James Kelly
@jamesdotkelly.bsky.social
Anglo-Irish-American gardener 🌱 in NC,(zone 8a/ Piedmont 45b) Lake Wylie lover, rewilding enthusiast 🌳🌲Renewable fan of solar. Work is brand strategy. Tri-National. Lover of bees & fireflies. Dad to Massimo (Pom miscreant). Husband to @J1015 🏳️🌈🇺🇸🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺
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James Kelly
@jamesdotkelly.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Scenes From a Day of Mass Protests
www.nytimes.com
Scenes From a Day of Mass Protests www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
In the dawn’s early light, our flag is STILL there.
This is reassuring. Millions of patriots marching for all of us. For the Constitution. For Freedom. For the Rule of Law.
For America and all she stands for. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
In the dawn’s early light, our flag is STILL there.
This is reassuring. Millions of patriots marching for all of us. For the Constitution. For Freedom. For the Rule of Law.
For America and all she stands for. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Planting native trees to reforest is a pretty good thing for the planet and its people. It’s great for the soul too. Thanks to all the volunteers who showed up today to plant 172 new trees; 10 different species in Huntersville with TreesCharlotte.org
Keeping the Queen City’s Crown Green 🌳👑🌳
Keeping the Queen City’s Crown Green 🌳👑🌳
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Planting native trees to reforest is a pretty good thing for the planet and its people. It’s great for the soul too. Thanks to all the volunteers who showed up today to plant 172 new trees; 10 different species in Huntersville with TreesCharlotte.org
Keeping the Queen City’s Crown Green 🌳👑🌳
Keeping the Queen City’s Crown Green 🌳👑🌳
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When the top JAG at Southern Command told the Pentagon that their plans to blow up fishing boats based on suspicions that they might have drugs in the cargo hold was certainly illegal, Hegseth simply ignored him, while others told him his career was over. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Top military lawyer concerned about Trump ‘drug boat’ strikes was ignored: report
The senior judge advocate general reportedly raised concerns that the airstrikes against the alleged ‘narco-terrorists’ could amount to extrajudicial killings
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
When the top JAG at Southern Command told the Pentagon that their plans to blow up fishing boats based on suspicions that they might have drugs in the cargo hold was certainly illegal, Hegseth simply ignored him, while others told him his career was over. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The rise of end times fascism
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.
The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.
Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
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Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
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He’s almost always on point—solid doubles and triples weekly—but this is grand slam level shit from @gregsargent.bsky.social
Must. Read. Today.
Here:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Must. Read. Today.
Here:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Trump Humiliation Worsens as Fresh Info Reveals Scale of GOP Losses
The results showed that Democrats don’t have to choose between attacking Trump and highlighting the economy. In fact, they are often inseparable.
newrepublic.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
He’s almost always on point—solid doubles and triples weekly—but this is grand slam level shit from @gregsargent.bsky.social
Must. Read. Today.
Here:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Must. Read. Today.
Here:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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My take on today’s tariff arguments at the Supreme Court. Short version: LOL slate.com/news-and-pol...
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My take on today’s tariff arguments at the Supreme Court. Short version: LOL slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Only about a third of the Trump interview aired on "60 Minutes." CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview here —> www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
Read the full transcript of Norah O'Donnell's interview with President Trump here.
www.cbsnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Only about a third of the Trump interview aired on "60 Minutes." CBS has published the transcript of the complete interview here —> www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...
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You can’t make this sh*t up.
Republicans are on vacation. Instead of doing their jobs, they are… practicing the “art of leaf blowing.”
While they fiddle around, working people suffer.
Republicans are on vacation. Instead of doing their jobs, they are… practicing the “art of leaf blowing.”
While they fiddle around, working people suffer.
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
You can’t make this sh*t up.
Republicans are on vacation. Instead of doing their jobs, they are… practicing the “art of leaf blowing.”
While they fiddle around, working people suffer.
Republicans are on vacation. Instead of doing their jobs, they are… practicing the “art of leaf blowing.”
While they fiddle around, working people suffer.
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You need to see this…
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
October 21, 2025 at 10:27 AM
You need to see this…
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
Just so we’re all clear on the gravity and historical significance of what Trump has done to the East Wing of the People’s House.
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When stupid is dangerous. "The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine." arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
After success in Idaho, anti-vaccine activists want to export their idiocy nationwide
The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine.
arstechnica.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
When stupid is dangerous. "The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine." arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Michelle Goldberg wrote opinion piece in @nytimes.com that I never thought I'd see written about an American president in a million lifetimes, In a million alternate universes. I unlocked the article so everyone can read it for free.
#Trump #politics #excrement
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
#Trump #politics #excrement
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | Trump Posted a Video of Himself Dumping Excrement on Our Cities. It’s a Glimpse of His Deepest Drives.
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Michelle Goldberg wrote opinion piece in @nytimes.com that I never thought I'd see written about an American president in a million lifetimes, In a million alternate universes. I unlocked the article so everyone can read it for free.
#Trump #politics #excrement
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
#Trump #politics #excrement
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
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Renewable energy is much more energy efficient than fossil fuels. EMBER-ENERGY has a new report that shows this quite clearly. Here's a 🧵 and the source to start: ember-energy.org/latest-insig... 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
The Electrotech Revolution | Ember
The annual slidedeck from Kingsmill Bond and the Ember Futures team unpacks how electrotech is rewriting the economics and geopolitics of energy.
ember-energy.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Renewable energy is much more energy efficient than fossil fuels. EMBER-ENERGY has a new report that shows this quite clearly. Here's a 🧵 and the source to start: ember-energy.org/latest-insig... 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
Nobel Peace Prize my big Irish ass. Like everything Trump promises and claims, it’s a lie.
BREAKING: At least 51 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza by Israeli attacks since the ceasefire came into effect less than two weeks ago, medical sources have told Al Jazeera.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/z1q2d3
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/z1q2d3
October 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Nobel Peace Prize my big Irish ass. Like everything Trump promises and claims, it’s a lie.
Rubio is scum.
He and Vance are showing their true colors. They are sycophants in pursuit of power.
They must never get it.
Vote.
He and Vance are showing their true colors. They are sycophants in pursuit of power.
They must never get it.
Vote.
Exclusive: In order to deport immigrants to El Salvador’s most notorious prison, Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised President Nayib Bukele to betray arrangements protecting some U.S. informants.
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Rubio is scum.
He and Vance are showing their true colors. They are sycophants in pursuit of power.
They must never get it.
Vote.
He and Vance are showing their true colors. They are sycophants in pursuit of power.
They must never get it.
Vote.
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Yesterday was wonderful, but we need a whole-of-civil society resistance. That means corporate board rooms, unions, university leadership, civil servants - everybody everywhere all at once. No more chickensh*t capitulation.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
www.theatlantic.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Yesterday was wonderful, but we need a whole-of-civil society resistance. That means corporate board rooms, unions, university leadership, civil servants - everybody everywhere all at once. No more chickensh*t capitulation.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.politico.com/interactives...
We cannot trust a thing this regime says. It’s just industrial misinformation. We have to vote these liars out.
We cannot trust a thing this regime says. It’s just industrial misinformation. We have to vote these liars out.
How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change
www.politico.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
www.politico.com/interactives...
We cannot trust a thing this regime says. It’s just industrial misinformation. We have to vote these liars out.
We cannot trust a thing this regime says. It’s just industrial misinformation. We have to vote these liars out.
Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared to This. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/o...
Opinion | Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared to This.
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Teapot Dome. Watergate. They’re Nothing Compared to This. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/o...
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Trump clocks in at 37%-61% in new AP-NORC poll. It’s the worst poll of his rancid 2nd term. Happy No Kings Day!
October 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Trump clocks in at 37%-61% in new AP-NORC poll. It’s the worst poll of his rancid 2nd term. Happy No Kings Day!
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Remember when Hillary Clinton got excoriated for calling Trump supporters “deplorables”
Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."
October 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Remember when Hillary Clinton got excoriated for calling Trump supporters “deplorables”
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Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Welcome to the largest day of peaceful protest we’ve ever seen in our lifetimes.
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings
Today, we’re gonna speak out on a grander scale than Trump has ever seen. No Kings Day is going to be big, loud, boisterous, and joyful. Find your local event and let’s make history: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE #NoKings