@kelden.bsky.social
Older than I thought I would be. More horrified than I thought I could be.
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This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
January 31, 2026 at 6:13 PM
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
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When will it be enough for you, @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? When will you be moved? You should be standing in the streets of Minneapolis. You should be shouting from the rooftops. What a pathetic pair of cowards.
January 24, 2026 at 4:14 PM
When will it be enough for you, @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? When will you be moved? You should be standing in the streets of Minneapolis. You should be shouting from the rooftops. What a pathetic pair of cowards.
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The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
ICE detains 5-year old Minnesota boy; lawyer says agents used him as ‘bait’
The Columbia Heights school district says federal agents have detained four children in their district. School officials and a lawyer for the family say agents used 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramo as “bai...
www.mprnews.org
January 22, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The Columbia Heights school district says ICE detained four of its students, including a 5-year-old boy, as "bait" to draw out family members.
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Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Danish Parliament Deputy Speaker Lars-Christian Brask:
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
"If I could come with some advice, it would be for the Senate & House to start to take control of political power in America because with this erratic & mad behaviour, you have to ask the question, is the President capable of running the US?"
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Dr. King won a Nobel Prize as a paragon of peace. Donald Trump wants to invade ice-covered Greenland while terrorizing ICE-covered communities at home. Invoke the 25th Amendment now.
January 19, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Dr. King won a Nobel Prize as a paragon of peace. Donald Trump wants to invade ice-covered Greenland while terrorizing ICE-covered communities at home. Invoke the 25th Amendment now.
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This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This video is the perfect encapsulation of the illegal, thuggish, unprovoked, violent conduct of ICE. Rep. @benniethompson.bsky.social, I trust that you and the House Homeland Security Committee will have interest in this.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
Grocery prices have jumped up, and there's no relief in sight
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
n.pr
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.
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* Most October layoffs since 2003
* Most Q4 layoffs since 2008
* Most YTD layoffs since 2020
* Least YTD hiring since 2011
* Least holiday seasonal hiring since 2012
The labor market has a problem.
www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
* Most Q4 layoffs since 2008
* Most YTD layoffs since 2020
* Least YTD hiring since 2011
* Least holiday seasonal hiring since 2012
The labor market has a problem.
www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
October layoffs hit 22-year high as labor market wobbles, Challenger says
Employers announced 153,074 layoffs in October.
www.axios.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
* Most October layoffs since 2003
* Most Q4 layoffs since 2008
* Most YTD layoffs since 2020
* Least YTD hiring since 2011
* Least holiday seasonal hiring since 2012
The labor market has a problem.
www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
* Most Q4 layoffs since 2008
* Most YTD layoffs since 2020
* Least YTD hiring since 2011
* Least holiday seasonal hiring since 2012
The labor market has a problem.
www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
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Dear people who don't live in the Chicago area,
Trump's thugs are practicing their violence on us before they apply it coast-to-coast. Get active now, while you can. Help us defeat the fascists and save our country.
Trump's thugs are practicing their violence on us before they apply it coast-to-coast. Get active now, while you can. Help us defeat the fascists and save our country.
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
November 1, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Dear people who don't live in the Chicago area,
Trump's thugs are practicing their violence on us before they apply it coast-to-coast. Get active now, while you can. Help us defeat the fascists and save our country.
Trump's thugs are practicing their violence on us before they apply it coast-to-coast. Get active now, while you can. Help us defeat the fascists and save our country.
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So after the billionaires failed to launch themselves and their billionaire friends into space, with our tax dollars.
They've decided to let their billionaire defense contractor friends build a "ballroom" with our tax dollars.
Billionaires should've read a little world history.
#SheShed
They've decided to let their billionaire defense contractor friends build a "ballroom" with our tax dollars.
Billionaires should've read a little world history.
#SheShed
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
So after the billionaires failed to launch themselves and their billionaire friends into space, with our tax dollars.
They've decided to let their billionaire defense contractor friends build a "ballroom" with our tax dollars.
Billionaires should've read a little world history.
#SheShed
They've decided to let their billionaire defense contractor friends build a "ballroom" with our tax dollars.
Billionaires should've read a little world history.
#SheShed
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If the government was a private company, it wouldn’t be paying $5 million a year for Vought’s personal security detail.
July 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If the government was a private company, it wouldn’t be paying $5 million a year for Vought’s personal security detail.
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A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
(1/2)
(1/2)
July 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A U.S. surgeon trying to have a “peer to peer” consultation with a doctor at a health insurance company who is hiding his identity as her patient gets denied coverage. And it gets worse from there. You have to see it to believe it.
(1/2)
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The Sun-Times has been tracking prices for 35 grocery items across four stores, since December. We found most stayed the same or increased, with our shopping cart’s total price rising by up to $11. We plan to continue tracking prices and sharing results. https://trib.al/KANj27U
Supermarket super-pain: Trump's campaign promise to cut food prices falls short
The Sun-Times has been tracking prices for 35 grocery items across four stores, since December. We found most stayed the same or increased, with our shopping cart's total price rising by up to $11.
trib.al
July 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Sun-Times has been tracking prices for 35 grocery items across four stores, since December. We found most stayed the same or increased, with our shopping cart’s total price rising by up to $11. We plan to continue tracking prices and sharing results. https://trib.al/KANj27U
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There is plenty of fraud and grift in the White House. We do not need any more, and we certainly don't need to risk Americans' hard-earned savings just so that crypto billionaires can get richer.
I'm voting NO on the CLARITY Act.
I'm voting NO on the CLARITY Act.
July 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
There is plenty of fraud and grift in the White House. We do not need any more, and we certainly don't need to risk Americans' hard-earned savings just so that crypto billionaires can get richer.
I'm voting NO on the CLARITY Act.
I'm voting NO on the CLARITY Act.
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Hey, if the media is interested in a cover-up of a senile president who's not really in control of his White House, there's one going on right now?
May 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hey, if the media is interested in a cover-up of a senile president who's not really in control of his White House, there's one going on right now?
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John Sununu got forced out of the cabinet for improperly spending $615,000 ($1.4 million today) on travel.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's new ride? $50 million in taxpayer dollars. Congress passed this funding to support our Coast Guard – not to pay for a private plane that flies 30,000 feet over them.
May 17, 2025 at 12:17 PM
John Sununu got forced out of the cabinet for improperly spending $615,000 ($1.4 million today) on travel.
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Silenced Science Stories is “an illustrated series of portraits and stories of scientific experts whose work is being affected by federal budget cuts and mass firings”. [kottke.org]
Silenced Science Stories
Silenced Science Stories is a collaboration between scientists and artists to tell the stories of scientific experts who have been affected by the Trump regime’s purge of their ranks.
We are organizing an illustrate
kottke.org
April 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Silenced Science Stories is “an illustrated series of portraits and stories of scientific experts whose work is being affected by federal budget cuts and mass firings”. [kottke.org]
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I've noted before that to become an elected Republican in DC requires you to be a fascist, a sycophant or a coward. There's something for all of their competing factions on the floor next week. But there is nothing to address the very real and urgent issues faced by those we are sent to represent.
April 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I've noted before that to become an elected Republican in DC requires you to be a fascist, a sycophant or a coward. There's something for all of their competing factions on the floor next week. But there is nothing to address the very real and urgent issues faced by those we are sent to represent.
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Collapsing US equity markets as investors flee not only equities but also US treasuries leading to a weaker dollar, all self-inflicted by Trump's tariffs and a growing natsec crisis at DoD... and here's what the House GOP is prioritizing for the next 2 weeks.
April 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Collapsing US equity markets as investors flee not only equities but also US treasuries leading to a weaker dollar, all self-inflicted by Trump's tariffs and a growing natsec crisis at DoD... and here's what the House GOP is prioritizing for the next 2 weeks.
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This is really bad. The Trump WH is treating the health of the planet with the same ignorance and disregard that RFK Jr brings to the health of the American people. Being stupid and relying on quack cures while you stick your brainwormed head in the sand solves nothing. www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/c...
Trump administration minimized federal climate scientists’ findings of record CO2 growth | CNN
Levels of carbon dioxide — the most abundant planet-warming gas in the air — jumped up by a record amount in 2024.
www.cnn.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is really bad. The Trump WH is treating the health of the planet with the same ignorance and disregard that RFK Jr brings to the health of the American people. Being stupid and relying on quack cures while you stick your brainwormed head in the sand solves nothing. www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/c...