KnightsFolly
@knightsfolly.bsky.social
Graphic designer, new-ish to Raleigh, originally from Alabama (with a 25 year layover in south Florida.) Loving all the parks, gardens, and outdoor venues to explore, the diverse food options, and the breweries, cideries, and meaderies!
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KnightsFolly
@knightsfolly.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Falling In Reverse - "Last Resort (Reimagined)"
YouTube video by Epitaph Records
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One of the absolute BEST covers EVER.
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WATCH: Rep. Gino Bulso gets pushback from (Republican) Williamson County School board members on a bill to “bring (teacher-led) prayer back to public schools” and “teach the Bible as history”
@ericwelchwcs.bsky.social points out kids already pray in school.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DTgF-Aa...
@ericwelchwcs.bsky.social points out kids already pray in school.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DTgF-Aa...
January 14, 2026 at 6:48 PM
WATCH: Rep. Gino Bulso gets pushback from (Republican) Williamson County School board members on a bill to “bring (teacher-led) prayer back to public schools” and “teach the Bible as history”
@ericwelchwcs.bsky.social points out kids already pray in school.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DTgF-Aa...
@ericwelchwcs.bsky.social points out kids already pray in school.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DTgF-Aa...
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Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
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Q: How can markets trust the Fed is independent if it looks like there's a criminal investigation into Powell for not complying w/ Trump?
MIKE JOHNSON: Powell is an individual. He is not the Fed. And it's a serious allegation if he was not truthful in testimony to Congress. We don't play favorites
MIKE JOHNSON: Powell is an individual. He is not the Fed. And it's a serious allegation if he was not truthful in testimony to Congress. We don't play favorites
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Q: How can markets trust the Fed is independent if it looks like there's a criminal investigation into Powell for not complying w/ Trump?
MIKE JOHNSON: Powell is an individual. He is not the Fed. And it's a serious allegation if he was not truthful in testimony to Congress. We don't play favorites
MIKE JOHNSON: Powell is an individual. He is not the Fed. And it's a serious allegation if he was not truthful in testimony to Congress. We don't play favorites
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Q: Do you think the president should state explicitly that the concept of a military takeover of Greenland is off the table?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't think anybody is considering that. I think it's a media narrative that's been created
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't think anybody is considering that. I think it's a media narrative that's been created
January 13, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Q: Do you think the president should state explicitly that the concept of a military takeover of Greenland is off the table?
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't think anybody is considering that. I think it's a media narrative that's been created
MIKE JOHNSON: I don't think anybody is considering that. I think it's a media narrative that's been created
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Overnight: The Trump administration told a judge that the “fluid situation” in Venezuela following the US seizure of President Nicolás Maduro means there is no “feasible” way to give migrants sent there an opportunity to retroactively contest their deportations, per a court order buff.ly/AbSTLpR
January 13, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Overnight: The Trump administration told a judge that the “fluid situation” in Venezuela following the US seizure of President Nicolás Maduro means there is no “feasible” way to give migrants sent there an opportunity to retroactively contest their deportations, per a court order buff.ly/AbSTLpR
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Even Haaretz is Hamas now apparently
Israeli government accuses Haaretz of 'supporting enemy in wartime,' citing Gaza reporting
The State Submitted an Affidavit to the High Court of Justice in Response to Petitions Against the Decision to Terminate Its Ties With the Newspaper. It Also Accused Haaretz of 'Defaming the State ......
www.haaretz.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Even Haaretz is Hamas now apparently
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Mike Johnson on Renee Good: "This woman was taunting ICE officers. She was impeding law enforcement. She was violating a number of laws. They were very patient ... what I saw was she hit the accelerator and hit the ICE officer and he reacted in a split second."
January 13, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Mike Johnson on Renee Good: "This woman was taunting ICE officers. She was impeding law enforcement. She was violating a number of laws. They were very patient ... what I saw was she hit the accelerator and hit the ICE officer and he reacted in a split second."
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His message is addressing only trump voting Minnesotans. The DAY OF RECKONING means killing more liberals and disappearing more brown people. Minnesota will be the war zone he needs to declare martial law…
January 13, 2026 at 2:38 PM
His message is addressing only trump voting Minnesotans. The DAY OF RECKONING means killing more liberals and disappearing more brown people. Minnesota will be the war zone he needs to declare martial law…
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And these were the ones ProPublica could find. www.propublica.org/article/vide...
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
And these were the ones ProPublica could find. www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
January 11, 2026 at 7:57 PM
ICE at Midway Target and seem to possible be leaving. Lots of community members here
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There’s a bitter irony in these headlines.
January 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
There’s a bitter irony in these headlines.
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BREAKING: ICE agents pepper-spray peaceful demonstrators and journalists and deploy chemical irritants in Minneapolis.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
January 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
BREAKING: ICE agents pepper-spray peaceful demonstrators and journalists and deploy chemical irritants in Minneapolis.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
Our partners @statuscoupnews.bsky.social captured the moment live on the ground as it happened.
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FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
January 11, 2026 at 7:45 PM
FYI: Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE case) noted in November that video evidence shows ICE "brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
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WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature?
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
January 11, 2026 at 3:42 PM
WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature?
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
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That awkward moment when your past foreign policy faceplants in real time.
January 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
That awkward moment when your past foreign policy faceplants in real time.
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CBP was so notorious for doing this that they’ve actually be given instructions to stop… more than a decade ago. bsky.app/profile/kebr...
Yeah, border patrol tends to be even worse, they're the ones who were told in 2014 to stop stepping in front of moving vehicles and then using that as an excuse to shoot
January 9, 2026 at 2:09 AM
CBP was so notorious for doing this that they’ve actually be given instructions to stop… more than a decade ago. bsky.app/profile/kebr...
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The Friday Murder Club (original and best) returns today with a story that reminds us of how much women were at the mercy of their husbands AND of the judicial system in the 19th and 20th century.
We go to the maritime communities around the Wash in Lincolnshire.
We go to the maritime communities around the Wash in Lincolnshire.
January 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
The Friday Murder Club (original and best) returns today with a story that reminds us of how much women were at the mercy of their husbands AND of the judicial system in the 19th and 20th century.
We go to the maritime communities around the Wash in Lincolnshire.
We go to the maritime communities around the Wash in Lincolnshire.
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In 2023, Ohio voters codified reproductive freedom into law. Now, three years later, state Republicans are pushing to oppose the people by pursuing a backdoor ban on abortion that targets telemedicine and Medicaid funding, Susan Rinkunas writes.
https://bit.ly/4srpQhH
https://bit.ly/4srpQhH
Ohio Republicans are defying voters to pursue a backdoor abortion ban
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
In 2023, Ohio voters codified reproductive freedom into law. Now, three years later, state Republicans are pushing to oppose the people by pursuing a backdoor ban on abortion that targets telemedicine and Medicaid funding, Susan Rinkunas writes.
https://bit.ly/4srpQhH
https://bit.ly/4srpQhH
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Damning from the Süddeutsche: "In Trump's America, it's now your own fault if you are shot." Peter Burghardt writes of government "without decency or empathy."
Minneapolis: In Trumps Amerika ist man nun selbst schuld, wenn man erschossen wird
sz.de/li.3365393
Minneapolis: In Trumps Amerika ist man nun selbst schuld, wenn man erschossen wird
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Minneapolis: In Trumps Amerika ist man nun selbst schuld, wenn man erschossen wird
Der Tod von Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis wirft Fragen zur Gewalt und zu Trumps Politik auf. Die Regierung gibt der Toten die Schuld.
sz.de
January 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Damning from the Süddeutsche: "In Trump's America, it's now your own fault if you are shot." Peter Burghardt writes of government "without decency or empathy."
Minneapolis: In Trumps Amerika ist man nun selbst schuld, wenn man erschossen wird
sz.de/li.3365393
Minneapolis: In Trumps Amerika ist man nun selbst schuld, wenn man erschossen wird
sz.de/li.3365393
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Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-R): "The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep you life"
The Right went from Don't Tread on Me to Comply or Die in 12 months.
The Right went from Don't Tread on Me to Comply or Die in 12 months.
January 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Rep. Wesley Hunt (TX-R): "The bottom line is this: when a federal officer gives you instructions, you abide by them and then you get to keep you life"
The Right went from Don't Tread on Me to Comply or Die in 12 months.
The Right went from Don't Tread on Me to Comply or Die in 12 months.
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There's not much surprising in this piece. On the contrary, we've already seen the Admin use strategies in it. But it's important that sources say it is deliberate.
Inside Trump’s Plans To Protect Killer ICE Agents ‘No Matter What’
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Inside Trump’s Plans To Protect Killer ICE Agents ‘No Matter What’
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Inside Trump’s Plans To Protect Killer ICE Agents ‘No Matter What’
Minnesota officials want to investigate ICE’s killing of a mother in Minneapolis. Team Trump has been planning for a moment like this.
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
There's not much surprising in this piece. On the contrary, we've already seen the Admin use strategies in it. But it's important that sources say it is deliberate.
Inside Trump’s Plans To Protect Killer ICE Agents ‘No Matter What’
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
Inside Trump’s Plans To Protect Killer ICE Agents ‘No Matter What’
open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/...
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Major case before the Alabama Supreme Court. Pastor Jennings is the good guy.
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
January 8, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Major case before the Alabama Supreme Court. Pastor Jennings is the good guy.
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
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"An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from—not toward—a federal officer when he opened fire."
Great video analysis of Minneapolis shooting from NYT. These frames show drawing of gun and exact moment of first shot.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Great video analysis of Minneapolis shooting from NYT. These frames show drawing of gun and exact moment of first shot.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
January 8, 2026 at 12:48 PM
"An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from—not toward—a federal officer when he opened fire."
Great video analysis of Minneapolis shooting from NYT. These frames show drawing of gun and exact moment of first shot.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Great video analysis of Minneapolis shooting from NYT. These frames show drawing of gun and exact moment of first shot.
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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They can’t get their story straight
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
They can’t get their story straight