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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org

25 y/o North Carolinian. Omnium rerum principia parva sunt. Lefty Dem in Red County. NC Democratic Party. Progressive Politics. reblogging, likes, follows =/= endorsement. Randolph County, NC. #ncpol #uspol


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Joined: 2026-05-02 14:15:35
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@charlesgaba.com@bsky.brid.gy (2026-05-10 03:05:08)
📣 Elections for state Treasurer, Auditor, Comptroller, etc. don't get much attention, but they're vitally important (and are often stepping stones to higher-profile offices). 

Donate today to help keep & flip STATE EXECUTIVE seats blue! #Blue26

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Chip in!

Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@charlesgaba.com@bsky.brid.gy (2026-05-10 03:14:33)
📣 STATE EDUCATION OFFICES get overshadowed by higher-profile races, but they have a major impact on society.

Donate to help keep & flip STATE SUPERINTENDENT & SCHOOL BOARD seats blue! #Blue26

--Donations go to the candidates listed
--Nothing goes to me

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Chip in!

Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org (2026-05-10 03:08:57)
The Republicans' redistricting efforts within Tennessee are purely based on racist ideals and it shows; They're willing to abandon the rural voters of the rest of the state in order to achieve a short term potential gain.

Despicable.
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy (2026-05-10 02:13:02)
🤷🏼
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org (2026-05-09 19:26:42)
The Cost of everything has gone up in Trump's economy has gone up to a staggeringly high degree. No matter how much he and his sycophants tell us otherwise, The cost of living in the United States is getting harder and harder to pay for the average American.

Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@prahou@merveilles.town (2026-04-27 20:36:21)
D'ailleurs c'est toujours les autres OS qui meurent.

https://analognowhere.com/_/hrerng/

#analognowhere #comic #ubuntu #linux
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@ProgressivePower@newsie.social (2026-05-09 17:01:41)
Liberal friends need to wake up. Being snarky isn’t a strategy
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@ezwez.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy (2026-05-09 13:23:52)
Louisiana GOP state Sen. Jay Morris’ racial slur today was directed at the executive director of the Louisiana Democratic Party.
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@tafnn@universeodon.com (2026-05-09 09:29:53)
Thanks to @beingliberal
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org (2026-05-09 00:04:19)
I believe that AI generated advertisements are a big red flag waving in my face to stay far away from whatever is being advertised -- but I especially believe AI generated political advertisements should be a crime, and one punishible by prison rather than fine.

Keep that AI bs away from me.

Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@foiafeed@social.freedom.press (2026-05-08 18:01:47)
ProPublica: Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email. https://www.propublica.org/article/clean-air-act-exemptions-trump-emails
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@greenpeace@mastodon.social (2026-05-08 20:03:01)
Since it’s May, may I say enough is enough.  

No more money for AND from war. 

It's time to make war profiteers pay.

Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org (2026-05-08 19:26:16)
We must collectively tell Duke to take their grubby hands off our beautiful state. You will not destroy the lives of millions for DataCenters.

Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@micchiato@kolektiva.social (2026-05-08 12:37:04)
@mastodonmigration 

People ignore history at their own peril. He worked for Reagan to undermine the Voting Rights Act. It was always his goal. No one should have been fooled.

@fsinn @heidilifeldman
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org (2026-05-08 10:47:18)
@czarbucks@vmst.io Jesus thats terrible. Why can people be so cruel?

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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org (2026-05-07 10:10:31)
@egallager@treehouse.systems fair

Reply to @egallager@social.treehouse.systems
Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org (2026-05-07 09:21:05)
@egallager@treehouse.systems Not in your state but do you have any advice for someone conidering a run in the future?

Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy (2026-05-06 21:28:46)
It happened again. 

The most corrupt administration in history.
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@thetnholler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy (2026-05-06 13:10:08)
Even Fox is calling out this sick grift. From no taxpayer funds to $1 BILLION of our money — with Republicans as accessories. 

www.nbcnews.com/politics/whi...
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org (2026-05-05 08:36:35)
@ginaintheburg@mastodon.world @revndm@queer.cool
In the screenshot Tr*mp posted that he took the exam "during [his] 3 terms as president"
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org (2026-05-05 07:26:28)
@wallflower_@mstdn.social hope you're okay 🙏 all the best

Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@czarbucks@vmst.io (2026-05-04 21:07:00)
The standard Fox News fare of BS and partisan slurs over reality apparently targeted #Asheville a week or so ago and I had missed it.

They did manage to talk only to Republicans.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/charming-mountain-escape-battling-homelessness-homeowners-say-turned-postcard-city-go-zone

Today, the #AVLWatchdog had a pretty good rejoinder, including the fact that one of the Repubs they had interviewed is not only running for Governor, but also the head of Trump's FEMA, which should be providing funds for the area to recover after Helene:

https://avlwatchdog.org/opinion-i-spent-an-afternoon-in-downtown-asheville-and-lived-to-tell-about-it/

Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org (2026-05-04 21:04:13)
A government "by the people, for the people" probably meant something else back in the day- but right now our president is a convicted rapist and accused pedophile who is spending our tax dollars on a shiny gold ballroom for him and his buddies.
Not a lot of gov cash spent helping the rest of us...

Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org boosted:
@peggystuart.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy (2026-05-03 23:49:31)
Asheville, NC high schoolers are currently schooling the presidency on what real leadership looks like. It is inspiring to see thousands marching behind a generation that is done waiting for permission from a government that doesn't care about the people.
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Michael Kratzenberg 📢@kratzen@berg.mobilecourant.org (2026-05-04 06:23:19)
Payday Loans are a trap set by the wealthy to lure the desperate and downtrodden into false hope. And when the trap is sprung? You'll be working it off for the rest of your natural life.
Welcome to modern day debt slavery. And yes, this type of trap is intentionally targetting poor black folks especially here in the south.

I want to see prison time for the greasy swines who perpetrate Payday Loans. There will be justice.