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KgustafKS

@kgustaf.bsky.social

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A progressive in rural red state Kansas where once-loyal Trump Conservatives are waking up to facts.

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KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

prospect.org/2026/09/09/a...

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KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

This is a photo of the State Dinner in Chiba China with the caption as follows:

“A painting of the end of meritocracy: A meeting of the two largest economies and not one woman at the table.”

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Iran fires missiles at Israel after Trump claims US war goals nearing end

Iran denies seeking a truce and keeps up counterattacks, as US-Israeli raids cause deaths and damage across the country.

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KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Kansas joins states that ban students from using their phones in school.

kansasreflector.com

Kansas joins states that ban students from using their phones in school • Kansas Reflector

Starting next school year, students across Kansas won’t be able to use their cellphones at school after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly signed the ban into law Thursday.

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

In what founding document does the phrase “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” appear? Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War? These are among the 128 questions on the US citizenship test, that may become study material for Kansas schools kansasreflector.com/2026/03/18/k...

kansasreflector.com

Kansas high schoolers could be required to take American citizenship test to graduate • Kansas Reflector

In what founding document does the phrase “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” appear? Why did the United States enter the Persian Gulf War? Why do U.S. representatives serve shorter terms th...

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

wjdekock.substack.com

Three Messiahs Walk into the Middle East: the (un)Holy War Nobody Will Name

Three messiahs walk into the Middle East. None of them says love your enemies. A Pentagon briefing room. A commander grinning while announcing Armageddon. A Defence Secretary tattooed with Crusader ic...

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KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Was Maxwell a “gatekeeper of information“ at Redditt?

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A quote by LORI DESCHENE on TINYBUDDHA.COM

“Sometimes we don't need reassurance that everything will be okay. We just need someone to sit with us so we feel less alone with all the things that might never feel okay to us.”

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Words of pastor, author and commentator John Pavlovitz...

“We have become an upside-down nation where those most entrusted with guarding our individual and collective safety, security, finances, human and civil rights, our laws, are the very people most jeopardizing them.
The inmates are running the asylum and the rest of us are all going to be more vulnerable because of it.“

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KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This is a quote from Gor Galstyan’s
Book "The Human Tragedy"

“Hell is...
the silence between heartbeats when a man tells himself, 'It's not my concern.’”

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This is a quote by Gor Galstyan
From his book, "The Human Tragedy"

“Hell is...
Where injustice is someone else's problem-and decency, someone else's job.”

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KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

The following is A statement by United for Democracy followed by words from JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR::

“Let's not pretend ICE is acting alone.
The Supreme Court gave them the power to stop you for your skin, your language, your neighborhood.
Now citizens are being shackled and sprayed in the street. This is state violence, made legal.”

JUSTICE SONIA SOTOMAYOR’S QUOTE:

“WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN A
COUNTRY WHERE THE GOVERNMENT CAN SEIZE ANYONE WHO LOOKS LATINO, SPEAKS SPANISH, AND APPEARS TO WORK A LOW-WAGE JOB.”

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly wasn't alone in questioning a rule that confined singing in the Capitol rotunda to the lunch hour and stood in the way of people eager to perform "Lift Every Voice and Sing" in honor of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

kansasreflector.com

Kansas governor defies rule threatening to block singing of 'Lift Every Voice' at MLK gathering • Kansas Reflector

Gov. Laura Kelly joins legislators and activists to honor the life and legacy of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with song — even if it meant bending the rules.

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

www.insidehook.com/internet/pet...

This is an excerpt from a year-old article from “Inside Hook” with potential bearing on Trump’s consuming more fascination with buying Greenland.

"I went to Greenland to try to buy it," Dryden Brown posted on X a week after Donald Trump won reelection in November 2024. "Here's what happened."

As the co-founder of Praxis, a concept for building a city-state aiming to "restore Western Civilization," Brown's prominent investor Peter Thiel has had designs on Greenland as a home base since 2019, when President Donald Trump first started talking about buying the territory from Denmark.

With the new administration bullying Danish diplomats on the phone and reiterating its interest in acquiring the island, Praxis finds itself in an enviable position relative to other futuristic city projects: with its goals and its financial backers aligning with the current administration.

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

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KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

This is a quote from George Washington and its original context.

“No punishment is too great for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin.” — George Washington

Washington made this remark in the context of criticizing speculators and "sharp" businessmen who were profiteering during the Revolutionary War at the expense of their fellow countrymen.

An extended version of the remark quotes Washington saying:
“I would to God, that speculators be hung in gibbets upon a gallows five times as high as the one prepared by Haman. No punishment... is too great for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin.”

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

As far as a YEAR OLD ARTICLE goes, this is pertinent. www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...

theguardian.com

Trump’s $1bn pitch to oil bosses ‘the definition of corruption’, top Democrat says

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse calls audacious request ‘definition of corruption’ amid investigation into Mar-a-Lago meeting in April

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Matt Randolph is a FORBES contributor and energy expert who posts as @mrglobal on TikTok; Randolph also posts articles on Substack

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

A quotd by George Carlin:

"The United States is an oil company with an army."

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Lev Parnas has the firsthand experience that gives him a thorough perspective on the actual US policy in Venuzuela —a perspective the mainstream media is minimizing.

open.substack.com

BREAKING: The Maduro “Capture” Is Theater—Here’s What It’s Covering Up

The headlines are bait. The real operation is bigger— While Venezuela explodes in headlines, Russia pounds Ukraine and China tightens around Taiwan.

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KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

🤶🎅🏼🎁𝗣𝗕𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗣𝗧 www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...

This is an excerpt of a breaking News Story oublished on Christmas Eve Day from abcnews.com, introduced by a link to coverage of this breaking news from PBS.

“The Department of Justice announced on Christmas Eve Day, that officials have "uncovered" over a million more documents potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case. The DOJ has received these documents from [Southern District of New York] and the FBI to review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders," the department posted on X.

"We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible. Due to the mass volume of material, this process may take a few more weeks," the post read.
Latest Epstein release details government's investigation into possible co-conspirators.

Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia, the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, issued a statement on Wednesday criticizing the Trump administration's handling of the Epstein files:

"𝐈𝐭,𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐎𝐉 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜."

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Read: thehill.com/regulation/c...

"The Justice Department on Wednesday
admitted that the operative indictment against former FBI Director James Comey was never presented to the full grand jury — a procedural error defense attorneys say should bar the prosecution.

"Michael Dreeben, an attorney for Comey, told the judge that the apparent error calls for dismissal because "no indictment was returned."

"That means the statute of limitations on the false statements and obstruction charges

Comey faces, stemming from 2020 testimony he gave Congress, has lapsed, he contended.

"The judge made no immediate ruling but ordered prosecutors to address the matter in court filings by the end of day."

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

REPUBLICAN SENATOR FROM KANSAS ROGER MARSHALL said:
"Up to 40% of Obamacare enrollees never file a claim... Republicans are committed to ending the fraud!"
Followed by a response from - CONGRESSMAN SEAN CASTEN:
"My wife and I pay for life insurance even though we have never died.
I pay for fire insurance even though my house has never burned down.
That's not because we want to throw money at insurance companies.
IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S HOW INSURANCE WORKS!"

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Text mounted on a yellow-beige background:

“The creativity and adaptability of life expresses itself through the spontaneous emergence of novelty at critical points of instability. Every human organization contains both designed and emergent structures. The challenge is to find the right balance between the creativity of emergence and the stability of design.”
- Fritjof Capra

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

A photo of Ellis Island featuring the Statue of Liberty in the foreground and the New York City skyline in the distance, superimposed with the following quote:

"New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant." — Newly-Elected Mayor of New York City, Zorhan Mandami

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Background photo of NYC 5th Street with text that reads: “TRUMP COULD SHOOT SOMEONE ON 5TH AVENUE AND HE WOULD STILL BE ON THE EPSTEIN LIST.”

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

This is a photo of a house under demolition. The caption reads:
“In a surprising trend, MAGA supporters by the thousands are demolishing the East sides of their houses.“

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

“Too few of us are asking why Neuralink needs to scale at impossible speeds, or why their trial sites keep appearing near detention facilities, or what exactly happens in the gaps where documentation mysteriously goes missing. Neuralink has some pretty dark corners.” - The Drey Dossier

thedreydossier.substack.com

Who TF Is In My Head? | Part 1: The Neural Network

I’m starting a new series today, and I wish I didn’t have to.

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

A photo of the 6 conservative Supreme Court Justices and text wich says:

Don’t forget the Presiden’ts Kingmakers.

No Kings Day.

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

the text reads: “Did you know ANTIFA has its own cemetery?! There are more than 400,000 ANTIFA buried there, including my grandfather. It's called Arlington.“

Also included is a photo of the National Cemetery with rows upon perfect rows of gravestones.

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

The whiz-bang video creation app Sora which Sam Altman, owner of OpenAI, released Oct. 1st as the ultimate ease-of-use tool for incredible videos, is unleashing unimaginable chaos on social media. Deep fakes are now the problen we were warned about prior to the 2024 electiins.

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KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

“Larry Ellison Vetted Marco Rubio for Fealty to Israel, in 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱 as 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹“ Ellison, the Grandaddy of America’s Tech Titans, is on track to take control of American Media while Rubio is, of course, Secretary of State. www.dropsitenews.com/p/larry-elli...

dropsitenews.com

Larry Ellison Vetted Marco Rubio for Fealty to Israel, Hacked Emails Reveal

The billionaire Oracle founder is on track to take control of the American media.

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

I couldn’t 𝑛𝑜𝑡 check to see what the holder of a PhD of Theology, the creator of Veronica and the Boo, came up with for today’s Rapture.

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

This editorial cartoon by W. Miller (Warren Miller) is illustrated in a seated interview-style setting with studio microphones, as if participating in a recorded interview for what may be a business-oriented talk-show segment or podcast. Both men are in professional business attire.

The editorial commentary is from the guest as follows:

"Actually, Lou, I think it was more than just my being in the right place at the right time. I think it was my being the right race, the right religion, the right sex, the right socioeconomic group, having the right accent, the right clothes, going to the right schools...“

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This text-based only meme by Delaney Vandergrift reads as follows:

“We should be clear about what political violence is.
1. starving people when there is enough food for all of us to eat.
2. denying people healthcare so they die from preventable illnesses
3. denying people shelter
4. increasing police budgets across the country.

KgustafKS @kgustaf.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

If Trump hadn’t been pouty over the magnificance of Xi’s military celebration he might have glimpsed the actual significance of the celebration. Xi’s perspective on the future could shake the GOP awake if they pull their heads out of Project 2025 long enough to look through the eyes of the world.

Prof. Yuhl: By 2030, the rules that shape your daily life won’t come from America. They’ll come from Europe or China. The EU is building a consensus model based on sustainability, privacy, and worker ...

TikTok video by Cultural Perspective