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Ken Parker

@kenparkerlaw.bsky.social
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IP lawyer. Policy wonk. Avid hiker. Music lover.

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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICE is the face of evil in America. The only way ICE will be abolished is if Democrats take over the House and the Senate and refuse to fund it. Their unbridled cruelty must end. Here is but one example: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/24/m...
bostonglobe.com
An ICE agent shot and killed her partner in Maine. Now, she wants justice. - The Boston Globe
In her first sit-down interview with a newspaper, Martha Karolina Rojas Alvarez called for justice to be carried out for the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, her partner and father of their ...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cost of extending ACA subsidies: $30 billion/year Cost of Trump's Iran War: $43 billion in roughly seven months (and that's a low estimate) It's not a question of what we can afford. It's a question of priorities.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump is now officially less popular than brain-eating amoebas: www.natesilver.net/p/trump-appr...
Graph showing that in Nate Silver's polling average, Trump's net approval rating has dropped to an all-time low of negative 23 percent.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That's not what "mistakenly" means (gift link to NYT article about ICE detaining and injuring a US Citizen): www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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ICE Mistakenly Detains U.S. Citizen in Chicago Area, Leaving Him Injured (Gift Article)
The Department of Homeland Security said agents released the man after he identified himself. He was taken to a hospital with head and neck injuries, local police said.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I feel so good right now. Reading the latest polls, I am increasingly confident that we will kick the rear ends of the fascist candidates in the midterms and restore American Democracy. But let's not get overconfident. Let's do what we can to take bake the Senate: secure.actblue.com/donate/blues...
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Banning the press from the people's White House (see www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...) is 100% on brand for Nazi, fascist, totalitarian f-wads. Time to impeach and convict. Here's how we do it: secure.actblue.com/donate/blues...
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lack of fresh water is one of the big challenges facing human civilization. This technology has the potential to address this need in an environmentally-sound way: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
sciencedaily.com
Scientists turn seawater into fresh water without harmful brine
Scientists have developed a solar-powered desalination system that turns seawater into fresh water while removing nearly all of the leftover salt as a solid instead of producing harmful brine. The sel...
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lando: "Lord Vader, we only use this facility for carbon freezing. You put him in there, it might kill him!" Vader: "I do not want the Emperor's patsy damaged. We will test it on Linsey Graham." Lando: "But Lindsey Graham is already dead!" Vader: "My point exactly."
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Person who was clapping: "Actually, I was trying to kill a mosquito."
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's official. Trump is now less popular than toe fungus. www.focaldata.com/blog/trump-a...
focaldata.com
Trump approval hits record low as Democrats extend House lead
Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to a record low of 32% in the latest Focaldata-Financial Times poll of the midterms.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 05/09/2026
Good news: he lost.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
When the EPSTEIN scandals are all fully adjudicated, as they eventually will be, there will be more convictions & people imprisoned than there were in the Watergate matter. Accountability IS coming: November 3rd 2026 Midterms Make sure you're registered & VOTE! Go to: Iwillvote.com #tickticktick ⌛
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Money out of politics. Money in your pocket. Medicare for All. Michigan... We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let's win in November.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Exactly 3 months from today is the most important midterm election in our lifetime. Our opportunity to hold him accountable. Register to vote here: Iwillvote.com The stakes have never been higher. Show the world the majority of Americans are good, decent, honest people. #VoteBlue🗳️ #RejectMAGA 👎
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Massachusetts is about to sign into law the toughest protections in the country against illegal harassment and worse by federal ICE and Border Patrol agents: www.wbur.org/news/2026/07...
wbur.org
5 things to know about Beacon Hill's deal to limit ICE in Massachusetts
After the House and Senate passed differing versions of the so-called PROTECT Act this spring, Beacon Hill leaders announced a compromise Wednesday intended to bolster immigrant protections and limit ...
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Clearly, Trump must be playing the wrong message! Fortunately, Mark Hamill is there to save the universe from his evil reign.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/07/2026
Some really encouraging Senate polls… 📍Georgia 🔵 Jon Ossoff: 56% 🔴 Mike Collins: 43% 📍North Carolina 🔵 Roy Cooper: 53% 🔴 Michael Whatley: 44% 📍Ohio 🔵 Sherrod Brown: 53% 🔴 Jon Husted: 45% 📍Iowa 🔵 Josh Turek: 50% 🔴 Ashley Hinson: 46% Keep organizing. Keep fighting.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Trump is so monumentally stupid, I can't help but laugh. Does he not understand that Cornyn and Tillis won't leave office until January when the new Congress is sworn in, at which time Democrats may well be in the majority? www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Trump threatens to pull Todd Blanche’s AG nomination until after GOP holdouts leave office
The Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a vote on Blanche’s nomination over objections from Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Just a reminder that Elon Musk's illegal DOGE cuts caused the deaths of an estimated 781,343 human beings, including 518,428 children within a year of cutting funds to USAID and other lifesaving programs. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
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Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Your government wants you dead. www.forbes.com/sites/christ...
forbes.com
The U.S. Alone Votes Against A Road Safety Declaration
Yesterday the UN's General Assembly passed a near-unanimous declaration on cutting road-traffic deaths in half.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
From the Department of Good News. . . www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/22/m...
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Mass. doctor who stormed Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has medical license revoked - The Boston Globe
Jacquelyn Starer was sentenced in September 2024 to nine months in prison after pleading guilty to participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
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Bill McKay @mckay4senate.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
18. Moon Landing Day should be a national holiday. Every event, every war, every scientific discovery, every act of religion done by a human being took place on or in the skies above one world, and then in a moment one person touched the surface of another.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Wait, I can stand up against authoritarianism by eating delicious ice cream? I'm in! (I know that Ben & Jerry's is now owned by Unilever, but this is awesome.) www.wcax.com/2026/07/16/b...
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Ben & Jerry’s launches new flavor to mobilize voters ahead of November midterms
The Vermont ice brand has introduced a new flavor called Razz Up aimed at mobilizing voters to “stand against authoritarianism.”
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
So now Justice Kavanaugh is saying that the Constitution is a living, breathing document whose interpretation needs to change with new facts? Hmm, funny that he does not apply this logic in reproductive rights or gun control cases. Hypocrisy much? slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com
Brett Kavanaugh May Have Accidentally Opened the Door to New Gun Restrictions
It remains to be seen whether Kavanaugh’s newfound flexibility on constitutional exceptions will apply exclusively to the denial of citizenship to kids.
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Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
You can read the full op-ed here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
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Opinion | Trump Is Trying to Override Our Voting System
This is not how American democracy is supposed to work.
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Maine is in absolute outrage! Protesters took over Senator Susan Collins’ office chanting "VOTE HER OUT" after an ICE thug brutally executed a 26-year-old Colombian man. They are demanding immediate accountability for this state-sponsored murder! Enough is enough!
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Every Senator should block Todd Blanche’s confirmation for Attorney General and hold him accountable for his dangerous abuses of power. Sign the petition now! sign.moveon.org/petitions/bl...
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Block Todd Blanche!
Every Senator should block Todd Blanche’s confirmation for Attorney General and hold him accountable for his dangerous abuses of power. Sign the petition now!
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 14/07/2026
Two people have been tragically killed in the last week. A pause on vehicle stops is nowhere near enough. We need laws that prevent these tragedies and hold ICE agents accountable with real consequences.
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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
More than 700,000 people have been killed by Donald Trump and Elon Musk as a direct result of them shutting down USAID.
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The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Sen. Mitch McConnell's office says that he is "working closely with his staff." That's actually true. Here's a photo: stablediffusionweb.com/image/271024...
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Demons Torturing Sinners in Hell
The generated image of demons torturing sinners in Hell meets the basic requirements of the prompt, but the overall quality is not very high due to the lack of realism and innovation.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Leader of the Free World? More like Lost Dementia Patient. www.thedailybeast.com/wandering-tr...
thedailybeast.com
Wandering Trump, 80, Guided by Frail Despot, 72, in Weird Arrival Ceremony
The president appeared to need a helping hand after touching down in Turkey.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Hard to argue with this.
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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"We are deploying responsibly
developed Al to liberate humanity from menial labor and usher in an era of unparalleled creativity and abundance."
SAM ALTMAN

"You ingested the entire written output of human civilization without consent, without compensation, and without credit, to build a system whose primary commercial application is eliminating the jobs of the people whose work you consumed.
You are not liberating human creativity - you are strip-mining it and selling it back at a markup while calling the theft training data."
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@think_and_exist
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It is sometimes best to avoid ambiguity.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The @bostonglobe.com has opened a journalistic time travel portal that takes you back 250 years: www.bostonglobe.com
bostonglobe.com
The Boston Globe | New England news, weather and sports
New England’s largest, award–winning news organization delivering trusted news, analysis, and insight for more than 150 years. Become a Globe subscriber today.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Jaylen Brown is a class act. I (and most Celtics fans) will miss him. #celtics #jaylenbrown #nba www.boston.com/sports/bosto...
boston.com
'To the people of Boston, thank you': Jaylen Brown's statement after reportedly being traded by the Celtics
'To the people of Boston, thank you': Here's Jaylen Brown's full statement after reportedly being traded by the Celtics.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is interesting. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Democratic socialist Melat Kiros defeats 15-term incumbent in Colorado House primary
Twenty-nine-year-old beat representative Diana DeGette in deep-blue Denver district
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Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Friends, they’re not even trying to hide their voter suppression. ⬇️
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Another Massachusetts federal judge issues an order defending American democracy from the fascist ambitions of the Trump Regime: www.boston.com/news/local-n...
boston.com
Federal judge in Boston bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote
A federal judge permanently barred President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing most of his first executive order on elections.
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Father Chaos @fatherchaos1.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
:sigh: Too many people vote Republican. They don't realize Republicans can't govern. All they do is accumulate wealth and power for themselves. I hope for a time when we can get enough people in office to outlaw for-profit health insurance.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This makes total sense, since wearing a rainbow on your uniform will definitely turn you gay. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Minor league baseball team cancels Pride Night game after players refuse to wear rainbows
“To be clear; this action by the players is completely inconsistent with our vision as the Most Welcoming Place in York,” the York Revolution in Pennsylvania said.
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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When we win, the first bill I’m filing is a comprehensive anti-corruption package: Overturn Citizens United Ban corporate PACs and super PACs Ban members of Congress from trading stocks Once we defeat the most corrupt politician in America, we can defeat this entire corrupt system.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Another excellent Massachusetts federal judge slams down the Trump Regime for its illegal signage-related actions: www.cnn.com/2026/06/13/p...
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Judge orders Trump administration to restore signs changed at national parks | CNN Politics
A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore all signs that were changed or removed at national parks across the country as part of President Donald Trump’s controv...
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
So why am I thinking about this today? correspondent.afp.com/tale-two-sta...
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A tale of two statues
"The images that everyone remembers of the fall of Baghdad in 2003 are those of the statue of Saddam Hussein being pulled down by American soldiers, two days after US forces entered Iraq’s capital in ...
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
P is for pedophile. Now that his name has been removed from the Kennedy Center, it would be a good time to release the rest of the Epstein Files, so that we can see how many times his name (and face) appear there. www.cbsnews.com/news/kennedy...
CBS News photograph of the letter P being removed from the Kennedy Center awning, as seeing through a gap in a tarp covering the scaffolding where the work is being performed.
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
This is awesome. It feels like a ray of sunshine bursting through the clouds. Could it signal the end of this dark chapter in our nation's history?
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Apple is currently making a number of excellent science fiction shows. I hope they bid on the Doctor Who contract. (I would hate to see it go to Bezos/Amazon or one of the Skydance properties (Paramount/HBO/etc.).
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
18% of Americans think the moon landing was faked: emi-rs.com/blog/who-bel... 18% of Americans think Trump is doing a good job on inflation: www.focaldata.com/blog/trump-i... Coincidence?
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Who Believes What? A Demographic Breakdown of Conspiracy Theories - EMI
Introduction Conspiracy theories are everywhere, from conversations about technology to debates over government control. This data, collected by EMI, provides a fascinating look at which theories […]
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Ken Parker @kenparkerlaw.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The Loser-in-Chief loses in court again. www.cnn.com/2026/06/08/p...
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Federal judge voids Trump’s $100,000 fee requirement for H-1B visas | CNN Politics
A federal judge on Monday voided President Donald Trump’s requirement of a $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas, ruling that he lacked authority to impose the new policy for a program used by compa...
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