Ken Parker
@kenparkerlaw.bsky.social
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Ken Parker
@kenparkerlaw.bsky.social
· May 15
I'm calling for a complete and total shutdown of all evil in the Trump Administration.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Crypto "currency" (not really currency, but actually a Ponzi scheme) also wastes huge amounts of electricity, contributing to global warming and transfers large amounts of resources to non-productive use.
Simple solution: BAN IT.
Simple solution: BAN IT.
Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Crypto "currency" (not really currency, but actually a Ponzi scheme) also wastes huge amounts of electricity, contributing to global warming and transfers large amounts of resources to non-productive use.
Simple solution: BAN IT.
Simple solution: BAN IT.
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Rep. Grijalva is doing what a Member of Congress should do: standing up for her constituents.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Rep. Grijalva is doing what a Member of Congress should do: standing up for her constituents.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
Pepper spraying an elected official doing her job is outrageous and does nothing to make Arizona communities safer.
I just got a marketing email from a chain of sporting goods stores with the subject line:
DICK'S Flash Sale
DICK'S Flash Sale
December 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I just got a marketing email from a chain of sporting goods stores with the subject line:
DICK'S Flash Sale
DICK'S Flash Sale
Trump's order to put his face on National Parks Pass is not just revolting, it also appears to be illegal. Add it to the list of laws the CWHO (Criminal White House Occupant) has broken. (Let's make #CHWO replace #POTUS to more accurately reflect the Trump Regime.)
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Trump's face on national parks pass is illegal, experts say
The redesign is likely illegal based on the act that created the pass.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Trump's order to put his face on National Parks Pass is not just revolting, it also appears to be illegal. Add it to the list of laws the CWHO (Criminal White House Occupant) has broken. (Let's make #CHWO replace #POTUS to more accurately reflect the Trump Regime.)
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
Hmm. A billionaire politician running on affordability. What is that smell?
Tom Steyer’s climate pivot signals new playbook for Dems
Tom Steyer’s climate pivot signals new playbook for Dems
The billionaire environmental activist is leaning hard into economic populism.
dlvr.it
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hmm. A billionaire politician running on affordability. What is that smell?
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Citizens nationwide and in NW Ohio are asking important questions on data centers. They're worried that facilities demand massive amounts of energy, eat up farmland, cede local ownership and control, and drive up utility costs even more. Ask questions first!
December 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Citizens nationwide and in NW Ohio are asking important questions on data centers. They're worried that facilities demand massive amounts of energy, eat up farmland, cede local ownership and control, and drive up utility costs even more. Ask questions first!
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The Enrobed Wizards on the 9 Member Super-Legislature have once again Burned the Entrails of Democracy and passed judgement according to the "Law" and "Constitution"
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Enrobed Wizards on the 9 Member Super-Legislature have once again Burned the Entrails of Democracy and passed judgement according to the "Law" and "Constitution"
This is an important issue that in ordinary times would be front page news. These days with the Trump Scandal Machine running full blast, work by Congress to protect Americans from predatory scammers might not get covered at all in a lot of news outlets.
Spoke at the Global Anti-Scam Alliance conference with my Stop Scams Caucus co-chair Rep Shreve about our bipartisan work protecting consumers from fraud.
I shared the two new bills I introduced to improve federal government coordination with state & local partners to stop the scam scourge.
I shared the two new bills I introduced to improve federal government coordination with state & local partners to stop the scam scourge.
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
This is an important issue that in ordinary times would be front page news. These days with the Trump Scandal Machine running full blast, work by Congress to protect Americans from predatory scammers might not get covered at all in a lot of news outlets.
This is the right move by Sen. Schumer and the Senate Democrats. The American people are demanding that Congress act to preserve our health care system. Your move, Republicans. Let's see your health care legislation.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Schumer announces health care plan
A "clean" three-year extension of Obamacare tax credits is likely to fail on the floor next week.
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
This is the right move by Sen. Schumer and the Senate Democrats. The American people are demanding that Congress act to preserve our health care system. Your move, Republicans. Let's see your health care legislation.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Liberty forum of silicon valley 2016, Pete Hegseth
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Liberty forum of silicon valley 2016, Pete Hegseth
Hegseth must go. And I predict Trump will get rid of him soon -- not because it is the right thing to do, but because Trump is loyal to no one and will throw anyone under the bus at any time. Just ask Mike Pence. Trump is being damaged by Hegseth, so he will be gone.
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Pentagon IG finds Hegseth could have endangered troops with Signal chat, sources say
Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth risked endangering troops when he relayed information about Yemen strike on Signal a commercial messaging app: Sources.
abcnews.go.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Hegseth must go. And I predict Trump will get rid of him soon -- not because it is the right thing to do, but because Trump is loyal to no one and will throw anyone under the bus at any time. Just ask Mike Pence. Trump is being damaged by Hegseth, so he will be gone.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/pen...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/pen...
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Tennessee: Today is the day!
If you live in TN-07, cast your vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social now until 7PM. Go to IWillVote.com for more info.
If you live in TN-07, cast your vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social now until 7PM. Go to IWillVote.com for more info.
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Tennessee: Today is the day!
If you live in TN-07, cast your vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social now until 7PM. Go to IWillVote.com for more info.
If you live in TN-07, cast your vote for @aftynbehn.bsky.social now until 7PM. Go to IWillVote.com for more info.
Exactly no one will be surprised to learn that Donald Trump's bone spurs diagnosis was a favor to his father from a tenant and that Donny did not suffer from the ailment.
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MSN
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December 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Exactly no one will be surprised to learn that Donald Trump's bone spurs diagnosis was a favor to his father from a tenant and that Donny did not suffer from the ailment.
www.msn.com/en-gb/health...
www.msn.com/en-gb/health...
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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If they actually want to convict the DC National Guard shooting suspect, they should keep Trump's incompetent appointees as far away from the case as possible.
abcnews.go.com/US/charges-d...
abcnews.go.com/US/charges-d...
DC National Guard shooting suspect to be charged with first-degree murder, Pirro says
Jeanine Pirro announced the suspect's charges would be upgraded to first-degree murder following the death of one of the guardsmen.
abcnews.go.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
If they actually want to convict the DC National Guard shooting suspect, they should keep Trump's incompetent appointees as far away from the case as possible.
abcnews.go.com/US/charges-d...
abcnews.go.com/US/charges-d...
Orwellian disinformation is now the official policy of our federal government.
The president has now blocked three economic data reports. Does he think this is somehow a *good* sign for the economy? trib.al/tal1f15
Trump Cancels Release of Crucial Economic Report to Hide His Failures
Donald Trump has now blocked three economic data reports.
trib.al
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Orwellian disinformation is now the official policy of our federal government.
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David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
David Glosser, Stephen Miller’s uncle, told CNN his nephew is an “immigration hypocrite”:
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
“Had we not been able to enter America when we did, Stephen Miller would never exist” (2018)
Happy Thanksgiving to all! What are you thankful for?
I'm thankful for friends, family, and the everyday heroes fighting to save our country from fascism.
Also, I'm thankful that I have not been absorbed into a hive mind.
I'm thankful for friends, family, and the everyday heroes fighting to save our country from fascism.
Also, I'm thankful that I have not been absorbed into a hive mind.
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Happy Thanksgiving to all! What are you thankful for?
I'm thankful for friends, family, and the everyday heroes fighting to save our country from fascism.
Also, I'm thankful that I have not been absorbed into a hive mind.
I'm thankful for friends, family, and the everyday heroes fighting to save our country from fascism.
Also, I'm thankful that I have not been absorbed into a hive mind.
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Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Violence has no place in America. Michelle and I are praying for the servicemembers shot in Washington, DC today, and send our love to their families as they enter this holiday season under the most tragic of circumstances.
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There must be zero tolerance for violence — of any kind — against the brave men and women in uniform who selflessly serve our communities and our country. The shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C. is horrific and unacceptable.
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There must be zero tolerance for violence — of any kind — against the brave men and women in uniform who selflessly serve our communities and our country. The shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C. is horrific and unacceptable.
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Democrats are in a position to end the year riding a wave of momentum, with one more chance to over-perform expectations and make the Republican majority in the US House even narrower.
Tennessee special election puts Democratic momentum in 2025 races to the test | CNN Politics
Democrats started this year in the doldrums, having lost both the White House and control of Congress and with their party heading toward record-low approval ratings.
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Democrats are in a position to end the year riding a wave of momentum, with one more chance to over-perform expectations and make the Republican majority in the US House even narrower.
Witkoff works for Putin, not for the U.S. The fact that Trump seem not to care that Witkoff works for Putin and was advising Putin on how to play Trump is prima facie evidence that Trump also works for Putin.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
Trump brushes off concerns about Witkoff’s interactions with Russians | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump brushed off concerns about his special envoy Steve Witkoff’s engagements with the Kremlin after a new phone call transcript provided rare insight into how the president’s top ne...
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Witkoff works for Putin, not for the U.S. The fact that Trump seem not to care that Witkoff works for Putin and was advising Putin on how to play Trump is prima facie evidence that Trump also works for Putin.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
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What Pam Bondi and Lindsey Halligan did was not incompetence--It was intentional misconduct. They both must be disbarred. My new article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/what-pam-b...
What Pam Bondi and Lindsey Halligan did was not incompetence--It was intentional misconduct. They both must be disbarred.
Only way to deter other lawyers.
deanobeidallah.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
What Pam Bondi and Lindsey Halligan did was not incompetence--It was intentional misconduct. They both must be disbarred. My new article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/what-pam-b...