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kkmbol
@kkmbol.bsky.social
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SoCal liberal loner since leaving Mass for good in 1978. East Coast roots and West Coast sensibilities. Lacto-ovo Pescatarian If I don't know you, don't message me--I won't message back AND I don't want what you're selling. Vote BLUE 💙🌊💙🌊💙
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · Aug 8
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 12m
www.cbs8.com/article/news...
Gov. Newsom signs bill granting automatic CSU admission to qualified high school seniors
A new law in California will provide automatic admission to CSU campuses for high school seniors who meet specific grade and coursework requirements.
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 12m
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Money talks: the deep ties between Twitter and Saudi Arabia
The long read: Saudi Arabia’s investment in Twitter increased its influence in Silicon Valley while being used at home to shut down critics of the regime
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 13m
Trump's Tariff Taxes are starting to rear their ugly heads. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘A fatal blow’: Italian producers fear effects of Trump’s ‘war against pasta’
US president’s threat to impose 92% tariffs targeting major manufacturers put family-run firms in the firing line as well
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 15m
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More than 54,600 children younger than 5 may be acutely malnourished in Gaza, study finds
A study says more than 54,600 children younger than 5 in Gaza may be acutely malnourished, with more than 12,800 severely affected.
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 31m
Would YOU vacation here now? www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...
Too many Canadians are staying away from Louisiana due to Trump
Canadians who are usually drawn to New Orleans' French culture are staying away this year. Louisiana's lieutenant governor says that's because they're upset with President Trump.
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 53m
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Comey pleads not guilty as lawyers signal intent to argue Trump foe's case is politically motivated
Former FBI Director James Comey has pleaded not guilty in a criminal case that has highlighted the Justice Department’s efforts to target adversaries of President Donald Trump.
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 2h
Florida man. smh. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Florida man 'maliciously' started Palisades fire, then tried to cover his tracks, authorities allege
Jonathan Rinderknecht is accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades.
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 3h
www.cbs8.com/article/news...
Hyundai recalls more than 135,000 SUVs for fire risk
The recall affects 2024 and 2025 model year Santa Fe vehicles.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h
#WarRavagedPortland
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d
Someone should start asking why we’re hearing and seeing Stephen Miller so much all of a sudden.
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Tross @tross.bsky.social · 3d
Republicans have officially initiated Project Doorstrike - this is proud boys, in every state

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 25d
We need all hands on deck in Pennsylvania.

Last week, MAGA Republicans unveiled their latest plan for taking over PA’s Supreme Court:
“𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗲”

They are preparing to flood the state with canvassers,
set up GOP voter registration drives in every county,
and build a robust Get Out the […]
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LiL'Silver @officiallilsilver.bsky.social · 24d
Screengrab of “Project Doorstrike” memo from the Republican State Leadership Committee’s website, revealing their plan to unseat 3 Democratic justices in PA’s Supreme Court election this November.
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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 14h
Fairbanks Alaska: Democratic Mindy O’Neall ousted former Republican Mayor David Pruhs. Let’s go!

www.newsweek.com/alaska-fairb...
Republican ousted by Democrat in shock election defeat
The mayoralty has been held by a Republican for years.
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Jack Young @jackgyoung.bsky.social · 15h
Mindy O’Neall wins!
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Republican ousted by Democrat in shock election defeat
The mayoralty has been held by a Republican for years.
www.newsweek.com
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 4h
www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...
At the Supreme Court, the case of the candidate who sued, even though he won
At issue was a suit by Rep. Michael Bost, R-Ill., challenging an Illinois regulation that allows ballots mailed in by Election Day to be counted for up to 14 days after polls close.
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 4h
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Ukraine war briefing: Analysts flag Kremlin scare campaign against use of Tomahawks
Russian lawmaker says of US missiles: ‘We will hurt those who cause us trouble’; Ukrainian counteroffensive causing heavy losses for Russia. What we know on day 1,324
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jase9122.bsky.social @jase9122.bsky.social · 13h
He doesn't stand a chance. Dems are rallying it up in Jersey. Shit-a-relli wants to out price us right out of NJ. He's just another appendage of trump.
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 10h
Pssssst. The name starts with "T".
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 9h
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Kash Patel fires yet another group of FBI agents without cause, shutters corruption group
The Republicans’ “Arctic Frost” controversy has largely collapsed under scrutiny. It led the FBI to fire at least three special agents anyway.
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 9h
www.msnbc.com/deadline-whi...
Grand jury rejection of Trump’s ‘law and order’ spreads to Chicago ICE enforcement
It’s the latest example in Trump’s second term of what was previously an extremely rare phenomenon of grand jurors refusing to return indictments.
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 9h
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Claire McCaskill: Republicans who stood by as Bondi attacked their Democratic colleagues should be ashamed
The attorney general’s behavior would not have been tolerated when I was in the Senate. But that’s how far the Republican Party has fallen under Trump.
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 9h
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Former Oklahoma public schools superintendent Ryan Walters faces new ethics probe
A Democratic lawmaker’s complaint alleges that Walters used state resources to promote the organization he left his post to join.
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 9h
YES. Stop the MURDERS! www.npr.org/2025/10/08/g...
Democrats to force vote to limit Trump war powers after strikes on Venezuelan boats
Democratic Senators will force vote on a war powers resolution seeking to limit President Trump's unprecedented use of military strikes against suspected drug traffickers
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kkmbol @kkmbol.bsky.social · 9h
www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...
Dozens of Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to help public TV after funding cuts
Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s.
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