Mark's Spot
@markmckechnie.bsky.social
Just trying to find a nice corner of the internet unmolested by oligarchs. Vegetarian for a livable climate. Solar powered. Equity. Justice. Science. 3rd Gen ANTIFA
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Trump is lying.
Based upon what evidence?
FOX NEWS: Do you believe that the number of people who came into the country illegally is one of the major factors that drove up housing prices?
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
FED GOV STEPHAN MIRAN: I absolutely believe that's the case
November 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Based upon what evidence?
A pair of Great Horned Owls showed themselves behind our house this weekend.
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Owls
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Owls
November 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A pair of Great Horned Owls showed themselves behind our house this weekend.
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Owls
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Owls
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the U.S. government’s mandatory detention of Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, the day care teacher arrested at a Chicago preschool, is illegal and she must be given a bond hearing.
Judge rules mandatory detention of Chicago day care teacher by ICE is illegal
According to the ruling, Diana Santillana will be given a bond hearing in front of an immigration judge, who could order her released while her civil deportation case proceeds.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the U.S. government’s mandatory detention of Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano, the day care teacher arrested at a Chicago preschool, is illegal and she must be given a bond hearing.
"If there is a shutdown ... I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together."
--Donald Trump in 2011, before he presided over the two longest government shutdowns in U.S. history
--Donald Trump in 2011, before he presided over the two longest government shutdowns in U.S. history
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"If there is a shutdown ... I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together."
--Donald Trump in 2011, before he presided over the two longest government shutdowns in U.S. history
--Donald Trump in 2011, before he presided over the two longest government shutdowns in U.S. history
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Our leading news organizations turned a cache of ultimately-innocuous emails into a scandal-coded weeklong series of front page stories leading into the 2016 election. If they do not cover the "emails from notorious pedophile implication the President" emails with the same fervor, it's curious!
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Our leading news organizations turned a cache of ultimately-innocuous emails into a scandal-coded weeklong series of front page stories leading into the 2016 election. If they do not cover the "emails from notorious pedophile implication the President" emails with the same fervor, it's curious!
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
'Emails suggest Donald Trump knew about the conduct of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including one in which Epstein said “of course [Trump] knew about the girls” procured for his sex-trafficking ring, and another that said Trump “spent hours” with one victim at Epstein’s house.'
Trump knew about Epstein’s conduct, newly released emails suggest
In messages released by House Democrats, Epstein wrote ‘of course [Trump] knew about the girls’
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
'Emails suggest Donald Trump knew about the conduct of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including one in which Epstein said “of course [Trump] knew about the girls” procured for his sex-trafficking ring, and another that said Trump “spent hours” with one victim at Epstein’s house.'
Newly sworn in, Adelita Grijalva did not waste any time....
Rep. Adelita Grijalva slams delay of her swearing-in ceremony in first House floor speech
YouTube video by CBS News
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Newly sworn in, Adelita Grijalva did not waste any time....
To influence Trump on Colombia, Sen. Bernie Moreno brought a fake image of the country's president share.google/m6dm7bGxMA4t...
To influence Trump on Colombia, Sen. Bernie Moreno brought a fake image of the country's president
The president of Colombia recalled his ambassador from the U.S. when the image was spotted in a White House photo, intensifying a growing rift between the two countries.
share.google
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
To influence Trump on Colombia, Sen. Bernie Moreno brought a fake image of the country's president share.google/m6dm7bGxMA4t...
The board and shareholders who just handed Musk a historic windfall seem pretty or of touch with how well things are going (or not) inside the company....
Siddhant Awasthi and Emmanuel Lamacchia, the Tesla executives in charge of its Cybertruck and Model Y programs, are leaving the company.
They're the latest in a string of high-profile executive exits.
They're the latest in a string of high-profile executive exits.
The Tesla Cybertruck And Model Y Bosses Both Just Quit
Tesla has lost several top executives across divisions in recent months. They seem to be leaving on good terms, but the rate of executive turnover seems high.
insideevs.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The board and shareholders who just handed Musk a historic windfall seem pretty or of touch with how well things are going (or not) inside the company....
"I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great..."
--Oscar Isaac
--Oscar Isaac
Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great..."
--Oscar Isaac
--Oscar Isaac
@cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy is a MAGA propaganda outlet. Reporting on the Commanders game, they said fans were 'treated to an Air Force One flyover' and completely omitted the fact that Trump was loudly booed by fans at the game.
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
@cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy is a MAGA propaganda outlet. Reporting on the Commanders game, they said fans were 'treated to an Air Force One flyover' and completely omitted the fact that Trump was loudly booed by fans at the game.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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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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Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Sanders: Let’s be clear… If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are going to see at least a doubling in their premiums… if resolution is passed tonight, we are on a path way to throw 15 million Americans off of medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million.
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
DO NOT CAVE!!!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
DO NOT CAVE!!!!!!
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Senate Democrats asked for a year of ACA subsidies and were told to fuck off.
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
From what I have seen so far this does not seem like a good deal:
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Senate Democrats asked for a year of ACA subsidies and were told to fuck off.
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
So they came back and asked for a pinky promise to hold a vote on ACA subsidies that they will assuredly lose?
Seriously?
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And if that doesn’t work, try 202-224-3121
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
And if that doesn’t work, try 202-224-3121
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
"Maxwell... was moved... to the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas... just days after she was interviewed... by deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche. Blanche is a former personal lawyer for Donald Trump, who had been friends with the late Epstein – a convicted sex offender ..."
Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly ‘much happier’ after prison transfer by Trump officials
Jeffrey Epstein associate, serving 20 years for sex-trafficking crimes, is now in minimum-security federal prison in Texas
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"Maxwell... was moved... to the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas... just days after she was interviewed... by deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche. Blanche is a former personal lawyer for Donald Trump, who had been friends with the late Epstein – a convicted sex offender ..."
American Kestrel (male), the smallest falcon
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Kestrel
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Kestrel
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
American Kestrel (male), the smallest falcon
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Kestrel
#birds #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #life #PNW #Nikon #Kestrel
"The [food] pantry is situated a half mile from Wright-Patterson air force base – the largest single-site employer in Ohio with 38,000 workers – outside Dayton, Ohio...
With tens of thousands of military personnel working without pay,... the wider regional economy is in trouble." #EconSky
With tens of thousands of military personnel working without pay,... the wider regional economy is in trouble." #EconSky
Near Ohio air force base, food pantries and businesses grapple with effects of shutdown
As tens of thousands of military personnel work without pay and others are furloughed, a local pantry sees its numbers increasing as restaurants are losing customers
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"The [food] pantry is situated a half mile from Wright-Patterson air force base – the largest single-site employer in Ohio with 38,000 workers – outside Dayton, Ohio...
With tens of thousands of military personnel working without pay,... the wider regional economy is in trouble." #EconSky
With tens of thousands of military personnel working without pay,... the wider regional economy is in trouble." #EconSky
"I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high. My electricity bills are higher here in Washington, D.C., at my apartment, and they’re also higher at my house in Rome, Georgia, higher than they were a year ago,” MTG said.
Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Out Trump’s Blatant Lie on Inflation
The MAGA representative is continuing her break with the Republican Party—and the president himself.
newrepublic.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
"I go to the grocery store myself. Grocery prices remain high. Energy prices are high. My electricity bills are higher here in Washington, D.C., at my apartment, and they’re also higher at my house in Rome, Georgia, higher than they were a year ago,” MTG said.
"When government employees enter public service, they do not sign away their First Amendment rights," U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wrote in his decision on Friday, "and they certainly do not sign up to be a billboard for any given administration's partisan views."
Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment
A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' out-of-office autoreplies.
www.npr.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
"When government employees enter public service, they do not sign away their First Amendment rights," U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper wrote in his decision on Friday, "and they certainly do not sign up to be a billboard for any given administration's partisan views."