Keith Ivey
@kcivey.bsky.social
computer/politics geek, on steering committee of DC for Democracy, former cohost of DC Drinking Liberally. #DCPolitics #DCElections
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This is the definition of what Kavanaugh thinks a good stop is. He was detained, based on his accent, and then released after they checked his papers (which presumably Kavanaugh does not carry with him).
He was detained in front of his five year old child, who told him "I don't want to lose you."
He was detained in front of his five year old child, who told him "I don't want to lose you."
This ICE agent and the man he’s accusing of not being a US citizen have the same damn accent. If this were a movie, this scene would be on the cutting room floor.
January 17, 2026 at 6:38 PM
This is the definition of what Kavanaugh thinks a good stop is. He was detained, based on his accent, and then released after they checked his papers (which presumably Kavanaugh does not carry with him).
He was detained in front of his five year old child, who told him "I don't want to lose you."
He was detained in front of his five year old child, who told him "I don't want to lose you."
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If you’re a US city that invested in a big convention center and hotels to attract and host big conferences, you gotta be worried.
Some BIG news for the UBI community:
"Following a review of international travel conditions and visa accessibility for participants, a decision has reluctantly been reached to relocate the 2026 BIEN Congress from University of Pennsylvania, USA, to Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto, Canada."
"Following a review of international travel conditions and visa accessibility for participants, a decision has reluctantly been reached to relocate the 2026 BIEN Congress from University of Pennsylvania, USA, to Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto, Canada."
Location Update for the 2026 BIEN Congress | BIEN — Basic Income Earth Network
basicincome.org
January 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
If you’re a US city that invested in a big convention center and hotels to attract and host big conferences, you gotta be worried.
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Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi was just sworn in on a Quran, so expect a week-long freakout by Republicans.
January 17, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi was just sworn in on a Quran, so expect a week-long freakout by Republicans.
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😳 Isaiah Taylor of Valar Atomics—which somehow scored a DOE contract to build a nuclear reactor by July 4—claimed that “a person cld hold the spent nuclear fuel from [Valar’s] reactor in their hand & get the same amount of radiation as one would expect from a hospital CT scan.”
About that… 1/
About that… 1/
January 16, 2026 at 7:28 PM
😳 Isaiah Taylor of Valar Atomics—which somehow scored a DOE contract to build a nuclear reactor by July 4—claimed that “a person cld hold the spent nuclear fuel from [Valar’s] reactor in their hand & get the same amount of radiation as one would expect from a hospital CT scan.”
About that… 1/
About that… 1/
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It’s past time for DC government accounts to get off X. There should be no institutional support or engagement for this.
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 17, 2026 at 3:31 PM
It’s past time for DC government accounts to get off X. There should be no institutional support or engagement for this.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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TIL that in Virginia, public university's legal counsels are appointed by the state attorney general, which is a partisan elected position.
This seems to me like a *terrible* idea.
Is it true in other US states?
This seems to me like a *terrible* idea.
Is it true in other US states?
January 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM
TIL that in Virginia, public university's legal counsels are appointed by the state attorney general, which is a partisan elected position.
This seems to me like a *terrible* idea.
Is it true in other US states?
This seems to me like a *terrible* idea.
Is it true in other US states?
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A Hinds County grand jury indictment alleges Stephen Spencer Pittman "did willfully and maliciously set fire" to the Beth Israel Synagogue and alleges "the offense ... was committed because of the actual or perceived religion of the victim."
Jackson Synagogue Burning Suspect Indicted on State Charges With Hate Crimes Enhancement
State prosecutors charged Stephen Spencer Pittman with first-degree arson of a place of worship for the alleged arson of Beth Israel Congregation.
buff.ly
January 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
A Hinds County grand jury indictment alleges Stephen Spencer Pittman "did willfully and maliciously set fire" to the Beth Israel Synagogue and alleges "the offense ... was committed because of the actual or perceived religion of the victim."
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I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 1:26 AM
I genuinely don't understood how America took the emoluments clause -- the common-sense bar on a president using his powers to line his own pockets, a law children can understand -- and just said, nah, that doesn't apply for our Very Special Boy.
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New: A federal judge gave the Trump administration three weeks to "rectify the mistake" it made by deporting a college student to Honduras in violation of a court order, and he recommended it issue her a student visa. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Judge urges US grant visa to college student deported due to 'mistake'
A U.S. judge on Friday gave the Trump administration three weeks to "rectify the mistake" it made by deporting a college student to Honduras while she was traveling home to spend Thanksgiving with her...
www.reuters.com
January 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
New: A federal judge gave the Trump administration three weeks to "rectify the mistake" it made by deporting a college student to Honduras in violation of a court order, and he recommended it issue her a student visa. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Colorado SoS Jen Griswold (D) urged Gov. Jared Polis (D) to avoid granting clemency to imprisoned election denier Tina Peters after he signaled the possibility of doing so to end Trump’s retribution campaign against the state.
Colorado secretary of state urges governor not to pardon Tina Peters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Colorado SoS Jen Griswold (D) urged Gov. Jared Polis (D) to avoid granting clemency to imprisoned election denier Tina Peters after he signaled the possibility of doing so to end Trump’s retribution campaign against the state.
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Getty photographer was tackled by about 50 agents while covering Whipple.
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
January 17, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Getty photographer was tackled by about 50 agents while covering Whipple.
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
He threw his camera at another photographer to prevent it from being confiscated.
📸: Pierre Lavie
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ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
Vehicles that are abandoned due to an ICE detention and towed to the City's impound lot will be released to their owners or a representative at no cost.
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
Learn more: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/getting-around/parking-driving/impound-lot/#d.en.200746
January 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM
ICE has kidnapped so many people from their cars that the city had to put out this statement. Let that sink in.
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Really, really important for any stories about this to make two things abundantly clear:
-The Guard are not doing anything in DC
-There was never any justification for the Guard being deployed to DC
-The Guard are not doing anything in DC
-There was never any justification for the Guard being deployed to DC
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Really, really important for any stories about this to make two things abundantly clear:
-The Guard are not doing anything in DC
-There was never any justification for the Guard being deployed to DC
-The Guard are not doing anything in DC
-There was never any justification for the Guard being deployed to DC
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When law-and-order types point out that only a small percentage of people killed by police each year were unarmed, keep in mind that Renee Good will be classified as "armed."
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
When law-and-order types point out that only a small percentage of people killed by police each year were unarmed, keep in mind that Renee Good will be classified as "armed."
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President Trump just pardoned a woman who was convicted of fraud in 2024, after he commuted her sentence in an unrelated fraud in 2021.
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
President Trump just pardoned a woman who was convicted of fraud in 2024, after he commuted her sentence in an unrelated fraud in 2021.
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Sign of the times
5 GOP State Senators in Virginia join all Dems to put referendum on ballot to protect same-sex marriage
All of them are in seats Spanberger won
Including Tara Durant running in VA-7
5 GOP State Senators in Virginia join all Dems to put referendum on ballot to protect same-sex marriage
All of them are in seats Spanberger won
Including Tara Durant running in VA-7
@adamebbin.bsky.social calls this a "dignity resolution," and @pwcdanica.bsky.social calls it a "constituent services resolution," and with that, Virginia voters finally get the chance to right a terrible wrong they committed 20 years ago.
January 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Sign of the times
5 GOP State Senators in Virginia join all Dems to put referendum on ballot to protect same-sex marriage
All of them are in seats Spanberger won
Including Tara Durant running in VA-7
5 GOP State Senators in Virginia join all Dems to put referendum on ballot to protect same-sex marriage
All of them are in seats Spanberger won
Including Tara Durant running in VA-7
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To put this in clearer perspective, when Bowser took office in 2015, there were 26 road fatalities the previous year. Last year there were 25 fatalities. In ten years of holding office, Bowser hasn’t meaningfully improved the road fatality rate.
In 2025, DC had the lowest number of roadway fatalities since 2014.
Big picture:
1. Roadway fatalities: -52%
2. Major roadway injuries: -29%
3. Driver fatalities: -67%
Our strategies to improve traffic safety are working.
Big picture:
1. Roadway fatalities: -52%
2. Major roadway injuries: -29%
3. Driver fatalities: -67%
Our strategies to improve traffic safety are working.
January 16, 2026 at 2:12 AM
To put this in clearer perspective, when Bowser took office in 2015, there were 26 road fatalities the previous year. Last year there were 25 fatalities. In ten years of holding office, Bowser hasn’t meaningfully improved the road fatality rate.
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so now on xitter when users try to get grok to “put her in a bikini” they get an ad in reply asking them to subscribe to premium to access the image editing features. screenshot showing this below:
January 16, 2026 at 3:02 AM
so now on xitter when users try to get grok to “put her in a bikini” they get an ad in reply asking them to subscribe to premium to access the image editing features. screenshot showing this below:
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pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
pretty sure he meant the other thing, grok, but very cool that those are your two things
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The National Park Service can’t find funding to replace a playground they ripped out years ago from Grant Circle in Petworth. They *can* fund Park Service police to sit in a cruiser just outside the circle this morning. And why are their cops doing anything in our neighborhoods?
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The National Park Service can’t find funding to replace a playground they ripped out years ago from Grant Circle in Petworth. They *can* fund Park Service police to sit in a cruiser just outside the circle this morning. And why are their cops doing anything in our neighborhoods?
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we are still years out from the Democratic primary, and I think it is genuinely deranged that there’s people out there who believe there’s no other choice and thus we must rally around the flag of, all people, Gavin Fucking Newsom to save the republic
January 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
we are still years out from the Democratic primary, and I think it is genuinely deranged that there’s people out there who believe there’s no other choice and thus we must rally around the flag of, all people, Gavin Fucking Newsom to save the republic
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NEW from me:
Towards the end of Trump's interview with 60 Minutes in November, Bari Weiss rushed into the room to introduce herself and the pair exchanged kisses on the cheek, leaving 60 Minutes staff stunned at the "overly chummy" embrace.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Towards the end of Trump's interview with 60 Minutes in November, Bari Weiss rushed into the room to introduce herself and the pair exchanged kisses on the cheek, leaving 60 Minutes staff stunned at the "overly chummy" embrace.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss and Trump exchanged kisses on the cheek following ‘60 Minutes’ interview
EXCLUSIVE: In a moment that sources said led to stunned reactions and dropped jaws, Bari Weiss excitedly introduced herself to the president and leaned in for a kiss on the cheek following his ‘60 Min...
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
NEW from me:
Towards the end of Trump's interview with 60 Minutes in November, Bari Weiss rushed into the room to introduce herself and the pair exchanged kisses on the cheek, leaving 60 Minutes staff stunned at the "overly chummy" embrace.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Towards the end of Trump's interview with 60 Minutes in November, Bari Weiss rushed into the room to introduce herself and the pair exchanged kisses on the cheek, leaving 60 Minutes staff stunned at the "overly chummy" embrace.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Look at this absolute queen
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Look at this absolute queen