Jon Kelly
@jonkellyyyy.bsky.social
Tired Suburban Dad / Government Affairs Director / Afghanistan Veteran / Views are my own.
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always worth pointing out that all this fucking bullshit straightforwardly violates the 15th Amendment, which grants sweeping authority to prevent abridging voting rights based on race
Lots of grim stuff at SCOTUS yesterday, but Alito cooking up pretexts for state lawmakers to use for racial gerrymandering felt like a nadir.
The Supreme Court’s War on the Voting Rights Act Is Almost Over
The Roberts court has long had a monomaniacal obsession with gutting the laws that guarantee the right to vote. They are on the brink of getting their wish.
newrepublic.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
always worth pointing out that all this fucking bullshit straightforwardly violates the 15th Amendment, which grants sweeping authority to prevent abridging voting rights based on race
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it's the hope that kills you
Live: Pohlad family will not sell Minnesota Twins
Two minority partners will come on but the family, which has owned the team since 1984, has reversed course on its plan to sell.
www.startribune.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
it's the hope that kills you
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New York City had free college tuition at all CUNY schools for 130 years
Democratic congressman Tom Suozzi slams Zohran Mamdani as "a bad example" who made "lofty, utopian promises: free public transit, free college tuition, more public housing"
July 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New York City had free college tuition at all CUNY schools for 130 years
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brad lander primary chuck schumer
June 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
brad lander primary chuck schumer
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on top of just being purely blissfully happy there's the incredible spite bonus that every soulless little ghoul who decided to pretend they hadn't ever denounced cuomo is getting absolutely nothing in return
June 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
on top of just being purely blissfully happy there's the incredible spite bonus that every soulless little ghoul who decided to pretend they hadn't ever denounced cuomo is getting absolutely nothing in return
They caught that piece of shit
June 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
They caught that piece of shit
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On CNBC today, Elizabeth Warren had to explain to anchor Sara Eisen that Congress can in fact take away Trump's tariffs authority, and also that America is not ruled by a king who can make laws by decree.
April 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
On CNBC today, Elizabeth Warren had to explain to anchor Sara Eisen that Congress can in fact take away Trump's tariffs authority, and also that America is not ruled by a king who can make laws by decree.
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"Dems carry a mental composite in their heads, drawn from stereotype, of the cross-pressured swing-voter, then try not to offend that person. It is a poor method, and sometimes it’s disastrous."
Read @brianbeutler.bsky.social on Ds playing footsie w/ Trump tariffs
www.offmessage.net/p/how-politi...
Read @brianbeutler.bsky.social on Ds playing footsie w/ Trump tariffs
www.offmessage.net/p/how-politi...
How Politicians Get Their Bad Ideas
It's almost always from people who think they're savvier than the rubes who vote.
www.offmessage.net
April 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"Dems carry a mental composite in their heads, drawn from stereotype, of the cross-pressured swing-voter, then try not to offend that person. It is a poor method, and sometimes it’s disastrous."
Read @brianbeutler.bsky.social on Ds playing footsie w/ Trump tariffs
www.offmessage.net/p/how-politi...
Read @brianbeutler.bsky.social on Ds playing footsie w/ Trump tariffs
www.offmessage.net/p/how-politi...
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Funny how not one of them ran on "making everything at the dollar store twenty bucks - for your future"
VARNEY: So we want don’t cheap Chinese good anymore? Consumers are not gonna be happy about that
REP. RILEY MOORE: We have communities and families with children and dreams and aspirations for those children, and we're no longer going to barter their future for cheap goods made in China.
REP. RILEY MOORE: We have communities and families with children and dreams and aspirations for those children, and we're no longer going to barter their future for cheap goods made in China.
April 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Funny how not one of them ran on "making everything at the dollar store twenty bucks - for your future"
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We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again
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Reminder that Congress can stop this shitshow anytime they want.
April 2, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Reminder that Congress can stop this shitshow anytime they want.
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Crawford: I never could have imagined that I'd be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin. And we won.
April 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Crawford: I never could have imagined that I'd be taking on the richest man in the world for justice in Wisconsin. And we won.
What the fuck
CNN reporting that everyone who administers LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) has been terminated. The program provides about $4 billion to help millions of Americans with their heating and cooling bills.
www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/h...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/01/h...
‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies | CNN
A massive wave of job cuts got underway at US health agencies Tuesday, with some employees receiving early-morning emails saying their jobs were eliminated and some unable to access the building when ...
www.cnn.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
What the fuck
Mannnnn
No objections to Risch’s unanimous consent motion, not even from @schatz.bsky.social.
April 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Mannnnn
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE
April 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE
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Castro: "The idea that this information, if it was presented to our committee, would not be classified, you all know is a lie. That's ridiculous."
March 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Castro: "The idea that this information, if it was presented to our committee, would not be classified, you all know is a lie. That's ridiculous."
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Tracy Flick be lying
March 26, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Tracy Flick be lying
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The US economy will lose out because of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Multi-billion-dollar industries like soybean production and research in Illinois have now been effectively cut off thanks to those who know nothing about agriculture.
Multi-billion-dollar industries like soybean production and research in Illinois have now been effectively cut off thanks to those who know nothing about agriculture.
March 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The US economy will lose out because of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Multi-billion-dollar industries like soybean production and research in Illinois have now been effectively cut off thanks to those who know nothing about agriculture.
Multi-billion-dollar industries like soybean production and research in Illinois have now been effectively cut off thanks to those who know nothing about agriculture.
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my most conservative-coded trait these days is that i honestly think that the worst possible thing that can happen for young men is for the entire society to coddle them. what they need to hear is that they have one life to live and they have to take responsibility for it.
Young men don't open bank accounts. They are too expensive. They download coin base or Robinhood app and buy crypto. That's their savings
If one party pushes that number higher. They vote for em. Gensler/Biden caused those savings to go down. The demo with the biggest change was young men
If one party pushes that number higher. They vote for em. Gensler/Biden caused those savings to go down. The demo with the biggest change was young men
This is legit the dumbest thing I've ever seen him say
March 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
my most conservative-coded trait these days is that i honestly think that the worst possible thing that can happen for young men is for the entire society to coddle them. what they need to hear is that they have one life to live and they have to take responsibility for it.
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Dear comms staffer who runs @schumer.senate.gov, here’s an easy template for not getting ratio’ed:
1. State the problem.
2. Say why it’s the administration’s fault.
3. Tell us what the Democrats are going to do about it
Sen Schumer is a Senator. He shouldn’t be posting like my dad.
1. State the problem.
2. Say why it’s the administration’s fault.
3. Tell us what the Democrats are going to do about it
Sen Schumer is a Senator. He shouldn’t be posting like my dad.
March 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Dear comms staffer who runs @schumer.senate.gov, here’s an easy template for not getting ratio’ed:
1. State the problem.
2. Say why it’s the administration’s fault.
3. Tell us what the Democrats are going to do about it
Sen Schumer is a Senator. He shouldn’t be posting like my dad.
1. State the problem.
2. Say why it’s the administration’s fault.
3. Tell us what the Democrats are going to do about it
Sen Schumer is a Senator. He shouldn’t be posting like my dad.
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Well I guess we have to worry less about Elon Musk giving China our war plans when the SecDef will just text them to some guy on Signal
March 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Well I guess we have to worry less about Elon Musk giving China our war plans when the SecDef will just text them to some guy on Signal
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I cannot listen to people who were born after the millennium talk shit about the Affordable Care Act I really cannot
March 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I cannot listen to people who were born after the millennium talk shit about the Affordable Care Act I really cannot
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School Bully Shocks Nerds With Further Lunch-Money Demands
March 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
School Bully Shocks Nerds With Further Lunch-Money Demands