Kim Eckert
@kimeckert.bsky.social
The🍷is half full; The☀️will come up tomorrow.
Always look for the brighter side of life🌈& celebrate its little unexpected pleasures.
(Cancer (in remission🤞)😼lady full of snark, sarcasm and smartassness)
Always look for the brighter side of life🌈& celebrate its little unexpected pleasures.
(Cancer (in remission🤞)😼lady full of snark, sarcasm and smartassness)
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Kim Eckert
@kimeckert.bsky.social
· Oct 6
Put these on your gift giving list this holiday season.
Make them best sellers.
#BannedBooks #FreeSpeech
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Make them best sellers.
#BannedBooks #FreeSpeech
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools
In the 2024-25 school year, book bans affected more than 3,700 unique titles in 87 school districts across 23 states, according to PEN America.
www.nbcnews.com
Reposted by Kim Eckert
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NEW: "Should they ever regain power, the opposition should commit to prosecute members of this regime at every level to the fullest extent of the law."
www.thebulwark.com/p/renee-good...
www.thebulwark.com/p/renee-good...
The Distance Between Renee Good and Ashli Babbitt Is Fascism
It’s not a hypocrisy. It’s a coherent worldview.
www.thebulwark.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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Finally it looks like the plaque honoring the Capitol Police for their heroic service on January 6, 2021 might just find its home and be displayed for all of America to see.
January 8, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Finally it looks like the plaque honoring the Capitol Police for their heroic service on January 6, 2021 might just find its home and be displayed for all of America to see.
Trump admin's Enemies of America
January 8, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Trump admin's Enemies of America
Reposted by Kim Eckert
Maybe not the kind of relationship you want w your top intelligence official:
"The White House excluded DNI Tulsi Gabbard from months of planning…because [of] her previous opposition to military action in Venezuela.…White House aides joked that the acronym of her title stood for 'Do Not Invite.'"
"The White House excluded DNI Tulsi Gabbard from months of planning…because [of] her previous opposition to military action in Venezuela.…White House aides joked that the acronym of her title stood for 'Do Not Invite.'"
US Spy Chief Gabbard Excluded From Maduro Plan Over Past Views
The White House excluded Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard from months of planning to oust Nicolas Maduro because her previous opposition to military action in Venezuela cast doubt on he...
www.bloomberg.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Maybe not the kind of relationship you want w your top intelligence official:
"The White House excluded DNI Tulsi Gabbard from months of planning…because [of] her previous opposition to military action in Venezuela.…White House aides joked that the acronym of her title stood for 'Do Not Invite.'"
"The White House excluded DNI Tulsi Gabbard from months of planning…because [of] her previous opposition to military action in Venezuela.…White House aides joked that the acronym of her title stood for 'Do Not Invite.'"
Reposted by Kim Eckert
We filed two motions to block the Trump administration's attacks on Head Start, a federally-funded program that provides early education and care to young children — and won.
This program provides critical services to families across the country, and we'll always fight to defend it.
This program provides critical services to families across the country, and we'll always fight to defend it.
Parents Push Back Against the Trump Administration's Latest Attack on Working Families | ACLU
The Trump administration is attempting to gut Head Start, a federally-funded early childhood program Congress created for low-income families
www.aclu.org
January 8, 2026 at 6:32 PM
We filed two motions to block the Trump administration's attacks on Head Start, a federally-funded program that provides early education and care to young children — and won.
This program provides critical services to families across the country, and we'll always fight to defend it.
This program provides critical services to families across the country, and we'll always fight to defend it.
Marshall: "This is my favorite one...I'm going to call it a T-bone steak..."
Americans can't afford hamburger and yet Republicans like Senator (Medical Doctor) Roger Marshall wants them to eat steak.
How out of touch can they be? (rhetorical...)
#FoodPyramid
Americans can't afford hamburger and yet Republicans like Senator (Medical Doctor) Roger Marshall wants them to eat steak.
How out of touch can they be? (rhetorical...)
#FoodPyramid
January 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Marshall: "This is my favorite one...I'm going to call it a T-bone steak..."
Americans can't afford hamburger and yet Republicans like Senator (Medical Doctor) Roger Marshall wants them to eat steak.
How out of touch can they be? (rhetorical...)
#FoodPyramid
Americans can't afford hamburger and yet Republicans like Senator (Medical Doctor) Roger Marshall wants them to eat steak.
How out of touch can they be? (rhetorical...)
#FoodPyramid
not good
January 8, 2026 at 5:05 PM
not good
Why would parents want to deprive their children of tools that would aid them with future careers and life skills?
Parents cutting off their child's nose to spite their face - Only in a Linda McMahon/Donald Trump America
Parents cutting off their child's nose to spite their face - Only in a Linda McMahon/Donald Trump America
The Arizona Supreme Court won’t consider whether public schools need to ask for parental permission before teaching students in more than one language
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
Tom Horne can't sue to stop bilingual education after Supreme Court rejects appeal | Arizona Mirror
Arizona Supreme Court rejects Tom Horne's appeal over bilingual education, ending latest bid for parental waivers
azmirror.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Why would parents want to deprive their children of tools that would aid them with future careers and life skills?
Parents cutting off their child's nose to spite their face - Only in a Linda McMahon/Donald Trump America
Parents cutting off their child's nose to spite their face - Only in a Linda McMahon/Donald Trump America
apnews.com/live/minneap... IN: Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe
Live updates: Protesters demonstrate outside Minneapolis immigration court after ICE officer kills driver
Protesters in Minneapolis gathered to protest the killing of motorist Renee Nicole Macklin Good by an ICE officer. Mayor Jacob Frey said federal agents should leave the city.
https://apnews.com/live/minneapolis-ice-shooting-updates-1-8-2026#0000019b-9e57-d3eb-adff-ffdf79270000?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=share <br>JUST
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 PM
apnews.com/live/minneap... IN: Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and FBI won't work jointly on probe
aww...bless their hearts
Closed airspace, cancelled flights, military aircraft overhead: it all added up to panic for the rich and famous visiting the Caribbean island, says a travel agent ⬇️
Fear and loathing in St Barts: how Maduro’s arrest ‘terrified’ rich influencers
Closed airspace, cancelled flights, military aircraft overhead: it all added up to panic for the rich and famous visiting the Caribbean island, says a travel agent
www.thetimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:58 PM
aww...bless their hearts
God knows America's new HHS run by a guy with a brain half-eaten by a worm won't.
January 8, 2026 at 1:57 PM
God knows America's new HHS run by a guy with a brain half-eaten by a worm won't.
A commercial airline is pulling out of deportation operations tied to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement.
Airline Quits Trump’s Deportation Flights After Furious Backlash
Avelo Airlines will stop flying deportation charters.
trib.al
January 8, 2026 at 1:56 PM
😎
Whether it’s Democrats putting their pronouns in email signatures or Republicans shooting and killing unarmed drivers, both sides have taken actions that the other side finds threatening.
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
😎
birds of a feather...??
Imprisoned then freed by President Trump in October, George Santos has a second chance. So why is he hanging out with another of America’s most notorious con artists? ⬇️
Is George Santos sorry? Meet the conman congressman freed by Trump
He was the Republican star whose career was built on fantasy, lies and fraud. Imprisoned then freed by President Trump in October, he has a second chance. So why is he hanging out with another of America’s most notorious con artists?
www.thetimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM
birds of a feather...??
hateful little man
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 5:23 AM
hateful little man
Charlie Kirk would have loved this guy.
NICK SHIRLEY: “They came after me. They came after my family.”
SHAWN RYAN: “How did they come after you? Be specific.”
NICK SHIRLEY: “They tried to debunk my whole entire story.”
SHAWN RYAN: “How did they come after you? Be specific.”
NICK SHIRLEY: “They tried to debunk my whole entire story.”
January 8, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Charlie Kirk would have loved this guy.
"shoot first..."
January 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
"shoot first..."
3 shots...
Murder is the intentional killing of another human being without legal justification.
January 8, 2026 at 3:32 AM
3 shots...
Reposted by Kim Eckert
www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in Minneapolis with her partner just blocks from where she was shot.
She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in Minneapolis with her partner just blocks from where she was shot.
‘She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in Minneapolis with her partner just blocks from where she was shot.
www.startribune.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:26 AM
www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...
She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in Minneapolis with her partner just blocks from where she was shot.
She was an amazing human being’: Mother identifies woman shot, killed by ICE agent
Renee Nicole Good, 37, lived in Minneapolis with her partner just blocks from where she was shot.
Reposted by Kim Eckert
Reposted by Kim Eckert
The food pyramid released by RFK Jr's USDA looks very different from the one you probably remember. See what's changed.
Old food pyramid vs. RFK Jr.'s new food pyramid. See what's different.
The food pyramid released by RFK Jr's USDA looks very different from the one you probably remember. See what's changed.
bit.ly
January 8, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The food pyramid released by RFK Jr's USDA looks very different from the one you probably remember. See what's changed.
I wish I was closer to DC.
This is a definite must see.
This is a definite must see.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:07 AM
I wish I was closer to DC.
This is a definite must see.
This is a definite must see.
✌️
ICE is a domestic terrorist organization. #ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #DomesticTerrorist #Trump #Minneapolis
January 8, 2026 at 2:38 AM
✌️
The headline...
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shooting a woman during a confrontation in Minneapolis sparked an uproar over the presence of ICE agents in the city and heightening political divisions.
ICE Minneapolis shooting sparks anger and deepens political divisions
Within hours, the Minneapolis killing ignited protests as far away as New York City, where an evening demonstration backed by the New York Immigration Coalition was planned.
ebx.sh
January 8, 2026 at 2:27 AM
The headline...