Kelli Hammer
@kellihammer.bsky.social
Books, Coffee, Cats, and Activism. League of Women Voters, Human Rights Coalition, ND Dem-NPL, Magic City Equality, Interfaith Allies... I'm in... if you care, get active. NOW is the time.
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Look What You Made Me Do
I Didn’t Set Out to Build a Brand, But Here We Are.
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August 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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“You’re not like my good dogs in Congress,” Donnie said. “They pee on the floor and show me their bellies when I walk in the room. They beg and roll over and speak on command. You could learn a lot from them, you ugly curs.”
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Steak or Squirrel?
Chez Trump promised red meat but serves up rodent.
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July 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
“You’re not like my good dogs in Congress,” Donnie said. “They pee on the floor and show me their bellies when I walk in the room. They beg and roll over and speak on command. You could learn a lot from them, you ugly curs.”
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US Marine Combat Veteran, Trygve Hammer’s latest:
I was writing about something else entirely, but then this popped up. Witness happy-to-grumpy Trump in a series of social media posts.
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Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot
A Peace Prize for President Potty Mouth?
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June 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
US Marine Combat Veteran, Trygve Hammer’s latest:
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“Krulak wouldn’t fit in the Trump administration, but he’s exactly what they need: someone not afraid to say that the emperor has no clothes, someone who always has an outsized impact, someone called Brute.”
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"Brute" Force
The Devil Dog Is in the Details.
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May 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“Krulak wouldn’t fit in the Trump administration, but he’s exactly what they need: someone not afraid to say that the emperor has no clothes, someone who always has an outsized impact, someone called Brute.”
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"The good news is that the United States will dominate in any conflict that comes down to a Zoolander-style pose-off. And Hegseth might give us the edge if things must be resolved with a drinking contest." open.substack.com/pub/trygveha...
National Insecurity
Do these hair extensions make my handbag look unattended?
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April 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"The good news is that the United States will dominate in any conflict that comes down to a Zoolander-style pose-off. And Hegseth might give us the edge if things must be resolved with a drinking contest." open.substack.com/pub/trygveha...
Marine Combat Veteran: Trygve Hammer.
Showing Up on Holy Saturday
A day of religious anticipation and political action.
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April 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Marine Combat Veteran: Trygve Hammer.
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March 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I'm back at the keyboard! Now, if I could just get my cat off of it.
“It is not just the damage being done or the overwhelming pace of error and malice that turns this comedy into a horror, though. It is also the arrogant assumption that the rules don’t apply. . .”
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“It is not just the damage being done or the overwhelming pace of error and malice that turns this comedy into a horror, though. It is also the arrogant assumption that the rules don’t apply. . .”
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Dissing Agreements
And a Spineless Congress
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March 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm back at the keyboard! Now, if I could just get my cat off of it.
“It is not just the damage being done or the overwhelming pace of error and malice that turns this comedy into a horror, though. It is also the arrogant assumption that the rules don’t apply. . .”
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“It is not just the damage being done or the overwhelming pace of error and malice that turns this comedy into a horror, though. It is also the arrogant assumption that the rules don’t apply. . .”
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Americans: We’d like to afford basic necessities, keep vital programs, and not lose our retirement savings.
Trump: Best I can do is a car commercial for the richest man on Earth.
Trump: Best I can do is a car commercial for the richest man on Earth.
March 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Americans: We’d like to afford basic necessities, keep vital programs, and not lose our retirement savings.
Trump: Best I can do is a car commercial for the richest man on Earth.
Trump: Best I can do is a car commercial for the richest man on Earth.
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My Legislature in District 3 in North Dakota believes that through IVF, I have a cursed womb and have killed my children. Dakota Realty and Van Winkle Painting Company are the businesses that allow her the privilege of spewing this hate. You know what to do.
“Mr. Speaker and Members of the Assembly, perhaps we have a workforce shortage because we are killing our children. Perhaps women are going to the IVF clinics because judgement is on their womb and Go...
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March 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My Legislature in District 3 in North Dakota believes that through IVF, I have a cursed womb and have killed my children. Dakota Realty and Van Winkle Painting Company are the businesses that allow her the privilege of spewing this hate. You know what to do.
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A reminder for these times.
March 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
A reminder for these times.
Link to Trygve's Substack in Comments
March 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Wasn't going to write about the Oval Office meeting, but here we are. open.substack.com/pub/trygveha...
USA: The Unreliable States of America
We'll get that bully off your back as soon as we're done eating your lunch.
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March 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Wasn't going to write about the Oval Office meeting, but here we are. open.substack.com/pub/trygveha...
When you get tired: choose to rest, not to quit.
March 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
When you get tired: choose to rest, not to quit.
Lessons from a Ukrainian Soldier on the Frontlines...When you're on the front there is no before or no after. The greatest moments are doing what you can with what you have. When you're not speculating about what will be.
Pivot Point - This American Life
People living in that in-between moment before everything changes.
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March 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Lessons from a Ukrainian Soldier on the Frontlines...When you're on the front there is no before or no after. The greatest moments are doing what you can with what you have. When you're not speculating about what will be.
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What we saw in the Oval Office today was simply Republican foreign policy in both content and demeanor. It wasn't Trump admin, or Vance, or MAGA; it was Republican.
March 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
What we saw in the Oval Office today was simply Republican foreign policy in both content and demeanor. It wasn't Trump admin, or Vance, or MAGA; it was Republican.
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North Dakota resolution urging end to same-sex marriage advances
North Dakota resolution urging end to same-sex marriage advances • North Dakota Monitor
The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a resolution Monday proclaiming the interpretation of marriage as between one man and one woman.
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February 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
North Dakota resolution urging end to same-sex marriage advances