Ken Bazinet
@kenbazinet.bsky.social
Longtime DC scribe, covering three presidencies (DC is fine, but I prefer the United States). Reflections on democracy, First Amendment, Boston sports, and jam bands. Simple approach: trusted source intel + research & data + analysis = smart solutions.
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Ken Bazinet
@kenbazinet.bsky.social
· Jan 20
Having to fight for the pursuit of happiness is one of the great but necessary ironies of our lifetimes, but having people who will fight for our pursuit of happiness is one of its great blessings. #Resist #Organize #StayStrong
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New in PN: Cue the rebellion
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
Cue the rebellion
The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.
www.publicnotice.co
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New in PN: Cue the rebellion
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
"The unfortunate conclusion to the shutdown is going to fuel a rebellion within the Democratic Party, one that has already begun but will only get stronger. And despite all the justified disgust now being expressed at Dems, in the long run it will be good for the party"
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AOC and Her Ideas About Income
Inequality......❤️
Inequality......❤️
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
AOC and Her Ideas About Income
Inequality......❤️
Inequality......❤️
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Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahead of Veterans Day, I was honored to welcome a flight of veterans and their families as they arrived in DC.
A salute and thanks to all who have served from your grateful neighbors. Holidays of rememberance seem more meaningful than ever.
#VeteransDay
#StayStrong
#VeteransDay
#StayStrong
History of the Holidays: History of Veterans Day | History
YouTube video by HISTORY
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A salute and thanks to all who have served from your grateful neighbors. Holidays of rememberance seem more meaningful than ever.
#VeteransDay
#StayStrong
#VeteransDay
#StayStrong
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Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting.
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Making fun of our neighborhoods and communities is disgusting.
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Greg Bovino and his masked agents are not here to make Chicago safer. As children are tear gassed and U.S. citizens detained, they are posing for photo ops and producing reality TV moments. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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Translation: he has no idea how insurance works
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Translation: he has no idea how insurance works
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The nonpartisan nonprofit Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released cost projections after President Trump pitched his idea this weekend.
Trump's $2,000 rebate checks would cost $6 billion ‒ double the new revenue coming in
The nonpartisan nonprofit Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released cost projections after President Trump pitched his idea this weekend.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The nonpartisan nonprofit Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released cost projections after President Trump pitched his idea this weekend.
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BREAKING: A group of transgender servicemembers, who served up to 18 years in the Air Force, are suing the military for depriving them of their retirement benefits after the Trump administration booted all transgender troops from the military's ranks. bit.ly/4qXX1ci
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
BREAKING: A group of transgender servicemembers, who served up to 18 years in the Air Force, are suing the military for depriving them of their retirement benefits after the Trump administration booted all transgender troops from the military's ranks. bit.ly/4qXX1ci
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Today I wrote about the Trump’s latest effort to pardon his election denier henchmen. While we may be focused on the shutdown, Trump continues to subvert democracy and target free and fair elections. I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to expose just this. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Today I wrote about the Trump’s latest effort to pardon his election denier henchmen. While we may be focused on the shutdown, Trump continues to subvert democracy and target free and fair elections. I started Democracy Docket in 2020 to expose just this. Subscribe now. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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Trump: "I look at Crockett -- this is a very low IQ person. And I look at somebody who comes from Somalia where they don't have anything. All they have is crime."
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Trump: "I look at Crockett -- this is a very low IQ person. And I look at somebody who comes from Somalia where they don't have anything. All they have is crime."
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Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
ICE agent wounds deputy U.S. marshal and TikTok streamer, who is charged with assault
Carlitos Ricardo Parias was charged Tuesday night with assault on a federal officer after the immigration operation in L.A. in which the suspect and a U.S. marshal were injured.
www.latimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Even though this happened two weeks ago I just saw it. ICE shoot a US Marshall. This is how untrained these idiots are.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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It is wild, if not surprising I guess, that whether people could fly somewhere at Thanksgiving seemed to have more political effect than whether people could *eat* at Thanksgiving.
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It is wild, if not surprising I guess, that whether people could fly somewhere at Thanksgiving seemed to have more political effect than whether people could *eat* at Thanksgiving.
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“High production cost and market losses mean soybean farmers are expected to face a loss of around $109 an acre for this year’s crop,” ninth-generation Kentucky farmer Caleb Ragland, president of American Soybean Association, told Fortune.
#Tariffs
#Tariffs
Farmers feel betrayed as China dangles millions of tons of soybean purchases over the U.S. to get an edge in the escalating trade war | Fortune
Farmers could lose $109 an acre for this year’s crop, according to the president of the American Soybean Association.
fortune.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
“High production cost and market losses mean soybean farmers are expected to face a loss of around $109 an acre for this year’s crop,” ninth-generation Kentucky farmer Caleb Ragland, president of American Soybean Association, told Fortune.
#Tariffs
#Tariffs
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The shutdown deal shows us that Democrats still don’t have the caucus they need for this fight that will be going on at least through this decade, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. But the shutdown also accomplished a lot.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/with-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/with-...
With a Day to Think About It
I wrote last night’s post fresh off the news that at least...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The shutdown deal shows us that Democrats still don’t have the caucus they need for this fight that will be going on at least through this decade, @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. But the shutdown also accomplished a lot.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/with-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/with-...
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This was not a surprise to anyone who followed me and other actual reporters who know Supreme Court procedure.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This was not a surprise to anyone who followed me and other actual reporters who know Supreme Court procedure.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
The only places it succeeded were to generate donations for Liberty Counsel and to prompt clicks through ragebait headlines from your favorite resistance grifters.
Sorry, it's true.
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Trump is still using hunger as a political weapon while also refusing to address skyrocketing health care costs — and seems to be enjoying it. It’s the definition of sadism. A truly twisted man.
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Trump is still using hunger as a political weapon while also refusing to address skyrocketing health care costs — and seems to be enjoying it. It’s the definition of sadism. A truly twisted man.
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In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In response to this claim that the "strategy didn't work."
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
The people were on our side. We were building momentum to help save our democracy. We could have won - the premium increase notices were just starting.
And giving in now will embolden him. Things will likely get worse.
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Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
"The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out," retiring senior U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf, a Reagan appointee writes in The Atlantic.
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"The White House’s assault on the rule of law is so deeply disturbing to me that I feel compelled to speak out," retiring senior U.S. District Judge Mark L. Wolf, a Reagan appointee writes in The Atlantic.
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
"Silence, for me, is now intolerable."
Worthless coward is a really lousy legacy, but in our fleeting democracy she gets to make that choice.
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Worthless coward is a really lousy legacy, but in our fleeting democracy she gets to make that choice.
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“.. The combined tariffs are among the steepest faced by any product targeted by the Trump administration.”
@wsj.com @followtheh.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
“.. The combined tariffs are among the steepest faced by any product targeted by the Trump administration.”
@wsj.com @followtheh.bsky.social
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@wsj.com @followtheh.bsky.social
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What will Mike Johnson's new excuse be for not swearing in Grijalva?
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
What will Mike Johnson's new excuse be for not swearing in Grijalva?
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Democrats were overwhelmingly united on their shutdown demands.
Americans understood that Trump and Republicans were to blame.
Voters made it known last Tuesday that they'll elect leaders who stand up to Trump.
Democrats held the cards — and folded for no reason.
Americans understood that Trump and Republicans were to blame.
Voters made it known last Tuesday that they'll elect leaders who stand up to Trump.
Democrats held the cards — and folded for no reason.
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Democrats were overwhelmingly united on their shutdown demands.
Americans understood that Trump and Republicans were to blame.
Voters made it known last Tuesday that they'll elect leaders who stand up to Trump.
Democrats held the cards — and folded for no reason.
Americans understood that Trump and Republicans were to blame.
Voters made it known last Tuesday that they'll elect leaders who stand up to Trump.
Democrats held the cards — and folded for no reason.