Kevin Baird
@kevinbaird.bsky.social
US Navy Vet (VFA-115) and Dad of two. Trying to get a little bit wiser each day via Stoicism, history, and reading the thoughts of smart people.
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The hyperscale data center would go in eastern Independence, near schools and an ammunition plant. A growing number of residents are trying to stop city officials from providing any tax incentives to the company to keep it from being built.
Independence may give tax breaks to a massive AI data center. Residents are racing to stop it
The hyperscale data center would go in eastern Independence, near schools and an ammunition plant. A growing number of residents are trying to stop city officials from providing any tax incentives to the company to keep it from being built.
www.kcur.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
The hyperscale data center would go in eastern Independence, near schools and an ammunition plant. A growing number of residents are trying to stop city officials from providing any tax incentives to the company to keep it from being built.
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there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
there's fierce competition, but this is one of the most stomach-turning things I've read in some time
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GS: We Expect Higher Electricity Prices to Exert a Roughly 0.2pp Drag on Consumer Spending Growth in 2026 and 2027
The Drag on Real Income Will Likely Be Larger for Lower-Income Households Because Electricity Accounts for a Greater Share of Their Spending
The Drag on Real Income Will Likely Be Larger for Lower-Income Households Because Electricity Accounts for a Greater Share of Their Spending
February 12, 2026 at 12:32 AM
GS: We Expect Higher Electricity Prices to Exert a Roughly 0.2pp Drag on Consumer Spending Growth in 2026 and 2027
The Drag on Real Income Will Likely Be Larger for Lower-Income Households Because Electricity Accounts for a Greater Share of Their Spending
The Drag on Real Income Will Likely Be Larger for Lower-Income Households Because Electricity Accounts for a Greater Share of Their Spending
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She really just said why are you talking about the mass coverup of child rape when you should be talking about money
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
She really just said why are you talking about the mass coverup of child rape when you should be talking about money
Hottest country in the world.
The economy produced roughly the same number of jobs in Joe Biden’s last full month in office as it produced in Donald Trump’s first full year in office.
Kind of wild that this jobs report is being framed so positively when it also says this “the annual benchmark revisions sharply lowered estimates for job growth in earlier months. The new estimates show that the U.S. economy added just 181,000 jobs in 2025, down from the earlier estimate of 584,000”
February 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Hottest country in the world.
More of this.
Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."
February 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
More of this.
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Bernie has a report showing how Trump took away America's cancer cures so he could fund the goons who murdered VA nurse Alex Pretti.
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
February 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Bernie has a report showing how Trump took away America's cancer cures so he could fund the goons who murdered VA nurse Alex Pretti.
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
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What impact are the US boat strikes having, besides killing >124 people?
- October-December 2024: 7,764 pounds of cocaine seized at the US-Mexico border.
- October-December 2025: 10,593 pounds of cocaine seized.
Cocaine is up 34% year-over-year *despite* the boat strikes.
Data: bit.ly/4bJOeFs
- October-December 2024: 7,764 pounds of cocaine seized at the US-Mexico border.
- October-December 2025: 10,593 pounds of cocaine seized.
Cocaine is up 34% year-over-year *despite* the boat strikes.
Data: bit.ly/4bJOeFs
January 21, 2026 at 8:24 PM
What impact are the US boat strikes having, besides killing >124 people?
- October-December 2024: 7,764 pounds of cocaine seized at the US-Mexico border.
- October-December 2025: 10,593 pounds of cocaine seized.
Cocaine is up 34% year-over-year *despite* the boat strikes.
Data: bit.ly/4bJOeFs
- October-December 2024: 7,764 pounds of cocaine seized at the US-Mexico border.
- October-December 2025: 10,593 pounds of cocaine seized.
Cocaine is up 34% year-over-year *despite* the boat strikes.
Data: bit.ly/4bJOeFs
Hottest economy in the world!
US Companies Announced Most Job Cuts for Any January Since 2009
US companies announced the largest number of job cuts for any January since the depths of the Great Recession in 2009, according to data from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Hottest economy in the world!
He says that as he smirks. What a failed human being.
Reporter: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti?
Vance: For what?
Vance: For what?
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
He says that as he smirks. What a failed human being.
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Everyone needs to hear this.
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Everyone needs to hear this.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to wake up at 5 am and don 30 lbs of tactical gear you bought off amazon to sit in a chevy tahoe in the parking lot of the elementary school where you kidnapped a five year old kid to intimidate his teachers. good luck soldier
Columbia Heights (Liam's school district) cancelled school today because of a credible bomb threat at Liam's elementary and multiple ICE vehicles parking in the high school staff parking lot at 6:15am.
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to wake up at 5 am and don 30 lbs of tactical gear you bought off amazon to sit in a chevy tahoe in the parking lot of the elementary school where you kidnapped a five year old kid to intimidate his teachers. good luck soldier
Protection of groundwater is no longer a “must.” Rather, companies must give “consideration” to “avoiding or minimizing” radioactive contamination. Requirements for monitoring and documentation are also softened.
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Protection of groundwater is no longer a “must.” Rather, companies must give “consideration” to “avoiding or minimizing” radioactive contamination. Requirements for monitoring and documentation are also softened.
"A U.S. Supreme Court ruling known as Abington School District v. Schempp has barred the state-sponsored reading of religious texts or prayer recitations in public schools since 1963."
Texas SBOE appears poised to require Bible readings in public schools
The State Board of Education is adopting a new mandatory reading list for all K-12 students. An early proposal includes 10 Bible passages.
www.houstonchronicle.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
"A U.S. Supreme Court ruling known as Abington School District v. Schempp has barred the state-sponsored reading of religious texts or prayer recitations in public schools since 1963."
The zombie right strikes again.
Wichita man, 60, charged with making Facebook post threatening to kill Rep. Ilhan Omar
Federal prosecutors announced charges Thursday against a Wichita man in connection to a Facebook post threatening to kill Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
www.kshb.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The zombie right strikes again.
Pure insanity. Vaccinate your kids! 🤬
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Pure insanity. Vaccinate your kids! 🤬
"According to reinsurer Swiss Re, annual insured losses from winter storms averaged $7 billion from 2021 to 2025, more than triple the average from 2011 to 2020."
Why Power Outages Do More Economic Damage Than We Think
Most estimates of losses from US blackouts don’t fully account for indirect and longer-term impacts, a new analysis finds.
www.bloomberg.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 AM
"According to reinsurer Swiss Re, annual insured losses from winter storms averaged $7 billion from 2021 to 2025, more than triple the average from 2011 to 2020."
Democratic leadership can learn a lot from folks willing to freeze their balls off to stand up to tyranny.
The whole interview is worth it
January 25, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Democratic leadership can learn a lot from folks willing to freeze their balls off to stand up to tyranny.
If you haven't watched any of these videos by @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social, please give this one two minutes of your time.
Hearing his words read by someone else, without seeing his face, really drives home the fact that he's out of his freaking mind.
Hearing his words read by someone else, without seeing his face, really drives home the fact that he's out of his freaking mind.
Trump Quote Without His Voice or Face - Trump without Trump - Bars on Windows
YouTube video by Juliet Jeske - Decoding Fox News
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January 23, 2026 at 1:22 PM
If you haven't watched any of these videos by @decodingfoxnews.bsky.social, please give this one two minutes of your time.
Hearing his words read by someone else, without seeing his face, really drives home the fact that he's out of his freaking mind.
Hearing his words read by someone else, without seeing his face, really drives home the fact that he's out of his freaking mind.
They nominated this freak and then confirmed him knowing what an unqualified freak he was.
Disaster.
Disaster.
January 23, 2026 at 1:16 PM
They nominated this freak and then confirmed him knowing what an unqualified freak he was.
Disaster.
Disaster.
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A Cuban detainee’s death at an El Paso federal immigration detention center was ruled a homicide Wednesday, with the medical examiner finding he was suffocated while restrained, contradicting immigration officials’ claim that he died by suicide.
El Paso medical examiner rules death in ICE camp a homicide
Immigration officials initially said the 55-year-old Cuban detainee died of “medical distress” but later changed the cause to suicide. The medical examiner ruled he was suffocated while being restrain...
www.texastribune.org
January 22, 2026 at 12:34 AM
A Cuban detainee’s death at an El Paso federal immigration detention center was ruled a homicide Wednesday, with the medical examiner finding he was suffocated while restrained, contradicting immigration officials’ claim that he died by suicide.