KeepingTheRepublic@bsky.social
@keepingtherepublic.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Teacher & Researcher. Trying to be a decent Citizen in an Uncivil World. The flag of my native land says “Sic Semper Tyrannis”
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Truth in cartoons, 1932/2025: John Heartfield’s cartoon explained the “meaning of the Hitler salute” (“millions stand behind us!”). Grateful we have someone in our age with Ann Telnaes’ courage to show us how wealth capitulates to Trump
[credits: Metropolitan Museum of Art; anntelnaes@substack]
[credits: Metropolitan Museum of Art; anntelnaes@substack]
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—“Question in the back, yes.”
—“Mr. Griffin, if ethics matters so much, why did you donate $100 million to elect Trump?”
—“Mr. Griffin, if ethics matters so much, why did you donate $100 million to elect Trump?”
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
—“Question in the back, yes.”
—“Mr. Griffin, if ethics matters so much, why did you donate $100 million to elect Trump?”
—“Mr. Griffin, if ethics matters so much, why did you donate $100 million to elect Trump?”
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WARNOCK: Trump said 'we're going to have a manufacturing boom.' Yes or no, have we had one?
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
WARNOCK: Trump said 'we're going to have a manufacturing boom.' Yes or no, have we had one?
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
BESSENT: There's the beginnings of a manufacturing boom. We have intentions -- factory groundbreakings
WARNOCK: Do you know how many manufacturing jobs have been lost since 'liberation day'? 72,000
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No one should be opposed to this.
February 5, 2026 at 4:58 PM
No one should be opposed to this.
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Wait! The public face of nationwide immigration enforcement, Gregory Bovino, said in a newly discovered email that his boss wasn’t the head of CBP. He reported to Corey Lewandowski instead.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
February 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Wait! The public face of nationwide immigration enforcement, Gregory Bovino, said in a newly discovered email that his boss wasn’t the head of CBP. He reported to Corey Lewandowski instead.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
He’s a political operative with zero law-enforcement background calling the shots on immigration enforcement.
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🔥 @rokhanna.bsky.social : “Today, I call on Congress to haul before the oversight committee every single person who emailed about going to Epstein’s island… the 🇺🇸 people are frustrated with the rich and powerful getting a different set of Justice.”
February 5, 2026 at 1:23 AM
🔥 @rokhanna.bsky.social : “Today, I call on Congress to haul before the oversight committee every single person who emailed about going to Epstein’s island… the 🇺🇸 people are frustrated with the rich and powerful getting a different set of Justice.”
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Where’s Kushner’s FARA filing on the billions he receives from foreign governments?
BESSENT: JARED KUSHNER A 'SPECIAL ENVOY' AND INTERLOCUTOR IN RUSSIA TALKS
February 5, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Where’s Kushner’s FARA filing on the billions he receives from foreign governments?
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All countries are not the same.
February 5, 2026 at 4:42 PM
All countries are not the same.
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You really need to read this to appreciate how deranged it sounds. The standard view that judicial warrants are necessary to forcibly enter residences is blamed on “subversion” by “deep state actors.”
As far as I know, this is DHS's first effort to explain their position that I-205 forms allow entry into the home. They rely on the dicta in the 1960 Abel case (before Payton) and re-imagine the plurality opinion in Lucas as if it were the majority (and then overrely on it).
February 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
You really need to read this to appreciate how deranged it sounds. The standard view that judicial warrants are necessary to forcibly enter residences is blamed on “subversion” by “deep state actors.”
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The “wake-up call” for Senate Republicans was actually 1/6/21—they ignored it then and have repeatedly just kept hitting the Snooze/Sleaze button for the last 5 years. Some of them now are gonna finally feel the karma
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The “wake-up call” for Senate Republicans was actually 1/6/21—they ignored it then and have repeatedly just kept hitting the Snooze/Sleaze button for the last 5 years. Some of them now are gonna finally feel the karma
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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yeah.... no.
Fabrizio poll (Susan Collins internal)
US Senate Maine 2026
🟥Susan Collins 45%
🟦Janet Mills 44%
🟥Susan Collins 45%
🟦Graham Platner 44%
Final ballot (push poll)
🟥Susan Collins 48%
🟦Janet Mills 42%
🟥Susan Collins 51%
🟦Graham Platner 38%
subscriber.politicopro.com/f/?id=000001...
US Senate Maine 2026
🟥Susan Collins 45%
🟦Janet Mills 44%
🟥Susan Collins 45%
🟦Graham Platner 44%
Final ballot (push poll)
🟥Susan Collins 48%
🟦Janet Mills 42%
🟥Susan Collins 51%
🟦Graham Platner 38%
subscriber.politicopro.com/f/?id=000001...
February 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
yeah.... no.
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This is gonna end with a new agency called NICE under the CBP umbrella
January 28, 2026 at 11:49 PM
This is gonna end with a new agency called NICE under the CBP umbrella
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Prayer for Mike Johnson next, please
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Prayer for Mike Johnson next, please
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The “wake-up call” for Senate Republicans was actually 1/6/21—they ignored it then and have repeatedly just kept hitting the Snooze/Sleaze button for the last 5 years. Some of them now are gonna finally feel the karma
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
The “wake-up call” for Senate Republicans was actually 1/6/21—they ignored it then and have repeatedly just kept hitting the Snooze/Sleaze button for the last 5 years. Some of them now are gonna finally feel the karma
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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Absolutely fucking repulsive.
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Absolutely fucking repulsive.
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This event has needed more Truth spoken to Power
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
This event has needed more Truth spoken to Power
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wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."
February 5, 2026 at 3:24 PM
wow -- with Trump standing behind him, a man (not sure who he is) offers this prayer: "We pray that he would be mindful of the poor and that he would be invested in the alleviation of suffering happening in the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis."
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I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 12:49 PM
I’m on the scene at Franklin and 1st. A convoy of about a couple dozen ICE/HSI agents broke the entryway into an apartment building at 6am. No warrant presented. Less than 24 hours ago, Tom Homan announced the end of large convoys in Minnesota… Bullshit.
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“U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009, while the economy was in the final months of its steepest downturn since the Great Depression.”
Layoffs in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, Challenger says
With the recent narrative centering on a no-hire, no-fire labor market, the data suggests that the layoff part of the equation could be stepping up.
www.cnbc.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
“U.S. employers announced 108,435 layoffs for the month, up 118% from the same period a year ago. The total marked the highest for any January since 2009, while the economy was in the final months of its steepest downturn since the Great Depression.”
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I grew up with the Washington Post, wrote editorials for the Washington Post and published a column there for more than 15 years. To watch its owners destroy it, seemingly deliberately, in just a year and a half is devastating.
February 5, 2026 at 2:38 PM
I grew up with the Washington Post, wrote editorials for the Washington Post and published a column there for more than 15 years. To watch its owners destroy it, seemingly deliberately, in just a year and a half is devastating.
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Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump accused of ‘corruption, plain and simple’ after UAE invested in family firm
White House says president is not involved in running his businesses. Ethics experts remain concerned
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Two days ago, we discovered Trump has engaged in the most corrupt behavior of any president in history—giving secret technology to China's ally in exchange for the Trump family getting half a billion dollars.
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
And nobody is still talking about it. #Corruption
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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She was asking a question about whether the Epstein survivors have received justice. But Vance wants her to “smile and have some fun” while asking the president a question about trafficking victims. bsky.app/profile/fact...
Vance: There was a moment in the Oval Office, I wasn't even in there, but Trump was talking to Kaitlan Collins. Trump says, 'Why don't you ever smile?' And it's actually, like, so perceptive. Have some fun.
February 4, 2026 at 11:58 PM
She was asking a question about whether the Epstein survivors have received justice. But Vance wants her to “smile and have some fun” while asking the president a question about trafficking victims. bsky.app/profile/fact...