Charles King
@cfk1.bsky.social
Writer, editor. Former (Pund-IT) tech industry analyst. Interests include reading (mysteries, sci-fi/fantasy, poetry, history and science), woodworking, cooking and travel.
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if Tom "Cava Bag" Homan is your emergency crisis comms guy, you're fucked
January 26, 2026 at 6:47 PM
if Tom "Cava Bag" Homan is your emergency crisis comms guy, you're fucked
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Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.
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FBI agent: "I did not go to law school, go to Quantico and work counterterrorism operations overseas to be doing traffic control for arrest-a-brown-person day"
FBI agent 2: "I was working an undercover operation on a neo-Nazi group with a long history of criminal activity... they'd have to close"
FBI agent 2: "I was working an undercover operation on a neo-Nazi group with a long history of criminal activity... they'd have to close"
January 22, 2026 at 7:18 PM
FBI agent: "I did not go to law school, go to Quantico and work counterterrorism operations overseas to be doing traffic control for arrest-a-brown-person day"
FBI agent 2: "I was working an undercover operation on a neo-Nazi group with a long history of criminal activity... they'd have to close"
FBI agent 2: "I was working an undercover operation on a neo-Nazi group with a long history of criminal activity... they'd have to close"
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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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So the scales fell from Denmark's eyes in a matter of weeks, and Trump supporters are still fooled after ten years.
January 18, 2026 at 11:44 PM
So the scales fell from Denmark's eyes in a matter of weeks, and Trump supporters are still fooled after ten years.
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The misrule of my country is now so hideous and profound that I am running out of things for which I am as an American rightly proud: Baseball, barbecue, Broadway musicals, African-American music, peanut butter cups & a walk on the streets of any diverse, pluralistic metropolis.
Wish I was joking.
Wish I was joking.
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 AM
The misrule of my country is now so hideous and profound that I am running out of things for which I am as an American rightly proud: Baseball, barbecue, Broadway musicals, African-American music, peanut butter cups & a walk on the streets of any diverse, pluralistic metropolis.
Wish I was joking.
Wish I was joking.
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Wait. You've conflated ICE with law enforcement.
It is not policing. It is thuggery and fascism. I am entirely content to see ICE defunded and abolished in full. Like yesterday. That has zero to do with the means by which we reform actual policing in America, or fail to.
It is not policing. It is thuggery and fascism. I am entirely content to see ICE defunded and abolished in full. Like yesterday. That has zero to do with the means by which we reform actual policing in America, or fail to.
My point exactly. The framing line was still in the wild, because Fox/R consultants
Which Democratic candidates for office ran on a policy line of defunding the police in the last 5 years?
Kind of wild this woman’s body is still warm, Bill Kristol is out here like this, and we are doing this
Which Democratic candidates for office ran on a policy line of defunding the police in the last 5 years?
Kind of wild this woman’s body is still warm, Bill Kristol is out here like this, and we are doing this
January 8, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Wait. You've conflated ICE with law enforcement.
It is not policing. It is thuggery and fascism. I am entirely content to see ICE defunded and abolished in full. Like yesterday. That has zero to do with the means by which we reform actual policing in America, or fail to.
It is not policing. It is thuggery and fascism. I am entirely content to see ICE defunded and abolished in full. Like yesterday. That has zero to do with the means by which we reform actual policing in America, or fail to.
Excellent, informative thread.
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Excellent, informative thread.
Excellent and accurate thread. Not surprisingly.
This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Excellent and accurate thread. Not surprisingly.
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Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
For the love of all that is decent and holy: abolish ICE
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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The right wing is not dumb. The right wing is not inept. The right wing is not weak. The asset they chose as their orange king is not making any of these decisions. He never has. He is a puppet. This movement is so much deeper than him. We need to deal with reality. Their strength is increasing.
January 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
The right wing is not dumb. The right wing is not inept. The right wing is not weak. The asset they chose as their orange king is not making any of these decisions. He never has. He is a puppet. This movement is so much deeper than him. We need to deal with reality. Their strength is increasing.
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Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
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Lmao that is an exceptional way to get around all the little executive order land mines they Adams tried to plant
BREAKING: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issues executive order revoking all executive orders signed by Eric Adams after September 26, 2024, the date of Adams’ indictment.
January 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Lmao that is an exceptional way to get around all the little executive order land mines they Adams tried to plant
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There are a vast number of people in the U.S. who are otherwise reasonably intelligent but they profoundly believe to their very core that if you get sick, you must've done something to deserve it. This is why our health care system is so berserkly cruel.
I blame John Calvin.
I blame John Calvin.
December 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There are a vast number of people in the U.S. who are otherwise reasonably intelligent but they profoundly believe to their very core that if you get sick, you must've done something to deserve it. This is why our health care system is so berserkly cruel.
I blame John Calvin.
I blame John Calvin.
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I want to see one, ONE elected congressional rep other than AOC and Jasmine Crockett respond with a level of rage and disgust for these operatives that is at least equivalent to what their base is feeling
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I want to see one, ONE elected congressional rep other than AOC and Jasmine Crockett respond with a level of rage and disgust for these operatives that is at least equivalent to what their base is feeling
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WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
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Right, this line Vance used was a very common line used by segregationists.
Here's Rep. Mendel Rivers (D-SC) reacting to the Brown decision, which he said "would bring mongrelization of the Caucasian race. He added that he for one won't apologize for being a white man."
Here's Rep. Mendel Rivers (D-SC) reacting to the Brown decision, which he said "would bring mongrelization of the Caucasian race. He added that he for one won't apologize for being a white man."
December 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Right, this line Vance used was a very common line used by segregationists.
Here's Rep. Mendel Rivers (D-SC) reacting to the Brown decision, which he said "would bring mongrelization of the Caucasian race. He added that he for one won't apologize for being a white man."
Here's Rep. Mendel Rivers (D-SC) reacting to the Brown decision, which he said "would bring mongrelization of the Caucasian race. He added that he for one won't apologize for being a white man."
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I dunno, JD--you're kinda making it so I do
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I dunno, JD--you're kinda making it so I do
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Putting a power parched non journalist — who has zero experience in investigative reporting — in charge of real reporters usually ends like this: ‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Putting a power parched non journalist — who has zero experience in investigative reporting — in charge of real reporters usually ends like this: ‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...