Kevin Rooney
@kevinrooney.bsky.social
Frequent sunset photo taker! Also a kayaker, sailor, musician, actor, soccer fan, DC resident, and communications & issue advocacy hack.
I found ANTIFA HQ.
Rough bunch. Public Enemy #1. 😆
Rough bunch. Public Enemy #1. 😆
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I found ANTIFA HQ.
Rough bunch. Public Enemy #1. 😆
Rough bunch. Public Enemy #1. 😆
Hopefulness can be hard to come by these days — that probably makes it all the more important.
May 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hopefulness can be hard to come by these days — that probably makes it all the more important.
Catchy turn of a phrase by Sen. Booker in his 25-hour, 4-minute speech? Certainly. But it's crucial that we prove it to be true.
Start this Saturday, April 5th. Join the Hands Off! National Day of Action. dub.sh/HandsOff2025
Start this Saturday, April 5th. Join the Hands Off! National Day of Action. dub.sh/HandsOff2025
April 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Catchy turn of a phrase by Sen. Booker in his 25-hour, 4-minute speech? Certainly. But it's crucial that we prove it to be true.
Start this Saturday, April 5th. Join the Hands Off! National Day of Action. dub.sh/HandsOff2025
Start this Saturday, April 5th. Join the Hands Off! National Day of Action. dub.sh/HandsOff2025
"What you are seeing is a president who ran for re-election to avoid prosecution and to get revenge on people he accused of stealing the 2020 election. He never had a coherent theory of the biggest trends in the world today and how to best align America with them to thrive..." dub.sh/Friedman-on-...
March 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"What you are seeing is a president who ran for re-election to avoid prosecution and to get revenge on people he accused of stealing the 2020 election. He never had a coherent theory of the biggest trends in the world today and how to best align America with them to thrive..." dub.sh/Friedman-on-...
Canaan Valley, West Virginia. ❤️
February 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Canaan Valley, West Virginia. ❤️
I happen to think Pete Buttigieg is a brilliant guy, but these ideas don’t require brilliance—just basic competence in governance.
February 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I happen to think Pete Buttigieg is a brilliant guy, but these ideas don’t require brilliance—just basic competence in governance.
This makes total sense.
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
This makes total sense.
Read or listen. Klein certainly doesn't let liberals off scot free. [gift link]
On Congressional Republicans: "What an unbelievably strange life – to rise as far as they have in politics, to wield as much power as they could, and to be as afraid [of Trump] as they are." dub.sh/EzraKleinNYT
On Congressional Republicans: "What an unbelievably strange life – to rise as far as they have in politics, to wield as much power as they could, and to be as afraid [of Trump] as they are." dub.sh/EzraKleinNYT
February 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Read or listen. Klein certainly doesn't let liberals off scot free. [gift link]
On Congressional Republicans: "What an unbelievably strange life – to rise as far as they have in politics, to wield as much power as they could, and to be as afraid [of Trump] as they are." dub.sh/EzraKleinNYT
On Congressional Republicans: "What an unbelievably strange life – to rise as far as they have in politics, to wield as much power as they could, and to be as afraid [of Trump] as they are." dub.sh/EzraKleinNYT
That'll be a helluva story to tell. 😳🐋
AP: 'A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera'
apnews.com/article/chil...
AP: 'A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera'
apnews.com/article/chil...
February 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
That'll be a helluva story to tell. 😳🐋
AP: 'A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera'
apnews.com/article/chil...
AP: 'A humpback whale briefly swallows kayaker in Chilean Patagonia — and it’s all captured on camera'
apnews.com/article/chil...
Snow noir ❄️ ‘round midnight 🌙 (Part 2)
February 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Snow noir ❄️ ‘round midnight 🌙 (Part 2)
Snow noir ❄️ ‘round midnight 🌙 (Part 1)
February 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Snow noir ❄️ ‘round midnight 🌙 (Part 1)
The richest person in the world is supposedly seeking "government efficiency" but the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is literally already saving money for taxpayers.
These numbers are easily verifiable.
Also, Consumer Reports on CFPB: dub.sh/CFPB
These numbers are easily verifiable.
Also, Consumer Reports on CFPB: dub.sh/CFPB
February 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The richest person in the world is supposedly seeking "government efficiency" but the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is literally already saving money for taxpayers.
These numbers are easily verifiable.
Also, Consumer Reports on CFPB: dub.sh/CFPB
These numbers are easily verifiable.
Also, Consumer Reports on CFPB: dub.sh/CFPB
Musk/Trump plan to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to "save money." It is already saving us money!
Wash Post: "CFPB halts work. Consumer watchdog agency was formed after the 2008 financial crisis." wapo.st/3WMUp3r [gift article]
Consumer Reports' details on CFPB: dub.sh/CFPB
Wash Post: "CFPB halts work. Consumer watchdog agency was formed after the 2008 financial crisis." wapo.st/3WMUp3r [gift article]
Consumer Reports' details on CFPB: dub.sh/CFPB
February 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Musk/Trump plan to shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to "save money." It is already saving us money!
Wash Post: "CFPB halts work. Consumer watchdog agency was formed after the 2008 financial crisis." wapo.st/3WMUp3r [gift article]
Consumer Reports' details on CFPB: dub.sh/CFPB
Wash Post: "CFPB halts work. Consumer watchdog agency was formed after the 2008 financial crisis." wapo.st/3WMUp3r [gift article]
Consumer Reports' details on CFPB: dub.sh/CFPB
Orwellian. Stalin would approve.
January 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Orwellian. Stalin would approve.
What an extraordinary athlete! #HTTC
My hat’s off to the Lions for an amazing season and my heart goes out to their passionate fans (including many of my Detroit cousins).
My hat’s off to the Lions for an amazing season and my heart goes out to their passionate fans (including many of my Detroit cousins).
January 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
What an extraordinary athlete! #HTTC
My hat’s off to the Lions for an amazing season and my heart goes out to their passionate fans (including many of my Detroit cousins).
My hat’s off to the Lions for an amazing season and my heart goes out to their passionate fans (including many of my Detroit cousins).
A jury should have been allowed to hear this case. The justice system failed the voters.
Reuters: Special counsel report found Trump engaged in ‘criminal effort’ to overturn 2020 election – dub.sh/Sp-Counsel-Report
Reuters: Special counsel report found Trump engaged in ‘criminal effort’ to overturn 2020 election – dub.sh/Sp-Counsel-Report
January 14, 2025 at 8:53 AM
A jury should have been allowed to hear this case. The justice system failed the voters.
Reuters: Special counsel report found Trump engaged in ‘criminal effort’ to overturn 2020 election – dub.sh/Sp-Counsel-Report
Reuters: Special counsel report found Trump engaged in ‘criminal effort’ to overturn 2020 election – dub.sh/Sp-Counsel-Report
Another trek down Pennsylvania Avenue, 48 years later.
Welcome back to DC, President Carter. R.I.P. 🙏
Welcome back to DC, President Carter. R.I.P. 🙏
January 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Another trek down Pennsylvania Avenue, 48 years later.
Welcome back to DC, President Carter. R.I.P. 🙏
Welcome back to DC, President Carter. R.I.P. 🙏
Ha! 😆 Not AI.
I do that almost every year. 🎅🏼
I do that almost every year. 🎅🏼
December 23, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Ha! 😆 Not AI.
I do that almost every year. 🎅🏼
I do that almost every year. 🎅🏼
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎅
December 23, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎅
We are a broken society when this can happen and nothing – NOTHING! – will change.
American gun culture is uniquely dystopian, where the right to own an arsenal is fiercely defended while the right to simply feel safe is ignored, even when it's the safety of children. 😡
American gun culture is uniquely dystopian, where the right to own an arsenal is fiercely defended while the right to simply feel safe is ignored, even when it's the safety of children. 😡
December 17, 2024 at 6:40 AM
We are a broken society when this can happen and nothing – NOTHING! – will change.
American gun culture is uniquely dystopian, where the right to own an arsenal is fiercely defended while the right to simply feel safe is ignored, even when it's the safety of children. 😡
American gun culture is uniquely dystopian, where the right to own an arsenal is fiercely defended while the right to simply feel safe is ignored, even when it's the safety of children. 😡
We are a broken society when this can happen and nothing – NOTHING! – will change.
American gun culture is uniquely dystopian, where the right to own an arsenal is fiercely defended while the right to simply feel safe is ignored, even when it's the safety of children. 😡
American gun culture is uniquely dystopian, where the right to own an arsenal is fiercely defended while the right to simply feel safe is ignored, even when it's the safety of children. 😡
December 17, 2024 at 6:38 AM
We are a broken society when this can happen and nothing – NOTHING! – will change.
American gun culture is uniquely dystopian, where the right to own an arsenal is fiercely defended while the right to simply feel safe is ignored, even when it's the safety of children. 😡
American gun culture is uniquely dystopian, where the right to own an arsenal is fiercely defended while the right to simply feel safe is ignored, even when it's the safety of children. 😡
The moon briefly in the DC area around midnight. Beautiful!
My smart NASA astrobiologist friend @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social said something about the “23° degree arc.” So I googled it:
“A ‘23 degree arc moon’ typically refers to a halo around the moon, specifically the edge of a ‘22 degree halo’..."
My smart NASA astrobiologist friend @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social said something about the “23° degree arc.” So I googled it:
“A ‘23 degree arc moon’ typically refers to a halo around the moon, specifically the edge of a ‘22 degree halo’..."
December 14, 2024 at 7:19 AM
The moon briefly in the DC area around midnight. Beautiful!
My smart NASA astrobiologist friend @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social said something about the “23° degree arc.” So I googled it:
“A ‘23 degree arc moon’ typically refers to a halo around the moon, specifically the edge of a ‘22 degree halo’..."
My smart NASA astrobiologist friend @drfunkyspoon.bsky.social said something about the “23° degree arc.” So I googled it:
“A ‘23 degree arc moon’ typically refers to a halo around the moon, specifically the edge of a ‘22 degree halo’..."
Soccer in the city.⚽️ Fire in the sky.🔥
December 13, 2024 at 2:23 AM
Soccer in the city.⚽️ Fire in the sky.🔥