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Just Kevin

@kevinleecaster.bsky.social

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A climate action advocate running on a drained battery. I tried to convince y'all that the constant criticism of Democrats was going to put the GOP back in charge, but oh well here we are. Supporting Democrats is a lot better than living under GOP rule.

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · Jun 5

The quickest way to "judge" whether to follow my account would be to read this thread of the posts I've pinned to my profile since joining the #BlueSky community of blockers. Not you. You haven't blocked me yet. Before you do feel free to read these though.
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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · Jun 5

Whether or not Israel was committing genocide last year or this year is for the courts to decide. That's just the way I am.

If you accuse Democrats of having supported a genocide, you are a lying Kremlin useful idiot imso.

You've been gaslit into believing lies like these.

Rich Dools Jr. (Rocky) @richdoolsjr.bsky.social

Well sir, what they did didn't work out for them or us? They funded genocide for 4 years & lost 6 million voters! What they didn't do, they didn't even try to codify roe, increase minimum wage, stop price gouging, expand the Supreme Court, universal healthcare, get homeless veterans off the streets!
June 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM

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Lisa Mikolajczyk ✡️ 🟦🏴‍☠️ @lisamikolajczyk.bsky.social · 11h

So they announced the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winners? And let me guess, a certain dementia addled orange colored turd didn’t make the list? Shocking.
Someone should let him know they don’t generally award it to leaders who declare war on the citizens of their own countries.

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Ken Martin @kenmartin.bsky.social · 12h

What a beautiful fall day to knock on some doors for @johnmcauliff.bsky.social and Virginia Democrats up and down the ballot.

DNC Chair Ken Martin holding flyers outside with Virginia's 30th House District candidate John McAuliff.

DNC Chair Ken Martin standing at a front door painted bright red, adorned with a wreath, holding GOTV packets. The porch is decorated with various pumpkins and fall decor.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 12h

Cool. This is the way.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 12h

Well, this is fun: Cards Against Humanity have released a new version where every joke on every card is explained, turning the game into an "Informational product" so it's 100% exempt from Trump's tarriffs: www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

All profits go to the American Library Association. 💥📚

Cards Against Humanity avoids tariffs with an edition that explains all the jokes, says 'this holiday season… don’t give Donald Trump a f***ing cent'

For US customers only.

www.pcgamer.com

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Frederick Clarkson @fredclarkson.bsky.social · 12h

You may not hear much about it -- but the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is staging a four day event on the national Mall in Washington, DC. I wrote a bit about it today in the context of wider NAR mobilizations in Brazil. @religiondispatches.org 🧵

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Stanford Energy @stanfordenergy.bsky.social · 11h

Annual US subsidies to #oil & #gas firms have risen from $5B to at least $12B following recent legislation. Meanwhile, the same firms eliminated 4.7k jobs in the first half of 2025, with big corp's. planning significantly more workforce cuts.
Read @ssir.org: ssir.org/articles/ent...
#government

The Oil and Gas Industry Is Costing American Taxpayers, Consumers, and Communities (SSIR)

Investing in people and places is an antidote to the climate crisis.

ssir.org

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 11h

Senator Sheldon @whitehouse.senate.gov (D-RI) delivers remarks on the Senate floor on President Trump's fake energy emergency, and exposes Trump's plan to raise your electric bills and homeowners insurance to benefit his big fossil fuel donors.
youtu.be/AwW_117CODk?...

Sen. Whitehouse: "Trump is Moving Money from Pockets of Normal Americans to Fossil Fuel Megadonors"

YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

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Rep. Greg Stanton @repgregstanton.bsky.social · 11h

As Arizona braces for potentially deadly flooding, AZ-07 still doesn't have a Representative in Congress.

Speaker Johnson needs to swear her in now so she can advocate for the people of her district and coordinate with emergency management officials.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 13h

Why do so many powerful Republicans turn out to be pedophiles and child sex abusers? 🤨

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It's October... BOO, BITCHES! @alyssonfergison.com · 9d

I get telling you to take your vitamins is boring, but the answer isn't to keep punishing those telling you to take your vitamins by handing all the power to the ones telling you to eat glass.

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 12h

VLOG II: Judge Vargas has dismissed Drake's lawsuit about Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us," calling it nonactionable opinion. Inner City Press live tweeted, for a book amazon.com/author/matth...
now story innercitypress.com/sdny4dvargas... and Opinion: patreon.com/posts/case-d...

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Drake's lawsuit about Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" has been dismissed. Inner City Press reports it

YouTube video by InnerCity Press

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Colorado Renewable Energy Society @corenewable.bsky.social · 12h

The Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center is still accepting cohort members for the upcoming Solar Array Lands Supporting Agribusiness (SALSA) program season! Connect if you're a grower, rancher, or food entrepreneur ready to build your vision under solar panels.
www.coagrivoltaic.org/agribusiness...

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CPAC TV @cpac.ca · 12h

The U.S. say they don't want vehicles assembled in Canada, but president and CEO of the Canadian vehicle manufacturers association is confident both countries will come to an agreement.

Full interview: youtu.be/SA-t5tX7jPI?...

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Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · 12h

Fossil fuel combustion is by far the leading reason people living in developed countries experience local air pollution, although wildfires are growing www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

She Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12h

“Oklahomans would lose their mind if Pritzker in Illinois sent troops down to Oklahoma during the Biden administration.”

It’s very sad that Gov. Stitt can say this obviously true thing but @GovBillLee wouldn’t in a million years.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 12h

"I never thought that renowned puppy killer Kristi Noem would be so afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes and chicken costumes. But here we are," Morillo said.

www.rawstory.com/portland-267...

CNN anchor can't help but laugh as Trump Cabinet member brutally mocked by official

A Portland City Council member made a CNN anchor chuckle Thursday after calling Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem a "renowned puppy killer" who is "afraid of protesters wearing frog costumes ...

www.rawstory.com

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Stanford Energy @stanfordenergy.bsky.social · 12h

In 2024, renewables added 582 GW (91% of new power) while nuclear added as much as renewables added in two days. "Nuclear costs are huge and rising," write Stanford's Mark Jacobson, Amory Lovins, and co-authors.

Read the full opinion piece: www.newcivilengineer.com/opinion/a-go...
#nuclear

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lleopard11.bsky.social @lleopard11.bsky.social · 12h

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Sue Stone @knittingknots.bsky.social · 12h

Liberty Vote Buys Dominion After Insisting Lawsuits Settle www.mediaite.com/media/news/d...

Dominion Voting Systems Sold to GOP Firm — Right After Settling Defamation Suits vs. OANN, Giuliani, Powell

Dominion Voting Systems has been purchased by Liberty Vote, a firm headed by a former GOP election official with ties to a staunch ally of President Donald Trump -- just weeks after Dominion settled s...

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Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social · 16h

This is really important. I was recently talking to folks in Chicago who said that much as they fear ICE detaining children without due process, they worry even more that child traffickers will don their same masks and do even worse.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 16h

Lots of folks talking about this. This was one of the most heavily discussed parts of the TRO request, and I covered some of that on Monday.

tl;dr: Read Law Dork; be informed.

www.lawdork.com/p/illinois-l...

It is further ORDERED that all Federal Agents, excepting those who do not wear a
uniform or other distinguishing clothing or equipment in the regular performance of their official
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Case: 1:25-cv-12173 Document #: 42 Filed: 10/09/25 Page 5 of 6 PagelD #:839
duties or are engaged in undercover operations in the regular performance of their official duties, must have visible identification (for which a unique recognizable alphanumeric identifier sequence
will suffice) affixed to their uniforms or helmets and prominently displayed, including when
wearing riot gear.

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Just Kevin @kevinleecaster.bsky.social · 11h

In 2024, coal accounted for just 6,162 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of the California's electricity supply — which was 2.2% of total generation. Nearly all of that came from the Intermountain Power Plant in Utah, which is scheduled to stop burning coal this year.
www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-10...

As Trump embraces dirty fossil fuels, California hits major clean energy milestone, invests over $100 million more in proven technologies

SACRAMENTO – In a strong rebuke to recent federal efforts to halt clean energy progress and expand fossil fuel generation, California continues to lead the nation in building a cleaner, more reliable ...

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Justin Gerdes @justingerdes.bsky.social · 12h

@calenergy.bsky.social: "Coal’s share of California’s power mix would fall to below 0.2% when Intermountain goes offline, placing the Golden State among the least coal-dependent states in the nation – and one of the largest jurisdictions in the world to do so." www.energy.ca.gov/news/2025-10... 🔌💡

As Trump embraces dirty fossil fuels, California hits major clean energy milestone, invests over $100 million more in proven technologies

www.energy.ca.gov

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 12h

This is what tyranny looks like. President Trump is using the Justice Department as his personal attack dog, targeting Attorney General Tish James for the ‘crime’ of prosecuting him for fraud—and winning.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Today in Politics, Bulletin 225. This is a big one with new indictment news, another crazy cabinet meeting, new theories from RFK Jr, Mike Johnson getting grilled by CSPAN callers, Greene going rogue on CNN, & everything else that happened today. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Today in Politics, Bulletin 225. 10/9/25

… Trump’s former personal attorney and newly installed US Attorney Lindsey Halligan complied with his repeated demands to indict NY AG Letitia James today.

open.substack.com

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 12h

One U.S. Attorney already refused this case. So, Trump hand-picked an unqualified hack that would go after another political enemy. This isn't justice. It's revenge. And it should horrify every American who believes no one is above the law.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 15h

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

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