Keir Semmens
@keirsemmens.bsky.social
Hoya. Ironman. Pro-democracy. Biased towards reality.
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Keir Semmens
@keirsemmens.bsky.social
· Aug 18
“The evidence of Donald Trump’s desperation and failure is mounting. The question for each of us and each of our leaders is: Which side of history will I be on?”
www.americaamerica.news/p/which-side...
www.americaamerica.news/p/which-side...
Which Side of History Are You On?
That question becomes more critical as Trump's authoritarianism escalates
www.americaamerica.news
Find your lane to help. Then be a helper.
Title worthy of a Pulitzer
Cover Reveal!
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
“The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy" arrives on August 4, 2026.
How extremist tech billionaires are dismantling democracy to crown themselves as kings—and what we can do about it.
Please pre-order! ➡️ www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Title worthy of a Pulitzer
Karma
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Karma
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Trump’s healthcare plan has been “two weeks away” for so long it technically qualifies as a pre-existing condition.
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Trump’s healthcare plan has been “two weeks away” for so long it technically qualifies as a pre-existing condition.
DOGE’s demise bookends a tumultuous ten months of the Trump restoration.
open.substack.com/pub/keirsemm...
open.substack.com/pub/keirsemm...
DOGE goes the way of the dodo
Reports of its death may be greatly exaggerated
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
DOGE’s demise bookends a tumultuous ten months of the Trump restoration.
open.substack.com/pub/keirsemm...
open.substack.com/pub/keirsemm...
BBC bends the knee
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
BBC bends the knee
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Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) talks about the DOD threats against Senator Kelly.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (Ret.) talks about the DOD threats against Senator Kelly.
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absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
Thread.
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 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Thread.
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Still smiling. This may be my favorite TL cleanse to date. 🥰
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Still smiling. This may be my favorite TL cleanse to date. 🥰
This isn’t freedom
I’m not sure I’ll bring myself to watch this new documentary Thoughts and Prayers on HBO about the active shooter preparedness industry.
But just this clip shows how twisted we’ve let our society get. What we’ve done to our kids. It’s absolutely unacceptable.
Gun reform, NOW!
But just this clip shows how twisted we’ve let our society get. What we’ve done to our kids. It’s absolutely unacceptable.
Gun reform, NOW!
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This isn’t freedom
Always follow the money
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Always follow the money
Redemption requires remorse and responsibility. Still waiting.
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Redemption requires remorse and responsibility. Still waiting.
“The men of the North will convert the State of Mississippi into a frog-pond before they will allow any such laws to disgrace one foot of soil in which the bones of our soldiers sleep and over which the flag of freedom waves.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
“The men of the North will convert the State of Mississippi into a frog-pond before they will allow any such laws to disgrace one foot of soil in which the bones of our soldiers sleep and over which the flag of freedom waves.”
Oops
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Oops
👀😯
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 AM
👀😯
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I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
Russian negotiation tactics:
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Russian negotiation tactics:
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
1. Demand the maximum
2. Present ultimatums
3. Do not give one inch in negotiations
Because there will always be people in the West who offer you something.
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They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Absolutely incredible; after shooting Marimar Martinez 5 times and arresting her on claims that she rammed them and pulled a gun, prosecutors have now moved to dismiss ALL criminal charges against her and her codefendant.
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
They lied about it. All of it. A thug cop shot an unarmed woman five times without justification, boasted about it to his colleagues, and then this administration tried cover it all up by arresting her and charging her with felonies.
Who judges the judges? No one!
Must watch!👇
Must watch!👇
Congress - including our PA delegation - has abdicated its oversight responsibility, while abusive judges flout their authority.
Elections 🗳️ are how we hold Congress accountable, to start holding the judiciary accountable!
🎥 from We The People Wednesdays 🎤 in Mt. Airy
youtu.be/UCQX48X8OU8?...
Elections 🗳️ are how we hold Congress accountable, to start holding the judiciary accountable!
🎥 from We The People Wednesdays 🎤 in Mt. Airy
youtu.be/UCQX48X8OU8?...
We The People Wednesdays: Holding Congress Accountable To Hold The Judiciary Accountable 11.19.25
YouTube video by The Legal Accountability Project
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Who judges the judges? No one!
Must watch!👇
Must watch!👇
Civics field trip
CHARLOTTE: “More than 20,000 students missed school Monday”
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
Standing up to Trump’s lawless ice goon raids
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Civics field trip
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Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Past is prologue.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
In 1933, during the Great Depression, a group of wealthy businessmen tried to overthrow the US government and install a fascist dictator to protect their own interests.
And everything that led to it feels way too familiar right now.
This is not a history lesson, it’s a warning.
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“We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
November 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
“We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...