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Keith Rouda
@krouda.bsky.social
Sending emails and dreaming of a better democracy.
Opposed to oligarchs. For guillotines (metaphorically... probably).
On the very day he was an NY Times Crossword answer. What a tribute. How did they know?

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/f...
Giorgio Armani, Fashion’s Master of the Power Suit, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Remember when information wanted to be free? Before it wanted your credit card number and $20 a month? Pity.
July 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
CNN tired of people opting out of their unwanted advertising cookies. Takes away the choice.
July 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
When AI guardrails behave like training wheels. C'mon, folks.
May 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
May 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Reposted by Keith Rouda
"Who ASKED for this? The assassin lobby?"
@repstevenhorsford.bsky.social calls out Republicans' absurd proposal to remove the tax on gun silencers.

Gun. Silencers. That's what they are "cutting taxes" on.
May 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Journalism
Sandman
Burnham Square
FWIW!
May 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
If you were Putin and wanted to take the US of the global stage as a super power, you would 100% have Trump put RFK Jr. over HHS. youtu.be/8H34jcpEsFs?...
RFK Jr. & HHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
April 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Did JD Vance off the pope?
April 21, 2025 at 11:52 AM
These are people who view morality as a disqualifying character weakness and who believe everything they can grasp is theirs. Of COURSE they traded on what they knew.
April 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Most market crashes show you the way out. Fix the mortgage derivatives market. Cure the pandemic.

When the problem is "The American president is stupid and still has 3 years and 9 months left in his term" there may not be a fix coming for a long time.
April 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
And, one more thing you would absolutely do if you were Putin and needed to take the US off the global power map.
H.H.S. Scraps Studies of Vaccines and Treatments for Future Pandemics
Federal officials cited the end of the Covid-19 pandemic in halting the research. But much of the work was focused on preventing outbreaks of other pathogens.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
One more thing you would absolutely do if you were Putin and needed to take the US off the global power map.
Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services
States have been told that they can no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The greatness of any nation is measured by how completely it marginalizes its fascists.
March 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sure hope they filled it with canary traps so they can execute the treasonous prick when he trades on it.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The Cold War never ended.
March 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Reposted by Keith Rouda
If Trump wanted to weaken America from within, this is the way: tanking our economy and destroying our relationship with our closest friend and neighbor, as well as the stability that comes from the longest unsecured border in the world.
Trump announces more tariffs on Canada and says, "The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State."
March 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Start at 3:20 and watch to 41:18 and you'll understand what is happening at a level you don't right now. Important.

youtu.be/u9VSg4ZSwJs?...
The Strategic Significance of the South China Sea: American, Asian, and International Perspectives 5
YouTube video by Hudson Institute
youtu.be
March 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Putin does a congratulatory victory lap for each one.
Second death reported in growing measles outbreak
The death of a New Mexico adult comes eight days after a 6-year-old child succumbed to the disease in Texas last week.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
If you're watching Trump and Trump coverage instead of this eagle feeding her chicks, you've made a wrong turn and should examine your life.

LIVE NEST CAM: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4-L...
March 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Putin just achieved escape velocity right in his pants.
March 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
American exceptionalism, my ass
March 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM