Jackson Kuhl
@jacksonkuhl.bsky.social
New England author of The Island of Small Misfortunes, A Season of Whispers, and the Rev War biography Samuel Smedley Connecticut Privateer.
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Jackson Kuhl
@jacksonkuhl.bsky.social
· Mar 25
Happy Publication Day to The Island of Small Misfortunes!
A visit to his estranged family’s private island soon turns sinister when a haunted sailor investigates his cousin’s death in this gothic tale of ghosts and murder.
Available now at bookshop.org/p/books/the-... and bookstores everywhere.
A visit to his estranged family’s private island soon turns sinister when a haunted sailor investigates his cousin’s death in this gothic tale of ghosts and murder.
Available now at bookshop.org/p/books/the-... and bookstores everywhere.
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"McKee said [Walthall County] has sunk an estimated $700,000 into cleaning up the damage but can’t afford to spend more and has halted operations until it receives federal help."
apnews.com/article/fema...
apnews.com/article/fema...
While Trump overhauls FEMA, Mississippi tornado survivors await assistance
Mississippi’s request for federal disaster assistance is pending more than two months after 18 tornadoes ripped through the state.
apnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"McKee said [Walthall County] has sunk an estimated $700,000 into cleaning up the damage but can’t afford to spend more and has halted operations until it receives federal help."
apnews.com/article/fema...
apnews.com/article/fema...
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BREAKING:
For the first time in its history, Moodys has downgraded the credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA1.
For the first time in its history, Moodys has downgraded the credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA1.
May 16, 2025 at 9:02 PM
BREAKING:
For the first time in its history, Moodys has downgraded the credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA1.
For the first time in its history, Moodys has downgraded the credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA1.
"The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programmes... That food could feed over a million people for three months"
www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
Exclusive: US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage
The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programs.
www.reuters.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programmes... That food could feed over a million people for three months"
www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
www.reuters.com/world/us-aid...
May 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The Trump administration intends to deport a Harvard scientist back to Russia, government lawyers told a federal judge on Wednesday. The scientist fled the country in 2022 and fears she will be arrested there over her protest of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Trump administration intends to deport a Harvard scientist back to Russia, government lawyers told a federal judge on Wednesday. The scientist fled the country in 2022 and fears she will be arrested there over her protest of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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So “emergency.” Much “national security.”
May 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
So “emergency.” Much “national security.”
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The Vatican keeps in tradition of having a Pope who doesn't like JD Vance.
May 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Vatican keeps in tradition of having a Pope who doesn't like JD Vance.
"The firing occurred one day after Hamilton told a House Appropriations subcommittee that the nation needs FEMA, which Trump has suggested abolishing or shrinking."
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
FEMA chief is fired
Federal Emergency Management Agency acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton told people he was terminated Thursday.
www.politico.com
May 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
"The firing occurred one day after Hamilton told a House Appropriations subcommittee that the nation needs FEMA, which Trump has suggested abolishing or shrinking."
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
The first American pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The first American pope
"...the Trump administration deported gang members from the U.S. to El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center prison who faced federal indictments that could have resulted in their testifying in court about the pact with Bukele."
www.commondreams.org/news/el-faro...
www.commondreams.org/news/el-faro...
Trump Ally Bukele Reportedly Set to Arrest Journalists Who Revealed His Secret Pact With Gangs | Common Dreams
One critic said the Salvadoran president "wants to silence" the acclaimed digital news site El Faro "because they're shattering the myths of the Bukele administration."
www.commondreams.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"...the Trump administration deported gang members from the U.S. to El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center prison who faced federal indictments that could have resulted in their testifying in court about the pact with Bukele."
www.commondreams.org/news/el-faro...
www.commondreams.org/news/el-faro...
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Somehow, Trump has declared that we’re under numerous national emergencies from the Southern Border Emergency to the Energy Emergency, Trade Emergency, Public Lands Emergency, and Immigration Enforcement Emergency. Yet these crises seem so “urgent” that he finds time to golf every weekend. Odd.
May 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Somehow, Trump has declared that we’re under numerous national emergencies from the Southern Border Emergency to the Energy Emergency, Trade Emergency, Public Lands Emergency, and Immigration Enforcement Emergency. Yet these crises seem so “urgent” that he finds time to golf every weekend. Odd.
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one of the weird running things is how much of the discourse around "young men" has to completely avoid this dynamic in order to make the question more neutral and less uncomfortable
Yes. A big part of why so many young men are turning to destructive, amoral, misogynistic, bigoted, selfish, self-absorbed, blame-everyone-else ideologies is because that's what their dads believe in.
May 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
one of the weird running things is how much of the discourse around "young men" has to completely avoid this dynamic in order to make the question more neutral and less uncomfortable
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New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
www.404media.co
May 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New from 404 Media: the Signal clone the Trump administration uses was just hacked. TeleMessage makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, Waltz used it. A hacker got some users' messages, group chats. Hugely significant breach www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
I am a volunteer first responder. I was trained in how to apply Narcan and as part of that training we received free Narcan kits to keep in our bags, which were funded by programs like this. This is a kick in the teeth to first responders.
www.latintimes.com/rfk-jr-end-g...
www.latintimes.com/rfk-jr-end-g...
RFK Jr. to End 'Godsend' Narcan Program That Helped Reduce Overdose Deaths Despite His Past Heroin Addiction
Despite overcoming heroin addiction himself, RFK Jr. is backing plans to cut a critical Narcan program that helped reduce overdose deaths.
www.latintimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I am a volunteer first responder. I was trained in how to apply Narcan and as part of that training we received free Narcan kits to keep in our bags, which were funded by programs like this. This is a kick in the teeth to first responders.
www.latintimes.com/rfk-jr-end-g...
www.latintimes.com/rfk-jr-end-g...
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Ukraine journalist who died in Russian captivity was tortured and had her organs removed www.cbsnews.com/news/viktori...
Ukraine journalist who died in Russian captivity was tortured and had her organs removed, joint media report says
Russia returned Vicktoriia Roshchyna's emaciated body with signs of torture and some organs removed, possibly to hide further traces of torture, the report said.
www.cbsnews.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Ukraine journalist who died in Russian captivity was tortured and had her organs removed www.cbsnews.com/news/viktori...
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Kennedy worship is a plague American liberalism should have abandoned decades ago
Joe Kennedy had his own daughter lobotomized.
April 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Kennedy worship is a plague American liberalism should have abandoned decades ago
Yet another reason to not buy a Tesla. There's no way to determine how many safety issues made it into the final vehicle because Musk was too angry/zonked out of his mind on drugs to fix. futurism.com/tesla-engine...
"He's Pure Evil": Former Tesla Engineer Says Elon Musk Threatened to Deport Her Team for Pointing Out a Problem With the Brakes
A Tesla engineer has accused Tesla of threatening her team with deportation after bringing up a brake safety issue with CEO Elon Musk.
futurism.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Yet another reason to not buy a Tesla. There's no way to determine how many safety issues made it into the final vehicle because Musk was too angry/zonked out of his mind on drugs to fix. futurism.com/tesla-engine...
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We want to celebrate the South's heritage!
Oh, you mean the terrific music?
No, not that.
The great food?
Uh, no.
The literature? The art?
No, none of that. Just the treason and white supremacy.
Just the treason and white supremacy?
Yep, just the treason and white supremacy. You know, "heritage."
Oh, you mean the terrific music?
No, not that.
The great food?
Uh, no.
The literature? The art?
No, none of that. Just the treason and white supremacy.
Just the treason and white supremacy?
Yep, just the treason and white supremacy. You know, "heritage."
NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month.
He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵
He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵
Mississippi Governor Declares April Confederate Heritage Month
Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 32-year-old tradition that began in 1993.
www.mississippifreepress.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
We want to celebrate the South's heritage!
Oh, you mean the terrific music?
No, not that.
The great food?
Uh, no.
The literature? The art?
No, none of that. Just the treason and white supremacy.
Just the treason and white supremacy?
Yep, just the treason and white supremacy. You know, "heritage."
Oh, you mean the terrific music?
No, not that.
The great food?
Uh, no.
The literature? The art?
No, none of that. Just the treason and white supremacy.
Just the treason and white supremacy?
Yep, just the treason and white supremacy. You know, "heritage."
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Your friendly reminder that it is literally a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison for the President, Vice President, or any employee of the White House to directly or indirectly ask the IRS to open an investigation into any specific taxpayer.
April 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Your friendly reminder that it is literally a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison for the President, Vice President, or any employee of the White House to directly or indirectly ask the IRS to open an investigation into any specific taxpayer.