@billdkankakee.bsky.social
Retired process engineer, product manager, 8th grade Language Arts as second career. Political follower since the Nixon/Kennedy debates. Amateur singer/musician. Lifelong student of current affairs. Resist labels and assumptions. B.A. Eng M,A. Teaching.
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I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I don’t think people quite understand that the occupation by ICE in the Twin Cities has more or less erased non-white people from public life. They cannot safely exist in any space accessible to the public and moving between private places leaves folks vulnerable to kidnapping by armed masked goons.
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🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
🧵 The autoworker at the Dearborn Truck Plant is a proud member of a strong and fighting union—the UAW. He believes in freedom of speech, a principle we wholeheartedly embrace, and we stand with our membership in protecting their voice on the job.
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Well, time for a MAGA boycott then
January 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Well, time for a MAGA boycott then
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In Venezuela, armed ‘colectivos’ are said to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US urges its citizens to flee Venezuela amid reports of paramilitaries
State department says armed ‘colectivos’ appear to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:23 PM
In Venezuela, armed ‘colectivos’ are said to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Afraid to book travel outside the country for fear of social media and loyalty test upon reentry. Becoming fearful in my own home as a citizen of a fascist dictatorship. The system of law and order, and free and fair elections, has been intentionally broken.
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January 8, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Afraid to book travel outside the country for fear of social media and loyalty test upon reentry. Becoming fearful in my own home as a citizen of a fascist dictatorship. The system of law and order, and free and fair elections, has been intentionally broken.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Hey...MAGA, Trump claimed “I know nothing about Project 2025.” Yet 140+ people who served in his own admin helped author or edit it, including six former Cabinet secretaries. That isn’t “nothing."
IT IS PROOF HE WAS LYING.
IT IS PROOF HE WAS LYING.
September 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Hey...MAGA, Trump claimed “I know nothing about Project 2025.” Yet 140+ people who served in his own admin helped author or edit it, including six former Cabinet secretaries. That isn’t “nothing."
IT IS PROOF HE WAS LYING.
IT IS PROOF HE WAS LYING.
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"People of good will should endeavor to get facts right. When they make errors, they should correct them.
But what happens where one side is required to operate at all times and in all places in perfect good faith and the other side faces no such constraints?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
But what happens where one side is required to operate at all times and in all places in perfect good faith and the other side faces no such constraints?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
Emergency Triad: First, They Came for Jimmy Kimmel
What happens when comedians are held to stricter standards than vice presidents?
www.thebulwark.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
"People of good will should endeavor to get facts right. When they make errors, they should correct them.
But what happens where one side is required to operate at all times and in all places in perfect good faith and the other side faces no such constraints?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
But what happens where one side is required to operate at all times and in all places in perfect good faith and the other side faces no such constraints?"
www.thebulwark.com/p/emergency-...
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House Republicans want to slash funding for the Government Accountability Office — a nonpartisan watchdog that investigates wrongdoing at federal agencies — by nearly half in the next fiscal year.
So much for reining in waste, fraud, and abuse.
So much for reining in waste, fraud, and abuse.
June 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
House Republicans want to slash funding for the Government Accountability Office — a nonpartisan watchdog that investigates wrongdoing at federal agencies — by nearly half in the next fiscal year.
So much for reining in waste, fraud, and abuse.
So much for reining in waste, fraud, and abuse.
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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
May 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.
France also gave us this land as American soil.
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One of the tough things about covering Trump’s 2nd term is that he is breaking so many laws & norms that when you cover them each on their own, you come off as an anti-Trump Dem pundit w “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” But when you list it all out things indeed look pretty alarming
May 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
One of the tough things about covering Trump’s 2nd term is that he is breaking so many laws & norms that when you cover them each on their own, you come off as an anti-Trump Dem pundit w “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” But when you list it all out things indeed look pretty alarming
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Ed Martin’s appearances on Russian state television should end his nomination to be a U.S. attorney.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Russian TV Darling Gunning for U.S. Attorney
Ed Martin’s appearances on Russian state television should end his nomination to be a U.S. attorney.
www.theatlantic.com
April 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Ed Martin’s appearances on Russian state television should end his nomination to be a U.S. attorney.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Trump is describing a policy in which the US government will take billions of taxpayer dollars and hand them directly to his billionaire allies in exchange for fake digital tokens. Stealing our money and paying it to his friends in exchange for nothing.
March 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump is describing a policy in which the US government will take billions of taxpayer dollars and hand them directly to his billionaire allies in exchange for fake digital tokens. Stealing our money and paying it to his friends in exchange for nothing.
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New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.
March 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New York Times, Jan. 26, 1935.
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Screenshot of Rubio while Trump and Vance berated Zelenskyy
February 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Screenshot of Rubio while Trump and Vance berated Zelenskyy
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The Alien Enemies Act is a wartime law that cannot be used for peacetime immigration enforcement.
The Alien Enemies Act, Explained
This detention and deportation power poses an alarming risk of abuse and rights violations in both wartime and peacetime.
www.brennancenter.org
February 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The Alien Enemies Act is a wartime law that cannot be used for peacetime immigration enforcement.
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Very big deal - German court finds Teslas are defective for phantom braking - there are many such cases reported in the NHTSA standing general order.
This is very bad news for self-driving companies as well
www.carscoops.com/2025/02/germ...
This is very bad news for self-driving companies as well
www.carscoops.com/2025/02/germ...
Court Rules Tesla’s Autopilot Defective For Normal Use After Phantom Braking | Carscoops
The plaintiff in Germany seeks compensation or a new Tesla without safety defects
www.carscoops.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Very big deal - German court finds Teslas are defective for phantom braking - there are many such cases reported in the NHTSA standing general order.
This is very bad news for self-driving companies as well
www.carscoops.com/2025/02/germ...
This is very bad news for self-driving companies as well
www.carscoops.com/2025/02/germ...
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In the last election, one candidate was proposing coercive restrictions on personal liberty and replacing free trade and free markets with heavy tariffs and authoritarian favoritism. The other was Kamala Harris. Bezos personally killed an endorsement of Harris and celebrated at Trump’s inauguration.
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."
February 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In the last election, one candidate was proposing coercive restrictions on personal liberty and replacing free trade and free markets with heavy tariffs and authoritarian favoritism. The other was Kamala Harris. Bezos personally killed an endorsement of Harris and celebrated at Trump’s inauguration.
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That’s Tammy Baldwin — not me. You can keep track of all the hundreds of white men but it’s the 28 women in the Senate that trips you up, Fox News?
February 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
That’s Tammy Baldwin — not me. You can keep track of all the hundreds of white men but it’s the 28 women in the Senate that trips you up, Fox News?
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United States Attorneys are not "President Trumps' Lawyers"
They work for the American people.
They work for the American people.
February 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
United States Attorneys are not "President Trumps' Lawyers"
They work for the American people.
They work for the American people.