@jkvall.bsky.social
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1. Before the No Kings demonstrations two weekends ago, I suggested that the shutdown of the government would look different afterward.
October 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
1. Before the No Kings demonstrations two weekends ago, I suggested that the shutdown of the government would look different afterward.
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Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities?
Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?
And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?
Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?
And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?
October 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Someone want to tell Mikey here that 86% of all SNAP benefits go to households that include a child, an elderly person, or a person with disabilities?
Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?
And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?
Or that almost 40% of SNAP recipients are children?
And that Whites account for 37% of SNAP recipients?
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McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
July 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
McMorrow: What Trump has done is weaponize us against each other, when everybody needs hospitals, good schools, and health care.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
It has become this battle for scarcity, when we’re the wealthiest country in the world. We should not be fighting each other for our basic needs.
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NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned.
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries
Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
www.wired.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
NEW SCOOP: Some staffers at Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing robust taxpayer-funded salaries from the federal agencies they are slashing and burning, WIRED has learned.
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
⬇️ Here's how much they're making:
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When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
February 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
When Trump was sworn in, Elon Musk's corporations were under more than 32 investigations conducted by at least 11 federal agencies.
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
Most of the cases are now closed or likely to be closed soon, and the federal agencies are being defanged by DOGE.
Funny how that works, huh?
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USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
Russell Vought, the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and one of the authors of Project 2025, just ordered the agency's staff to effectively cease all operations in an org wide email.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/u...
Federal Financial Watchdog Ordered to Cease Activity
In an email to staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the agency’s acting director ordered workers to cease “all supervision and examination activity.”
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
USAID was investigating Starlink
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
CFPB was the agency preventing dodgy financial maneuvers like X becoming a bank
Musk is systematically (and illegally) going after the agencies that constraint his business interests
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "We have 8,400 firefighters working the lines; 16,000 personnel; 2,500 National Guard trying to address the issue of looting; 750 CHP as we speak; we have the EPA starting to do phase 1 of the debris removal... All of that [rightwing disinformation] is a deep distraction."
January 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "We have 8,400 firefighters working the lines; 16,000 personnel; 2,500 National Guard trying to address the issue of looting; 750 CHP as we speak; we have the EPA starting to do phase 1 of the debris removal... All of that [rightwing disinformation] is a deep distraction."
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Taught kids a lesson about the internet and gullibility. Went to an old cemetery and found a creepy old grave. Framed it in camera, took long exposure with spouse moving around quickly to create a "ghost". Uploaded to website and comments are wild! "Experts" swear it's a real ghost! Kids laughing.
January 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Taught kids a lesson about the internet and gullibility. Went to an old cemetery and found a creepy old grave. Framed it in camera, took long exposure with spouse moving around quickly to create a "ghost". Uploaded to website and comments are wild! "Experts" swear it's a real ghost! Kids laughing.
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What might it take for an author, multiple editors, a copy editor, & whoever else has eyes on this at *checks notes* The New York Times to realize that dads ARE NEVER THE BABYSITTER FOR THEIR OWN KIDS
January 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
What might it take for an author, multiple editors, a copy editor, & whoever else has eyes on this at *checks notes* The New York Times to realize that dads ARE NEVER THE BABYSITTER FOR THEIR OWN KIDS
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Most succinct fact-check I've read of how LA Fire Dept's budget wasn't recently cut -- in fact, the opposite -- from @politico.com. But that misinformation spread anyway. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
January 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Most succinct fact-check I've read of how LA Fire Dept's budget wasn't recently cut -- in fact, the opposite -- from @politico.com. But that misinformation spread anyway. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
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I'm reposting this again.
Because....please.
How obvious does this have to be?
Because....please.
How obvious does this have to be?
November 30, 2024 at 11:01 PM
I'm reposting this again.
Because....please.
How obvious does this have to be?
Because....please.
How obvious does this have to be?
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Republicans on the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners have capsized a $51 million affordable housing project in Coopersville.
This is the type of "leadership" MAGAs voted for.
Someone please explain how this will lower the cost of housing.
I'll wait.
www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-es...
This is the type of "leadership" MAGAs voted for.
Someone please explain how this will lower the cost of housing.
I'll wait.
www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-es...
Ottawa Impact derails $51M housing project by taking stand against incentives
The largest ever investment in multifamily housing in the Ottawa County city of Coopersville has been at least temporarily derailed by members of the far-right political faction Ottawa Impact who oppo...
www.crainsgrandrapids.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Republicans on the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners have capsized a $51 million affordable housing project in Coopersville.
This is the type of "leadership" MAGAs voted for.
Someone please explain how this will lower the cost of housing.
I'll wait.
www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-es...
This is the type of "leadership" MAGAs voted for.
Someone please explain how this will lower the cost of housing.
I'll wait.
www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-es...
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🚨We’re seeing Trump’s alarming plans for our military come to life—a push to sideline experienced Generals, reward loyalty over expertise, and potentially use our military to enforce his will.
This is serious. Watch this video to understand what’s happening and share widely to keep others informed.
This is serious. Watch this video to understand what’s happening and share widely to keep others informed.
November 18, 2024 at 10:08 PM
🚨We’re seeing Trump’s alarming plans for our military come to life—a push to sideline experienced Generals, reward loyalty over expertise, and potentially use our military to enforce his will.
This is serious. Watch this video to understand what’s happening and share widely to keep others informed.
This is serious. Watch this video to understand what’s happening and share widely to keep others informed.
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