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Kevin Ireland

@kevmi.bsky.social

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#Genealogist and musical theatre lover. Founder of (now mostly inactive) theBestArts channels. Ireland-1445 on WikiTree; KevinMIreland on Ancestry. Surname project admin for McCool, Sollenberger and more. Boston->Detroit->Atlanta. #musicaltheatre

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Cartoon by John Deering.

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Tammy Duckworth @duckworth.senate.gov · 27/02/2025

Our pressure campaign is working‼️ Trump's VA was ready to cut hundreds of contracts that help our Veterans—from cancer care, disability ratings and more. But because we got loud and exposed their chaos, they're thinking twice. We can't stop here. We can't back down, ever.

Associated Press: VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care.

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Kevin Ireland @kevmi.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Anyone who is anti-vax is pro-death. Period. The science and data do not lie. And they don’t care about your podcast.

Post showing precipitous decline of share of deaths in Massachusetts from diseases for which vaccines are now available, from 70% in 1840 to low digits % by 1950-60 where it is stayed.

Caption: There are not many places on earth where we have detailed cause-of-death data from before the era of widespread vaccination.

Massachusetts is one of those places.

From 1842-1877, 70% of all deaths were from diseases which we today have vaccines to prevent.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

For those keeping track at home, Trump's desired Cabinet includes: Accused child sex trafficker in charge of justice. Suspected foreign asset in charge in intelligence. Accused sexual assaulter, with a tattoo associated w white supremacism, for defense. An anti-medicine guy in charge of health.

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Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

The story of Matt Gaetz's sex parties with teenagers and subsequent cover-ups has been told largely thanks to @josepagliery.bsky.social and Roger Sollenberger. Most of their work is paywalled by the Daily Beast. I think this WaPo article (gift) sums it up:

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Analysis | The sex-trafficking investigation of Matt Gaetz, explained

The latest in the years-long investigation is that Gaetz sought a preemptive pardon from Trump for sex trafficking.

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Kevin Ireland @kevmi.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

If you're of Scot-Irish descent, you either have a McCool ancestor or you're related to someone who does. I'm the go-to guy for McCool history. Hit me up!

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Kevin Ireland @kevmi.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I won't participate on a platform that welcomes and encourages neo-Nazis to post neo-Nazi shit. So I'm not there anymore.

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Karen Tumulty @ktumulty.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

My latest: Matt Gaetz is a middle finger to the Senate. Will Senators be able to find their vestigial backbone? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Opinion | Matt Gaetz is a middle finger to the Senate. Senators have to stand up to it.

If the Gaetz nomination is some kind of clay pigeon on Trump’s part, what’s his calculation?

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Kevin Ireland @kevmi.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I hope more and more people switch from X to BlueSky. We'll see.

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