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Kona Lowell

@konalowell.bsky.social

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Writer, musician, husband, cat dad. Dem, of course, in deep blue Hawaii. Credo: “Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.” (Heinlein) No DMs. No crypto.

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Kona Lowell @konalowell.bsky.social · 2h

@katiejonie11.bsky.social Fuck off.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9h

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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Kona Lowell @konalowell.bsky.social · 5h

Yep.

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darthstar.bsky.social @darthstar.bsky.social · 5h

People wanted bsky to be the next twitter. Now it is.

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Kona Lowell @konalowell.bsky.social · 5h

Arrest them. Now. Do something.

ICE Violated Consent Decree With Warrantless Arrests, Federal Judge In Chicago Says blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/07/i...

ICE Violated Consent Decree With Warrantless Arrests, Federal Judge In Chicago Says

Attorneys argued that the recent arrest of an Albany Park family at Millennium Park violated a consent decree that limits the conditions under which federal agents can make warrantless arrests.

blockclubchicago.org

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Kona Lowell @konalowell.bsky.social · 6h

@alicea12a.bsky.social Fuck off.

Kona Lowell @konalowell.bsky.social · 6h

So then we can expect menu prices to go back down when the cost of supplies goes down, right?

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 19h

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 19h

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 18h

I’m shocked.

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Kona Lowell @konalowell.bsky.social · 8h

And it's gone!

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CarolRinerJones @carolrinerjones.bsky.social · 8h

Because it is?

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Kona Lowell @konalowell.bsky.social · 8h

Suddenly there's a shitload of supposedly progressive accounts here hating on Democrats. I knew it wouldn't last.

Kona Lowell @konalowell.bsky.social · 8h

I'm surprised there are any left.

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 1d

Remember the Pam Bondi dynamic: for two decades she's had the "well we have to book SOMEBODY, even that idiot Bondi" role in cable news. Now she has stature and professional hair colorists and ad libs written for her.

She's in Pam Bondi heaven and will do or say anything to stay there

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Harry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 10h

🤣🤣 seems legit!

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StrictlyChristo 🦋🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 10h

The Oregon National Guard general says if they were to be deployed, they would be instructed under his leadership to protect the protesters and not ICE

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 9h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 10h

He finally got the election-denying MAGA A.G. he always dreamed of. Bondi was openly partisan, scornful & highly combative, her non-answers dripping with disdain. Very telling when she was asked if she'd seen the photos of her boss "with half-naked young women." PATHETIC
#ProtectingHerPedophilePrez

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Kona Lowell @konalowell.bsky.social · 9h

@8vszcm3s.bsky.social So why does this look like a fake account?

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Paula Poundstone @paulapoundstone.bsky.social · 14h

Yes on 50, California!

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 1d

The condescension of two-bit Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi today underscores that the only thing this administration excels at is a complete lack of self-awareness.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Greg Abbott sends the elite Meal Team 6 from the Texas National Guard into Illinois.

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Kona Lowell @konalowell.bsky.social · 9h

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