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John M Kelly (he/him)
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Californian in the Pacific Northwest. Musician, father, grandfather, baker, bicyclist, writer, UU. Follow back those I know IRL. Booty shots & crypto pitches get instablocks. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. -- Wendell Berry
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · Nov 14
Can we dismiss the idiotic and toxic notion that politics and real life are separate?
Real life is living in community.
Politics is deciding how we live in community.
If you want others deciding how you live--or if you live--by all means ignore politics.
Otherwise, get out there and have your say.
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · 2d
They seem unable to settle on either "of course he's not a king, we just happen to agree with everything he says" or "of course he's the king, he won the popular vote so he can do whatever he wants."
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7d
We have a toolkit for you if Federal forces invade your city next:
bit.ly/resistancetoolkit
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Trump: "We're just at the start. We're going to go into other cities that we're not talking about purposely. We're getting ready to go in."
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7d
Photo credits:
Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 7d
Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · 7d
The war-torn immigrant-ravaged crimescape that is Los Angeles today.
Los Angeles landscape with clouds and clean air.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 8d
Shared by @beinghelpish.bsky.social!
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · 8d
chicken bisque sandwich
tastes better than it looks!

I gifted a meal by taking a photo at Health Nut with the free @GiftAMeal app.

#HealthNut #GiftAMeal

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Health Nut helped me GiftAMeal to a family in need!
Join us in the fight against hunger.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13d
Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
mark-bray.bsky.social Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 13d
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 13d
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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taber @kvetch.gay · 18d
few things to note about this story:

- the batshit last bit, obvi;
- the Strib put a lot of bylines on this, which is good, but I would especially note that this story was fact checked by a Minnesota woman named MaryJo and my experience with such women suggests that they do not suffer bullshit
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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 18d
We are, once again, clean on OPSEC
kvetch.gay taber @kvetch.gay · 18d
this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 18d
ICE writing long screeds whining about someone from Cato calling out their bullshit shows how they know they're losing the narrative here. No one likes ICE. No one trusts ICE. And they're flipping out about how weak they look.
davidjbier.bsky.social David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 18d
ICE says I cause assaults on ICE by reciting facts about ICE’s recent shooting but refuses to link to the thread. Only posting a picture. ICE lies and ICE hides. You can read the facts for yourselves
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · 27d
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can imagine." -- Obi-Wan Kenobi
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...
Jimmy Kimmel’s Return Draws 6.2 Million Viewers, Ratings Show
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · Sep 8
Content warning: both the drawing and the text are extremely creepy.
wsj.com The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Sep 8
Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed
Lawyers for Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book.
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · Sep 8
The text is even creepier.
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · Sep 8
Maybe that's true where you are. Over here our Supreme Court just said it's OK to detain people for being non-white and not speaking English. Delete the wig and that image is spot on.

US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids | Reuters share.google/OsW8an88W93N...
US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids
The U.S. Supreme Court again backed President Donald Trump's hardline immigration approach on Monday, letting agents proceed with Southern California raids targeting people for deportation based on their race or language in a decision that a dissenting justice said makes Latinos "fair game to be seized at any time."
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Sep 8
Many media types and Dems continue to operate as if Trump is a politically invincible figure, a "Teflon Don." But in truth he's becoming an increasingly weak, failing, diminished, unpopular, naked-emperor figure, and it's time to treat him as such. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2000...
Trump Is a Weak and Failing President, and It’s Time to Say So
It’s possible for Trump to be an inept buffoon—but still extremely dangerous. And it shouldn’t be so hard to make that case.
newrepublic.com
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JoeMyGod @joemygod.bsky.social · Sep 8
"No Kings Day 2" Marches Scheduled For October 18 - Joe.My.God.
Rolling Stone reports: America’s pro-democracy movement is gearing up for what may be its biggest mass-demonstration yet against the increasingly militaristic Trump administration — which has sent arm...
www.joemygod.com
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · Sep 8
Justice Keggerbro commented, "If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, they promptly let the individual go."

I am very happy for the Justice and wish we could all live in such a dream world.
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · Sep 8
Welcome to the United Ethnostates, show us your papers.

www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Supreme Court backs Trump on aggressive immigration raids
The U.S. Supreme Court again backed President Donald Trump's hardline approach toward immigration on Monday, letting federal agents proceed with raids in Southern California targeting people for deportation based on their race or language.
www.reuters.com
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Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · Aug 28
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
www.quaker.org.uk
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Aug 28
#RECALL: DT Swiss Carbon Wheels. A defect in the wheel can compromise wheel’s integrity, posing crash hazard. Get replacement. CONTACT: 800-000-1994 or www.dtswiss.com/en/recall

More: cpsc.gov/Recalls/2025...
Recalled DT Swiss Carbon Fiber Road Wheels
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · Aug 28
Oddly enough, as more SSRIs have come on the market, violent crime rates have gone down. Not claiming a correlation, of course. Though maybe I should -- why should quacks have all the fun?
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John M Kelly (he/him) @johnmkelly.bsky.social · Aug 28
Be Careful What You Wish For Department: Lindsey Graham is being challenged -- by a MAGAt with Project 2025 ties.
This piece isn't even up to the Hill's usual standards, but it's the only one I could find.
thehill.com/opinion/camp...
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · Aug 9
🧪 RFK Jr recently said that doctors profit off of vaccines.

The CDC was a target of shooting by a man who blames his health issues on the Covid vaccine. This administration does not believe in real innovation.

This MAHA rhetoric is taking us back decades.

He needs to be removed. Sign and share.
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