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Ken Hittel

@khittel.bsky.social
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Steelworker, Welder's Helper, Burner, Time/Motion Man, Househusband, Ph.D. Philosophy & Economics, Internet moneymaker (I had to show that I could do it) for Fortune 100 Life insurance company... New Leftist then & now. Reposts = endorsements

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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 14h
Tell Democrats in Congress to Insist That Schumer and Jeffries Step Down rootsaction.org/dems-insist-...
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Tell Democrats in Congress to Insist That Schumer and Jeffries Step Aside
The form enables you to quickly send a clear message to the Democrat(s) who represent you in the House and/or Senate.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
By vote to 47 to 51, with John Fetterman siding with the Republicans, the US Senate officially declared it was perfectly fine with Israel murdering nine Americans, and it had no interest in demanding any explanation for the murders. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US Senate blocks resolution demanding accountability over Israeli violence in West Bank
Nine American citizens have been killed by Israeli settlers or security forces in occupied West Bank since 2022
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sounds about Right…. The reason presidents are limited to two terms is that the last time we had a president who was a Democratic Socialist, the people elected him four straight times!!!
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 22h
Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amid outcry, NY prosecutors have reopened the criminal investigation into the 7 Cornell gang rapists, a case that was covered up 2 years ago. These assholes would’ve been punished if they had written “free Palestine” instead of “free p*ssy.” Cornell leadership should be investigated too.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All medical staff have been forced to withdraw from Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza as Israeli tanks move towards the facility. There is supposed to be a ceasefire in Gaza, but War Criminal Israel will level one of the last hospitals with its tanks and no one will even say anything
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I know Rahm Emanuel. I worked with him for years in the Clinton administration, and then when he was Obama’s chief of staff. Rahm Emanuel represents everything that’s been wrong about the Democratic Party for the last 30+ years. Be warned. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm…
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Petition: Free Marwan Barghouti Before Nov 28 Elections in Palestine! No lasting peace is possible unless Palestinians can choose their own leaders. With Palestinians voting on November 28 for the first time in 20 years, the clock is running. Add your name. civicshout.com/p/free-marwa...
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Free Marwan Barghouti Before Nov 28 Elections in Palestine!
Marwan Barghouti is the most popular leader in Palestine. For most of the last three years, he's been held in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison, where his lawyer reports repeated beatings. His...
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
For every arrest that breaks through into public view, countless others happen quickly, before anyone can notice. Now ICE is anywhere and everywhere, embedded in all corners of everyday life.
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Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
Removal of war debris, in which lives, memories and unexploded Israeli bombs lie buried, is one of largest clearance operations in modern history
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61m tonnes of rubble: Gaza aid workers face delicate task of clearing ruins concealing up to 10,000 bodies
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well, Thomas Jefferson certainly thought so...
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RR Edmonds @rredmondsart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cornell expelled protesters who spoke up against Israel, but let rapists write essays. Tells you something.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Cornell University takes rape so seriously that seven #ChiPhi fraternity rapists (Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar) were punished by having to write an essay. And you wonder why women don't feel safe . . .
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Astreia @redoubters.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Biggest Lie About America’s Affordability Crisis Is Hiding in Your Paycheck open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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The Biggest Lie About America’s Affordability Crisis Is Hiding in Your Paycheck
Prices didn’t leave working Americans behind all by themselves. Decades of weakened unions, stagnant wages, billionaire tax cuts, and policies favoring capital changed who gets the money…
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 26/09/2026
I kid around a lot on BSKY but these are the top 6 Senate candidates where even a $5 donation will have an outsized impact.
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A.J. @andynear70.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
substack.com/@politepoet/...
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Polite Poet (@politepoet)
Great idea.
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Zohran Mamdani Is the Future of the Democratic Party. But Not for the Reason You Think. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz... Well, yes, but if you know what #DSA is now, it is for the reason you think...
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Zohran Mamdani Is the Future of the Democratic Party. But Not for the Reason You Think.
What everyone is missing about the left’s fastest rising star.
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Courtesy Tom Toro @tbtoro.bsky.social just two of his favorite cartoonists (and mine): Lorenz and Barsotti
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actually, this really makes it seem they were indeed MFEO...
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 24/09/2026
It took a lot of courage to fight Marxism with a state-produced, montage-heavy tribute to the head of state, set to ominous music, and paid for with our taxes. Stalin couldn’t have done it better.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 25/09/2026
How many of the countries that walked out of Netanyahu's speech are actually sanctioning him? Interestingly, zero.
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Zeddy @zeddary.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
There's one guy in this video who facilitated monthly $15 million payments to Hamas in explicit, on tape, hopes of building Gaza into a jihadist rival of the Palestinian Authority and his name rhymes with Denjamin Petanyahu.
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Should someone make a film of James McBride's The Good Lord Bird, then you will likely have a portrait of John Brown that will rule for the ages. (The novel, of course, already accomplished that.)
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Your essential reading for today:
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good thread:
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We must root out the fraudsters - so they can pay me to pardon them!
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Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
If an individual did this, we'd treat it as a crime. We should treat this as a crime too, and hold OpenAI liable for what its models, under its supervision, did. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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OpenAI agent hacked Medicare portal, PM says
Anthony Albanese says he has spoken to the Open AI chief executive to express his concern about the incident and the length of time it took the tech company to inform the government of the breach.
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Did Ayn Rand Plant the Ideological Seed That Trumpism Is Harvesting Today? open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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Did Ayn Rand Plant the Ideological Seed That Trumpism Is Harvesting Today?
From a killer she once called an “ideal man” to a political movement built around radical self-interest, the roots of today’s assault on government run deeper and darker than most Americans realize.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
They can hunt you down with Ring and Flock cameras and find you across state lines if you write "Free Palestine" on a streetlamp post, but they can't find who's been hanging Black people from trees in the South.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just a handy grammar tip: The 1960s are not the 1960's or the 60's. They are the 1960s and the '60s.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23/09/2026
Most Israelis aren’t as concerned with Iran or Gaza or Syria as they are with the problems within the country, Graeme Wood reports. He spoke with politicians trying to shape Israel’s post-Netanyahu future:
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Israel Can’t Postpone Its Reckoning Forever
Intractable divides between the secular and the religious pose a bigger problem for the country than any external threat.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 22/09/2026
DoorDash has ripped off more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers. We’re making them pay $131.5 million — the largest worker settlement in City history. This is New York, where hard work pays and greed will cost you.
DoorDash messed up.
They repeatedly left more than 260,000 NYC delivery workers underpaid or paid late, causing them immense stress and financial difficulty.
That's unacceptable.
We've secured a $131.5M settlement from
DoorDash - the largest worker settlement in NYC history and largest delivery worker settlement in
American municipal history.
Every worker will be paid what they are owed, and every company will be forced to abide by the laws of this city.

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The OFFICE of the MAYOR of NYC
NYC Consumer and Worker Protection Mayor Mamdani and Deliveristas representatives stand behind a podium.Mayor Mamdani signs a giant check.Three delivery workers holding a giant fake check for $131.5M.
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Press ban For @contrariannews.org Go behind the scenes of my creative process at nickanderson.substack.com.
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la-crystal.bsky.social @la-crystal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I don't think Gavin Newsome was actually worried about Hollywood jobs. I sincerely hope his part of this Paramount WB merger KILLS his dream of ever being POTUS. He's clearly not up to the job.
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RoseInOregon @roseinoregon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This 100% 🇺🇸 Nothing he does makes sense unless you look at it from Putin’s perspective of dismantling our democracy. Who exactly is winning here?
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"not one person in the Donnyverse has been able to articulate the exact reason why the White House needs drones and snipers. who are they expecting to be shooting at? protesters? us? we the people?" Uh, yeah.
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Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You do understand that everything he's doing to Washington DC is about fortifying the city when he decides he's not leaving office
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
tell me, how did normalizing all of Donny’s authoritarian bullshit work out for you, with Dear Leader now happily gnawing away on the faces of MSNOW, CNN and Politico? when Donny comes for the NY Times’ press credentials, they’ll have no one to blame but themselves.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Extrajudicial execution of a Palestinian by an IDF soldier is not a crime says Israeli president Herzog, issuing a pardon following his conviction.
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nor is the press particularly pressing for it...
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Well, they have to, don't they, as they're playing bit parts in a play that's about to close.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Turns out lauren boebert was the one eating cats the whole time.
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Protect the Roadless Wild! The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the Roadless Rule and strip protections from wild national forests. Tell the U.S. Forest Service to keep these roadless public lands protected. act.biologicaldiversity.org/xMXezx9ojEWV...
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Protect the Roadless Wild
The Trump administration just released its plan to undo the landmark 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule and strip protections from nearly 45 million acres of wild, national forest and 70,000 miles o...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Artificial Intelligence is less likely to kill us than Donald Trump's lack of *any* intelligence.
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The Pines @thepines.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We need a Hollywood movie about this
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Because they refuse to think, they refuse to learn, they refuse to remember.
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ed Sheeran and The White Privilege of Neutrality johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/ed-sheeran... "We all have people like Ed Sheeran in our lives: people who believe that staying out of politics is somehow virtuous, as if silence is a show of restrained maturity that the rest of us lack."
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Ed Sheeran and The White Privilege of Neutrality
I know singer Ed Sheeran.
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Ken Hittel @khittel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Protect College Sports Act open.substack.com/pub/joewrote... "This is an illegal trust, but we let it slide because it entertains us on Sundays."
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The Protect College Sports Act
The Protect College Sports Act is an attack on workers’ rights.
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