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Kai Michael Kenkel

@gettingthekenksout.bsky.social
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🇩🇪(HH)/🇧🇷(RJ)/🇺🇸(NH). Prof @IRI/PUC-Rio; @GVAGrad, @johnshopkins alum. Norms, peace operations, civil-military relations. @fcstpauli Canadiens de Montréal

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
US government openly going into regime change mode in Brazil.
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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Stunning! An 8-hour time-lapse to show the Earth is rotating while capturing the Milky Way.
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
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Vintage Jerseys & Hats @polyesterunis.com · 06/03/2025
A quick thesaurus of MAGA slurs for those having a hard time following... "DEI Hire" = N-word "Globalists" = Jews "Woke" = Won't allow you to be a bigot "Dictator" = the opposite of an actual dictator "Palestinians" = Palestinians (apparently it's okay to be openly racist against Palestinians)
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Ned Yeung 🍉 @neddog.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A team of archivists have recreated the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) website from before it was purged by US President Donald Trump, hosting it in Europe! restoredcdc.org/www.cdc.gov/ #uspol #health #healthcare
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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WSPA 7NEWS @wspa.com · 05/03/2025
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs.
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Federal judge blocks drastic funding cuts to medical research
A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the Trump administration from drastically cutting medical research funding that many scientists say will endanger patients and cost jobs.
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OligarchyOfTheWest @resistancematters.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
They have all given up their alliance to America and turn to Russian agents Trump and Musk. Money & power is one a hell of a drug.
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Judy Thompson 💙💙💙👊👊👊🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @judythompson210.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#MeidasMighty #fuckelonald #fucktrump #fuckProject2025 #fuckthenazis 🙄😡🤬👊👊👊 Read "Here’s How People In Vermont Reacted To JD Vance Visting Their State For A Ski Vacation" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-jfyzPuw/5N...
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Here's How People In Vermont Reacted To JD Vance Visting Their State For A Ski Vacation (BuzzFeed)
JD Vance went on a ski vacation at the Sugarbush Resort in Vermont on Saturday after that whole Oval Office freaking out on Zelensky thing. May...
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
The entire town has come out to protest JD Vance and reports indicate he’s been either run out or forced to go into hiding. #3E #EndImpunity #StandWithUkraine
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
www.bruegel.org/analysis/def...
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Defending Europe without the US: first estimates of what is needed
Europe could need 300,000 more troops and an annual defence spending hike of at least €250 billion in the short term to deter Russian aggression
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
you're creating a straw man, I never said there was *no*influence, and you never responded to the question of German agency. It's not balck-and-white. I'm up for a good discussion where we can legitimately disagree, but I'm not going to bite on personal insults. Good luck to you. Over and out.
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Easy, cowboy, no need to get personal. Left doubled their share, BSW got 5%. Populists on the left. You're going to black-and-white. Never said the US had zero influence. You're the one taking agency away from German voters and giving it to the US. There may have been influence, but not decisive.
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Listen I hate Musk and Trump as much as the next guy but they’re not all-powerful in other countries.
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Domestic issues, not US influence
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Economic downturn, large parties who are unattractive and don’t even try to represent large swathes of the population, excessive migration, fear of war, high cost of living, terrible candidates from CDU, SPD and Greens, massive social media disinformation, and a lack of political education in youth
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I do indeed. Do you? It was you who called it the Musk Effect.
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I don’t believe Musk was the reason, there are democrats in Germany without it being resistance to Musk.
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Bit of a US-centric view. Firewall against AfD far predates Elon's foray into politics.
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Kaitlyn Reining @kaitlynreining.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Brady Tkachuk is the quintessential American hockey player, in that he’s incredible talented, seems like a nice guy, but ultimately I hate everything about him, most importantly his hubris and general existence 😅
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Wow that was the worst O Canada I've ever heard. Off key and messed up the words. Wonder if US organizers did that on purpose
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
newrepublic.com/article/1914...
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Americans Are Heading for the Exits
Go ahead and roll your eyes at those who want to emigrate amid Trump’s second term, but it’s a worrying trend.
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
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USDA accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is now trying to rehire them
An Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
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Paula- The Blue Warrior @resist61.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
New York. Aber die NHL ist so amerikanisch wie die EU belgisch ist
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Mehrheitlich kanadische Spieler und sechs kanadische Teams
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Not smart, going after your own voters
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Food for thought www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
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Israel and the delusions of Germany’s ‘memory culture’
Germany embraced Israel to atone for its wartime guilt. But was this in part a way to avoid truly confronting its past? By Pankaj Mishra
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
So how long before Trump promises to send the Gazawis to Greenland?
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/04/b...
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Google erases promise not to use AI technology for weapons or surveillance | CNN Business
Google’s updated AI ethics policy removes its promise that it won’t use the technology to pursue weapons and surveillance.
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Postponed or not, the threat of U.S. tariffs has some Canadians taking their money elsewhere | CBC News
Some Canadians who said they feel disrespected and betrayed by Donald Trump's threat of tariffs are pushing back by keeping whatever personal cash they can spare away from the U.S.
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Kai Michael Kenkel @gettingthekenksout.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
You’ve come a long way, GOP
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💙Elaine Breault Anti Nazi/Fascist🇺🇸WolfHealer🇺🇦Resist/Fight @wolfhealer.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Exactly all Trump and Mafia cronies threatening everyone too.
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Step 1 - set free militants loyal to you Step 2 - demonize marginalized segments of society Step 3 - purge civil servants and oversight <—— you are here Step 4 - claim authority to rule by decree Step 5 - fascism
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🦋 kris🌻⋆⋆⋆ @eviebauer727.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Trump Tells DOJ to Prosecute Teachers Who “Unlawfully” Support Trans or Nonbinary Students The latest executive order also threatens funding for schools that teach about gender and race. 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransRights #LGBTQRights #Authoritarianism www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump tells DOJ to prosecute teachers who “unlawfully” support trans or nonbinary students
The latest executive order threatens funding for schools that teach about gender and race.
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