Ken Abbe
@kenabbe.bsky.social
Shut down fraudulent business activities for 25 years. Recovering attorney.
Mood in Elba
The creepy silhouette of a waterspout in front of Elba Island, Tuscany, tonight. Video by Federica Martelli, via Arezzo Meteo
August 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Mood in Elba
Laughing and crying at the same time
July 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Laughing and crying at the same time
Brilliant! Much better than the disclaimer I had to use for decades. 😂
These views are my own opinions and do not represent those of my employer, the old god Cthulhu, who sleeps eternally in the lost city of R’lyeah.
July 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Brilliant! Much better than the disclaimer I had to use for decades. 😂
I love San Diego!
June 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I love San Diego!
Also note that the penguins are better with numbers than the tariff proponents.
May 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Also note that the penguins are better with numbers than the tariff proponents.
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Trump has done the impossible: he has made Americans like Harvard
April 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump has done the impossible: he has made Americans like Harvard
He wins the demonstrations!
April 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
He wins the demonstrations!
Hoya Saxa!
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 7, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Hoya Saxa!
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“We have to consider the possibility that President Trump is a Russian asset.”
Conservative MP Graham Stuart suggested Donald Trump is a Russian asset. Stuart’s comment comes after considering Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine. Trump’s sudden and indefinite suspension of military aid to…
Conservative MP Graham Stuart suggested Donald Trump is a Russian asset. Stuart’s comment comes after considering Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine. Trump’s sudden and indefinite suspension of military aid to…
March 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
“We have to consider the possibility that President Trump is a Russian asset.”
Conservative MP Graham Stuart suggested Donald Trump is a Russian asset. Stuart’s comment comes after considering Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine. Trump’s sudden and indefinite suspension of military aid to…
Conservative MP Graham Stuart suggested Donald Trump is a Russian asset. Stuart’s comment comes after considering Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine. Trump’s sudden and indefinite suspension of military aid to…
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March 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We are surrendering to Russia!
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, according to three people familiar with the matter.
t.co/Cw74V5NWHW
t.co/Cw74V5NWHW
https://therecord.media/hegseth-orders-cyber-command-stand-down-russia-planning
t.co
March 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We are surrendering to Russia!
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MADDOW: “Trump won’t let Reuters or the AP into the Oval Office, but somehow Russian state media was in there it live stream it… trusting Putin isn’t popular - so why are we doing this? Who does it benefit? Who is making us do this?”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGpMoji...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGpMoji...
March 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
MADDOW: “Trump won’t let Reuters or the AP into the Oval Office, but somehow Russian state media was in there it live stream it… trusting Putin isn’t popular - so why are we doing this? Who does it benefit? Who is making us do this?”
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGpMoji...
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGpMoji...
TASS invited into the White House. Reuters and AP barred. Thanks, Krasnov.
February 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
TASS invited into the White House. Reuters and AP barred. Thanks, Krasnov.
Naturally. They never even checked if there were regulations.
Wow. From an email sent around by appalled USAID officials:
"The termination to contracts, grants, and assistance agreements over the last two weeks and the huge bulk last night were not done according to federal laws, regulations and procedures..."
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-midnight...
"The termination to contracts, grants, and assistance agreements over the last two weeks and the huge bulk last night were not done according to federal laws, regulations and procedures..."
www.thebulwark.com/p/a-midnight...
A Midnight Global Health Massacre
Life-saving programs, including George W. Bush’s cherished global AIDS initiative, were hit in the latest, harshest round of cuts.
www.thebulwark.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Naturally. They never even checked if there were regulations.
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Seems like everyone has kinda memory-holed this one. thehill.com/homenews/new...
February 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Seems like everyone has kinda memory-holed this one. thehill.com/homenews/new...
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Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
February 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Having served as a Moscow correspondent in the early days of Putin's reign, this reminds me of how the Kremlin took over its own press pool and made sure that only compliant journalists were given access.
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“According to Greek media, Trump’s decision to dismantle the military presence in Alexandroupoli came after a joint request from Putin and Erdogan.”
defence-blog.com/trump-shuts-...
defence-blog.com/trump-shuts-...
February 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“According to Greek media, Trump’s decision to dismantle the military presence in Alexandroupoli came after a joint request from Putin and Erdogan.”
defence-blog.com/trump-shuts-...
defence-blog.com/trump-shuts-...
Complete nonsense.
"I think it was actually there was a lot of genius in [Musk] sending [the email]. If people don't respond, it's very possible that there is no such person."
Trump: Workers who don't respond to Elon's email request 'don't even exist'
President Donald Trump suggested he would assume that government workers who do not respond to Elon Musk's demand for job justifications by email "don't even exist."During a press conference with Fren...
www.rawstory.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Complete nonsense.
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These are talking points straight from the Kremlin.
It is clear that Trump’s plan to “end the war” is to remove Zelenskyy, replace him with a Putin stooge, and then let Putin take over Ukraine.
It is clear that Trump’s plan to “end the war” is to remove Zelenskyy, replace him with a Putin stooge, and then let Putin take over Ukraine.
February 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
These are talking points straight from the Kremlin.
It is clear that Trump’s plan to “end the war” is to remove Zelenskyy, replace him with a Putin stooge, and then let Putin take over Ukraine.
It is clear that Trump’s plan to “end the war” is to remove Zelenskyy, replace him with a Putin stooge, and then let Putin take over Ukraine.
They are trying to kill us
Cutting funding at a time when California and other states remain so vulnerable makes no sense.
When disaster strikes again, we need to be prepared, not underfunded and understaffed.
When disaster strikes again, we need to be prepared, not underfunded and understaffed.
February 18, 2025 at 11:46 PM
They are trying to kill us
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So if Musk doesn’t run DOGE, and DOGE isn’t a real government agency, then no one has to listen to Musk or do what the DOGE bros tell them to do, right?
NEWSY: The White House confirms tonight that Elon Musk is NOT the administrator of DOGE and is not even technically part of it.
He's a "senior adviser to the president" like Anita Dunn, they say. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He's a "senior adviser to the president" like Anita Dunn, they say. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 18, 2025 at 2:30 AM
So if Musk doesn’t run DOGE, and DOGE isn’t a real government agency, then no one has to listen to Musk or do what the DOGE bros tell them to do, right?
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
YES!!
February 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
YES!!
True.
Having passed up the opportunity years ago to run DOJ’s Civil Division, I’ve never run a large organization, let alone at DOJ.
So I’m no expert.
But I’m gonna spitball that if hundreds of your subordinates want to tell you to “go fuck yourself,” you might, perhaps, have a management problem.
So I’m no expert.
But I’m gonna spitball that if hundreds of your subordinates want to tell you to “go fuck yourself,” you might, perhaps, have a management problem.
Just to underscore the tension at DOJ at the moment, here's what one federal law enforcement official told me about the acting deputy attorney general:
"I, along with other career FBI and DOJ personnel that I’ve spoken with, really have one message for him and that is, “go fuck yourself, traitor.'"
"I, along with other career FBI and DOJ personnel that I’ve spoken with, really have one message for him and that is, “go fuck yourself, traitor.'"
February 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
True.