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Kevin Croysdale

@kcroysdale.bsky.social

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Follower of world events, girl dad, and chip design engineer. Host GameCon at house on the hill in Portland, Oregon where we get 60-80 folks to gather at my house for board games every other Saturday. https://www.meetup.com/pdxgames/events/mqqzntyhcdbdc

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Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · Mar 7

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3h

We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 2d

He knows that they have no answers when all he can say is to use nukes.

Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 2d

This is true, but I still think the only good thing that Trump has done is to support Israel. I feel the far-left held Biden/Harris hostage on this, and their lack of support cost Harris the election. Almost none of them seem to understand the history of the Middle East.

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Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 3d

I never expected to see a nudypiper ... the Unipiper really is the best.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 5d

This is why weather reports were top-secret during World War II. Sadly, that's not possible today though.

Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 5d

We do have this:
isportlandburning.com

We are always confused about snow, so we have this too:
isitsnowinginpdx.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 6d

Whether Trump lives until October 2026 would be a much more interesting market.

Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 7d

That's ok. Don't trouble yourself over it.

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Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 7d

I am more worried about the feds than the National Guard. I don't think they even have orders to shoot priests and women. Those proud boys are doing just for the laughs.

Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 7d

Complaining about Israel keeping Gaza sealed up like a prison while also complaining that Israel did not seal up Gaza well enough to prevent mass rape and murder is an interesting set of positions to take.

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Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 7d

trump is really slumping into the Godfather roll.

Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 7d

still funny though and not entirely untrue.

Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 7d

That photo should come with a trigger warning. So many things wrong.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 7d

Grandpa's been watching cable news and gotten confused again

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump on Portland: "It's like the movies you see for the kids, I guess not only the kids, adults also, where you have these bombed out cities and these bombed out people. It's like, worse than that."

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Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 7d

There may be a good reason he is going to Walter Reed tomorrow.

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Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 7d

Likely made guarantees that the leaders making billions on aid in Qatar will be kept safe, with nothing for the people actually in Gaza.

Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 8d

1. No way Trump wrote that.

2. I really hope it is true.

Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 8d

The number of high-profile liberal voices on board now determines priority in line, so it might be a long wait.

Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 8d

Bigger story seems to be that they are trying to hide that he is going to Walter Reed today after hardly being coherrent today.

Suspect he had a few more transient ischemic attacks and he is going in for that.

Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 8d

Most of what is being done is straight from 1933 Germany. They are not being overly creative here.

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 8d

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

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Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 9d

We can only hope that the stink bugs gather under that lovely awning. If there are not enough, I could certainly share a few hundred of the thousands that are gathered on my back deck.

Kevin Croysdale @kcroysdale.bsky.social · 9d

That and to "encourage" more people to leave the government workforce.