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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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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?
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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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A note from our editors:
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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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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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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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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"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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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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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:
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 AM
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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...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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
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!
January 27, 2026 at 1:05 AM
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Bill Melugin of Fox News may be the best-sourced journalist within ICE and CBP. If he's hearing this, the administration has a real problem.
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 AM
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In fact, here are some examples of how authorities characterized Black activists in life and death from old newspapers. State violence and character assassination is part of US political culture.

White supremacy lays at the root of this strategy. Renee Good and Alex Pretti are its latest victims
January 25, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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From a FB post about Alex Pretti:
January 26, 2026 at 12:32 AM
For my #KCMO friends, a friendly reminder:

- Municipal Election Day is Tuesday, April 7.

- Missouri's Primary Election Day is Tuesday, August 4.

- Federal Election Day is Tuesday, November 3.

Put those dates in your calendar now.
January 25, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I am not going to share the video of Alex Pretti's murder.

What I will say, for now, is this:

A truly desperate regime will do truly desperate things if it feels it is *losing power*. 🧵 (1/3)
January 25, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
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Brandishing is a legal term that means to display all or part of a firearm, or otherwise make its presence known to another person to intimidate them, regardless of whether it's directly visible to that person. Given the video, that's not what Alex Pretti was doing when he was shot & killed.
Important context, this is the victim’s behavior BEFORE being tackled

He’s not threatening, he’s not brandishing, he’s filming
Video before it happens is showing this guy they shot in the head in Minneapolis was just standing there videoing them before and they got out to push him back and then murder him.
January 24, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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"Leo" prunes grapevines in Fresno CA. "We get 32 cents/vine piece rate. I'm very fast and on a good day can make a 600 vine row or more. Slower workers take 2-3 days to do a row. By mid row, my arms cramp up and I am tired. This pic is when I'm halfway through a row." #WeFeedYou
January 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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The Highway Trust Fund is in a state of bankruptcy, but we keep chugging along as if there’s no real financial urgency.

www.fastcompany.com/91469982/ame... @fastcompany.com
America has a looming highway budget crisis
The Congressional Budget Office projects that balances in both the highway and transit accounts of the Highway Trust Fund will be exhausted in 2028.
www.fastcompany.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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The 22% who approve of the way Trump is handling the Epstein files, you want to know who those people are among you, and keep your kids away from them.
January 23, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I hope #Sinners wins in every category, but this alone is a major milestone.

Huge props to Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, and everyone involved.

#BlackExcellence

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Oscar nominations 2026: Vampire film Sinners breaks record
The horror is up for 16 awards - setting a new record for the most Oscar nominations for a single film.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM