Kenny Ryan Austin
@kennyryanaustin.bsky.social
Host of Abridged Presidential Histories.
Host of Democricide.
Chair of Washington’s Adult Education Advisory Council.
JCIJ advocacy committee.
Program manager at Nike.
Proud Daddio.
Host of Democricide.
Chair of Washington’s Adult Education Advisory Council.
JCIJ advocacy committee.
Program manager at Nike.
Proud Daddio.
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Just months ago, President Trump sent a letter to the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, demanding that the authorities drop charges that Jair Bolsonaro had attempted a coup. Now, Trump has all but admitted defeat, Jack Nicas writes in a news analysis. nyti.ms/4irUaEA
November 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Just months ago, President Trump sent a letter to the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, demanding that the authorities drop charges that Jair Bolsonaro had attempted a coup. Now, Trump has all but admitted defeat, Jack Nicas writes in a news analysis. nyti.ms/4irUaEA
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Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
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To understand how dramatically Trump has transformed federal law enforcement into his own personal political instrument of power, Emily Bazelon and @rachelposer.bsky.social interviewed 60 of the hundreds of Justice Department lawyers who have resigned or been fired. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
To understand how dramatically Trump has transformed federal law enforcement into his own personal political instrument of power, Emily Bazelon and @rachelposer.bsky.social interviewed 60 of the hundreds of Justice Department lawyers who have resigned or been fired. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A new episode of APH is out today!
Historian Candice Millard discusses what it was like to see her book, Destiny of the Republic, be adopted into the hit @netflix.com miniseries, Death by Lightning, & what drew her to Garfield’s story in the first place.
Enjoy!
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Historian Candice Millard discusses what it was like to see her book, Destiny of the Republic, be adopted into the hit @netflix.com miniseries, Death by Lightning, & what drew her to Garfield’s story in the first place.
Enjoy!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
20.B) Death by Lightning, an interview on the assassination of James Garfield with Candice Millard
Podcast Episode · [Abridged] Presidential Histories · 11/13/2025 · 35m
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November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A new episode of APH is out today!
Historian Candice Millard discusses what it was like to see her book, Destiny of the Republic, be adopted into the hit @netflix.com miniseries, Death by Lightning, & what drew her to Garfield’s story in the first place.
Enjoy!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
Historian Candice Millard discusses what it was like to see her book, Destiny of the Republic, be adopted into the hit @netflix.com miniseries, Death by Lightning, & what drew her to Garfield’s story in the first place.
Enjoy!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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Trump bragged about grappling women by the pu**y & barging into rooms of partially dressed, young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in the Epstein emails is a surprise. It’s just confirmation.
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Trump bragged about grappling women by the pu**y & barging into rooms of partially dressed, young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in the Epstein emails is a surprise. It’s just confirmation.
If flights have to be cancelled, why not start with private planes? The smaller the plane, the fewer people you impact.
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
If flights have to be cancelled, why not start with private planes? The smaller the plane, the fewer people you impact.
“Don’t agonize, organize” is good
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
“Don’t agonize, organize” is good
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
Finishing the latest season of Nobody Wants This so my wife can talk about it with her coworkers. 🤷♂️
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Finishing the latest season of Nobody Wants This so my wife can talk about it with her coworkers. 🤷♂️
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All of these companies should be forever associated with destroying the White House.
UPDATE: More donors funding the demolition of the East Wing for Trump's $250M ballroom have been identified
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
All of these companies should be forever associated with destroying the White House.
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"The fact that the nomination got this far illustrates how much antisemitic and hateful rhetoric has been normalized, explained away or rewarded by Republicans in power," @katierogersnyt.bsky.social writes of the Ingrassia case. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
In Trump’s Washington, Hate Is Not a Deal Breaker
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"The fact that the nomination got this far illustrates how much antisemitic and hateful rhetoric has been normalized, explained away or rewarded by Republicans in power," @katierogersnyt.bsky.social writes of the Ingrassia case. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
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When a Microsoft data center opened next to the small Mexican town of La Esperanza, locals say electricity outages and water shortages grew severe. The local doctor rushed patients a half hour to the nearest hospital when blackouts cut off his oxygen concentrator. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
When a Microsoft data center opened next to the small Mexican town of La Esperanza, locals say electricity outages and water shortages grew severe. The local doctor rushed patients a half hour to the nearest hospital when blackouts cut off his oxygen concentrator. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
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Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
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who among us hasn't talked about loving Hitler or worked tirelessly on behalf of a person we called "America's Hitler" or talked about sending our political opponents to gas chambers or incited a wave of hatred of immigrants with vicious lies
JD Vance dismisses Young Republicans who in a group chat said "I love Hitler" and joked about slavery and rape as "a bunch of kids" who "told stupid jokes" and adds that "most of the stupid things I did when I was a teenager and young adult, they're not on the internet."
October 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
who among us hasn't talked about loving Hitler or worked tirelessly on behalf of a person we called "America's Hitler" or talked about sending our political opponents to gas chambers or incited a wave of hatred of immigrants with vicious lies
A miniseries about James Garfield, Chuck Arthur, and Charles Guiteau? I am SO in.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jop...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jop...
Death by Lightning | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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October 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A miniseries about James Garfield, Chuck Arthur, and Charles Guiteau? I am SO in.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jop...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jop...
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"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 10, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
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Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.
October 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.
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Miller has Fascist Hissy #3 today after another court ruling. This one from a judge appointed by radical left marxist Donald J Trump.
October 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Miller has Fascist Hissy #3 today after another court ruling. This one from a judge appointed by radical left marxist Donald J Trump.
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If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump:
SD - Up 235% LA - Up 150% WV - Up 387% WY - Up 382% TN - Up 320% MS - Up 314% AK - Up 346%
Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.
SD - Up 235% LA - Up 150% WV - Up 387% WY - Up 382% TN - Up 320% MS - Up 314% AK - Up 346%
Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.
September 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
If you live in these states, your ACA premiums are about to jump:
SD - Up 235% LA - Up 150% WV - Up 387% WY - Up 382% TN - Up 320% MS - Up 314% AK - Up 346%
Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.
SD - Up 235% LA - Up 150% WV - Up 387% WY - Up 382% TN - Up 320% MS - Up 314% AK - Up 346%
Republicans are fighting to make sure this happens to their own constituents.
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About to be the family that owns TikTok.
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
About to be the family that owns TikTok.
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Aug. 26: Stephen Miller says "the Democrat Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization."
Sept. 25: Miller put in charge of coordinating a federal campaign to prosecute "domestic terrorist organizations."
Sept. 25: Miller put in charge of coordinating a federal campaign to prosecute "domestic terrorist organizations."
September 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Aug. 26: Stephen Miller says "the Democrat Party is not a political party. It is a domestic extremist organization."
Sept. 25: Miller put in charge of coordinating a federal campaign to prosecute "domestic terrorist organizations."
Sept. 25: Miller put in charge of coordinating a federal campaign to prosecute "domestic terrorist organizations."
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Mayoral Candidate Wilson Withdraws from KOMO-Sponsored Debate, Citing Sinclair's Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel
The debate will go on, Wilson said, if the right-wing broadcast company reverses its decision to pull the show from its markets, including Seattle
publicola.com/2025/09/25/4...
The debate will go on, Wilson said, if the right-wing broadcast company reverses its decision to pull the show from its markets, including Seattle
publicola.com/2025/09/25/4...
Mayoral Candidate Wilson Withdraws from KOMO-Sponsored Debate, Citing Sinclair's Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel - PubliCola
By Erica C. Barnett Seattle mayoral candidate Katie Wilson announced Thursday that she won’t participate in a debate co-sponsored by…
publicola.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Mayoral Candidate Wilson Withdraws from KOMO-Sponsored Debate, Citing Sinclair's Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel
The debate will go on, Wilson said, if the right-wing broadcast company reverses its decision to pull the show from its markets, including Seattle
publicola.com/2025/09/25/4...
The debate will go on, Wilson said, if the right-wing broadcast company reverses its decision to pull the show from its markets, including Seattle
publicola.com/2025/09/25/4...
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The first public media station to go dark thanks to Trump’s cutoff of federal funding to public media is a 70 year old station in Pennsylvania. https://loom.ly/IjOHdzI
‘The news devastated me’: Pennsylvania NPR station will be first in the US to go dark following Trump’s cuts
A public media organization in a university town just a few hours northwest of Philadelphia is set to be the first in the country to go dark after the Trump administration stripped away federal funding for NPR and PBS.
www.spokesman.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The first public media station to go dark thanks to Trump’s cutoff of federal funding to public media is a 70 year old station in Pennsylvania. https://loom.ly/IjOHdzI