Kevin Keil
@keiljk.bsky.social
Husband/father/grandfather/tenor/snowbird. Former machinist/buyer/systems analyst/data architect. Supports the Scientific Method, & FACTs. Made from stardust
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"With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. Masked secret police now tear-gas entire city streets, jump out from unmarked vehicles to abduct and detain suspected undocumented people, ..."
Really compelling piece. Thank you.
Really compelling piece. Thank you.
December 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
"With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. Masked secret police now tear-gas entire city streets, jump out from unmarked vehicles to abduct and detain suspected undocumented people, ..."
Really compelling piece. Thank you.
Really compelling piece. Thank you.
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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Are these the files you boxed up from the Biden era probe into Epstein co-conspirators and shipped off to DC after you killed the investigation and fired the prosecutors? You’ve had these since January. I call BS.
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Are these the files you boxed up from the Biden era probe into Epstein co-conspirators and shipped off to DC after you killed the investigation and fired the prosecutors? You’ve had these since January. I call BS.
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He and his people have decimated our ability to adequately defend this country. One well-placed strike and our country, possibly the whole world, is over in a couple of hours.
December 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
He and his people have decimated our ability to adequately defend this country. One well-placed strike and our country, possibly the whole world, is over in a couple of hours.
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I've now watched the censored 60 Minutes report on CECOT. If you watched it too—and if you have any decency at all—I'm sure you came to the same conclusion I did: winning elections won't be enough; people like Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem will need to be charged and imprisoned.
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I've now watched the censored 60 Minutes report on CECOT. If you watched it too—and if you have any decency at all—I'm sure you came to the same conclusion I did: winning elections won't be enough; people like Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem will need to be charged and imprisoned.
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If ICE can threaten arrest for filming, then journalists, watchdogs, and protesters can all be silenced the same way. You don’t have freedom of the press if recording police is treated as terrorism. #holdfast
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
December 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If ICE can threaten arrest for filming, then journalists, watchdogs, and protesters can all be silenced the same way. You don’t have freedom of the press if recording police is treated as terrorism. #holdfast
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
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Organized religion: the critical thinking impaired
December 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Organized religion: the critical thinking impaired
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Everyone needs to repost stuff like this so people know what the squatter in the White House really is!
December 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Everyone needs to repost stuff like this so people know what the squatter in the White House really is!
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If — if! — Elon Musk's Generative AI "edit image" button forces Japanese video game companies like Capcom, Nintendo, and Sega to jump ship, it would be the greatest Christmas gift Bluesky has ever received. These companies are notoriously obsessive about protecting their intellectual property.
December 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If — if! — Elon Musk's Generative AI "edit image" button forces Japanese video game companies like Capcom, Nintendo, and Sega to jump ship, it would be the greatest Christmas gift Bluesky has ever received. These companies are notoriously obsessive about protecting their intellectual property.
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Trump thinks he owns the Western Hemisphere and that he's going to split the world up with his fellow despots. This is not hyperbole.
December 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Trump thinks he owns the Western Hemisphere and that he's going to split the world up with his fellow despots. This is not hyperbole.
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"Of the 346 donors identified by the Times, at least 197 have benefited, or are in industries that have benefited, from policies or actions of Mr. Trump or his administration."
This is corruption in plain sight.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is corruption in plain sight.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"Of the 346 donors identified by the Times, at least 197 have benefited, or are in industries that have benefited, from policies or actions of Mr. Trump or his administration."
This is corruption in plain sight.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This is corruption in plain sight.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Told FBI After His Death That He Was Murdered ‘Because He Was About to Name Names’ and it was ‘authorized by Donald Trump’ (TCL: No surprise to us.)
Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Claims He Was Murdered
Among 11,000 newly released DOJ documents is a tip from Mark Epstein alleging his brother was killed in jail before he could name names.
lamag.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Jeffrey Epstein’s Brother Told FBI After His Death That He Was Murdered ‘Because He Was About to Name Names’ and it was ‘authorized by Donald Trump’ (TCL: No surprise to us.)
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"If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition.”
-James Mattis as Secretary of Defense testifying before Congress in 2017.
Succeeding with soft power is greatly preferable—and a lot cheaper—than having to address something with hard power.
-James Mattis as Secretary of Defense testifying before Congress in 2017.
Succeeding with soft power is greatly preferable—and a lot cheaper—than having to address something with hard power.
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"If you don't fund the State Department fully, then I need to buy more ammunition.”
-James Mattis as Secretary of Defense testifying before Congress in 2017.
Succeeding with soft power is greatly preferable—and a lot cheaper—than having to address something with hard power.
-James Mattis as Secretary of Defense testifying before Congress in 2017.
Succeeding with soft power is greatly preferable—and a lot cheaper—than having to address something with hard power.
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Makes more sense if you think of it as sabotage bsky.app/profile/donm...
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Makes more sense if you think of it as sabotage bsky.app/profile/donm...
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Look: I'm no cheerleader — or even a meager apologist — of US hegemony, but if I were an enemy bent on breaking the US hegemony and had the perfect pawns in place, this would definitely be a part of the plan. (And that includes all that DOGE bullshit that Elon needs to account for.)
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Look: I'm no cheerleader — or even a meager apologist — of US hegemony, but if I were an enemy bent on breaking the US hegemony and had the perfect pawns in place, this would definitely be a part of the plan. (And that includes all that DOGE bullshit that Elon needs to account for.)
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A long overdue reform is that by law all US ambassadors should be career foreign service officers, like most countries because they treat it as a job for serious professionals. Not "political appointee" gigs openly sold to campaign donors or handed out as a retirement perk for washed-up politicians.
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A long overdue reform is that by law all US ambassadors should be career foreign service officers, like most countries because they treat it as a job for serious professionals. Not "political appointee" gigs openly sold to campaign donors or handed out as a retirement perk for washed-up politicians.
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Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
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I never again want to hear about how the Republican Party is the party of national security. You don’t incinerate our diplomatic capacity & violate all of our treaty commitments if you care about national security.
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I never again want to hear about how the Republican Party is the party of national security. You don’t incinerate our diplomatic capacity & violate all of our treaty commitments if you care about national security.
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December 25, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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We keep talking about the female victims
But there were so many little boys that were victims as well….
Who remembers the island boys?
Has anyone seen them lately?
#EpsteinFiles #Epstein #Trump #TrumpFiles #Impeach #ArrestTrump
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We keep talking about the female victims
But there were so many little boys that were victims as well….
Who remembers the island boys?
Has anyone seen them lately?
#EpsteinFiles #Epstein #Trump #TrumpFiles #Impeach #ArrestTrump
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December 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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We keep talking about the female victims
But there were so many little boys that were victims as well….
Who remembers the island boys?
Has anyone seen them lately?
#EpsteinFiles #Epstein #Trump #TrumpFiles #Impeach #ArrestTrump
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We keep talking about the female victims
But there were so many little boys that were victims as well….
Who remembers the island boys?
Has anyone seen them lately?
#EpsteinFiles #Epstein #Trump #TrumpFiles #Impeach #ArrestTrump
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CBS is now state run media. Killing a story, then lying about the justification, is the death of integrity.
December 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
CBS is now state run media. Killing a story, then lying about the justification, is the death of integrity.
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Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: Many survivors came forward, and we began comparing notes and working with people in Congress.
As we started connecting the dots, we realized that some of us were sent to the same person in Hollywood for movie auditions. Some of us went to the same modeling agency…
As we started connecting the dots, we realized that some of us were sent to the same person in Hollywood for movie auditions. Some of us went to the same modeling agency…
December 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Epstein Survivor Lisa Phillips: Many survivors came forward, and we began comparing notes and working with people in Congress.
As we started connecting the dots, we realized that some of us were sent to the same person in Hollywood for movie auditions. Some of us went to the same modeling agency…
As we started connecting the dots, we realized that some of us were sent to the same person in Hollywood for movie auditions. Some of us went to the same modeling agency…