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Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 9h

Spell checker mangled ample into anime?

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Leah 🐸 McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d

We might should get “President Stephen Miller” trending to drive a wedge between him and Trump.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 2d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 1d

Um, listen, I know you mean well, but I really don't think that's a corner you want to back them into. 🤨

Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 1d

Buddy, we know, but thanks for condescending to all of us anyway.

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 2d

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Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 2d

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 2d

You could write a different version of “We Didn’t Start the Fire” for every week this year

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Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 2d

Hehe, no, I've been to LA. But I found my wife through her blog, not at a party.

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Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 2d

Um, you know you only need to find one keeper, right?

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

20 paragraphs down in the NBC News story that broke the information that the administration is considering invoking the Insurrection Act is the report that Stephen Miller is driving the issue.

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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 3d

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Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 3d

If you have substantial liquid assets, I would hope you've already been moving the bulk of them elsewhere regardless, and it is not difficult.

But I would like to know what you're referring to that Obama did, are you talking about Obamacare?

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Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 4d

? They're encouraging people to self-deport, and I've not seen any reports at all of anybody being blocked from leaving. Especially by land, where the country you're entering checks your papers, not the country you're leaving. If you're not on their side, they're quite happy to see you go.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

If you come for my people, you come through me.

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like_a_bosstonian @wilkos.bsky.social · 4d

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Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 4d

Dude, don't confound MAGA Fascism with conservatism, they're actually two very different things.

Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 5d

Subconsciously, I'd say yes they know. But consciously, no, you're forgetting how stupid they are.

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Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 5d

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 6d

2/ Ukrainian forces are able to conduct long-range drone strikes against a significant portion of Russia’s rear, but the payloads on these drones are limited and not suitable to destroy specialized objects.

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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 6d

Why is Donald Trump's CIA trying to overthrow the government of Georgia?

Hundreds of thousands of Georgians are protesting their pro-Russian government and I have been told for years this only happens because the CIA is behind every revolution in Russia's backyard.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 6d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 6d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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jen sometimes aph 🌻 @bunnibytz.bsky.social · 6d

Here’s the CBS News report about ICE making bogus 911 calls and filing false police reports in Chicago.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 6d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 7d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 9d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 6d

new toon: shutting down

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Cartoon: Shutting down

Big news: my new Kickstarter is live! It’s been five years since my last book, which is too long (my usual schedule is every two to three years, but I’ve had bad luck with traditional publishers latel...

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Kevin D. Keck @kdkeck.bsky.social · 6d

[T]he chimpanzee war became the topic of a philosophical poem "The First Civil War in Gombe 1974–1978" by Katarzyna Zechenter, a Polish poet, where the speaking persona concludes: "Still, I don’t understand, were these chimps so human, or are we such animals?"
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The First Civil War in Gombe 1974-1978 - The Bangalore Review

the only observer of this war, a woman, she would recall, for years the haunting images of drinking blood from the enemies’ wounds a bestial attack on the body, long dead, of one of the defenders

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