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Michael Kelley
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Husband | Father | Royals/Braves | Passionate about socks and multimodal transportation | He/Him
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Michael Kelley @mckelleykc.bsky.social · Nov 10
Okay, this is my *official* BlueSky introduction 🧵: Hi, I'm Michael and I work on multimodal transportation (👨🏾‍🦽🚶🏾‍♂️🚴🏾‍♂️🚌) in the bi-state Kansas City region. In this thread, I'll answer 3 questions:

1) What do I tend to post about?
2) Why BlueSky?
3) Where do things on this account go from here?
Michael takes a selfie while riding in a protected bike lane.
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urocklive1.bsky.social
New agents not getting paid and

“A lot of the guys are honestly pretty sketchy,” a recent ICE recruit said on the condition of anonymity. “I thought federal agents were supposed to be clean cut but some of them pass around a flask as we are watching a suspect.”
www.rawstory.com/ice-26750722...
ICE agents fear they're getting stiffed on hiring bonuses: 'I haven’t been paid'
While the Trump administration has promised high salaries and generous bonuses for federal immigration agent recruits, a wave of apparent new agents have taken to social media to complain about gettin...
www.rawstory.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:35 AM
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nondriver.bsky.social
Spent 4.5 hours on a bike today between getting to the dentist and picking the kid up from after school sports. Driving, would have been 1.5 hours. But what really gets me is that if I could just bike the direct, flat routes the cars take, that biking time would have been cut in half.
February 4, 2026 at 1:06 AM
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gordonofseattle.bsky.social
Anna is living the meme (not the dream)
cities will go out of their way to accommodate bicycles (make them go in long inconvenient paths)
February 4, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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adn.com
A hit-and-run driver who killed a pedestrian in East Anchorage last August was sentenced to serve four months in prison under a plea agreement with state prosecutors.
‘You killed someone’: Driver in East Anchorage pedestrian hit-and-run sentenced to 4 months
Bessie Binkowski wasn’t arrested for nearly two weeks after she fatally struck 63-year-old Arthur Stepetin Jr. in late August. The judge in the case rejected an earlier plea deal calling for no active...
www.adn.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:35 AM
mckelleykc.bsky.social
www.remainplaces.com/post/the-gre...
The Great Unbuckling: American’s Growing Hunger for Life Without a Car
For decades, the "American Dream" has been synonymous with a two-car garage and a wide suburban driveway. But a new study from Arizona State University reveals a massive shift in what we actually want...
www.remainplaces.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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19thnews.org
There’s still a ways to go before doctors and scientists fully understand pediatric long COVID, but three upcoming clinical trials are on the horizon.

This article was published with @thesicktimes.org, a nonprofit newsroom covering long COVID:
Long COVID affects millions of children. The largest pediatric trial so far launches this year.
There’s still a ways to go before doctors and scientists fully understand pediatric long COVID, but three upcoming clinical trials are on the horizon.
19thnews.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
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doclb2.bsky.social
“Slavery has never been abolished from America’s way of thinking.”

~ Nina Simone 🌸🌸🌸

#BlackHistoryMonth ❤️🖤💚
#BHM2026 ❤️🖤💚
February 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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momsdemandaction.org
Anyone surprised?
everytown.org Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 1d
A new report by @thetrace.org reveals that weapons companies made a staggering $120 million in contracts with Trump’s Department of Homeland Security to arm federal agents with firearms, ammunition, and other gear.

The gun industry is fueling violence and chaos in our communities.
Gun Industry Made Millions Arming ICE and Border Patrol Agents
A new report reveals that weapons makers and sellers received $120 million in ICE and Border Patrol contracts last year.
smokinggun.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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kcrta.bsky.social
The Missouri House is considering HB4, which covers the budget of the Missouri Department of Transportation, today at noon!

Learn more and send a message to the committee to ask lawmakers to restore funding that was cut from public transit:

mopublictransit.org/2026/01/30/h...
House Budget Committee Hearing Set on MoDOT's Budget: Weigh in on Proposed Transit Funding Cuts - Missouri Public Transit Association
Read more from House Budget Committee Hearing Set on MoDOT's Budget: Weigh in on Proposed Transit Funding Cuts by Missouri Public Transit Association
mopublictransit.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM
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whysophiewhy.bsky.social
A friend recently bought me these Tiny Tates Gluten Free cookies and they're pretty delicious. I googled them to see where I could buy more but instead this popped up.

Gross. Evil.

I'll find another sweet treat.

ny.eater.com/2021/3/12/22...
Tate’s Bake Shop Workers Allegedly Threatened With Deportation Due to Unionization Efforts
Plus, NYC restaurateurs eagerly look forward to next boost of federal aid — and more intel
ny.eater.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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jillnolin.bsky.social
The ballots are now set for two special legislative races in Georgia and the candidates are still lining up for a third contest set for March 10.
Two Georgia state House races take shape  • Georgia Recorder
The ballots are now set for two special legislative races in Georgia and the candidates are still lining up for a third contest set for March 10.  Since the 2026 legislative session is already underwa...
georgiarecorder.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
ICE now confirming that there is a measles outbreak at the Texas concentration camp where young Liam was held.
February 2, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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boltsmag.org
Pro-ICE sheriffs in competitive counties all over, including Maryland, New York, Montana, and Wisconsin, are up for reelection in 2026. These races will test voters’ appetite for complying with Trump’s deportation agenda.
In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat
With roughly 2,400 elections for prosecutor and sheriff in 2026, Bolts reviews the map and early hotspots that will shape criminal punishment and law enforcement practices.
boltsmag.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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taniel.bsky.social
NEWS: No one filed to challenge two conservative/Republican justices on the Nevada supreme court who are up for reelection this year. The deadline was a few days ago.

They will run for new terms unopposed.
January 20, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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propublica.org
A note from our editors:
Note from the editors: ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. The Department of Justice said it is investigating the incident, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement. The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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propublica.org
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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joaquincastrotx.bsky.social
Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.
January 28, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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gregsargent.bsky.social
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/

(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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blindeke.bsky.social
"about 30 vehicles left between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. — a number they said was fairly normal for that time of day." www.startribune.com/ice-minnesot...
Is ICE rolling back operations in Minnesota? It’s hard to tell.
Federal agents are still on the streets of the Twin Cities a day after the Trump administration announced a change in immigration enforcement in Minnesota.
www.startribune.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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wired.com
ICYMI: Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees. www.wired.com/story/meta-i...
Meta Is Blocking Links to ICE List on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads
Users of Meta’s social platforms can no longer share links to ICE List, a website listing what it claims are the names of thousands of DHS employees.
www.wired.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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caitlingilbert.bsky.social
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
Screenshot of tweet from Huberman that reads: “The other is that dog breeds w/different shaped heads are predictive of their demeanor and intelligence. And while I don’t! believe in Phrenology I now do pay some attention to how the shapes of peoples heads relates to their intellect and steadiness, or lack thereof.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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solomonmissouri.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/videos/us/20...
‘They killed her little by little’: Parents speak out after daughter died in border patrol custody | CNN
CNN’s Rosa Flores speaks to the parents of the 8-year-old who died in the custody of US immigration authorities in Texas in May, 2023 after the family made repeated requests for medial care for the gi...
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:08 PM
mckelleykc.bsky.social
For my #Missouri friends who support public schools:

Parents for KC Kids is organizing a Lobby Day effort for Tuesday, February 10th and we'd love to have you join us!

Register today and please repost!

tinyurl.com/LobbyFeb10
Public Education Lobby Day Feb 10 RSVP
NOTE: Due to weather, Public Education Lobby Day has been rescheduled from Jan 27 to Feb 10th! If you have already registered, no need to re-complete this form. Just confirm your attendance at tin...
tinyurl.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:18 PM
mckelleykc.bsky.social
Local policy matters.

If you live in #KCMO, one of the most important policy decisions you can influence is the city budget.

Budget meetings are coming up in a few weeks. Make it a point to show up and speak out!
Poster for KCMO public budget hearings. They are scheduled for: - February 23 - March 2 - March 7 Learn more at kcmo.gov/budget.
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM