Kellie
@kelliea.bsky.social
👋Mad-keen on my family, democracy, books, nature, animals, art, politics, kind people, & healthy stuff. Public Health (ret'd). Writer & potter (in progress). Happily married. No DMs, please. 🏴🇺🇸🌎
Essential, spine-tingling reading for the 4th of July holiday weekend. And if you can catch Judge Luttig's discussion with Jim Acosta YouTube, please do so. And please spread the word. It's beautifully written, too. www.telos.news/p/luttig-the...
The Self-Evident Truths of Freedom—and of Tyranny
Twenty-seven truths about America, our Democracy and Rule of Law, and our rights, freedoms, and liberties.
www.telos.news
July 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Essential, spine-tingling reading for the 4th of July holiday weekend. And if you can catch Judge Luttig's discussion with Jim Acosta YouTube, please do so. And please spread the word. It's beautifully written, too. www.telos.news/p/luttig-the...
Is Chris Mason okay? Genuine question.
He appears to be on the verge of frothing at the mouth when he reports. Rabies?
He appears to be on the verge of frothing at the mouth when he reports. Rabies?
July 3, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Is Chris Mason okay? Genuine question.
He appears to be on the verge of frothing at the mouth when he reports. Rabies?
He appears to be on the verge of frothing at the mouth when he reports. Rabies?
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Me: "What's your advice to Democrats?"
@briantylercohen.bsky.social: "Fight, fight, fight, fight. There is such an absence of an ability to fight. For so long we have been the Dick Durbin party of impotence."
Watch our full LA panel on this crazy and dark political moment: zeteo.com/p/fight-figh...
@briantylercohen.bsky.social: "Fight, fight, fight, fight. There is such an absence of an ability to fight. For so long we have been the Dick Durbin party of impotence."
Watch our full LA panel on this crazy and dark political moment: zeteo.com/p/fight-figh...
July 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Me: "What's your advice to Democrats?"
@briantylercohen.bsky.social: "Fight, fight, fight, fight. There is such an absence of an ability to fight. For so long we have been the Dick Durbin party of impotence."
Watch our full LA panel on this crazy and dark political moment: zeteo.com/p/fight-figh...
@briantylercohen.bsky.social: "Fight, fight, fight, fight. There is such an absence of an ability to fight. For so long we have been the Dick Durbin party of impotence."
Watch our full LA panel on this crazy and dark political moment: zeteo.com/p/fight-figh...
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How to protect immigrants: If you know someone scheduled for an immigration hearing, help them petition to do it online, so ICE can’t grab them at the courthouse. USC Agents of Change volunteers help get it done. 888-462-5211. In English and Spanish. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYHh... Please Repost!
If you want to protect immigrants from ICE, you need to know this number.
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
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June 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
How to protect immigrants: If you know someone scheduled for an immigration hearing, help them petition to do it online, so ICE can’t grab them at the courthouse. USC Agents of Change volunteers help get it done. 888-462-5211. In English and Spanish. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYHh... Please Repost!
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Mamdani: "I've already had to start get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, ultimately bc he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for. I'm fighting for the the very working people he ran a campaign to empower that he has since betrayed."
June 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Mamdani: "I've already had to start get used to the fact that the president will talk about how I look, how I sound, where I'm from, ultimately bc he wants to distract from what I'm fighting for. I'm fighting for the the very working people he ran a campaign to empower that he has since betrayed."
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This is the rhetoric of a country about to do a genocide
This from Tommy Tuberville may be the most racist things a U.S. senator has said in my lifetime. And the bar is high.
www.al.com/politics/202...
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June 27, 2025 at 9:32 PM
This is the rhetoric of a country about to do a genocide
Florida's FEMA money is to build an immigration detention site (let's just call it what it is until proved otherwise: a concentration camp) in the Everglades.
Good luck with hurricane season, I guess? 🤬 #alligatoralcatraz www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/all...
Good luck with hurricane season, I guess? 🤬 #alligatoralcatraz www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/all...
Florida to receive federal funds to build immigration detention sites, including "Alligator Alcatraz," Noem says
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says new immigration detention centers in Florida will be largely funded by FEMA's shelter and services program.
www.cbsnews.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Florida's FEMA money is to build an immigration detention site (let's just call it what it is until proved otherwise: a concentration camp) in the Everglades.
Good luck with hurricane season, I guess? 🤬 #alligatoralcatraz www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/all...
Good luck with hurricane season, I guess? 🤬 #alligatoralcatraz www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/all...
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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people:
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money
3) We won’t need a lot of troops
4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq
5) We’ll find WMDs
6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators
7) It will be easy
8) It won’t take long
All lies.
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Masked federal agents just illegally arrested New York City’s elected Comptroller. Outrageous.
The Trump Administration went after Brad Lander for asking this simple question: “Do you have a warrant?” By asking this question, Brad was standing up for the basic rights of all Americans.
The Trump Administration went after Brad Lander for asking this simple question: “Do you have a warrant?” By asking this question, Brad was standing up for the basic rights of all Americans.
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
June 17, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Masked federal agents just illegally arrested New York City’s elected Comptroller. Outrageous.
The Trump Administration went after Brad Lander for asking this simple question: “Do you have a warrant?” By asking this question, Brad was standing up for the basic rights of all Americans.
The Trump Administration went after Brad Lander for asking this simple question: “Do you have a warrant?” By asking this question, Brad was standing up for the basic rights of all Americans.
Stunning. Go Philly!!
More footage from the Philadelphia protest which is absolutely huge bsky.app/profile/news...
NEW: Democracy is alive in Philly!
Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest.
#NoKings #50501Movement
Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest.
#NoKings #50501Movement
June 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Stunning. Go Philly!!
Hello, Edinburgh friends! Is there a protest planned tomorrow in our fair city to coincide with Trump's ghastly, costly military parade? If so, when and where? Thanks!
June 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Hello, Edinburgh friends! Is there a protest planned tomorrow in our fair city to coincide with Trump's ghastly, costly military parade? If so, when and where? Thanks!
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Dedicated civil servants throughout government feel compelled to quit rather than violate their personal, professional, and/or legal obligations. Fortunately, rather than slink away, many have been speaking out, making a record of MAGA’s nihilistic destruction of functional government.
June 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Dedicated civil servants throughout government feel compelled to quit rather than violate their personal, professional, and/or legal obligations. Fortunately, rather than slink away, many have been speaking out, making a record of MAGA’s nihilistic destruction of functional government.
Nerves officially shredded. #rolandgarros
June 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Nerves officially shredded. #rolandgarros
A must-read commentary thread on the changed and changing information landscape and how it directly and indirectly affects how democracies work - and how we think about reality.
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A must-read commentary thread on the changed and changing information landscape and how it directly and indirectly affects how democracies work - and how we think about reality.
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Every Republican in Congress should be ashamed and removed from office. I can not wait for the trials and the punishment.
June 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Every Republican in Congress should be ashamed and removed from office. I can not wait for the trials and the punishment.
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🔴How the Media is Trying to Talk a Nigel Farage Government Into Reality
Why for much of the British press, the unlikely story of Reform UK's rise to power is simply "too good to check"
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-me...
Why for much of the British press, the unlikely story of Reform UK's rise to power is simply "too good to check"
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-me...
How the Media is Trying to Talk a Nigel Farage Government Into Reality
Why for much of the British press, the unlikely story of Reform UK's rise to power is simply "too good to check"
www.adambienkov.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🔴How the Media is Trying to Talk a Nigel Farage Government Into Reality
Why for much of the British press, the unlikely story of Reform UK's rise to power is simply "too good to check"
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-me...
Why for much of the British press, the unlikely story of Reform UK's rise to power is simply "too good to check"
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/how-the-me...
Elon v Trump: This is really going to kick off overnight, isn't it? *sets alarm for 2 am*
June 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Elon v Trump: This is really going to kick off overnight, isn't it? *sets alarm for 2 am*
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Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people
May 31, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Raskin: This is a gangster state. This is not basically a legitimate government that is sometimes doing corrupt things. This is an essentially corrupt enterprise. It's like watching The Sopranos. Every day, they get up and they try to figure out how to plunder and pillage the people
We need a @ledbydonkeys.org style projection of this on the Iowa state capitol building. Or on a huge delivery truck that will drive through persuadable areas.
Wow. Just wow.
Absolutely bonkers — Joni Ernst doubles down on her “we are all gonna die” defense of Medicaid cuts while walking through a cemetery
June 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We need a @ledbydonkeys.org style projection of this on the Iowa state capitol building. Or on a huge delivery truck that will drive through persuadable areas.
This is utterly shocking. Rep Nadler's aide was arrested while Homeland Security officers tried to basically raid his office on the pretext of looking for protesters in an inner office. Then it was changed to a 'wellbeing check". Wtaf is going on?!?
NYT: “The episode was recorded by someone who was sitting in Mr. Nadler’s office. In the video, an officer with the Federal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is shown demanding access to a private area inside the office.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/31/n...
@nytimes.com
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May 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
This is utterly shocking. Rep Nadler's aide was arrested while Homeland Security officers tried to basically raid his office on the pretext of looking for protesters in an inner office. Then it was changed to a 'wellbeing check". Wtaf is going on?!?
Florida in one headline (I am from Florida.).
Before being shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies, man was injured in alligator-involved biting www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Bitten by Alligator, Man Is Killed After Charging at Deputies, Sheriff Says
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Florida in one headline (I am from Florida.).
Trump, his government and civil servant sycophants, and the Icestapo are pure evil.
MUST WATCH: ICE kidnapped a disabled American citizen.
Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy.
She’s lived here 48 years.
They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her.
She. Is. A. Citizen.
Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy.
She’s lived here 48 years.
They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her.
She. Is. A. Citizen.
May 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Trump, his government and civil servant sycophants, and the Icestapo are pure evil.
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Please help this poor baby. San Antonio area
Hi! I’m Cher! I have a treatable skin condition but this shelter in San Antonio where I am won’t help me look better so no1 wants me! I watch ppl come and pass me by bc of my skin! I’m very sad here! I’m 3y, healthy. A757850 is my ID! [email protected] [email protected] REPOST ME?
May 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Please help this poor baby. San Antonio area