Andrew Kennis
@andrew-kennis.bsky.social
Day Gig= Researcher / Professor; Book = DigitalAgeResistance.org; Night Gig = Int'l investigative journalist; Bylines = #Guardian; #XianScienceMonitor; #RevistaProceso; #VICE (:sigh: when it existed); ex- #teleSUREnglish border crrspdt; PhD=@Illinois_Alma
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Andrew Kennis
@andrew-kennis.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Periodistas Unidos on X: "📅 Miércoles, 17 de septiembre | 🕟 4:30 pm 🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista Andrew Kennis @Andrew_Kennis sobre Charlie Kirk. Además: 🟣 Layla Sánchez Kuri: Feminismo @TREMENDALAYLA ⚽ Luis Alonso: Deportes @Abuelo_NFL 🎭 https://t.co/UrZpLnDjmN" / X
📅 Miércoles, 17 de septiembre | 🕟 4:30 pm 🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista Andrew Kennis @Andrew_Kennis sobre Charlie Kirk. Además: 🟣 Layla Sánchez Kuri: Feminismo @TREMENDALAYLA ⚽ Luis Alonso: Deportes @Abuelo_NFL 🎭 https://t.co/UrZpLnDjmN
x.com
📅 Miércoles, 17 de septiembre | 🕟 4:30 pm
🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista @Andrew_Kennis sobre #CharlieKirk.
📺 ¡No te pierdas "Después de la Letra... la Palabra" de Periodistas... Unidos!
En Vivo: zurl.co/NOd0u
@alexmelon
x.com/PeriodistasU...
🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista @Andrew_Kennis sobre #CharlieKirk.
📺 ¡No te pierdas "Después de la Letra... la Palabra" de Periodistas... Unidos!
En Vivo: zurl.co/NOd0u
@alexmelon
x.com/PeriodistasU...
"Civil forfeiture," yet another racist practice you may not have heard of...
"Former Shoe Shiner Wins Back Nearly $30,000 Seized by Federal Agents"
THREAD: 1/4
www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/u...
"Former Shoe Shiner Wins Back Nearly $30,000 Seized by Federal Agents"
THREAD: 1/4
www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/u...
Former Shoe Shiner Wins Back Nearly $30,000 Seized by Federal Agents (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Civil forfeiture," yet another racist practice you may not have heard of...
"Former Shoe Shiner Wins Back Nearly $30,000 Seized by Federal Agents"
THREAD: 1/4
www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/u...
"Former Shoe Shiner Wins Back Nearly $30,000 Seized by Federal Agents"
THREAD: 1/4
www.nytimes.com/2021/10/31/u...
Now, #CivilSociety next on Trump's hit list via threats to revoke non-profit status of "undesirable" community organizations...
#FreeSpeech
#AttackOnCivilSociety
#AuthoritarianRule
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#FreeSpeech
#AttackOnCivilSociety
#AuthoritarianRule
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
How Trump is seizing on Charlie Kirk’s killing for a campaign of vengeance
The Trump administration is trying to harness outrage over the rightwing activist’s killing to crush dissent, experts say
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Now, #CivilSociety next on Trump's hit list via threats to revoke non-profit status of "undesirable" community organizations...
#FreeSpeech
#AttackOnCivilSociety
#AuthoritarianRule
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#FreeSpeech
#AttackOnCivilSociety
#AuthoritarianRule
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
📅 Miércoles, 17 de septiembre | 🕟 4:30 pm
🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista @Andrew_Kennis sobre #CharlieKirk.
📺 ¡No te pierdas "Después de la Letra... la Palabra" de Periodistas... Unidos!
En Vivo: zurl.co/NOd0u
@alexmelon
x.com/PeriodistasU...
🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista @Andrew_Kennis sobre #CharlieKirk.
📺 ¡No te pierdas "Después de la Letra... la Palabra" de Periodistas... Unidos!
En Vivo: zurl.co/NOd0u
@alexmelon
x.com/PeriodistasU...
Periodistas Unidos on X: "📅 Miércoles, 17 de septiembre | 🕟 4:30 pm 🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista Andrew Kennis @Andrew_Kennis sobre Charlie Kirk. Además: 🟣 Layla Sánchez Kuri: Feminismo @TREMENDALAYLA ⚽ Luis Alonso: Deportes @Abuelo_NFL 🎭 https://t.co/UrZpLnDjmN" / X
📅 Miércoles, 17 de septiembre | 🕟 4:30 pm 🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista Andrew Kennis @Andrew_Kennis sobre Charlie Kirk. Además: 🟣 Layla Sánchez Kuri: Feminismo @TREMENDALAYLA ⚽ Luis Alonso: Deportes @Abuelo_NFL 🎭 https://t.co/UrZpLnDjmN
x.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
📅 Miércoles, 17 de septiembre | 🕟 4:30 pm
🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista @Andrew_Kennis sobre #CharlieKirk.
📺 ¡No te pierdas "Después de la Letra... la Palabra" de Periodistas... Unidos!
En Vivo: zurl.co/NOd0u
@alexmelon
x.com/PeriodistasU...
🎙️ Jorge Meléndez @jamelendez44 y Témoris Grecko @temoris entrevistan al periodista @Andrew_Kennis sobre #CharlieKirk.
📺 ¡No te pierdas "Después de la Letra... la Palabra" de Periodistas... Unidos!
En Vivo: zurl.co/NOd0u
@alexmelon
x.com/PeriodistasU...
Reposted by Andrew Kennis
New piece in The Nation arguing that we need public media more now than ever. We must defend what we have with an eye toward expanding and restructuring public media in the future.
We Must Save Public Media to Change It
We need public media more than ever—it’s too precious to let Trump defund it. But to live up to its democratic promise, we must support public media to serve our needs.
www.thenation.com
April 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New piece in The Nation arguing that we need public media more now than ever. We must defend what we have with an eye toward expanding and restructuring public media in the future.
Illinois at UDC ‘25
@victorpickard.bsky.social Janet Wasko @christina-ceisel.bsky.social @mandytroeger.bsky.social @johnnyrico.bsky.social Brian Dolber @andrew-kennis.bsky.social
@victorpickard.bsky.social Janet Wasko @christina-ceisel.bsky.social @mandytroeger.bsky.social @johnnyrico.bsky.social Brian Dolber @andrew-kennis.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Reposted by Andrew Kennis
Illinois at UDC ‘25
@victorpickard.bsky.social Janet Wasko @christina-ceisel.bsky.social @mandytroeger.bsky.social @johnnyrico.bsky.social Brian Dolber @andrew-kennis.bsky.social
@victorpickard.bsky.social Janet Wasko @christina-ceisel.bsky.social @mandytroeger.bsky.social @johnnyrico.bsky.social Brian Dolber @andrew-kennis.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Illinois at UDC ‘25
@victorpickard.bsky.social Janet Wasko @christina-ceisel.bsky.social @mandytroeger.bsky.social @johnnyrico.bsky.social Brian Dolber @andrew-kennis.bsky.social
@victorpickard.bsky.social Janet Wasko @christina-ceisel.bsky.social @mandytroeger.bsky.social @johnnyrico.bsky.social Brian Dolber @andrew-kennis.bsky.social
#TheIsraeliPress
"The Israeli news outlet, Haaretz, reports that soldiers operating near food aid sites in Gaza have deliberately fired upon Palestinians....."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
"The Israeli news outlet, Haaretz, reports that soldiers operating near food aid sites in Gaza have deliberately fired upon Palestinians....."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
Israeli soldiers ‘ordered’ to shoot unarmed Gaza aid seekers: Report
Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reports that soldiers operating near food aid sites have deliberately fired on Palestinians.
www.aljazeera.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:11 AM
#TheIsraeliPress
"The Israeli news outlet, Haaretz, reports that soldiers operating near food aid sites in Gaza have deliberately fired upon Palestinians....."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
"The Israeli news outlet, Haaretz, reports that soldiers operating near food aid sites in Gaza have deliberately fired upon Palestinians....."
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
NEWS FLASH!
Turns out that the country is overwhelmingly united in its opposition to #SocialismForTheRichAndBitterCapitalismForEveryoneElse...
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Turns out that the country is overwhelmingly united in its opposition to #SocialismForTheRichAndBitterCapitalismForEveryoneElse...
THREAD 1 / 5
July 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
NEWS FLASH!
Turns out that the country is overwhelmingly united in its opposition to #SocialismForTheRichAndBitterCapitalismForEveryoneElse...
THREAD 1 / 5
Turns out that the country is overwhelmingly united in its opposition to #SocialismForTheRichAndBitterCapitalismForEveryoneElse...
THREAD 1 / 5
Multi-trillion-dollar valued and criminally indicted platform conglomerate controlled artificial intelligence continues to wreck havoc with the world in almost every imaginable aspect...
futurism.com/indie-rock-b...
futurism.com/indie-rock-b...
"Indie Rock Band" That's Clearly Using AI Claims That "We Never Use AI"
An "indie rock band" called The Velvet Sundown is now claiming that "we never use AI" after being accused of not existing.
futurism.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Multi-trillion-dollar valued and criminally indicted platform conglomerate controlled artificial intelligence continues to wreck havoc with the world in almost every imaginable aspect...
futurism.com/indie-rock-b...
futurism.com/indie-rock-b...
The NYT the day after their "nightmare..."
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June 26, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The NYT the day after their "nightmare..."
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"Rutgers professor Andrew Kennis also highlighted the importance of...McChesney—who along with Noam Chomsky wrote openers to his 2022 book Digital-Age Resistance: Journalism, Social Movements, and the Media Dependence Model—[who greatly] influenced his own work."
www.commondreams.org/news/robert-...
www.commondreams.org/news/robert-...
March 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Rutgers professor Andrew Kennis also highlighted the importance of...McChesney—who along with Noam Chomsky wrote openers to his 2022 book Digital-Age Resistance: Journalism, Social Movements, and the Media Dependence Model—[who greatly] influenced his own work."
www.commondreams.org/news/robert-...
www.commondreams.org/news/robert-...
Reposted by Andrew Kennis
The great champion of independent, speak-truth-to-power journalism, and of the democracy that can only survive if the press is free, Robert W. McChesney, has died at age 72. He fought the media oligarchs and the politicians who served them — and often won.
Now, we must carry the fight forward.
Now, we must carry the fight forward.
Robert McChesney, the Great Champion of Journalism and Democracy, Has Died
The academic and activist inspired generations of people to challenge corporate power and support a media reform movement that lives on.
www.thenation.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The great champion of independent, speak-truth-to-power journalism, and of the democracy that can only survive if the press is free, Robert W. McChesney, has died at age 72. He fought the media oligarchs and the politicians who served them — and often won.
Now, we must carry the fight forward.
Now, we must carry the fight forward.
Reposted by Andrew Kennis
March 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
@devnabose.bsky.social Good reporting, compañera! ✔️✌🏼😎
March 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
@devnabose.bsky.social Good reporting, compañera! ✔️✌🏼😎
I took no less than a dozen years, & four different, extended trips & residencies to #Argentina sprinkled throughout that time, to finally feel comfortable and supported enough to pen up and publish a thorough-going piece on the complicated world of #ArgentinianPolitics.
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Our new analysis on Argentina & Javier Milei - a deep dive on the IMF, corporate media, and right wing populist political moves against the establishment
unicornriot.ninja/2025/chainsa...
unicornriot.ninja/2025/chainsa...
March 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I took no less than a dozen years, & four different, extended trips & residencies to #Argentina sprinkled throughout that time, to finally feel comfortable and supported enough to pen up and publish a thorough-going piece on the complicated world of #ArgentinianPolitics.
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Far from bad, especially from the New York Times, no less! Course, coverage like this appears only after presidential action and not so much, before... #FreeLeonardPeltier || #NDNCollective || #FirstNationPeoples || #UnworthySocialMovements
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
A Long Journey Home: After 50 Years, Back on the Reservation
Leonard Peltier, the American Indian Movement activist, returned to North Dakota, where, under home confinement, he will serve the remainder of his life sentence for the murders of two F.B.I. agents.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Far from bad, especially from the New York Times, no less! Course, coverage like this appears only after presidential action and not so much, before... #FreeLeonardPeltier || #NDNCollective || #FirstNationPeoples || #UnworthySocialMovements
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
February 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
#RightThereRightNow || #FreeLeonardPeltier || #NDNCollective || #BelcourtNorthDakota || #FirstNationPeoples || #UnworthySocialMovements
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/19/le...
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/19/le...
“Finally Free!”: Leonard Peltier Released After Nearly 50 Years Behind Bars
We speak with NDN Collective founder and CEO Nick Tilsen, who was with Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier as he was released from a federal prison in Florida Monday after nearly half a century behind...
www.democracynow.org
February 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
#CoolestRichCelebEver? Probably....
“When you travel everything changes. It is a humbling experience and you see how insignificant you are and how little your world matters to the rest of the world."
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“When you travel everything changes. It is a humbling experience and you see how insignificant you are and how little your world matters to the rest of the world."
www.facebook.com/share/p/1A2k...
February 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
#CoolestRichCelebEver? Probably....
“When you travel everything changes. It is a humbling experience and you see how insignificant you are and how little your world matters to the rest of the world."
www.facebook.com/share/p/1A2k...
“When you travel everything changes. It is a humbling experience and you see how insignificant you are and how little your world matters to the rest of the world."
www.facebook.com/share/p/1A2k...
"...an institution w/a 64-year history, a $35 billion budget, & a mission enshrined in federal law. On the other [side] stood Musk’s political wrecking crew...members of the #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency, a collection of temporary staffers w/no charter, no website, & no clear legal authority."
Inside Elon Musk’s War on Washington
From USAID to the U.S. federal payment system, Musk is spearheading plans to audit and cut multiple government agencies
time.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"...an institution w/a 64-year history, a $35 billion budget, & a mission enshrined in federal law. On the other [side] stood Musk’s political wrecking crew...members of the #DepartmentOfGovernmentEfficiency, a collection of temporary staffers w/no charter, no website, & no clear legal authority."
Openly celebrating a "major operation" which killed children, including as young as 9 y/o, & dozens more people, while wounding thousands more & publicly defying #WarCriminalIndictments: "upon receiving the golden pager from #Netanyahu, #Trump responded 'That was a major operation.'" #ImpunityReigns
Netanyahu gives Trump ‘golden pager’ in apparent reference to Lebanon attack
Photos show gift, reportedly nod to Israel’s deadly attack on Hezbollah, during which devices simultaneously detonated
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Openly celebrating a "major operation" which killed children, including as young as 9 y/o, & dozens more people, while wounding thousands more & publicly defying #WarCriminalIndictments: "upon receiving the golden pager from #Netanyahu, #Trump responded 'That was a major operation.'" #ImpunityReigns