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Kevin Korb

@kbkorb.bsky.social

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Researcher in philosophy of science and AI Naarm, Australia Sarcasm is my native dialect. My blog, loosely tied to Bayesian reasoning and argument analysis: https://bayesianwatch.wordpress.com/ Ex: FB, Twitter, Mastodon, Post (in order)

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Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 24m

Kavanaugh points out that laws are not permanent: they can be revised or repealed.

The third house of Congress can repeal the Voting Rights Act when it's the proper time.

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3h

my main takeaways from listening to the Supreme Court oral argument today are

-the writing is on the wall for the Voting Rights Act
-the Republican justices are now throwing racist spaghetti at that wall; they'll pass of whatever sticks as the opinion's rationale
ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/calla...

The Conservative Justices Have So Many Ideas For How to Kill the Voting Rights Act

The Republican justices already know where they’re going. They just have to figure out which route they’re going to take to get there.

ballsandstrikes.org

Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 1h

He doesn't give a damn about American business, just taking "his" cut.

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Tom Sullivan @tmsullivan.bsky.social · 1h

A clarinet player was arrested after playing her instrument to the tune of the “Ghostbusters” theme song outside of a Portland ICE facility....
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents

‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said

www.the-independent.com

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Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 1h

Perhaps she was assaulting their ears.

Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 1h

Trump is looking to start a land war against Venezuela.

He won't need Congressional approval, because he won't bother declaring war. He'll just use the US military to expand its murder operations.

Trump says US looking at land attacks in Venezuela after lethal strikes on boats – live

Trump also claims without evidence that every US strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat saves thousands of lives

www.theguardian.com

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Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 1h

It looks a lot like those morally superior Israeli soldiers have been war criminals all along.

Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors

Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza

www.theguardian.com

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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 8h

"China Has Overtaken America: And Trump’s policies guarantee that we will never catch up" - @pkrugman.bsky.social (Note: Winsome Earle-Sears is just as bad as Trump on all of this...) bluevirginia.us/2025/10/wedn...

Paul Krugman: " the energy secretary of the most technologically advanced nation on earth is unaware of the energy revolution being propelled by dramatic technological progress in batteries. And the revolution is happening now in the U.S., in places like California. "

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/china-has-overtaken-america?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=277517&post_id=176217701&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=f5hl&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

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Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 2h

It's no longer a "race": the US has dropped out.

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Patricia Kreger @patriciakreger.bsky.social · 2d

From Paul Krugman, today:
How Trump Is Making China Great
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

How Trump Is Making China Great

Why we’re going to lose the trade war, and much more besides

open.substack.com

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Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 7h

While you're at it, America, why not just reintroduce slavery for all the non-Aryans?

Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 8h

Rationalization is one of humanity's superpowers.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

Mike Johnson: "We've always stood with Capitol police and law enforcement. We've shown that in word and deed."

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Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 9h

Because nothing speaks so loudly as pardoning the murderers of Capitol police.

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Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 9h

I'm sure Fox will report it: "A scraggly bunch of losers went out and campaigned for terrorism on the weekend."

Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 9h

It's funny that he calls his new "followers" (in the military) suckers and losers, and they just accept that.

Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 9h

All true. I guess we can hope to sing loudly enough that someone else hears...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9h

Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.

Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.

Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.

Authoritarianism hurts all of us.

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Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 9h

"All we have is [Trump's] word for it."

Even if those he killed in the Caribbean were drug traffickers, that means they **weren't** terrorists, unlawful combatants or valid targets of military force.

It's called murder.

Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 9h

You mean, why doesn't Trump do what he said he would do? Because he was lying.

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Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 9h

Well, one of America's problems is that people won't even state the obvious.

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 9d

My constituents want me to get to work but House Republicans are more concerned about protecting the Epstein files.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 9h

To be exact, they're not protecting the files. They're protecting Trump from his own base.

Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 9h

And thanks for the post, @asharangappa.bsky.social.

Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 9h

"Tom Nichols writes ... that the military 'may soon face a terrible decision'."

They already did in the Caribbean @radiofreetom.bsky.social, and they blew it. Up and down the line, they need to be in the dock in The Hague.

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Kevin Korb @kbkorb.bsky.social · 9h

Trump is preparing the way to murder American citizens.

And the US military is going along with it (i.e., carrying out the murders).

So You've Decided to Target Random People with Military Force

Here's why it's illegal.

open.substack.com

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