Douglas K
@dougkaye.bsky.social
bewildered
software mechanic
decades of mumbling at dkretzmann.blogspot.com
software mechanic
decades of mumbling at dkretzmann.blogspot.com
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in the actual real world secret police are disappearing americans on behalf of an openly white nationalist government but george packer’s latest is a novel about a world beset by woke totalitarianism
What Happens When an Empire Falls? This Novel Has Some Ideas.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
in the actual real world secret police are disappearing americans on behalf of an openly white nationalist government but george packer’s latest is a novel about a world beset by woke totalitarianism
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Amazing how racist goon squads can wake people up to danger, but it's unfortunate that everyone had to touch the hot stove to find out it was hot
In the recent New Jersey governor’s race, the Democratic Party clawed back much of the ground it had lost with Hispanic voters in the 2024 presidential race, according to a township-level analysis of results by The New York Times. See the maps.
Maps Show How Latinos Who Shifted Right in 2024 Snapped Back Left in 2025
The New Jersey governor’s race was the first significant sign that President Trump’s success with Hispanic voters in 2024 may have been only a temporary shift.
nyti.ms
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Amazing how racist goon squads can wake people up to danger, but it's unfortunate that everyone had to touch the hot stove to find out it was hot
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I simply don't want to make the moral sacrifices required to hold public office in the American empire. I make enough of those in my current job already.
And tbh, I wouldn't trust myself with that kind of power. I grew up in a deeply, DEEPLY conservative and racist environment.
And tbh, I wouldn't trust myself with that kind of power. I grew up in a deeply, DEEPLY conservative and racist environment.
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I simply don't want to make the moral sacrifices required to hold public office in the American empire. I make enough of those in my current job already.
And tbh, I wouldn't trust myself with that kind of power. I grew up in a deeply, DEEPLY conservative and racist environment.
And tbh, I wouldn't trust myself with that kind of power. I grew up in a deeply, DEEPLY conservative and racist environment.
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This is on top of the absolute triumph for the incumbent Dem mayor over JD Vance's brother: bsky.app/profile/tani...
5️⃣ JD Vance's half-brother, Cory Bowman, was crushed in his challenge Cincinnati's Democratic mayor Aftab Pureval.
His loss was unsurprising in this blue-leaning city.
But he lost 78% to 22%: That's the biggest margin in a mayoral race in Cincy since it started electing mayors directly in 2001.
His loss was unsurprising in this blue-leaning city.
But he lost 78% to 22%: That's the biggest margin in a mayoral race in Cincy since it started electing mayors directly in 2001.
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is on top of the absolute triumph for the incumbent Dem mayor over JD Vance's brother: bsky.app/profile/tani...
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Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry.
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry.
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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I looked at the twenty-nine mentions of LOLITA in the Epstein emails released this week, and what they say about America today.
Lolita and Epstein's emails
A good reminder that there are monsters among us.
degenerateart.beehiiv.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I looked at the twenty-nine mentions of LOLITA in the Epstein emails released this week, and what they say about America today.
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Thank you for the kind words, Mike! I'm actually writing about Lolita and the Epstein emails right now. Long post to drop shortly.
Since everyone’s talking about Lolita I’ll mention that @andreapitzer.bsky.social, who started warning about mass internments and concentration camps before Trump even took office, also wrote a great book about Nabokov. www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...
The Secret History of Vladimir Nabokov
A startling and revelatory examination of Nabokov's lif…
www.goodreads.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Thank you for the kind words, Mike! I'm actually writing about Lolita and the Epstein emails right now. Long post to drop shortly.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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So I'm just wondering if all the people complaining about her getting her hair and nails done to appear IN LITERAL CONGRESS would be complaining about her appearance if she showed up like Fetterman.
I'm guessing yes.
I'm guessing yes.
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So I'm just wondering if all the people complaining about her getting her hair and nails done to appear IN LITERAL CONGRESS would be complaining about her appearance if she showed up like Fetterman.
I'm guessing yes.
I'm guessing yes.
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This is *depraved* -- glamor shots & an exculpatory feature for a woman who shit on the key central tenets of journalism, repeatedly.
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This is *depraved* -- glamor shots & an exculpatory feature for a woman who shit on the key central tenets of journalism, repeatedly.
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
NYT is celebrating elite freedom from accountability. Actively celebrating it. You wouldn't put this in a satire, it's too ham-handed!
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The graft going on right now will shock people. The tip of the iceberg. That tariff vault is probably half emptied by now.
$220 million for a fascist ad campaign is bad enough. But it's all to line the pockets of Noem's friends and their families. The details in here are nuts.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The graft going on right now will shock people. The tip of the iceberg. That tariff vault is probably half emptied by now.
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He's not actually this stupid, he's just a shameless liar
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
He's not actually this stupid, he's just a shameless liar
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you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
you could fact check this — there aren’t 30 million illegal immigrants and there is no evidence that the presence of an immigrant in say houston has any impact on housing in madison, wisconsin — or you could note straightforwardly that this is just nazi rhetoric
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Tax the rich. Billionaire tears not pictured.
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Tax the rich. Billionaire tears not pictured.
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Wish this was hyperbole, or a one off - but it’s part of a broader legislative trend I’ve been tracking since the end of Roe
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Wish this was hyperbole, or a one off - but it’s part of a broader legislative trend I’ve been tracking since the end of Roe
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Wisconsin Republicans are introducing a bill that mandates women use ‘catch kits’ when they have a miscarriage or abortion at home—forcing them to bag up their pregnancy tissue and bring it to the doctor as medical waste.
jessica.substack.com/p/wisconsin-...
jessica.substack.com/p/wisconsin-...
Republicans Are Pushing 'Catch Kits' For Miscarriages & Abortion
11.12.24
jessica.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Wisconsin Republicans are introducing a bill that mandates women use ‘catch kits’ when they have a miscarriage or abortion at home—forcing them to bag up their pregnancy tissue and bring it to the doctor as medical waste.
jessica.substack.com/p/wisconsin-...
jessica.substack.com/p/wisconsin-...
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I'm confident that Epstein practiced all the tricks in "How to Win Friends and Influence People." Just a lot of head nodding, a lot of repeating the person's own words back to them, etc., until they leave the conversation believing he was a genius who understood them....
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I'm confident that Epstein practiced all the tricks in "How to Win Friends and Influence People." Just a lot of head nodding, a lot of repeating the person's own words back to them, etc., until they leave the conversation believing he was a genius who understood them....
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"i never participated in untoward matters i was there for the stimulating conversation"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN: ..do youu wan't 2do - poppers & illegal underage Sex ?? ?
JEFFREY EPSTEIN: ..do youu wan't 2do - poppers & illegal underage Sex ?? ?
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"i never participated in untoward matters i was there for the stimulating conversation"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN: ..do youu wan't 2do - poppers & illegal underage Sex ?? ?
JEFFREY EPSTEIN: ..do youu wan't 2do - poppers & illegal underage Sex ?? ?
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Speaking of this part of Colorado, Killing for Coal by Thomas Andrews is well worth reading, on organizing and strikes in the Colorado coal fields leading up to the Ludlow Massacre and the "Ten-Day War" that followed. The most interesting part of the story for me was how often the conditions of work
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Speaking of this part of Colorado, Killing for Coal by Thomas Andrews is well worth reading, on organizing and strikes in the Colorado coal fields leading up to the Ludlow Massacre and the "Ten-Day War" that followed. The most interesting part of the story for me was how often the conditions of work
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Hopeful article about how rural communities in southern Madagascar are conserving their forests - I was happy to contribute to it and read news of old friends
The world’s lemurs are going extinct. This is the only way to save them.
To protect Madagascar’s iconic animals, wildlife groups need to think beyond wildlife.
www.vox.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Hopeful article about how rural communities in southern Madagascar are conserving their forests - I was happy to contribute to it and read news of old friends
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It’s almost like if people tell you that to win you have to turn your back on poor people, or Muslims, or trans people, or immigrants, you can just say, “no, that’s immoral, we’re not doing that,” and keep doing good old fashioned organizing and campaigning and things will be ok
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It’s almost like if people tell you that to win you have to turn your back on poor people, or Muslims, or trans people, or immigrants, you can just say, “no, that’s immoral, we’re not doing that,” and keep doing good old fashioned organizing and campaigning and things will be ok
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Kash Patel's much-younger girlfriend is driving Trump allies nuts with her legal battles over being called an Israeli honey-pot spy. Will the FBI director ever catch a break?!
My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com:
www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...
My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com:
www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...
Kash Patel’s Girlfriend Is Driving MAGA Nuts
She’s litigious. They’re sexist. It’s a miasma of loathing.
www.thebulwark.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Kash Patel's much-younger girlfriend is driving Trump allies nuts with her legal battles over being called an Israeli honey-pot spy. Will the FBI director ever catch a break?!
My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com:
www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...
My latest False Flag newsletter for @thebulwark.com:
www.thebulwark.com/p/kash-patel...
yet another example of how politico will both-side absolutely anything
their moral compass is demagnetized and swinging wildly
their rudder is gone by the board, they drift at the whim of wind and wave and their latest funder
their moral compass is demagnetized and swinging wildly
their rudder is gone by the board, they drift at the whim of wind and wave and their latest funder
I like that POLITICO consistently finds a way for me to think less of it.
Like it’s sex trafficking, you don’t get to say it’s not a big deal
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
yet another example of how politico will both-side absolutely anything
their moral compass is demagnetized and swinging wildly
their rudder is gone by the board, they drift at the whim of wind and wave and their latest funder
their moral compass is demagnetized and swinging wildly
their rudder is gone by the board, they drift at the whim of wind and wave and their latest funder
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About 30 % of the nation is still trying to pretend Trump is their god. As soon as really bad Epstein information comes out involving Trump they just normalize it. Half of the Christian Nationalist movement have had fathers and pastors who committed or covered up the same crimes as Trump.
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
About 30 % of the nation is still trying to pretend Trump is their god. As soon as really bad Epstein information comes out involving Trump they just normalize it. Half of the Christian Nationalist movement have had fathers and pastors who committed or covered up the same crimes as Trump.