Kelly
@absolut-irish.bsky.social
Retired Outspoken Defense Contractor…you want opinions, I’ve got ‘em and I’ll share willingly!
90% Yellow Dog Democrat.
90% Yellow Dog Democrat.
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This is the headline I'm seeing all over my news alerts.
It should be: "Madman is still president of the US"
It should be: "Madman is still president of the US"
Trump rules out using force to acquire Greenland
Trump rules out using force to acquire Greenland
In Davos, the president urged negotiations for 'a piece of ice.'
dlvr.it
January 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
This is the headline I'm seeing all over my news alerts.
It should be: "Madman is still president of the US"
It should be: "Madman is still president of the US"
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Murder. Again.
“Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide
The report comes the same day a federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of two fellow detainees who said 55-year-old Geraldo Lunas Campos was killed.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide
The report comes the same day a federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of two fellow detainees who said 55-year-old Geraldo Lunas Campos was killed.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide
The report classifying an ICE detainee’s death a homicide comes the same day a federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of two witnesses to the incident.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Murder. Again.
“Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide
The report comes the same day a federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of two fellow detainees who said 55-year-old Geraldo Lunas Campos was killed.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
“Autopsy report classifies ICE detainee’s death as a homicide
The report comes the same day a federal judge temporarily barred the deportation of two fellow detainees who said 55-year-old Geraldo Lunas Campos was killed.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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“They need that money to invest in businesses!” And to suppress the media.
January 21, 2026 at 4:58 PM
“They need that money to invest in businesses!” And to suppress the media.
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Keep 'em coming
I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years
there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
January 21, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Keep 'em coming
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I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years
there are a bunch of big names on this list, including multiple beard award winners, and some places i never would have guessed in a hundred years (the malt shop?!) and i'm genuinely floored and delighted to see so many participants
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
List of Minnesota businesses closing for Jan. 23 anti-ICE strike
First announced by faith leaders and unions on Jan. 13, Minnesota businesses have begun announcing plans to join the action.
bringmethenews.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:37 PM
I think people underestimate how big this is. Like a city-wide strike is not something that has happened in the US for nearly 100 years
So after Trump's tyrannical tirade, NATO's SecGen Mark Rutte came to the podium to kiss his ass??? So much for European cries and pleas of harm. Forget about the Grinch stealing Christmas....hunt for the spine thief!
January 21, 2026 at 7:48 PM
So after Trump's tyrannical tirade, NATO's SecGen Mark Rutte came to the podium to kiss his ass??? So much for European cries and pleas of harm. Forget about the Grinch stealing Christmas....hunt for the spine thief!
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"She said no, no, no..."
January 21, 2026 at 3:14 PM
"She said no, no, no..."
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Told You So, Social Security Edition
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/21/j...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/21/j...
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Told You So, Social Security Edition - emptywheel
DOJ just confirmed that DOGE boys at the Social Security Administration were doing more than they told Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander about in March. But the new disclosures say nothing about the far mo...
www.emptywheel.net
January 21, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Told You So, Social Security Edition
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/21/j...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/21/j...
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“The obvious question raised by Carney’s speech is this: Is the United States irreversibly lost? Can we not recover from our self-inflicted wound? Is it beyond the capacity of the United States to once again be an admirable nation and a responsible great power?”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-butc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-butc...
Trump Butchers the Golden Goose
He’s convinced he has to kill liberalism and democracy to realize their benefits.
www.thebulwark.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
“The obvious question raised by Carney’s speech is this: Is the United States irreversibly lost? Can we not recover from our self-inflicted wound? Is it beyond the capacity of the United States to once again be an admirable nation and a responsible great power?”
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-butc...
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-butc...
In Davos Trump claimed China builds & sells wind turbines, but doesn't use them & laughs at others buying them.
Fact: China is the world leader in wind power generation, with the largest installed capacity of any nation and continued rapid growth in new wind facilities.
Fact: China is the world leader in wind power generation, with the largest installed capacity of any nation and continued rapid growth in new wind facilities.
January 21, 2026 at 2:49 PM
In Davos Trump claimed China builds & sells wind turbines, but doesn't use them & laughs at others buying them.
Fact: China is the world leader in wind power generation, with the largest installed capacity of any nation and continued rapid growth in new wind facilities.
Fact: China is the world leader in wind power generation, with the largest installed capacity of any nation and continued rapid growth in new wind facilities.
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WTH
JUST IN: Judge Engelmayer has *denied* @RepThomasMassie @RepRoKhanna's effort to participate in his case, saying they can't use his docket to raise new issues, though "They raise legitimate concerns about whether DOJ is faithfully complying with federal law" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
WTH
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You would think!! But we have republicans wallowing, literally just rolling around in trumps shit and apparently loving being part of the destruction of the world as Trump sees it.
January 20, 2026 at 10:42 AM
You would think!! But we have republicans wallowing, literally just rolling around in trumps shit and apparently loving being part of the destruction of the world as Trump sees it.
I mentally left the Davos disaster after Trump bragged the people in Iceland call him Daddy.
If ANYONE applauds this humiliating speech I'll 🤢.
If ANYONE applauds this humiliating speech I'll 🤢.
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I mentally left the Davos disaster after Trump bragged the people in Iceland call him Daddy.
If ANYONE applauds this humiliating speech I'll 🤢.
If ANYONE applauds this humiliating speech I'll 🤢.
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OMG, America's biggest embarrassment is ranting, rambling, and lying in Davos....sickening.
January 21, 2026 at 2:03 PM
OMG, America's biggest embarrassment is ranting, rambling, and lying in Davos....sickening.
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Bovino: "Think about it just for a second -- what the rape of a child actually entails"
January 20, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.
But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.”
- Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister
World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos 2026
But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.”
- Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister
World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos 2026
January 21, 2026 at 10:07 AM
“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.
But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.”
- Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister
World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos 2026
But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, and more just.”
- Mark Carney, Canadian Prime Minister
World Economic Forum (WEF), Davos 2026
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Re-upping.
It's all about the elections. I called it back then, when DOGE was stealing data. Now it's confirmed.
In order for Dems to win in Nov, the elections have to be protected from Trump and his thugs.
It's all about the elections. I called it back then, when DOGE was stealing data. Now it's confirmed.
In order for Dems to win in Nov, the elections have to be protected from Trump and his thugs.
"Two members of Musk’s DOGE team working at the Social Security Admin were secretly in touch with an advocacy group seeking to “overturn election results in certain states,” and one signed an agreement that may have involved using Social Security data to match state voter rolls"
Trump administration concedes DOGE team may have misused Social Security data
January 20, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Re-upping.
It's all about the elections. I called it back then, when DOGE was stealing data. Now it's confirmed.
In order for Dems to win in Nov, the elections have to be protected from Trump and his thugs.
It's all about the elections. I called it back then, when DOGE was stealing data. Now it's confirmed.
In order for Dems to win in Nov, the elections have to be protected from Trump and his thugs.
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The president of the United States is, at this moment, having a full scale psychological breakdown
January 20, 2026 at 7:36 PM
The president of the United States is, at this moment, having a full scale psychological breakdown
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Lindsey Halligan, tapped by Trump to prosecute his enemies, is out as U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia after a judge called her bid to remain in office a “charade.” By Devlin Barrett and @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
Halligan Leaves as U.S. Attorney After Mounting Pressure From Judges
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Lindsey Halligan, tapped by Trump to prosecute his enemies, is out as U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia after a judge called her bid to remain in office a “charade.” By Devlin Barrett and @glennthrush.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
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He's only going to get worse. And faster.
January 20, 2026 at 10:01 PM
He's only going to get worse. And faster.