@raykemper.bsky.social
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This young man has it exactly right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This young man has it exactly right.
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The United States never has enough money to keep people alive at home but always has enough money to kill people overseas.
June 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The United States never has enough money to keep people alive at home but always has enough money to kill people overseas.
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🔥 FLASHBACK — TEXAS: “This f*ckin’ hurts… I can’t drive. My brother, my cousin— y’all don’t understand the sh*t y’all do hurts our community.”
Rep. Walle confronted TX Republicans who cut off debate (sounds familiar!) on bills targeting immigrants & unleashing racial profiling.
Rep. Walle confronted TX Republicans who cut off debate (sounds familiar!) on bills targeting immigrants & unleashing racial profiling.
June 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🔥 FLASHBACK — TEXAS: “This f*ckin’ hurts… I can’t drive. My brother, my cousin— y’all don’t understand the sh*t y’all do hurts our community.”
Rep. Walle confronted TX Republicans who cut off debate (sounds familiar!) on bills targeting immigrants & unleashing racial profiling.
Rep. Walle confronted TX Republicans who cut off debate (sounds familiar!) on bills targeting immigrants & unleashing racial profiling.
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For those looking for signs the tide is turning, the American Bar Association just dropped a massive federal lawsuit against the Trump regime, naming every single department and every single cabinet member. My write-up on this unprecedented move in the replies.
June 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For those looking for signs the tide is turning, the American Bar Association just dropped a massive federal lawsuit against the Trump regime, naming every single department and every single cabinet member. My write-up on this unprecedented move in the replies.
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A 31-year-old Pennsylvania man initially arrested on suspicion of illegally carrying a gun near a “No Kings” protest outside Philadelphia over the weekend was rearrested this week after investigators found a pipe bomb and several other explosive devices at his home, authorities said.
Armed man arrested at ‘No Kings’ protest had more than a dozen explosives at home, police say | CNN
A 31-year-old Pennsylvania man initially arrested on suspicion of illegally carrying a gun near a “No Kings” protest outside Philadelphia over the weekend was rearrested this week after investigators ...
www.cnn.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A 31-year-old Pennsylvania man initially arrested on suspicion of illegally carrying a gun near a “No Kings” protest outside Philadelphia over the weekend was rearrested this week after investigators found a pipe bomb and several other explosive devices at his home, authorities said.
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Businesses are stepping up to protect their employees against ICE raids. Over 100 workplaces have pledged to become 4th Amendment Workplaces and have trained their staff on what to do if ICE shows up.
Learn more: 4thworkplace.org
Learn more: 4thworkplace.org
June 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Businesses are stepping up to protect their employees against ICE raids. Over 100 workplaces have pledged to become 4th Amendment Workplaces and have trained their staff on what to do if ICE shows up.
Learn more: 4thworkplace.org
Learn more: 4thworkplace.org
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The Big Beautiful Betrayal lowers incomes for nearly 100 million working families, raises mortgage costs, and takes funding from rural hospitals — all while giving massive tax breaks to the wealthy. This isn’t the bill for you and we must reject it.
June 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The Big Beautiful Betrayal lowers incomes for nearly 100 million working families, raises mortgage costs, and takes funding from rural hospitals — all while giving massive tax breaks to the wealthy. This isn’t the bill for you and we must reject it.
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CNN's Fred Pleitgen is in Iran's capital city of Tehran and is the first Western journalist to enter the country since its conflict with Israel started. Hear his first impressions and what he's witnessed as he journeyed across Iran.
June 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
CNN's Fred Pleitgen is in Iran's capital city of Tehran and is the first Western journalist to enter the country since its conflict with Israel started. Hear his first impressions and what he's witnessed as he journeyed across Iran.
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Four Democratic members of Congress from Illinois, Jesús “Chuy” García, Danny Davis, Delia Ramirez, and Jonathan Jackson, were denied entry to an ICE facility in Broadview, just outside Chicago, despite federal policy allowing them access without prior notice.
June 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Four Democratic members of Congress from Illinois, Jesús “Chuy” García, Danny Davis, Delia Ramirez, and Jonathan Jackson, were denied entry to an ICE facility in Broadview, just outside Chicago, despite federal policy allowing them access without prior notice.
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Welcome to the country of free speech (not)
Breaking news: The State Department is requiring that all student visa applicants make their social media accounts public to be scrutinized for hostility toward the U.S., according to a cable obtained by The Post.
State Dept. restarts student visa interviews with tougher social media rules
Foreign nationals who seek visas to study in the United States will have to make social media posts public to be scrutinized for hostility toward the U.S.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 18, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Welcome to the country of free speech (not)
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Los Angeles is a city of immigrants and unions. Those two constituencies have essentially melded into one, with unions backing immigrant rights and moving to the forefront of the protests against the Trump administration’s deportations.
How Immigrants and Labor, Long Joined in L.A., Set the Stage for Protest
Unions have backed immigrant rights in California and have been on the forefront of resisting the Trump administration’s deportations.
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June 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Los Angeles is a city of immigrants and unions. Those two constituencies have essentially melded into one, with unions backing immigrant rights and moving to the forefront of the protests against the Trump administration’s deportations.
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I opened my interview with @governor.ca.gov with the news that Karoline Leavitt had just attacked him from the White House podium. His response was pretty direct. It's all propaganda.
June 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I opened my interview with @governor.ca.gov with the news that Karoline Leavitt had just attacked him from the White House podium. His response was pretty direct. It's all propaganda.
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2022 government budgeted $96.2 billion for elementary & secondary education. 46.4%, came from the Education Department.
About $1 in every $7 (or 13.7%) of public school funding comes from the federal government. Depending on the district, that number can range from 0% to 75%. @usafacts.org
About $1 in every $7 (or 13.7%) of public school funding comes from the federal government. Depending on the district, that number can range from 0% to 75%. @usafacts.org
June 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
2022 government budgeted $96.2 billion for elementary & secondary education. 46.4%, came from the Education Department.
About $1 in every $7 (or 13.7%) of public school funding comes from the federal government. Depending on the district, that number can range from 0% to 75%. @usafacts.org
About $1 in every $7 (or 13.7%) of public school funding comes from the federal government. Depending on the district, that number can range from 0% to 75%. @usafacts.org
Take 8 mins and listen to #GavinNewsom full speech yesterday. His view of events, and why so many of us are angry with the deportations, Trump's military response to our right to protest, the Trump's fear and chaos approach for power, and the danger to democracy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n77...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n77...
EXCLUSIVE: Governor Newsom ADDRESSES State and Nation LIVE
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Take 8 mins and listen to #GavinNewsom full speech yesterday. His view of events, and why so many of us are angry with the deportations, Trump's military response to our right to protest, the Trump's fear and chaos approach for power, and the danger to democracy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n77...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n77...
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The Trump Administration is mobilizing an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to inflame tensions in LA, impacting the state’s wildfire prevention & fentanyl task force efforts.
Trump doesn't care about protecting Californians. He’s militarizing our state & provoking chaos.
Trump doesn't care about protecting Californians. He’s militarizing our state & provoking chaos.
June 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Trump Administration is mobilizing an additional 2,000 National Guard troops to inflame tensions in LA, impacting the state’s wildfire prevention & fentanyl task force efforts.
Trump doesn't care about protecting Californians. He’s militarizing our state & provoking chaos.
Trump doesn't care about protecting Californians. He’s militarizing our state & provoking chaos.
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“Until the raids stop, I am going to be concerned about fear and tension in the city. People going to work and not knowing whether or not they are going to be able to get home that evening”
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass reacts to Trump admin. continuing ICE raids for the next 30 days.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass reacts to Trump admin. continuing ICE raids for the next 30 days.
June 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“Until the raids stop, I am going to be concerned about fear and tension in the city. People going to work and not knowing whether or not they are going to be able to get home that evening”
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass reacts to Trump admin. continuing ICE raids for the next 30 days.
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass reacts to Trump admin. continuing ICE raids for the next 30 days.
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The national news story about the riots in Los Angeles are not even making local news. Just checked the stations: One talking about the impact of staff cuts in national parks, another about the best cruise lines for vacations, and the third doing the weather. Trump’s fantasy rebellion doesn’t exist!
June 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The national news story about the riots in Los Angeles are not even making local news. Just checked the stations: One talking about the impact of staff cuts in national parks, another about the best cruise lines for vacations, and the third doing the weather. Trump’s fantasy rebellion doesn’t exist!
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“Frankly, it’s provocative. It is almost as if the administration wanted to see chaos.”
Los Angeles Mayor Bass on President Trump's response to anti-ICE protests
Los Angeles Mayor Bass on President Trump's response to anti-ICE protests
June 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Frankly, it’s provocative. It is almost as if the administration wanted to see chaos.”
Los Angeles Mayor Bass on President Trump's response to anti-ICE protests
Los Angeles Mayor Bass on President Trump's response to anti-ICE protests
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OPINION by @stevebenen.com:
“RFK Jr.’s anti-science reputation was well established long before Trump nominated him. That an unqualified, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist is behaving like an unqualified, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist is painfully predictable.”
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
“RFK Jr.’s anti-science reputation was well established long before Trump nominated him. That an unqualified, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist is behaving like an unqualified, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist is painfully predictable.”
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
RFK Jr. breaks promise to senators, guts CDC vaccine panel of independent experts
Before his confirmation, the HHS secretary said he’d leave the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices alone. Now he’s doing the opposite.
www.msnbc.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
OPINION by @stevebenen.com:
“RFK Jr.’s anti-science reputation was well established long before Trump nominated him. That an unqualified, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist is behaving like an unqualified, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist is painfully predictable.”
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
“RFK Jr.’s anti-science reputation was well established long before Trump nominated him. That an unqualified, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist is behaving like an unqualified, anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist is painfully predictable.”
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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June 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trump is once again exploiting the presidency to vastly enrich himself and his cronies. The crypto grift of his Memecoin is unprecedented. The Washington Post reports "The first family’s net worth has already ballooned by $2.9 billion thanks to its dealings in digital tokens"#corrupt #MAGA
May 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump is once again exploiting the presidency to vastly enrich himself and his cronies. The crypto grift of his Memecoin is unprecedented. The Washington Post reports "The first family’s net worth has already ballooned by $2.9 billion thanks to its dealings in digital tokens"#corrupt #MAGA