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About a year ago, I had the police at my house.
I’d filed a report against conspiracy theorist and Trump advisor Laura Loomer after she sent a disgusting threat aimed at me and my son. Nothing ultimately came of it. It’s incredibly hard for law enforcement to do anything about this stuff. But that moment changed the way I approach my life, as have a lot of my run-ins with Loomer, whether I like it or not.
It was almost two years ago to the day that she doxed my home address and encouraged her followers to come find me. And we’re just a couple of weeks removed from the New York Times reporting that Trump’s DOJ is investigating my company based exclusively on the “reporting” of Laura Loomer. It couldn’t be more bullshit if she tried.
I’ve been reflecting on all of it lately. And here’s the thing: I don’t see myself as a victim. I’ve always tried to ask a different question. Not “why is this happening to me?” but “why is this happening for me?”
So I want to take a moment to say how grateful I am for what I’ve been able to turn this into.
It would have been really easy to wallow. To sit around feeling sorry for myself that an asshole like Laura Loomer decided to target me, my business partner, and my company. Instead, we built something. We built this community, all of you, the people I get to talk with every single day. We built an audience that’s now well over 2 million people across social media. That didn’t happen in spite of the attacks. In a lot of ways, it happened because I refused to let them be the end of the story.
And I don’t take that lightly, because we’re living in a moment where it’s harder than ever for regular people to step into the public arena and take ownership of what’s happening in this country. You saw what happened to Charlie Kirk on the right last year. You saw what happened to Melissa Hortman on the left. There’s a rising tide of violent rhetoric and hateful action, and it’s making it harder for people to run for office, to become precinct captains, to just raise their hand and say, “I’ll solve that problem.”
Obviously, I’d have preferred none of this ever happened. Especially because of the toll it’s taken on so many people in my life who never signed up for this. They’re spectators. They didn’t choose to get politically involved the way I did, and they’ve had to live with the consequences anyway.
But I try to look for the bright side. I try to be the joyful warrior Kamala Harris talked about so much on the campaign trail, and more often than not, I think I’ve found a way to be that. One of my favorite things to do is take something that’s shit and turn it into something real and good. I’m going to keep doing that.
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Because we shouldn’t live in a world where somebody like Laura Loomer, who is so clearly mentally ill and diminished as a human being, can control what the House Judiciary Committee does. Can steer what the DOJ does. Can whisper in the ear of the President of the United States and change government policy just like that. That’s not how any of this is supposed to work.
There’s a quote I heard recently that I can’t stop thinking about, and I want to pass it on to you in the hopes it inspires you to go do a little good, too:
“Everybody wants to save the world. Nobody wants to help Mom with the dishes.”
So much of how I’ve tried to reorient my life this past year comes down to that. How do I do the most good I possibly can?
I spend a lot of time with all of you shouting into the void about Trump and Loomer and McConnell and Andrew Tate and the rest of these miserable sons of bitches. I’m going to keep doing that, because it matters. But I’m also going to touch grass. I’m going to show up in my own community.
That’s why I stepped up to become committeeman in Ward 32 here in my neighborhood. That’s why we hosted a park cleanup on Sunday. That’s why I’ll be slinging beers at a festival this weekend, with every dollar in tips going to kids in our neighborhood public schools.
I’m going to keep doing those things and keep searching for the balance. Being engaged, being angry, being outraged at what Trump and Loomer and everyone else are doing to this country, and then turning that anger into action. Processing it together with all of you, yes. But also taking that energy and pointing it somewhere positive: making my community better, doing better for my family, and doing better for myself.
Because I truly believe that when one of us does better, we all do better. We have a responsibility to take care of each other. I am my brother’s keeper. I am my sister’s keeper. That’s rooted deep in me and in my Catholic faith, and it’s not going anywhere.
So that’s where I’m at today. Reflective about what this last year has looked like, and more grateful than I can put into words for this community and for every one of you who has stuck with me through it.
We’re going to do amazing things together. And it starts with the midterms, which are less than two months away, if you can believe it.
Let’s get to work.
With urgency,
—Mike
I loved everything you wrote. Hopefully, the entire administration will go down very soon.
We are 💯 with you, Mike!!