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kevin5495.bsky.social

@kevin5495.bsky.social
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Unofficial Vermonter (40+ years), Twitter refugee, Higher Ed computer admin, Leguminati, formerly middle-aged. Eagles/Phillies. 🇨🇦 No Cryptos or Big Brother.

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Robert Raymond @robertr369.bsky.social · 12h
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19h
POLITICAL RETRIBUTION Federal agents raided Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s DC home this morning. A sitting member of Congress who has repeatedly been targeted by Trump, now facing a federal investigation over immigration paperwork her father completed when she was a child. A CHILD.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
"Weakness is dangerous, and Trump is dangerously weak. And, as weaklings do, he blames others for his own failures, and thereby makes everything worse." My latest essay: "War Through Weakness: Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia" snyder.substack.com/p/war-throug...
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War Through Weakness
Trump’s Superpower Suicide in Iran and Russia
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point?
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Boehlert Media Busters @mediabusters6.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
1-“Access journalism” & Sane-washing at the WH Won’t Save Corporate Media A White House Press Pass isn’t a silver bullet for shrinking legacy media macfarlanenews.substack.com/p/access-jou... 2- Non-partisan my ass! "A biting critique of the NYT" margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/a-biting-c...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Bernie Moreno blocked a bill to make data centers pay their own way, then complained that Congress never does anything. My guy, you are the reason. That's setting the kitchen on fire and leaving a one-star review. #BlueWaveIn30Days www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Entitled freeloader
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Jeffry Bazooka @jeffrybazooka.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is how Hitler's government worked. The similarities are uncanny. Spooky even.
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Pinky @pinky1259.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If you stand in solidarity, post this on your feed❣️
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/10/2026
This is the most heartbreaking stories I’ve heard in a long time. ICE detained 2-year-old Orlin Hernandez Reyes’ mother. She begged to be reunited with him before deportation. ICE refused. What happened next is horrific. No matter how you feel about immigration, normal people don’t like cruelty.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Impeach his ass 👇
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My man looks like Poochie the Rockin' Tech Support
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Exclusive: Major Republican fundraiser winning contracts from Trump administration, emails reveal
Palmer Luckey has donated $5.9m to Republicans and bundled more, while reaping billions in Pentagon contracts
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Marty did the music for a doc! Check it out!! tv.apple.com/us/movie/isk...
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Isky - Apple TV
ISKY follows racing pioneer Ed Iskenderian and the fearless gearheads who turned hot rodding into a cultural revolution. From humble beginnings to mot…
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Boehlert Media Busters @mediabusters6.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The evil comes from inside the White House #Project2025 aggressively installed the #TrumpRegimr dictatorship led by Vought, Miller & their fellow fascists We need #Project2026 to begin to undo this & restore our democracy PLEDGE TO #VoteBlueNoMatterWho open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jon Husted voted for $45 billion in ICE detention money on July 1. Nine weeks later, CoreCivic's CEO maxed out to his campaign. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Susan Collins chairs the committee that writes ICE's budget. ICE's two biggest jailers both send her campaign checks. She's one of nine. www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trump-fill...
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026
This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.”
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
Eric Schmitt’s team-name error is funny. But to understand just how bad of shape we’re in as a country, consider this: It’s not clear that this humiliation will hurt his aspirations to higher office. Today's Morning Shots from @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social and @eggerdc.bsky.social:
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Eric Schmitts the Bed
Plus: Trump’s dangerous, reckless embrace of AI.
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Resistenza @resistenza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More corruption.
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Brown Eyed Susan @browneyedsusan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is an admission of Cheating….
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Remember this is the law and order party. Ross Ulbricht is a convicted felon and the owner-operator of Silk Road, an online marketplace that facilitated the trade in narcotics and other illegal products and services. Trump pardoned him after he made substantial donations to MAGA.
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TRG @q4nwspunk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Thank you 😳
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The Liberal Curmudgeon @liberalcurmudgeon.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Our thoroughly corrupt electoral system.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Y’all…. Let’s find this guy, Nashville… nobody messes with Dolly… @tizzyent.bsky.social @five_spot
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Pól Micheál O'Slatraigh @pmoslatraigh.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Flying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is outrageous. Unacceptable. And impeachable.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/08/2026
NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
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FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
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Matt Ortega @mattortega.com · 28/07/2026
Stephen Miller said just the other day that all asylum claims are "fake." A couple deported from the U.S. to Guatemala were gagged, bound, and shot dead. Their 14-month old found crying next to their mother's body. People like Miller don't care though because this is the point: ethnic cleansing.
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Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
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California Dreamin’… 😎 @jerasikehorn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Remember this confession…👇 Trump. Is. Pure. Projection. 😎✨
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
He Should Be Fired Immediately and Investigated…..
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Through the Static @throughthestatic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
ICE has made 10,000 arrests in a five-day period— doubling its arrest numbers— and much of it hasn’t been reaching headlines. The U.S. has been wrapped up in festivities with several cities hosting the FIFA World Cup, including Seattle, and with Pride events and parades. Read more below & subscribe
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ICE arrests 10,000 people in five-day period as Pride Month and FIFA come to a close
By Hannah Saunders Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has made 10,000 arrests in a five-day period— doubling its arrest numbers— according to the NYT, and much of it hasn’t been reachi…
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Literally extortion by a mobster in a projection racket.
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 17/06/2026
FIFA takes away Iranian flags at the US stadiums
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Monty Boa @montyboa.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"No punishment, in my opinion, is too great for the Man who can build his greatness upon his Country's ruin." ─ George Washington, 1778
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Veteran Fighting For Democracy @vetsfight.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Wal-Mart calls the cops on a black woman who they think stole something. In the end nothing was stolen, but the cops riddle the car with bullets as she tries to leave the parking lot. Murdering a baby. Wal-Mart is responsible. The police are responsible and justice must be served.
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Malena-PRO-CHOICE 🌊 🟦🟧Fighting Tyranny! @malena.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
What if you were abducted & detained & you had no idea when or if you'd ever get released & you feared being sent to a country on an entirely different continent? That's what immigrants are fearing! All immigrants, regardless of status are at risk in this administration. #ICELawlessness
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/06/2026
NEW: GEO group privately asked ICE to remove requirements to pay detainees to work. Seems like a 13A violation since most detainees aren’t convicted of crimes. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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ICE removed detainee protections after private outreach from top contractor
In new federal standards released Monday, the agency appeared to make changes that could benefit Geo Group’s legal defense.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🔥 Charlamagne on Josh Hokit attacking Michelle: “All you do when you bring the Obamas up is remind people what is currently missing from the White House. The Obamas set a standard for decency & class & poise & intelligence... Now that bar is in hell.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/06/2026
WHITESIDES: The truth is the cheapest form of energy on a per unit basis is daytime solar. Is that not true? CHRIS WRIGHT: It depends-- WHITESIDES: No it doesn't depend! It's true. You are amazingly misleading the American public. WRIGHT: It depends-- WHITESIDES: No!
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Resist Trump 🤬 🤦🏽‍♂️🇺🇸 💜💙💪🏽 @resist-trumps-rule.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Just when you thought they couldn’t be any stupider…well by now we all think they can get stupider. Regardless, there is another grift that needs to be called out.
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Fifty Shades of Whey @fiftyshadesofwhey.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
One observation I have about the Dem Party primary in-fighting is that a lot of the political operatives with proximity to the power center of the Dem Party seem to be incredulous as to why Americans organically don't like to support candidates being bribed by right-wing corporations and dark money.
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