Donovan Kolbly
@donovan.kolbly.name
Traveler on spaceship Earth 🌎🌍
Software developer by day 🖥️
Democracy warrior by night 📣
Software developer by day 🖥️
Democracy warrior by night 📣
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
> I would suggest the first step is to stop making billionaires of celebrities, sports players and social media founders.
Word.
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Word.
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Prolonged government shutdown should embarrass everybody | Letters
Readers say they are not impressed by what they've been seeing from Washington, D.C., in letters published Nov. 3-9, 2025.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
> I would suggest the first step is to stop making billionaires of celebrities, sports players and social media founders.
Word.
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Word.
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I never thought I'd see a day when our government worked so hard to f*ck us over.
Depriving people of food is a direct assault on their lives, safety, and happiness. [...] the Trump executive branch has done every last thing it can to keep people hungry.
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Food and the illegitimacy of the current United States federal government
The Indivisible Santa Fe Food Drive has begun. Indivisible Santa Fe is sponsoring this major, citywide food drive to support the Food Depot as it responds to surging demand for food assistance.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I never thought I'd see a day when our government worked so hard to f*ck us over.
"If a Democratic candidate isn’t willing to leave it all on the field, it’s time for them to get out of the way [...] If a Democratic candidate is flirting with the forces that elevated Trump and help him consolidate power, they have no place in the future of this party." www.indivisible2026.org 💯
Democratic leaders have failed us again. It's time to get new leaders.
After yet another capitulation by Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats, it's clear we need new leadership capable of mounting a serious opposition to Trump's authoritarian regime. We're launching our la...
www.indivisible2026.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"If a Democratic candidate isn’t willing to leave it all on the field, it’s time for them to get out of the way [...] If a Democratic candidate is flirting with the forces that elevated Trump and help him consolidate power, they have no place in the future of this party." www.indivisible2026.org 💯
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Exactly right. Why should we respect a president who doesn’t respect the constitution he swore an oath to uphold?
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Exactly right. Why should we respect a president who doesn’t respect the constitution he swore an oath to uphold?
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“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
@bloomberg.com $HD
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November 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“.. As the raids have continued, consumers have started to question whether the company’s silence makes it an accomplice to the sweeps rather than merely the backdrop. .. A backlash is coming for the company.”
@bloomberg.com $HD
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"If I were in the Senate, I wouldn’t vote for this compromise. Shutdowns are an opportunity to make your arguments, and the country was just starting to pay attention... I worry that Democrats have just taught Trump that they will fold under pressure."
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Opinion | What Were Democrats Thinking?
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November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"If I were in the Senate, I wouldn’t vote for this compromise. Shutdowns are an opportunity to make your arguments, and the country was just starting to pay attention... I worry that Democrats have just taught Trump that they will fold under pressure."
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Done ✅
Senate Democrats appear to be caving. Call NM Senators NOW.
Following up on this. This remains a ‘cave is minutes or hours away’ situation. If you want to impact how this plays out you need to contact senators literally now. I want to add additional points of context. What I’m relaying is what I’ve picked up from highly reliable sources.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Done ✅
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"A team of independent forensic analysts examined their testimony. The experts called it consistent and credible, saying most of the acts described met the United Nations’ definition of torture."
In our name, with our tax dollars.
Trump II is an indelible stain on our national honor.
In our name, with our tax dollars.
Trump II is an indelible stain on our national honor.
Don't look away. Under Trump the United States is a state that tortures and disappears www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"A team of independent forensic analysts examined their testimony. The experts called it consistent and credible, saying most of the acts described met the United Nations’ definition of torture."
In our name, with our tax dollars.
Trump II is an indelible stain on our national honor.
In our name, with our tax dollars.
Trump II is an indelible stain on our national honor.
A government working this hard to keep from feeding people is not a government working for us.
The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
A federal appeals court had left an order in place requiring the Trump administration to provide full SNAP food benefits for November.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A government working this hard to keep from feeding people is not a government working for us.
Santa Fe is starting to bring a visible - and audible - sign of solidarity and action to the cause. 🚫👑🇺🇸💙
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Blow the Whistle on ICE
A little more than three years ago, I moved to Santa Fe from Evanston, Illinois. It is with a combination of rage and deep sadness that I have been observing Evanston—an otherwise quiet, inner-ring su...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Santa Fe is starting to bring a visible - and audible - sign of solidarity and action to the cause. 🚫👑🇺🇸💙
indivisiblesantafe.org/blow-the-whi...
indivisiblesantafe.org/blow-the-whi...
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In a world of Jeffs, be like MacKenzie.
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In a world of Jeffs, be like MacKenzie.
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I could not be prouder of @indivisiblesantafe.org. Front page coverage of our ICE OUT OF HOME DEPOT action, amidst news about how ICE is “quietly” disappearing people from #SantaFe #NewMexico.
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I could not be prouder of @indivisiblesantafe.org. Front page coverage of our ICE OUT OF HOME DEPOT action, amidst news about how ICE is “quietly” disappearing people from #SantaFe #NewMexico.
> Republican lawmakers created the new Republican-leaning districts by moving Republican voters into Democratic-leaning districts, thus weakening formerly safe Republican districts. That could backfire in a blue-wave election.
My fervent hope ^ & 🤞strategists are mobilizing to exploit this weakness
My fervent hope ^ & 🤞strategists are mobilizing to exploit this weakness
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
> Republican lawmakers created the new Republican-leaning districts by moving Republican voters into Democratic-leaning districts, thus weakening formerly safe Republican districts. That could backfire in a blue-wave election.
My fervent hope ^ & 🤞strategists are mobilizing to exploit this weakness
My fervent hope ^ & 🤞strategists are mobilizing to exploit this weakness
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There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
I'm canceling my Spotify subscription.
Qobuz is cheaper and pays their artists better. Goodbye Spotify.
I almost canceled when it "recommended" Joe Rogan 🤮; ICE ads are just too far. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/810HckC5
Qobuz is cheaper and pays their artists better. Goodbye Spotify.
I almost canceled when it "recommended" Joe Rogan 🤮; ICE ads are just too far. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/810HckC5
Don’t Stream Fascism: Cancel Spotify
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November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I'm canceling my Spotify subscription.
Qobuz is cheaper and pays their artists better. Goodbye Spotify.
I almost canceled when it "recommended" Joe Rogan 🤮; ICE ads are just too far. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/810HckC5
Qobuz is cheaper and pays their artists better. Goodbye Spotify.
I almost canceled when it "recommended" Joe Rogan 🤮; ICE ads are just too far. Streaming hate is a choice and I refuse to fund it. #CancelSpotify app.sosha.ai/s/810HckC5
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Don’t be like Amy. Ask the bigger questions like Melanie.
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Don’t be like Amy. Ask the bigger questions like Melanie.
Come join us tomorrow; 10:00 at Railyard Park!
In #SantaFe #NewMexico, we are using our rights to speak freely every week, at a Speakers' Corner sponsored by @indivisiblesantafe.org. I wrote a diary of this past Saturday's. indivisiblesantafe.org/speakers-cor...
Speakers' Corner Diary - #4
💡Next session is this Saturday, November 1, 10 am to 11 am, at the Santa Fe Railyard Park, between SITE Santa Fe and the corner of Paseo de Peralta and S. Guadalupe.
A Speakers' Corner for Santa Fe i...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Come join us tomorrow; 10:00 at Railyard Park!
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Do you use Spotify Premium? Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Do you use Spotify Premium? Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
Elon Musk wants to take pay inequity to a whole new level. Sad. Even sadder that he thinks that's a reasonable request.
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What? Really? Elon demands a $1 trillion pay package
Is he a net positive for humanity or a net negative?
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October 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Elon Musk wants to take pay inequity to a whole new level. Sad. Even sadder that he thinks that's a reasonable request.
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The supreme court has said the president is immune from criminal liability for official acts.
His pardon power is plenary. What prevents the president from pardoning all federal actors who follow his EOs, thereby delegating immunity to his accomplices? Without norms and good faith, we are lost.
His pardon power is plenary. What prevents the president from pardoning all federal actors who follow his EOs, thereby delegating immunity to his accomplices? Without norms and good faith, we are lost.
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The supreme court has said the president is immune from criminal liability for official acts.
His pardon power is plenary. What prevents the president from pardoning all federal actors who follow his EOs, thereby delegating immunity to his accomplices? Without norms and good faith, we are lost.
His pardon power is plenary. What prevents the president from pardoning all federal actors who follow his EOs, thereby delegating immunity to his accomplices? Without norms and good faith, we are lost.
The DOJ is using 2025 as a test run to see how well "election monitoring" can be used to suppress the vote in 2026; I hope it just stimulates a surge of voter participation as an allergic response to interference 🤞
I Spoke with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki About How Worried People Should Be About DOJ Observers to CA and NJ Elections and Steve Bannon’s Threats of a 3rd Trump Term youtu.be/5S3j0R1g3R0 @msnbc.com @jenpsaki.msnbc.com
(What happens when Bannon floods the zone with shit....)
(What happens when Bannon floods the zone with shit....)
Rick Hasen with Jen Psaki About DOJ Observers to CA and NJ, Steve Bannon Threats of a 3rd Trump Term
YouTube video by Rick Hasen
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October 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The DOJ is using 2025 as a test run to see how well "election monitoring" can be used to suppress the vote in 2026; I hope it just stimulates a surge of voter participation as an allergic response to interference 🤞
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League of Women Voters:
“Unite & Rise 8.5 aims to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to unite and rise up against the anti-democratic actions of this administration. Launching in May 2025 and running until the 2026 midterm elections”
#USDemocracy #Pinks #MomSky
“Unite & Rise 8.5 aims to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to unite and rise up against the anti-democratic actions of this administration. Launching in May 2025 and running until the 2026 midterm elections”
#USDemocracy #Pinks #MomSky
Unite and Rise 8.5: An Initiative to Defend Democracy | League of Women Voters
Since the Trump administration took office in January 2025, we’ve seen increased attacks on our democratic systems and a failure by Congress to intervene. This came to a head in early April, when the ...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:51 AM
League of Women Voters:
“Unite & Rise 8.5 aims to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to unite and rise up against the anti-democratic actions of this administration. Launching in May 2025 and running until the 2026 midterm elections”
#USDemocracy #Pinks #MomSky
“Unite & Rise 8.5 aims to build a movement of 8.5 million individuals to unite and rise up against the anti-democratic actions of this administration. Launching in May 2025 and running until the 2026 midterm elections”
#USDemocracy #Pinks #MomSky
Make America Fair Again
We need to support the working class, make education affordable, and let everyone vote easily. It's past time to stop rigging the system for the billionaire class; that is what brought us the disaster of a government we've got now.
We need to support the working class, make education affordable, and let everyone vote easily. It's past time to stop rigging the system for the billionaire class; that is what brought us the disaster of a government we've got now.
October 24, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Make America Fair Again
We need to support the working class, make education affordable, and let everyone vote easily. It's past time to stop rigging the system for the billionaire class; that is what brought us the disaster of a government we've got now.
We need to support the working class, make education affordable, and let everyone vote easily. It's past time to stop rigging the system for the billionaire class; that is what brought us the disaster of a government we've got now.
> We are not living in a functional democracy any longer. It’s not too late to save it, but it is just important to acknowledge that we aren’t on the precipice of losing our democracy. We are losing it every single day. -- Sen. Chris Murthy (D-CT)
October 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
> We are not living in a functional democracy any longer. It’s not too late to save it, but it is just important to acknowledge that we aren’t on the precipice of losing our democracy. We are losing it every single day. -- Sen. Chris Murthy (D-CT)