Keith Kegley
@keithkegley.bsky.social
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“It’s hard work to to climb down from the trees, walk upright, and build a viable global civilization” -SH
“It’s hard work to to climb down from the trees, walk upright, and build a viable global civilization” -SH
19/ So… how is it we know what the Democrats or Republicans are?
August 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
19/ So… how is it we know what the Democrats or Republicans are?
18/ There will not be a leader of the Democratic party until July of 2028 and until then what the Democratic party stands for and the tactics it will pursue are an amorphously vague set of possibilities.
August 6, 2025 at 11:34 PM
18/ There will not be a leader of the Democratic party until July of 2028 and until then what the Democratic party stands for and the tactics it will pursue are an amorphously vague set of possibilities.
17/ There is no place to send a journalist to and get the answer to the question “What do the Democrats think about …” This state was true of the Republican party in 2021 until March 2024. It is how our system works.
August 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
17/ There is no place to send a journalist to and get the answer to the question “What do the Democrats think about …” This state was true of the Republican party in 2021 until March 2024. It is how our system works.
16/ And Nick Hanauer seeking to raise wages and make the tax code more progressive. Currently no one speaks for the party. It has no leader.
August 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
16/ And Nick Hanauer seeking to raise wages and make the tax code more progressive. Currently no one speaks for the party. It has no leader.
15/ Factions that span Black Lives Matter seeking reparations, Planned Parenthood seeking to give women health care, to Ezra Klein seeking to achieve Abundance, Al Gore seeking to forestall the worst effects of climate change…
August 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
15/ Factions that span Black Lives Matter seeking reparations, Planned Parenthood seeking to give women health care, to Ezra Klein seeking to achieve Abundance, Al Gore seeking to forestall the worst effects of climate change…
14/ At the moment the Democrats are a set of about two dozen aspiring leaders across a landscape that spans Rahm Emmanuel to Pete Buttigieg to Bernie Sanders.
August 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
14/ At the moment the Democrats are a set of about two dozen aspiring leaders across a landscape that spans Rahm Emmanuel to Pete Buttigieg to Bernie Sanders.
13/ Republicans have a theory of the electorate that they are loyal or disloyal, deserving or undeserving, strong or weak. They win power by cultivating loyalty, culling the undeserving and appealing to strength. People are either with them or against them.
August 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
13/ Republicans have a theory of the electorate that they are loyal or disloyal, deserving or undeserving, strong or weak. They win power by cultivating loyalty, culling the undeserving and appealing to strength. People are either with them or against them.
12/ Democrats have a theory of the electorate that they are individuals and families with common concerns and desires. That they win power by seeking to enable those people to achieve their goals, to live good lives and to feel safe and empowered in their community.
August 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
12/ Democrats have a theory of the electorate that they are individuals and families with common concerns and desires. That they win power by seeking to enable those people to achieve their goals, to live good lives and to feel safe and empowered in their community.
11/ And to intentionally misrepresent science and medicine to serve that conformity. They are seen as ruthless, disciplined, arrogant and decisive.
August 6, 2025 at 11:32 PM
11/ And to intentionally misrepresent science and medicine to serve that conformity. They are seen as ruthless, disciplined, arrogant and decisive.
10/ Where the powerful can commit fraud unimpeded, where wealth is righteousness where the use of force to immiserate the poor and the weak is fine. They think it is a good thing to enforce conformity of thought on our children.
August 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
10/ Where the powerful can commit fraud unimpeded, where wealth is righteousness where the use of force to immiserate the poor and the weak is fine. They think it is a good thing to enforce conformity of thought on our children.
9/ Republicans are the party of giving things to the rich and powerful. They fight to enable pollution of the air and the water, to enable a state of perpetual violence where the craziest amongst us can commit mass atrocities easily.
August 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
9/ Republicans are the party of giving things to the rich and powerful. They fight to enable pollution of the air and the water, to enable a state of perpetual violence where the craziest amongst us can commit mass atrocities easily.
8/ Democrats fought to give people health care, poverty assistance, better education, and making conditions in the community healthier and safer. They are seen as overly paternalistic, intrusive, disordered and preachy.
August 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
8/ Democrats fought to give people health care, poverty assistance, better education, and making conditions in the community healthier and safer. They are seen as overly paternalistic, intrusive, disordered and preachy.
7/ The Democrats sought to make bathroom access any person could rely on. That was a gigantic overreach. It is the party of pandering to the weirdos. It is the party of giving things to the poor.
August 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
7/ The Democrats sought to make bathroom access any person could rely on. That was a gigantic overreach. It is the party of pandering to the weirdos. It is the party of giving things to the poor.
6/ The current leader espouses their beliefs, puts them in positions of power, and enacts their policies. Uses them for an insurrection and then pardons them. But somehow the Republican party is not the Nazi Party?
August 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
6/ The current leader espouses their beliefs, puts them in positions of power, and enacts their policies. Uses them for an insurrection and then pardons them. But somehow the Republican party is not the Nazi Party?
5/ The KKK was firmly part of the Democratic Party until about the 1950s. By 1968 it has fully integrated into the Republican party. Today it is the Nazi wing of the Republican party.
August 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
5/ The KKK was firmly part of the Democratic Party until about the 1950s. By 1968 it has fully integrated into the Republican party. Today it is the Nazi wing of the Republican party.
4/ Is it the character, intellect and capability of its past and current leaders? How is it that we all tend to know what it is and it is obviously not a singular, stable thing?
August 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
4/ Is it the character, intellect and capability of its past and current leaders? How is it that we all tend to know what it is and it is obviously not a singular, stable thing?
3/ Is the Republican party of 1970, the same as the party of 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 or 2025? What about the Democratic party. Is it the same thing it has always been?
August 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
3/ Is the Republican party of 1970, the same as the party of 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 or 2025? What about the Democratic party. Is it the same thing it has always been?
2/ Is it a set of past grievances amalgamated into persona? Is it the sentiment expressed by its most ardent critic? Or its most strident wing?
August 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
2/ Is it a set of past grievances amalgamated into persona? Is it the sentiment expressed by its most ardent critic? Or its most strident wing?
1/19 Is a political party a personality? Is it a set of beliefs? Is it a group of people with a shared style of acting? Is it the personification of a leader? What is it when it has no leader? Is it a track record? Is it a habitual constellation of expression?
August 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
1/19 Is a political party a personality? Is it a set of beliefs? Is it a group of people with a shared style of acting? Is it the personification of a leader? What is it when it has no leader? Is it a track record? Is it a habitual constellation of expression?
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Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
March 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid
Sunday hotel bar in AZ, showing a sermon. In the Middle East I expect to see this. Did our forbears come here to escape an enforced religion?
At the same time, I get that this deeply personal aspect of our lives is mostly hidden from view. How would we accommodate the multitude of spiritual views?
At the same time, I get that this deeply personal aspect of our lives is mostly hidden from view. How would we accommodate the multitude of spiritual views?
December 26, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Sunday hotel bar in AZ, showing a sermon. In the Middle East I expect to see this. Did our forbears come here to escape an enforced religion?
At the same time, I get that this deeply personal aspect of our lives is mostly hidden from view. How would we accommodate the multitude of spiritual views?
At the same time, I get that this deeply personal aspect of our lives is mostly hidden from view. How would we accommodate the multitude of spiritual views?
Preview of what’s to come. Indiana spent 1.3B to automate welfare in 06. So many people inaccurately denied Gov. tore up contract. 11 year legal battle IBM paid damages.
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virginia-eubanks.com/automating-i...
Automating Inequality
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December 13, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Preview of what’s to come. Indiana spent 1.3B to automate welfare in 06. So many people inaccurately denied Gov. tore up contract. 11 year legal battle IBM paid damages.
virginia-eubanks.com/automating-i...
virginia-eubanks.com/automating-i...