Kim Schiller
@kimny72.bsky.social
I'm here to listen to people who know more than me and collect memes. Central VA. If I'm following you here, I prob was on the bird app too! 💙
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for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle
June 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
for context here’s a map of greater Los Angeles and the protest is the roughly the red circle
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What's going on in LA should be a real wakeup call for folks who don't already know that a fully liberal government can still wind up a police state and without some major change to the way we talk about the militarization of policing, nothing will get better
June 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
What's going on in LA should be a real wakeup call for folks who don't already know that a fully liberal government can still wind up a police state and without some major change to the way we talk about the militarization of policing, nothing will get better
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Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
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Hurricane season starts June 1 and if you live in a Gulf state, you need to watch this. It’s worse than you might think.
The few employees still left at FEMA admit: they are not prepared. Not enough staff. Not enough supplies. Not enough leadership. Plan accordingly.
The few employees still left at FEMA admit: they are not prepared. Not enough staff. Not enough supplies. Not enough leadership. Plan accordingly.
May 19, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Hurricane season starts June 1 and if you live in a Gulf state, you need to watch this. It’s worse than you might think.
The few employees still left at FEMA admit: they are not prepared. Not enough staff. Not enough supplies. Not enough leadership. Plan accordingly.
The few employees still left at FEMA admit: they are not prepared. Not enough staff. Not enough supplies. Not enough leadership. Plan accordingly.
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All but three House Republicans just voted for Trump's tariffs. The procedural measure, which preemptively surrenders congressional power to stop Trump's tariffs, passed with all Democrats voting no. This was the vote count:
April 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
All but three House Republicans just voted for Trump's tariffs. The procedural measure, which preemptively surrenders congressional power to stop Trump's tariffs, passed with all Democrats voting no. This was the vote count:
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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If your plans for this weekend involve being outdoors voicing your displeasure with *gestures* the entire situation, just sayin', my colleagues have a guide that you should read.
www.theverge.com/21276979/pho...
www.theverge.com/21276979/pho...
How to secure your phone before attending a protest
Here are some privacy measures you can take
www.theverge.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If your plans for this weekend involve being outdoors voicing your displeasure with *gestures* the entire situation, just sayin', my colleagues have a guide that you should read.
www.theverge.com/21276979/pho...
www.theverge.com/21276979/pho...
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Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
March 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Gosh. If only there were an historical analogue we could study to learn about the horrors of rounding people up without due process and sending them to torture camps in other countries.
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THIS is the version of the ‘farmer who’s about to lose his farm’ testimonial that you need to see.
Here’s the thing—I don’t care if they admit they were wrong. We already know they were. But they do need to admit they were lied to—by Donald Trump. Call him out by name!
Here’s the thing—I don’t care if they admit they were wrong. We already know they were. But they do need to admit they were lied to—by Donald Trump. Call him out by name!
February 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
THIS is the version of the ‘farmer who’s about to lose his farm’ testimonial that you need to see.
Here’s the thing—I don’t care if they admit they were wrong. We already know they were. But they do need to admit they were lied to—by Donald Trump. Call him out by name!
Here’s the thing—I don’t care if they admit they were wrong. We already know they were. But they do need to admit they were lied to—by Donald Trump. Call him out by name!
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re: possibility of a DOGE employee being granted elevated access to a government server, one federal IT worker told Wired: "If you would have asked me a week ago, I'd have told you that this kind of thing would never in a million years happen. But now, who the fuck knows."
A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System
The Bureau of the Fiscal Service is a sleepy part of the Treasury Department. It’s also where, sources say, a 25-year-old engineer tied to Elon Musk has admin privileges over the code that controls So...
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
re: possibility of a DOGE employee being granted elevated access to a government server, one federal IT worker told Wired: "If you would have asked me a week ago, I'd have told you that this kind of thing would never in a million years happen. But now, who the fuck knows."
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en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fasc...
There are 14 points here, we check every single one.
Mussolini would be proud.
There are 14 points here, we check every single one.
Mussolini would be proud.
Ur-Fascism - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
February 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Fasc...
There are 14 points here, we check every single one.
Mussolini would be proud.
There are 14 points here, we check every single one.
Mussolini would be proud.
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What the US is experiencing right now is fascism. There's no other word for it and pretending that it's verboten to say so diminishes the truth as much as they are diminishing the truth. It's fascism. It's arrived.
February 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
What the US is experiencing right now is fascism. There's no other word for it and pretending that it's verboten to say so diminishes the truth as much as they are diminishing the truth. It's fascism. It's arrived.
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Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada
Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada
WASHINGTON, D.C. - With US President Donald Trump declaring 25% tariffs on most Canadian goods, American citizens have officially chosen the most circuitous and economically painful method possible to...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Americans choose most expensive way possible to discover what goods made in Canada
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This remains the most accurate thing ever posted on Twitter, and it only gets more accurate as time goes on.
February 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This remains the most accurate thing ever posted on Twitter, and it only gets more accurate as time goes on.
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No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
No one's blaming Democrats for causing this crisis, but yes, many of them are failing to meet this moment.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
One Democratic senator could bring the chamber to a halt. House Dems can go to fed agencies being gutted by Musk with cameras in tow. Governors can push back. State AGs can bring lawsuits.
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Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.”
February 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were ordered to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “L.G.B.T.” or “pregnant people.”
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American auto stocks plummeted after the White House confirmed it’ll impose 25% tariffs on Mexico & Canada tomorrow (and 10% on China).
The trade barriers spell disaster for US automakers, whose supply chains are deeply entwined with our North American neighbors.
The trade barriers spell disaster for US automakers, whose supply chains are deeply entwined with our North American neighbors.
January 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
American auto stocks plummeted after the White House confirmed it’ll impose 25% tariffs on Mexico & Canada tomorrow (and 10% on China).
The trade barriers spell disaster for US automakers, whose supply chains are deeply entwined with our North American neighbors.
The trade barriers spell disaster for US automakers, whose supply chains are deeply entwined with our North American neighbors.
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I hope people see how truly alarming this is:
1. Musk's team, who may not even be US govt employees yet, have complete access to OPM's databases of PII on federal employees and have locked out career employees
2. Musk's people trying to do same with THE US TREASURY MASTER PAYMENT SYSTEM 🚨
1. Musk's team, who may not even be US govt employees yet, have complete access to OPM's databases of PII on federal employees and have locked out career employees
2. Musk's people trying to do same with THE US TREASURY MASTER PAYMENT SYSTEM 🚨
New - Elon Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I hope people see how truly alarming this is:
1. Musk's team, who may not even be US govt employees yet, have complete access to OPM's databases of PII on federal employees and have locked out career employees
2. Musk's people trying to do same with THE US TREASURY MASTER PAYMENT SYSTEM 🚨
1. Musk's team, who may not even be US govt employees yet, have complete access to OPM's databases of PII on federal employees and have locked out career employees
2. Musk's people trying to do same with THE US TREASURY MASTER PAYMENT SYSTEM 🚨
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Not to be alarmist, but this is the most radical presidential action I've ever seen. He's straight up seizing Congress' budget power. What do laws matter if the mad king's whims dictate what gets enforced and where money goes?
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
Trump is blowing up the Constitution and dismantling democracy before our eyes.
Freezing all federal grants is a radical transformation of the relationship between the President & Congress.
It’s illegal & dictatorial & Americans will die as a result.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Freezing all federal grants is a radical transformation of the relationship between the President & Congress.
It’s illegal & dictatorial & Americans will die as a result.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Trump administration orders sweeping freeze of federal aid
In a two-page memo, the Office of Management and Budget ordered all federal agencies to temporarily suspend payments.
www.politico.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not to be alarmist, but this is the most radical presidential action I've ever seen. He's straight up seizing Congress' budget power. What do laws matter if the mad king's whims dictate what gets enforced and where money goes?
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
It's not a policy memo - it's a revolution. Don't let it be a quiet one.
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Read, share, act.
January 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Read, share, act.
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Major news:
Donald Trump has just issued a trans military ban, with much of the details left to Hegseth.
It states that being trans is incompatible with "an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle"
I know many military trans people who have served admirably for decades.
Shameful.
Donald Trump has just issued a trans military ban, with much of the details left to Hegseth.
It states that being trans is incompatible with "an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle"
I know many military trans people who have served admirably for decades.
Shameful.
January 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Major news:
Donald Trump has just issued a trans military ban, with much of the details left to Hegseth.
It states that being trans is incompatible with "an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle"
I know many military trans people who have served admirably for decades.
Shameful.
Donald Trump has just issued a trans military ban, with much of the details left to Hegseth.
It states that being trans is incompatible with "an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle"
I know many military trans people who have served admirably for decades.
Shameful.
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The central core of Trumpism is voter suppression and election subversion. Too many people only pay attention to this right before elections and forget it once elections are over.
We must take this threat literally and seriously if we want to have free and fair elections in the future.
We must take this threat literally and seriously if we want to have free and fair elections in the future.
Trump Demands California Adopt Voter ID Requirement to Get Wildfire Aid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The central core of Trumpism is voter suppression and election subversion. Too many people only pay attention to this right before elections and forget it once elections are over.
We must take this threat literally and seriously if we want to have free and fair elections in the future.
We must take this threat literally and seriously if we want to have free and fair elections in the future.