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Kooth

@koothkeeper.bsky.social

8K followers 6.1K following 7.4K posts

I am a retired computer programmer, musician, sous chef (at home), Democrat, married, and an Atheist. Better half is Bamboshooti™️ I Love Jazz, C++, politics, all people. LGBTQ+ ally. NO MAGAts! No DMs please.

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 8h

How's Trump's Mid-Decade Redistricting Ploy Looking Right About Now? thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/republican...

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How's Trump's Mid-Decade Redistricting Ploy Looking Right About Now?

Republicans are fretting that their gerrymander scheme may be backfiring hard

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 8h

Renee Good’s Family Takes on the Trump Regime statuskuo.substack.com/p/renee-good...

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Renee Good’s Family Takes on the Trump Regime

Nearly eight months after an unimaginable horror, Good’s family has filed two lawsuits seeking justice and accountability

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 8h

Cornell, Rape, and Misogyny in the Age of Trump robertreich.substack.com/p/cornell-ra...

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 8h

AutoWar robertreich.substack.com/p/autowar?r=...

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 8h

Preznit Fuckwit takes war advice from the Space Nazi’s Mecha-Hitler bot. Hilarity doesn’t ensue. open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

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Preznit Fuckwit takes war advice from the Space Nazi’s Mecha-Hitler bot. Hilarity doesn’t ensue.

who thought this was a good idea?

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 9h

She's Spent 20 Years Investigating Nukes, Bioweapons, and CIA Kill Teams. This Is What Finally Scared Her. open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...

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She's Spent 20 Years Investigating Nukes, Bioweapons, and CIA Kill Teams. This Is What Finally Scared Her.

It's not a weapon you can see. It's an idea about the one thing you can't afford to lose: your mind.

Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 9h

October 1, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-1-...

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 9h

Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Self-Promotion Just Backfired open.substack.com/pub/briantyl...

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Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Self-Promotion Just Backfired

An ad promoting the Iran War only serves to remind voters just how much of a disaster the war is, a baffling strategy just a month out from midterms.

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 9h

A restaurant stood up to Doug Wilson’s Christian Nationalists—and won open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

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A restaurant stood up to Doug Wilson’s Christian Nationalists—and won

Saffire pledged its profits to charity, supported protesters, and watched the “Fight Laugh Feast” organizers cancel their own lunch bookings

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 10h

I played squaredle.com 10/02: 66/66 words ( 19 bonus words) 🎯 In the top 12% by accuracy 🔥 Solve streak: 1037

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Epstein Files Are Back in the News statuskuo.substack.com/p/the-epstei...

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The Epstein Files Are Back in the News

Sen. Ron Wyden announced another undisclosed FBI Form FD-302, raising questions about what else the government is hiding.

Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The Rot at the Top robertreich.substack.com/p/the-heart-...

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The Rot at the Top

The real reason Americans are paying more under Trump Republicans

Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There is no such thing as a “free market” robertreich.substack.com/p/there-is-n...

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There is no such thing as a “free market”

All markets are defined by laws and rules. The question is who are the laws and rules for?

Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My advice to young people robertreich.substack.com/p/advice-to-...

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Let’s all look on in horror as a racist game show host does a racism open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

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Let’s all look on in horror as a racist game show host does a racism

also: Ken Paxton does a sad, and Piss-Drunk Pete does a transphobia.

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Todd Blanche: How Seven Judges Became "Enemies" for Telling the Truth open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...

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Todd Blanche: How Seven Judges Became "Enemies" for Telling the Truth

And why a Bush appointee who clerked for Scalia now finds himself in the crosshairs.

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

MAGA's Civil War Has a Winner. It Doesn't Have to Be Them. open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...

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MAGA's Civil War Has a Winner. It Doesn't Have to Be Them.

What the Republican split means for November, and the one mistake that could waste it

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

September 30, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...

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September 30, 2026

A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Pete Hegseth is centralizing religious power inside the military open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

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Pete Hegseth is centralizing religious power inside the military

Hegseth’s explicitly Christian defense of a new Pentagon religious office leaves non-religious service members on dangerous ground

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I played squaredle.com 10/01: 56/56 words ( 13 bonus words) 📖 In the top 11% by bonus words 🔥 Solve streak: 1036

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The GOP Crisis: Five Separate Stories, One Looming Disaster thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/gop-crisis...

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The GOP Crisis: Five Separate Stories, One Looming Disaster

If this is the GOP’s posture going into the midterms, it won’t end well for them

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Mr. Schmitt Goes to Washington—and Fails Hard statuskuo.substack.com/p/mr-schmitt...

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Mr. Schmitt Goes to Washington—and Fails Hard

If you’re going to come for Jack Smith, you’d better have double-checked your work.

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Office Hours: The Most Important Lesson We’ve Learned from this Travesty? robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hou...

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Office Hours: The Most Important Lesson We’ve Learned from this Travesty?

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In Conversation with Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny, Trump, and the Midterms robertreich.substack.com/p/in-convers...

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In Conversation with Timothy Snyder: On Tyranny, Trump, and the Midterms

Watch now (36 mins) | What the author of “On Tyranny” told me about Trump, Tyranny, and the Midterm elections, five weeks from today.

Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Are you smarter than the White House’s new AI chatbot? Let’s find out. open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

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Are you smarter than the White House’s new AI chatbot? Let’s find out.

Also: Jack Smith is definitely smarter than every Republican

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Memo That Could Put Troops at Your Polling Place open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...

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The Memo That Could Put Troops at Your Polling Place

The Memo That Could Put Troops at Your Polling Place

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Mormon Church’s own lawyer just undermined its case against John Dehlin open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

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The Mormon Church’s own lawyer just undermined its case against John Dehlin

David Jordan’s defense of the Mormon Stories lawsuit clashes spectacularly with the Church’s earlier attack on Heather Gay’s “Bad Mormon” trademark

Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I played squaredle.com 09/30: 43/43 words ( 6 bonus words) 🎯 Perfect accuracy 🔥 Solve streak: 1035

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I played squaredle.com/p/weekly 09/28 (Special Weekly Puzzle): 88/88 words ( 22 bonus words) 🎯 In the top 5% by accuracy

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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Sweet Love (Anita Baker) cover by Leonid & Friends

YouTube video by Leonid & Friends

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why is Trump airing taxpayer-funded ads for himself? robertreich.substack.com/p/why-is-tru...

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Why is Trump airing taxpayer-funded ads for himself?

Not because they’ll help Republican candidates

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

See Our “The Work in Progress” robertreich.substack.com/p/see-our-th...

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See Our “The Work in Progress”

Playing in theaters now!

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

look, you idiots — Preznit Fuckwit isn’t giving you five thousand dollars, okay? open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

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look, you idiots — Preznit Fuckwit isn’t giving you five thousand dollars, okay?

grow a brain, why don’t you

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Iran War Didn't Start America's Retreat. It Floored the Gas. open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...

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The Iran War Didn't Start America's Retreat. It Floored the Gas.

Robert Kagan on the moment the world stopped asking whether we'd show up and started asking whether we could.

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

September 28, 2026 heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/september-...

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September 28, 2026

It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.

Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Pete Hegseth gutted the military’s list of official religions. Now Air Force members must choose. open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

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Pete Hegseth gutted the military’s list of official religions. Now Air Force members must choose.

Service members must choose from a less inclusive list—or let the military choose for them

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I played squaredle.com 09/29: 35/35 words ( 8 bonus words) 🎯 Perfect accuracy 🔥 Solve streak: 1034

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I played squaredle.com/weekly 09/28 (Member Weekly Puzzle): 114/114 words ( 47 bonus words) 📖 In the top 11% by bonus words

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Our Wins Of The Week thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/week-progr...

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Our Wins Of The Week

Midterm polling continues to show Republicans are in real trouble in November.

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You’re Now Paying for Trump’s Campaign Ads statuskuo.substack.com/p/youre-now-...

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You’re Now Paying for Trump’s Campaign Ads

Our tax dollars are now funding White House propaganda aimed at helping the GOP in the midterms.

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“Wealth and Poverty” Class 2: The investor’s view robertreich.substack.com/p/wealth-and...

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“Wealth and Poverty” Class 2: The investor’s view

The highest return, regardless

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The MAGA Factor robertreich.substack.com/p/maga-repub...

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The MAGA Factor

What separates Trump voters who consider themselves MAGA from Trump voters who do not?

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What the fuck is this ‘let them eat cake’ bullshit from the White House? open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

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What the fuck is this ‘let them eat cake’ bullshit from the White House?

What thimble-brain thought this was a good idea?

Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Bad News Plagues the Administration heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/bad-news-p...

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Bad News Plagues the Administration

September 26, 2026

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Christian grift behind Life Surge’s celebrity-packed wealth seminars open.substack.com/pub/friendly...

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The Christian grift behind Life Surge’s celebrity-packed wealth seminars

Tim Tebow and other celebrities spoke at events pitching “Kingdom impact,” but some customers say they were left with crushing debt

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I played squaredle.com 09/28: 33/33 words ( 6 bonus words) 🎯 In the top 9% by accuracy 🔥 Solve streak: 1033

Squaredle is a daily word building game. Swipe letters in the grid to test your vocabulary every day and rise to the top of the leaderboards!

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sunday thought: Nauseous Optimism robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-tho...

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Sunday thought: Nauseous Optimism

Looking toward November 3

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Rahm Bomb robertreich.substack.com/p/the-rahm-b...

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He’s the single worst Democratic hopeful now (almost) running for president. Democratic midterm candidates be warned: stay away from him.

Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

rogue nation, moron president open.substack.com/pub/jefftied...

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rogue nation, moron president

Preznit Fuckwit is why we can’t have nice things

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Kooth @koothkeeper.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Judge Michael Luttig: The Loophole in Article I That Could Freeze America open.substack.com/pub/thejackh...

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Judge Michael Luttig: The Loophole in Article I That Could Freeze America

In 2021, Judge Luttig told Mike Pence to certify the election. Now he's sounding the alarm about a scheme aimed at the new House.

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