Donovan Kolbly
@donovan.kolbly.name
Traveler on spaceship Earth 🌎🌍
Software developer by day 🖥️
Democracy warrior by night 📣
Software developer by day 🖥️
Democracy warrior by night 📣
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"I don't know."
For a White House that claims Trump is involved in every policy decision, there's a lot he doesn't know about...
For a White House that claims Trump is involved in every policy decision, there's a lot he doesn't know about...
December 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"I don't know."
For a White House that claims Trump is involved in every policy decision, there's a lot he doesn't know about...
For a White House that claims Trump is involved in every policy decision, there's a lot he doesn't know about...
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There are a lot of stories like this that seem not to effect the overall narrative of the war for some odd reason.
www.theconcis.com/p/novorossiy...
www.theconcis.com/p/novorossiy...
Novorossiysk Was Russia’s Last Sanctuary. It Just Fell.
The Black Sea Has No Safe Harbor Left for Russia
www.theconcis.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There are a lot of stories like this that seem not to effect the overall narrative of the war for some odd reason.
www.theconcis.com/p/novorossiy...
www.theconcis.com/p/novorossiy...
> “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered,”
We struggle now against an internal Tyranny; one that tries our souls as a strategy to exhaust our ambition for a better America.
Keep up the Good Trouble ✊, and esteem deeply the fruits of that labor.
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We struggle now against an internal Tyranny; one that tries our souls as a strategy to exhaust our ambition for a better America.
Keep up the Good Trouble ✊, and esteem deeply the fruits of that labor.
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December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
> “Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered,”
We struggle now against an internal Tyranny; one that tries our souls as a strategy to exhaust our ambition for a better America.
Keep up the Good Trouble ✊, and esteem deeply the fruits of that labor.
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We struggle now against an internal Tyranny; one that tries our souls as a strategy to exhaust our ambition for a better America.
Keep up the Good Trouble ✊, and esteem deeply the fruits of that labor.
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When ICE agents snatched Andrés Jr., 20, the "habeas machine" kicked into action. Volunteers found a Spanish speaking advocate, coordinated with the man's family + @repdangoldman.bsky.social + submitted required documents. Thanks to their efforts, he was freed.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
How a ‘Habeas Machine’ Reunited One Family That Was Pulled Apart by ICE
The agents were on the hunt, but as they staked out the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
When ICE agents snatched Andrés Jr., 20, the "habeas machine" kicked into action. Volunteers found a Spanish speaking advocate, coordinated with the man's family + @repdangoldman.bsky.social + submitted required documents. Thanks to their efforts, he was freed.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/how-a-h...
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Social media is full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped results.
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
December 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Social media is full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped results.
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
Meanwhile, Spotify is full of ICE recruitment ads.
Stop paying for or using Spotify until the ICE ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti...
> administration officials are threatening to place sanctions on the International Criminal Court to guarantee it will not investigate Trump and his top officials
In today's "shocking but not surprising"... the kind of thing you'd expect to see from an authoritarian regime eg the old USSR. 😞
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In today's "shocking but not surprising"... the kind of thing you'd expect to see from an authoritarian regime eg the old USSR. 😞
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December 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
> administration officials are threatening to place sanctions on the International Criminal Court to guarantee it will not investigate Trump and his top officials
In today's "shocking but not surprising"... the kind of thing you'd expect to see from an authoritarian regime eg the old USSR. 😞
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In today's "shocking but not surprising"... the kind of thing you'd expect to see from an authoritarian regime eg the old USSR. 😞
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I understand the reality that conviction is unlikely, but it would be nice to see Congress do its job 😔🙄
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It's not a question of politics or party. Congress has a constitutional obligation to impeach and to remove a president who commits high crimes and misdemeanors and forsakes his solemn oath.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
And there has never been a president who has committed as many impeachable offenses than this one.
There's a Hill bubble narrative, posing as savvy realism, in treating impeachment as some radioactive poison and so Democrats must squash any talk of it. But there's zero evidence for that. No polls back it up, nor recent history. It's all just pundit-brained conventional wisdom eating its own tail.
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I understand the reality that conviction is unlikely, but it would be nice to see Congress do its job 😔🙄
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As a Quaker organization, we abhor all violence because we believe every person has sacred worth.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.
What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
As a Quaker organization, we abhor all violence because we believe every person has sacred worth.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.
We are deeply disturbed by the wanton, unrestrained violence we are seeing this administration carry out - both at home and abroad. Thank you, Sen. Murphy, for sounding the alarm.
> Morris concludes that “more than the Republicans or Democrats, left or right, it’s the companies that abuse our attention for profit that are the real winners of American politics.”
And the billionaires know it... the 6 richest people all own media companies (TIL Ellison's family owns Paramount)
And the billionaires know it... the 6 richest people all own media companies (TIL Ellison's family owns Paramount)
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
> Morris concludes that “more than the Republicans or Democrats, left or right, it’s the companies that abuse our attention for profit that are the real winners of American politics.”
And the billionaires know it... the 6 richest people all own media companies (TIL Ellison's family owns Paramount)
And the billionaires know it... the 6 richest people all own media companies (TIL Ellison's family owns Paramount)
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No print mags have the reach they once did. But it's notable to me that I keep seeing articles like this in People, very broad-spectrum, apolitical, at least in my experience. Gives a sense of how much this stuff is breaking through.
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
No print mags have the reach they once did. But it's notable to me that I keep seeing articles like this in People, very broad-spectrum, apolitical, at least in my experience. Gives a sense of how much this stuff is breaking through.
The phrase "slide into authoritarianism" does not capture the moment. It's a rocket pointed straight down. 😞🚀
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A leaked DOJ memo obtained by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social reveals an effort to build a list of supposedly "anti-American" groups and individuals, an escalation of the administration's crackdown on dissent. The list targets "not just the left" but "anyone who isn't a Trump supporter," he says.
December 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The phrase "slide into authoritarianism" does not capture the moment. It's a rocket pointed straight down. 😞🚀
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When's the list of the accomplishment of Trump coming out? I need a good laugh after 11 months of this political chaos.
BTW... Thanks, Joe
BTW... Thanks, Joe
December 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
When's the list of the accomplishment of Trump coming out? I need a good laugh after 11 months of this political chaos.
BTW... Thanks, Joe
BTW... Thanks, Joe
Trump style Republicans are convinced they deserve to be the ones to rule over everyone else. Echos of 1860s Southern elite enslavers or 1930s Germany. No wonder their icons are confederate flags and swastikas.
I'm on the side of the values staked out in the Declaration of Independence.
I'm on the side of the values staked out in the Declaration of Independence.
Republicans are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to ensure that health care is unaffordable for most Americans. Yet another part of their program to expand wealth inequality and create class division.
indivisiblesantafe.org/erasing-medi...
indivisiblesantafe.org/erasing-medi...
Erasing medical debt for pennies on the dollar
Republicans are willing to go to extraordinary lengths to ensure that health care is unaffordable for most Americans. Other than constantly calling our elected representatives, we may feel powerless t...
indivisiblesantafe.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Trump style Republicans are convinced they deserve to be the ones to rule over everyone else. Echos of 1860s Southern elite enslavers or 1930s Germany. No wonder their icons are confederate flags and swastikas.
I'm on the side of the values staked out in the Declaration of Independence.
I'm on the side of the values staked out in the Declaration of Independence.
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution
> a leaked document written for congressional leadership [...] of the first six months of Kash Patel’s leadership of the [FBI]. [...] Patel is “in over his head” and that deputy FBI director Dan Bongino is “something of a clown.”
The level of incompetence is shocking but not surprising 😞
The level of incompetence is shocking but not surprising 😞
December 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
> a leaked document written for congressional leadership [...] of the first six months of Kash Patel’s leadership of the [FBI]. [...] Patel is “in over his head” and that deputy FBI director Dan Bongino is “something of a clown.”
The level of incompetence is shocking but not surprising 😞
The level of incompetence is shocking but not surprising 😞
I had to read the article to understand what's been happening. Apparently people are using microaggressive homophobic language against MAGA, like "JD should just come out" which associates negativity (JD) with being homosexual.
"Straight men aren’t looking for Democrats to cosplay as their drinking buddies: They’re looking for leaders who can speak plainly about the pressures and problems men face today and offer solutions."
Why Are Democrats Teasing Homophobia in New Attacks on MAGA?
The strategy demeans an important constituency of the party without providing an obvious political gain.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I had to read the article to understand what's been happening. Apparently people are using microaggressive homophobic language against MAGA, like "JD should just come out" which associates negativity (JD) with being homosexual.
> Trump, who has seemed warm and affable since snarling “Quiet, Piggy!” to a reporter on Air Force One on November 14, praised the mayor-elect
My guess: somebody upped his meds after the "Quiet, Piggy" incident.
My guess: somebody upped his meds after the "Quiet, Piggy" incident.
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
> Trump, who has seemed warm and affable since snarling “Quiet, Piggy!” to a reporter on Air Force One on November 14, praised the mayor-elect
My guess: somebody upped his meds after the "Quiet, Piggy" incident.
My guess: somebody upped his meds after the "Quiet, Piggy" incident.
😂 that's some ace trolling
November 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
😂 that's some ace trolling
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Judge tosses out of court indictments against Jim Comey and Tish James. And yet Trump remains a 34x convicted felon. Ketchup, meet wall.
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge has dismissed the DOJ’s cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York AG Letitia James, ruling that the prosecutor Trump handpicked to charge them had been unlawfully serving since September.
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump’s Political Prosecutions of former FBI Chief Comey, NY AG James
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Judge tosses out of court indictments against Jim Comey and Tish James. And yet Trump remains a 34x convicted felon. Ketchup, meet wall.
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November 20, 2025
November 20, 2025
Trump spent this morning calling a group of military veterans in Congress traitors and saying they “should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL.” Their crime, in Trump’s eyes, was their release Tuesday of a v...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
November 20, 2025
I saw the WH was walking back Trump's traitorous comments. Still hoping for IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE 🤞 ASAP
Thought experiment: How far off the rails would Trump have to go to be convicted by the current Senate??
The more he loses his base of voters, the less pandering he'll get from Congress.
Thought experiment: How far off the rails would Trump have to go to be convicted by the current Senate??
The more he loses his base of voters, the less pandering he'll get from Congress.
Donald Trump has signaled his eagerness to violate the Constitution from his first day in office. Danger lights have been flashing for months. The threat to hang his political adversaries for urging adherence to the Constitution should turn those flashers red.
indivisiblesantafe.org/mad-king-don...
indivisiblesantafe.org/mad-king-don...
Mad King Donald
Today the President of the United States, Our Dear Leader, called for the execution of Democrats in Congress who advised military personnel not to follow illegal orders.
Trump’s unhinged rants accuse...
indivisiblesantafe.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I saw the WH was walking back Trump's traitorous comments. Still hoping for IMPEACH, CONVICT, REMOVE 🤞 ASAP
Thought experiment: How far off the rails would Trump have to go to be convicted by the current Senate??
The more he loses his base of voters, the less pandering he'll get from Congress.
Thought experiment: How far off the rails would Trump have to go to be convicted by the current Senate??
The more he loses his base of voters, the less pandering he'll get from Congress.
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OUR VIEW: In a nation where too many leaders think journalism doesn’t matter — or worse, is a negative influence on society — it’s clear that dogged reporting can make a positive difference. sfnm.co/3XDgEsn
Journalism matters — just look at events of recent days
In a nation where too many leaders think journalism doesn’t matter — or worse, is a negative influence on society — it’s clear that dogged reporting can make a positive
sfnm.co
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
OUR VIEW: In a nation where too many leaders think journalism doesn’t matter — or worse, is a negative influence on society — it’s clear that dogged reporting can make a positive difference. sfnm.co/3XDgEsn
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.