Charissa Kennedy
@charissakennedy.bsky.social
Storyteller of a storytelling non-profit. BTS Photographer. Baker.
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Gavin Newsom is Ellis from Die Hard
a man with a beard is sitting in a chair talking on a cell phone
Alt: a man with a beard is sitting in a chair talking on a walking talkie
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Gavin Newsom is Ellis from Die Hard
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Naturally the most corrupt of presidents wants to make sure no more corruption is prosecuted.
Every few hours there's more like this.
Every few hours there's more like this.
DOJ told @reuters.com that it hasn't made a final decision on shuttering the public corruption unit. But the acting head of the Criminal Division, which supervises the unit, told attorneys there that most would either be transferred or laid off.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump administration eyes cuts to Justice Department public corruption unit, people familiar say
President Donald Trump's administration is considering cutting most of the lawyers in the U.S. Justice Department unit that handles public corruption cases, four people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Naturally the most corrupt of presidents wants to make sure no more corruption is prosecuted.
Every few hours there's more like this.
Every few hours there's more like this.
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Pretty important @nytimes.com.
This story doesn't mention that Donald Trump said at this event he would label those protesting Tesla as domestic terrorists and would punish them.
I'm just wondering how and why that was left out of this story and not the lede to it.
@tylerpager.bsky.social ?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...
I'm just wondering how and why that was left out of this story and not the lede to it.
@tylerpager.bsky.social ?
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/u...
Trump Poses With a Tesla, a Move Aimed Solely at Helping Musk
President Trump has spent years bashing electric vehicles. But with Elon Musk by his side, he said he would buy a bright red one.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Pretty important @nytimes.com.
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If Tesla's stock drops far enough, the bank loans Elon took out to buy Twitter lose their collateral and get called back immediately.
Which is why Elon is panicking, Trump is panicking, and their shadow backers are all panicking.
Which is why Elon is panicking, Trump is panicking, and their shadow backers are all panicking.
March 12, 2025 at 12:39 AM
If Tesla's stock drops far enough, the bank loans Elon took out to buy Twitter lose their collateral and get called back immediately.
Which is why Elon is panicking, Trump is panicking, and their shadow backers are all panicking.
Which is why Elon is panicking, Trump is panicking, and their shadow backers are all panicking.
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📄 EXCLUSIVE: "Musk's SpaceX Received Big Boosts from 'Putin's Favorite' Rep. Dana Rohrabacher"
From SpaceX's formation through its meteoric rise, Elon Musk had one person at his back: Dana Rohrabacher. We examine their relationship, overlooked by biographers.
america2.news/musks-spacex...
From SpaceX's formation through its meteoric rise, Elon Musk had one person at his back: Dana Rohrabacher. We examine their relationship, overlooked by biographers.
america2.news/musks-spacex...
Musk's SpaceX Received Big Boosts from "Putin's Favorite" Rep. Dana Rohrabacher
Elon Musk didn't create SpaceX in a vacuum — he had help from an old friend of Vladimir Putin.
america2.news
March 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
📄 EXCLUSIVE: "Musk's SpaceX Received Big Boosts from 'Putin's Favorite' Rep. Dana Rohrabacher"
From SpaceX's formation through its meteoric rise, Elon Musk had one person at his back: Dana Rohrabacher. We examine their relationship, overlooked by biographers.
america2.news/musks-spacex...
From SpaceX's formation through its meteoric rise, Elon Musk had one person at his back: Dana Rohrabacher. We examine their relationship, overlooked by biographers.
america2.news/musks-spacex...
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Again, this should be the end of it, & the fact that we’re tolerating it is both a massive national security crisis & a massive constitutional crisis. Maybe nothing ever mattered, but I don’t think that’s actually true, & one wonders why we are so deeply unserious now.
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Trump: "When you take away that artificial line that looks like it was done by a ruler ... you look at that beautiful formation of Canada and the US, there is no place anywhere in the world that looks like that. And then if you add Greenland, that's pretty good."
March 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Again, this should be the end of it, & the fact that we’re tolerating it is both a massive national security crisis & a massive constitutional crisis. Maybe nothing ever mattered, but I don’t think that’s actually true, & one wonders why we are so deeply unserious now.
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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In at least a dozen videos filmed in her OPM office, political appointee McLaurine Pinover modeled her outfit choices for the day, while directing followers from her Instagram account to a website that could earn her commissions on clothing sales.
Trump official tasked with defending DOGE cuts posted fashion influencer videos from her office | CNN Politics
As the Office of Personnel Management oversaw the layoffs of thousands of federal workers and pressed others to justify their positions, the agency’s chief spokesperson repeatedly used her office for ...
www.cnn.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
In at least a dozen videos filmed in her OPM office, political appointee McLaurine Pinover modeled her outfit choices for the day, while directing followers from her Instagram account to a website that could earn her commissions on clothing sales.
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The President of the United States confessed that he has no respect for national borders or sovereignty. Egged on by the richest man in the world he expressed broad imperialist plans to take over two sovereign nations.
Will we allow him to do this in our name?
Will we allow him to do this in our name?
Trump: "When you take away that artificial line that looks like it was done by a ruler ... you look at that beautiful formation of Canada and the US, there is no place anywhere in the world that looks like that. And then if you add Greenland, that's pretty good."
March 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The President of the United States confessed that he has no respect for national borders or sovereignty. Egged on by the richest man in the world he expressed broad imperialist plans to take over two sovereign nations.
Will we allow him to do this in our name?
Will we allow him to do this in our name?
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Haberman: Teddy Schleifer and I reported that Elon Musk has signaled to Trump’s advisers that he wants to direct $100 million into trump controlled political entities..
March 12, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Haberman: Teddy Schleifer and I reported that Elon Musk has signaled to Trump’s advisers that he wants to direct $100 million into trump controlled political entities..
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Said the man cosplaying working class in a hoodie and cut off sweats on the floor of the United States Senate.
The weeks of performative “resistance” from those in my party were limited to undignified antics.
Voting to shut the government down will punish millions or risk a recession.
I disagree with many points in the CR, but I will never vote to shut our government down.
Voting to shut the government down will punish millions or risk a recession.
I disagree with many points in the CR, but I will never vote to shut our government down.
March 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Said the man cosplaying working class in a hoodie and cut off sweats on the floor of the United States Senate.
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“The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff.”
One of my companies informed me they cancelled a $2m conference in Florida. Why ?
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
They didn’t feel they could pass on the incremental cost of tariffs. So they are cutting expenses.
That’s a city that lost a ton of tourism revenue.
The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff
March 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
“The cost of tariffs isn’t just the cost of the tariff.”
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The largest private employer in Baltimore just lost $800 million in federal contracts and grants. This recession is going to be a doozy.
Johns Hopkins Plans Staff Layoffs After $800 Million Grant Cuts
Local and international health research efforts are already winding down as the university braces for even more potential cuts.
www.wsj.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The largest private employer in Baltimore just lost $800 million in federal contracts and grants. This recession is going to be a doozy.
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Terrible.
President Trump is suing the Pulitzer Board because it awarded its prize to the Washington Post and the New York Times for their reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Today a Florida judge denied Pulitzer's bid to pause the lawsuit. Here's @oliverdarcy.bsky.social's take.
March 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Terrible.
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It’s totally unacceptable, Elon Musk is giving Trump political operation ANOTHER $100 million as he giggles with a chain saw and cuts staff, veterans, and needed services.
This is NOT what our founding fathers envisioned, an oligarchy in all but name.
This is NOT what our founding fathers envisioned, an oligarchy in all but name.
March 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It’s totally unacceptable, Elon Musk is giving Trump political operation ANOTHER $100 million as he giggles with a chain saw and cuts staff, veterans, and needed services.
This is NOT what our founding fathers envisioned, an oligarchy in all but name.
This is NOT what our founding fathers envisioned, an oligarchy in all but name.
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A new era of government censorship has begun.
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A new era of government censorship has dawned
Donald Trump fancies himself a champion of free speech. Oh, really?
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A new era of government censorship has begun.
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
It started with the silencing of scientific speech, when the admin blocked release of research on bird flu. But MAGA has also cracked down on other wrongthink—on race, geography (!), and of course Trump himself
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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good to watch. but there's one part in here that most will probably overlook. stability, the constitution and the rule of law are magnets for capital. an elemental observation that's at the root of basically every study of economics and capitalism.
A top economics reporter goes off script on national TV: “I am going to say this at risk of my job, but what President Trump is doing is insane.”
March 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
good to watch. but there's one part in here that most will probably overlook. stability, the constitution and the rule of law are magnets for capital. an elemental observation that's at the root of basically every study of economics and capitalism.
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Let the kids drink sewage water and breathe polluted air to make the 1% richer. This is the GOP way.
E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Let the kids drink sewage water and breathe polluted air to make the 1% richer. This is the GOP way.
E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/11/c...
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A teacher and descendant of slaves, Robert G. Clark was ostracized during his first years at the state Capitol, relegated to sitting solo at a two-person desk in the House chamber and ignored by white colleagues at social events.
Robert Clark, History-Making Black Mississippi Lawmaker, Dies
Robert Clark, the first Black lawmaker to serve in the Mississippi Capitol since the end of Reconstruction, has died. He served from 1968 to 2004.
buff.ly
March 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A teacher and descendant of slaves, Robert G. Clark was ostracized during his first years at the state Capitol, relegated to sitting solo at a two-person desk in the House chamber and ignored by white colleagues at social events.
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Lead with “he worked with Elon Musk…on his purchase of Twitter.”
Former Morgan Stanley banker Michael Grimes is chosen to lead a planned sovereign wealth fund, part of Trump’s effort to give the US a stake in projects he considers critical to national security
US to Name Morgan Stanley Banker to Lead Sovereign Wealth Fund
The Commerce Department is tapping former Morgan Stanley banker Michael Grimes to lead a planned sovereign wealth fund, part of President Donald Trump’s effort to give the US a stake in projects he co...
www.bloomberg.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Lead with “he worked with Elon Musk…on his purchase of Twitter.”
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The damage being done is unfathomable.
I wrote a whole book about the first month of the destruction of our government, and will be appending a coda to alert readers to the fact that in the third and fourth months after Trump took office the bulk of the American government was summarily destroyed.
I wrote a whole book about the first month of the destruction of our government, and will be appending a coda to alert readers to the fact that in the third and fourth months after Trump took office the bulk of the American government was summarily destroyed.
"You'd think the past decade would have snapped us out of the fantasy that our institutions—or, even more fantastical, the U.S. electorate—will rescue us."
‘Time for It to Die’: The Chaotic Killing Off of the Government
Don’t count on the courts to stop it.
www.thebulwark.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The damage being done is unfathomable.
I wrote a whole book about the first month of the destruction of our government, and will be appending a coda to alert readers to the fact that in the third and fourth months after Trump took office the bulk of the American government was summarily destroyed.
I wrote a whole book about the first month of the destruction of our government, and will be appending a coda to alert readers to the fact that in the third and fourth months after Trump took office the bulk of the American government was summarily destroyed.
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We have abandoned the cause of justice and goodness. It is not enough to call this sickening. It is a doorway to the Abyss.
The U.S. has paused its intelligence sharing with Ukraine, but Trump administration officials said Wednesday that positive talks between Washington and Kyiv mean it may only be a short suspension.
Trump administration pauses flow of intelligence to Ukraine
www.stripes.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:59 AM
We have abandoned the cause of justice and goodness. It is not enough to call this sickening. It is a doorway to the Abyss.
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This sort of thing usually arrives in painstakingly cut-out newspaper and magazine letters.
March 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This sort of thing usually arrives in painstakingly cut-out newspaper and magazine letters.
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‼️ Let's talk about City of LA's finances in seconds 60! 💰
We are proud to present our Charter Mandated Revenue Forecast each March!
Check our the full report on our website at controller.lacity.gov
We'll do more short videos on the topic since there's so much to discuss!
We are proud to present our Charter Mandated Revenue Forecast each March!
Check our the full report on our website at controller.lacity.gov
We'll do more short videos on the topic since there's so much to discuss!
March 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
‼️ Let's talk about City of LA's finances in seconds 60! 💰
We are proud to present our Charter Mandated Revenue Forecast each March!
Check our the full report on our website at controller.lacity.gov
We'll do more short videos on the topic since there's so much to discuss!
We are proud to present our Charter Mandated Revenue Forecast each March!
Check our the full report on our website at controller.lacity.gov
We'll do more short videos on the topic since there's so much to discuss!
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Reminder: Tennessee was the hardest hit last time. By a lot.
March 6, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Reminder: Tennessee was the hardest hit last time. By a lot.