Richard K. Kearney
@richardkkearney.bsky.social
Husband/Father/Librarian/Historian/Socialist/Feminist/Rocker/Archivist-in-Training
True, they're not going to relinquish power easily, but once WE really come to terms with the fact that we are the majority - an overwhelming one, not a slim one - and act like it, they will be finished.
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
True, they're not going to relinquish power easily, but once WE really come to terms with the fact that we are the majority - an overwhelming one, not a slim one - and act like it, they will be finished.
The rabid right now has four propaganda stations it can watch: Fox, OANN, Newsmax, and CBS. Meanwhile, the rest of TV media doesn't really pretend it's something other than corporate ruling class propaganda. All this seems like a GREAT reason to stop watching TV entirely. Let the ratings collapse.
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The rabid right now has four propaganda stations it can watch: Fox, OANN, Newsmax, and CBS. Meanwhile, the rest of TV media doesn't really pretend it's something other than corporate ruling class propaganda. All this seems like a GREAT reason to stop watching TV entirely. Let the ratings collapse.
Not enough to prevent Kelly Ayote, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Kristi Noem, Kim Reynolds, Kay Ivey, Nikki Haley, Mary Fallin, Sisana Martinez, Jan Brewer, and Sarah Palin from becoming governors, despite those affronts to Republican "masculinity." So who knows?
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Not enough to prevent Kelly Ayote, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Kristi Noem, Kim Reynolds, Kay Ivey, Nikki Haley, Mary Fallin, Sisana Martinez, Jan Brewer, and Sarah Palin from becoming governors, despite those affronts to Republican "masculinity." So who knows?
The court will probably have his three prison terms run concurrently, though .....
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The court will probably have his three prison terms run concurrently, though .....
I've heard you can buy a lot of hamburgers with those jewels! -
October 21, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I've heard you can buy a lot of hamburgers with those jewels! -
That's Jared's way of telling us he voted for Trump, had a Trump sign on his lawn, donated money to Trump ... so clearly his business problems must be the result of some murky, abstract (conspiratorial? "deep state"?) forces he'd prefer to describe as "your country." Or is it "his" country?
October 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
That's Jared's way of telling us he voted for Trump, had a Trump sign on his lawn, donated money to Trump ... so clearly his business problems must be the result of some murky, abstract (conspiratorial? "deep state"?) forces he'd prefer to describe as "your country." Or is it "his" country?
... and strangely, I was thinking that's what THIS bizarre assembly is!
October 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
... and strangely, I was thinking that's what THIS bizarre assembly is!
I'll take "Horrifically ignorant people who assume I'm more ignorant than they are" for $400.
October 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'll take "Horrifically ignorant people who assume I'm more ignorant than they are" for $400.
He certainly has fixated on "hot" as an adjective. I guess he's been watching old Paris Hilton videos - youtu.be/KHnPvzAQkyA?...
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October 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
He certainly has fixated on "hot" as an adjective. I guess he's been watching old Paris Hilton videos - youtu.be/KHnPvzAQkyA?...
I guess the definition of a "successful media community" (not "company"!) is getting some right-wing billionaires to fund the dreck you churn out that flatters them. If you have that, it doesn't matter if no one reads you or pays for your product. Who needs markets when you have royal patrons?
October 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I guess the definition of a "successful media community" (not "company"!) is getting some right-wing billionaires to fund the dreck you churn out that flatters them. If you have that, it doesn't matter if no one reads you or pays for your product. Who needs markets when you have royal patrons?
If "THEY" keep the government closed .... that's a scream.
October 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If "THEY" keep the government closed .... that's a scream.
If "recognizing the threat landscape" means anyone you talk to may be an FBI informant at the same time that we need to organize solidarity, then in effect the "threat landscape" doesn't matter because you can't build solidarity if you think everyone you meet is a potential enemy.
September 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If "recognizing the threat landscape" means anyone you talk to may be an FBI informant at the same time that we need to organize solidarity, then in effect the "threat landscape" doesn't matter because you can't build solidarity if you think everyone you meet is a potential enemy.
Call me crazy, but I have a feeling "We must put politics aside" can be accurately translated as "I will be making absolutely NO concession demands."
September 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Call me crazy, but I have a feeling "We must put politics aside" can be accurately translated as "I will be making absolutely NO concession demands."
The pattern seems to indicate a general dissatisfaction, so after two terms the attitude is "vote the bum(s) out." By comparison, I believe both houses of the NJ legislature have had Dem majorities for decades, but when Reps are governor they tend to get a lot of what they want.
September 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The pattern seems to indicate a general dissatisfaction, so after two terms the attitude is "vote the bum(s) out." By comparison, I believe both houses of the NJ legislature have had Dem majorities for decades, but when Reps are governor they tend to get a lot of what they want.
For the last 50 years the general pattern for election of New Jersey governors has been a see-saw where each party gets two terms, save for Florio: Byrne (2), Kean (2), Florio (1), Whitman (2), McGreevey/Corzine (2), Christie (2), Murphy (2). So for Sherrill to win would be to buck this pattern.
September 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
For the last 50 years the general pattern for election of New Jersey governors has been a see-saw where each party gets two terms, save for Florio: Byrne (2), Kean (2), Florio (1), Whitman (2), McGreevey/Corzine (2), Christie (2), Murphy (2). So for Sherrill to win would be to buck this pattern.
The Red (State) Guards
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Red (State) Guards
Yale probably told him to wear that orange and black Princeton tie whenever he goes on TV because they don't want anyone associating these "performances" with Yale.
September 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Yale probably told him to wear that orange and black Princeton tie whenever he goes on TV because they don't want anyone associating these "performances" with Yale.
It's "his" party and he'll cry if he wants to ... and apparently he wants to.
September 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It's "his" party and he'll cry if he wants to ... and apparently he wants to.
He's progressing nicely. By next week we should be at this stage -
September 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
He's progressing nicely. By next week we should be at this stage -
Those scrambled eggs will put you in the poorhouse !!
August 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Those scrambled eggs will put you in the poorhouse !!
I agree with this - including the implicit point that Trump's demise will (hopefully!) result in the collapse of his "coalition" - but we must also give credit for his success to the TOTAL failure of the other party. THEY gave us Trump too.
August 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I agree with this - including the implicit point that Trump's demise will (hopefully!) result in the collapse of his "coalition" - but we must also give credit for his success to the TOTAL failure of the other party. THEY gave us Trump too.
It would be a great thing if the NCPC could stop construction pending completion of its review, but given the other "exceptions" made for this monster's behavior so far I am not feeling optimistic. I would, however, be first in line with a sledgehammer to bring that (gold-plated) obscenity down.
August 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
It would be a great thing if the NCPC could stop construction pending completion of its review, but given the other "exceptions" made for this monster's behavior so far I am not feeling optimistic. I would, however, be first in line with a sledgehammer to bring that (gold-plated) obscenity down.