AKelly
@adkelly.bsky.social
I believe in traditional public service and expertise; what we had prior to the project 2025 failure agenda.AI is theft and a scam. Crypto and bitcoin is theft and a scam. We all do better when we all do better.
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Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.
AI is not going to go away
December 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Neither is herpes, but I’ll keep doing my work without either.
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🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice will fail to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files Release in Violation of New Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
🚨BREAKING: The Department of Justice will fail to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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In this week’s newsletter, I explain how Trump’s $1,776 payments is actually one of the most dangerous things he’s ever done. Armies loyal to a paycheck and not the government is how you get authoritarian overthrows of republics.
Trump’s ‘Warrior Dividend’ Might Be His Scariest Idea Yet
In this week’s Elie v. US, The Nation’s justice correspondent explores the authoritarian threat beneath Trump’s bonuses for military families. Plus, a case for getting rid of the Second Amendment.
www.thenation.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
In this week’s newsletter, I explain how Trump’s $1,776 payments is actually one of the most dangerous things he’s ever done. Armies loyal to a paycheck and not the government is how you get authoritarian overthrows of republics.
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The regime did everything in its power to rig the congressional maps in Indiana — and lost.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
December 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The regime did everything in its power to rig the congressional maps in Indiana — and lost.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
Even in deep-red territory, we are not powerless. Thank you to @indivisiblenei.bsky.social and everybody else who is fighting back (and winning) from inside the machine.
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This season, we're posting key reminders to guide our action in the coming year. First: We're currently living in an authoritarian breakthrough, a critical period when would-be authoritarians attempt to rapidly consolidate power, eliminate checks and balances, and operate with impunity. #resist
December 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This season, we're posting key reminders to guide our action in the coming year. First: We're currently living in an authoritarian breakthrough, a critical period when would-be authoritarians attempt to rapidly consolidate power, eliminate checks and balances, and operate with impunity. #resist
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Vince Guaraldi didnt just score A Charlie Brown Christmas. He rewired holiday music forever. From jazz chords to cultural impact, the story is wild. zurl.co/fNTzb
Why 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' Is The Most Important Holiday Soundtrack of All Time (And How Vince Guaraldi Quietly Changed Everything) - That Eric Alper
There are holiday albums, there are holiday classics, and then there is Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas — the cozy, melancholic, jazz-soaked blanket that somehow makes the world feel both brighter and more reflective. It’s a soundtrack wrapped in brushed cymbals and children’s choir harmonies. And yes, Charles Schulz had to fight for it. […]
zurl.co
December 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Vince Guaraldi didnt just score A Charlie Brown Christmas. He rewired holiday music forever. From jazz chords to cultural impact, the story is wild. zurl.co/fNTzb
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Happy Hanukkah from Bubby!
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Happy Hanukkah from Bubby!
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The RFK, jr effect.
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The RFK, jr effect.
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This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
December 14, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This is because Nate Silver has 300K subscribers on Substack and Heather Cox Richardson has 2.7M. Mediocre men CAN'T STAND successful women, and even blame them for their own failures. Pathetic.
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Trump doesn’t pardon criminals to show mercy. He pardons them because he sees himself in the criminals he pardons.
Self-absolution.
Self-absolution.
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Trump doesn’t pardon criminals to show mercy. He pardons them because he sees himself in the criminals he pardons.
Self-absolution.
Self-absolution.
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Weeeeeeeeee! 🛷
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Weeeeeeeeee! 🛷
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Detailed close up views of how #GreaterLafayette #Indiana will be split up if the verdamte redistricting is passed today 🤬 (See more in the article.) www.basedinlafayette.com/p/redistrict...
December 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Detailed close up views of how #GreaterLafayette #Indiana will be split up if the verdamte redistricting is passed today 🤬 (See more in the article.) www.basedinlafayette.com/p/redistrict...
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Are we doing this in our fancy dress up clothes?
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Are we doing this in our fancy dress up clothes?
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West Lafayette is just one of several communities that this redistricting bill attempts to divide. These new congressional districts will make it more difficult for communities across Indiana to have their voices heard in D.C.
Indiana GOP proposes redistricting maps, Purdue split in 2
Indiana state House Republicans unveiled their proposal for congressional redistricting Monday. The map would likely turn two Democratic-held seats into Republican-held seats.
www.purdueexponent.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
West Lafayette is just one of several communities that this redistricting bill attempts to divide. These new congressional districts will make it more difficult for communities across Indiana to have their voices heard in D.C.
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NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
Hegseth Defense Collapses as Dems Reveal Horrific Video Strike Details
The ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services committee tells TNR after watching the video: “This is a big, big problem.”
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
NEWS --> Tons of fresh detail on what video of the strike shows: Rep Adam Smith says two men are sitting on capsized boat, drugs aren't visible. Rationale officials gave for killing is they *may* have been able to keep trafficking.
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
"It's bad," Smith says.
Read here:
newrepublic.com/article/2039...
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Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
December 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Himes: "What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I've seen in my time in public service ... any American who sees the video that I saw will see the US military attacking shipwrecked sailors."
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Today, we’re asking you to take action by contacting your State Representative, and asking them to vote NO to HB 1032.
Call the operator at 317-232-9600, or use our online action form at MADVoters.org/no-cheaters.
#nocheatersindemocracy #madvoters #mutuallyassureddemocracy #getmadindiana
Call the operator at 317-232-9600, or use our online action form at MADVoters.org/no-cheaters.
#nocheatersindemocracy #madvoters #mutuallyassureddemocracy #getmadindiana
If you reach voicemail, leave this message with your name and callback number. Short calls are okay and preferred!
MADVoters.org
December 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Today, we’re asking you to take action by contacting your State Representative, and asking them to vote NO to HB 1032.
Call the operator at 317-232-9600, or use our online action form at MADVoters.org/no-cheaters.
#nocheatersindemocracy #madvoters #mutuallyassureddemocracy #getmadindiana
Call the operator at 317-232-9600, or use our online action form at MADVoters.org/no-cheaters.
#nocheatersindemocracy #madvoters #mutuallyassureddemocracy #getmadindiana
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We found that 11 of Trump’s DOT appointees disclosed between $12 million and $52 million in stock holdings and other financial interests in airlines, railroads, oil and gas corporations, transportation technology firms and other related businesses.
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
you fire right back at them and you FIRE RIGHT AWAY.
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The correct answer to MAGA outrage over the Dem video is this: Are you effing kidding me? Of course it's reasonable to warn that Trump might be giving illegal orders.
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew That Question Wide Open
From the boat bombings to deportations to prosecutions, the evidence mounts. And the speaker of the House could get to the bottom of it if he wanted to. Yeah, right.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The correct answer to MAGA outrage over the Dem video is this: Are you effing kidding me? Of course it's reasonable to warn that Trump might be giving illegal orders.
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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I missed this Trump admin memo when it came out, but it’s a doozy: tossing our First Amendment to explicitly permit supervisors to instruct subordinayes to accept Jesus & even what church to attend & how to pray. Latest from @chrisrodda.bsky.social: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Military section chief tells subordinates he’s authorized by Trump to force his Christianity on them
Of all the many heinous, vindictive, and flat out unconstitutional things that this administration has done thus far to transform our once great country into a Christian nationalist oligarchy, it is o...
www.dailykos.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I missed this Trump admin memo when it came out, but it’s a doozy: tossing our First Amendment to explicitly permit supervisors to instruct subordinayes to accept Jesus & even what church to attend & how to pray. Latest from @chrisrodda.bsky.social: www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...