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Kansas Grant

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Former swing voter turned hardcore Democrat by Trump and his enablers. I also have a YouTube channel about my electronics hobby adventures at https://www.youtube.com/@SomeDisassemblyRequired

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Kansas Grant @kansasgrant.bsky.social · Nov 9

For those of you who followed @KansasGrant on Twitter, that's ME! I'm in the process of transitioning away from Twitter and plan to leave it permanently at some point. So, if you're one of my Twitter friends, please follow me here, and pass along the good word.

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RepJackKimble @repjackkimble.bsky.social · 1d

Portland is burning, people!

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1h

THIS IS NOTHING LESS THAN A SAVAGE REBELLION AGAINST MODESTY.

THE PRESIDENT MUST INVOKE THE INSURRECTION ACT IMMEDIATELY!!

THANK YOU FOR AVERTING YOUR EYES FROM THIS MATTER

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Kansas Grant @kansasgrant.bsky.social · 23h

I'm no political expert but this seems like bad optics.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Goons jump and tackle Captain America in
Portland.

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Kansas Grant @kansasgrant.bsky.social · 17h

BTW, I absolutely loved your Joker voice-acting in the 'Arkham' games!

Kansas Grant @kansasgrant.bsky.social · 17h

Especially for folks like us who have decent moral values.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 19h

Find an event near you at nokings.org/#map.

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Kansas Grant @kansasgrant.bsky.social · 23h

I'm no political expert but this seems like bad optics.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Goons jump and tackle Captain America in
Portland.

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Kansas Grant @kansasgrant.bsky.social · 23h

Soon, Trump will have his ICE thugs wearing Brown Shirts to make it official.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Chris Murphy: "Republicans are boycotting negotiations to reopen the govt bc they're desperate to raise premiums on people by 75% in order to finance their tax cut for the wealthy. The other reason House isn't in town? They're about to have enough votes to mandate the release of the Epstein files."

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Kansas Grant @kansasgrant.bsky.social · 1d

He certainly sprays venom - as cobras do.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

Vought’s ideology of “radical constitutionalism” captures the defining sensibility on the Trumpist Right: “The Left,” he believes, has command of America, there is nothing left to conserve, nothing short of a radical “counter-revolution” can now save the nation.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

Key to understanding Vought’s worldview is the idea that the constitutional order - and with it the “natural” order itself - has been destroyed: The revolution has already happened, “the Left” won. Therefore, conservatives categorically err when they try to preserve what is no more.

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Kansas Grant @kansasgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Great thread:

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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Kansas Grant @kansasgrant.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, but you overlook the fact that Biden's magical presidential powers exceed even those of Trump.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 1d

That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

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Kansas Grant @kansasgrant.bsky.social · 1d

And also "demented Grandpa yells at cloud" energy.

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Kat 🇺🇲🗽🌊💙 @stripeykat2.bsky.social · 1d

😂😂😂😂

Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 2d

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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1d

I dunno, seems okay.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Nice recap

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 1d

Hello Idaho, we’re here to keep your potatoes safe from Antifa.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

"The original #NoKings protest was 250 years ago. We've had democracy since then. Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it away—King Donald the First. Fuck that. Stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18."
👉👉 nokings.org

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2d

Stand strong and stay safe, Portland. 💙🐸
#FuckICE

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