I.Kahn
@surblu.bsky.social
Ret. Fire/Med Captain + EMT, Cliff Rescue, now CA Elected Official. Home, 1890 log cabin, off grid since 1993. Out since 1983.
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I.Kahn
@surblu.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hello, Blue Sky:
Figure I should post something...Uhmm...Looking forward to interacting with compassionate, intelligent, democratic, realistic, humorous humans.
Figure I should post something...Uhmm...Looking forward to interacting with compassionate, intelligent, democratic, realistic, humorous humans.
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Two decades ago, George Allen used a Portuguese slur in an impromptu comment on the campaign trail and it ended his career.
Now, a sitting congressman can embrace prominent white nationalist slogans in their official ads and the corporate media just yawns about it.
Now, a sitting congressman can embrace prominent white nationalist slogans in their official ads and the corporate media just yawns about it.
Coverage of Andy Barr, a sitting Congressman and candidate for U.S. Senate, running an ad declaring, "It's not a sin to be white" -- a variation of a notorious white nationalist slogan
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
AP: Zero
NYT: Zero
WashPost: Zero
Reuters: Zero
Politico: Zero
Axios: Zero
Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), who is running to replace Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate, released his first television ad earlier this month.
popular.info
February 17, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Two decades ago, George Allen used a Portuguese slur in an impromptu comment on the campaign trail and it ended his career.
Now, a sitting congressman can embrace prominent white nationalist slogans in their official ads and the corporate media just yawns about it.
Now, a sitting congressman can embrace prominent white nationalist slogans in their official ads and the corporate media just yawns about it.
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This man is everything that is wrong with our culture right now. And Trump & his Republican colleagues have shown us they don't care how disgusting, hateful, & Islamophobic any of them are.
He should be expelled from Congress, but he’ll get away with it like Trump does every day.
He should be expelled from Congress, but he’ll get away with it like Trump does every day.
February 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This man is everything that is wrong with our culture right now. And Trump & his Republican colleagues have shown us they don't care how disgusting, hateful, & Islamophobic any of them are.
He should be expelled from Congress, but he’ll get away with it like Trump does every day.
He should be expelled from Congress, but he’ll get away with it like Trump does every day.
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Hegseth just killed a bunch more people.
February 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Hegseth just killed a bunch more people.
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Trump & his cult are on a mission to destroy U.S. science leadership: slashing research grants, strangling the science workforce — threatening a brain drain — & trying to gut federal science agencies.
The graphics in this piece are jarring.
We must stop them & California must lead. 🧵
The graphics in this piece are jarring.
We must stop them & California must lead. 🧵
US science after a year of Trump: what has been lost and what remains
A series of graphics reveals how the Trump administration has sought historic cuts to science and the research workforce.
www.nature.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Trump & his cult are on a mission to destroy U.S. science leadership: slashing research grants, strangling the science workforce — threatening a brain drain — & trying to gut federal science agencies.
The graphics in this piece are jarring.
We must stop them & California must lead. 🧵
The graphics in this piece are jarring.
We must stop them & California must lead. 🧵
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📌 Folks, you’re on social media, here is something everyone can do. Google “ICE facility being built in” and insert your state or county. If you find one, put it on blast and contact your local officials to say you oppose it. We need to protest these facilities before they open.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
📌 Folks, you’re on social media, here is something everyone can do. Google “ICE facility being built in” and insert your state or county. If you find one, put it on blast and contact your local officials to say you oppose it. We need to protest these facilities before they open.
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Thank you, @maddow.bsky.social , for spotlighting the opposition to Trump’s concentration camps being built around the country.
Many of these are for profit, profiting from cruelty and human suffering with our tax dollars.
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Many of these are for profit, profiting from cruelty and human suffering with our tax dollars.
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February 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Thank you, @maddow.bsky.social , for spotlighting the opposition to Trump’s concentration camps being built around the country.
Many of these are for profit, profiting from cruelty and human suffering with our tax dollars.
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Many of these are for profit, profiting from cruelty and human suffering with our tax dollars.
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What would normally be presidency-ending scandals not even a blip on the radar
Daily
Daily
February 17, 2026 at 2:48 PM
What would normally be presidency-ending scandals not even a blip on the radar
Daily
Daily
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Nazi camps were called "concentration camps" because they were designed to "concentrate" enemies of the state—political opponents, Jews, and others into guarded, isolated locations, forcing them to live outside the rule of law under harsh, often fatal conditions without trials.
February 17, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Nazi camps were called "concentration camps" because they were designed to "concentrate" enemies of the state—political opponents, Jews, and others into guarded, isolated locations, forcing them to live outside the rule of law under harsh, often fatal conditions without trials.
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Smirnov admitted to completely fabricating the conspiracy that became central to the GOP's effort to impeach Joe Biden. Days later, the Russian asset pleaded guilty to four felony charges and was sentenced to six years in prison. After a few months, he just mysteriously disappeared.
Here's a story that flew under the radar. Of course it happened during the Convicted Felon Donald Trump regime.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal
newrepublic.com/post/202897/...
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsACriminal
newrepublic.com/post/202897/...
FBI Informant Who Lied About the Bidens Covertly Released From Jail
Alexander Smirnov pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was sentenced to six years in jail.
newrepublic.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Smirnov admitted to completely fabricating the conspiracy that became central to the GOP's effort to impeach Joe Biden. Days later, the Russian asset pleaded guilty to four felony charges and was sentenced to six years in prison. After a few months, he just mysteriously disappeared.
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Yes, this. This is the whole point.
Yeah, advocate for who you want the candidate to be, persuade people, and then also realize that whoever comes out of the process is better on every single issue than any Republican who comes out of their process. That’s the whole point.
February 17, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Yes, this. This is the whole point.
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It's kind of like socialism, except it all goes to billionaires.
How much Americans have shelled out to Elon Musk through government contracts: $38 billion.
How much Elon Musk made last year: $200+ billion
How much Tesla paid in federal taxes last year: $0.
Oligarchy is real. The system is rigged.
How much Elon Musk made last year: $200+ billion
How much Tesla paid in federal taxes last year: $0.
Oligarchy is real. The system is rigged.
February 17, 2026 at 3:02 AM
It's kind of like socialism, except it all goes to billionaires.
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Of course.
Trump's plan to rename Dulles airport after himself is tied to plans to grift off the name change.
February 17, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Of course.
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How many diseases won’t be vanquished because this death cult is killing off vaccine research & manufacturing? How many people will die avoidable deaths or have lifelong avoidable disabilities?
One more reason why we’re fighting so hard to build & fund science research capacity in California.
One more reason why we’re fighting so hard to build & fund science research capacity in California.
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM
How many diseases won’t be vanquished because this death cult is killing off vaccine research & manufacturing? How many people will die avoidable deaths or have lifelong avoidable disabilities?
One more reason why we’re fighting so hard to build & fund science research capacity in California.
One more reason why we’re fighting so hard to build & fund science research capacity in California.
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California is powered by two-thirds clean energy and has one of the world's largest economies, proving you can fight climate change and thrive at the same time.
The climate crisis is an immediate security challenge — and California will always meet the moment.
The climate crisis is an immediate security challenge — and California will always meet the moment.
February 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
California is powered by two-thirds clean energy and has one of the world's largest economies, proving you can fight climate change and thrive at the same time.
The climate crisis is an immediate security challenge — and California will always meet the moment.
The climate crisis is an immediate security challenge — and California will always meet the moment.
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This does not seem fair to me.
And this is the main reason why we can't have nice things.
And this is the main reason why we can't have nice things.
February 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
This does not seem fair to me.
And this is the main reason why we can't have nice things.
And this is the main reason why we can't have nice things.
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"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
February 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM
"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today.
We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
February 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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Essentially they're claiming to be fixing a problem that doesn't exist all so they can make it harder for people to vote.
Wouldn't it be easier to adopt policies that people want to vote for?
Wouldn't it be easier to adopt policies that people want to vote for?
Goldman: "Republicans have created distrust of our electoral system -- not based on evidence -- and then they're gonna say, 'Oh, we have to solve this mistrust we've created.' No. That's not how it works."
February 16, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Essentially they're claiming to be fixing a problem that doesn't exist all so they can make it harder for people to vote.
Wouldn't it be easier to adopt policies that people want to vote for?
Wouldn't it be easier to adopt policies that people want to vote for?
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“Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying ‘His color is not mine,’ or ‘His beliefs are strange & different,’ in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation.”
~President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
~President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
February 16, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“Justice requires us to remember that when any citizen denies his fellow, saying ‘His color is not mine,’ or ‘His beliefs are strange & different,’ in that moment he betrays America, though his forebears created this nation.”
~President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
~President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965.
Image: National Portrait Gallery.
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Why is the Trump administration paying hundreds of millions of dollars to Russian companies to put ICE facilities in Georgia without community input or support? Sketchy.
Homeland Security buys entire warehouse property for $128 million
The Department of Homeland Security paid more than $128 million for the warehouse and property in Social Circle that appear destined to become an ICE detention facility.
www.rockdalenewtoncitizen.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Why is the Trump administration paying hundreds of millions of dollars to Russian companies to put ICE facilities in Georgia without community input or support? Sketchy.
Fascism for dinner, anyone?
www.nbcnews.com/world/europe...
Marco Rubio proclaimed a “golden age” in U.S. relations — not with Germany or France, but with Hungary, as he met with the country’s strongman Viktor Orbán, widely considered Putin’s closest partner among all European Union leaders.
Marco Rubio proclaimed a “golden age” in U.S. relations — not with Germany or France, but with Hungary, as he met with the country’s strongman Viktor Orbán, widely considered Putin’s closest partner among all European Union leaders.
Warmer words but relations remain frosty between the U.S. and its old friends in Europe
Secretary of State Marco Rubio proclaimed a “golden age” Monday in U.S. relations — not with Germany or France, but with Hungary, as he met with strongman Viktor Orbán.
www.nbcnews.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Fascism for dinner, anyone?