Ken Jansen
@kenjansen.bsky.social
Blue guy, Girl dad, news junkie, love reading subject experts, enjoy silliness. Have two cats. #NAFO Suburban Kansas City. #Resist. No fascism no bigotry. Understand the paradox of intolerance. Nullifidian.
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I call it the #MAGAParadox the ability to hold two completely opposing versions of reality in their head as both simultaneously true when it benefits them and false when it benefits them. And they will resort to physical violence to prove both sides. Without cognitive dissonance.
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This is exactly it. We have terrible "expert" commenters on the air because they answer the phone and are always available.
It's why the so-called "Canadian Taxpayers Federation" can continue their astroturf grift, or why "Democracy Watch" keeps making itself look credible (when he's really not).
It's why the so-called "Canadian Taxpayers Federation" can continue their astroturf grift, or why "Democracy Watch" keeps making itself look credible (when he's really not).
If you failed, you'd get yelled at. The stress was unbelievable. You quickly learn who is ALWAYS available.
Ian Lee, for example, was ALWAYS available. To the point that it was kind of a running joke.
Sylvain Charlebois? Constantly pitching himself in our inboxes, always ready to hop on camera.
Ian Lee, for example, was ALWAYS available. To the point that it was kind of a running joke.
Sylvain Charlebois? Constantly pitching himself in our inboxes, always ready to hop on camera.
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
This is exactly it. We have terrible "expert" commenters on the air because they answer the phone and are always available.
It's why the so-called "Canadian Taxpayers Federation" can continue their astroturf grift, or why "Democracy Watch" keeps making itself look credible (when he's really not).
It's why the so-called "Canadian Taxpayers Federation" can continue their astroturf grift, or why "Democracy Watch" keeps making itself look credible (when he's really not).
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After latest release country should move on to Epstein trials.
February 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM
After latest release country should move on to Epstein trials.
Please retire. Today. We need leadership who has a plan and can enact a response to armed white men with long guns doing whatever they want. Killing people. Stealing state voting records at gun point. You are not up to this task. You are making it all worse.
SENATE AND HOUSE DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED ON REINING IN THE ABUSES OF ICE
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
Americans have watched in horror as ICE has terrorized communities across the country
Federal agents can’t continue to cause chaos in our cities while more Americans are killed
We must rein in ICE
Here’s what we're demanding:
February 5, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Please retire. Today. We need leadership who has a plan and can enact a response to armed white men with long guns doing whatever they want. Killing people. Stealing state voting records at gun point. You are not up to this task. You are making it all worse.
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Rep. Robert Garcia shows how it's done.
February 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Rep. Robert Garcia shows how it's done.
They ARE going to release reports saying the GA election was corrupt. It wasn’t corrupt. Now they have all the records. They will say it’s corrupt, that they will now need to see more counties data. They just said today that they can’t rule out armed ICE agents at voting places. So there will be.
February 5, 2026 at 9:09 PM
They ARE going to release reports saying the GA election was corrupt. It wasn’t corrupt. Now they have all the records. They will say it’s corrupt, that they will now need to see more counties data. They just said today that they can’t rule out armed ICE agents at voting places. So there will be.
The story isn’t that S Miller is a horrible guy. He is. The story is that the GOP Congress is doing ZERO to stop him. Inaction is choice. No decision is a decision. We got here because the GOP Congress have abdicated the constitutional requirement manage to the budget, to act as a check on the exec
February 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The story isn’t that S Miller is a horrible guy. He is. The story is that the GOP Congress is doing ZERO to stop him. Inaction is choice. No decision is a decision. We got here because the GOP Congress have abdicated the constitutional requirement manage to the budget, to act as a check on the exec
The IG at DHS doesn’t have a ‘credibility problem with Democrats’ . The IG at DHS is refusing to perform the very basics of the position. DHS is violating the constitution not just daily, but basically every waking moment.
February 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
The IG at DHS doesn’t have a ‘credibility problem with Democrats’ . The IG at DHS is refusing to perform the very basics of the position. DHS is violating the constitution not just daily, but basically every waking moment.
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I wish I could interview the artist behind this
A large CAVA bag stuffed with what it says is $50,000 for White House Border Czar Tom Homan.
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
It’s been reported Homan took bribery money when he was recorded by the FBI accepting a bag full of $50,000 in cash.
“ICE GTFO OF MN”
Minneapolis February 4, 2026
February 5, 2026 at 12:32 AM
I wish I could interview the artist behind this
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Ah yes…. Proof of what we all
suspected!
Amazing that this wasn’t completely blacked out too!
suspected!
Amazing that this wasn’t completely blacked out too!
A one-time assistant to Jeffrey Epstein told the FBI effectively under penalty of perjury that the pedophile introduced Donald Trump to his wife Melania, a newly released document shows.
Epstein Assistant Told Feds He Introduced Melania to Trump, Files Reveal
The claim was made to agents and prosecutors before Epstein died—and it is a crime to lie to the feds.
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Ah yes…. Proof of what we all
suspected!
Amazing that this wasn’t completely blacked out too!
suspected!
Amazing that this wasn’t completely blacked out too!
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February 4, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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In 2023, @wired.com analyzed ICE’s own subpoena-tracking database and found agents issued 1509 summonses more than 170,000 times from 2016–2022 — often for records unrelated to customs, including schools, abortion providers, election offices, nonprofits, and newsrooms.
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 AM
In 2023, @wired.com analyzed ICE’s own subpoena-tracking database and found agents issued 1509 summonses more than 170,000 times from 2016–2022 — often for records unrelated to customs, including schools, abortion providers, election offices, nonprofits, and newsrooms.
“One way or the other, the records are coming with us today.”
February 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
“One way or the other, the records are coming with us today.”
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Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman who survived being shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, spoke with the Sun-Times and WBEZ about her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fight for accountability.
Marimar Martinez, shot by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Good, Pretti deaths: 'I am their voice'
chicago.suntimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman who survived being shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, spoke with the Sun-Times and WBEZ about her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fight for accountability.
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Agent: These guys were all threatening us yesterday with hand guns.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
February 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Agent: These guys were all threatening us yesterday with hand guns.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
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not a *whole* lot of steps to "imagine if we had to go through the process of trials by jury"
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
not a *whole* lot of steps to "imagine if we had to go through the process of trials by jury"
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i am almost grateful for hanania for revealing how dumb a lot of our thinkfluencers are. he is not someone with interesting ideas, he is not challenging, he is someone you would fake a call to get away from at a party
I think Hanania must just be an idiot? The climax of American Beauty is Lester realizing how bad it would be to act out his fantasies about his daughter's best friend. The movie is not about how cool it is for dads to bag high school girls. Also Kevin Spacey is a personally notorious kid toucher
![Richard Hanania
@RichardHanania • Feb 1
By obsessing over Epstein, they're attacking healthy heterosexuality. [screengrab of Mena Suvari in the tub with Kevin Spacey leaning over her from American Beauty. The caption is "The Real Target of Pedophile Hysteria Is Age Gap Relationships," the title of a blog post by Hanania]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qjzrpzlcmir3bkss4b5nh6ox/bafkreiduwzv3jqpsa7vwjwukvvonszcumubiuzkd6ujv2dq62zcwgg2ec4@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 5:19 PM
i am almost grateful for hanania for revealing how dumb a lot of our thinkfluencers are. he is not someone with interesting ideas, he is not challenging, he is someone you would fake a call to get away from at a party
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This is an incredible story
My wife read it aloud to me and I can't easily describe all the emotions I felt
By the end, I was in a rage spiral, spouting murder fantasies; a few minutes later, I caught my breath and realized that Tippy and Heather's strategy is the only way to win
My wife read it aloud to me and I can't easily describe all the emotions I felt
By the end, I was in a rage spiral, spouting murder fantasies; a few minutes later, I caught my breath and realized that Tippy and Heather's strategy is the only way to win
I just listened to Tippy and Heather (their real names) describe in their very real Minnesota accents how this all went down and as soon as the audio is available from MPR I’ll post a link because it has to be heard to be appreciated
Two women, detained by ICE, say they helped agent having seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
This is an incredible story
My wife read it aloud to me and I can't easily describe all the emotions I felt
By the end, I was in a rage spiral, spouting murder fantasies; a few minutes later, I caught my breath and realized that Tippy and Heather's strategy is the only way to win
My wife read it aloud to me and I can't easily describe all the emotions I felt
By the end, I was in a rage spiral, spouting murder fantasies; a few minutes later, I caught my breath and realized that Tippy and Heather's strategy is the only way to win
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David Ross of SVA has resigned from his post following release of his email exchanges with Epstein. In January 2015, years after Epstein’s conviction, the former museum leader told him that he was “still proud” to call him a friend. by @surrhealism.bsky.social & @isafarfan.bsky.social
David Ross Resigns From School of Visual Arts After Epstein Revelations
In January 2015, years after Epstein’s conviction, the former museum leader told him that he was “still proud” to call him a friend.
hyperallergic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM
David Ross of SVA has resigned from his post following release of his email exchanges with Epstein. In January 2015, years after Epstein’s conviction, the former museum leader told him that he was “still proud” to call him a friend. by @surrhealism.bsky.social & @isafarfan.bsky.social
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Here’s what they found:
Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars.
Those interruptions are more likely to:
- Cut women off mid-sentence
- Come from men
- Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature
Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars.
Those interruptions are more likely to:
- Cut women off mid-sentence
- Come from men
- Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature
February 3, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Here’s what they found:
Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars.
Those interruptions are more likely to:
- Cut women off mid-sentence
- Come from men
- Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature
Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars.
Those interruptions are more likely to:
- Cut women off mid-sentence
- Come from men
- Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature
@karenho.bsky.social your book is just freaking awesome. I am trying to get everyone to read it.
February 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
@karenho.bsky.social your book is just freaking awesome. I am trying to get everyone to read it.
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I reported on him and the $100 million he donated during the 2024 election: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
February 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I reported on him and the $100 million he donated during the 2024 election: www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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Speaker Johnson is lying.
He knows that counting mail votes is not “magic” or “fraudulent,” it is following the law.
Echoing these lies shows how beholden Johnson is to the Liar In Chief, but the Speaker of the House should be above such awful behavior.
This is disgraceful.
He knows that counting mail votes is not “magic” or “fraudulent,” it is following the law.
Echoing these lies shows how beholden Johnson is to the Liar In Chief, but the Speaker of the House should be above such awful behavior.
This is disgraceful.
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Rs to "nationalize" elections: "We had 3 Republicans who were ahead on election day in last cycle & every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove it? No"
February 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Speaker Johnson is lying.
He knows that counting mail votes is not “magic” or “fraudulent,” it is following the law.
Echoing these lies shows how beholden Johnson is to the Liar In Chief, but the Speaker of the House should be above such awful behavior.
This is disgraceful.
He knows that counting mail votes is not “magic” or “fraudulent,” it is following the law.
Echoing these lies shows how beholden Johnson is to the Liar In Chief, but the Speaker of the House should be above such awful behavior.
This is disgraceful.
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someone tell that DOJ lawyer that she doesn’t need to beg the judge to hold her in contempt so she can get a good nights sleep in prison for a night, she can just quit her job
February 3, 2026 at 11:46 PM
someone tell that DOJ lawyer that she doesn’t need to beg the judge to hold her in contempt so she can get a good nights sleep in prison for a night, she can just quit her job
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He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.
KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
February 3, 2026 at 10:56 PM
He literally pulled a "you should smile more" IN RESPONSE TO AN EPSTEIN QUESTION.
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How to think about an agency of the US govt and I can't believe I just typed that but here it is:
If you assume that everything the DHS says is a conscious lie, you'll usually turn out to be right most of the time. This is particularly true when it comes to attacks and smears of people they assaulted or shot.
February 3, 2026 at 11:50 PM
How to think about an agency of the US govt and I can't believe I just typed that but here it is: