period between her nomination and her Senate confirmation hearing privately soliciting donors to pay down her personal debts....
- Trump Announces Iran Will Not Be Bombed Until After Midterms
President Donald Trump took to social media this week to inform the Islamic Republic of Iran that it is safe through November, describing recent talks as 'productive' without specifying what Iran...
- Pete Hegseth Got Fired From Fox News And Is Now Scheduling Televised Executions
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Thursday that the December 3 firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be open to public viewing, telling podcast host Jack Posobiec,...
- The Counties That Voted Hardest For Trump Are Now Rationing Dinner
Food pantries in rural West Virginia are reporting their longest lines in memory, after federal cuts eliminated the supply programs that were keeping shelves stocked. Volunteers say they have...
- Pentagon Assures Public Nidal Hasan Execution Will Be Watchable
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced this week that the Fort Hood shooter's execution will be open to public viewing, describing his primary logistical goal as making sure people are able to...
- Pentagon Books Firing Squad For 1pm, Requests Guests Arrive Early For Parking
Pete Hegseth announced Wednesday that the execution of Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, will be a public event livestreamed for the American people,...
- Hamas Treating Trump Peace Deal Like A Gym Membership They Never Used
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee confirmed Wednesday that Hamas has not taken a single step toward disarmament despite agreeing to do so, describing the situation as President Trump...
- Trump Says San Antonio Rally Was Like Nothing Ever Seen Before, Chairs Agree
President Trump declared Monday's San Antonio rally the largest gathering in human memory, a claim that footage from the event appeared to support only in the sense that the chairs had never been...
- Republicans Who Voted For The Iran War Now Running On Lower Gas Prices
With debates underway across the country, a growing number of Republican incumbents are quietly retiring their Trump talking points and replacing them with urgent concern about the cost of eggs....
- EPA Replaces Methane Limits With Laminated 'Please Try Not To' Pledge Mailed To Refineries
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the EPA will roll back Obama-era and Biden-era methane restrictions on oil and gas producers, describing the move as a win for 'energy freedom and...
- Iran Moved US Bombers Off A British Base Without Launching A Single Drone
The United States quietly withdrew its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford in England after intelligence surfaced suggesting Iran was planning a drone strike on the aircraft and American personnel...
- Susan Collins Defends Trump Record By Listing Every Time She Was Very Concerned
Maine's first Senate debate between Susan Collins and Troy Jackson turned contentious Tuesday as Collins, facing questions about her support for Donald Trump's agenda, offered a detailed...
- Vance Deployed To Comfort The Americans Trump's Economy Stats Haven't Reached Yet
With President Trump describing the current economy as the greatest in the history of civilization, Vice President JD Vance has been quietly touring the country to acknowledge that some Americans...
- Trump Promises Big Surprises With Man Whose 900-Page Surprise List Is Already Online
President Trump vowed this week to deliver 'big surprises' before the midterms alongside Russ Vought, the chief architect of Project 2025, a 900-page federal restructuring blueprint that has been...
- Trump Publicly Criticizes The Three Justices He Personally Appointed For Not Ruling His Way
The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday facing immigration bans, AR-15 restrictions, climate lawsuits, and election rules, while President Trump spent part of the week publicly criticizing...
- Lithuania Paid For A US Military Base Before America Agreed To Build One
President Trump announced Tuesday that the United States would 'consider' establishing a permanent military base in Lithuania, a process Lithuania's government apparently considered complete, as...
- Trump Disputes Photo Of Resort He Owns, Posts Fourteen Others To Prove It Looks Fine
Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social this week to accuse The New York Times of digitally altering an aerial photograph of his Doral golf resort, calling the image "a total...
- Trump Posts Tom Cotton's Phone Number To Settle An Argument About Clocks
The United States Senate has spent the better part of two years debating whether to stop moving clocks twice a year, and on Tuesday the negotiation escalated to the point where the President of...
- GOP Senators Confirm Hegseth, Shocked To Learn He Is In Charge Now
Senior Republican senators say they were blindsided last week when Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a plan to cut 20 percent of the military's generals and admirals, a decision they...
- Tillis Regrets Hegseth Vote Like A Yelp Reviewer Who Still Left Five Stars
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who voted last February to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense and then spent the following year explaining why that was actually fine, has now...
- Democrats Losing New Hampshire To A Man Whose Father Ran The Bush White House
John Sununu, whose father served as Chief of Staff to George H.W. Bush and whose last name appears on approximately one-third of New Hampshire's public buildings, is surging in a Senate race...
- Iran Confirms It Has No Oil Money After Careful Review Of Having No Oil Money
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced this week that Iran is experiencing zero oil revenue for what he called the first time in history, a milestone Tehran's top security official marked by...
- AG Blanche Confirms No Armed Agents Will Monitor Elections, Armed Agents Will Monitor Elections
Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared on Fox News Sunday to clarify that reports of armed federal agents monitoring the midterm elections are, in his words, completely false. He then explained...
- John Kennedy Urges GOP To Pretend They've Been To A Grocery Store Before November
Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana issued a warning to his Republican colleagues this week, cautioning that voters have noticed prices rising and may bring it up in November, possibly at a polling...
- Trump Tells Ohio The Midterms Have A Big Surprise Coming, Does Not Mention He Is The Last Several
President Donald Trump traveled to Vandalia, Ohio on Saturday to rally support for Republican candidates in the state's Senate and governor's races, assuring a crowd of supporters that the...
- Trump Tells Ohio The Giant Windowless Building Is Actually For All Of You
President Trump traveled to Vandalia, Ohio on Saturday to deliver what his campaign described as a closing economic argument, which turned out to be an extended defense of data centers. Attendees...
- Breitbart Rounds $90 Up To "Nearly $100" So The Math Feels More Like Healthcare
President Trump announced this week that more than 20 million Medicare recipients will receive $90 deposits to help offset the cost of Part B premiums, which run roughly $185 a month. Breitbart...
- Hegseth Pulls Troops From Russia's Doorstep To Fight The Real Enemy: Colombia
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signaled Saturday that U.S. troops currently stationed in Europe may be redeployed to Central and South America, where the administration has been escalating...
- Trump Rallies Oklahoma Voters Who Were Never Going To Vote For Anyone Else
President Trump landed in Oklahoma Thursday evening for what aides described as a high-stakes campaign rally in a state he carried by 33 points. Local Republicans confirmed the event was...
- 7-Eleven Has Been Charging The Wrong Price For Years And It Is Technically Fine
A Guardian investigation found that 7-Eleven and Circle K stores routinely charge customers more at the register than the price displayed on the shelf, a practice that appears to be both...
- Man With Six Bankruptcies Explains Why $49 Trillion In Debt Is Irresponsible
President Trump warned Tuesday that Democratic spending proposals would cost American households $350,000 each and reduce the country to Third World status, citing a $49 trillion White House...
- Cornell Will Rescind Your Admission For A Tweet But Needed A Year To Follow Up On A Gang Rape
Cornell University is facing mounting pressure from lawmakers, activists, and the general public after a lawsuit filed in September alleged that a 20-year-old student was gang raped by seven men...
- DOGE Cuts IRS Budget To Prove Government Wastes Money, Immediately Wastes More Money
The federal government laid off nearly 10,000 IRS agents this year as part of a historic efficiency drive, and audit revenue has since fallen by 35 percent, a figure the administration describes...
- RFK Jr Calls For National Health Surveillance To Prove He Was Right All Along
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. unveiled a plan this week to connect every American's medical records, exercise habits, and lifestyle data into a single searchable government system, to be...
- Hegseth Bans Beardos, Weirdos And Wimps But Has No Policy On Former Fox Hosts
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed plans Thursday to cut 20 percent of the military's generals and admirals and unveiled his personal vision for the American fighting force, which he...
- White House Introduces New Threat Level Called Perhaps a Terrorist
Following a mid-flight cockpit stabbing aboard a FlyDubai plane bound for Israel, President Trump assessed the situation and officially categorized the attacker as 'perhaps a terrorist,' a...
- Trump Presents Dan Sullivan Like A Realtor Showing Off The Guy Who Painted The House
President Trump announced a $54 billion Alaska LNG pipeline Wednesday, funded almost entirely by South Korea, and marked the occasion by introducing Sen. Dan Sullivan to a room of investors as...
- US Has More Generals Now Than During World War II So Pete Hegseth Is Handling It
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that he will cut the number of general and admiral slots at the Pentagon by 20 percent, a reduction he described as long overdue for a department...
- Trump Launches AI To Search Federal Websites That Have Nothing On Them
President Trump unveiled America.gov on Tuesday, a government AI search portal designed to help Americans find information across federal websites in a single query. The administration described...
- Federal Government Kills Two Citizens At Immigration Raid And Calls It A Branding Problem
After federal agents fatally shot two US citizens during the largest immigration enforcement operation in American history, the Trump administration conducted a thorough review and concluded the...
- Supreme Court Rules Immigrants Must Land Before They Can Explain Why They Cannot Land
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Trump administration to deport migrants to countries they have never set foot in, overruling lower courts for the second time on the question of...
- Supreme Court Will Decide If Deportations Are Legal Once Everyone Is Already Gone
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up the legality of deporting migrants to third countries they have no connection to, while simultaneously allowing the Trump administration to keep doing it...
- The Department Tasked With Eliminating Itself Just Issued A Major Ruling On Who Counts As A Girl
The Department of Education, which the Trump administration has been systematically dismantling since January, announced Monday that it has resolved the question of what sex means under federal...
- ICE Detainee Died Ten Minutes Into A Two-Hour Bus Transfer And The Bus Kept Going
Three immigrants died in ICE custody across three states within a single 24-hour period last month, including one man who lost consciousness on a detention transfer bus and was pronounced dead at...
- Tech CEOs Request AI Pause, Hope Pause Lasts Until Their Version Ships First
The nation's leading artificial intelligence executives gathered at the White House on Tuesday to warn officials that AI poses an existential threat to humanity and to request, specifically, that...
- OpenAI Survived A Board Coup And Elon Musk And Now Has Florida To Worry About
OpenAI, the company that has already survived a boardroom coup, a co-founder's lawsuit, and its own CEO being fired and reinstated in the span of five business days, is now the subject of a...
- Trump Officially Lowers The Bar For How Far A Gallon Has To Take You
The Trump administration has rolled back Biden-era fuel efficiency standards, formally relieving automakers of the requirement that their cars use less fuel over time. The rule, which had pushed...
- Missouri Republicans Lose Redistricting Case Three Times, Apparently Unclear On What Three Means
The Supreme Court on Friday blocked Missouri Republicans from using their redrawn congressional map for the third time this election cycle, a fact that appeared to surprise the people who...
- Trump Declares Major Combat Operations Against Iran While Saudi Arabia Circles the Parking Lot
On February 28, President Trump announced 'major combat operations' against Iran, a phrase the Pentagon spent roughly two decades trying to put in a museum. The Saudi foreign minister landed in...
- ICE Made Itself Invisible And Is Now Arresting More People Than Ever
Following intense public backlash over siege-style raids, the Trump administration quietly rebranded its deportation operations as "soft feet," swapping visible spectacle for unmarked vehicles and...
- US Arrests The One Man Whose Signature The Venezuela Oil Deal Needs
The Trump administration has announced what the president described as the biggest oil deal in world history, reached with a country whose president the United States is simultaneously holding in...
- Trump Allies Plan To Unplug The Scoreboard At Halftime If They Are Losing
Election experts are warning that Trump loyalists in key battleground states may use the post-election counting window, the 48 to 72 hours after polls close when votes are still being tallied, to...
- Netanyahu Flies To New York To Tell The U.N. It Is Wrong In Person
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, calling genocide accusations a lie and defending Israel's military campaign in Gaza and Iran to a...
- After Promising Energy Dominance, White House Plan To Fix Diesel Is To Change Its Color
The Trump administration, facing soaring diesel costs, has assembled a list of emergency options that includes suspending the federal fuel tax and, more notably, allowing the sale of a red-dyed...
- America Showed China Its Founding Documents To Explain Why It Has Been Ignoring Them
Xi Jinping wrapped up his first official state visit to Washington since the Obama years with tea at the White House and a guided tour of the National Archives, where the Declaration of...
- Pentagon Approves AI Vendors That Never Once Asked If This Was A Good Idea
A federal appeals court upheld the Pentagon's blacklisting of Anthropic on Wednesday, affirming the government's right to designate an AI firm a supply chain risk. Anthropic, which is best known...