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KayKinMd

@kaykinmd.bsky.social
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In previous life I supported technology in the largest school system in Maryland, serving more than 160,500 students. I retired early to work full-time on Obama's 2nd campaign, & have kept an eye on Dem politics since.

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Noelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
Alt text included. My apologies for missing it on the original post but I was a mess reading it.
Dear beautiful women,
I've started this letter like ten times and deleted it every time because every time I start I cry. So I'm just going to write it.
Your flag matters to me. It matters so much that it's flying at a lesbian household where anyone walking by can see it.
I'm a trans girl so I'm not sure you can relate but I'll try. Most days I'm doing math in my head like which hallway is safer, who I can sit near at lunch whether it's worth saying something or just letting it go. I'm so tired. I don't think people who don't have to do it know how tired it makes you.
I walk past your house almost daily. The first time I saw the flag I slowed down without meaning to. It was just hanging there like it was no big deal but to me it was everything. It felt like the people inside would see me as who I actually am and I wouldn't have to explain or prove anything. My shoulders dropped for the first time all day and I almost cried right there in front of your home.
I know that living here isn't easy for gay people like you where not everyone is kind about it so putting that flag up means risking stares, comments or worse. You didn't have to do it. It would have been so much easier to stay quiet. You did it anyway, and that is the bravest thing I've seen anyone do. Every day it stays up it tells people like me that someone is willing to be brave so we don't have to be alone.
Now I look for it. Some days it's the one thing that makes me feel like I'm not imagining that I deserve to be here. When so much of the world feels like it's deciding whether there's room for me your flag says there is. Please keep it up. You might not know it but it's helping me get through the day.
Thank you for your courage, and for leaving the porch light on for the rest of us.
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Anton Shekhovtsov @shekhovtsov.substack.com · 16/10/2026
A journalist asks Zelensky whether he thinks that Trump is treating him as a scapegoat for his own problems. And Zelensky responds.
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
LOL I had no idea it was illegal. In 2006 my sisters & I followed the path of our parents' honeymoon trip & scattered my dad's ashes in federal parks throughout the Mountain West.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/10/2026
i don't need to read again. you said nobody is pro-abortion. i am pro-abortion. why? because it's health care. and i'm pro health care. just like i'm pro-chemo, i'm pro-abortion. reducing stigma around abortion care is important and insisting nobody is pro-abortion feeds into harmful narratives.
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Diamond Life @diamondlifeca.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
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Strictly 4 My Navigators @lizzslockeroom.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Miss me with the "we didn't know about it" or "they never mentioned it" ... oh yes, they did...... we didn't have to be here.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Said a day after a white supremacist sought to kill people at a Hindu temple. Not a word about the anti-Indian rhetoric within his own party that has put South Asians and his own family members in danger. Instead continues to play footsie with people who see non-white citizens as guests, at best.
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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Elon Musk is single-handedly funding the Ken Paxton campaign:
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Republicans right now are doing new spends to defend senate seats in south carolina and mississippi and the Times is doing a "what went wrong" autopsy circular firing squad article about... *Democrats* (who are all ahead in the polls)
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
ME has always been a hoped-for pick-up, not a state that Dems counted on, & that was before the Platner fiasco. And both MN and MI are purple states (Trump won MI in '24). Neither was ever a shoo-in. This is just Third Way special pleading.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Some people Vance has accused of ingratitude or similar: Abdul El-Sayed Kamala Harris Zohran Mamdani Ilhan Omar Joy Reid Volodymyr Zelensky I couldn't find any white Christians.
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
It’s assumed by media Putin will send diesel oil in exchange for Trump’s treason I wouldn’t go that far. Russia has none to spare. Likely empty, like every other Trump promise
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Here's the video in which NYT assistant managing editor Patrick Healy and I go back and forth about whether "lie" should be a forbidden word in Trump coverage. (You can guess where I stand.)
nytimes.com
Video: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump
In this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism...
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• HardTimes • @channel-forty-five.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
They did the thing
youtu.be
FDR mocks Republican promises.
YouTube video by brainchopper
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Or maybe a language thing (niece vs step-daughter).
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I Nied braaaaiiiiins 🧟 @nied.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
At this point @sodrock.bsky.social should just make this his pinned post until the election.
A post from @Sodrock.bsky.social. It reads "Republicans have no choice but to preemptively surrender before the midterms to save themselves the embarrassment."
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Your keyboard to God's screen...
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
That's what I was thinking. Is the problem that's been happening on 7th Street for months that idiots are walking around in $1150 Balenciaga sneakers?
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
👇👇👇👇
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Dr. Fred J. Calef III @mapperwocky.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
They should nationalize StarShield/StarLink and take it away from his control.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Elon's apparent cutting off of Ukraine's Starlink access underscores the dangers of the U.S. contracting with an unstable Nazi. There is no way a deranged civilian (or any civilian) should have that much power over an ostensible American partner.
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
This is disgusting, but not unexpected. The Trump administration is putting their thumb on the scales for Putin, despite the fact that it’s Russia violating the energy ceasefire. 
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Too bad MD redistricting never happened this year. He'd be gone.
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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The Democratic Party has abolished the death penalty de facto or de jure in every state where it has the power to do so. Zero federal executions have happened under Democratic administrations since it was reinstated in 1976. A Dem median vote on the Supreme Court would rule it unconstitutional
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
NEW: The US theft of Venezuelan oil resources appears to bring the Pentagon its own source of money — something that should be understood as another milestone in the collapse of constitutional government.
forever-wars.com
The Dawn Of The Self-Funding Pentagon
It's not like the military is cash-starved from Congress. But it looks a lot like it's going to make money off Venezuelan oil
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Even *I* tried it once or twice on my kids. We all ended up laughing at me.
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Very true. I drove through a bird sanctuary to take my younger son to preschool. It was an amazing trip every day.
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ingemarknows.bsky.social @ingemarknows.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11/10/2026
If Congress doesn’t act, Social Security benefits are on track be cut in 2032. Not on my watch. We must protect Social Security by lifting the cap so that those with the highest incomes pay the same share as everyone else.
“Just take the cap off” Elizabeth Warren on removing the Social Security tax cap to make the highest earners pay their fair share.
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Probably the only thing I miss about living in FL is seeing spectacular space launches.
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Ruha Benjamin @ruha9.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Update: bsky.app/profile/ruha...
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Republicans DESTROY our economy. Democrats build our wealth. ==================== Here's actual results from 1981 to 2026 or 45 YEARS! -----------------------------
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Betty Kraken of Florida @bettycrackerfl.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Music to my ears! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...
nytimes.com
Democrats Tie Corruption to High Costs in Final Midterms Push (Gift Article)
Party leaders are working to connect Washington profiteering and the influence of billionaires and corporate America to affordability, in what they hope will be a potent closing message.
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marikosegawa.bsky.social @marikosegawa.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #DV1 #ONEV1 🗣U.S. Senate (IA) @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social, current state rep, proudly calls himself a prairie populist. When elected, he’ll help fellow Iowans get by & thrive. 🙏 Read his specific platform & VOTE! turek4iowa.com/platform
Candidate: U.S.Sebate (Iowa)
Josh Turek, a current state rep, proudly calls himself a prairie populist. 

When elected, he’ll help fellow Iowans get by & thrive.
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Justin @sitkaworldsfair.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The official U.S. Department of Education account posted a Columbus Day video set to the song L'Amour toujours, which, if you don’t know, is a random dance song that’s been song co-opted by Nazi groups across Europe, complete with new (nazi) lyrics. link in next post. x.com/usedgov/stat...
a screenshot from x. the U.S. department of education account has posted a video. in the screenshot it’s conquistadors with a cross from the movie apocalypto.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Friendly reminder that @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social thinks we should "turn the page" on these guys even though they're literally doing "show me your papers" shit after raiding the house of someone he works with. Every day. Who has the same job as him.
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jentrification ♎ @jentrification.com · 12/10/2026
this is community 🪴
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Or $90 old people bucks from Medicare. My sister & her husband got theirs (we haven't gotten ours yet). She donated hers to Gove Wes Moore's reelection campaign (Trump HATES our Black Dem Gov). Her husband donated his to Hinajosa's campaign. Better use of federal $$ for campaigns than Trump's ads.
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Gina Hinojosa @ginafortexas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
8 time Texas HS football state champion coach knows what’s at stake this November.
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I might try this. My older (but not old - he's only 4) cat has decided he needs to eat if we're eating. They get 2 tablespoons of kibble 3 times a day plus a churu at bedtime, and both are slightly overweight. He just can't have more food when we eat. But green beans might be ok.
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Vermouth actually is very good for braising mustard-marinated skinless, boneless chicken breasts.
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
He has such a punchable face, it's a shame she can only do so metaphorically.
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
My sister & her husband got these letters (& $90 each). My sister donated hers to Gov Wes Moore's reelection campaign (Trump HATES our Black Dem governor). Her husband donated his to Gina Hinojosa's gubernatorial campaign. This is a much better use of federal tax $$ on campaigns than Trump's ads.
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I just love the guy 😍
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Lol I didn't actually watch the debate but I saw a lot of clips from it. I didn't see that clip.
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It was 60 years ago, but he still remembers!
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
At the debate last week Ossoff referred to Mike Collins's son-in-law (who's an actual Nazi), & an actual Nazi that Collins's Congressional office advocated for. I guess Brooks thinks that's rude or something.
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KayKinMd @kaykinmd.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
My husband had pertussis at the end of college and the summer after. It delayed his entry into Navy flight school by 5 months. His descriptions sound pretty awful. I'm sorry you went through that.
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